* Russian boxer Oleg Maskaev retained his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title, defeating Uganda's Peter Okhello on points in a unanimous decision (120-107, 118-109, 120-107) in the first-ever world title fight in Russia
* At the European Short Course Swimming Championship in Helsinki, Finland (ended December 10):
- Arkady Vyatchanin won gold in the men's 100-meter backstroke in 51.11 seconds. Helge Meeuw (Germany) took silver in 51.16 seconds, and his teammate Thomas Rupprath finished third in 52.02 seconds
- Anastasia Ivanenko won bronze in the women's 400-meter medley in 4:33.46. Alessia Filippi (Italy) won gold in 4:31.58, and Katarzyna Baranowska (Poland) took silver in 4:32.78.
* At the Biathlon World Cup tournament's 2nd round in Hochfilzen, Austria (ended December 10)
- Russia won gold in the 4x6-km women's relay in 1h 18 min 24.7 sec (penalty loops - 0). Germany won silver in 1:18:25.4 (1), and Norway took bronze in 1:20:15.1 (0)
- Russia won gold in the 4x7.5-kilometer men's relay in 1:25:18.4 (0). Germany won silver in 1:25:51.2 (0), and France took bronze in 1:26:21.5 (0)
- Dmitry Yaroshenko and Ivan Tcherezov won silver and bronze, respectively, in the 12.5-kilometer men's pursuit. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway) won gold.
* At the Women's European Handball Championship in Sweden (through December 17):
Russia beat Sweden 30:15 and Ukraine 40:32 to take first place in preliminary Group C.
Group C results and final standings:
Sweden - Russia - 15:30
Croatia - Ukraine - 24:23
Russia - Ukraine - 40:32
Croatia - Sweden - 21:20
1 Russia - 6 points
2 Croatia - 4
3 Sweden - 2
4 Ukraine - 0
Russia will play France, Denmark and Spain in qualifying Group II for a berth in the semifinals.
* At the European Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland (through December 16):
Russia's women's team beat Switzerland 12-6, Scotland 7-2, Czech Republic 9-5, the Netherlands 14-3, and Denmark 10-6.
Division A standings:
1 Russia - games-5/wins-5/losses-0
2 Scotland - 5/4/1
3-5 Germany - 5/3/2
3-5 Italy - 5/3/2
3-5 Sweden - 4/2/2
6-8 Denmark - 5/2/3
6-8 Norway - 5/2/3
6-8 Switzerland - 5/2/3
9 Czech Republic - 5/1/4
10 Netherlands - 5/0/5
* Russian men's handball champions Chekhovskiye Medvedy Chekhov failed to advance to the European Champions League's quarterfinals, losing to Germany's VfL Gummersbach 29:32 away (60:69 on aggregate) in the second leg of the tournament's 16-team knockout stage
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings (host teams listed first):
CSKA Moscow - Dinamo Moscow - 75:56
Khimky Moscow Region - CSK VVS Samara - 99:50
Ural-Great Perm - UNICS Kazan - 74:92
Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 100:72
1 UNICS Kazan - 8 games/16 points
2 CSKA Moscow - 9/17
3 Dinamo Moscow - 9/16
4 Khimky Moscow Region - 9/15
5 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 9/14
6 Dinamo Moscow Region - 9/14
7 Spartak-Primorye Vladivostok - 6/9
8 CSK VVS Samara - 9/12
9 Ural-Great Perm - 9/12
10 Spartak St. Petersburg - 8/10
11 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 9/11
12 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 9/11
13 Standard Samara Region - 7/8
* Russian women's basketball SuperLeague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo Moscow Region - CSKA Samara - 61:78
Dinamo Moscow - Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - 70:51
Spartak Vidnoye - UMMC Yekaterinburg - 77:65
Nadezhda Orenburg - NUR Kazan - 77:67
1 CSKA Samara - 8/16
2 Spartak Vidnoye - 8/14
3 Nadezhda Orenburg - 8/14
4 Dinamo Moscow - 7/12
5 UMMC Yekaterinburg - 7/11
6 Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - 7/11
7 Dinamo Kursk - 8/12
8 Dinamo Moscow Region - 7/10
9 Dinamo-Energia Novosibirsk - 7/9
10 NUR Kazan - 7/8
11 Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. Petersburg - 5/5
12 Shelen Krasnoyarsk - 7/7
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Khimik Voskresensk - Severstal Cherepovets - 4:2
Avangard Omsk - SKA St. Petersburg - 6:2
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - Dinamo Moscow - 4:2
Lada Tolyatty - Traktor Chelyabinsk - 2:1
Salavat Yulayev Ufa - Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 1:1
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 3:1
Krylya Sovietov Moscow - CSKA Moscow - 3:1
Ak Bars Kazan - HK MVD Tver - 6:5 (OT)
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 32 games/70 points/goal difference +60
2 Avangard Omsk - 32/67/+31
3 Khimik Voskresensk - 31/60/+28
4 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 30/59/+23
5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 31/57/+26
6 Sibir Novosibirsk - 30/56/+13
7 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 32/51/+6
8 CSKA Moscow - 31/46/+8
9 HK MVD Tver - 31/45/-2
10 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 30/43/+1
11 Severstal Cherepovets - 30/42/-1
12 Lada Tolyatty - 30/41/-2
13 Dinamo Moscow - 31/38/-12
14 SKA St. Petersburg - 31/37/-16
15 Vityaz Podolsk - 31/33/-23
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 31/31/-27
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 30/28/-24
18 Amur Khabarovsk - 30/21/-39
19 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 30/15/-50
* SuperLeague mini-football results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dyna Moscow - VIZ-Sinara Yekaterinburg - 3:3, 4:3
Spartak Moscow - MFC Lipetsk - 6:2, 4:2
CSKA Moscow - Norilsky Nickel Norilsk - 9:5, 2:2
TTG-Yava Yugorsk - Spartak Shchelkovo - 2:1, 1:5
MFC Mytishchi - Politekh St. Petersburg - 4:0, 2:3
1 VIZ-Sinara - 18 games/38 points/goal difference +25
2 Spartak Shchelkovo - 18/36/+19
3 Dinamo Moscow - 16/33/+19
4 Dyna Moscow - 18/33/+13
5 TTG-Yava Yugorsk - 18/30/-3
6 CSKA Moscow - 18/28/+13
7 Spartak Moscow - 18/28/+12
8 Norilsky Nickel Norilsk - 18/26/+8
9 MFC Tyumen - 16/23/0
10 MFC Mytishchi - 18/9/-24
11 MFC Lipetsk - 18/7/-35
12 Politekh St. Petersburg - 18/7/-46
