20 September, 2011
The women tennis rankings have been released on Monday, September 19, 2011, as the top seeded players after the 2011 US Open Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka have continued to secure same places in the WTA Rankings.
Russian superstar, Maria Sharapova clinch two-masters titles this season has a total of 6626 points and Victoria Azarenka is placed 3rd in the WTA rankings with a total of 6055 points.
Source: www.livetennisguide.com
20 September, 2011
The coach of the Russian women's biathlon team, Wolfgang Pichler, says his current charges have more potential that those he trained while working with Sweden.
"Russian girls are more talented than the Swedish," Pichler told the Russian Biathlon Union's official website. "I am proud of my work with Sweden - we had little money, but we were able to achieve success through hard training. The Russian team is composed of very talented biathletes and the doors of this team are opened to all. I think that before Sochi [2014 Winter Games], we'll be able to find two or three athletes who can be called super-talents. I am sure that such a large country just has to have super-athletes. We already have a very talented team, but it is not the limit."
Pichler trained the Swedish six-time world champion, Magdalena Forsberg and, after she retired, the German took over both the Swedish men's and women's teams. He joined Russia in May 2011, with RBU turning to a foreign trainer after a failure at the home World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk.
He also adds that "The media has changed the sport - you need to not only win, but look good and be interesting. We have a very beautiful team and we need to present it properly. My friend pointed out that the Russian team has some very beautiful girls. The world needs to see the new Russia's national team - opened to the world, beautiful and capable of winning,".
The upcoming Russian summer biathlon championship, which kicks off in Ufa on September 22, will be the German's first test with his new team.
Source: Rt.com
19 September, 2011
Galina Chalikova, Founder and Director of the Donate a Life charitable foundation, died at the age of 53 from a malignant tumor on September 19 in Russia.
Galina Chalikova started her charity activities since the devastating earthquake in Armenia's town of Spitak in 1988.
She raised funds for the recovery of Armenian children at a Russian child clinic and helped the survivors of that earthquake significantly.
The foundation helps children suffering from cancer and other grave diseases.
In 2009 it founded its Armenian branch of Donate a Life which too raises money to help children diagnosed with cancer, hematological and grave diseases.
Source: www.tert.am
18 September, 2011
Internationally renowned Russian soprano Anna Netrebko 40. Anna Netrebko will be celebrating her 40th birthday on Sunday amid worldwide adoration from thousands upon thousands of devoted fans in New York, London, Vienna, Milan, Tokyo.
She shot to international stardom in 2002 at a festival in Salzburg. Her singing career started nine years earlier at St Petersburg's Mariinsky Opera.
Source: The Voice of Russia
18 September, 2011
A couple of days ago at the firing ground of Alabino city, the teams of soldiers from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine hit qualifying standards in shooting. It was a part of the program of two contests titled "Professional" and "Sniper" held within "The soldier of the Commonweath 2011" contest.
"The soldier of the Commonweath 2011" is the third international contest of professional military skills among the contracts soldiers of friendly armies of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
The contest attracted a considerable number of Russian girls competing in the overall standings.The contest is connected with with the 70th anniversary of the Great Patriotic war outbreak and the battle for Moscow. The defensive of Moscow started in September 1941.
Source: www.redstar.ru
See the photos of the event English Russia
17 September, 2011
Russia's Ksenia Pervak has won the Tashkent Open tournament in Uzbekistan defeating Eva Birnerova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6.1. This is the first Russian WTA victory.
Source: The Voice of Russia
16 September, 2011
Russia's Yekaterina Bukina has made it to the finals of the world wrestling championships in Turkey in her under-72 weight category. This makes her the second Russian female wrestler after Maria Gurova to win a ticket to the London Olympics.
Source: The Voice of Russia
15 September, 2011
A wrestler from Russia Zamira Rakhmanova proved to be the best in the women's 51kg class final of the 2011 world wrestling championship which took place in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
Zamira Rakhmanova beat Mongolia's Otgontsetseg Davaasukh for the gold medal and 100.000 USD prize money. Rakhmanova's gold medal has a historical importance for Russia as it was first since 2002 for Russian women wrestlers. Besides, Zamira Rakhmanova has become the first World Champion in Russia's National team in Istambul.
Source: www.dni.ru
15 September, 2011
The women's Hammer Throw was in the spotlight at the Palio della Quercia EA meeting in Rovereto on Tuesday, 13 September thanks to another solid performance by Russian World champion Tatyana Lysenko who beat 2001 and 2003 World champion Yipsi Moreno in the best competition of the evening.
Lysenko, who won in Rieti and finished second to Betty Heidler in Berlin in her busy post-Daegu schedule, opened with 73.13m and followed up with five more throws over 72 metres capped by 74.13m in the sixth attempt. Her complete series was 73.13m-72.81m-72.51m-73.90m-73.07m-74.13m. Her five throws would have been enough to take the win over Moreno who also enjoyed a good competition with three attempts over 70 metres.
