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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Defending champions Spartak Moscow claimed a hard-fought 2-1 win at Rubin Kazan on Saturday to narrow the gap on Russian Premier League leaders Lokomotiv Moscow.... more »
Police arrested nine people, including three Russians and a Pole, during clashes in Bilbao ahead of a Europa League match between Russian club Spartak Moscow and Athletic Bilbao in which a police officer died of a heart attack, officials said Friday.... more »
A Basque police officer died Thursday as security forces clashed with fans of Russian club Spartak Moscow in the Spanish city of Bilbao where a Europa League match was taking place.... more »
Arsenal scraped into the last 16 of the Europa League despite a 2-1 second-leg defeat by Ostersunds, but Thursday's action was marred by violent clashes at the match between between Athletic Bilbao and Spartak Moscow which left a police officer dead.... more »
A Spartak Moscow player has been charged with "racist behaviour" during a UEFA Youth League game against Liverpool on Wednesday, European football's governing body announced.... more »
Jurgen Klopp urged his Liverpool players not to succumb to the hype generated by their own scintillating performances after they crushed Spartak Moscow to reach the Champions League knockout rounds.... more »
Philippe Coutinho's first Liverpool hat-trick propelled Jurgen Klopp's side to a 7-0 thrashing of Spartak Moscow on Wednesday that swept the Merseyside club into the Champions League last 16.... more »
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is desperate to avoid any slip-ups from his side as he targets a place in the Champions League knockout stages with the odds heavily stacked in their favour.... more »
Russian Premier League leaders Lokomotiv Moscow host struggling Rubin Kazan on Saturday, hoping to extend their six-point advantage at the top of the table.... more »
Sevilla put themselves back in pole position to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League as goals either side of half-time from Clement Lenglet and Ever Banega secured a nervy 2-1 win over Spartak Moscow on Wednesday.... more »
Spartak Moscow's stumbling defence of the Russian title continued on Saturday as they were held to a 0-0 draw at home by struggling Amkar Perm.... more »
A sparkling Philippe Coutinho goal was not enough to earn Liverpool victory as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Spartak Moscow in the Champions League on Tuesday.... more »
French striker M'Baye Niang is set to end his frustrating four-year spell at AC Milan by signing a four-year deal with Russian league side Spartak Moscow, reports said Friday.... more »
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