* At the World Badminton Championships in Madrid, Spain (through September 24):
Women's singles:
- Ella Karachkova failed to advance to the third round, losing to Tracey Hallam (England) 9-21, 8-21
Men's doubles:
- Vitaly Durkin and Alexander Nikolayenko advanced to the second round, beating Spanish duo Jose Vicente Martinez and Alejandro Villar 21-11, 21-16
Mixed doubles:
- Marina Yakusheva and Vitaly Durkin advanced to the second round, beating Slovak duo Eva Sladekova and Michal Matejka 21-6, 21-8
* At the $600,000 China Open WTA tennis tournament in Beijing (through September 24):
Singles:
- Defending champion and No.8-seed Maria Kirilenko failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to Peng Shuai (China) 7-5, 4-6, 2-6
- Anna Chakvetadze lost to No.5-seed Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) 6-7, 6-3, 5-7 in the first round
Doubles:
- Anna Chakvetadze and Yelena Vesnina advanced to the second round, beating Vera Dushevina and Anastasia Yakimova (Belarus) 7-5, 6-2
* At the $175,000 Sunfeast Open WTA tennis tournament in Kolkata, India (through September 24):
Singles:
- Olga Puchkova trounced Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spain) 6-1, 6-0 to advance to the second round
- Alla Kudryavtseva advanced to the second round, beating compatriot and No.8-seed Anastasia Rodionova 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
* At the $145,000 Slovenia Open in Portoroz (through September 24):
Singles:
- Yekaterina Bychkova failed to advance to the second round after she retired in the second set against Zuzana Ondraskova (Czech Republic) due to illness
Doubles:
- Bychkova and Gabriela Navratilova (Czech Republic) lost to Karolina Kosinska (Poland) and Camille Pin (France) 5-7, 3-6 in the first round
* The 2006/2007 Russian Soccer Cup, last 32 round, second-leg results:
Torpedo (Moscow) - Fakel (Voronezh) - 3:1 (Torpedo wins 3-1 on aggregate)
Luch-Energia (Vladivostok) - Dinamo (Makhachkala)/1st div. - 3:0 (Dinamo wins 4-3 on aggregate)
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Metallurg Novokuznetsk - Severstal Cherepovets - 4:1
Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 8:3
Salavat Yulayev Ufa - Avangard Omsk - 4:4
Sibir Novosibirsk - SKA St. Petersburg - 5:2
Krylya Sovietov Moscow - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 4:5 (OT)
Lada Tolyatty - Khimik Voskresensk - 3:1
Traktor Chelyabinsk - Ak Bars Kazan - 1:5
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 6 games/15 points/goal difference +13
2 Khimik Voskresensk - 5/12/+8
3 Sibir Novosibirsk - 5/12/+6
4 HK MVD Tver - 5/11/+2
5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 6/10/+7
6 Vityaz Podolsk - 5/10/+4
7 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 6/10/+4
8 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 6/9/-1
9 Avangard Omsk - 5/9/+4
10 Dinamo Moskow - 6/9/+1
11 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 5/8/+2
12 CSKA Moscow - 6/7/+3
13 Lada Tolyatty - 6/7/-3
14 SKA St. Petersburg - 6/7/0
15 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 4/5/-2
16 Severstal Cherepovets - 6/3/-13
17 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 5/2/-8
18 Amur Khabarovsk - 5/1/-13
19 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 6/1/-14
