* At the 49th ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zagreb, Croatia (through August 5):
- Erdzhanik Avetisyan won the gold medal in the women's skeet competition with 71 points, beating silver medalist Cainero Chiara (Italy) and Bartekova Danka (Slovakia), both with 71 points, on extra shots
- Albina Shakirova and Angelina Mishchuk won silver and bronze in the junior women's skeet competition with 68 points and 67 points, respectively. Emily Blount (U.S.) won the gold medal with 71 points
- Russia won silver in the 50m running target mixed men's team competition with 1,165 points, losing to Ukraine on fast run shots. Sweden took bronze with 1,164 points
- Russia won silver in the 50m running target mixed junior men's team competition with 1,151 points. North Korea won gold with 1,156 points and Poland finished third with 1,150 points
- Dmitry Romanov won the bronze medal in the 50m running target mixed junior men's team competition with 388 points. Yong Chol Jo (North Korea) won gold with 392 points and Tomas Caknakis (Czech Republic) took silver with 390 points
* At the 28th European Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary (through August 6):
- Arkady Vyatchanin set a European record of 1m 55.44s to win the gold medal in the 200m backstroke men's competition. Laszlo Cseh (Hungary) took silver in 1m 56.69s and Razvan Florea (Romania) took silver in 1m 57.83s
- Yury Prilukov won the gold in the 1,500m men's freestyle in 14m 51.93s. Sebastien Rouault (France) took silver in 14m 55.73s and Nicolas Rostoucher (France) finished third in 15m 01.82s
- Yelena Bogomazova won the gold in the 50m women's breaststroke in 31.69s. Kate Haywood (U.K.) took silver in 31.71s and Agnes Kovacs (Hungary) finished third in 31.95s
- Russia won gold in the 4x100m medley men's relay in 3m 34.96s. Ukraine took silver in 3m 36.21s and the U.K. took bronze in 3m 36.61s
- Dmitry Sautin won the gold medal in the 3m springboard men's diving competition with 496.10 points. His teammate Alexander Dobroskok won silver with 479.95 points and Joona Puhakka (Finland) finished third with 464.60 points
- Dmitry Dobroskok and Gleb Galperin won gold in the 10m platform synchronized men's diving competition with 469.38 points. Sascha Klein and Heiko Meyer (Germany) took silver with 447.96 points and Italy's duo Benedetti Michele and Francesco Dell'Uomo took bronze with 435.12 points
- Galperin won the gold medal in the 10m platform men's diving competition with 472.9 points. Heiko Meyer (Germany) took silver with 459.45 points and Konstyantyn Milyayev (Ukraine) finished third with 436.5 points
- Natalya Umyskova and Nadezhda Bazhina won gold in the 3m springboard synchronized women's diving competition with 314.55 points. Heike Fischer and Ditte Kotzian (Germany) took silver with 298.68 points, and Olena Fedorova and Kristina Ishchenko (Ukraine) took bronze with 292.17 points
- Natalya Goncharova and Yuliya Koltunova won silver in the 10m platform synchronized women's diving competition with 306.24 points. German pair Anett Gamm and Nora Subschinski won gold with 325.92 points and Ukraine's duo Iulia Prokopchuk and Kateryna Zhuk finished third with 297.21points
- Nikolai Skvortsov won the bronze medal in the 100m butterfly men's competition in 52.96s. Andriy Serdinov (Ukraine) won gold in 51.95s, and Amaury Leveaux (France) took silver in 52.76s
* Russia took first place in unofficial team standings with 16 gold, seven silver and three bronze medals. Germany took second place (12-10-5) and France finished third (6-3-9)
* Russia's national men's volleyball team beat China 3-0, 3-2 in the two home matches in Group C of the FIVB World League 2006 tournament.
Group C results and standings after 8 matches (host teams listed first):
Russia - China - 3-0 (25:12, 25:17, 25:22)
Russia - China - 3-2 (25:13, 21:25, 25:17, 16:25, 15:12)
France - Italy - 2-3 (27:29, 27:25, 25:21, 24:26, 17:19)
France - Italy - 3-2 (23:25, 25:18, 26:28, 25:20, 16:14)
1 Russia - 15 points
2 France - 14 points
3 Italy - 11 points
4 China - 8 points
* At the $1,340,000 Acura Classic WTA tennis tournament in San Diego, U.S. (ended August 6):
Singles:
- No.2-seed Maria Sharapova won the title, beating top-seed and world No.2 Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 7-5, 7-5
Doubles:
- Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik failed to advance to the final, losing to top-seed duo Cara Black (Zimbabwe) and Rennae Stubbs (Australia) 6-7, 3-6
* At the $540,000 Orange Prokom Open ATP tennis tournament in Sopot, Poland (ended August 6):
Singles:
- Top-seed Nikolai Davydenko won the title, beating Florian Mayer (Germany) 7-6, 5-7, 6-4
* At the $600,000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic ATP tennis tournament in Washington D.C., (through August 6):
Singles:
- No.7-seed Dmitry Tursunov failed to advance the final, losing to eighth-seeded Andy Murray (U.K.) 2-6, 5-7
- Marat Safin lost to No.11-seed Arnaud Clement (France) 6-7, 6-7 in the semifinals
Doubles:
- Tursunov and Igor Kunitsin failed to advance to the final, losing to top-seed U.S. duo Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 0-6, 3-6
* At the Sparkassen chess tournament in Dortmund, Germany (ended August 6):
- GMs Vladimir Kramnik, No. 4 in the FIDE rankings, and Pyotr Svidler (5) shared first place
Results and final standings: (players listed first play White):
Round 6:
Levon Aronian (3, Armenia) - Peter Svidler
