No. 6 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia needed just 59 minutes to oust American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-1 in the first round ...

The revived contest, planned to take place in Moscow later this year, is Russia's way of directly challenging Eurovision ...

Italy beat Switzerland to win the mixed team parallel event that opened the Alpine skiing world championships.

Currency reserves in Russian banks have plummeted to their lowest in 16 years, with individuals and businesses withdrawing ...

National targets for solar and wind power will see reliance on natural gas plummet, reducing electricity price volatility ...