Vladimir Putin congratulated five-time Olympic champion, Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR and Moscow Region Duma deputy Larisa Lazutina on her birthday.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Joseph S. Blatter on his re-election to the post of president of the International Federation of Association Football.

Late last night Vladimir Putin gave journalists his comments on the situation at the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

Vladimir Putin took part in the gala match of the Night Hockey League tournament at the Bolshoi Ice Dome in Sochi. The match between the NHL Team and NHL Stars was dedicated to the 70^th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the organisers, participants and guests at the 4^th Night Hockey League Festival.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Vyacheslav Starshinov, president of Spartak hockey club and two-times Olympic hockey champion, on his 75^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) Joseph Blatter to discuss preparations for the football World Cup that Russia will host in 2018.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach in Sochi, on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the SportAccord International Convention.

Vladimir Putin took part in the General Assembly of the SportAccord International Convention, which is underway in Sochi from April 19–24.

On April 20, Vladimir Putin will take part in the General Assembly of the SportAccord International Convention that will be held in Sochi on April 19–24.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office and honorary President of the VTB United League Sergei Ivanov gave a news conference on the league’s sixth season and plans for the 2015–2016 season.

During his visit to Ulyanovsk, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov visited the Volga Sports Arena ice palace, where the KES-BASKET Russian School Basketball League Championships were held on March 29-April 4.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants in the XXXV Men’s Bandy World Championship.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to guests and participants in the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk and Magnitogorsk.

Vladimir Putin met with Russian athletes, winners of the 27^th World Winter Universiade.

On February 17, Vladimir Putin will meet with winners of the 27th World Winter Universiade, which took place in Granada in Spain and Strbske Pleso and Osrblie in Slovakia.

Vladimir Putin met with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.

Vladimir Putin visited the National Children’s Sport and Health Centre in Sochi, where he looked over the medical facilities and the rooms where the children live, watched them in training and spoke with the trainers and the young athletes.

Vladimir Putin attended the gala ice show One Year After the Games to celebrate a year since the opening of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov participated in a basketball match as the head coach of the International Student Basketball League (ISBL) team on the student holiday, St Tatyana’s Day.