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.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to all taking part in the Russian Paralympic Committee’s Return to Life Prize IX award ceremony.

Vladimir Putin met with the outgoing Kontinental Hockey League President Alexander Medvedev (right) and President-elect Dmitry Chernyshenko. Earlier this week the President of Russia also met with the President of the International Ice Hockey Federation Rene Fasel.

Vladimir Putin took part in the closing ceremony of the 2014 match to determine the World Chess Champion.

Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to Viktor Tikhonov’s family and loved ones.

While on a working trip to Primorye Territory, the President visited the Fetisov Arena stadium and watched a Continental Hockey League championship match between ice hockey teams Admiral (Vladivostok) and Ak Bars (Kazan).

Vladimir Putin visited the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena to see an exhibition performance by the Nippon Budokan Japanese House of Martial Arts.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the World Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to discuss preparations for the final match in the World Chess Championship 2014, which will be held in Sochi in November.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Russia-2018 Organising Committee’s Supervisory Board on preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Vladimir Putin signed a list of instructions following a meeting of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports, held on October 9, 2014.

Preparations for the 2018 Football World Cup will be the main subject on the agenda.

Vladimir Putin visited the Southern Federal Centre for Sports Training, where he met with members of the Russian Student Sports Clubs Association. Prior to the meeting, the President was briefed on the new SSCA tests, a set of exercises compiled on the basis of the GTO complex.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants in a judo tournament in memory of distinguished trainer of Russia Anatoly Rakhlin.

Vladimir Putin attended the Russian stage of the Formula One World Championship, which took place at the track in Sochi’s Olympic Park.