* At the 36th European Boxing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (through July 23):
- Georgy Balakshin advanced to the quarterfinals in the under-51 kg category, by defeating Frantishek Faber (Czech Republic) on points, 27-3
- Albert Selimov advanced to the quarterfinals in the under-57 kg category, beating Sandor Racz (Hungary) with a 2nd round technical knockout
- Alexei Tishchenko advanced to the quarterfinals in the under-60 kg category, beating Odiseas Saridis (Greece) with a 2nd round technical knockout
- Artur Beterbiyev advanced to the quarterfinals in the under-81 kg category, by defeating Tervel Pulev (Bulgaria) on points, 38-22
* At the $730,000 Mercedes Cup ATP tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany (through July 23):
Singles:
- Teimuraz Gabashvili advanced to the second round by defeating Jiri Vanek (Czech Republic) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Mikhail Yuzhny, seeded No.11 for the tournament, will start in the second round after receiving a first-round bye
Doubles:
- Yuzhny and Rainer Schuettler (Germany) failed to advance to the second round, losing to Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) and Luis Horna (Peru) 3-6, 4-6
* At the $600,000 RCA Championships ATP tennis tournament in Indianapolis, U.S. (through July 23):
Singles:
- Dmitry Tursunov, seeded No.11 for the tournament, Igor Kunitsyn (15), and Marat Safin (16) will start in the second round after receiving a first-round bye
* At the $175,000 Cincinnati Open WTA tennis tournament in the U.S. (through July 23):
Doubles:
- Vasilisa Bardina and Salome Devidze (Georgia) lost to Varvara Lepchenko, (Uzbekistan) and Meng Yuan (China) 3-6, 6-3, 1-6 in the first round
