MOSCOW, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia will set up a special sport TV channel for news coverage at the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympic Games in February, local media reported.

    A joint project on the special sport channel, which has not been named, was being developed by the widely-received Russian TV Channel One and All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), the Itar-Tass news agency reported.

    "It will be a rehearsal of using all modern television technologies before the Olympic Games in Sochi," according to VGTRK, a state-owned Russian television and radio company.

    The new channel will use high-definition technology, whose broadcasts will be carried by paid satellite and cable television networks. It will also broadcast other major sport events this year, including the South Africa World Cup in June, said VGTRK.

    The Vancouver Winter Olympics is slated for February 12-28.