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non-European bids for the 2018 event were withdrawn, resulting in the exclusion of all European bids from consideration for the 2022 edition. By the time of the decision, bids for the 2018 World Cup included England, Russia, a joint bid from Belgium and Netherlands, and a joint bid from Portugal and Spain. Bids for the 2022 World Cup came from Australia, Japan, Qatar, South Korea, and the United States. Indonesia's bid was disqualified due to lack of governmental support, and Mexico withdrew its bid for financial reasons. On 2 December 2010, Russia and Qatar were selected as the locations for
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she entered the Junior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary and placed 12th. Her first senior World Championship was the 2003 edition, held in Pesaro, Italy, where she finished 27th, and her first senior European Championship came the following month in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, where she came in 34th. She earned her first podium finish in December when she came in second at a World Cup event, followed by her first victory at the Westel World Cup in May 2004. After coming in 6th at the World Championships later that month in Moscow, Russia, her next stop was the
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straight 4–0, ensuring them a place in the World Group. Defeating Argentina in the play-offs, Russia returned to the World Group in 2015. Team Russia, consisting of Kuznetsova, Sharapova and the doubles team Vitalia Diatchenko and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, faced the winner of the Fed Cup World Group Play-off Poland in the first round, and won 4–0. After losing three matches in a row, Poland decided to cancel the singles match, and played the dead rubber between Fed Cup debut Diatchenko and Pavlyuchenkova and doubles specialists Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Alicja Rosolska. Russia's next opponent was Germany, who superseded team Russia in
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to England and the Republic of Ireland. They qualified for the first time in 1986, where they won all three of their Group Stage matches including a 2-0 against title contenders West Germany, but were eliminated by Spain in the next round. Since then, the Danish national team has regularly qualified for FIFA World Cup Finals and have made their fifth appearance in Russia 2018. Their best performance was in 1998, where they reached the quarter finals. Awards Records Denmark at the FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup,
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major UEFA call-up for the UEFA Super Cup first leg between SV Werder Bremen and FC Barcelona. An appointment for a final followed the next year - the 1994 UEFA Cup final first leg between SV Austria Salzburg and Inter Milan. Nielsen refereed the Russia-Germany match at UEFA Euro 96 in England, and followed this up with duty at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. He took charge of two matches, including the clash between England and Argentina in Saint-Étienne, where he is remembered for sending off England's David Beckham for kicking out at Argentina's Diego Simeone after the
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came through European qualifying to a mini-group stage where they were pooled with Italy and Portugal. The winner would qualify directly and the second place team would continue the qualification process, with the third-placed team eliminated. After both losing heavily to Italy, Portugal and Russia met to determine progression to qualifying round 5. Russia lost the match, played in Lisbon, 26–23 and dropped out. Russia qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand as Europe 2 after finishing second in the 2008–10 European Nations Cup. This marked the team's World Cup debut, with Russia becoming the 25th side
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the team that is reigning World Cup champions during that time. When the rankings debuted in February 2014, Russia were the inaugural world leaders, having amassing over 5000 points thanks to winning the 2011 and 2013 World Cup and Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) titles. Portugal won the next World Cup in July 2015 and the EBSL in the August; Russia finished third in both. Despite Portugal's successes, they were not enough to knock Russia off the top spot until June 2016. Portugal relinquished their world crown to Brazil in May 2017 who immediately took the number 1 ranking. Only
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under-17 football team, with which he also participated in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Later he represented Russia national under-19 football team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where Russia came in second place and he was selected for the team of the tournament. Denis Yakuba Denis Yevgenyevich Yakuba (; born 26 May 1996) is a Russian football player who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd. He made his debut for the main squad of FC Kuban Krasnodar on 23 September 2015 in a Russian Cup game against FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. He started in the next Russian Cup round
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considered it "brutal, and liable to incite demonstrations and riots" Condemnation by the tsar's police probably deterred many people from playing, and records of rugby over the next thirty years are sparse. Russia qualified and competed in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand as Europe 2 after finishing second in the 2008–10 ENC. This was the team's debut in the tournament, where they faced Australia, Ireland, Italy and the United States in Group C of the tournament. Being the second-lowest-ranked team in the tournament, Russia performed comparatively well in their opening match, running the USA close in an
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and Russia has ever qualified for the Rugby World Cup. Russia remains to date the next most successful team after Georgia, participating in the 2011 Rugby World Cup; however, the rest of the former USSR has not fared so well. A notable exception was the Latvian rugby union sevens team which succeeded in reaching the Rugby World Cup Sevens in 1993. This surprised the international rugby community, as at the time there were only two rugby pitches in the entire country. There are some other notable exceptions, e.g. the Ukraine who were able to call on the services of Igor
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Sweden qualified for the 1994 World Cup in the United States at the top of their qualifying group ahead of Bulgaria and France. Sweden was placed in Group B with Brazil, Cameroon and Russia. The first game against Cameroon in Los Angeles looked to be yet another 1–2 loss, (after the 1990 World Cup fiasco with losses of 1–2 in all three games) but in the 75th minute, Martin Dahlin scored the equalizer from a rebound shot off of Henrik Larsson and the match finished 2–2. In the next game against Russia in Detroit, Russia was handed an early penalty
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Rugby World Cup repechage, where he helped Uruguay beat Russia 57–49 on aggregate to qualify for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, after a 12 years absence. However, the 11 October clash with Russia was Capó Ortega's last, as on 25 June 2015, just 3 months out from the World Cup, he announced his retirement from international rugby, having played 38 times, 12 as captain, and scoring 45 points in his 15-year international career. Capó Ortega likes to drink Mate before entering onto the pitch. Rodrigo Capó Ortega Rodrigo Capó Ortega (born 8 December 1980) is a Uruguayan rugby union player,
