* At the FIVB Volleyball World League 2006 finals in Moscow (through August 27):
Russia beat Serbia & Montenegro 3:0 on Day 1
Results and standings:
Russia - Serbia & Montenegro - 3:0 (25-20, 26-24, 25-18)
Brazil - Bulgaria - 0:3 (17-25, 23-25, 20-25)
France - Italy - 3:2 (25-18, 23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 15-11)
Group E:
1 Russia - 1 game/2 points
2 France - 1/2
3 Serbia & Montenegro - 1/1
Group F:
1 Bulgaria - 1/2
2 Italy - 1/1
3 Brazil - 1/1
* Russian soccer champions CSKA Moscow advanced the UEFA Champions League tournament's group stage, beating MFK Ruzomberok (Slovakia) 2:0 away in the second leg of two-leg third qualifying round
* Spartak Moscow beat FC Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic) 2:1 at home in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League tournament's third qualifying round to advance to the group stage
* At the $1,250,000 Pilot Pen tennis tournament in New Haven, U.S. (through August 26):
Women's singles:
- No.3-seed Yelena Dementyeva advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-2, 5-7, 6-0
- Nadezhda Petrova (4) failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to Marion Bartoli (France) 6-4, 4-6, 6-7
- Galina Voskoboyeva lost to top-seed Amelie Mauresmo (France) 6-4, 1-6, 2-6 in the second round
Women's doubles:
- Vera Dushevina and Gisela Dulko (Argentina) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) and Vladimira Uhlirova (Czech Republic) 6-4, 6-2
Men's singles:
- No.2-seed Nikolai Davydenko advanced to the quarterfinals, beating No.16-seed Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand) 6-4, 6-1
* At the $75,000 WTA tennis tournament in Forest Hills, U.S. (through August 26):
Singles:
- Yelena Vesnina advanced to the second round, beating top-seed Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-4, 6-4
