About Igor Rabiner

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Igor Rabiner
Igor Rabiner
Columnist
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NHL
tennis
FIFA
UCL
UEFA
Rock Music

About

Igor Rabiner has written for Sport-Express, the biggest Russian sports website, since 1994. He has covered seven FIFA World Cups, seven Winter Olympics, and three Summer Olympics. He is the author of 28 books with total sales of over 500,000 copies. He won an AIPS Sport Media Award for best column and interviewed exclusively Pele, Wayne Gretzky, Franz Beckenbauer, Alex Ovechkin and many other soccer, ice hockey, and tennis superstars. From 2016 to 2021, he has regularly contributed to the Russian version of NHL.com. Has contributed to The Guardian, British soccer magazine The Blizzard, and other world publications. One of the authors of the encyclopedia 'Kings of Ice," which came out in North America in 2002. From 2013 to 2021, Rabiner was a co-owner and teacher in a private sports journalism school in Russia. He has 56,500 followers on X and over 25,000 readers on Telegram, Facebook and Instagram.

News by Igor Rabiner

Hockey
"He's Going to Be Really Good": Bobby Clarke on Michkov’s Potential, Flyers Goaltending Woes
Igor Rabiner
Igor Rabiner
01/28/2025
8 min read
"He's Going to Be Really Good": Bobby Clarke on Michkov’s Potential, Flyers Goaltending Woes
Hockey
“If I Were Chicago, I Would Have Taken Him”: Zadorov Talks Demidov, The Calder Race
Igor Rabiner
Igor Rabiner
01/26/2025
8 min read
“If I Were Chicago, I Would Have Taken Him”: Zadorov Talks Demidov, The Calder Race
Hockey
“Coolest Six Months of my Career”: Why Nikita Zadorov Left Vancouver and Thrived in Boston
Igor Rabiner
Igor Rabiner
01/21/2025
12 min read
“Coolest Six Months of my Career”: Why Nikita Zadorov Left Vancouver and Thrived in Boston
Hockey
“It Was my Decision to Leave”: Samsonov Talks Departure From Hurricanes Ownership Change, Svechnikov’s Struggles
Igor Rabiner
Igor Rabiner
01/19/2025
9 min read
“It Was my Decision to Leave”: Samsonov Talks Departure From Hurricanes Ownership Change, Svechnikov’s Struggles
Hockey
"They’re Clamoring for Stars": Bowman Sees Ivan Demidov as Montreal’s Next Big Name
Igor Rabiner
Igor Rabiner
01/11/2025
6 min read
"They’re Clamoring for Stars": Bowman Sees Ivan Demidov as Montreal’s Next Big Name
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