* At the Biathlon World Cup tournament's fifth round in Ruhpolding, Germany (through January 14):
- Russia won silver in the 4x7.5-kilometer men's relay in 1hour 29 minutes 21.6 seconds (penalty loops - 0, extra shots - 9), finishing just 4.6 seconds behind the winner, Norway (2+7). Germany took bronze (+37.7 seconds, 0+10)
* Russian men's basketball champions CSKA Moscow beat Benetton Treviso (Italy) 68:60 away in 2006/07 Euroleague's qualifying Group C.
Group C results and standings (host teams listed first):
Benetton Treviso - CSKA Moscow - 60:68
Pau-Orthez (France) - Aris TT Bank (Greece) - 77:62.
1 CSKA Moscow - 11 games/21 points
2 Winterthur FCB Barcelona (Spain) - 10/18
3 Benetton Treviso - 11/17
4 Pau-Orthez - 11/17
5 Aris TT Bank - 11/16
6 Fenerbahce Ulker (Turkey) - 10/13
7 Eldo Basket Napoli (Italy) - 10/13
8 Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) - 10/11
* Russian women's basketball team Spartak Moscow Region beat MKB Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary) 73:62 away in 2006/07 Euroleague's qualifying Group A.
Group A results and standings (host teams listed first):
MKB Euroleasing Sopron - Spartak Moscow Region - 62:73
USO Mondeville (France) - TEO Vilnius (Lithuania) - 69:74
1 Spartak Moscow Region - 9 games/17 points
2 TEO Vilnius - 9/15
3 MKB Euroleasing - 9/14
4 Wisla Can-Pack Krakow (Poland) - 8/12
5 USO Mondeville - 9/12
6 Famila Basket Schio (Italy) - 8/8
* Men's volleyball team Dinamo Moscow beat Sisley Treviso (Italy) 3:2 away in European Champions League's qualifying Group B.
Group B results and standings (host teams listed first):
Sisley Treviso - Dinamo Moscow - 2:3 (25-22, 20-25, 25-17, 19-25, 13-15)
Iraklis Thessaloniki (Greece) - Ortec Rotterdam (Netherlands) - 3:0 (28-26, 25-23, 25-17)
Paris Volley (France) - Noliko Maaseik (Belgium) - 1:3 (31-29, 21-25, 24-26, 19-25)
1 Dinamo Moscow - 7 games/13 points
2 Noliko Maaseik - 7/12
3 Sisley Treviso - 7/11
4 Iraklis Thessaloniki - 7/10
5 Paris Volley - 7/10
6 Ortec Rotterdam - 7/7
* Russian women's volleyball champions Dinamo Moscow beat Muszynianka Fakro Muszyna (Poland) 3:0 in 2006/07 European Champions League tournament's qualifying Group A.
Group A results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo Moscow - Muszynianka Fakro Muszyna - 3:0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-13)
RC Cannes (France) - Vakifbank Gunes Istanbul (Turkey) - 1:3 (28-26, 22-25, 18-25, 20-25)
1 Dinamo Moscow - 5 games/10 points
2 Vakifbank Gunes Istanbul - 5/7
3 RC Cannes - 5/7
3 Muszynianka Fakro Muszyna - 5/6
* At the $145,000 Moorilla Hobart International WTA tennis tournament in Hobart, Australia (through January 12):
Singles:
- Top-seed Anna Chakvetadze advanced to the final, beating Sania Mirza (India) 6-4, 6-1
- Vasilissa Bardina advanced to the final, beating Sybille Bammer (Austria) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles:
- No.4-seed pair Yelena Likhovtseva and Yelena Vesnina advanced to the final, beating No.2-seed duo Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) and Gisela Dulko (Argentina) 6-1, 6-3
* At the $1,036,000 Medibank International tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia (through January 13):
Men's singles:
- Yevgeny Korolyov failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to No.3-seed James Blake (U.S.) 1-6, 4-6
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Standard Samara Region - Spartak-Primorye Vladivostok - 66:79
1 CSKA Moscow - 11 games/21 points
2 UNICS Kazan - 11/21
3 Dinamo Moscow - 12/21
4 Khimky Moscow Region - 11/18
5 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 11/18
6 Spartak-Primorye Vladivostok - 11/18
7 Dinamo Moscow Region - 11/17
8 Spartak St. Petersburg - 12/17
9 CSK VVS Samara - 12/16
10 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 12/15
11 Ural-Great Perm - 12/15
12 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 11/13
13 Standard Samara Region - 11/12
