The World Cup opens in Moscow a month from today, an 11-city, four-week chanting, flag-waving showcase for the world’s most popular sport and, this time around, for Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

MOSCOW — Russia’s World Cup destiny will be enriched or ended at the site of its greatest sporting scandal. Right there, at Sochi’s Fisht Stadium, the underdog Russian team will seek to ...

As far as warm-ups go, the Confederations Cup has been a case of good and bad news for Russia. The good news is that the tournament – a trial run for the 2018 World Cup, showcasing four of ...

Russia cleaned up the World Cup host cities, including Moscow, for the big event – literally and figuratively. Demonstrations were not allowed in the capital or in any of the host cities.

The Russian national team has been on the outside of competitive action for a number of years now as they remain banned from FIFA and UEFA competitions.

The memory of Russia hosting the World Cup in 2018 now seems unreal, as does the quality of Russia’s soccer back then. (The national team made it to the quarterfinals and made fans genuinely proud.) ...

Russia has gone from a World Cup host and quarter-finalist to international pariah. Following the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, football's governing bodies Fifa and Uefa suspended Russian clubs ...

Russia has run out of time to qualify for World Cup 2026, so Trump can’t help them here. However, World Cup 2030 is quite possible if Russia can be added to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Russian luge athletes have been excluded from competing at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics even as individuals with neutral ...

Because of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the NHL and NHLPA will almost assuredly have to address the situation for the next World Cup with a philosophy that’s worked to deal with Russian ...