* At the 2006 Wimbledon Grand Slam series tennis tournament, which runs June 26 to July 9:
Women's singles:
- Russia's Anastasia Myskina (9) failed to advance to the quarterfinals after losing to Amelie Mauresmo (1) from France 1-6, 6-3, 3-6
Women's doubles:
- Russia's Yelena Likhovtseva (11) and Anastasia Myskina (11) failed to advance to the next round after losing to Liezel Huber (7) from South Africa and Martina Navratilova (7) from the United States in straight sets 5-7, 0-6
- Russia's Yelena Dementieva (8) and Flavia Pennetta (8) from Italy failed to advance to the next round after loosing to Kveta Peschke (9) from the Czech Republic and Francesca Schiavone (9) from Italy in straight sets 5-7, 2-6
Mixed doubles:
- Russia's Vera Dushevina and Wesley Moodie from the South Africa failed to advance to the next round after loosing to Jie Zheng (2) from China and Max Mirny (2) from Belarus 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-9
* Russia's Sofia Velikaya won the 2006 Seniors European Fencing Championship in Izmir, Turkey, after defeating Olga Kharlan 15-14 in the saber
* The Russian Swimming Championship starts on July 6 and will last until 10 in Moscow
* The Russian Swimming Federation approved Wednesday prize money for Russian swimmers who win medals or set records at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing: $50,000 for gold, $30,000 for silver and $15,000 for bronze
