* At the European Mixed Curling Championships in Claut, Italy (ended October 21):
- Russia won bronze, beating Sweden 5-2 in the bronze-medal match. Scotland won the title, beating Italy 8-4 in the final
* At the $1.34 million Zurich Open WTA tennis tournament in Switzerland (ended October 22):
Singles:
- No.2-seed Maria Sharapova won the title, beating Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in the final
* Sharapova moved up one place to No. 2 in the WTA Race rankings announced by the WTA, the governing body of women's professional tennis. Four other Russians are ranked in the top 10: Svetlana Kuznetsova (4), Nadezhda Petrova (5), Yelena Dementyeva (6), and Dinara Safina (10)
* At the $1-mln St Petersburg Open ATP tennis tournament in Russia (through October 29):
- Teimuraz Gabashvili failed to advance to the second round, losing to Wesley Moodie (South Africa) 6-2, 5-7, 3-6
* At the $600,000 Linz Open WTA tennis tournament in Austria (through October 29):
- Vera Dushevina failed to advance to the second round, losing to Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 1-6, 3-6
- Top-seed Maria Sharapova and No.2-seed Nadezhda Petrova will start in the second round after receiving first-round byes
* Premier League soccer results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo Moscow - Spartak Nalchik - 1:0
Shinnik Yaroslavl - Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 1:3
Amkar Perm - CSKA Moscow - 0:0
Saturn Ramenskoye - FC Rostov - 0:0
Tom Tomsk - Krylya Sovietov Samara - 2:1
FC Moscow - Rubin Kazan - 0:5
Torpedo Moscow - Spartak Moscow - 1:1
Zenit St. Petersburg - Lokomotiv Moscow - 4:1
1 CSKA Moscow - 24 games/46 points/ goal difference +15
2 Spartak Moscow - 24/44/+19
3 Lokomotiv Moscow - 24/43/+13
4 Zenit St. Petersburg - 24/42/+14
5 FC Moscow - 24/35/+3
6 FC Rostov - 24/32/-3
7 Saturn Ramenskoye - 24/32/+8
8 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 23/31/0
9 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 24/31/+2
10 Tom Tomsk - 24/31/+1
11 Spartak Nalchik - 24/31/-1
12 Rubin Kazan - 23/31/-2
13 Amkar Perm - 24/28/-11
14 Dinamo Moscow - 24/21/-13
15 Torpedo Moscow - 24/20/-13
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 24/9/-32
* SuperLeague mini-football results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dyna Moscow - MFC Tyumen - 8:5, 6:3
Spartak Moscow - Dinamo Moscow - 2:3, 3:3
Norilsky Nickel Norilsk - VIZ-Sinara Yekaterinburg - 5:7, 3:3
CSKA Moscow - Politekh St. Petersburg - 4:2, 7:2
Spartak Shchelkovo - MFC Lipetsk - 4:1, 4:2
TTG-Yava Yugorsk - MFC Mytishchi - 3:1, 3:2
1 VIZ-Sinara - 10 games/23 points/goal difference +22
2 CSKA Moscow - 10/21/+14
3 Dinamo Moscow - 10/21/+10
4 TTG-Yava - 10/20/+4
5 Dyna Moscow - 10/18/+8
6 Spartak Moscow - 10/18/+11
7 Spartak Shchelkovo - 10/18/+7
8 Norilsky Nickel Norilsk - 10/13/+8
9 MFC Tyumen - 10/7/-13
10 MFC Lipetsk - 10/4/-23
11 MFC Mytishchi - 10/2/-19
12 Politekh St. Petersburg - 10/2/-29
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Avangard Omsk - Khimik Voskresensk - 4:2
Traktor Chelyabinsk - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 6:1
Amur Khabarovsk - Dinamo Moscow - 2:4
Lada Tolyatty - Severstal Cherepovets - 0:7
Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Sibir Novosibirsk - 2:0
Krylya Sovietov Moscow - HK MVD Tver - 2:4
Salavat Yulayev Ufa - SKA St. Petersburg - 4:2
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Ak Bars Kazan - 1:1
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 18 games/42 points/goal difference +37
2 Avangard Omsk - 18/35/+13
3 Sibir Novosibirsk - 17/34/+9
4 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 17/32/+9
5 Khimik Voskresensk - 18/31/+11
6 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 17/26/+3
7 CSKA Moscow - 17/26/+8
8 HK MVD Tver - 17/26/+2
9 Severstal Cherepovets - 17/24/0
10 Dinamo Moscow - 17/24/-3
11 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 17/23/+4
12 SKA St. Petersburg - 17/22/+1
13 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 17/22/-7
14 Vityaz Podolsk - 17/22/-7
15 Lada Tolyatty - 17/22/-7
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 17/20/-15
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 17/18/-12
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 17/11/-25
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 17/10/-21
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings:
CSKA Moscow - Dinamo Moscow Region - 82:57
Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - CSK VVS Samara - 81:67
1 CSKA Moscow - 4 games/8 points
2 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 4/7
3 Dinamo Moscow - 3/5
4 Khimky Moscow Region - 3/5
5 Spartak-Primorye - 3/5
6 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 4/5
7 CSK VVS Samara - 4/5
8 UNICS Kazan - 2/4
9 Dinamo Moscow Region - 3/4
10 Ural-Great Perm - 2/3
11 Spartak St. Petersburg - 2/3
12 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 3/3
13 Standard Samara Region - 3/3
* Russian women's basketball SuperLeague results and standings:
Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - Spartak Vidnoye - 73:63
CSKA Samara - Nadezhda Orenburg - 77:56
Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - NUR Kazan - 70:69
1 Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - 3 games/6 points
2 UGMK Yekaterinburg - 2/4
3 CSKA Samara - 2/4
4 Dinamo Kursk - 2/4
5 Nadezhda Orenburg - 2/3
6 NUR Kazan - 3/3
7 Dinamo Moscow Region - 1/2
8 Shelen Krasnoyarsk - 2/2
9 Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. Petersburg - 2/2
10 Dinamo Moscow - 1/1
11 Spartak Vidnoye - 1/1
12 Dinamo-Energia Novosibirsk - 1/1
