* At the FIFA under-20 women's World Championship in Russia (through September 3):
- Russia drew with Brazil 0:0 in Group A
Results and standings
Group A
Russia - Brazil - 0:0
New Zealand - Australia - 0:3
1 Australia - 1 game/ 3 points/ goal difference +3
2-3 Russia - 1/1/0
2-3 Brazil - 1/1/0
4 New Zealand - 1/0/-3
Group B
China - Finland - 2:1
Nigeria - Canada - 3:2
1 Nigeria - 1/3/+1
2 China - 1/3/+1
3 Canada - 1/0/-1
4 Finland - 1/0/-1
Group C
Switzerland - 0/0/0
Mexico - 0/0/0
North Korea - 0/0/0
Germany - 0/0/0
Group D
Congo - 0/0/0
United States - 0/0/0
France - 0/0/0
Argentina - 0/0/0
* At the IAAF World Athletics Junior Championship in Beijing, China (through August 20):
- Arkady Vasilyev won gold in the decathlon with 8,059 points. Yordani Garcia (Cuba) took silver with 7,850, and Jordan Vandermade (New Zealand) took bronze with 7,807 points
- Yekaterina Shtepa won gold in the 100m women's hurdles in 13.33s. Christina Vukicevic (Norway) took silver in 13.34s and Tiffany Ofili (U.S.) took bronze in 13.37s
* At the $2,450,000 Cincinnati Masters ATP tennis tournament in the U.S. (through August 20)
Doubles:
- Marat Safin and Mikhail Yuzhny failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to No.6-seed Israeli duo Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 4-6, 2-6
* At the $1,340,000 Rogers Cup WTA tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada (through August 20):
Singles:
- No.4-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 6-2, 7-6
- Dinara Safina (9) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Shenay Perry (U.S.) 7-5, 6-3
- Anna Chakvetadze advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Nathalie Dechy (France) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles:
- Nadezhda Petrova and Martina Navratilova (U.S.) advanced to the quarterfinals, defeating No.7-seed duo Gisela Dulko (Argentina) and Corina Morariu (U.S.) 7-6, 6-2
- No.4-seed pair Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Vera Dushevina and Liga Dekmeijere (Latvia) 6-4, 6-2
- Maria Kirilenko and Ana Ivanovic (Serbia & Montenegro) failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to No.2-seed pair Cara Black (Zimbabwe) and Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) 4-6, 6-2, 4-6
- Anna Chakvetadze and Yelena Vesnina lost to eighth-seeded duo Ai Sugiyama and Nathalie Dechy (France) 7-5, 1-6, 6-7 in the second round
* At the European basketball under-16 men's championship in Spain (through August 20):
- Russia beat Turkey 81:79 in quarterfinal round's Group E. to take on Serbia & Montenegro in the semifinals Saturday night
Results and standings:
Group E
Russia - Turkey - 81:79
Croatia - Israel - 81:57
1 Russia - 3 games/6 points
2 Croatia - 3/5
3 Turkey - 3/4
4 Israel - 3/3
Group F
Serbia & Montenegro - France - 98:68
Italy - Spain - 72:79
1 Spain - 3/6
2 Serbia & Montenegro - 3/5
3 Italy - 3/4
4 France - 3/3
