* At the 28th European Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary (through August 6):
- Alexander Dobroskok won the silver medal in the 1m springboard men's competition with 416.6 points. Joona Puhakka (Finland) won gold with 425 points and Christopher Sacchin (Italy) finished third with 415.7 points
* At the Sparkassen chess tournament in Dortmund, Germany (through August 6):
- Grandmaster Pyotr Svidler, No. 5 in the FIDE rankings, drew with compatriot Vladimir Kramnik (4) in Round 4.
Results and standings after Round 4 (players listed first play White):
Round 4:
Peter Svidler - Vladimir Kramnik - 0.5:0.5
Michael Adams (8, U.K.) - Boris Gelfand (10, Israel) - 1:0
Levon Aronian (3, Armenia) - Arkadij Naiditsch (46, Germany) - 0.5:0.5
Baadur Jobava (56, Georgia) - Peter Leko (6, Hungary) - 0.5:0.5
1-3 Svidler - 2.5 points
1-3 Leko - 2.5
1-3 Adams - 2.5
4-6 Aronian - 2
4-6 Kramnik - 2
4-6 Naiditsch - 2
7-8 Gelfand - 1.5
7-8 Jobava - 1.5
* At the $600,000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic ATP tennis tournament in Washington D.C., (through August 6):
Singles:
- No.7-seed Dmitry Tursunov advanced to the third round after Edgardo Massa (Argentina) retired in the third set due to injury
- Teimuraz Gabashvili lost to No.12-seed Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 4-6, 4-6 in the second round
Doubles:
- Tursunov and Igor Kunitsin advanced to the second round, beating Justin Gimelstob (U.S.) and Tim Henman (UK) 7-6, 6-4
* At the $1,340,000 Acura Classic WTA tennis tournament in San Diego, U.S. (through August 6):
Singles:
- No.4-seed Yelena Dementyeva advanced to the third round, beating Ashley Harkleroad (U.S.) 6-2, 6-2
- Anna Chakvetadze beat compatriot and No.3-seed Nadezhda Petrova 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 in the second round
- Vera Zvonaryova advanced to the third round after Peng Shuai (China) retired in the third set due to heat stroke
- Yelena Vesnina failed to advance to the third round, losing to Emma Laine (Finland) 7-6, 6-4, 4-6
Doubles:
- No.7-seed pair Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) advanced to the third round, beating Anastasia Rodionova and Andreea Vanc (Romania) 6-2, 6-2
- Yelena Likhovtseva and Janette Husarova (Slovakia) lost to sixth-seeded pair Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) and Paola Suarez (Argentina) 3-6, 4-6
* Spartak Moscow soccer club advanced to the UEFA Champions League tournament's third qualifying round with a draw against Sheriff Tiraspol 0:0 at home in the second leg of the two-leg tie. Spartak won on away goals (1-1 over two legs).
Spartak will face Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic) in the third qualifying round.
Russian champions CSKA Moscow will play MFK Ruzomberok (Slovakia) in the third qualifying round
* At the Northern Ireland Milk Cup soccer tournament (through August 4):
- Spartak Moscow under-17 team advanced to the semifinals, beating Manchester United 1-0 in the quarterfinals.
Earlier this week Spartak beat North Ireland's Co. Armagh (2-1), and London's Chelsea (2-0) in the qualifiers
- CSKA Moscow under-15 team failed to advance, losing to Lyngby Boldklub (Denmark) 1-3 in the quarterfinals
* At the Federation Super Cup men's basketball tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania (ended August 2):
- Russia took third place, losing to Lithuania 61:77 on Day 3.
Final standings:
1 Lithuania - 6 points
2 Israel - 5
3 Russia - 4
4 Senegal - 3
