Sport

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs supports the proposal of the Russian Olympic Committee commission to choose the song "Katyusha" as musical accompaniment for athletes at the Olympic Games.

The Russian crew "Kamaz-master" led by Dmitry Sotnikov won the truck classification of the Dakar rally-marathon. The competitions were held in Saudi Arabia.

Sports doctor Mark Schmidt, who is considered the main person involved in a high-profile case of the use of illegal drugs and doping methods in Germany and Austria, was sentenced on Friday to 4 years and 10 months in prison.

During the match with «Real Sociedad» the goalkeeper of the Spanish club «Barcelona» and the German national team saved the goal eight times.

The head of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Rene Fasel said that the transfer of the 2021 World Cup from Minsk to another city is not currently being considered.

The forward of the football club Juventus caught up with the Austrian and Czechoslovak striker Josef Bican.

Hockey players of the Russian national team were left without medals at the World Youth Championship, having lost to the Finns in the bronze medal match.

Portuguese striker has 758 goals in 1,032 matches.

The Japanese sports site The Digest devoted material to the past Russian figure skating championship, noting that the tournament "will go down in the history of not only Russian, but also world sports."

Ten national teams will take part the tournament.