Below follow the main events in the Russian sports world in the last 24 hours at 2 p.m. GMT May 6
* At the 2006 European weightlifting championship in Wladyslawowo, Poland (through May 7):
- Vladislav Lukanin won silver in the men's 77kg category lifting a total of 352kg (152kg in the snatch and 200kg in the clean and jerk). Gevorg Davtyan of Armenia won gold with a total of 360 kilograms (165 + 195). Georgi Makov of Bulgaria finished third with a total of 351 kilograms (159 + 192).
- Natalya Gagarina won silver in the women's +75kg category with a total of 271kg (120kg in the snatch and 151kg in the clean and jerk). Olha Korobka of Ukraine lifted a total of 290kg (126 + 164) to win gold. Yordanka Apostolova of Bulgaria took bronze with a total of 245kg (113 + 132)
* At the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship's eight-team finals in Luxembourg (through May 14):
- Russia lost to Spain 0:3 in Group A
Group A results and standings:
Spain - Russia - 3:0
Luxembourg - Hungary - 0:4
1 Spain - games-2/ points-6/ goal difference 10-1
2 Hungary - 2/3/4-1
3 Russia - 2/3/1-3
4 Luxembourg - 1/0/1-11
Group B results and standings:
Belgium - Serbia and Montenegro - 1:1
Germany - Czech Republic 0:0
1 Germany - games-2/ points-4/ goal difference 4-0
2 Czech Republic - 2/4/2-1
3 Serbia and Montenegro - 2/1/2-3
4 Belgium - 2/1/1-5
Russia will play Luxembourg May 8.
The top two teams of each group advance to the semifinals on May 11, with the final and third place play-off set for May 14.
* The 2006 IIHF world hockey championship starting May 5 in Latvia (through May 21).
The draw for the group stage (May 5-10):
- Russia will play Kazakhstan in its opening match in Group C May 6.
Results and standings after Day 1:
Group A:
Latvia - Czech Republic - 1:1
Finland - Slovenia - 5:3
1 Finland - games-1/ points-2/ goal difference 5-3
2-3 Czech Republic - 1/1/1-1
2-3 Latvia - 1/1/1-1
4 Slovenia - 1/0/3-5
Group B:
Sweden - 0/0/0
Switzerland - 0/0/0
Ukraine - 0/0/0
Italy - 0/0/0
Group C:
Slovakia - 0/0/0
Russia - 0/0/0
Belarus - 0/0/0
Kazakhstan - 0/0/0
Group D:
Canada - Denmark - 5:3
USA - Norway - 3:1
1 Canada - 1/2/5-3
2 USA - 1/2/3-1
3 Denmark - 1/0/3-5
4 Norway - 1/0/1-3
The top three teams of each group will form two 6-team groups in the qualifying round (May 11-16).
The top four teams of each group advance to the quarterfinals (May 17-18).
Semifinals are set for May 20, with the bronze medal match and final May 21.
* At the $600,000 J&S Cup WTA tennis tournament in Warsaw, Poland (through May 7)
- Yelena Dementyeva, seeded No. 3 for the tournament, advanced to the singles semifinals, by defeating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, 5-7 6-3 6-1
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (4) beat Venus Williams (7) of the U.S. 6-4 6-2 to advance to the singles semifinals (USA)
- Anna Chakvetadze advanced to the singles semifinals, beating Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Montenegro, 4-6 6-2 6-4
- Maria Kirilenko and Ana Ivanovic beat Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) and Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) 6-2 6-3 to advance to the doubles semifinals
* At the $670,000 Estoril Open tennis tournament in Estoril, Portugal (through May 7):
- Nikolai Davydenko, seeded No. 2 for the tournament, advanced to the men's singles semifinals, beating Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, 6-4 6-4
* CSKA Moscow crushed Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 94:55 at home in the second leg of Russian men's basketball SuperLeague best-of-five quarterfinals.
Second leg results and series' standings (host teams listed first):
CSKA Moscow - Lokomotiv-Rostov-on-Don - 94:55 (CSKA leads in the series 2-0)
UNICS Kazan - Dinamo Moscow - 73:52 (UNICS leads 2-0)
Dinamo St. Petersburg - Ural-Great Perm - 77:74 (Dinamo leads 2-0)
Khimky Moscow Region - Dinamo Moscow Region - 85:77 (Khimky leads 2-0)
