Vladimir Putin met with Indian chess player and world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and Israeli champion and title contender Boris Gelfand.

Vladimir Putin met with the Russian national hockey team players – winners of the 2012 hockey world championship.

In a telephone conversation with the team’s head coach, Zinatulla Bilyaletdinov, Vladimir Putin congratulated the team on winning the gold medal at the world ice hockey championship.

Vladimir Putin visited the Russian national judo team’s training base, the Judo Academy, in the Moscow Region town of Zvenigorod. The President toured the centre’s new building and spoke with the athletes and trainers.

The President arrived at Megasport Arena, where he played in an exhibition match between the Russian Amateur Hockey League select and a team of Russian hockey legends.

Vladimir Putin met with International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge.

Dmitry Medvedev met in the Kremlin with participants in the 18^th General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).

Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin watched test runs at the Olympic sledding and bobsleigh track in Sochi. Silvio Berlusconi also visited the new facility.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated four-time Olympic champion and five-time world ski racing champion Raisa Smetanina on her birthday.

Dmitry Medvedev met with the members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission in Sochi.

The latest World Cup downhill race kicked off in Krasnaya Polyana. The race is a test and is being held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Ski Resort that will stage the 2014 Olympics.

Dmitry Medvedev met with medallists at the European Figure Skating Championship that took place in Sheffield.

Dmitry Medvedev met in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall with medal winners at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics held on January 13–22 in Innsbruck, Austria.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a message to the members of the Russian Football Union congratulating them on its centennial.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a telegram to members of Russia’s first Winter Youth Olympic Games team.

The President presented orders and appreciation letters to Russian ice hockey veterans for their contribution to the development and promotion of physical culture and sports and many years of conscientious work.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to the Russian Federation Administrative Offences Code and Articles 26 and 26.1 of the Federal Law On Physical Culture and Sports in the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Medvedev presented the Order of Friendship to President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge, President of the International Weightlifting Federation Tamas Ajan (IWF), President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack and President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Rene Fasel.

In Krasnodar, the President watched the finals of the second presidential rowing regatta and presented awards to winners in the competition.