European Championships

Take a look at what it takes to perform aerobatics with awesome Russian pilot Svetlana Kapanina, the Pilot of the Century and most honored aeronaut ever. Cockpit cam footage was taken during her flight in Sochi, on Extra 330LC RA-1568.

The recently approved method used to determine when the ball has completely crossed the goal line with electronic assistance is too expensive for UEFA, the president of the European football governing body Michel Platini told RT.

Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Soloviev have grabbed gold in the ice dance at the European Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, leaving another Russian pair, Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov, close behind.

Russia’s pair skaters Tatiana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov have retained their European figure skating crown scoring a season best 212.45 points in Zagreb.

Russia’s Elena Nikitina has claimed the European Skeleton Championship and also a World Cup stop in Igls, Austria. She becomes the first Russian to win an official international event in the sport’s history.

The Russian women's curling team clinched gold at the European Championships earlier this month. RT caught up with the man behind their success - the new trainer is Swiss coach Thomas Lips.

Tatyana Ivanova has become the first Russian woman in the country’s modern history to win a luge World Cup stage. The 21-year-old won the season-ending event and also the European Luge Championships in Paramonovo, Moscow Region.

Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov have won their first major title in the pairs’ competition at the European figure skating championships.

Ukraine has been demonstrating its desire not to bite the dust while hosting Euro 2012 by burning stray dogs in a mobile incinerator – a move which has outraged animal welfare groups.