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Mexico unprepared as Germany rolls on to Confederations Cup final |
| Apr.30 |
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Russian GP: Valtteri Bottas wins first ever F1 race |
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Russian plane crash: First black box recovered The flight data recorder of the Russian military airliner which crashed in the Black Sea on Sunday has been recovered, Russian officials say | |
| Dec.25 |
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Russia plane crash: Huge search for bodies in Black Sea
A huge search operation is continuing 'round the clock' in Russia, after a Russian military plane with 92 people on board crashed into the Black Sea
| Dec.24 |
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Russian military plane 'crashes in Black Sea near Sochi' The plane disappeared from radar 20 minutes after taking off from Adler. Tu-154 was carrying service personnel, members of the choir and reporters
The plane was reportedly flying to Syria's Latakia province
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| May.12 |
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Secret Russian program helped Olympic medalists cheat drug tests |
| May.1 |
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Russian Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg makes it four wins out of four |
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| Oct.11 |
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Lewis Hamilton claims ninth win of season |
| May.12 |
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Ukraine crisis: Kerry has 'frank' meeting with Putin |
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| Oct.12 |
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Lewis Hamilton wins Russian GP ahead of Rosberg |
| Mar.23 |
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Avalanche kills 2 skiers at Sochi resort
| Mar.8 |
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Ukraine beat Russia to biathlon gold |
| Mar.7 |
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Winter Paralympics open in Sochi
The 2014 Winter Paralympics have been opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a spectacular opening ceremony
| Mar.4 |
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US to boycott G8 Summit in Sochi unless Russia reverses course on Ukraine Washington: The United States is announcing it would not participate in a G8 Summit scheduled for Sochi in June unless Moscow reversed course on Ukraine
| Feb.23 |
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Olympics closing ceremony is trip through Russian culture The ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Sunday night took viewers through what organizers called an artistic look at Russian culture. Host Russia wins medal count; U.S. 2nd. The Olympic flag was lowered and given to repre... | |
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Canada beat Sweden 3-0 to win Olympic ice hockey gold
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Sweden's Backstrom fails drug test before game |
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Zubkov wins double bobsled gold for Russia
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Legkov leads Russian sweep of XC 50K
| Feb.22 |
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Finland routs U.S. 5-0 for hockey bronze |
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Matt wins slalom gold, becomes oldest alpine champ
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Russia takes medal lead with biathlon win
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Russia's Wild wins second snowboard gold
American by birth, Russian by marriage and by choice, Vic Wild completed a historic sweep of the Olympic snowboard parallel slalom events
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S. Korea lodges Olympic figure skating protest |
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Dutch wrap speed skating with 23 medals |
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Bjoergen breaks female Oly medal record |
| Feb.21 |
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U.S.' Mikaela Shiffrin skis to slalom gold |
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Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and William Frullani sent home
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Victor An wins record sixth short track skating gold medal
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Sweden tops Finland, into ice hockey final |
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U.S. men's hockey falls to defensive-minded Canada |
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Ukraine wins 1st gold medal in biathlon relay |
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Canada completes clean sweep of the curling gold medals |
| Feb.20 |
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Sotnikova makes history for Russia Adelina Sotnikova became the first Russian to win gold in the Olympic women's figure skating with a superb performance in the free program
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Canada beat USA in overtime thriller |
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Norway takes gold in Nordic combined team |
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Chapuis leads French skicross medal sweep |
| Feb.19 |
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Video shows Pussy Riot members 'beaten by Cossacks' Members of the punk band are being beaten by security officials as they tried to film a music video at the city that is hosting the Winter Olympics
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Bjoerndalen wins 13th Winter Olympic medal |
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Canada beat USA to bobsled gold |
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U.S. eliminates Czechs 5-2 |
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Russian hockey knocked out of Olympics by Finland |
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Sweden tops Slovenia, on to hockey semis |
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Ligety dominates giant slalom to win gold |
| Feb.18 |
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Pussy Riot stars detained for hotel theft at Sochi
