* At the FIFA under-20 women's World Championship in Russia (through September 3):
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/+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 - North Korea - 0:4
Mexico - Germany - 1:9
1 North Korea - 2/6/+6
2 Germany - 2/3/+6
3 Switzerland - 2/3/-2
3 Mexico - 2/0/-10
Group D
Congo - France - 0:1
United States - Argentina - 4:1
1 France - 2/6/+6
2 United States - 2/6/+4
3 Congo - 2/0/-2
4 Argentina - 2/0/-8
* At the $1,340,000 Rogers Cup WTA tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada (ended August 21):
Doubles:
- Nadezhda Petrova and Martina Navratilova (U.S.) won the title, beating No.2-seed duo Cara Black (Zimbabwe) and Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) 6-1, 6-2
* At the $1,250,000 Pilot Pen tennis tournament in New Haven, U.S. (through August 26):
Women's singles:
- No.5-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the second round, beating Jill Craybas (U.S.) 6-7, 6-1, 6-1
- Yelena Likhovtseva lost to Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 3-6, 4-6 in the first round
- No.3-seed Yelena Dementyeva and Nadezhda Petrova (4) will start in the second round after receiving first-round byes
Women's doubles:
- Likhovtseva and Janette Husarova (Slovakia) failed to advance to the second round, losing to No.2-seed Chinese pair Zi Yan and Jie Zheng 7-6, 6-7, 5-7
- Maria Kirilenko and Liezel Huber (South Africa) lost to Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) and Corina Morariu (U.S.) 6-2, 3-6, 4-6 in the first round
Men's singles:
- No.2-seed Nikolai Davydenko will start in the second round after receiving a first-round bye
* Maria Sharapova retained fourth place in the WTA Tour rankings announced by the WTA, the governing body of women's professional tennis. Three other Russians are ranked in the top 10: Yelena Dementyeva (5), Nadezhda Petrova (6), and Svetlana Kuznetsova (7)
* Maria Sharapova is No.3 in the WTA Race rankings. Four other Russians are ranked in the top 10: Svetlana Kuznetsova (4), Nadezhda Petrova (7), Yelena Dementyeva (8), and Dinara Safina (10)
* Nikolai Davydenko stepped down one place to No.7 in the ATP Race rankings, announced by the ATP, the governing body of men's professional tennis. Two other Russians are ranked in the top 30: Dmitry Tursunov (26), and Igor Andreyev (29)
