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The KAMAZ-master team will as usual take part in the rally-raid Gold of Kagan, the second championship of Russia to be held in Astrakhan from April 12 to 14.

The Japanese team for the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 will be hoping to earn their 10th successive medal at the championships on 24 March.

The Gazprom Management Committee reviewed the information about the Company’s ongoing efforts to develop the domestic natural gas vehicle (NGV) market and about the readiness of the NGV refueling infrastructure for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

On 20–27 February, Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Tokyo, Seoul and the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

Nissan/NISMO today announced their global motorsports plans for 2018, which include Nissan's debut in the all-electric ABB FIA Formula E Championship, as well as updated lineups for the Japanese Super GT Championship.

Herbalife Nutrition Sponsored Soccer Athletes and Team Will Compete in 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced today that it has renewed its sponsorship agreement with NEC Corporation (NEC) as title sponsor of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters for an additional three year period for 2018 through 2020.

Speaking of the Chinese government's recent trade and banking curtailments with North Korea, political science professor T.J. Pempel says: "I think that the Chinese are sending a signal to the North that they are skating on thin ice."

In a story about activist NFL player Colin Kaepernick's new status as an "American historical figure," sociology professor emeritus Harry Edwards says: "Colin Kaepernick is this era's, this Fourth Wave of athlete activism's Muhammad Ali.

After similar meetings in Berlin and Paris in recent weeks, the Fly Europe series landed on the Piazza del Popolo in the centre of Rome on Wednesday (20) for the international street athletics match between France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Spain.

Joyciline Jepkosgei broke the world 10km record* at the Birell Prague Grand Prix, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Saturday (9).

As expected, local star and meeting poster girl Sandra Perkovic dazzled at the 67th edition of the Hanzekovic Memorial in Zagreb on Tuesday (29).

Prime Minister Pavel Filip participated at the official opening of the fifth issue of DOR Program – Diaspora. Origins. Returns. which gathered a hundred Diaspora children from 14 countries today.

Tickets for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 will go on sale on Monday (21), with thousands expected to be snapped up in the next few days, following a superb summer of athletics.

After the drama in the men's 4x100m when Bolt pulled up with cramp on the last leg, it was a similar story for Jamaica in the women's 4x400m, as second-leg runner Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby pulled up injured while in second place.