A radio receiver includes a first sampling section and a second sampling section for sampling, in the predetermined sampling interval, a first receiving symbol and a second receiving symbol transmitted to the radio receiver via a first transmission route and a second transmission route, respectively. The radio receiver further includes a diversity combining section for diversity combining sampling signals obtained by the respective sampling, sections and a control section for controlling a sampling position to obtain the difference between the sampling position of the first receiving symbol sampled by the first sampling section and the sampling position of the second receiving symbol sampled by the second sampling section such that the obtained difference is different from the difference in the sampling positions corresponding to the difference in timing between the first receiving symbol and the second receiving symbol.