From waste dump to European Tour for Russian game
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Ivan Ivanovich Sergeyev, known as the   father of Russian golf, remembers a time when he was unable to   even talk about his sport.
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The Blues defeated FC Porto 3-1 at Stamford Bridge, while CSKA Moscow, the club sponsored by the Russian billionaire, won 2-0 at home to Paris Saint Germain.
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Our reporter Chris Ledgard visits Chateauroux in France where old planes are sent to be cut up and recycled.
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Business & money: Â· EC concern at company's grip on supply linesÂ· Russian state monopoly may be forced to divest
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Because of tight regulations enacted by the European Union in 1994, proper waste disposal  has become prohibitively expensive. Enter the black-market trash brokers, who have taken to "port hopping" - moving toxic rubbish along the line of least resistance to underregulated areas in Africa or Asia.
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Peter Annin recalls staring in horror at what had been the coast of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan, now a wasteland strewn with scrub brush and corroded hulls of abandoned fishing boats.
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While hockey has screeched to a halt many of the world's best players are skating off to Europe where clubs in Russia and Sweden are wooing them with lucrative contracts and expensive perks.
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The former Soviet state is cleaning up a legacy of central economic planning: its vast stores of obsolete pesticides.
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Two UK gamers are about to embark on a tour as part of the most lucrative-ever global games tournament.
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VANCOUVER -- Rob Skish is looking forward to the 2010 Winter Olympics. A "binner" who plumbs garbage containers to fill his shopping cart with food for his stomach and cans for the recycler, Skish figures that when the Olympic crowds come to town, the pickings in the bins will be good.
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Miikka Kiprusoff is carrying the weight of a small European country aching for athletic success.
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BBC Moscow correspondent James Rodgers reports on his experience of shopping, and has advice for the Russians on saving energy.
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SUZUKA (Japan) - First football&#39;s English Premiership, then women&#39;s tennis. Now, the Russians are set to make their mark in Formula One.
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The European golf tour could be playing four events in China next season under a schedule released Thursday at the Volvo Masters. The European Tour begins the new season Nov. 25-28 with the China Open in Shanghai.
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Russian billionaire pays over Â£25m for treasures Â· Usmanov coup follows major Arsenal investment
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Travel: Mark Oliver offers 10 tips for visiting the top galleries in St Petersburg and Moscow
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With five of the top eight players in this week&#39;s $3 million WTA Championships hailing from the land of Lenin and Kournikova, Tour organizers should consider renaming this season-ending tournament the Russian Open.