The entire Russia has only (and please don’t laugh) ONE somewhat professional asphalt race track, it’s called “Myachkovo” and and it’s used by cars as well as motorcycles. Here are few pictures from the first race of the Russian Motorcycle Championship race, where the pouring rain made things a lot more difficult for the riders…
Soccer is the most popular sport in Russia, and here are few interesting pictures from the game between Rostov and Novosibirsk…
Here a pictures from the Moscow Platform Diving competition in Russia, it’s always fascinating to watch things that not many of us can do…
The 2008 Beijing Olympics are just around the corner, so the official ceremony of the Olympic Torch traveling all over the world is well under way. On Apil 05th, 2008 it had visited Russia, well Saint Petersburg to be exact, where it was carried by 80 of the most known people in sports, business, tv, etc… Here are some pictures from that event…
Girl mud wrestling is quite popular in America, and this trend seems to be spreading. The first girl mud wrestling show was recently held in Novosibirsk, Russia. They do these “fights” in the night clubs as well as show them on local TV networks, with plans of inviting Poland and Ukraine to make this even more fun…
A skiing & snowboarding competition was held in St. Petersburg few days ago, here are the pictures from the event…
Here are pictures from the “Favorite Challenger 2007″ horse race that was held in Yekaterinburg last year…
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As i’m sure all of you know, that the 1980’s summer olympics were held in Moscow. Here is a wide range of posters they did for the event, who would have thought that there were that many?!?
As you can see from this video, Bulgarian chess player Ivan Cheparinov refuses twice to shake hands with the English chessplayer Nigel Short. According to the rules, you must always shake hands with your opponent before the game, that’s why Cheparinov game against Short was considered a forfeit for the Bulgarian. After the appeal they were told to play the next day, as a result Short had beaten Cheparinov for good…
With over 2 million views on Youtube i’d be surprised if you still haven’t seen this video, but in case you haven’t, here are Russian parkour jumpers doing pretty amazing things so i suggest you watch the entire video…
Even the scarriest boxer in the world, can be happy after a win…
As you can see from the video, the guy had problems properly opening up his parachute from the very beginning, then he manages to fix it and his mood changes from very angry to very happy)) If you speak Russian then i want to warn you that there is a lot cursing involved…
Svetlana Khorkina (left) is a very popular Russian gymnast who also happens to be a seven time Olympic medalist. She is rated as the most successful female gymnast of all time. On the right is Alina Kabaeva, she is Russia’s most successful rhythmic gymnast to date, and is also one of the most decorated gymnasts in the history of rhythmic gymnastics. Now both of them could be found working in Russian parlament (Duma). I’ve already made a gallery on “tough” challenges of their work (here), and now i present you with yet another proof of just how hard it is to be a politician in Russia…
Kazan vs. Chelyabinsk, must watch for yourself really…
