Published on: 2026-04-06
Source: Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
On April 6, International Sports Day is traditionally celebrated worldwide. Rosneft supports amateur and mass sports. The company carries out extensive work to promote sports and a healthy lifestyle both among its own employees and the population in the region of its presence.
Rosneft has a corporate sports and wellness movement called “Energy of Life,” within which employees engage in sports and compete in various sports disciplines. By 2025, more than 134 thousand employees of the Company regularly participated in sports, of which over 96 thousand took part in sports competitions.
In total, more than 2.2 thousand sports and wellness events were organized within the framework of the “Energy of Life” program last year. Among the brightest and most memorable events are the athletics races “Energy of Life”, the ski race “Rosneft’s Ski Track”, competitions in GTO (Ready for Labor and Defense), tennis, badminton, mini-football, chess, sports tourism, snowboarding, and many others. The “Rosneft” teams also successfully performed in 2025 at the all-Russian level, taking prize places in the “Moscow Marathon” and the Ironstar Sochi Sirius 2025 triathlon competitions.
Every year the Company holds winter and summer sports games that bring together thousands of athletes from all over Russia. The competitions were first held in 2005 and have since become part of the corporate culture of Rosneft. One of the largest corporate events of 2025 was the anniversary XX Summer Sports Games, in which about 3 thousand participants from 74 enterprises took part.Athlete-oilmen competed for the title of the strongest in 18 team and individual disciplines: mini-football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, chess, power biathlon, swimming, billiards, tug of war, shooting, as well as athletics relays and races.
At the Winter Sports Games “Rosneft” in 2026, 650 athletes from 41 teams participated. They competed in three of the most popular winter sports disciplines – hockey, cross-country skiing, and biathlon.
Rosneft also provides comprehensive support for professional sports. The company has been the general sponsor of LADA Sport ROSNEFT since 2015. During this time, the team has achieved impressive results, winning 47 championship titles, including victory in the Silk Way Rally, as well as in all classes of circuit racing, classic rally, and karting. Thanks to such cooperation, LADA Sport ROSNEFT has become a leader in Russian circuit racing, and the automotive market has received a number of innovative products — high-octane gasoline Pulsar-100 and the sports racing oil Rosneft Magnum Racing.
“Rosneft” makes a significant contribution to the popularization of hockey among children and youth and to the development of this sport in the country. With the support of the Company’s subsidiaries, modern hockey arenas are being built, large-scale amateur competitions are being organized. Since 2011, “Rosneft” has been the owner of the hockey club CSKA. During this time, the HC CSKA team has regained its status as the strongest in the Russian championship: three-time winner of the Gagarin Cup, five-time Russian champion. At the same time, children’s and youth teams are annually recognized as the strongest in their age categories.
With the support of “Rosneft,” large Russian and international competitions are also held. In 2025, the World Sambo Championship was successfully held in Kyrgyzstan, the continental championships of Asia and Oceania in Sambo in Uzbekistan, as well as the Sambo World Cup in Tajikistan and Armenia. “Rosneft” has been a sponsor of the International Sambo Federation since 2013. In September 2025, the XI Ufa International Marathon took place, with “Bashneft” as the official partner (which is part of the structure of “Rosneft”).
Moreover, in March 2026, the XII Russian Mas-Wrestling Championship was held in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), which was dedicated to the Year of the Unity of the Peoples of Russia. Mas-wrestling is a national Yakut sport, the essence of which is pulling a stick while sitting. The martial art is included in the All-Russian register of sports.
Rosneft also finances the construction and reconstruction of sports facilities in the regions of its presence. With the Company’s support, over the past year, the following have been opened: a large physical fitness and wellness complex, a sports arena, as well as two multifunctional sports complexes – in Bashkiria, a multifunctional sports ground – in the Tyumen region, a multifunctional complex “Gubkinsky Arena” – in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the aqua center “Dolphin” and a ski base of the Olympic reserve school – in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Ugra, and much more.
Department of Information and Advertising
PJSC “NK Rosneft”
April 6, 2026
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