A late goal by Portuguese international winger Danny gave Russian league leaders Zenit St Petersburg a crucial 1-0 win against Benfica in the Champions League on Wednesday.... more »
Bayer Leverkusen cemented their place at the top of their Champions League group with a 2-1 win at Saint Petersburg on Tuesday thanks to Son Heung-Min's superb second-half goals.... more »
Russian league leaders Zenit St Petersburg, who have dropped points in their last two Premiership matches, are planning to stem the tide in Sunday's match with lowly Mordovia Saransk.... more »
Ten-man Bayer Leverkusen went top of their Champions League group on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over Andre Villas-Boas' Zenit St Petersburg to claim a second-straight victory.... more »
Andre Villas-Boas has said his Zenit St Petersburg side need to be wary of their Champions League trip to Bayer Leverkusen despite their strong recent record in Germany.... more »
Russian Premier League leaders Zenit St Petersburg battled back from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw at FC Krasnodar on Saturday while CSKA Moscow routed Kuban 6-0.... more »
Spartak Moscow will have to play their next Premier League away match with their fan sector closed after the club's supporters were penalised for having racially abused Zenit's Brazilian star Hulk at the weekend.... more »
High-flying Zenit St Petersburg turn their focus back to domestic action and extending their perfect start to the season when they face struggling Rostov in the Russian Premier League on Saturday.... more »
Russian Premier league leaders Zenit St Petersburg beat visitors Dynamo Moscow on Saturday in a five-goal thriller to extend their winning streak to seven matches.... more »
Andre Villas-Boas hailed Zenit St Petersburg's perfect start to the new Russian league but warned of tough times ahead as the Champions League looms.... more »
Zenit St Petersburg eased into the Champions League group stage for the fourth season running on Tuesday with a 3-0 win at home to Belgians Standard Liege securing a 4-0 triumph on aggregate.... more »
Russian leaders CSKA Moscow and Zenit St Petersburg will strive to extend their winning streaks when the Premiership's fourth round of matches are played at the weekend.... more »
Reigning champions CSKA Moscow and last season's runners-up Zenit St Petersburg began the new Russian Premier League campaign in winning fashion on Saturday, defeating Torpedo Moscow and Arsenal Tula respectively.... more »
Argentine international defender Ezequiel Garay is set to join Russian club Zenit St Petersburg from Benfica, the Portuguese champions confirmed on Wednesday.... more »
FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Monday demanded action be taken by the Italian Football Federation after a banana was thrown at AC Milan defender Kevin Constant on Sunday.... more »
Venezuelan international striker Salomon Rondon has warned that his weekend hat-trick heroics were only the start for his new Russian club Zenit St Petersburg.... more »
Former Porto, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas on Thursday set high ambitions on his first day of work as manager of Zenit St Petersburg, saying he wanted to build up the team just as Peter the Great had constructed the Russian city.... more »