‘They had it in for us’: Spartak official says fan clashes at Bilbao match were ‘self-defense’

Spartak Moscow’s Vice-President has accused Athletic Bilbao supporters of staging “provocations” ahead of last Thursday’s match in Spain. A policeman, who had tried to separate fans, died later of a heart attack. “We knew from the start that they had it in for us in Bilbao,” Nail Izmailov told RT, in an emailed statement. “At […]

Meet 'Russia's sexiest female football fan' – Spartak Moscow supporter Natalia Martynova (PHOTOS)

This is football-mad Natalia Martynova, a supporter of current Russian champions Spartak Moscow, who has been named Russia’s hottest football fan after a countrywide poll to find the most beautiful fan of the beautiful game. Martynova won the contest, hosted by betting company Bingoboom and sports website sports.ru by the smallest of margins, beating her […]

'It was sensationalized by journalists!' – Spartak player on 'chocolates' tweet racism row

Spartak Moscow player Quincy Promes says a tweet published on the club’s official Twitter account, in which defender Georgi Dzhikiya refers to three black teammates as “chocolates melting in the sun”, has been ‘sensationalized’. On Saturday, Dzhikiya took charge of the club’s official Twitter account, posting footage affording fans an inside view of the Red-Whites’ […]

UEFA charges Spartak Moscow with racism after alleged monkey chants at Liverpool youth game

Published time: 4 Oct, 2017 12:25 UEFA has begun disciplinary proceedings against Spartak Moscow after accusations their fans racially abused Liverpool player Bobby Adekanye with monkey chants during a youth game. Spartak Moscow II played Liverpool under-18s, managed by former club captain Steven Gerrard, on Tuesday, September 26, before the two senior sides met at […]

Spartak Moscow 1 – Liverpool 1: Abject finishing lets down dominant Reds

But Jurgen Klopp and his players will consider two draws a poor reward for after dominating their first two group games on their return to the Champions League. After throwing away a 2-1 lead to draw against Sevilla at Anfield a fortnight earlier, this time they had to come from behind after Fernando had given […]

Jurgen Klopp frustrated as Liverpool fail to unlock Spartak on crazy European night

Philippe Coutinho scored for the second game running to cancel out a Fernando’s free-kick – which he had conceded. But for once it was Liverpool’s finishing rather than their defending that let them down as they allowed Spartak Moscow off the hook in a 1-1 draw. Klopp said: “It was a crazy game. To create […]

Spartak start title defense with draw against Dynamo in Moscow derby

Spartak Moscow were held to a 2-2 draw by city rivals Dynamo on Tuesday as they began the defense of their Russian Football Premier League title. Following their Russian Super Cup win over Lokomotiv Moscow on Friday, Spartak took a 2-0 first-half lead against Dynamo at Khimki Arena thanks to goals from Dutch striker Quincey […]

2017 Russian Super Cup: Lokomotiv v Spartak – 5 facts on the RFPL curtain-raiser

Published time: 11 Jul, 2017 18:55 Russian Premier league champions Spartak Moscow and Russian Cup winners Lokomotiv Moscow will contest the 2017 Russian Super Cup at the latter’s Lokomotiv Stadium this Friday at 21.30 (MSK) in a battle of the Russian capital. RT Sport gives you 5 things you need to know about the Super […]

Crowning glory: Russian champions Spartak presented with 1st league trophy since 2001

Spartak Moscow finally seized the elusive Russian Premier League (RPL) trophy when they were crowned 2016/17 champions after their game against Terek Grozny on Wednesday night, atoning for a 16-year wait for a Russian title. Spartak were already champions before the match. Wednesday’s opponent Terek made Spartak’s 10-point league lead unassailable when they beat Zenit […]

Russian Premier League leaders Spartak Moscow celebrate 95th anniversary

Published time: 18 Apr, 2017 17:18 Russian Premier League leaders Spartak Moscow celebrated their 95th year of existence on Tuesday. The club were formed as MKS on April 18, 1922, and didn’t become known as Spartak until 1935 after several other name changes.   Since then they have become the most successful club in Russian […]