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Ukrainian championships, in 2004 the senior European championships and in 2005 the World championships in Latronico. The next year she once again became a European and World champion, having won the World championship match again the Russian competitor Tamara Tansykkuzhina. She also won the European team cup with the "Pleso" team. In 2007 Tkachenko lost her World title, letting Tansykkuzhina to the first place in the tournament held in Jakutsk, Russia, but the next year she was able to regain the championship after winning the match again her Russian counterpart. In 2007 and 2008, she won the European team cup
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a 1–0 win over Chile in the final. The eight competing teams were the host nation, the reigning FIFA World Cup champions, and the six holders of the FIFA confederation championships. If any team qualified for multiple berths (such as, if the World Cup champions also won their continental championship), the next best-placed team from their continental championship would have qualified. After Russia secured a spot in the tournament as the hosts, Germany were the first team to qualify via competition, after winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The final match saw the Germans clinch the country's fourth
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On May 19–21, Filanovsky and teammate Linoy Ashram represented Israel at the 2017 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Her next event was at the 2017 World Challenge Cup Guadalajara where she finished 9th in the all-around, and qualified to two apparatus finals. Veinberg-Filanovsky's last competition was at the Holon Grand Prix where she finished 4th in the all-around. She announced her retirement a few days after that event. Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky Victoria Filanovsky () (born February 23, 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. Filanovsky speaks Hebrew, Russian and English. Veinberg Filanovsky became a member
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program. At the 1994 Winter Olympics they finished fourth overall, losing the bronze medal match to Finland. Russia also competed at the 1996 World Cup, the successor tournament to the Canada Cup, where the team lost in the semi-finals to the eventual winner, the United States. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, Russia won five consecutive games and reached the gold medal match, where they lost to the Czech Republic, 0–1. After failing to win the gold medal between 1993 and 2007, the Russians restructured the national league as the KHL and hired the 1993 World Champion, Vyacheslav Bykov, as the
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the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In a friendly against Saudi Arabia on 29 May 2010, Villa scored the first of Spain's goals as they won 3–2 at the Tivoli Neu – the stadium where he scored his hat-trick against Russia during Euro 2008. Failing to score in Spain's next match against South Korea, he opened the score sheet in Spain's next match against Poland, in which Spain won 6–0, recording Poland's their worst defeat in 50 years. In Spain's first 2010 World Cup match, Villa was chosen as a lone striker, but could do nothing to prevent their shock defeat
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in Kuopio one year later. Since then he has started in the World Cup 46 times and in the Olympics four times. His best World Cup performance was 2002 in Sapporo where he received 5th place. Kobelev's best overall World cup season was the 2001-2002 season, when he received a 21st place. His last World Cup competition was in Willingen 2006, though he is still active and jumping in small competitions back in Russia. He is planning to end his active ski jumping career after the World Championships in Liberec, 2009. Kobelev is known, in part, for a serious crash
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program, finishing fourth overall, and, again, she missed a spot on the World Championship team. During the 2008–09 season, Suguri chose to train with coach Nikolai Morozov in Hackensack, New Jersey. There, she was able to improve her jumping ability. Her first competition of the season was Skate Canada where she placed second behind Joannie Rochette. Her next competition was Cup of Russia, where she led after the short program, then placed third in the free skate, and finished third, overall. At the 2008/2009 Japanese Championships she was 5th after the short program due to a fall on a triple
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New Zealand competed for the title which was eventually taken out by the New Zealand Kiwi Ferns. New Zealand went through the tournament unbeaten with only four points against. In the 2008 World Cup tournament, in Australia, teams from, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Samoa, Tonga, Pacific Islands, France and Russia participate in the tournament. At the completion of the 2008 World Cup the next official tournament will be held in 2013 and then held every four years after. New Zealand won the 2008 World Cup defeating Australia 34–0 at Suncorp Stadium Brisbane. New Zealand have won the Women's Rugby
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2018 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, the main disciplinary actions taken against players came in the form of red and yellow cards. A player sanctioned with a red card was sent off from the pitch and could not be replaced. Furthermore, the player was automatically banned from his team's next match. After a straight red card, FIFA conducted a hearing and considered extending this ban beyond one match. If the ban extended beyond the end of the World Cup finals (for example,
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and 2012 World Champion Chris Holder finished second from Russia who were led by Emil Sayfutdinov who top scored for the meeting with 17 points (Holder was next with 16). Host nation Sweden disappointed on the night to finish fourth and last. 2012 Speedway World Cup Final The 2012 FIM Speedway World Cup Final was the fourth and final race of the 2012 Speedway World Cup season. It was run on July 14 and was won by Denmark from Australia, Russia, and the host nation Sweden. The Final took place at the G&B Stadium in Målilla. Denmark were led to
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result 10th. At the 2010 South Africa Sevens, they defeated Kenya, Zimbabwe and France to reach the Cup final, where they lost to Scotland to end tenth. At the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens, Russia defeated Kenya and Malaysia to advance to Cup quarterfinals. After losing to England and Australia, the team resulted seventh. At the 2012 Scotland Sevens they won the Cup final to result ninth, after beating United States, France and Spain. Russia played the 2013 Sevens World Series qualifier at Hong Kong. They defeated Cook Islands, Mexico and Zimbabwe to win they group. Later they defeated Uruguay but
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while Oman defeated Japan in the final to win the tournament. The UEFA qualifiers took place in Jesolo, Italy on 5–14 September 2014. A total of 23 teams took part in the tournament (Georgia entered but withdrew). The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Switzerland became the first team (other than host nation Portugal) to qualify for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup on 11 September 2014. On the next day, Russia, Spain and Italy also booked a place in the World Cup by advancing to the semi-finals, with Russia defeating Switzerland in
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participate at IBU Cup. On December 2, 2010, he debuted in Biathlon World Cup in Swedish Östersund where he was 61st in individual race which was the worst result in Russian team in that race. After that he didn't participate in any other World Cup race as Russian athlete. His last race for Russia was on December 17, 2011, in IBU Cup in Austrian Obertilliach where he was 33rd in pursuit. In summer 2014 Semakov together with Oleksander Zhyrnyi changed their citizenship to Ukrainian. On January 8, 2015, he redebuted in World Cup in relay in Oberhof, Germany. He was
