* At the $1 million St Petersburg Open ATP tennis tournament in Russia (through October 29):
Singles:
- Top-seed Nikolai Davydenko advanced to the second round, beating Fabrice Santoro (France 6-3, 6-1
- No.7-seed Mikhail Yuzhny beat Rainer Schuettler (Germany) 7-6, 6-4 in the first round
Doubles:
- Teimuraz Gabashvili and Yevgeny Korolyov lost to top-seed pair Simon Aspelin (Sweden) and Todd Perry (Australia) 2-6, 4-6 in the first round
* At the $850,000 Lyon Grand Prix ATP tennis tournament in France (through October 29):
Singles:
- Marat Safin failed to advance to the second round, losing to No.4-seed Richard Gasquet (France) 4-6, 6-7
* At the $600,000 Linz Open WTA tennis tournament in Austria (through October 29):
Singles:
- Defending champion and No.2-seed Nadezhda Petrova advanced to the quarterfinals, trouncing Shahar Peer (Israel) 6-1, 6-1
- No.7-seed Anna Chakvetadze advanced to the second round, beating Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 7:5, 6:2
- Vera Zvonaryova defeated No.8-seed Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 in the first round
Doubles:
- Yelena Vesnina and Yuliana Fedak (Ukraine) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Germany's duo Martina Muller and Julia Schruff 6-4, 7-5
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Krylya Sovietov Moscow - Dinamo Moscow - 3:6
Salavat Yulayev Ufa - Severstal Cherepovets - 5:1
Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 1:0
Traktor Chelyabinsk - Sibir Novosibirsk - 2:5
Lada Tolyatty - SKA St. Petersburg - 2:2
Khimik Voskresensk - Avangard Omsk - 2:4
Amur Khabarovsk - HK MVD Tver - 1:2
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 18 games/42 points/goal difference +37
2 Avangard Omsk - 19/38/+15
3 Sibir Novosibirsk - 18/37/+12
4 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 18/35/+13
5 Khimik Voskresensk - 19/31/+9
6 HK MVD Tver - 18/29/+3
7 CSKA Moscow - 18/29/+10
8 Dinamo Moscow - 18/27/0
9 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 18/26/+1
10 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 18/26/+5
11 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 18/25/-5
12 Severstal Cherepovets - 18/24/-4
13 SKA St. Petersburg - 18/23/+1
14 Lada Tolyatty - 18/23/-7
15 Vityaz Podolsk - 18/22/-9
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 18/20/-17
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 18/18/-13
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 18/11/-28
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 18/10/-22
* Premier League soccer results and standings (host teams listed first):
Spartak Nalchik - Shinnik Yaroslavl - 2:1
Luch-Energia Vladivostok - Tom Tomsk - 1:3
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 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 24/34/+1
7 Spartak Nalchik - 25/34/0
8 FC Rostov - 24/32/-3
9 Saturn Ramenskoye - 24/32/+8
10 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 24/31/+2
11 Tom Tomsk - 25/31/0
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 - 25/9/-33
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Khimky Moscow Region - Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 79:64
UNICS Kazan - Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 87:66
Spartak St. Petersburg - Ural-Great Perm - 80:84 (OT)
1 CSKA Moscow - 4 games/8 points
2 Khimky Moscow Region - 4/7
3 UNICS Kazan - 3/6
4 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 4/6
5 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 5/6
6 Dinamo Moscow - 3/5
7 Ural-Great Perm - 3/5
8 Spartak-Primorye - 3/5
9 CSK VVS Samara - 3/4
10 Dinamo Moscow Region - 3/4
11 Spartak St. Petersburg - 3/4
12 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 3/3
13 Standard Samara Region - 3/3
