* At the World Wrestling Championship in Guangzhou, China (through October 1):
- Khadjimurad Gatsalov won gold in the 96kg freestyle category, defeating Gerge Gogshelidze (Georgia) in the final bout. Michel Batista (Cuba) and Ruslan Sheyikhov (Belarus) took bronze
- Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov took silver in the 120kg freestyle category, losing to Artur Taymazov (Uzbekistan) in the final. Valadi Farden Masoumi (Iran) and Ruslan Basiyev (Armenia) took bronze
* Russia's national soccer under-19 team beat Albania in a Group 5 qualifier for the 2007 European U-19 Championship in Austria.
Group 5 results and standings:
Russia - Albania - 2:0
1 Russia - 2 games/6 points/goal difference +4
2 Albania - 2/3/-1
3 Slovakia - 1/0/-1
4 Andorra - 1/0/-2
* Both of Russia's representatives the 2006/2007 UEFA Cup lost:
- Lokomotiv Moskow lost to SV Zulte Waregem (Belgium) 0:2 in the away second leg of the two-leg UEFA Cup first round (Zulte Waregem wins 3:2 on aggregate)
- Rubin Kazan lost to Parma FC (Italy) 0:1 away (Parma wins 2:0 on aggregate)
* Men's volleyball team Dinamo Moscow beat Ortec Rotterdam (Netherlands) 3:0 in European Champions League's qualifying Group B
Group B results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo Moscow - Ortec Rotterdam - 3:0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-14)
Noliko Maaseik (Belgium) - Iraklis Thessaloniki (Greece) - 3:1 (25-18, 25-22, 20-25, 25-18)
Paris Volley (France) - Sisley Treviso (Italy) - 0:3 (23-25, 23-25, 21-25)
1 Dinamo - 1 game/2 points
2 Sisley - 1/2
3 Noliko Maaseik - 1/2
4 Iraklis - 1/1
5 Paris Volley - 1/1
6 Ortec - 1/1
* At the $600,000 Luxembourg Open WTA tennis tournament (through October 1):
Singles:
- No.2-seed Nadezhda Petrova failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to Nathalie Dechy (France) 4-6, 3-6
Doubles:
- Yelena Dementyeva and Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to No.4-seed duo Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) and Liezel Huber (South Africa) 2-6, 3-6
* At the $145,000 Hansol Korea Open WTA tennis tournament in Seoul (through October 1):
Singles:
- No.5-seed Vera Zvonaryova failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) 6-7, 4-6
Doubles:
- No.2-seed duo Vera Dushevina and Vera Zvonareva failed to advance to the final, losing to Chia-Jung Chuang (Taiwan) and Mariana Diaz-Oliva (Argentina) 3-6, 6-3, 4-6
* At the $550,000 Thailand Open ATP tennis tournament in Bangkok (through October 1):
Singles:
- Marat Safin advanced to the semifinals, beating Mischa Zverev (Germany) 7-6, 5-7, 7-5
* At the $380,000 Mumbai Open ATP tennis tournament in India (through October 1):
Singles:
- No.4-seed Dmitry Tursunov advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Kristian Pless (Denmark) 6-7, 6-3, 6-4
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Severstal Cherepovets - Dinamo Moskow - 7:3
SKA St. Petersburg - HK MVD Tver - 5:2
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 - 9/16/+5
7 Vityaz Podolsk - 9/16/-1
6 Khimik Voskresensk - 8/16/+7
7 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 8/15/+5
8 Dinamo Moskow - 9/14/0
9 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 9/12/-4
10 CSKA Moscow - 9/11/+4
11 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 7/11/-2
12 SKA St. Petersburg - 8/11/+2
13 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 9/10/+3
14 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 8/10/-2
15 Lada Tolyatty - 8/10/-3
16 Severstal Cherepovets - 8/8/-8
17 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 7/5/-10
18 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 8/4/-14
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 7/1/-16
