Football

The assistant to the President of the Russian Federation called on the federations, including the RFU, to continue to move towards Asia

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2 years ago

September 11, 2023

Thomas

The assistant to the President of the Russian Federation called on the federations, including the RFU, to continue to move towards Asia

Igor Levitin / Photo: © Denis Bushkovsky / Match TV

Assistant to the Russian President Igor Levitin said that Russian sports federations, including the Russian Football Union (RFU), need to intensify cooperation with Asian federations.

— How do you feel about the transition of sports federations to Asia, in particular the RFU?

— You see, as soon as we started considering the transition to the Asian confederation, they immediately started having problems with the Olympic Council of Asia. Of course, we must continue to work in this direction. But we must understand that colleagues may have problems due to the performance of our athletes at their competitions. Let’s wait to see if we will compete at the Asian Games in China, where we were promised a quota. At the moment everything has stopped there. Nevertheless, I believe that we do not need to stop, we need to continue to develop cooperation with Asian federations,” Levitin told Match TV on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.

In the spring of 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian clubs from competitions under their auspices due to the situation in Ukraine. At the end of December, the RFU initiated the creation of a working group to interact with UEFA and other organizations regarding the return of Russian clubs and national teams to participate in official tournaments. At the same time, discussion of the idea of the RFU transferring to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) was suspended.

In February 2023, the Russian Chess Federation announced its transition to the Asian Chess Federation.

Gazprom-Media Holding acts as an information partner of the Eastern Economic Forum.

Source: Sportbox

Thomas

Thomas Astudillo is a sports journalist and author who writes for Sportish. He has a deep love and knowledge of sports, and is known for his engaging and informative writing on the latest sports news and events.

Football

Ronaldo is confident he can score 1000 goals

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2 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

Ronaldo is confident he can score 1000 goals

40-year-old striker for Al-Nasr Cristiano Ronaldo he expressed confidence that he will reach the 1,000 goal mark in his career. He now has 956 goals.

Ronaldo said:

It’s difficult to keep playing, but I’m motivated. My passion is great and I want to continue. It doesn’t matter where I play, whether in the Middle East or Europe. I have always liked playing football and I want to continue with the same spirit. You know what my goal is. I want to win trophies and I want to reach that figure (1000 goals) that you all know. I will definitely reach this figure if there are no injuries.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

Football

Puel became head coach of Nice

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2 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

Famous French coach Claude Puël entitled “Nice”. The team, after 16 days of the current Ligue 1 season, is in 13th place.

Puel, 64, has been unemployed since 2021, when he left Saint-Etienne.

The highest achievement in Puel’s career is winning the French championship with Monaco in 2000.

Source: Soccer Ru

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Football

Zakharyan missed Real Sociedad training due to flu

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4 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

Zakharyan missed Real Sociedad training due to flu

Russian midfielder of the Spanish football club Real Sociedad Arsen Zakharyan he missed the team’s first practice after the Christmas break due to the flu. The newspaper Mundo Deportivo reports it.

According to the source, Zakharyan did not train with the main group, but only did exercises in the gym. He notes that the team expects the Russian to return to the full lineup on Tuesday.

Monday’s training session was the first for Real Sociedad players under their new coach. On December 14, the Spaniard was fired from this position Sergio Francescoafter 6 days the team was led by an American Pellegrino Matarazzo.

Zakharyan is 22 years old, he joined Real Sociedad in August 2023 from Dinamo Moscow. This season, the midfielder played 14 matches for the Spanish club in various tournaments, scoring one goal.

Real Sociedad is in 16th place in the Spanish league table. The team has 17 points after 17 rounds. The team will play its first match under Matarazzo’s leadership on January 4 at home against Atlético.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.