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Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic will not play again in 2017 due to a persistent elbow injury, he has announced.

Fans of UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov turned out in force to mob their hero in Moscow last week, giving further proof of the Russian fighter’s huge following. But who is Russia’s top sports star? We look at five candidates – choose your favorite below.

World football's governing body FIFA has announced that all the doping tests from the recent Confederations Cup in Russia came back negative.

English Premier League football team Chelsea have sent Brazilian player Kenedy home from their pre-season tour of Asia, after he made offensive comments about China.

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) announced that four-time Gagarin Cup champion and three-time world champion Danis Zaripov has been banned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for two years over a positive doping test.

Talking to RT Sport after a recent master class event in Moscow, UFC lightweight championship contender Khabib ‘The Eagle’ Nurmagomedov discussed his health status, crazy fans, meeting with Georges St-Pierre and the next fight date he’s aiming for.

Russian synchronized swimming duo Mikhaela Kalancha and Aleksandr Maltsev claimed victory in the mixed duet final at the World Championships in Budapest over the weekend, adding to the team’s gold medal haul in the synchro events.

Russia’s ‘Boxing Day’ set a new Guinness world record at the weekend when 3,000 people took part in a training session on Red Square.

Jamaica’s men’s football team beat Mexico 1-0 in their Gold Cup semifinal on Sunday night to book their place in the final against hosts USA.

Russia’s synchronized swimmers won the women’s free team gold at the World Championships in Budapest on Friday, continuing their dominance at the event.

Incidents of apparent biting and nipple-twisting marred the US soccer team’s victory over El Salvador in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

A new monitoring body to counter racism and other forms of discrimination within the Football Union of Russia (FUR) has begun its mission in the domestic championship in preparation for the upcoming 2018 World Cup.