* Spartak Moscow Region beat Pays D'Aix from France, 80:65, in the first leg of the EuroCup women's basketball finals in France
* Three Russians advanced into the women's singles quarterfinals at the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, USA:
- Maria Sharapova, seeded 3rd for the tournament, beat Shahar Peer from Israel, 7:6, 6:1
- Elena Dementieva (4) beat Li Na from China, 6:3 6:2
- Dinara Safina (10) beat compatriot Anastasia Myskina (5), 6:1 6:3
- Anna Chakvetadze (22) lost to Ana Ivanovic (8) from Serbia, 3:6, 3:6
* Russia's national hockey championships, the SuperLeague, second-leg of best-of-five play-off series results (host teams listed first):
Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 3:2 (in shoot-out) (Metallurg leads the series 2-0)
Ak Bars Kazan - HK MVD Tver - 4:3 (in shoot-out) (Ak Bars leads 2-0)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Sibir Novosibirsk - 5:1 (Lokomotiv leads 2-0)
Avangard Omsk - SKA St. Petersburg - 5:1 (Avangard leads 2-0)
CSKA Moscow - Severstal Cherepovets - 6:1 (Score in the series 1-1)
Khimik Voskresensk - Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 4:2 (Score in the series 1-1)
Salavat Yulayev Ufa - Spartak Moscow - 2:1 (Salavat leads 2-0)
Dinamo Moscow - Lada Tolyatti - 3:4/on game winning shots (Lada leads 2-0)
* Spartak Moscow advanced into the Russian Cup 2005/2006 soccer quarterfinals by defeating Luch-Energia Vladivostok in the second-leg match at home, 1:0 (2:0 on aggregate)
* Dinamo Moscow beat Luch Moscow in Russia's national men's volleyball championships, 3-2 (25:27, 29:31, 25:17, 25:21, 17:15)
* Samorodok Khabarovsk lost to Uralochka-NMTK, from the Sverdlovsk Region, in Russia's national women's volleyball championships, 0-3 (20:25, 22:25, 22:25) at home
Team standings:
1 Dinamo Moscow - 37 points (after 19 games)
2 Zarechye Odintsovo - 32 (19)
3 Uralochka-NMTK - 32 (20)
4 Dinamo Moscow Region - 32 (19)
5 CSKA Moscow - 29 (19)
6 Samorodok Khabarovsk - 29 (19)
7 Tulitsa Tula - 29 (19)
8 Stinol Lipetsk - 28 (19)
9 Kazanochka Kazan - 28 (19)
10 Balakovskaya NPP Balakovo - 26 (19)
11 Fakel Novy Urengoy - 23 (19)
12 Universitet Belgorod - 20 (20)
* Spartak Moscow soccer club completed a move for Austrian national team defender Martin Stranzl from Germany's Stuttgart
* Russia's national soccer team slipped by one notch to 35th spot in the monthly updated FIFA world rankings. This month's rankings cover 82 matches, including 21 qualifiers for the Asian Cup 2007 and 61 friendlies
* Russia will host the Moscow saber fencing tournament involving best world's performers, from March 17 through March 19