Source: www.iaaf.org
14 September, 2011
Russia's high jumper Anna Chicherova showed her best at the stage 14 of the World Athletics Challenge held in Croatia. She outjumped the famous Blanka Vlasic clearing two meters.
Antonina Krivoshapka of Russia's team took silver in women's 400-m event scoring 50, 40 seconds and leaving behind Jamaica's Novlene Williams Mills.
Source: The Voice of Russia
14 September, 2011
On October 1st, Russian soprano Anna Netrebko will open a series of charity concerts in St Petersburg. There will be performances and sing-alongs in city buses and trams and free opera shows for sick kids and orphans. The proceeds will go to help underprivileged minors.
Source: The Voice of Russia
13 September, 2011
In the final night of Miss Universe 2011, Miss Ukraine Olesya Stefanko won first runner-up in the 60th Miss Universe pageant held Monday night at the Credicard Hall in Sau Paolo, Brazil. However, Olesya Stefanko made her country proud due to her perfect performance in this competition.
Olesya Stefanko is a 22-year-old beauty queen from Odessa, Ukraine who won the Miss Ukraine Universe 2011 in a national beauty pageant held in Kiev on 11 December 2010. Before the final competition on Monday 12th September, 2011, she also won the Swimsuit Event in the Miss Universe Contest this month before. Born in 1988 in Kolomyia, Ukraine, Olesya Stefanko's height is 1.77m (5ft 9 1⁄2in). Olesya Stefanko attended the Institute of Prosecution and Investigation and won the Miss Odesa National Law Academy in 2008. After her victory at Miss Ukraine Universe 2011, she began her modeling career. She's currently pursuing a law degree in Odessa.
Source and photos at: www.society.ezinemark.com
13 September, 2011
Kiev hosted the 21st national beauty pageant Miss Ukraine-2011. Yaroslava Kuryacha from Vinnitsa was crowned Miss Ukraine-2011.
Yaroslava Kuryacha, 19, is a student from the National Academy of Culture and Arts will represent Ukraine at the Miss World-2011 beauty contest in London on November 6.
The most beautiful girl in Ukraine received her crown from the famous party animal Paris Hilton and Miss World-2003 Rosanna Davison, the daughter of Irish rock star Chris de Burgh. The crowning ceremony took place in the National Palace Ukraine.
Source and photos at: Ria Novosti
13 September, 2011
Russia marks the Beauty day by selecting 5 most beautiful Russian women. The poll showed that most beautiful women are considered to be working on TV and are theater and movie actresses.
An actress Agniya Ditkovskite was named the most beautiful woman in Russia. She first appeared on TV in the film "Zhara" (the Heat). Agniya is also a participant of a famous Russian ice show 'Led i Plamen' (Ice and Fire). Agniya (aka Agne) Ditkovskite is a daughter of another Russian beauty, Tatiana Lyutaeva, famous for the female lead in Svetlana Druzhinina's 'Gardemariny Vpered!' (Naval Cadets, Charge!) and Lithuanian film director Oleg Ditkovskite.
The next top 4 positions were taken by Tv presenters Mariya Sittel and Ekaterina Andreeva, actress Yulia Snegir and a Russian top model Natalia Vodianova .
Source: www.argumenti.ru
12 September, 2011
Former first racket of the world Russian Maria Sharapova rose again in the second position in the ranking of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
The world's biggest favorites Maria Sharapova fell to World No. 25 Flavia Pennetta of Italy in the third round of the US Open earlier this year. However she moved from the 4th to the 2nd place in WTA rating leaving behind Vera Zvonareva and became Russia's first racket.
This was possible because the last year champion Kim Clijsters missed U.S. Open and the second seed Vera Zvonareva was defeated by Samantha Stosur the women's quarter-finals of the US Open last week.
Source: www.newsru.com
See the update at WTA website
10 September, 2011
Over the next month, a Canadian radio station will be holding a "Win a Wife" competition in which contestants will compete to win a Russian bride.
Edmonton's The Bear 100.3 has joined with a Russian "matchmaking" website, to give one listener a round-trip flight to Russia, 13 nights of accommodation and $500 to spend to meet a "lucky lady" provided by Volga.
This very same competition already happened last Valentine's Day in New Zealand. Only The Rock FM station there sent its lucky winner to the Ukraine, not Russia. This competition created an uproar earlier this year.
In Canada, The Bear's contest has elicited criticism similar to the outraged reactions in New Zealand. The main concern is human trafficing and the idea that a person could be viewed as a prize or a thing.
The BEAR, however insists that the contest's concept is similar to reality TV shows such as the Bachelor/Bachelorette and attracts single and consenting adults, screened and selected to contact and meet each other in the hopes of developing a serious relationship.
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