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tournament. Russia's women field national rugby union teams in both fifteens, where it appeared at the Women's Rugby World Cup in 1994 and 1998 as Russia and in 1991 as the USSR, and in sevens, which took part in the first Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2009 and which contests the IRB Women's Sevens World Series. Russia national rugby union team The Russia national rugby union team (Russian: Сборная России по регби, "Sbornaya Rossii po regbi"), nicknamed the Bears, is administered by the Rugby Union of Russia (RUR). The RUR is considered the official successor union of the Soviet
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Neo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victory Neo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victory is a soccer video game based on the FIFA World Cup 1998, despite being released after the 1998 FIFA World Cup. It features 73 teams' countries. Each team enters a "Regional Qualifying Round Final" where it plays a team it actually played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification. For example: Spain would face Yugoslavia, an opponent it actually faced in its qualifying group. Or Italy would face Russia, an opponent Italy faced in the UEFA play-offs. If the player beats the
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4 June 2018, Kramarić was included in Croatia's final World Cup squad. On 7 July, in the 2018 FIFA World Cup quarter-final match against hosts Russia, he scored Croatia's equaliser in the first half of regulation time. A 1–1 draw after 90 minutes saw the match go into extra-time, and following a 2–2 draw after 120 minutes of play, Croatia once again progressed to the next round in the ensuing shoot-out, winning 4–3 on penalties. Kramarić has been described as versatile striker who is mobile enough to run behind defences and rather than waiting for crosses or ball to come
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injured Ruslan Kambolov. On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad. Against Spain in the Round of Sixteen, he scored an own-goal while tangling with Sergio Ramos during a corner set-piece, but Russia would equalize thanks to a penalty, and in the shoot-out Ignashevich converted his spot kick to help Russia advance. Following Russia's elimination in the 2018 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal against Croatia after extra time ended deadlocked 2–2, where he successfully converted a shoot-out kick, Ignashevich announced his retirement from all forms of football. Ignashevich is married and has three children. He is
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relay competition. Together with Vita Semerenko, Valentina Semerenko and Olena Pidhrushna she won the gold medal in the Women's relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. Next two seasons after Olympics weren't very successful but she had some Top-10 results. Her performances improved in 2016–17 season: in all World Cup rankings she achieved her highest rankings, including place in Top-10 of the general World Cup classification for the first time in her career. That year she won three medals at 2017 European Championships in Polish Duszniki-Zdrój which was the most successful European championships for Yuliia. Next month she
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of nine individual victories, all in FIS races, at distances up to the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit since 2000. Erbenová's best individual World Cup finish was 13th in a 15 km event in Russia in 2007. Erbenová 2011 XTERRA Triathlon World Championships where she took 3rd place. The next year, in 2012, Erbenová became the ITU Winter Triathlon World Championship. She also won the European Winter Triathlon champion and the 2012 and European Cross Triathlon champion. In 2014 Erbenová placed third at the 2014 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships. Erbenová is the daughter of Czech skier Helena
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next 11 games in a row for "the Eagles" before getting injured near the end of 2012. He was named in the preliminary squad for the 2014 World Cup. In May 2018 he was named in Nigeria's preliminary 30 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. "As of match played 11 November 2018" Internazionale Joel Obi Joel Chukwuma Obi (born 22 May 1991), known as Joel Obi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Chievo Verona and the Nigerian national team. After winning the "Allievi Nazionali" Under-17 championship in 2008 under
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Russia national rugby sevens team The Russia national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Russia has competed at the 2001, 2005 and 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The team won the Plate final in 2001 to end 9th, with wins over Kenya, Spain and Georgia. In 2005 they resulted 11th, collecting wins over Kenya, Uruguay and Japan. As hosts of the 2013 World Cup, Russia claimed the Bowl final to take 17th place, after beating Spain, Uruguay and Japan. The first appearance of Russia at the Sevens World Series was
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Finals where he lost from Italian team Riello Mash Verona. Over sixteen games in that Korać Cup season, he averaged 6.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. In next Korać Cup season he played for the Radnički Jugopetrol where he averaged 9.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game over eight cup games. In 1999, he went abroad. During next four years he played in Poland, Slovenia, Turkey, Russia and Bulgaria. In 2003, he moved back to Belgrade where he played for the Atlas during 2003–04 ULEB Cup season. Over four cup games, he averaged 4.8 points,
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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group was one of nine qualifying groups from UEFA and comprised Azerbaijan, Israel, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Portugal and Russia. The group winners, Russia, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Portugal placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Sweden. They won both matches and thus also qualified for the World Cup. The match schedule was determined
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World Cup, 2010 World Cup, Euro 1992 (as CIS), Euro 2004, Euro 2012 and Euro 2016. Russia didn't qualify for the major tournament on four occasions: in 1996, 2000, 2006 and 2010. Russian team is currently ranked 65th in the Fifa World Rankings. On December 2, 2010, Russia was awarded the FIFA World Cup 2018. Russia will host the tournament for the first time. It becomes the largest country to host the World Cup, a title held by the United States since 1994. The main cup competition in Russia is the Russian Cup. All professional clubs from 1st to 3rd
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Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg) The Central Stadium of Yekaterinburg, also known as Ekaterinburg Arena, is a multi-purpose stadium in the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia. It is the home ground of Russian Premier League football club FC Ural Yekaterinburg. The capacity of the stadium is just over 35,000, and will be reduced to 23,000 after the World Cup. It is one of 12 venues in 11 host cities for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The stadium is the eastern-most among the 2018 World Cup venues, being the only venue that stands in Asian Russia. Central Stadium was built in
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Cup Brazil 2008, but after France withdrew at the last minute, the berth in the next round was decided in a single eliminator against Serbia. The Russians duly won 3–2 to book a play-off spot with Belarus, one of the surprise packages at the group stage, but the experience of three appearances at the FIFA Futsal World Cup finals told in the end as the Russians eased to a 6–2 aggregate win. Much of the credit goes to keeper Pavel Stepanov for conceding only four goals in three matches. At the final tournament, Russia was drawn in Group A along
