Russian footballer suspended for obscene gesture

The members of the Control and Disciplinary Committee decided to disqualify Shirokov for the next two Russian Premier League games. Shirokov will next be able to play in the 2013/2014 season, which is planned to start in the middle of July. Shirokov ...

In the 59th minute of Zenit St. Petersburg's final home match of the season, 31-year-old Russian international Roman Shirokov was brought on to boos and jeers. In the first minute of injury time, Shirokov put away the final goal in Zenit's 3-1 win ...

Zenit hosted Krylya Sovetov in the first home match of April. The Blue-White-Sky Blues hadn`t lost to the Samara side for seven years running ?" since April 9, 2006. This time around the outcome was decided by Hulk. First the Brazilian won a penalty ...

Portugal held on for a 1:0 win over Russia in Lisbon, Ukraine destroyed Montenegro, Slovakia tied Lichtenstein, and Belgium won over Serbia in WC 2014 qualifying action featuring Zenit players on Friday night. Portugal 1:0 Russia When: June 7, ...

Lisbon, June 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Portugal strengthened their hopes of a place at next year's World Cup after an early goal from Helder Postiga proved enough to scrape a 1-0 home win over an out-of-sorts Russia side. Portugal's three points send ...

It was a long and frustrating night for Fabio Capello and his men, as they travelled all the way to Lisbon only to be suffer a 1-0 defeat by an inspired Portugal side. Although only a single goal separated the two big teams of Group F, the game was ...

(Adds teams) June 7 (Reuters) - Portugal 1 Russia 0 - World Cup qualifying Group F result. In Lisbon Scorer: Helder Postiga 9 Halftime: 1-0 Teams: Portugal: 12-Rui Patricio, 2-Bruno Alves, 4-Miguel Veloso, 5-Fabio Coentrao, 7-Cristiano ...

Zenit`s head coach spoke about the firework in the bottom of the champion`s cup, his transfer plans, the upcoming match vs. Perm, and his new personal web-site. ?" Do you have the goal of catching CSKA in terms of number of points, and if so, what ...

Zenit received several fines for the events that took place at Petrovsky Stadium during the Zenit-Volga match: 100,000 rubles for Zenit fans chanting obscenities, 100,000 rubles for fans throwing fireworks, and 100,000 rubles for fans showing visual ...