* At the 49th ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zagreb, Croatia (through August 5):
- Vitaly Fokeyev won the gold medal in the double trap men's team competition with 190 points. Binyuan Hu (China) took silver with 189 points, and Roland Gerebics (Hungary) took bronze with 187 points
- Russia won gold in the 25m rapid fire pistol junior men's competition with 1711 points. Germany took silver with 1708 points, and France finished third with 1676 points
- Dmitry Brayko won the bronze medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol junior men's competition with 573 points. Christian Reitz (Germany) won gold with 575 points, beating compatriot Philipp Wagenitz on extra shots
* At the 28th European Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary (through August 6):
- Yury Prilukov won the gold medal in the 400m freestyle men's competition in 3m 45.73s. Massimiliano Rosolino (Italy) took silver in 3m 46.87s and Nicolas Rostoucher (France) finished third in 3m 47.04s
- Russia won silver in the 4x100m freestyle men's relay in 3m 16.47s. Italy won gold in 3m 15.23s and France took bronze in 3m 16.53s
* At the $600,000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic ATP tennis tournament in Washington D.C., (through August 6):
Singles:
- Marat Safin advanced to the second round, beating compatriot Igor Kunitsyn 6-3, 7-6
* At the $540,000 Orange Prokom Open ATP tennis tournament in Sopot, Poland (through August 6):
Singles:
- Top-seed Nikolai Davydenko advanced to the second round, beating Christophe Rochus (Belgium) 6-1, 6-2
* At the $1,340,000 Orange Prokom Open WTA tennis tournament in San Diego, U.S. (through August 6):
Singles:
- Vasilisa Bardina advanced to the second round by defeating Yuan Meng (China) 6-2, 6-4
- No.9-seed Dinara Safina failed to advance to the second round, losing to Paola Suarez (Argentina) 6-3, 3-6, 4-6
- Maria Kirilenko lost to Jelena Jankovic (Serbia and Montenegro) 1-6, 4-6 in the first round
- Yelena Likhovtseva lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) 4-6, 3-6 in the first round
Doubles:
- Anna Chakvetadze and Jill Craybas (U.S.) advanced to the second round by defeating U.S. duo Celia Durkin and Amanda Fink 6-2, 6-2
* At the Federation Super Cup men's basketball tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania (through August 2):
- Russia beat Senegal 66:44 in the opening match
* Premier League soccer results (host teams listed first):
FC Rostov - Spartak Nalchik - 2:1
Team standings:
1 Spartak Nalchik - 14 games/27 points/ goal difference +8
2 CSKA Moscow - 14/25/+10
3 Spartak Moscow - 14/25/+11
4 Lokomotiv Moscow - 14/23/+8
5 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 14/23/+7
6 Rubin Kazan - 14/23/+2
7 Tom Tomsk - 14/22/+4
8 FC Moscow - 14/20/-1
9 Zenit St. Petersburg - 14/19/0
10 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 14/18/+1
11 FC Rostov - 14/16/-3
12 Saturn Ramenskoye - 14/15/-1
13 Amkar Perm - 14/11/-14
14 Dinamo Moscow - 14/10/-6
15 Torpedo Moscow - 14/10/-9
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 14/7/-17
