* At the 36th European Boxing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (through July 23):
- David Ayrapetyan advanced to the semifinals in the under-48 kg category by defeating Pal Badak (Hungary) on points, 34-25
- Ali Aliyev advanced to the semifinals in the under-54 kg category, outclassing Ibrahim Aydogan (Turkey) by 20 points in the 2nd round
- Alexei Tishchenko advanced to the semifinals in the under-60 kg category after Samet Hiuseinov (Bulgaria) retired in the 2nd round
- Andrei Balanov advanced to the semifinals in the under-69 kg category, outclassing Shtepan Horvath (Czech Republic) by 20 points in the 2nd round
- Artur Beterbiyev advanced to the semifinals in the under-81 kg category beating Artak Malumyan (Armenia) with a 2nd round technical knockout
- Islam Timurziyev advanced to the semifinals in the over-91 kg category by defeating Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) on points, 36-21
* Russia lost to defending champion Serbia and Montenegro 63:78 in Group B at the men's under-18 basketball European Championships in Greece.
Day 2 results and standings:
Group A:
Ukraine - 74:87
Turkey - Latvia - 71:67
1 Lithuania - games-2/points-3
2 Turkey - 2/4
3 Latvia - 2/2
4 Ukraine - 2/2
Group B:
Slovenia - Greece - 51:66
Serbia & Montenegro - Russia - 78:63
1 Serbia & Montenegro - 2/4
2 Russia - 2/3
3 Greece - 2/3
4 Slovenia - 2/2
Group C:
Bulgaria - Germany - 86:71
Italy - Israel - 95:63
1 Italy - 2/4
2 Bulgaria - 2/3
3 Israel - 2/3
4 Germany - 2/2
Group D:
Croatia - Iceland - 89:55
Spain - France - 94:85
1 Spain - 2/4
2 France - 2/3
3 Croatia - 2/3
4 Iceland - 2/2
* Russia's national women's under-19 soccer team surrendered its European title, losing to Germany 0:4 in the semifinal at the UEFA European Championship in Switzerland
* At the $600,000 RCA Championships ATP tennis tournament in Indianapolis, U.S. (through July 23):
Singles:
- No.7-seed Dmitry Tursunov advanced to the third round after Benjamind Becker (Germany) retired in the third set
- Igor Kunitsyn (15) advanced to the third round, beating Lars Burgsmuller (Germany) 7-5, 6-2
- Marat Safin (16) lost to Wesley Whitehouse (South Africa) 1-6, 4-6 in the second round
* At the $730,000 Mercedes Cup ATP tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany (through July 23):
Singles:
- Mikhail Yuzhny, seeded No.11 for the tournament, failed to advance to the third round, losing to Simon Greul (Germany) 7-6, 5-7, 4-6
- Teimuraz Gabashvili lost to Stefan Koubek (Austria) 6-7, 2-6 in the second round
* At the $175,000 Cincinnati Open WTA tennis tournament in the U.S. (through July 23):
Singles:
- Vera Zvonareva advanced to the second round, trouncing No.7-seed Tatiana Golovin (France) 6-3, 6-0
* Premier League soccer results (host teams listed first):
Zenit St. Petersburg - CSKA Moscow 0:0
FC Moscow - Torpedo Moscow 1:1
Dinamo Moscow - Rubin Kazan 2:2
Team standings:
1 Spartak Nalchik - 12 games/24 points/ goal difference +8
2 CSKA Moscow - 12/23/+10
3 Rubin Kazan - 12/22/+6
4 Lokomotiv Moscow - 12/21/+8
5 Spartak Moscow - 12/21/+9
6 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 12/19/+6
7 Tom Tomsk - 12/18/0
9 FC Moscow - 12/16/-2
9 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 12/15/0
10 Zenit St. Petersburg - 12/15/-1
11 FC Rostov - 12/13/-2
12 Saturn Ramenskoye - 12/13/-1
13 Amkar Perm - 12/11/-11
14 Torpedo Moscow - 12/9/-8
15 Dinamo Moscow - 12/8/-6
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 12/6/-16
