* At the European Volleyball Junior Men's Championship in Kazan, Russia (ended September 14):
Russia won the title, beating France 3:0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-20) in the final. Italy won bronze, beating Slovenia 3:0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-19) in the bronze-medal match.
* At the FIBA World Basketball Women's Championship in Brazil (through September 23):
- Russia lost to the United States 80:90 in Group C:
Group C results and final standings:
United States - Russia - 90:80
Nigeria - China - 59:71
1 United States - 6 points
2 Russia - 5
3 China - 4
4 Nigeria - 3
Russia will play the Czech Republic, France and Cuba in the qualifying round's Group F for a berth in the quarterfinals
Group F standings:
1 United States - 6 points/goal coefficient 1.454
2 Russia - 5/1.213
3 Czech Republic - 5/1.210
4 France - 5/1.151
5 Cuba - 5/0.944
6 China - 4/0.791
* Lokomotiv Moskow soccer team beat SV Zulte Waregem (Belgium) 2:1 at home in the first leg of the two-leg UEFA Cup first round
* Rubin Kazan lost to Parma FC (Italy) 0:1 at home in the first leg of the UEFA Cup first round
* At the $225,000 Wismilak International WTA tennis tournament in Bali, Indonesia (through September 17):
Singles:
- Top-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the semifinals, beating No.8-seed Severine Bremond (France) 6-3, 6-2
- Olga Puchkova failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to No.6-seed Marion Bartoli (France) 2-6, 4-6
* At the $500,000 China Open ATP tennis tournament in Beijing (through September 17):
Doubles:
- Igor Kunitsyn and Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to Michael Berrer (Germany) and Kenneth Carlsen (Denmark) 4-6, 1-6
* At the $410,000 Romania Open ATP tennis tournament in Bucharest (through September 17):
- Top-seed Dmitry Tursunov failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 2-6, 6-3, 6-7
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Khimik Voskresensk - Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 3:2
Avangard Omsk - Amur Khabarovsk - 3:1
SKA St. Petersburg - CSKA Moscow - 3:5
HK MVD Tver - Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 3:5
Ak Bars Kazan - Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 2:2
Severstal Cherepovets - Vityaz Podolsk - 2:6
Dinamo Moskow - Traktor Chelyabinsk - 6:2
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - Lada Tolyatty - 2:0
Sibir Novosibirsk - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 5:3
1 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 4 games/9 points/goal difference +9
2 Khimik Voskresensk - 3/9/+7
3 Ak Bars Kazan - 4/9/+7
4 HK MVD Tver - 4/5/+2
5 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 4/8/+2
6 SKA St. Petersburg - 4/7/+4
7 CSKA Moscow - 4/7/+5
8 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 4/7/+4
9 Avangard Omsk - 3/7/+4
10 Vityaz Podolsk - 4/7/+2
11 Dinamo Moskow - 4/6/+2
12 Sibir Novosibirsk - 3/6/+2
13 Lada Tolyatty - 4/3/-5
14 Severstal Cherepovets - 4/3/-9
15 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 3/2/-2
16 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 4/1/-7
17 Amur Khabarovsk - 4/1/-11
18 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 2/0/-5
19 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 4/0/-10
