The Russia Blog
In truth, this was never going to be a game for the purists but after driving rain set in shortly after the beginning of this match, handling errors and indiscipline ruled the remainder of the encounter.
Ultimately, Georgia lost by 6 points to 15 and all of the match points came from the boot. Georgia… Read the rest
Prior to the start of the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals, Georgia would have looked at the Romania game as their best chance for victory but after Scotland struggled in their opening match against the Romanians in Invercargill, Richie Dixon’s side will be seriously considering the possibility of a win in this fixture.
This is… Read the rest
Russian rugby fans across the globe are viewing this fixture with great anticipation as in truth, this represents the country’s best chance of securing a win in their first ever Rugby World Cup. After all, a Russian victory in this fixture has previously been recorded, albeit back in 1988 with a 31 points to 16… Read the rest
Russia’s first ever Rugby World Cup adventure is about to begin in New Zealand, and the Russian Bears will have the opportunity to test themselves against the world’s best.
OK, so Russia are never going to bring the trophy back home to Red Square, like in the picture. But its going to be a… Read the rest
If you believed some of the more hyperactive press coverage recently, you’d think that the Russians were coming… to buy up all the world’s best football players with oligarchs’ blood money.
Anzhi in particular have spent big over the past few months, buying Samuel Eto’o for 27 million euros, Yuri Zhikov 15 million, plus… Read the rest
Russia’s preparation for the Rugby World Cup, due to start in just a couple of weeks time, will have left them with no illusions about the level of the challenge facing them. In four matches against top-flight English and Welsh club sides, the Russian team managed not a single victory – nor, it has to… Read the rest
If you’re a Russian Rugby fan, this summer is a great time to be based in the UK – over the next few months, the Russian Rugby team will be playing six full matches in England and Wales, plus they will be participating in the London and Edinburgh sevens tournaments.
May – Rugby Sevens
First… Read the rest
If you’re a fan of Russian football (yes, I mean Russian soccer!), then news can be hard to come by. Yes, if you speak a bit of Russian there are plenty of Russian language football news sites around, not to mention the official Russian Premier League site, but if you want to read about… Read the rest
Georgia ran out comfortable winners in this weekend’s big European Nations Cup clash to top the table at the mid-way point.
Week four of the 2011-2012 European Nations Cup saw wins for Russia, Georgia and, unexpectedly, Spain.
It’s been a disastrous weekend for Russia’s European Nations Cup campaign. But a good one for Romania and Georgia.
Russia, Georgia and Portugal all opened their 2010-2012 European Nations Cup campaign with wins this weekend.
A forthcoming documentary about corruption means the English bidding team believe they are staring defeat in the face.
Georgia put one over their Russian Rugby rivals again this weekend, by winning the final of the FIRA European Under 19 Championship Title in convincing fashion.
Russia are quietly confident that they will be selected to host the 2018 Football World Cup.
