* At the 2006 Wimbledon Grand Slam series tennis tournament, which ran June 26 to July 9:
Mixed doubles:
- Russia's Vera Zvonaryova (9) and Andy Ram (9) from Israel won the tournament, defeating Venus Williams and Bob Bryan from the United States in the final, 6-3, 6-2
Girls' doubles:
- Russia's Alisa Kleibanova (2) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (2) won the tournament, defeating Kristina Antoniychuk (1) from Ukraine and Alexandra Dulgheru from Romania in the final, 6-1, 6-2
* At the 2006 Seniors European Fencing Championship in Izmir, Turkey, which ran July 4-9:
- The Russian women's team won gold in the foil competition, defeating the Romanian team in the final, 28-27
- The Russian men's team won bronze in the saber competition, defeating the Belarusian team 45-39
* At the IAAF Golden League tournament in France:
- Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva won gold in the pole vault (4.76 meters)
- Russia's Yulia Chizhenko and Yelena Soboleva won gold and silver, respectively, in the women's 1,500 meters
- Russia's Yelena Slesarenko won gold in the women's high jump (2.0 meters)
* The Russian women's basketball team finished first in group C, and advanced to the next round of the under-20s international youth basketball championship in Hungary
* Russian boxer Roman Karamzin lost his IBF champion's belt in the light-middle weight category after a bout with American Cory Spinks
* Moskva soccer club qualified for the final stage of the UEFA Intertoto Cup after defeating Minsk MPZ-RIPO from Belarus 1-0
* Russia's Nikolai Davydenko moved down to seventh place in the new ATP Tour Race ratings announced by the ATP, the governing body of men's professional tennis, after an unsuccessful performance at the 2006 Wimbledon Grand Slam series tennis tournament
* The Russian Crossbow Championship starts in Perm on July 11