Map of Hotel Adler Sochi Russia Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were detained, after being considered suspects in a theft at their hotel, and then released
| Feb.17 |
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U.S. duo Davis and White skate to historic gold |
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Russia 1 led by Alexander Zubkov wins two-man bobsleigh
| Feb.15 |
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Russia's Tretiakov wins gold in Olympic skeleton
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USA beat Russia in penalty shoot-out |
| Feb.14 |
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Teen figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu makes history for Japan
| Feb.12 |
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Russia's Volosozhar, Trankov win pairs gold The two restored the country to the pinnacle of pairs. Volosozhar and Trankov won gold, while Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov took silver
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Dominique Gisin and Tina Maze share women's downhill gold title |
| Feb.10 |
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Maria Hoefl-Reisch defends her Super Combined skiing crown
| Feb.9 |
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Russia claimed their first gold medal of Sochi 2014
The hosts claimed victory in the figure skating team event. Yulia Lipnitskaya comfortably wins the ladies free skating event
| Feb.8 |
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Sochi's 1st gold: Kotsenburg of US wins slopestyle |
| Feb.7 |
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Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics opens with glittering ceremony
Map of Fisht Stadium Russia Athletes from 87 nations paraded before 40,000 people in the Fisht Stadium before president Vladimir Putin declared the Games open
The Olympic flame was lit by Russian former triple gold medallists Vladislav Tretiak and Irina Rodnina as fireworks illuminated the sky. At a cost of $50bn, the Games is the most expensive Olympics in history even though Olympic ring doesn't open at the ceremony
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Officials: 'Air pirate' claims bomb on board. Istanbul
| Feb.6 |
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Russian city prepares for Olympic opening ceremony
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Sochi action finally begins
| Feb.5 |
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Journalists report hotel horror stories as Russians scramble to finish construction Sportswriters from around the world have begun cataloguing a litany of accommodation-related woes in Sochi, Russia
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US warns of Sochi 'toothpaste' bomb
Washington: The US has warned airlines flying into Russia for the Winter Olympics that explosives hidden in toothpaste tubes could be smuggled on to planes
| Feb.4 |
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Putin 'calms' Sochi leopard cub
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Putin arrives in Sochi ahead of Winter Olympics Russian President arrived in Sochi, as the Black Sea resort city enters the final stages of preparations for hosting the Winter Olympics
| Jan.27 |
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No gay people in Sochi, says mayor
| Jan.26 |
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Cossacks now helping with Olympic security In their tall, fur hats hundreds of Cossacks are patrolling the streets of Sochi, Russia, as the 2014 Winter Olympic Games approach
| Jan.17 |
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Putin cautions gay visitors to Sochi Russian President Vladimir Putin has said homosexuals will be welcome in Sochi for the Olympics but warned them against spreading 'gay propa...
| Jan.9 |
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Six deaths, car blast prompt security sweep ahead of Games in Sochi
Map of Stavropol Russia North Caucasus: Russian authorities are investigating 6 suspicious deaths and at least one car explosion about 300 miles from the site of next month's Winter Olympics
| Jan.7 |
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Lindsey Vonn: Injured Olympic champion out of Sochi 2014
USA: Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn says she will not defend her downhill title in Sochi next month because of injury
| Jan.6 |
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Russia ramps up Sochi security
| Jan.4 |
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Putin relaxes ban on Sochi protests
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| Dec.30 |
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IOC 'confident' Games will be safe. Russia
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Russian terror attacks could be prelude to Olympic violence, say experts
| Dec.15 |
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President Francois Hollande to shun Sochi games
| Nov.9 |
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Olympic torch in first spacewalk. Russia
| Oct.28 |
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Putin: 'Gays welcome at Sochi Olympics' Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted gay and lesbian athletes have nothing to fear at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi
| Sep.25 |
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Olympics: Sochi hit by flooding
| Jan.5 |
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Depardieu in Russia to get new citizenship
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| Aug.28 |
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Putin: U.S. orchestrated Georgian war
| Apr.6 |
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Bush, Putin disagree on missile defense
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| Jul.4 |
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Sochi gets 2014 Winter Olympics
Guatemala: The result was a triumph for Putin, who put his international prestige on the line by coming to Guatemala to lobby IOC members
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| May.2 |
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Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board An Armenian plane disappeared from radar near the Black Sea resort of Sochi. debris had been found off the coast. Controllers lost contact with the Airbus A320 shortly after ... | |