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Some of the popular Russian Federation Sports are cycling, football, gymnastics, basketball, chess, hockey etc. Sports is one of the one of th most popular forms of recreation in the country.
Football in Russian Federation is among the most popular sports of the country. Some of the famous football players in the Russian league are Garry O'Connor, Daniel Carvalho, Martin Jiránek, Derlei, Mozart, Dudu Cearense, Vagner Love, Martin Stranzl, Elvir Rahimic, Clemente Rodriguez, Alejandro Dominguez, Dramane Traoré, Ivan Pelizzoli, Ivica Olic, Maksym Kalynychenko, Deividas Šemberas, Francisco Lima, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Anatoliy Tymoschuk, Radoslav Kovác, Fernando Ricksen, Fatih Tekke, Robertas Poškus, Miloš Krasic,Malkhaz Asatiani, Mikheil Ashvetia etc. The football players of Russia participate in the World Cup, the European Championship, the Premier league and the Russian Cup. Some of the popular football clubs in Russian Federation include Dynamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Zenit St. Petersburg,Lokomotiv Moscow,Alania Vladikavkaz.
Chess is another sports that is very popular in the country. There are many chess players from Russia who became the grandmaster. The most recent among of them is Gary Kasparov. Even in gymnastics, Russian Federation has won many gold medals in Olympics. Some of the other sports in Russian Federation are formula one racing, basketball, skiing, boxing, swimming, lawn tennis etc.
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