* At the World 2005/2006 ice hockey men's under-18 championships in Sweden (through April 22)
- Russia beat Belarus, 8:0, in its second game in preliminary Group A
Second-leg results and standings:
Group A:
Russia - Belarus - 8:0
Germany - USA - 0:9
1 USA - games - 2/points - 4/goal difference 13-2/
2 Russia - 2/2/10-4
3 Czech Republic - 1/2/4-2
4 Belarus - 1/0/0-8
5 Germany - 2/0/2-13
Group B:
Norway - Canada - 2:9
Slovakia - Finland - 3:6
1 Canada - 2/4/12-3
2 Finland - 1/2/6-3
3 Sweden - 1/ 2/5-2/
4- Slovakia - 2/0/4-9/
5 Norway - 2/0/4-14
* Russian cyclist Olga Slyusareva won the silver in the women's individual pursuit at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Bordeaux, France, losing by 0.317 sec. to Sarah Hammer of the U.S.
* At the $1.34-million Family Circle Cup WTA tennis tournament in Charleston, South Carolina (through April 16):
- Nadezhda Petrova, seeded 2 for the tournament, advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles by defeating Lucie Safarova (14) of Czech Republic, 6:1 6:3
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (4) cruised to the quarterfinals of the women's singles by defeating Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain, 6:2, 6:1
- Dinara Safina (7) beat Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine, 7:6, 2:6, 6:2, and will meet top-seed Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium in the quarterfinals
* At the $410,000 IV Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana ATP tennis tournament in Valencia, Spain (through April 16):
- Marat Safin cruised to the quarterfinals of the men's singles by defeating Boris Pashanski of Serbia and Montenegro, 6:2, 6:2, to take on 2nd seeded Gaston Gaudio of Argentina in the next match
* Winner of the Russian women's basketball regular season VBM SGAU Samara advanced to the semifinals of the SuperLeague championships by defeating Shelen Krasnoyarsk (8), 98:49 at home, in the third leg of the best-of-three quarterfinal tie.
The best-of-three semifinals draw:
VBM SGAU Samara (1) - Spartak Moscow Region (4)
UGMK Yekaterinburg (2) - Dinamo Moscow (3)
