Two Russian tennis stars – Maria Sharapova and Anna Kournikova – have never met before. Organizers of a recent tennis tournament in Miami apparently decided to bring the two famous beauties together. Maria came to the after-party, apparently willing to show her new hair style. Reportedly, Sharapova did not know that Kournikova would be there too

21.03.2008
Vitali Klitschko, a famous boxer, the brother of Wladimir Klitschko, the leader of his own bloc in the Municipal Council of Ukraine’s capital Kiev, announced he intends to participate in the election of Kiev’s mayor. The boxer stated in an interview with a Ukrainian TV channel that democratic forces must nominate their single candidate. If it does not happen, he believes that his chances for victory could be “not bad,” as he put it

31.01.2008
Rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabayeva, one of world's most beautiful athletes, decided to quit her professional sports career. She currently concentrates on politics. Kabayeva has recently become a deputy of the State Duma (the Parliament of Russia). Kabayeva made her first announcement to quit in the autumn of 2004, after her triumph at the Olympic Games in Athens. Afterwards, she spent six months enjoying herself and not even thinking about gymnastics

16.01.2008
The Moscow City Court ruled to collect 67,000 rubles (about $2,800) from British Airways in favor of Russian hockey star Pavel Bure. Bure sued BA when a pilot of the airline refused to allow Pavel Bure on board as he took Bure (known as the ‘Russian Rocket’) for a football hooligan