* At the FIFA under-20 women's World Championship in Russia (through September 3):
- Russia beat New Zealand 3:2 in Group A
Results and standings
Group A
Russia - New Zealand - 3:2
Brazil - Australia - 2:0
1 Brazil - 2 games/4 points/ goal difference +2
2 Russia - 2/4/+1
3 Australia - 2/ 3/ goal difference +1
4 New Zealand - 2/0/-4
Group B
Finland - Canada - 0:2
China - Nigeria - 3:0
1 China - 2/6/+4
2 Canada - 2/3/+1
3 Nigeria - 2/3/-2
4 Finland - 2/0/-3
Group C
Switzerland - Mexico - 2:4
North Korea - Germany - 2:0
1 Switzerland - 1/3/+2
2 North Korea - 1/3/+2
3 Mexico - 1/0/-2
4 Germany - 1/0/-2
Group D
Congo - United States - 1:2
France - Argentina - 5:0
1 France - 1/3/+5
2 United States - 1/3/+1
3 Congo - 1/0/-1
4 Argentina - 1/0/-5
* At the IAAF World Athletics Junior Championship in Beijing, China (ended August 20):
- Tatyana Chernova won gold in the heptathlon with 6,227points. Her teammate Yana Panteleyeva took bronze with 5,979 points and Ida Marcussen (Norway) took silver with 6,020 points.
- Yevgeny Aydamirov won gold in the men's hammer throw with 78.42 meters.
- Russia won silver in the 4x400m men's relay in 3m05.13s. The United States won gold in 3m03.76s and Great Britain finished third in 3m05.49s
- Tatyana Shemyakina won silver in the 10,000m women's race walk in 45m34.41s. Hong Liu (China) won gold in 45m12.84s and Anamaria Greceanu (Romania) took bronze in 46m45.67s
- Leonid Kivalov won bronze in the men's pole vault with 5.42 meters. German Chiaraviglio (Argentina) won gold with 5.71m and Yansheng Yang (China) took silver with 5.54m
* At the European basketball under-16 men's championship in Spain (ended August 20):
- Russia took silver, failing to retain a 87-84 lead in the final against Spain with just two seconds to go and losing 106-110 after the two overtime sessions. Serbia & Montenegro took bronze, beating Croatia 85:69 in the third-place match
* Russia's national water polo junior women's team won the title at the European championships in Kirishi (Russia), beating the Netherlands 13-7 in the final. Hungary won bronze, beating Italy 12-11 in the third place match
* At the $1,340,000 Rogers Cup WTA tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada (the finals have been postponed until August 21 due to rain):
Doubles:
- Nadezhda Petrova and Martina Navratilova advanced to the final, beating Marion Bartoli, (France) and Shahar Peer (Israel) 6-3, 6-3
- Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) lost to No.2-seed duo Cara Black (Zimbabwe) and Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) in the semifinals
Singles:
- Anna Chakvetadze failed to advance to the final after she retired in the second set against Martina Hingis (Switzerland) due to injury
- No.9-seed Safina lost to No.13-seed Ana Ivanovic (Serbia & Montenegro) 1-6, 4-6 in the semifinals
* Russia's national men's volleyball team lost to Italy 0-3 Saturday and 2-3 Sunday in the two home matches in Group C of the FIVB World League 2006 tournament.
Group C results and final standings (host teams listed first):
Russia - Italy 0-3 (22:25, 27:29, 24:26)
Russia - Italy- 2-3 (18:25, 25:22, 17:25, 25:22, 6:15)
France - China 3-1 (25:18, 25:17, 22:25, 27:25)
France - China - 3-0 (25:22, 25:22, 25:18)
1 France - 21 points
2 Russia - 20 points
3 Italy - 19 points
4 China - 12 points
* At the $1,250,000 Pilot Pen tennis tournament in New Haven, U.S. (through August 26):
Women's singles:
- Maria Kirilenko lost to Na Li (China) 1-6, 2-6 in the first round
- No.3-seed Yelena Dementyeva and Nadezhda Petrova (4) will start in the second round after receiving first-round byes
Men's singles:
- No.2-seed Nikolai Davydenko will start in the second round after receiving a first-round bye
* Premier League soccer results (host teams listed first):
Luch-Energia Vladivostok - Spartak Moscow - 1:0
CSKA Moscow - Spartak Nalchik - 2-1
Shinnik Yaroslavl - Dinamo Moscow - 1:2
Krylya Sovietov Samara - Lokomotiv Moscow - 1:2
Tom Tomsk - Torpedo Moscow - 0:0
Amkar Perm - FC Moscow - 2:2
Saturn Ramenskoye - Zenit St. Petersburg - 0:0
FC Rostov - Rubin Kazan - 2:1
Team standings:
1 CSKA Moscow - 17 games/34 points/ goal difference +13
2 Spartak Moscow - 17/31/+14
3 Lokomotiv Moscow - 17/30/+10
4 Spartak Nalchik - 17/28/+6
5 Tom Tomsk - 17/25/+4
6 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 17/24/+2
7 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 17/24/+5
8 Rubin Kazan - 17/24/-2
9 Zenit St. Petersburg - 17/24/+1
10 FC Moscow - 17/23/-1
11 Saturn Ramenskoye - 17/20/+2
12 FC Rostov - 17/19/-6
13 Torpedo Moscow - 17/15/-6
14 Amkar Perm - 17/14/-14
15 Dinamo Moscow - 17/13/-9
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 17/8/-19
