Russian Premier League champions Zenit sealed the domestic double with a late win over underdogs Khimki in the Russian Cup Final on Saturday, only to drop the trophy within minutes of receiving it at the Ekaterinburg Arena. Three weeks after wildly celebrating by dousing each other in champagne in their locker room after winning the Russian Premier League, Zenit tasted glory again with a late win […]
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Former Russia captain Andrey Arshavin, who enjoyed a tenure in the English Premier League with Arsenal, has told of his desire to become president of Zenit St. Petersburg, but bizarrely announced he “won’t chop wood” in the role. Arshavin recently told of his wish to take the post of the president of his former home team in the near future, and the 39-year-old says he has […]
Petr Yan’s triumphant world title victory against Jose Aldo at UFC 251 has been immortalized on the streets of St. Petersburg with a picture-perfect mural of Russia’s latest UFC champion. Yan joined Khabib Nurmagomedov as one of just two Russian titleholders in the world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion when he earned a stoppage late in the fifth round of his “Fight Island” bout with MMA […]
A school in Russia’s second-largest city has turned to the police after a rainbow flag was hung from a school flagpole during exam period. The LGBT pride banner is highly controversial in modern-day Russia. The leadership of St. Petersburg school number 511 contacted law enforcement on July 9 after two students raised the flag outside the building. According to the online publication Paper, two girls hung […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – UEFA has confirmed transfer of the Champions League final in St. Petersburg from 2021 to 2022 after the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon. The finals, semi-finals and quarter-finals of the current season’s Champions League will be held in the ‘Final 8’ format in Lisbon from August 12-23, UEFA said. “The #UCL quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played as a straight knockout […]