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in the final squad later on. On 24 June 2018, Baloy scored the first Panama goal in a World Cup match in the 1–6 loss against England.. He retired from international football after Russia 2018. In Russia he became the oldest debutante to score in a World Cup match. He became the oldest player to score a goal in his debut world cup in Russia. Felipe Baloy is married and has two children. He currently lives in Mexico with his family. Baloy is a naturalized citizen of Mexico. He also holds a close friendship with fellow Panama national team mates
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Next year Ravil Sabitov was sacked and Dayev became Torpedo Moscow caretaker again. He went on to manage the Russia national under-19 football team. Vyacheslav Dayev Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Dayev (; born 6 September 1972) is a Russian association football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with the Under-21 squad of FC Lokomotiv Moscow. He has played eight matches for Russia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. After finishing his playing career he worked a children's coach in Torpedo Moscow football school. In 2007, he was appointed as a caretaker
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Olympics the following month where they finished in 15th. They also competed at their second World Championships and climbed to 8th in the rankings. During the 2010–11 season, Bobrova/Soloviev won their first medal on the senior Grand Prix series – a silver at Cup of China. At their next event, 2010 Cup of Russia, they won their first senior Grand Prix title. In doing so, they qualified for their first senior Grand Prix Final, where they finished fourth. At the 2011 Russian Championships, Bobrova/Soloviev finished first in both the short dance and the free dance to win their first national
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7 World Championship mass start races he took part in. Poirée also had five victories at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition with three mass starts (2000, 2002, and 2004), one pursuit (2004) and one individual (2007). After winning the gold medal at the World Championships in Antholz in 2007, Poiree announced the end of his career after that World Cup season. He eventually chose to retire after the Holmenkollen World Cup meet (i.e. before the season's last WC meet, in Khanty-Mansyisk in Russia the week after); his last competition was the Mass start race on Sunday 11 March, where
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of Los Teros and then went on to alternate between Los Teros XV's team and the 7's team, depending on each's calendar. Mieres began playing professionally in 2014 for Rugby Club Valpolicella of Verona, Italy of the second tier of the Italian Rugby Union championship, after outstanding performances in several test matches and the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifyings. He has played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying and at the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying, where Los Teros achieved the feat of beating Russia in the playoffs for the last place at the World Cup. Of the 31
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continuum USSR-Russia: five times, with three victories for Belgium and two for the Soviet Union. Belgium's best finish in the World Cup is third, at the Russia 2018 tournament. Belgium previously finished fourth in the Mexico 1986 competition. Belgian's first five appearances at the FIFA World Cup between 1930 and 1970 were not successful, as they failed to advance beyond the first round. After two scoreless defeats at the inaugural World Cup in 1930, Belgium scored their first two World Cup goals in 1934 against Germany, by virtue of Bernard Voorhoof. However, both in 1934 and 1938 the Red Devils
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officially leading to the Ottoman–German Alliance being ratified the next year in 1914. Enver would enter the Empire into World War I that same year as part of the Central Powers, on the side of Germany, in contrast to the overthrown Kâmil Pasha, who was partial towards the British. Although the CUP had worked with the Armenians to reinstall constitutional monarchy against Abdul Hamid II, factions in the CUP began to view the Armenians as a fifth column that would betray the Ottoman cause after World War I with nearby Russia broke out; these factions gained more power after the
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2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off The 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup Race Off was the third race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was run on July 7 at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland and was won by Russia from Australia, Latvia and the United States. As a result, Russia progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final, where they will join defending champions and hosts Poland, Event One winners Great Britain and Event Two winners Sweden. Australia finished second, but were eliminated from the competition along with Latvia and the United
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2016 Speedway World Cup Race-off The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup Race Off was the third race of the 2016 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was run on July 29 at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester, England and was won by Australia from Denmark, Russia and the United States. As a result, Australia progressed to the 2016 Speedway World Cup Final, where they will join defending champions and Event Two winners Sweden, hosts Great Britain and Event One winners Poland. Denmark finished second, but were eliminated from the competition along with Russia and the United
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at a meeting in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, on 25 November 2011. There were 82 goals in 30 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match. 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group was one of nine qualifying groups from UEFA and comprised Azerbaijan, Israel, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Portugal and Russia. The group winners, Russia, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Portugal placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where
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Peru during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers where he scored 3 goals. He scored 2 goals in a 3–4 home loss to Chile and the winner in a 1–0 home win over Paraguay. He scored one of two goals in a 2–0 home win against New Zealand that led Peru qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 36-year absence. In May 2018 he was named in Peru's provisional 24-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Farfán is considered as a fast forward or winger, and regarded less as a goal-scorer, but more as a creator
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represented Russia at the 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, where he recorded three assists in five games. Marchenko represented Russia at the 2016 IIHF World Championship, where he recorded one goal and two assists in ten games, and won a bronze medal. Marchenko again represented Russia at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. He was a member of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team that competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Alexey Marchenko Alexey Igorevich Marchenko (; born 2 January 1992) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HC CSKA Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League
