FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russian: ФК «Зeнит» Санкт-Петербург) is a Russian football club from Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914 according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League and currently is the richest in the country due to the the ownership of the club by Gazprom.

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russian: ФК «Зeнит» Санкт-Петербург) is a Russian football club from Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914 according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League and currently is the richest in the country due to the the ownership of the club by Gazprom.

Four goals for Liverpool, Arsenal and Arshavin Liverpool are fast becoming the 4-4 specialists. The kind of hitting analysis you expect from OTP tomorrow, but for now just enjoy the pulsating highlights package. Share on Facebook

It's official: move over David & Victoria, there's a new power couple coming to take over England (even if only one of them is allowed to drive). After getting our first taste of the ridiculousness put forth by the voices inside Andrei's head last week with his thoughts on female drivers (not a fan), darkness (was [.

English Premier League contenders have officially signed former Zenit St Petersburg midfielder and Russian international Andrei Arshavin. Here's a look at the Russian Architect in the Gunner 2008/09 home kit. The 27-year-old agreed a "long-term" deal with the Gunners on Monday. Arshavin his debut in Sunday's north London derby at Tottenham but given that the Russian [.

Yesterday, the Russian Football Union and Adidas presented the Russian National Football Team's new kits for the rest of their UEFA zone FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign. This follows the RFU's recent lucrative deal with Adidas. Russia will wear the new kits for the first time over then next week as they host Azerbaijan at [.

Today Arsenal unveiled its Nike 2009/10 third. Here are the details on the Arsenal 09/10 jersey from the club's website. We could not describe it any better. Pictures featuring expert modeling from Gunners captain Cesc F bregas, Theo Walcott and Andrei Arshavin are included. Check out our 2009/10 Kits and Jerseys section for more new kits.

Late last year, the Russia Football Union signed a lucrative deal with Adidas. Shortly thereafter, the Russian national side debuted what appeared to be their FIFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying kits. However, those may have been only temporary as sport.ru has now obtained what may be new kits for Russia's World Cup run.

Russian star highlights a potentially big problem.

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Arsenal midfielder Andriy Arshavin says he expects a large number of Premier League stars to abandon England in the near future, as the tax band is almost twice as big as in Spain.

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Newcastle defender on the warpath Newcastle#8217;s Steven Taylor was one of the best players on the park before injury forced him off the field, spurring Arsenal on to victory on Saturday. Unfortunately, his performance will be overshadowed by a nasty case of deja vu. Less than three weeks after his controversial slap on Cristiano Ronaldo, Taylor shoved [.

Russian poses with his number 23 I am thinking of getting Andrei (or Andrey as the Arsenal website prefers) Arshavin to pick my lottery numbers. Yesterday, before any deal had been confirmed, he said: "Now I can say only one thing, that if I play for Arsenal, it will be at number 23." And just look [.

A jealous Dane Given Nicklas Bendtner#8217;s numerous missed chances against Blackburn at the weekend, you would have thought the Arsenal striker might be grateful for someone bailing him out by firing the Gunners to victory. Clearly not. This photo of Andrei Arshavin celebrating after scoring his sexy goal first goal for the club shows just how delighted [.

The last leak we got was right! Today Arsenal unveiled its Nike 2009/10 away kits for its outfield players and goalkeepers. Here's the details on the Arsenal 09/10 jersey from the club's website. We could not describe it any better. Pictures featuring expert modeling from Gunners captain Cesc F bregas, Theo Walcott and Andrei Arshavin are [.

The Andrei Arshavin deal was reported as nearly done days and days ago, and yet it's taken through and past the transfer deadline (due to the extenuating circumstances of the English weather) to get it done. Right now we're still awaiting confirmation, but looks like he'll be official sometime soon. Coincidence that the day the deal [.

On Tuesday we published Part I of our Premier League Predictions: Revisited column covering 2008, and here's part II - covering 2009.
The Good:
"De Jong Not Worth It, No goals assists or bonus, Just Like Nicky Butt." A spot on haiku about the massively overpaid Dutchman. De Jong failed to impress after a January transfer move from Hamburg.

Local heroes: Kelly Smith on growing up in Garston, Watford: England's best female footballer was born in the Garston area of Watford in 1978. Now 30, Smith is expected to move to Boston in March to play in the United States' Women's Pro Soccer League (Guardian)I'm not sure she'll go. In the article/interview, which is quite good, she talks about how hard it was for her when she used to live in

Russian quote machine is a Luddite Andrei Arshavin will probably earn more money from now until the end of the season (or the week) than you are likely to see in your lifetime, but that doesn't mean he needs to get flash with the cash over the unnecessary trappings of modern life. For instance, what would [.

Arsenal stud Robin van Persie claims he will stick to "drinking porridge through a straw" this summer after he undergoes surgery to remove his wisdom teeth.
The often injured striker hopes that the oral surgery will bring an end to his constant muscle problems - citing a link between the removal of the third molar and quicker recovery time for muscle injuries.

Gunners players find eet's seemple to mock team-mate Arsenal players have found a new way to tease Russian team-mate Andrey Arshavin. The squad apparently enjoy joking that he sounds like the Compare The Market meerkat. A "club source" told The Sun: "A few of the first team lads started it off and now the joke has spread [.

