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Media Football
Media football is a version of football in which the teams are mainly made up of celebrities (influencers, actors, business stars, etc.). Media football emerged and developed in Russia in the late 2010s, although Russian teams have held matches between celebrities before. History In 2017, Russian YouTubers who make content based on the ''FIFA'' video game series united in the 7F United team. The squad included , PandaFx, Finito, German El Classico Popkov, Stavr, Den4ik Flomasteroff and Goodmax. They recorded football challenges, but the channel did not last long due to organizational difficulties. In 2018, after the FIFA World Cup, Popkov decided to revive the idea of creating a media football club and invite "fifers" and football bloggers to the project under the temporary name German's Team. Football matches came to replace the challenges, and in August 2018 the team was named Amkal. In 2020, Popkov organized the , in which 12 teams participated. Among the participants wer ...
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Afisha
''Afisha'' ''( rus, link=no, Афиша — "Poster")'' was a Russian entertainment and lifestyle magazine published from April 1999 to December 2015 in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and 12 other Russia's major cities. In its peak years ''Afisha'''s readership reached approximately 1.5 million people. Its online version remains one of Russia’s most popular media brands with a monthly Internet audience of more than 4.5 million. History Founded in April 1999 by Moscow journalist Ilya Oskolkov-Tsentsiper, American entrepreneur Andrew Paulson and businessman Anton Kudryashov ''Afisha'' was intended as Moscow's version of Time Out which Oskolkov-Tsentsiper and Paulson tried and failed to license. It quickly outgrew its initial purpose as a bi-weekly listing magazine and ended up having a profound effect on Moscow’s cultural and nightlife scene. In the next 10 years Afisha turned into a Russia's leading publishing house by launching an array of spin-off publications such as monthly trav ...
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Media Football League
Media Football League (MFL; ) is a Russian football tournament for Media football, media teams. History Nikolay Osipov founded the MFL in 2022. During the second season, Osipov announced that his own stadium with an orange lawn would be built. In October 2022, it became known that the Medialiga would have a second division. At the end of the same month, news also appeared that Medialiga could begin to be broadcast on the Match TV channel. The first season of the league, which lasted from April to July 2022, was attended by 2DROTS, LFC Roma, Starmix, Na Sporte, Match TV, Basement, FC Art, SD Family, Reality and Broke Boys. In the end, which took place on July 10 at VTB Arena, in the presence of 11,000 spectators, 2DROTS beat Basement with a score of 4:0 and became the league champion and won a prize of 5 million rubles. After that, the acting president of the Russian Premier League, Alexander Alaev, said that the winner of the league could get the right to participate in the Ru ...
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RIA Novosti
RIA Novosti (russian: РИА Новости), sometimes referred to as RIAN () or RIA (russian: РИА, label=none) is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013 by a decree of Vladimir Putin it was liquidated and its assets and workforce were transferred to the newly created Rossiya Segodnya agency. On 8 April 2014 RIA Novosti was registered as part of the new agency. RIA Novosti is headquartered in Moscow. The chief editor is Anna Gavrilova. Content RIA Novosti was scheduled to be closed down in 2014; starting in March 2014, staff were informed that they had the option of transferring their contracts to Rossiya Segodnya or sign a redundancy contract. On 10 November 2014, Rossiya Segodnya launched the Sputnik multimedia platform as the international replacement of RIA Novosti and Voice of Russia. Within Russia itself, however, Rossiya Segodnya continues to operate its Russian language news service under the name RIA Novosti with its ria.ru website. T ...
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Mikhail Kerzhakov
Mikhail Anatolyevich Kerzhakov (russian: Михаил Анатольевич Кержаков; born 28 January 1987) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Zenit St. Petersburg. He is the younger brother of striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov. Club career On 10 February 2017, he joined Orenburg on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 15 June 2022, Kerzhakov extended his contract with Zenit St. Petersburg for the 2022–23 season. On 3 June 2023, he extended it for the 2023–24 season. International career Kerzhakov was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time for a friendly against Kyrgyzstan in September 2022. Career statistics ;Notes Honours ;Zenit Saint Petersburg *Russian Premier League: 2007, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 * Russian Cup: 2016, 2019–20 *Russian Super Cup: 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the Unit ...
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Tass
The Russian News Agency TASS (russian: Информацио́нное аге́нтство Росси́и ТАСС, translit=Informatsionnoye agentstvo Rossii, or Information agency of Russia), abbreviated TASS (russian: ТАСС, label=none), is a major Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. TASS is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide. TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterprise, owned by the Government of Russia. Headquartered in Moscow, TASS has 70 offices in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as 68 bureaus around the world. In Soviet times, it was named the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (russian: Телегра́фное аге́нтство Сове́тского Сою́за, translit=Telegrafnoye agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza, label=none) and was the central agency for news collection and distribution for all Soviet newspapers, radio and television stations. After t ...
