* At the IAAF World Athletics Junior Championship in Beijing, China (through August 20):
- Anna Bulgakova won silver in the women's hammer throw with 65.73 meters. Bianca Perie (Romania) won gold with 67.38m, and Shuai Hao (China) took bronze with 64.26m
- Irina Tarasova won bronze in the women's shot put with 17.11 meters. Melissa Boekelman (Netherlands) won gold with 17.66m and Denise Hinrichs (Germany) took silver with 17.35m
* Russia's national soccer team, headed for the first time by new Dutch coach Guus Hiddink, beat Latvia 1-0 in a friendly in Moscow with an injury-time goal from striker Pavel Pogrebnyak
* At the $2,450,000 Cincinnati Masters ATP tennis tournament in the U.S. (through August 20)
Singles:
- Mikhail Yuzhny failed to advance to the third round, losing to No.4-seed Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) 4-6, 6-7
- Dmitry Tursunov lost to No.15-seed Robby Ginepri (U.S.) 3-6, 4-6 in the second round
Doubles:
- Yuzhny and Marat Safin advanced to the quarterfinals, beating No.4-seed duo Paul Hanley (Australia) and Kevin Ullyett (Zimbabwe) in the deciding tiebreak 10-7 after the first two sets ended 1-6, 7-6
* At the $1,340,000 Rogers Cup WTA tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada (through August 20):
Singles:
- Anna Chakvetadze advanced to the third round, beating compatriot and No.3-seed Nadezhda Petrova 6-1, 6-4
- No.4-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the third round, beating Marta Domachowska (Poland) 6-1, 6-3
- Dinara Safina (9) beat Cara Black (Zimbabwe) 6-2, 6-2 in the second round
- Anastasia Myskina (6) failed to advance to the third round, losing to Shahar Peer (Israel) 6-7, 7-5, 4-6
- Maria Kirilenko (15) lost to Nathalie Dechy (France) 4-6, 4-6 in the second round
Doubles:
- Maria Kirilenko and Ana Ivanovic (Serbia & Montenegro) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating No.6-seed Chinese pair Ting Li and Tiantian Sun 6-0, 7-6
- Vera Dushevina and Liga Dekmeijere (Latvia) advanced to the second round, beating Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) and Mara Santangelo (Italy) 6-3, 7-6
- Yelena Vesnina and Anna Chakvetaze advanced to the second round with a win on walkover over Janette Husarova (Slovakia) and Flavia Pennetta (Italy) due to Pennetta's injury
- Nadezhda Petrova and Martina Navratilova (U.S.) trounced Canada's duo Sharon Fichman and Valerie Tetreault 6-0, 6-1 in the first round
- Anastasia Rodionova and Andreea Vanc (Romania) failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to No.2-seeded pair Cara Black (Zimbabwe) and Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) 3-6, 4-6
* At the European basketball under-16 men's championship in Spain (through August 20):
- Russia beat Israel 102:80 in quarterfinal round's Group E.
Results and standings:
Group E
Russia - Israel - 102:80
Croatia - Turkey - 67:58
1 Russia - 2 games/4 points
2 Turkey - 2/3
3 Croatia - 2/3
4 Israel - 2/2
Group F
Serbia & Montenegro - Italy - 78:69
France - Spain - 63:85
1 Spain - 2/4
2 Serbia & Montenegro - 2/3
3 Italy - 2/3
4 France - 2/2