Today is Arsenal's self imposed deadline for something to happen in the Andrei Arshavin transfer deal. Follow along with me as I obsessively hit "refresh" in my Google Reader, hoping for a nibble of fact in this deal. 6:10 am ZOMG HAVE YOU HEARD??? Charlie N'Zogbia, who has been angling for a transfer to Arsenal [.

After watching Jens Lehmann de-headband Khalid Boulahrouz yesterday, I've come to the conclusion that Arsenal's purchase of Andrei Arshavin has nothing to do with his substantial abilities as a footballer and everything to do with bringing in a character to provide insanities equivalent those those formerly of Mad Jens.

For my one non-American reader, this is a reminder to set your clocks to America time* tonight. For my American readers, this means that 3pm kickoffs in London now revert back to 7am kickoffs here in America. YAY. For the rest of you, there is an Arsenal story today. It's about Thomas Rosicky and his horrible [.

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Ahhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhhhh! ... My God, it hurts so bad! ... And it's yes, it's leaving a red mark. A red mark! ... I think that means I'm bleeding internally. ... I don't have much time. ... How could that Rangers mercenary do this to me? .... I have a family.

I've got three of them today. The first one is not really primarily aboutArsenal related, but it's by Jonathan Wilson (whose book I ordered from Amazon) and I have a serious football crush on him. He knows pretty much everything and ... Anyway. It's a good article about Arshavin. The other two are more directly Arsenal related.

With Chelsea looking to be headed in the downward direction in the English Premier League standings, can it be time for Arsenal to overtake them and claim the fourth spot? I wrote yesterday before the Scolari firing that there was trouble with Chelsea, and that appears to be even more, but Arsenal has to take advantage of these opportunities if they want to be considered one of the top teams in all of Europe.

Steven Gerrard and Daniel Agger threaten Andrei Arshavin with a swirly if he doesn't fork over the cash during Arsenal's win over Liverpool on Sunday. Arshavin is clearly about to run away, in fear of getting stuffed in his locker again.

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Yet another exciting transfer deadline day today with the news that Robbie Keane is set to make an incredible return to Tottenham Hotspur just 3 months after leaving the club. Keane is currently at Spurs undergoing a medical, and looks set to be re-united with other recent Spurs addition Jermaine Defoe.

Sources are in parentheses. - Arsenal completed the signing of Zenit St Petersburg forward Andrei Arshavin only minutes before the transfer window slammed shut. (Various) - Arshavin has signed a deal worth £70,000 a week, which ties him to the Emirates Stadium until 2012. (Various) - The Gunners have paid £10m for Arshavin, rising by a further £2m [.

The Russian is in the house, and thanks to Al for the youtube tip. Check out his English not bad eh?

Would you like your bald patch on the left or the right? Andrei Arshavin has such a lack of trust for his grasp of English and/or London-based hair stylists that he flies his old hairdresser in from St Petersburg when the need arises. Stylist Denis Volkov has confirmed the agreement in Russian newspapers.

It's the first day of 2009, so Happy New Year everyone. It's also the time of year to start making New Year's resolutions/promises that won't be kept. Here are 11 that footballers & football teams should be making for oh-nine: William Gallas - Stop talking to the press, stop sitting in the centre circle, stop smoking.

Looks like Arsene is trying to sign Arshavin for Arsenal (3 arse's in a row there ) from Zenit St Petersburg, who value their attacking midfielder at around £20 million. Arsenal will probably have made a much lower offer for the player, who they feel will be a good signing considering the recent injury [.

That's a lot of Arses Andrei Arshavin sneaked into the Emirates Stadium last narrowly avoiding getting one of his feet stuck in the closing transfer window. The Russia international's move to Arsenal went down to the wire but an announcement is expected later to day to confirm that it was completed in time.

Another top drawer showing from the IOSS/Special 1 TV lads, with a world class line within the first minute and the most brilliant verbal tennis between Jose and The Voyeur in the show's history. But I think it's safe to say no IOSS has been as anticipated as next week's, given The Gene Hackman's unemployment and [.

Andrei Arshavin's first goal for Arsenal is worthy of being Andrei Arshavin's first goal for Arsenal. The video is taking forever to load, but it's worth the wait. I'm working through some ideas on the manifold and scary question of whether Manchester United are boring now, but this had to go up right away.

More gems from the mouth of Andrei Arshavin Arsenal quote machine Andrei Arshavin has been up to his usual tricks - supplying the kind of quotes journalists can normally only dream of from PR-trained modern players. Despite the Gunners comfortably winning their match against Newcastle, the Russian still felt the need to speculate on why the [.

Andrei Arshavin put a serious dent in Liverpool's title hopes and did so in amazing fashion.

The Russian star scored four, yes four, goals to help Liverpool earn a 4-4 tie vs. Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday. Liverpool avoided defeat courtesy of a Yossi Benayoun equalizer in stoppage time, but the result still felt like a defeat to a Reds squad that is now even atop the EPL standings with Manchester United (but with United holding two games in hand).

Arsenal's new little magician has been a revelation since signing in the closing minutes of the January transfer window. He's played only 9 games yet has 6 assists and 6 goals - and against Liverpool became only the sixth player in Premier League history to score 4 in one game.

He has wonderful balance and dribbling ability, has a great strike with either foot, and is superbly creative in his movement and passing.

There have been many occasions in recent years where the genius of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been brought into question. After all, the trophy cabinet has been empty for four years and everyone, from skipper Cesc Fabregas to that little child in the upper tier at the Emirates, is becoming increasingly restless with the club's underachievements.