* At the World Wrestling Championship in Guangzhou, China (through October 1):
- Sajid Sajidov won gold in the 84kg freestyle category, defeating Revazi Mindorashvili (Georgia) in the final bout. Zaurbek Sokhiev (Uzbekistan) and Reza Yazdani (Iran) took bronze
* At the 12-game match for the World Chess Champion title between the world champion in classical chess Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in Elista, Russia:
- Kramnik drew with Topalov, playing Black, and leads 3-1 after the four games.
* Spartak Moscow soccer team drew with Portugal's Sporting Lisbon 1:1 at home in UEFA Champions League tournament's Group B
Group B results and standings (host teams listed first):
Spartak - Sporting - 1:1
Inter Milan (Italy) - FC Bayern Munich (Germany) - 0:2
1 Bayern - 2 game/6 points/goal difference +6
2 Sporting - 2/4/+1
3 Spartak - 2/1/-4
4 Inter - 2/0/-3
* Russia's national soccer under-19 team beat Andorra in a Group 5 qualifier for the 2007 European U-19 Championship in Austria.
Group 5 results and standings:
Russia - Andorra - 2:0
Slovakia - Albania - 2:3
1 Russia - 1 game/3 points/goal difference +2
2 Albania - 1/3/+1
3 Slovakia - 1/0/-1
4 Andorra - 1/0/-2
* Men's volleyball team Lokomotiv-Belogorye (Belgorod) beat Austria's Hypo Tirol (Innsbruck) 3:2 in European Champions League's qualifying Group A
Group A results and standings (host teams listed first):
Hypo Tirol - Lokomotiv - 2:3 (25-16, 23-25, 25-22, 13-25, 10-15)
Evivo Duren (Germany) - VB Tours (France) - 1:3 (25-22, 23-25, 20-25, 22-25)
1 Tours VB - 1 game/2 points
2 Lokomotiv-Belogorye - 1/2
3 Hypo Tirol - 1/1
4 Evivo Duren - 1/1
5-6 Buducnost Podgoricka Banka (Serbia) - 0/0
5- 6 Portol Drac Palma Mallorca (Spain) - 0/0
* At the $600,000 Luxembourg Open WTA tennis tournament (through October 1):
Singles:
- Top-seed Yelena Dementyeva advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Samantha Stosur (Australia) 7-5, 6-1
- Dinara Safina (4) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 7-5, 6-3
Doubles:
- No.2-seed duo Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) advanced to the semifinals, beating Eva Birnerova (Czech Republic) and Andreea Vanc (Romania) 7-6, 6-4
* At the $175,000 Guangzhou Open WTA tennis tournament in China (through October 1):
Singles:
- Olga Puchkova advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Jelena Kostanic (Croatia) 6-1, 6-1
- No.3-seed Anna Chakvetadze advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Elise Tamaela (Netherlands) 6-2, 6-7, 6-3
- Yelena Vesnina (7) failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to Tzipora Obziler (Israel) 6-4, 3-6, 3-6
Doubles:
- Alina Jidkova and Galina Voskoboeva failed to advance to the semifinals after Voskoboeva retired due to illness
* At the $145,000 Hansol Korea Open WTA tennis tournament in Seoul (through October 1):
Singles:
- Anastasia Rodionova failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to No.4-seed Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 3-6, 1-6
Doubles:
- No.2-seed duo Vera Dushevina and Vera Zvonareva advanced to the semifinals, beating Akiko Morigami (Japan) and Meilen Tu (U.S.) 6-3, 6-3
* At the $550,000 Thailand Open ATP tennis tournament in Bangkok (through October 1):
Singles:
- Marat Safin advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Julien Benneteau (France) 7-6, 6-7, 6-2
* At the $380,000 Mumbai Open ATP tennis tournament in India (through October 1):
Doubles:
- Igor Kunitsyn and Rik De Voest (South Africa) failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to India's duo Rohan Bopanna and Mustafa Ghouse 6-7, 1-6
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
CSKA Moscow - Avangard Omsk - 2:5
Lada Tolyatty - Amur Khabarovsk - 1:0
Salavat Yulayev Ufa - Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 6:2
Metallurg Novokuznetsk - Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 2:3 (OT)
Sibir Novosibirsk - Ak Bars Kazan - 3:2
Vityaz Podolsk - Khimik Voskresensk - 2:1
Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 2:3
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 9 games/20 points/goal difference +17
2 Sibir Novosibirsk - 8/19/+7
3 Avangard Omsk - 8/17/+10
4 HK MVD Tver - 8/16/+8
7 Vityaz Podolsk - 9/16/-1
6 Khimik Voskresensk - 8/16/+7
7 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 8/15/+5
8 Dinamo Moskow - 8/14/+4
9 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 9/12/-4
10 CSKA Moscow - 9/11/+4
11 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 7/11/-2
12 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 9/10/+3
13 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 8/10/-2
14 Lada Tolyatty - 8/10/-3
15 SKA St. Petersburg - 7/8/-1
16 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 7/5/-10
17 Severstal Cherepovets - 7/5/-12
18 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 8/4/-14
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 7/1/-16
