* At the 36th European Boxing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (through July 23):
- Ali Aliyev advanced to the quarterfinals in the under-54 kg category, by defeating Vittorio Parrinello (Italy) on points, 38-17
- Oleg Komisarov advanced to the quarterfinals in the under-64 kg category with a win on walkover over Ionas Christodoulou (Cyprus)
- Matvei Korobov advanced to the quarterfinals in the under-75 kg category after Sebastian Rzadkiewicz (Poland) retired in the first round
* Russia trounced Slovenia 83:53 in its debut match at the men's under-18 basketball European Championships in Greece.
Results and standings:
Group A:
Ukraine - Turkey - 74:87
Latvia - Lithuania - 67:85
1 Lithuania - games-1/points-2
2 Turkey - 1/2
3 Ukraine - 1/1
4 Latvia - 1/1
Group B:
Russia - Slovenia - 83:53
Greece - Serbia & Montenegro - 58:83
1 Russia - 1/2
2 Serbia & Montenegro - 1/2
3 Greece - 1/1
4 Slovenia -1/1
Group C:
Germany - Italy - 58:62
Israel - Bulgaria - 82:81
1 Italy - 1/2
2 Israel - 1/2
3 Bulgaria - 1/1
4 Germany - 1/1
Group D:
Iceland - Spain 55:98
France - Croatia 90:56
1 Spain - 1/2
2 France - 1/2
3 Croatia - 1/1
4 Iceland - 1/1
* At the $600,000 RCA Championships ATP tennis tournament in Indianapolis, U.S. (through July 23):
Doubles:
Dmitry Tursunov and Igor Kunitsyn lost to No.3-seed U.S. pair Paul Goldstein and Jim Thomas 6-7, 6-3, 8-10
* At the $175,000 Cincinnati Open WTA tennis tournament in the U.S. (through July 23):
Singles:
- Vasilisa Bardina advanced to the second round by defeating Hana Sromova (Czech Republic) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
- No.2-seed Anastasia Myskina lost to Serena Williams (U.S.) 2-6, 2-6 in the first round
* At the $145,000 Palermo Open WTA tennis tournament in Italy (through July 23):
Singles:
- Yekaterina Bychkova failed to advance to the second round, losing to Aravane Rezai (France) 4-6, 2-6
Doubles:
Bychkova and Gabriela Navratilova (Czech Republic) advanced to the second round, beating Italian duo Sara Errani and Karin Knapp 7-5, 6-2
