Russia"s Evgeni Plushenko won the Olympic...

Japan"s Daisuke Takahashi will take home the bronze medal in the men"s figure skating event.

Plushenko led the competition after the short program with Lysacek behind by half a point, but during the final free skate, the American came out on top with an overall score of 257.67. Plushenko followed with an overall score from both events at 256.36, and Takahashi with 247.23.

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MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti) - Lokomotiv...

MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti) - Lokomotiv became the second Moscow club in a month to dismiss their trainer after Rashid Rakhimov was fired on Tuesday. Former Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Vladimir Maminov will take over as caretaker manager. A statement on the club"s official website gave no reason for the decision, but speculation had been rife that the 2002 and 2004 Russian champions would part ways with the 44-year-old Tajikistan-born coach after the team was beaten 1-0 at home by newly promoted Kuban at the weekend. The defeat left Lokomotiv, the last Russian club to reach the group stages of the Champions League, in 12th place in the 16-team Premier League. Rakhimov"s dismissal comes less than two weeks after Spartak Moscow fired Danish coach Michael Laudrup over "unsatisfactory results." Spartak have won both of their games since general manager Valery Karpin came out of the boardroom to take control.

Somali pirates have taken the U.K.-flagged...

Somali pirates have taken the U.K.-flagged Asian Glory vehicle carrier with 25 crew members, including 10 Ukrainians, to a port in Somalia, the European Union Naval Force Somalia said on its website on Tuesday.

A Russian Orthodox priest who carried out...

A Russian Orthodox priest who carried out missionary work among immigrants from ex-Soviet republics received over a dozen death threats before his murder on Thursday, a Russian paper said.

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