* At the World Volleyball Men's Championship in Japan (through December 3):
Russia beat Tunisia 3:0 and Canada 3:0 in qualifying Group D.
Group D results and standings:
Russia - Tunisia - 3:0 (25-15, 29-27, 25-20)
Serbia - Kazakhstan - 3:1 (25-16, 22-25, 25-18, 25-22)
S. Korea - Canada - 1:3 (22-25, 25-23, 18-25, 21-25)
Canada - Russia - 0:3 (19-25, 20-25, 21-25)
Kazakhstan - S. Korea - 1:3 (22-25, 25-23, 18-25, 21-25)
Tunisia - Serbia - 0:3 (21-25, 12-25, 23-25)
1 Serbia - 3 games/6 points
2 Russia - 3/5
3 Canada - 3/5
4 S. Korea - 3/4
5 Tunisia - 3/4
6 Kazakhstan - 3/3
* At the 2006 GF Handball Women's World Cup in Aarhus, Denmark (ended November 19):
Russia won the title, edging past Romania 29:28 in the final. Denmark won bronze, beating Ukraine 24:20
* At the World Beach Handball Championships in Brazil (ended November 19):
- The Russian women's team won bronze, beating Bulgaria 2:0 (13-8, 15-9) in the bronze-medal match. Brazil won gold, beating Germany 2:0 (20-18, 16-12) in the final.
- The Russian men's team took 9th place. Brazil won gold, beating Turkey 2:0 (19-18, 22-16) in the final. Spain won bronze, defeating Egypt 2:1 (20:15, 6:17, 6:2) in the bronze-medal match.
* At the $3.7 million ATP Tennis Masters Cup, involving the season's top men's tennis players, in Shanghai, China (ended November 19):
No.3-seed Nikolai Davydenko failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to Rafael Nadal (2, Spain) 7-5, 4-6, 4-6 in his last Gold Group match. World No.1 and top-seed Roger Federer (Switzerland) won the title, beating James Blake (8, U.S.) 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 in the final
* Russia's soccer champions CSKA Moscow retained the title, regardless of the result in the remaining match, trouncing Luch-Energia Vladivostok 4:0 away. Spartak Moscow secured silver and a berth in the 2007/2008 UEFA Champions League tournament, beating FC Rostov 4:3 away.
Premier League soccer results and standings (host teams listed first):
Luch-Energia Vladivostok - CSKA Moscow - 0:4
FC Rostov - Spartak Moscow - 3:4
Dinamo Moscow - Torpedo Moscow - 2:1
Shinnik Yaroslavl - Zenit St. Petersburg - 1:2
Tom Tomsk - FC Moscow - 1:0
Saturn Ramenskoye - Rubin Kazan - 1:2
Amkar Perm - Lokomotiv Moscow - 1:3
Krylya Sovietov Samara - Spartak Nalchik - 1:2
1 CSKA Moscow - 29 games/58 points/ goal difference +20
2 Spartak Moscow - 29/55/+23
3 Lokomotiv Moscow - 29/50/+12
4 Zenit St. Petersburg - 29/49/+12
5 Rubin Kazan - 29/43/+5
6 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 29/40/-2
7 Tom Tomsk - 29/40/+27
8 Spartak Nalchik - 29/40/+1
9 FC Moscow - 29/40/+3
8 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 29/38/+3
11 Saturn Ramenskoye - 29/37/+6
12 FC Rostov - 29/36/-5
13 Amkar Perm - 29/35/-13
14 Dinamo Moscow - 29/31/-10
15 Torpedo Moscow - 29/21/-18
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 29/10/-39
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Khimik Voskresensk - Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 4:4
Ak Bars Kazan - Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 1:3
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - Traktor Chelyabinsk - 3:2
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 24 games/52 points/goal difference +42
2 Avangard Omsk - 24/48/+19
3 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 24/46/+16
4 Sibir Novosibirsk - 23/44/+12
5 Khimik Voskresensk - 24/42/+18
6 CSKA Moscow - 24/41/+15
7 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 24/41/+16
8 Severstal Cherepovets - 24/39/+2
9 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 24/36/-4
10 HK MVD Tver - 24/35/0
11 Dinamo Moscow - 24/35/-1
12 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 22/32/-1
13 Lada Tolyatty - 24/29/-10
14 SKA St. Petersburg - 24/28/-6
15 Vityaz Podolsk - 24/28/-12
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 24/26/-22
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 23/22/-14
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 23/14/-34
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 23/11/-36
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Spartak-Primorye Vladivostok - Spartak St. Petersburg - 83:64
Dinamo Moscow Region - Dinamo Moscow - 78:79
UNICS Kazan - Khimky Moscow Region - 73:65
Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - Ural-Great Perm - 77:50
Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - Spartak St. Petersburg - 52:87
1 CSKA Moscow - 6 games/12 points
2 UNICS Kazan - 6/12
3 Dinamo Moscow - 6/11
4 Khimky Moscow Region - 6/10
5 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 7/11
6 Dinamo Moscow Region - 7/11
7 Spartak-Primorye Vladivostok - 6/9
8 Ural-Great Perm - 6/8
9 Spartak St. Petersburg - 7/9
10 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 7/9
10 CSK VVS Samara - 7/9
12 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 6/7
13 Standard Samara Region - 7/8
