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Formula One is in discussions to host a grand prix in South Africa in around three year’s time according to the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
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Alexander Zhukov, Russian deputy Prime Minister and Russian Olympic Committee President, yesterday approved a programme to encourage and reward sustainable, innovative solutions in Olympic construction. The programme rewards the most environmentally-friendly design and construction methods used by Olympic venue construction firms to raise the bar of green standards for sports facilities, accommodation centres and infrastructure.
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The Russian bid to host the 2018 or 2022 football World Cup’s is sponsoring the networking café area at the Soccerex Asian Forum and the Soccerex Global Convention.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov was yesterday made president of the Russian Olympic Committee, receiving 204 out of a possible 220 votes in an election held by the body.
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The football associations of Spain, Portugal and Russia moved quickly to reject any claims of wrongdoing.
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Russian president Dmitry Medvedev yesterday ordered tighter security at the 2014 Winter Olympics following the perceived threat of Islamist insurgents determined to carve out a separate state, according to Reuters.
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The team bidding to take the World Cup to England in 2018 has said it could create the most commercially successful World Cup ever, with revenues of nearly £3 billion.
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Russia has won the right to host the World Cup of Sevens Rugby in 2013, the biggest event in the sport.
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Sochi’s organising committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics said yesterday it has officially offered to host the 2013 SportAccord Conference.
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Sepp Blatter has called Russia’s bid to host the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022 “remarkable” and cast doubts over England’s ability to win the right to stage the event.
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Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has signed all government guarantees required by FIFA, world football’s governing body, to accept the country’s bid to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022.
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Bernie Ecclestone has said Formula One is making “a big push” to have Grand Prix in the Russian city of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Sports specialist TSE Consulting has been appointed to conduct an in-depth internal review of Russian Winter Olympic Sports Performance by the Russian Olympic Committee.
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Bernie Ecclestone aims to bring Formula One to Russia by 2012 and New York by 2013, a move that will see the motor racing series have up to 20 events in its grand prix calendar.
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The Circassian diaspora, the group of indigenous Muslims from the northwest Caucasus, has appealed to the International Olympic Committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics not to be held in Sochi unless Russia apologises for the deaths of 300,000 Circassians in and around Sochi during the 19th century.
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Russian tennis star Nikolay Davydenko has agreed an endorsement deal with Dunlop covering the company’s rackets, clothing and accessories.
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A sponsorship deal with Russian Railways RZD has taken the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics to $1.1 billion in revenues from domestic sponsors, more than three times the initial target.
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Media rights agency MP & Silva has hired the IMG agency to help it sell Italian football's Serie A and Serie B into the UK and Ireland, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, and countries in the Balkan region.