Cherchesov shuffled his options in attack, bringing towering centre-forward Artem Dzyuba into the starting lineup in place of Fyodor Smolov, who started the 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia.

Russian World Cup hero Fyodor Smolov has delivered a strong social media message to President Vladimir Putin as tensions escalate with Ukraine. The 32-year-old has supposedly become the first ...

Moscow - Injury-hit Russia named their World Cup 23 on Sunday with their hopes of performing respectably as hosts riding on attacking duo Fyodor Smolov and Artem Dzyuba. Coach Stanislav Cherchesov has ...

A brace from Zenit Saint Petersburg midfielder Aleksandr Yerokhin and goals from Lokomotiv Moscow striker Fyodor Smolov, Zenit Saint Petersburg stars Andrei Mostovoy and Aleksei Sutormin and CSKA ...

Forward Fyodor Smolov and goalkeeper Marinato Guilherme were omitted from Russia's Euro 2020 training squad, the Russian Football Federation (RFS) announced on Tuesday. Smolov, 31, played all five ...

SAMARA, Russia (AP) Russia forward Fyodor Smolov is back in Samara, the city where he scored his first league goal in 2008. He's not very sentimental about it, though. ''That was 10 years ago ...

The 17-year-old granddaughter of ex-Kremlin president Boris Yeltsin is to marry football star Fyodor Smolov. Maria Yumasheva, who was born in London, is expected to wed the 29-year-old Russian ...

German Tkachenko says United were interested in his client, Russian striker Fyodor Smolov, but instead signed Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal in January 2018. However, a deal never materialised for ...

Croatia's Danijel Subasic saves a penalty during the shootout. Reuters Fyodor Smolov saw Russia's first penalty saved by Danijel Subasic and, although Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev saved a Mateo ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. SAMARA, Russia — Russia forward Fyodor Smolov is back in Samara, the city where he scored his first league goal in 2008. He’s not very sentimental about it ...