Rubin Kazan beat Lokomotiv to start title defense

Defending Russian champions Rubin Kazan began their 2010 league campaign with a 2-0 win over Lokomotiv Moscow on Sunday.

For a long time, the match at Kazan’s Central’nyj stadium seemed to be heading for a goalless result until Andrey Gorbanets finally broke the deadlock in the 88th minute.

Two minutes later, it was Alexander Bukharov to add a second.

Rubin share the top spot with Terek Grozny, who beat newcomers Sibir Novosibirsk 0-2, and Tom Tomsk, who defeated Rostov by the same score on Saturday.