Cape Verde international Ze Luis came off the bench to score a late winner as Spartak Moscow grabbed a 1-0 win at Krasnodar to move top of the Russian Premier League on Saturday.... more »
Ten-man Zenit St Petersburg made it three wins from as many games to start the Russian Premier League season as Alexander Erokhin's late strike saw them win 1-0 at Rubin Kazan on Monday.... more »
Reigning Russian champions Lokomotiv Moscow slumped to a 1-0 defeat by promoted Orenburg on Sunday as their stuttering start to the domestic season continued.... more »
Ten-man CSKA Moscow needed a late penalty to salvage a 1-1 draw at Premier League newboys Yenisei Krasnoyarsk on Saturday as the Russian giants' early season woes deepened.... more »
Zenit St Petersburg edged visitors Arsenal Tula 1-0 on Saturday to register a second straight win to kick off the new Russian Premier League season.... more »
Reigning Russian champions Lokomotiv face Spartak in the first Moscow derby of the league season on Saturday, as the country hopes to build on the success of the World Cup earlier in the summer.... more »
Poland midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak has joined Lokomotiv Moscow on loan from French champions Paris Saint-Germain, the Russian club said on Tuesday.... more »
French club Monaco have made an offer for CSKA Moscow's Alexander Golovin who shone in the home side's run to the World Cup quarter-finals, Monaco vice president Vadim Vasilyev said Monday.... more »
Zenit Saint Petersburg named former Russia midfielder Sergei Semak as the club's new manager on Tuesday following the departure of Roberto Mancini, who took over the Italy job earlier this month.... more »
Russian champions Lokomotiv Moscow suffered a 2-0 defeat at Arsenal Tula on Sunday as their city rivals CSKA ended the Premier League season on a massive high.... more »
Newly-crowned Russian champions Lokomotiv Moscow are intent on finishing the domestic season on a high but face a determined rival in Arsenal Tula on Sunday.... more »
Russia forward Fyodor Smolov scored twice as league leaders Lokomotiv Moscow continued their late-season wobble on Monday with a 2-0 defeat at Krasnodar.... more »
Russian Premier League leaders Lokomotiv Moscow can clinch their first domestic title since 2004 when they visit fifth-place Krasnodar in the last match of the weekend's fixtures.... more »
Russia's defending champions Spartak Moscow received a partial stadium ban Wednesday for monkey chants directed at Cape Verdean midfielder Nuno Rocha but a top official said the World Cup hosts are being unfairly singled out.... more »
Reigning champions Spartak Moscow's hopes of retaining the Russian title were all but ended on Monday as they lost 3-1 at home to Akhmat Grozny at the Otkrytie Arena.... more »
Forward Artem Dzyuba, on loan at Arsenal Tula from Zenit St Petersburg, netted a costly late equaliser against his parent club in a dramatic 3-3 draw on Sunday.... more »
Russian football chiefs said on Thursday they will probe apparent monkey chants directed against Cape Verdean midfielder Nuno Roch during a league cup semi-final this week.... more »
