* At the IAAF World Athletics Cup in Athens, Greece (ended September 17):
Women:
- Russia won the title with 137 points, winning five gold, five silver and two bronze in the 20 events.
Team final standings:
1 Russia - 137 points
2 Europe - 128
3 Americas - 117
4 United States - 101.5
5 Poland - 97
6 Africa - 96.5
7 Asia - 85.5
8 Oceania - 73
9 Greece - 60.5
Men:
- Russia took sixth place with 89 points, winning a total of 4 medals (0-1-3) in the 20 events.
Team final standings:
1 Europe - 140 points
2 United States - 136
3 Africa - 116
4 Asia - 110
5 Americas - 104
6 Russia - 89
7 France - 79
8 Oceania - 78
9 Greece 44
* Russia's national basketball team booked a berth in the EuroBasket-2007 in Spain, beating the Czech Republic 68:55 in a Group C away qualifier.
Group C results and final standings (host teams listed first):
Czech Republic - Russia - 55:68
Hungary - Belgium - 75:59
1 Russia - 11 points
2 Czech Republic - 10
3 Hungary - 8
4 Belgium - 7
* At the FIBA World Basketball Women's Championship in Brazil (through September 23):
- Russia lost to France 64:74 and the Czech Republic 83:85 in Group F and needs a victory over Cuba Monday night to book a berth in the quarterfinals.
Group F standings:
1 United States - 10 points
2 Czech Republic - 9
3 France - 8
4 Russia - 7
5 China - 7
6 Cuba - 7
* At the World Judo Team Championships in Paris, France (ended September 17):
Men:
- Russia took silver, losing to Georgia 3-4 in the final. South Korea and France took bronze, beating Japan and Ukraine, respectively, in the bronze-medal matches.
Team final standings:
1 Georgia
2 Russia
3 S. Korea, France
5 Japan, Ukraine
7 Brazil, Hungary
Women:
- Russia shared 7th place with Turkey.
Team final standings:
1 France
2 Cuba
3 Japan, China
5 S. Korea, Slovenia
7 Russia, Turkey
* At the $225,000 Wismilak International WTA tennis tournament in Bali, Indonesia (ended September 17):
Singles:
- Top-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova won the title, beating No.6-seed Marion Bartoli (France) 7-5, 6-2
* At the $500,000 China Open ATP tennis tournament in Beijing (ended September 17):
Singles:
- No.2-seed Nikolai Davydenko failed to advance to the semifinals after he retired in the second set against Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand) due to illness
* At the $600,000 China Open WTA tennis tournament in Beijing (through September 24):
Singles:
- Yelena Vesnina advanced to the second round, beating Emma Laine (Finland) 7-6, 5-7, 6-3
- No.2-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadezhda Petrova (3) will start in the second round after receiving first-round byes
* Premier League soccer results and standings (host teams listed first):
Luch-Energia Vladivostok - FC Moscow - 1:1
Shinnik Yaroslavl - Saturn Ramenskoye - 0:0
Torpedo Moscow - FC Rostov - 0:2
Rubin Kazan - Spartak Nalchik - 0:0
Lokomotiv Moscow - Spartak Moscow
