Russian football legend Ruslan Nigmatullin has remarried at 51, tying the knot with television presenter Evelina Syncha months after a bitter split from his wife of 27 years ended in a property dispute worth tens of millions of rubles. The former goalkeeper accused Elena of refusing his 50-50 settlement offer, which would have handed her a four-bedroom Miami flat, before she demanded full control of assets and fled the country with proceeds from a Moscow apartment sale.
Nigmatullin insists his new romance had nothing to do with the marriage collapse, rejecting whispers that he strayed with Syncha while still wed. The fallout has severed ties with his two adult sons, who sided with their mother and stopped responding to contact attempts. The athlete expressed deep anguish over the estrangement, lamenting that decades of fatherhood and financial support have not prevented the rift.
Nigmatullin insists his new romance had nothing to do with the marriage collapse, rejecting whispers that he strayed with Syncha while still wed. The fallout has severed ties with his two adult sons, who sided with their mother and stopped responding to contact attempts. The athlete expressed deep anguish over the estrangement, lamenting that decades of fatherhood and financial support have not prevented the rift.
