* At the World Volleyball Women's Championship in Japan (through November 16):
Russia beat Puerto Rico 3:0 in qualifying Group F
Group F results and standings:
Russia - Puerto Rico - 3:0 (25:16, 25:10, 25:20)
Germany - Netherlands - 2:3 (25-23, 21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 14-16)
Azerbaijan - Brazil - 0:3 (19-25, 21-25, 23-25)
China - United States - 3:1 (20-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-17)
1 Brazil- 4 games/8 points
2 Russia - 4/8
3 Germany - 4/6
4 United States - 4/6
5 Netherlands - 4/6
6 China - 4/6
7 Azerbaijan - 4/4
8 Puerto Rico - 4/4
* At the $3 million Sony Ericsson WTA Championships, involving season's top women's tennis players, in Madrid, Spain (through November 12):
Qualifying group results and standings:
Yellow Group
- No.5-seed Nadezhda Petrova beat world No.1 and top-seed Amelie Mauresmo (France) 6-2, 6-2
- Justine Henin-Hardenne (3, Belgium) beat Martina Hingis (8, Switzerland) 6-2, 6-7, 6-1
1 Nadezhda Petrova - matches played-1/wins-1/losses-0
2 Justine Henin-Hardenne - 1/1/0
3 Martina Hingis - 1/0/1
4 Amelie Mauresmo - 1/0/1
Red Group
- Maria Sharapova (2) beat compatriot Yelena Dementyeva (7) 6-1, 6-4
1 Maria Sharapova - 1/1/0
2-3 Svetlana Kuznetsova (4) - 0/0/0
2-3 Kim Clijsters (6, Belgium) - 0/0/0
4 Yelena Dementyeva - 1/0/1
* Basketball team Unics Kazan lost to Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (Serbia) 84:87 away
in 2006/2007 ULEB Cup tournament's Group D. Khimki Moscow Region lost to Oostende (Belgium) 88:93 away in Group C
Results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group C
Oostende - Khimki - 93:88
Alba Berlin (Germany) - Lukoil Academic Sofia (Bulgaria) - 78:61
Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem (Israel) - Montepaschi Siena (Italy) - 85:80
1 Montepaschi - 2games/3 points
2 Khimki - 2/3
3 Alba Berlin - 2/3
4 Hapoel Migdal - 2/3
5 Lukoil Academic - 2/3
6 Oostende - 2/3
Group D
Crvena Zvezda - Unics - 87:84
Real Madrid (Spain) - PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) - 69:45
Dexia Mons (Belgium) - EiffelTowers (Netherlands) - 92:84
1 Crvena Zvezda - 2/4
2 Real Madrid - 2/3
3 Unics - 2/3
4 EiffelTowers - 2/3
5 Dexia - 2/3
6 PAOK - 2/2
* Basketball team Dinamo Moscow Region beat BC Barons Riga (Latvia) 76:54 away in 2006/2007 EuroCup tournament's qualifying Group B. Lokomotiv Rostov edged out Atomeromu SE Paks (Hungary) 69:65 away in group C
Results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group B
BC Barons - Dynamo Moscow Region - 54:76
1 Dinamo - 1/2
2 BC Barons - 1/1
3-4 Khimik Yuzhny (Ukraine) - 0/0
3-4 Spirou Charleroi (Belgium) - 0/0
Group C
Atomeromu SE - Lokomotiv - 65:69
SC Azovmash Mariupol (Ukraine) - Banvit BC (Turkey) - 69:60
1 SC Azovmash - 1/2
2 Lokomotiv - 1/2
3 Atomeromu SE - 1/1
4 Banvit BC - 1/1