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were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2013. Russia had already advanced to the first playoff round where they faced the U.S. The Americans defeated Russia 8–3, eliminating them from the tournament. In the 2014 Winter Olympics, Ovechkin represented Russia under enormous pressure as the tournament was hosted on home ice in Sochi. Russia lost to arch-rivals Finland 3–1 in the quarter-final round. Ovechkin participated in the 2014 IIHF World Championships where Russia won gold. After the tournament, he asked Vladimir Putin to reward the Russian hockey team on an equal basis with the 2014 Olympic champions. That was
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Wales in Monza. While Russia qualified for the play-off match after finishing second in group B. Both teams squads remained unchanged throughout the qualifiers. With the win Italy became the 14th, and final, team to qualify for the 2017 World Cup. 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualification (Europe play-off) The 2017 Rugby League World Cup Europe qualification play-off was a rugby league match that will played on 4 November 2016 at Leigh Sports Village in England. This match decides who is the final European country qualifying for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. Italy defeated Russia 76-0 to qualify for
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for the next editions. In 1930, Paraguay participated in the first World Cup, organized by Uruguay. In the first round, Paraguay debuted and lost to the United States (0–3), to then defeat Belgium (1–0) with a goal by Luis Vargas Peña. Only one team was to advance from the group stage, and the U.S. left Paraguay behind. After strong participations in the Copa América tournaments of 1929, 1947 and 1949 (where Paraguay finished in second place), Paraguay was ready for their next World Cup competition. The return to the World Cup was in 1950, where Paraguay faced Sweden and Italy
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at the Thiais Grand Prix where she finished 17th in the all-around after multiple drops in her apparatus. Her next competition was at the 2017 Tashkent World Cup where she finished 5th in the all-around and qualified to 3 apparatus finals taking bronze in ribbon, placed 4th in clubs and 5th in ball. At the 2017 Baku World Cup, Serdyukova finished 11th in the all-around and qualified to the clubs final. On May 5–7, Serdyukova competed at the 2017 Sofia World Cup finishing 9th in the all-around behind Eleni Kelaiditi, she qualified in 1 apparatus final in ball. Serdyukova's next
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first American to win a medal at a senior men's World Cup event, taking the bronze in Espinho, Portugal in May 1999. He was also the first American to win a World Cup title, winning the World Championship Cup St. Petersburg, Russia that same year. At that competition, he routed 3-time world champion Sergei Golubitsky of Ukraine 15–6 in the quarterfinals before defeating 1995 world champion Dmitriy Shevchenko of Russia 10–5 in the final. Bayer won a second World Cup title in April 2000 in Bonn, Germany, where he defeated defending Olympic champion Puccini of Italy. Bayer's best showing at
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also has a master's degree in business administration and marketing from University of Colorado. Jason Regier Jason Regier (born 1975) is an American Paralympic wheelchair rugby player and eight-time gold medalist from Denver, Colorado. In 2005, he participated at the IWAS World Games where he won a gold medal and next year won three more at the North American Cup, Canada Cup and World championships. After the 2008 North American Cup where he won silver for the first time, he continued winning gold ever since at various championships until 2012 Summer Paralympics where he won his first bronze. Jason is
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Jason Regier Jason Regier (born 1975) is an American Paralympic wheelchair rugby player and eight-time gold medalist from Denver, Colorado. In 2005, he participated at the IWAS World Games where he won a gold medal and next year won three more at the North American Cup, Canada Cup and World championships. After the 2008 North American Cup where he won silver for the first time, he continued winning gold ever since at various championships until 2012 Summer Paralympics where he won his first bronze. Jason is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon as an undergraduate at Oregon State University. He
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Viktor Pasichnyk Viktor Viktorovich Pasichnyk () (born December 2, 1992, in Kremenets, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian Nordic combined skier. He participated at 2014 Winter Olympics. He began to compete at World Cup in 2012-13 season. In his first race in Almaty, Kazakhstan on February 9, 2013, he was 36th. Next day he was 34th. That season was over for him without any World Cup point. In pre-Olympic season he had more World Cup starts. On January 5, 2014, Pasichnyk was 19th in Russian Chaikovskiy which is his best result so far. Viktor participated at 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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They won gold at the Canadian Junior Championships and were assigned to Junior Worlds where they captured the silver medal. Paul/Islam moved up to the senior ranks for the 2010–2011 season. They finished fourth in their senior Grand Prix debut at 2010 Skate Canada International. Their next event was 2010 Cup of Russia. They had a fall in the short dance and withdrew from the free dance after Paul sustained a rib injury. Paul/Islam made their senior national debut at the 2011 Canadian Championships, finishing in third. They were first alternates for the 2011 World Championships. His partner sprained her
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2012 Amputee Football World Cup The 2012 Amputee Football World Cup, aka 2012 Amputee Soccer World Cup, was the 13th edition of the biannual international competition of amputee football national men's teams. It was organized by the World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF), and was held in Kaliningrad, Russia between October 7–14, 2012. The previous event took place in Argentina in 2010. Mexico was selected by majority vote on the WAFF 2012 Congress to host the next World Cup in 2014. The competition was originally planned to be held in Japan. However, the venue was changed due to the April 2011
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the 2018 World Cup, focusing on the development of football worldwide. On 27 January 2009, England officially submitted their bid to FIFA. Richard Caborn led England's bid to stage the event after stepping down as Sports Minister. On 24 October 2008 the Football Association named the Executive Board to prepare the bid, with David Triesman as the bid chairman. Triesman resigned on 16 May 2010 after comments were published where he suggested that Spain would drop their bid if Russia helped bribe referees in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and was then replaced by Geoff Thompson. The British government backed
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seen as a Tier 2 union by World Rugby. The team's regular international competition is in the Rugby Europe Championship – often referred to as the Six Nations B. In addition, the team participates in World Rugby-run summer tournaments including the Nations Cup, the dormant Churchill Cup, and other international fixtures. Russia competed in their first Rugby World Cup (RWC) in New Zealand in 2011 after qualifying as Europe 2 through their second-place finish in the 2009–10 ENC. Russia played in Pool C and finished fifth, scoring one point. Previous qualification campaigns saw elimination to Portugal ahead of the 2007
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Croatia’s preliminary 32 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia but did not make the final 23. Inter Zaprešić Standard Liege Ivan Santini Ivan Santini (; born 21 May 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian club Anderlecht. Ivan Santini, born in Zadar, played for his hometown side's youth team, until the summer of 2006, when he moved to Inter Zaprešić where he signed his first professional contract and made four first team appearances, scoring his first professional goal in the process. The next season, he moved to Red Bull Salzburg where
