* At the 2006 European weightlifting championship in Wladyslawowo, Poland (through May 7):
- Marina Shainova won gold in women's 58kg category by lifting a total of 237kg (102kg in snatch and 135kg in jerk). Fetie Kasaj of Albania took silver with a total of 227kg (97 + 130), and Poland's Alexandra Klejnowska finished third (218kg, 94 + 124)
- Svetlana Shimkova won gold in women's 63kg category with a total of 250kg (109kg in snatch and 141kg in jerk). Anna Batsiushka of Belarus took silver (234kg, 110 + 124), and Vanda Maslovska of Ukraine took bronze (221kg, 97 + 124)
- Dmitry Voronin won gold in men's 62kg category with a total of 289kg (129kg in snatch and 160kg in jerk). Adrian Jigau of Romania took silver (286kg, 128 + 158), and Gennady Makhveyenya of Belarus took bronze (285kg, 129 + 156)
* At the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship's eight-team finals in Luxembourg (through May 14):
- Russia beat Hungary 1:0 in its opening match in Group A
Group A results and standings:
Hungary - Russia - 0:1
Luxembourg - Spain - 1:7
1 Spain - games-1/ points-3/ goal difference 7-1
2 Russia - 1/3/1-0
3 Hungary - 1/0/0-1
4 Luxembourg - 1/0/1-7
Group B results and standings:
Belgium - Germany - 0:4
Serbia and Montenegro - Czech Republic 1:2
1 Germany - games-1/ points-3/ goal difference 4-0
2 Czech Republic - 1/3/2-1
3 Serbia and Montenegro - 1/0/1-2
4 Belgium - 1/0/0-4
Russia will play Spain May 5, and Luxembourg May 8.
The top two teams of each group advance to the semifinals on May 11, with the final and bronze-medal matches set for May 14.
* At the $600,000 J&S Cup WTA tennis tournament in Warsaw, Poland (through May 7)
- Svetlana Kuznetsova, seeded No. 4 for the tournament, cruised to the quarterfinals of singles by defeating Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-3, 6-1
- Maria Kirilenko and Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Montenegro beat top-seeded duo Liezel Huber (South Africa) and Martina Navratilova (USA), 6-2 6-4 in the first round of women's doubles
- Russian 3-seed pair Yelena Likhovtseva and Anastasia Myskina cruised to the second round of women's doubles, by defeating Urszula Radwanska (Poland) and Anna Chakvetadze (Russia), 6-2 6-0
- Yelena Dementiyeva and Galina Voskoboyeva failed to advance to the second round of women's doubles after they had to retire due to injury in the second set of the first-round tie against Tu Meilen (USA) and Vanc Andreea (Romania)
* At the $670,000 Estoril Open tennis tournament in Estoril, Portugal (through May 7):
- Nikolai Davydenko, seeded No. 2 for the tournament, beat compatriot Marat Safin 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of men's singles
- Anastasia Rodionova and Sandra Kloesel of Germany advanced to the semifinals of women's doubles, beating Conchita Martinez Granados (Spain) and Maria Vento-Kabchi (Venezuela), 6:2 3:6 6:4
* Dinamo Moscow beat Lokomotiv-Belogorye Belgorod 3:0 (25:19, 25:19, 25:21) at home in the first leg of the best-of-five finals of the Russian men's volleyball championship.
Iskra Odintsovo beat Fakel Novy Urengoy in the first leg of the best-of-five bronze-medal tie, 3:0 (25:21, 25:16, 25:18) at home.
The remaining final and bronze-medal legs are set for May 4, 8 (May 9 and May 13 if necessary).
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague best-of-five quarterfinals' first-leg results (host teams listed first):
UNICS Kazan - Dinamo Moscow - 91:74 (UNICS leads in the series 1-0)
Dinamo St. Petersburg - Ural-Great Perm - 75:72 (Dinamo leads in the series 1-0)
Khimky Moscow Region - Dinamo Moscow Region - 82:72 (Khimky leads in the series 1-0)
* Spartak Moscow tied 1:1 at home with Saturn Ramenskoye in the first leg of the Russian Cup 2005/2006 soccer two-way semifinals. The second semifinal legs are set for May 10.
* Zenit St. Petersburg sacked Czech head coach Vlastimil Petrzela following a string of poor results in the Russian soccer Premier League and confirmed that acting coach Vladimir Borovicka would lead the team until the mid-season break for this summer's World Cup in Germany
