* At the annual NHL Awards Show in Vancouver for the 2005-2006 season:
- Russia's Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals) received the Top Rookie Award
- Russia's Pavel Datsyuk (Red Wings) received the Sportsmanship Award
* Russia's Nadezhda Petrova pulled out of the 2006 Wimbledon Grand Slam series tennis tournament, which runs June 26 to July 9, due to injury
* Russia's Dinara Safina (2) advanced to the final of the $175,000 WTA Ordina Open tennis tournament in Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands after defeating Eleni Danilidou 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
* Chairman of Vnesheconombank Vladimir Dmitriyev became the president of Russia's Lada Tolyatti hockey club, which finished eighth last season
* The administration of the Penza Region, about 700 kilometers (440 miles) southeast of Moscow, said it would allocate over 53 million rubles ($1.96 million) on the development of youth sports in the region
* Dmitry Chernyshenko, the general director of the Russian bidding committee for 2014 Winter Olympic Games said the budget of the Sochi-2014 bidding committee was $27 million
