* At the Women's European Handball Championship in Sweden (through December 17):
Russia beat Croatia 27:22 in preliminary Group C.
Group C results and standings:
Russia - Croatia - 27:22
Ukraine - Sweden - 18:22
1 Russia - 1 game/2 points/goal difference +5
2 Sweden - 1/2/+4
3 Ukraine - 1/0/-4
4 Croatia - 1/0/-5
* At the European Short Course Swimming Championship in Helsinki, Finland (through December 10):
- Arkady Vyatchanin established a European record of 1 minute 49.98 seconds to win gold in the men's 200 meter backstroke. Helge Meeuw (Germany) won silver in 1:53.45, and Razvan Florea (Romania) took bronze in 1:53.71
- Yury Prilukov won gold in the men's 400 meter freestyle in 3 minutes 39.02 seconds. Przemyslaw Stanczyk (Poland) won silver in 3:39.92, and his team-mate Pawel Korzeniowski finished third in 3:40.40
- Yelena Bogomazova won bronze in women's 50 meter backstroke in 30.98 seconds. Janne Schaefer (Germany) won gold in 30.43 seconds, and Kate Haywood (Great Britain) took silver in 30.88 seconds.
* At the 2006/2007 UEFA Futsal Cup qualifying tournament in Moscow (through December 7).
Russian mini-football team Dinamo Moscow drew with Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 4:4 to advance to the 4-team finals set for April 2007.
Results and final standings:
Dinamo Moscow - Shakhtar Donetsk - 4:4
CIP Deva (Romania) - Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) - 3:3
1 Dinamo Moscow - 7 points/goal difference +14
2 Shakhtar Donetsk - 4/+2
3 CIP Deva - 4/-8
4 Sporting Lisbon - 1/-8
* Russian men's basketball team Dinamo Moscow beat Efes Pilsen Istanbul (Turkey) 90:83 at home in 2006/07 Euroleague's qualifying Group A.
Group A results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo Moscow - Efes Pilsen - 90:83
RheinEnergie Cologne (Germany) - Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece) - 81:88
Climamio Bologna (Italy) - Prokom Trefl Sopot (Poland) - 77:91
Le Mans (France) - Tau Ceramica (Spain) - 76:79
1 Olympiacos - 7 games/13 points
2 Tau Ceramica - 7/13
3 Dinamo Moscow - 7/11
4 Efes Pilsen - 7/10
5 Le Mans - 7/10
6 Prokom Trefl Sopot - 7/10
7 RheinEnergie Cologne - 7/9
8 Climamio Bologna - 7/8
* Russian women's basketball team CSKA Volgaburmash Samara beat ZVVZ USK Prague (Czech Republic) 71:60 away in 2006/07 Euroleague's qualifying Group B. UMMC Yekaterinburg lost to Gambrinus Sika Brno (Czech Republic) 45:64 away in Group C.
Results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group B
ZVVZ USK Prague - CSKA Volgaburmash - 60:71
Bourges Basket (France) - Halcon Avenida Salamanca (Spain) - 65:62
Dexia Namur (Belgium) - MiZo Pecs (Hungary) - 66:58
1 Bourges Basket - 6/12
2 CSKA Volgaburmash - 6/11
3 MiZo Pecs (Hungary) - 6/9
4 Halcon Avenida Salamanca (Spain) - 6/8
5 Dexia Namur (Belgium) - 6/7
6 ZVVZ USK Prague (Czech Republic) - 6/7
Group C
Gambrinus Sika Brno - UMMC Yekaterinburg - 64:45
USVO Valenciennes Olympic (France) - Ros Casares Valencia (Spain) - 69:76
Lotos Gdynia (Poland) - Fenerbahce SK Istanbul (Turkey) - 64:68
1 Gambrinus Sika Brno - 6/11
2 Ros Casares Valencia - 6/10
3 Fenerbahce SK Istanbul - 6/10
4 UMMC Yekaterinburg - 6/10
5 USVO Valenciennes - 6/7
6 Lotos Gdynia - 6/6
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Amur Khabarovsk - Vityaz Podolsk - 3:2 (OT)
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 31 games/68 points/goal difference +59
2 Avangard Omsk - 31/64/+27
3 Khimik Voskresensk - 31/60/+28
4 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 29/58/+23
5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 30/56/+26
6 Sibir Novosibirsk - 30/56/+13
7 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 31/48/+4
8 CSKA Moscow - 30/46/+10
9 HK MVD Tver - 30/44/-1
10 Severstal Cherepovets - 30/42/-1
11 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 29/40/-1
12 Lada Tolyatty - 29/38/-3
13 Dinamo Moscow - 30/38/-10
14 SKA St. Petersburg - 30/37/-12
15 Vityaz Podolsk - 31/33/-23
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 30/31/-26
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 29/28/-22
18 Amur Khabarovsk - 30/21/-39
19 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 29/15/-52