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Oleg Matytsin
Oleg Vasilyevich Matytsin (born 19 May 1964) is a Russian professor and doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Education and Honoured Doctor of Beijing Sport University. He is currently Minister of Sport of Russia since 2020 and President of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) since 2015. He is also a member of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport, a member of the International Fair Play Committee and Honorary President of the Russian Students Sport Union (RSSU). Prior to becoming President of FISU, Matytsin played a crucial role in the development of the European University Sports Federation (EUSA), serving as Vice-President from 2007 to 2015. Education Matytsin graduated from the State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Education (now the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism) in 1985, specialising in physical cul ...
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Ministry Of Sport (Russia)
The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation ( Russian: ''Министерство спорта Российской Федерации''), often abbreviated as Minsport (Минспорт), is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for sports. The Ministry of Sports oversees the implementation of government policy and regulation of sport, providing state services and federal funding for athletes, and also managing public property in the area of sport and physical fitness in Russia. The ministry was created by the Medvedev Government in 2008 as the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy and has existed in its current form since May 21, 2012. It is headquartered at Kazakov Street 18 in Basmanny District, Moscow. Oleg Matytsin has served as the Minister of Sports since 21 January 2020. Structure The Ministry is composed of two branches: * Department of Sports Development () * Department of State Policy in Sport () History Soviet period The State Committ ...
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Denis Yakuba
Denis Yevgenyevich Yakuba (russian: Денис Евгеньевич Якуба; born 26 May 1996) is a Russian football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. Club career He was first moved to the senior squad of FC Kuban Krasnodar in March 2014. He made his debut for Kuban on 23 September 2015 in a Russian Cup game against FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. He started in the next Russian Cup round game against FC Spartak Moscow on 28 October 2015, which his team won 1–0 to advance to the quarterfinals. He made his Russian Premier League debut on 1 November 2015 against FC Lokomotiv Moscow. On 9 July 2019, Russian Premier League club PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara confirmed that Yakuba will join the squad for the 2019–20 season. International He won the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with Russia national under-17 football team, with which he also participated in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Later he represented Russia national under-19 f ...
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Sergei Bozhin
Sergei Vitalyevich Bozhin (russian: Серге́й Витальевич Божин; born 12 September 1994) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Fakel Voronezh. Club career Bozhin made his professional debut for Krylia Sovetov Samara on 3 June 2013 in the Premier League relegation play-off second leg against Spartak Nalchik, coming as a substitute on the 81st minute. However, he did not make a single appearance for the club in the following 2013–14 season. Krylia Sovetov, eventually, were relegated at the end of that season. During the 2014–15 Russian Football National League season, Bozhin made 17 appearances and scored his first goal for Krylia Sovetov. The following 2015–16 Krylia Sovetov season was the club's first season back in the top division, but, again, Bozhin did not make a single appearance for the club. Bozhin, eventually, made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 8 August 2016 in a 0–1 away loss against FC Spart ...
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Oleg Kornaukhov
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kornaukhov (russian: Олег Дмитриевич Корнаухов; born 14 January 1975) is a Russian football official and a former player. He is the director of PFC CSKA Moscow academy. Honours * Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998. * Russian Premier League bronze: 1999. * Russian Cup winner:1993, 2002. * Russian Cup runner-up: 2000. * Top 33 players year-end list: 1998, 1999. International career Kornaukhov played his only game for Russia so far on 18 November 1998 in a friendly against Brazil. Russia lost 1–5 and Kornaukhov scored the only goal from a penalty kick. Post-playing career On 18 December 2018, he was appointed the director of academy for PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English: .... References External links ...
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Anzor Kavazashvili
Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili ( ka, ანზორ ყავაზაშვილი, russian: Анзор Амберкович Кавазашвили, born 19 July 1940) is a Soviet former football goalkeeper of Georgian nationality. Honours * Soviet Top League champion: 1965, 1969 * Soviet Cup winner: 1968, 1971 * Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1965, 1967 International career He played for Soviet Union national team (29 matches), and was a participant at the 1966 FIFA World Cup and 1970 FIFA World Cup. After ending his playing career, he worked as a coach of several teams, including Spartak Kostroma FC Spartak Kostroma (russian: ФК «Спартак» Кострома) is a Russian association football club from Kostroma, founded in 1959. The highest level it achieved in its history was second-highest Soviet First League, where it played in 1 ... and national teams of Chad and Guinea. References *RussiaTeam biography External links Anzor Kavazashvili Interview ...
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Vasily Utkin
Vasily Vyacheslavovich Utkin (russian: Василий Вячеславович Уткин; born in 1972) is a Russian sports reporter, author, former host of the television show '' The Football Club'', TV and radio presenter, entertainer, actor and a former co-owner of the Russian sport website Sports.ru. Appointed Chief editor of the sports channels of NTV Plus in September 1, 2010 and was in place until change of structure to Match TV. Utkin left Match TV after refusing to work with Tina Kandelaki in 2015. In 2020 his views on poor governance in Russia were attacked by tv host Vladimir Solovyov. Known also for shocking actions and statements, some even causing international scandals. Utkin was assaulted twice in his career for outspoken views, in 2001 and 2019. The latter he linked to former Russian National Team Head Coach Stanislav Cherchesov. He is also an occasional actor who played part of a candidate for Governor Igor Tsaplin in Kvartet I's play ''Election Day ...
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