* At the 2006 Wimbledon Grand Slam series tennis tournament, which runs June 26 to July 9:
Women's singles:
- Russia's Maria Sharapova (4) advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating her compatriot Yelena Dementyeva (7) in straight sets 6-1, 6-4
Men's singles:
- Russia's Dmitry Tursunov (27) failed to advance to the quarterfinals after loosing to Jarkko Nieminen (22) from Finland 5-7, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (8-6), 7-9
Mixed doubles:
- Russia's Vera Zvonaryova and Andy Ram from Israel advanced to the next round after defeating Eleni Daniilidou from Greece and Chris Haggard from South Africa 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Russia's Vera Dushevina and Wesley Moodie from South Africa advanced to the next round after defeating Shahar Peer from Israel and Kevin Ulyett from Zimbabwe 6-3, 6-4
* Dick Advocaat arrived in St. Petersburg to take charge as head coach of Zenit St. Petersburg soccer club
* The organizing committee of the Russian Equestrian Tournament, which will run July 12-16, announced the tournament would have 4.1 million rubles ($152,000) in prize money
* Russian athletes won four gold, three silver and three bronze medals at the 2006 Athens IAAF Tsiklitiria Super Grand Prix in Greece
