Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has completed a move to Russian side Zenit St Petersburg for a reported £10.9 million ($14 million) after slipping down the pecking order at Anfield.... more »
Zenit Saint Petersburg defeated Khimki 1-0 to win Saturday's Russian Cup final, but their on-pitch celebrations took an awkward turn when captain Branislav Ivanovic dropped the trophy and shattered its glass lid.... more »
Russia's football authority on Tuesday punished CSKA Moscow with a small fine after its fans engaged in racist behaviour at the weekend match with Zenit St. Petersburg.... more »
Lyon missed out on a chance to seal a Champions League last 16 place with a match to spare after losing 2-0 at Zenit Saint Petersburg on Wednesday.... more »
RB Leipzig closed on a place in the knockout phase of the Champions League for the first time as goals by Diego Demme and Marcel Sabitzer gave the German side a 2-0 win away to Zenit Saint Petersburg on Tuesday.... more »
Austria's Marcel Sabitzer set up a goal and scored a spectacular winner as RB Leipzig came from behind to beat Zenit St Petersburg 2-1 in the Champions League to move top of Group G on Wednesday.... more »
Substitute Nicolo Barella scored in added time to rescue a 1-1 draw for a disappointing Inter Milan in their Champions League opener against rank outsiders Slavia Prague on Tuesday.... more »
Russian footballers Pavel Mamaev and Alexander Kokorin were released on Tuesday after spending nearly a year in prison over a night of drunken assaults.... more »
Zenit Saint Petersburg have signed Malcom from Barcelona after shelling out 40 million euros ($44.4 million) for the Brazilian winger, the two clubs announced on Friday.... more »
Krasnodar kept their hopes of a maiden Champions League group-stage campaign alive, as a 3-0 win at Arsenal Tula on Sunday took the race for second place in Russia to the final day of the season.... more »
Zenit St Petersburg claimed their fifth Russian title on Saturday with a 1-1 draw at Akhmat Grozny after closest challengers Lokomotiv Moscow lost 2-0 at Arsenal Tula.... more »
Russian Premier League table-toppers Zenit St Petersburg head to Akhmat Grozny on Saturday eyeing a fifth title with four games still to play.... more »
Zenit St Petersburg moved to within touching distance of a fifth Russian league title on Sunday when Iranian international Sardar Azmoun scored twice in a 4-2 win over Samara.... more »
Second-half goals from Artem Dzyuba and Sardar Azmoun gave leaders Zenit St Petersburg a 2-0 win over struggling Dynamo Moscow on Wednesday as they closed in on a fifth Russian Premier League title.... more »
Premier League table-toppers Zenit St Petersburg are looking to tighten their grip on the domestic title on Wednesday when they play hosts to lowly Dynamo Moscow.... more »
Spartak Moscow, who have struggled since the Russian Premier League resumed after the winter break, kept alive their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League with a 2-0 win over Yenisei Krasnoyarsk on Sunday.... more »
Artem Dzyuba struck deep into injury-time to snatch Russian league leaders Zenit St Petersburg a dramatic 3-2 victory at title rivals Krasnodar on Saturday.... more »
Zenit St Petersburg moved six points clear at the top of the Russian Premier League with a 5-0 home hammering of minnows Anzhi Makhachkala on Sunday.... more »
Zenit St Petersburg can take a huge step towards the Russian Premier League title when they visit defending champions Lokomotiv Moscow on Sunday.... more »
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