* At the FIVB Volleyball World League 2006 finals in Moscow (ended August 27):
Russia won bronze, beating Bulgaria 3:0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-19) in the match for third place. Defending champions Brazil won the title, defeating Russia 3:1 in the semifinal and France 3:2 in the final
* Russia's national volleyball women's team holds second place after the FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 preliminary round's second leg, held in Seoul, Macau, and Taipei over the weekend.
Second-leg results and standings after 6 games:
South Korea - Russia - 1:3 (15-25, 18-25, 25-20, 20-25)
Russia - Poland - 3:2 (25-16, 28-30, 25-16, 24-26, 15-6)
Russia - Japan - 3:0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-21)
1 Brazil - 12 points
2 Russia - 11
3 Italy - 11
4 China - 11
5 Japan - 10
6 Cuba - 10
7 United States - 8
8 Dominican Republic - 8
9 Azerbaijan - 7
10 Thailand - 7
11 Korea - 7
12 Poland - 6
* At the European Volleyball Junior Women's Championship in France (through September 3)
- Russia is in first place in preliminary Group 2 with a maximum 4 points out of the two games.
Results and standings:
Group 2:
Russia - Turkey 3:1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-23)
Poland - Russia - 1:3 (23:25 20:25 25:22 18:25)
1 Russia - 2 games/4 points
2 Serbia & Montenegro 2/4
3 Ukraine - 2/3
4 Turkey - 2/3
5 Netherlands - 2/2
6 Poland - 2/2
Group 1:
1 Italy - 2/4
2 Belarus - 2/3
3 Belgium - 2/3
4 Croatia - 2/3
5 France - 2/3
6 Czech Republic - 2/2
* At the FIFA under-20 women's World Championship in Russia (through September 3):
- Russia lost to China 0:4 in the quarterfinals
Quarterfinal results:
China - Russia - 4:0
Brazil - Nigeria - 2:1
North Korea - France - 2:1
United States - Germany - 4:1
* At the $1,250,000 Pilot Pen tennis tournament in New Haven, U.S. (ended August 26):
Men's singles:
- No.2-seed Nikolai Davydenko won the title, beating No.10-seed Agustin Calleri (Argentina) 6-4, 6-3
Women's singles:
- No.5-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova failed to advance to the final, losing to second-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) 3-6, 3-6, who won the title, after Lindsay Davenport retired in the final's second set due to injury.
* The $19-million U.S. Open Grand Slam tennis tournament opens in New York (through September 10), with 11 Russians to play on Day 1
* Premier League soccer results (host teams listed first):
Torpedo Moscow - Saturn Ramenskoye - 0:3
Lokomotiv Moscow - Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 3:0
Spartak Moscow - Spartak Nalchik - 1-0
FC Moscow - FC Rostov - 4:0
Shinnik Yaroslavl - CSKA Moscow - 0:1
Dinamo Moscow - Tom Tomsk - 2:1
Zenit St. Petersburg - Amkar Perm (set for August 28)
Rubin Kazan - Krylya Sovietov Samara (set for August 28)
Team standings:
1 CSKA Moscow - 18 games/37 points/ goal difference +14
2 Spartak Moscow - 18/34/+15
3 Lokomotiv Moscow - 18/33/+13
4 Spartak Nalchik - 18/28/+5
5 FC Moscow - 18/26/+3
6 Tom Tomsk - 18/25/+3
7 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 18/24/-1
8 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 17/24/+5
9 Rubin Kazan - 17/24/-2
10 Zenit St. Petersburg - 17/24/+1
11 Saturn Ramenskoye - 18/23/+5
12 FC Rostov - 18/19/-10
13 Dinamo Moscow - 18/16/-8
14 Torpedo Moscow - 18/15/-9
15 Amkar Perm - 17/14/-14
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 18/8/-20
