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Olympics: Italian legend seeks sixth gold
Italian veteran Valentina Vezzali will seek to bring the curtain down on her career at the London Games by claiming a record sixth fencing gold.
04 July 2012
Kuralai Nurkadilova showed uniform of Kazakhstan Olympians
Kazakhstan designer Kuralai Nurkadilova has told about Kazakhstan national team's dress uniform that she created prior to the London Olympic Games.
03 July 2012
Olympics: Russia seeks to regain superpower status
Russia is seeking to win a treasure trove of gold medals across a dozen sports at the Olympics to remind the world it remains a sporting superpower two decades after the USSR's collapse.
03 July 2012
Tennis: Kukushkin, Voskoboyeva and Shvedova will take part in London Olympic Games
Mikhail Kukushkin, Galina Voskobyeva and Yaroslava Shvedova have made it into the list of participants of the London Olympics.
02 July 2012
Kazakhstan tennis professional made it into the history of tennis with a golden set
Kazakhstan tennis professional Yaroslava Shvedova has played a golden set and won over Italian Sara Errani 6:0, 6:4 at Wimbledon Championship.
02 July 2012
One of Kazakhstan's best racers dead
Andrey Kulemzin, one of the best car racers of Kazakhstan, lost a control of his car at high speed at the first stage of Kazakhstan Drag Racing Championship.
02 July 2012
Olympics: Gold and cash stir slumbering India
India used to be content with a steady stream of Olympic hockey titles, but a first individual win -- and millions of dollars in funding -- may have prodded the Asian giant from its slumbers.
02 July 2012
George Clooney might be starring in Kazakhstan director’s movie
Kazakhstan film director and athlete Peter Berman has written a script for Hard Loop movie and got Hollywood interested in it.
27 June 2012
Nazarbayev presented 11-y.o. hockey-player with hockey stick in Ust-Kamenogorsk
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited an in-door hockey center with an artificial ice coating in Ust-Kamenogorsk.
27 June 2012
Kazakhstan gained two spots in archery for 2012 Olympics
Two Kazakhstan athletes Denis Gankin and Anastassiya Bannova have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.
27 June 2012
Basketball: Kazakhstan lacks good players: Astana basketball team captain
Basketball is not so popular in kazakhstan now in comparison with football, hockey, boxing and wrestling, Rustam Yargaliyev said.
26 June 2012
Football: Scottish football player shocked by Kazakh traditions
Stuart Duff, who signed a contract with Almaty Kairat FC this winter, gave an interview to The Scottish Times about his life in Kazakhstan.
26 June 2012
Tennis: Shvedova returned to TOP 100 in WTA rating
Kazakhstan tennis professional Yaroslava Shvedova has moved 80 lines up in the Women Tennis Association (WTA) rating.
25 June 2012
2nd Kazakhstan Championship on Wheelchair Dancing held in Kostanay
The 2nd Kazakhstan Wheelchair Dancing Championship is being held in Kostanay as part of the Boundless Opportunities nation-wide campaign.
22 June 2012
Cycling: Astana cyclist Janez Brajkovic won Slovenia Tour race
Kazakhstan Astana team cyclist, Slovenian Janez Brajkovic, won the Slovenia Tour marathon race.
18 June 2012
PHOTO: “Football tram” started running in Pavlodar prior to Euro-2012
Football Federation has launched a tram with Euro-2012 mnemonics prior to еру European Championship in Pavlodar.
09 June 2012
Shvedova sensationally slams into Roland Garros quartefinal
Kazakhstan tennis professional Yaroslava Shvedova has reached Roland Garros quarterfinal by winning over Chinese Na Li, 2011 French Open champion.
06 June 2012
Former Barys captain signed contract with SKA
Kazakhstan's former Barys captain Kevin Dallman signed a contract with Saint-Petersburg SKA Hockey Club.
31 May 2012
Concerts and sport activities to be held for children on June 1 in Almaty
The festive events timed to the Children’s Day will be held in Almaty on June 1.
30 May 2012
PHOTO: 2,000 Almaty residents took part in marathon in support of children with ICP
The first charitable marathon "Courage to be First" in support of the children with ICP was held in Almaty on May 27.
30 May 2012