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being noticed by Amina Zaripova, not long after she was invited by Zaripova to train in Russia's national center in Novogorsk. She competed in the prestigious Russian rhythmic gymnastics competition at the 2014 Hope of Russia, where she won the all-around bronze. Sergeeva made her junior international debut at the 2015 Moscow Junior Grand Prix. Sergeeva won silver in all-around at the 2015 Budapest Junior World Cup and with Team Russia winning the gold (with teammates Alina Ermolova, Daria Pridannikova and Anna Sokolova). She also won team gold (with Daria Pridannikova, Alina Ermolova, Anna Sokolova) at the Junior World Cup
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in the world junior championships in Roseville, Minnesota, USA. The next season she qualified for the 2004–05 World Cup during the 2005 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships with fifth place in the 1000m and fourth place in the 1500m. With a third place at the 2005 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships she qualified for her first international senior tournament, the 2005 European Championships in Heerenveen. There she came fourth and secured herself a spot in the Dutch team for the 2005 World Allround Championships in Moscow, Russia, where she finished in fifth place. She then became World Junior Champion in Seinäjoki,
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the country, otherwise there is no World Cup. That is obvious." Before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Infantino stated in February of that year that he is "very satisfied so far with the progress in Russia. I’m sure we’ll have a great World Cup there – not only a great World Cup but the best World Cup ever." Infantino was implicated in the FIFA corruption scandal in documents released in the 2016 Panama Papers. They show that the UEFA undertook deals with indicted figures where previously they had denied any relationship. Infantino has stated he is "dismayed"
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Nikita Chernov Nikita Aleksandrovich Chernov (; born 14 January 1996) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a centre-back for CSKA Moscow and Russia national football team. Born in Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast, he began his career at hometown team FC Energiya Volzhsky before joining CSKA Moscow in 2009. He made his professional debut on 24 September 2014 in a Russian Cup game against FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk. He also played in the next Russian Cup round against FC Torpedo Moscow on 29 October. He participated in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup with Russia national under-17 football team. On
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Euro 2016. 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The European section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Apart from Russia, who qualified automatically as hosts, a total of 13 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams. The qualifying format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 22–23 March 2015 in Vienna. The qualification process started on 4 September 2016, almost two months after UEFA Euro
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The European section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Apart from Russia, who qualified automatically as hosts, a total of 13 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams. The qualifying format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 22–23 March 2015 in Vienna. The qualification process started on 4 September 2016, almost two months after UEFA Euro 2016, and
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Group I play. After several years competing at that level, the team was promoted to World Group II by defeating Japan in 2015. Despite the absence of their top player, Victoria Azarenka, Belarus defeated Canada in their 2016 World Group II tie. This victory secured a spot in the 2016 World Group Play-offs, where they upset Russia 3–2. Belarus competed in the 2017 Fed Cup World Group, where they scored shocking upsets against Netherlands in the quarterfinals and Switzerland in the semifinals. Both victories came without the help of Azarenka, who was taking time off following the birth of her
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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 FIFA World Cup hosts Germany along with Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. The group was won by Germany, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Russia entered the UEFA play-off stage. The fixtures for the group were determined on 10 January 2008, after a meeting between representatives of each nation in Frankfurt, Germany. The August 2009 date in the international match calendar was
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2017 Speedway World Cup Event 2 Event Two of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup was the second race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was staged on July 4 at the Stena Arena in Västervik, Sweden and was won by Sweden from Russia, Latvia, and Denmark. As a result, Sweden progressed directly to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final, while Russia and Latvia progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off. Denmark were eliminated. Latvia and Denmark initially tied on 28 points after the 20 qualifying heats, however Andžejs Ļebedevs beat Niels-Kristian Iversen
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return leg. FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod all won their groups, but were knocked out in the semi-finals. Russia national football team came second in their qualification group for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. They lost to Italy in the playoffs for the second-placed teams and did not qualify for the World Cup. Boris Ignatyev was the head coach, with Yuri Syomin assisting throughout and Leonid Pakhomov assisting from the third game on. The next game was officially billed as "Russia All Stars vs. FIFA World XI" and does not count as an official
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Loch of Germany. In the 2017-17 Luge World Cup campaign Kindl finished third behind respectively the repeating world champion, Felix Loch, and Roman Repilov of Russia. Then next years was Kindl's best Luge World Cup season finish so far as he finished as the champion in men's spring singles event for the 2017–18 and also placed second in the men's singles event standings. Kindl represented Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, finishing ninth in the men's singles. Kinda reprised representing Austria in the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia and again finished ninth in
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and thus it was named after him. Jaime is also a member of the University of Miami "Hall of Fame" where he graduated in 1969. He competed at the 1973 Davis Cup with Patricio Cornejo where he played the longest Davis Cup rubber in terms of games, eventually losing to Americans Stan Smith and Erik Van Dillen, winning the first set 9–7, the next 39–37, but lost the next three sets, 6–8, 1–6, 3–6 in the 1973 American Zone Final. The second set is the world record for the most number of games in a Davis Cup set. He was
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low shot. Salah won a penalty after he was fouled by Zobnin - although it was only given after a consultation with the video assistant referee as the referee had initially said the offence took place outside the area. Salah scored from the spot to become only the third Egyptian player to score at a World Cup. This is the first time Russia have won their opening two matches at a World Cup since 1966 (as the Soviet Union). And following with Uruguay's 1–0 victory over Saudi Arabia, Russia, for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union,
