Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the organisers, participants and guests of the 6^th Youth Judo Tournament held in memory of distinguished trainer of Russia Anatoly Rakhlin, who would have turned 80 on May 23.

The President took part in a gala match of the Night Hockey League held as part of the 7^th National Amateur Teams Hockey Festival. The event took place at the Bolshoi Ice Arena in Sochi.

Vladimir Putin visited the new children’s ice hockey training camp at the Sirius Educational Centre in Sochi.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the final stage of the 7^th Russian National Amateur Ice Hockey Teams’ Festival, dedicated to the 45^th anniversary of the legendary USSR-Canada Super Series.

After a meeting of the Russia 2018 Local Organising Committee Supervisory Board, Vladimir Putin met with FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Local Organising Committee in Sochi. The participants focused on the readiness of stadiums and other facilities to host the World Cup. The discussion will focus on the transport, medical and information services at the tournament.

Vladimir Putin and FIFA President Gianni Infantino visited the 2018 FIFA World Cup FAN ID Distribution Centre and received their FAN IDs.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and guests of the European Wrestling Championships taking place in Kaspiysk.

Vladimir Putin congratulated CSKA athletes of all generations and their supporters on the club’s 95^th anniversary.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants, organisers and visitors of the 12^th Golden Belt National Award in martial arts, which is held annually by the Russian Union of Martial Arts.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the 12^th International Judo Tournament for Police and Army.

Vladimir Putin presented state decorations to the Russian medallists of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. The ceremony was held in the Kremlin’s St Catherine Hall.

Vladimir Putin endorsed a list of instructions following the meeting on February 7, 2018, on preparations for the 29^th Winter Universiade to be held in 2019 in Krasnoyarsk.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Anna Milenina, gold medalist in the women’s 1.5 km cross-country skiing race at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Alexei Bugayev, gold medallist in the men’s standing super combined event at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Mikhalina Lysova on winning the gold medal in the 6 km biathlon sprint race in the vision impaired category at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Yekaterina Rumyantseva on winning the gold medal at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, Republic of Korea, in the women’s 6 km biathlon standing sprint and in the women’s 15 km cross-country skiing free, standing.

The President signed Federal Law On Amendments to Federal Law On Preparation for and Hosting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2017 Confederation Cup in the Russian Federation and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the Russian Paralympic athletes participating in the XII Winter Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, Republic of Korea.

Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with the medallists of the 23^rd Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang and presented them with state decorations.