* At the World Volleyball Women's Championship in Japan (through November 16):
- Russia beat Germany 3:1 in qualifying group B
Group B results and standings:
Russia - Germany - 3:1 (25-22, 25-21, 17-25, 25-23)
Dominican Republic - Azerbaijan - 1:3 (25-21, 21-25, 21-25, 14-25)
Mexico - China - 0:3 (20-25, 10-25, 12-25)
1 China - 3 games/6 points
2 Russia - 3/6
3 Germany - 3/5
4 Azerbaijan - 3/4
5 Dominican Republic - 3/3
6 Mexico - 3/3
* Russian men's basketball champions CSKA Moscow tops 2006/07 Euroleague's qualifying Group C with a maximum 4 points from the two games. Dinamo Moscow is in 6th place in Group A with 3 points
Results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group C
Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) - Eldo Basket Napoli (Italy) 83: 65
Winterthur FC Barcelona (Spain) - Benetton Treviso (Italy) - 82:69
1 CSKA - 2games/4 points
2 Winterthur FC Barcelona - 2/4
3 Zalgiris - 2/3
4 Benetton - 2/3
5 Pau-Orthez (France) - 2/3
6 Aris TT Bank (Greece) - 2/3
7 Fenerbahce Ulker (Turkey) - 2/2
8 Eldo Basket Napoli (Italy) - 2/2
Group A
RheinEnergie Cologne (Germany) - Efes Pilsen Istanbul (Turkey) - 68:82
Prokom Trefl Sopot (Poland) - Le Mans (France) - 69:67
1 Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece) - 2/4
2 Efes Pilsen - 2/4
3 Le Mans - 2/3
4 Prokom - 2/3
5 Tau Ceramica - 2/3
6 Dinamo - 2/3
7 Climamio Bologna (Italy) - 2/2
8 RheinEnergie - 2/2
* At the $2.64 million BNP Paribas Masters ATP tournament in Paris, France (through November 5):
Singles:
- Marat Safin advanced to the quarterfinals with a win on walkover over No.16-seed Richard Gasquet (France)
- Teimuraz Gabashvili failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to No.14-seed Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-4, 6-7, 2-6
- Igor Andreyev lost to No.17-seed Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) 4-6, 3-6 in the second round,
* At the $175,000 Bell Challenge WTA tennis tournament in Quebec, Canada (through November 5):
Singles:
- No.8-seed Olga Puchkova advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Tanja Ostertag (Germany) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
- Anastasia Rodionova failed to the quarterfinals, losing to Lilia Osterloh (U.S.) 4-6, 1-6
Doubles:
- Alina Zhidkova and Jill Craybas (U.S.) advanced to the semifinals, beating Sybille Bammer (Austria) and Melinda Czink (Hungary) 7-6, 7-6
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Amur Khabarovsk - Khimik Voskresensk - 2:2
CSKA Moscow - Severstal Cherepovets - 3:1
Vityaz Podolsk - SKA St. Petersburg - 0:1
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 21games/49 points/goal difference +45
2 Avangard Omsk - 21/44/+24
3 Sibir Novosibirsk - 21/43/+14
4 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 21/39/+13
5 Khimik Voskresensk - 21/35/+15
6 CSKA Moscow - 21/35/+11
7 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 21/32/+9
8 HK MVD Tver - 21/32/+1
9 Dinamo Moscow - 21/31/+1
10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 21/30/-3
11 Severstal Cherepovets - 21/30/-2
12 Lada Tolyatty - 21/29/0
13 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 20/26/-7
14 SKA St. Petersburg - 21/26/-2
15 Vityaz Podolsk - 21/26/-10
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 21/23/-22
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 21/20/-14
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 20/12/-29
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 22/11/-34
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Spartak St. Petersburg - UNICS Kazan - 78:83
Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 81:57
Standard Samara Region - Dinamo Moscow Region - 78:95
1 UNICS Kazan - 4 games/8 points
2 CSKA Moscow - 4/8
3 Khimky Moscow Region - 4/7
4 Dinamo Moscow - 4/7
5 Ural-Great Perm - 3/5
6 Spartak-Primorye - 3/5
7 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 5/8
8 Dinamo Moscow Region - 4/6
9 Spartak St. Petersburg - 4/5
10 CSK VVS Samara - 4/5
11 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 6/7
12 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 3/3
13 Standard Samara Region - 4/4
* Russian women's basketball SuperLeague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo-Energia Novosibirsk - Nadezhda Orenburg - 76:61
1 CSKA Samara - 4 games/8 points
2 Dinamo Moscow Region - 2/4
3 Dinamo Moscow - 4/7
4 UMMC Yekaterinburg - 4/7
5 Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - 4/7
6 Spartak Vidnoye - 3/5
7 Dinamo Kursk - 5/8
8 Nadezhda Orenburg - 4/6
9 Dinamo-Energia Novosibirsk - 5/6
10 Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. Petersburg - 3/3
11 NUR Kazan - 3/3
12 Shelen Krasnoyarsk - 5/5
