* At the World Weightlifting Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (through October 7):
- Oksana Slivenko won gold in the women's 69kg category with a total of 263kg (123kg in the snatch and 140kg in the clean and jerk). Her teammate Tatyana Matveyeva won silver with 245kg (110 + 135) and Jean Elisabeth Lassen (Canada) took bronze with 238kg (102 + 136)
- Svetlana Shimkova won silver in the women's 63kg category with a total of 241kg (108kg in the snatch and 133kg in the clean and jerk). Xiaofang Quyang (China) won gold with 246kg (110 + 136) and Meline Daluzyan (Armenia) took bronze with 232kg (105 + 127)
* 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 4-3 after the seven games.
* Men's volleyball team Dinamo Moscow beat Noliko Maaseik (Belgium) 3:1 in European Champions League's qualifying Group B
Group B results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo Moscow - Noliko Maaseik - 3:1 (25-15, 25-13, 24-26, 25-22)
Iraklis Thessaloniki (Greece) - Paris Volley (France) - 2:3 (22-25, 23-25, 25-21, 27-25, 13-15)
Ortec Rotterdam (Netherlands) - Sisley Treviso (Italy) - 2:3 (17-25, 25-23, 25-22, 24-26, 8-15)
1 Dinamo - 2 games/4 points
2 Sisley - 2/4
3 Noliko Maaseik - 2/3
4 Paris Volley - 2/3
5 Iraklis - 2/3
6 Ortec - 2/2
* At the $650,000 Porsche Grand Prix WTA tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany (through October 8):
Singles:
- No.2-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Martina Muller (Germany) 6-1, 6-4
- No.3-seed Yelena Dementieva advanced to the quarterfinals, defeating Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 4-6, 7-5, 75
- No.6-seed Dinara Safina failed to advanced to the quarterfinals, losing to Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 2-6, 2-6
Doubles:
- No.3-seed pair Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) and Shahar Peer (Israel) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Yelena Likhovtseva and Janette Husarova (Slovakia) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Olga Blahotova (Czech Republic) and Mara Santangelo (Italy) 6-4, 6-0
* At the $940,000 AIG Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo (through October 8):
Women's doubles:
- Alina Jidkova and Marta Domachowska (Poland) failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to top-seed duo Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) and Paola Suarez (Argentina) 6-3, 5-7, 0-6
* At the $410,000 Moselle Open ATP tennis tournament in Metz, France (through October 8):
Singles:
- Marat Safin advanced to the second round, beating compatriot and No.4-seed Mikhail 6-1, 6-4
* At the $145,000 Tashkent Open WTA tennis tournament in Uzbekistan (through October 8):
Singles:
- No.3-seed Olga Puchkova advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Olivia Sanchez (France) 7-5, 6-1
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Ak Bars Kazan - SKA St. Petersburg - 8:3
Krylya Sovietov Moscow - Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 3:4
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - Severstal Cherepovets - 3:1
Khimik Voskresensk - Sibir Novosibirsk - 3:4
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 12 games/29 points/goal difference +30
2 Sibir Novosibirsk - 11/25/+8
3 Avangard Omsk - 11/23/+11
4 Khimik Voskresensk - 11/22/+13
5 HK MVD Tver - 11/20/+7
6 Vityaz Podolsk - 11/19/-1
7 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 10/16/+2
8 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 12/16/-4
9 Dinamo Moscow - 11/15/-2
10 CSKA Moscow - 11/14/+2
11 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 10/14/-2
12 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 11/14/+4
13 Lada Tolyatty - 10/13/-2
14 SKA St. Petersburg - 11/13/-3
15 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 11/11/-11
16 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 11/10/-10
17 Severstal Cherepovets - 11/9/-15
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 10/6/-14
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 10/6/-13
