The President congratulated Nazar Lugints, Vladimir Maslennikov and Sergey Kamensky on their team victory in the ISFF World Shooting Championships, in the 50-metre rifle 3 position event.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Mikhail Azarenko, Dmitry Romanov and Maxim Stepanov, winners of the 50m running target team event at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Changwon, South Korea.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Sergei Kamensky, winner of the 10m air rifle event at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Changwon, South Korea.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Vitalina Batsarashkina and Artyom Chernousov, the winners of the 10m air pistol mixed event at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Changwon, South Korea.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings on his 55th birthday to Stanislav Cherchesov, Merited Master of Sports and head coach of the Russia national football team.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and visitors of the Russian Presidential Canoeing Cup international competition underway in Moscow on September 1–2.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greeting to Artyom Kuzakhmetov and Vladislav Blintsov, winners of the men's K-2 500 m competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal.

Vladimir Putin sent a message to congratulate Pavel Petrov, Viktor Melantyev, Mikhail Pavlov and Ivan Shtyl on winning the men's C-4 500 m competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to Ksenia Kurach, who won the women's C-1 500m event at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to participants and guests of the 2018 World Schools Sambo Championships, which are being held in Orel on August 22–26.

Vladimir Putin attended the Plotforma S-70 9^th International Professional Combat Sambo Tournament of League S-70.

Vladimir Putin congratulated amateur and professional athletes and all sports and fitness professionals on Sports and Fitness Day.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the 26^th IFSC Youth World Championships 2018, held in Moscow

Presidential Aide Igor Levitin presented state awards and incentive packages to coaches and specialists for successfully preparing the Russian athletes who achieved excellent results at the 23^rd Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang.

Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions on the outcome of the joint meeting of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport and the Supervisory Board of the Russia 2018 Local Organising Committee, which took place on July 20, 2018.

The ceremony to present state decorations and letters of recognition to 23 athletes and 6 coaches of the Russian national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup was held at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.

Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Sofia Pozdnyakova who won the women’s individual sabre event at the 2018 World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and guests of events dedicated to Russian Boxing Day, held on July 22 since 2017.

In Kaliningrad, Vladimir Putin Held a joint meeting of the

Presidential Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport and the Supervisory Board of the Russia 2018 Local Organising Committee autonomous non-profit organisation.