Prayers And Candles For Ukraine...

IMAGE: A woman talks to a child as worshippers pray and light candles at the St Volodymyr's Cathedral, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate. Photograph: Ed Ram/Getty Images......

Vladimir Putin, 70

Vladimir Putin, who has ruled Russia since 2000, is 70 today, October 7. Glimpses from the life of Russia's current tsar:   IMAGE: Putin and his then wife Lyudmila at the Taj Mahal, October......

UK sanctions Putin's ex-wife, alleged girlfriend

The United Kingdom government on Friday added further names to its list of financial sanctions aimed at Russian President Vladimir Putin, including his former wife and a retired gymnast allegedly......

Why the US has sanctioned Putin's daughters

The White House has announced a wide new slate of sanctions on Russia that includes first-time individual sanctions on the two adult daughters of President Vladimir Putin in response to the ongoing......

Day 12: What's hot at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

Zagitova leads with world record, Medvedeva close behind IMAGE: Alina Zagitova of Olympic Athlete from Russia competes in the Figure Skating. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Alina Zagitova......

IOC strips Blonska's silver medal

Ukrainian heptathlete Lyudmila Blonska has been stripped of her Beijing Olympics silver medal after testing positive for an anabolic steroid, the International Olympic Committeesaid on Friday.......

Ukrainian Blonska's B sample tests positive: IOC

The second sample of Ukraine's Olympic heptathlon silver medalist Lyudmila Blonska, who has been provisionally suspended from the Beijing Games, tested positive for steroids, the IOC said on......

Monaco: Powell wins 100 metres

Former world record holder Asafa Powell won his third consecutive 100 metres race of the season at the Monaco Grand Prix on Monday in his last major meeting before the Beijing Olympics starting......

Anju qualifies for final at Worlds

Anju Bobby George qualified for the women's long jump final despite failing to better her season's best performance at the Word Athletics Championships in Osaka on Monday. Images: Athletics World......