* Lyudmila Petrova took the silver at the Flora London Marathon 2006 in a time of 2h21m29s. Deena Kastor broke her own U.S. record to win the gold (2h19m36s), and Susan Chepkemei of Kenya finished third (2h21m46s)
* Russia beat Sweden 5:2 to take fifth place at the 2005/2006 men's under-18 world ice hockey championships in Sweden. The U.S. retained its title by defeating Finland 3:1 in the finals. The Czech Republic beat Canada in the bronze-medal match, 4:1
* Russia's women's tennis team lost 2-3 to Belgium in the five-rubber ITF Federation Cup quarterfinal tie in Liege.
Day 1 (Saturday) results:
Singles:
Yelena Dementyeva, world No. 9, beat Kim Clijsters (2), 6:3, 6:4
Nadezhda Petrova (5) lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne (4), 7:6, 4:6, 3:6
Day 2 (Saturday) results:
Singles:
Maria Kirilenko (22) lost to Clijsters 1:6 4:6
Dementyeva lost to Henin-Hardenne, 2:6, 0:6
Doubles:
Kirilenko and Dinara Safina beat Clijsters and Henin-Hardenne, 7:6, 7:5
* Handball team Chekhovskiye Medvedy Chekhov lost to Spain's CBM Valladolid in the away first leg of the two-way Men's Cup Winners' Cup finals, 29:36. The second leg is set for April 29
* Soccer Premier League Week 6 results (host teams listed first):
Luch-Energia Vladivostok - Torpedo Moscow - 2:0
CSKA Moscow - Saturn Ramenskoye - 1:0
Amkar Perm - Tom Tomsk - 0:0
Spartak Moscow - FC Moscow - 3:3
Lokomotiv Moscow - Rubin Kazan - 4:4
FC Rostov - Shinnik Yaroslavl - 0:0
Spartak Nalchik - Zenit St. Petersburg - 1:1
Krylya Sovietov Samara - Dinamo Moscow - 1:0
Team standings after Week 6:
1 CSKA Moscow - 13 points/goal difference 12-5
2 Rubin Kazan - 11/10-8
3 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 11/6-4
4 Tom Tomsk - 11 /4-3
5 FC Moscow - 11/8-9
6 Spartak Nalchik - 9/10-8
7 FC Rostov - 8/7-3 (after 5 games)
8 Zenit St. Petersburg - 8/10-7 (after 5 games)
9 Saturn Ramenskoye - 7/5-3
10 Spartak Moscow - 7/9-10
11 Amkar Perm - 6/4-6
12 Lokomotiv Moscow - 5/11-13
13 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 5/6-8
14 Torpedo Moscow - 4/3-6
15 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 3/2-10
16 Dinamo Moscow - 2/4-8
* Dinamo Moscow (No. 1 in the regular season) and Lokomotiv-Belogorye Belgorod (2) advanced to the finals of the Russian men's volleyball championships
Second-leg results and series' standings (host teams listed first):
- Dinamo Moscow - Fakel Novy-Urengoi - 3:0 (25:17, 27:25, 25:22)
- Dinamo Moscow - Fakel Novy-Urengoi - 3:1 (21:25, 25:21, 25:18, 25:22)
- Fakel Novy-Urengoi - Dinamo Moscow - 0:3 (20:25, 20:25, 18:25).
Dinamo wins the series 3-0.
- Lokomotiv-Belogorye Belgorod - Iskra Odintsovo - 3:2 (25:20, 23:25, 25:19, 23:25, 15:10).
- Lokomotiv-Belogorye Belgorod - Iskra Odintsovo - 3:2 (23:25, 25:19, 27:25, 28:30, 15:11).
- Iskra Odintsovo - Lokomotiv-Belogorye Belgorod - 1:3 (20:25, 24:26, 25:22, 21:25)
Lokomotiv wins the series 3-0.
Final legs are set for May 3, 4 and 8 (May 9 and 13 if necessary).
Dinamo plays the first two legs at home, as it finished higher in the regular season
