* At the 12-game match for the World Chess Champion title between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in Elista, Russia:
- Kramnik drew with Topalov, playing black. The match tied 5.5-5.5 after the eleven games.
* At the NBA Europe Live basketball tournament's finals in Cologne (Germany), involving top European and U.S. NBA teams:
- CSKA Moscow beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 90:81 in the semifinal, to take on the Philadelphia Sixers (U.S.) in the final
* Russia's national soccer under-21 team failed to book a berth in the 2007 European Under-21 Championship in the Netherlands, losing to Portugal 0-3 in the away second leg of the two-leg series. With the series tied at 4:4, as Russia had beaten Portugal 4:1 in the first leg in Moscow, Portugal won on away goals.
* At the $2.34-million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia (through October 15):
Women's singles:
- No.5-seed Nadezhda Petrova advanced to the second round, beating Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) 6-2, 6-2
- Maria Kirilenko failed to advance to the second round, losing to Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-3, 5-7, 6-7
Women's doubles:
- Yelena Likhovtseva and Janette Husarova (Slovakia) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating No.2-seed duo Cara Black (Zimbabwe) and Rennae Stubbs (Australia) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Galina Voskoboeva and Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Vera Zvonaryova and Meilen Tu (U.S.) 7-5, 6-3
- Anastasia Rodionova and Andreea Vanc (Romania) lost to Shahar Peer (Israel) and Mara Santangelo (Italy) 3-6, 4-6 in the first round
Men's singles:
- Top-seed Nikolai Davydenko advanced to quarterfinals, beating compatriot Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 6-2
- Marat Safin advanced to the second round, beating Nicolas Mahut (France) 6-3, 6-4
- Konstantin Kravchuk beat Hyung-Taik Lee (S.Korea) 6-4, 6-4 in the first round
- No.3-seed Mikhail Yuzhny lost to unseeded Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 2-6, 7-5 in the first round
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings:
Spartak-Primorye Vladivostok - BC Khimky Moscow Region - 79:78
UNICS Kazan - CSK VVS Samara - 75:60
1 UNICS Kazan - 2 games/4 points
2 Spartak-Primorye - 2/4
3 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 1/2
4 CSK VVS Samara - 2/2
5 Khimky Moscow Region - 1/1
6 Dinamo Moscow - 1/1
7 Standard Samara Region - 1/1
8-13 CSKA Moscow - 0/0
8-13 Dinamo Moscow Region - 0/0
8-13 Ural-Great Perm - 0/0
8-13 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 0/0
8-13 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 0/0
8-13 Spartak St. Petersburg - 0/0