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2006 World Cup itself, he led the nation to the knockout stages, the first time in the Socceroos' history. Following the World Cup, he joined the Russian national team. Russia scraped through qualification at the expense of England, ultimately reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2008. In February 2009, while still managing Russia, Hiddink was appointed interim manager of English club Chelsea. He enjoyed success during his short stay at Stamford Bridge, winning the FA Cup, whilst restoring Chelsea to a respectable position in the league. Meanwhile, after Russia failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, Hiddink resigned as its
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defeating Reginaldo Santana and Sergei Bytchkov, he reached the final and faced Eli Soares. The fight lasted for thirty minutes with no breaks and Soares won by decision. Firmino then returned two years later at the M-1 Global event "MFC: Russia vs the World 3" in Saint Petersburg, Russia where he again beat Sergei Bytchkov, by technical knockout in the second round. At "Russia vs the World 5" the following year, he defeated Musail Allaudinov via unanimous decision after one fifteen-minute round. After winning his next four bouts - three by submission - he was given a chance to compete
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Poland's next game was on 12 June, again played at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, with the game against Russia finishing 1–1, with Russia taking the lead through Alan Dzagoev in the 37th minute before Poland equalized through Błaszczykowski in the 57th minute. Poland's final game was against the Czech Republic, played on 16 June, at the Stadion Miejski, in Wrocław, where Poland lost 1–0 following a goal from Petr Jiráček. Poland finished bottom of the group, with just two points. Poland was drawn in Group H of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying; with England, Ukraine, Montenegro, Moldova and San
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Cup tournaments. The U.S. finished third in the World Cup in 1930, and played in the 1934 World Cup. The next World Cup participation came in the 1950 World Cup, where they upset England 1-0 in group play. After 1950, the USA did not return to the World Cup for another 40 years. The fortunes of the U.S. national team changed in the 1990s, with the team participating in every World Cup between 1990 and 2014. The U.S. hosted the 1994 World Cup, beating Colombia to reach the knockout rounds, before losing to Brazil in the round of sixteen. The
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Shauna Coxsey, for lead Romain Desgranges and Janja Garnbret, and for speed Vladislav Deulin and Anouck Jaubert, men and women respectively. In lead climbing, Janja Garnbret of Slovenia was the only athlete who never missed a podium in all 8 lead competitions of the season. In speed climbing, at the first Speed World Cup of the season in Chongqing, Iuliia Kaplina of Russia set a new world record of 7.46 seconds, breaking her previous world record of 7.53 seconds she set at the 2015 Speed World Cup in Chamonix. Then the next week, at the World Cup in Nanjing, Reza
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Inessa Merkulova Inessa Merkulova (née Poturaeva) (born 9 November 1964 in Rostov on Don) is a Russian Olympic dressage rider. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she finished 23rd in the individual competition. She has also represented Russia at four World Equestrian Games (in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2014), three European Dressage Championships (1999, 2001 and 2015) and five Dressage World Cup Finals (in 2002, 2006, 2014, 2015 and 2016). She has qualified for the 2014 Dressage World Cup Finals in Lyon after finishing 3rd in the Central European League rankings. At the
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in team dressage and 28th in individual dressage competition. Inessa Merkulova Inessa Merkulova (née Poturaeva) (born 9 November 1964 in Rostov on Don) is a Russian Olympic dressage rider. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she finished 23rd in the individual competition. She has also represented Russia at four World Equestrian Games (in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2014), three European Dressage Championships (1999, 2001 and 2015) and five Dressage World Cup Finals (in 2002, 2006, 2014, 2015 and 2016). She has qualified for the 2014 Dressage World Cup Finals in Lyon after finishing
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of the Hungarian Football Federation resigned. Between 1927 and 1930 Hungary participated in the Europa Cup, which is considered as the first international tournament, with Austria, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Russia, and Yugoslavia. In the final Hungary lost to Russia. On 12 June 1927 Hungary beat France by 13–1 which is still a record. József Takács scored six goals against France. The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930. Hungary did not take part in the tournament since they were not invited and there were no qualification matches. Therefore, Hungary first appeared in the World Cup in Italy where the
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consequently the number one team. After that tournament, CIS did not play again and in the 1993 world championship, Russia represented the country. Russia has never finished below third in the championships. The team has won the Bandy World Championship eleven times, in 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018. The post-Soviet Russian team made its debut at the Russian Government Cup 1992. The Russians have won the Russian Government Cup eight times. A team "Russia 2" has sometimes appeared in the Russian Government Cup alongside the regular team. Russian squad at the 2016 World
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the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, due to nerve injury in her lower legs. K.C. is the winner of the 2015 FIS Freestyle World Cup in Deer Valley, Utah. Going into the 2015-2016 ski season, which begins in Ruka, Finland on December 12, K.C. is ranked 9th in the FIS World Cup and is the top ranked U.S. female moguls skier. In between training and competing, K.C. attended University of California, Berkeley, where after 3.5 years, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with an emphasis in Business Communications. K.C. was a member of Kappa Kappa
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in Sochi, Russia, Veith won the super-G at Rosa Khutor for her first Olympic medal, and at the end of the season she won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles. In the 2006 Junior World Championships, Veith (née Fenninger) won the gold in the super-G, silver in the downhill, and finished fifth in the slalom. On 11 November 2006, Veith made her World Cup debut in the slalom at Levi, Finland. She tallied her first World Cup points (top 30) on 21 January 2007 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, where she finished 16th in the giant slalom. After another top
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they finished in seventh position. They have made their eleventh appearance in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Switzerland's record at FIFA World Cups: The group stage used in the first World Cup was discarded in favour of a straight knockout tournament. Switzerland hosted the tournament in 1954 and reached the quarter-final for a third time, where the team was beaten 7–5 by neighbouring Austria. ---- After missing out on the previous tournament, Switzerland qualified for the 1962 edition, held in Chile. Unfortunately, they finished at the bottom of Group 2 without a single point, having lost all their matches.
