* At the $145,000 Moorilla Hobart International WTA tennis tournament in Hobart, Australia (ended January 12):
Singles:
- Top-seed Anna Chakvetadze won the title, beating compatriot Vasilissa Bardina 6-3, 7-6 in the final
Doubles:
- No.4-seed pair Yelena Likhovtseva and Yelena Vesnina won the title, beating top-seed Spain's duo Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the final
* At the European Hockey Champions Cup finals in St. Petersburg, Russia (through January 14):
- Russia's hockey champions Ak Bars Kazan beat Farjestads BK (Sweden) 6-4 in the Ivan Hlinka Division
Results and standings:
Ivan Hlinka Division:
Ak Bars - Farjestad 6-4
1 Ak Bars - 1 game/3 points/ goal difference +2
2 HC Lugano (Switzerland) - 0/0/0
3 Farjestads BK - 1/0/-2
Alexander Ragulin Division:
HPK Hameenlinna (Finland) - MsHK Zilina (Slovakia) - 7:0
1 HPK Hameenlinna - 1/3/+7
2 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) - 0/0/0
3 MsHK Zilina - 1/0/-7
* Russian men's basketball team Dinamo Moscow beat Prokom Trefl Sopot (Poland) 95:74 in 2006/07 Euroleague's qualifying Group A.
Group A results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group A
Dinamo Moscow - Prokom Trefl Sopot - 95:74
Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece) - Le Mans (France) - 80:76
Efes Pilsen Istanbul (Turkey) - Tau Ceramica (Spain) - 78:84
RheinEnergie Cologne (Germany) - Climamio Bologna (Italy) - 78:90
1 Tau Ceramica - 11 games/21 points
2 Olympiacos - 11/20
3 Dinamo Moscow - 11/18
4 Efes Pilsen - 11/17
5 Prokom Trefl Sopot - 11/15
6 Le Mans - 11/14
7 Climamio Bologna - 11/14
8 RheinEnergie Cologne - 11/13
* Russian women's basketball team CSKA Volgaburmash Samara lost to MiZo Pecs (Hungary) 69:71 in 2006/07 Euroleague's qualifying Group B. UMMC Yekaterinburg lost to Fenerbahce SK Istanbul (Turkey) 67:81 in Group C.
Results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group B
MiZo Pecs - CSKA Volgaburmash - 71:69
Bourges Basket (France) - ZVVZ USK Prague (Czech Republic) - 67:54
Halcon Avenida Salamanca (Spain) - Dexia Namur (Belgium) - 53:82
1 Bourges Basket - 9 games/17 points
2 CSKA Volgaburmash - 9/16
3 MiZo Pecs - 9/15
4 Halcon Avenida Salamanca - 9/12
5 Dexia Namur - 9/11
6 ZVVZ USK Prague - 9/10
Group C
Fenerbahce SK Istanbul - UMMC Yekaterinburg - 81:67
USVO Valenciennes Olympic (France) - Gambrinus Sika Brno (Czech Republic) - 72:66
Ros Casares Valencia (Spain) - Lotos Gdynia (Poland) - 76:50
1 Fenerbahce SK Istanbul - 9/16
2 Ros Casares Valencia - 9/15
3 UMMC Yekaterinburg - 9/15
4 Gambrinus Sika Brno - 9/14
5 USVO Valenciennes - 9/11
6 Lotos Gdynia - 9/10