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2017 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup was the 10th FIFA Confederations Cup, a quadrennial international men's football tournament organised by FIFA. It was held in Russia, from 17 June to 2 July 2017, as a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Russia was announced as the host on 2 December 2010 after the country was awarded the hosting rights of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The matches were played in four different stadiums across four cities: Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan, and Sochi. It was the first time Russia has hosted the tournament, and the third time
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In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished third behind Tina Maze and Maria Höfl-Riesch. The 2014 season was Veith's most successful season so far. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Veith won the super-G at Rosa Khutor for her first Olympic medal, winning by over a half-second. Three days later, she won a silver medal in the giant slalom, just .02 seconds behind gold medalist and World Cup rival Tina Maze of Slovenia. The Giant Slalom was held in the rain. In the next three races after the Olympics, Veith had a runner-up finish
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the 1994 World Cup in the best shape of his career, at the age of 24. Despite having a talented group of players, however, Sweden was not predicted to go far at the World Cup in the United States. They scraped a draw with Cameroon in their opening game. Things improved in Sweden's next game with Russia, with Brolin playing behind Martin Dahlin and the towering Kennet Andersson, as Sweden won 3–1. In their final group match, Sweden drew 1–1 with tournament favourites Brazil after Brolin set up Sweden's goal for Kennet Andersson, and reached the second round. Brolin scored
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won his second World Cup event and his first in super-G at Val Gardena (Gröden), Italy. Just miles from his hometown in January, he placed second in the super combined at Wengen; he had an advantage of 2.96 seconds over Ivica Kostelić after the downhill portion, but lost it on bad slalom and finished 0.20 seconds behind Kostelić. Feuz won the classic Lauberhorn downhill the next day. In February, he won the pre-Olympic downhill in Russia at Rosa Khutor, the alpine racing venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics. A breakout season for Feuz, he had 13 World Cup podiums with
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12th medal. Her next appearance was at the Russian Cup. In qualifying, she placed fifth after failing to perform an acrobatic series on beam and falling twice on the uneven bars. In the all-around final, she placed third, with one fall on bars. This was her first all-around competition since the 2015 European Games, which she won. Despite withdrawing from event finals to work with a physiotherapist in Moscow, she was named to the Olympic team for Russia along with first-year senior and Russian Cup champion Angelina Melnikova, 2015 World Championships team member Tutkhalyan, and 2015 world champions Paseka and
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in the 2007 AMF World Cup in [St. Petersburg, Russia] where he was also lead qualifier and as well all final rounds. Finishing as runner-up after defeated in the final by Bill Hoffman (USA). In the first match Hoffman defeated Andres Gomes (Colombia). Petteri Salonen (Finland) hit a new Bowling World Cup record for six games when he amassed 1538 pins in the second qualifying block at the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. His series included back to back 279 games (247, 220, 256, 279, 279, 257) which beats the 1513 set by Jason Belmonte in 2004 in Singapore. It
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the world ranking after its first round win over Australia. Now Russia competed with Kuznetsova, Pavlyuchenkova and the duo Zvonareva / Vesnina, after Sharapova and Makarova decided not to participate in the semifinals. Sharapova cited her foot injury, and Makarova was too exhausted and unready, according to Makarova's coach Manyukova. Kuznetsova and Pavlyuchenkova won the first two rubbers, but then Germany levelled after winning the other two matches in straight sets. In the deciding doubles match, where Pavlyuchenkova partnered with Vesnina, team Russia overcame the Germans and moved to the finals, which took place in the Czech Republic. There Sharapova
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coach in March 2013 Candelas was appointed as technical director of Iran futsal team in September 2012. He was appointed as team's head coach after Ali Sanei's contract with team meli was terminated due to poor and disappointing results at the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup held in Thailand, and a drop in the world ranking from 4th place to 7th. Candelas had his debut right after the lost against Colombia at the World Cup, Iran had two friendly matches at Qom where they tied both games against Russia. Candelas was supposed to be an interim coach but when he
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ice hockey team during the 2003 U-18 Junior World Cup in Slovenia, where Canada finished fourth. Cameron returned to the team for the 2004 U-18 Junior World Cup, also held in Slovenia, as head coach, leading the team to win the gold medal. Cameron was the head coach for Canada's men's national junior ice hockey team during the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Buffalo, New York, where the team earned the silver medal after losing 5–3 to Russia in the tournament finals. Cameron will be an assistant coach for Canada's men's national ice hockey team at the 2016
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11 July 2015 against Russia. Namibia claimed their first ever victory over Russia, beating them 39–19, before claiming a 45–5 win the following week to claim the series 2–0. Davies then lead Namibia into their final two matches in the 2015 Africa Cup. They knocked over Kenya, 46–13, and Zimbabwe, 80–6, to claim the Africa Cup title. Davies took the Namibian team to Durban, where Davies trained his side with the Springboks in a three-day training camp. Namibia proved to be much more competitive than in previous World Cup's, where during the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Namibia picked up their
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in February. Russia competed in Group F of World Cup qualification and qualified in first place after a 1–1 draw with Azerbaijan in their last game. In January 2014, after qualification had been achieved, Capello was rewarded with a new four-year contract to last up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. "Group F" Russia played in Group H against South Korea, Belgium and Algeria. In their first group match, against South Korea, goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev fumbled a long-range shot from Lee Keun-ho, dropping it over the line to give the Koreans the lead. Russia then went on to
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the third team other than Brazil to win the World Cup. Russia began their World Cup campaign in Group C alongside Nigeria, Tahiti and Venezuela, as European Champions after winning the 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League. Having finished third in the European World Cup qualifiers in July 2010, as well as playing in a group with two surprise nations, who not only were not expected to qualify but had never even competed in a FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup before, quickly made Russia one of the favourites of the competition. Russia's first match came against Nigeria, who pundits thought would
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playoffs. A 4-3 golden goal win over Russia got them to the 5/6 playoff against Spain, where they played heroically before losing 3-0 to the Spanish. 6th in Europe for Wales. One reward came with Dave Hacker finally gaining GB selection for the Sydney Olympics in 2000, with others surely raising eyebrows and creating selection headaches. The next two years saw some senior retirements and the squad re-shape under coach Williamson and captain Zak Jones. The new Celtic Cup became an annual event, and Wales built towards the World Cup Qualifier in Edinburgh in 2001. New faces included keeper Matt
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