* At the FIBA World Basketball Women's Championship in Brazil (ended September 23):
- Russia took silver, losing to Australia 74:91 in the final. Defending champions United States took bronze, beating Brazil 99:59 in the bronze-medal match
* At the Davis Cup tennis world group, Russia-U.S. semifinal in Moscow (ended September 24):
- Russia won 3-2 in the five-rubber match to take on Argentina in the final, set for December 1-3 in Moscow.
Match results:
Day 1
Singles:
- World.No.6 Andy Roddick lost to Marat Safin (72) 4-6, 3-6, 6-7
- Mikhail Yuzhny (24) beat James Blake (9) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5
Day 2
Doubles:
- World's top duo Bob and Mike Bryan beat Mikhail Yuzhny and Dmitry Tursunov 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Day 3
Singles:
- Tursunov (22) brought victory to Russia, beating Roddick in a five-set and five-hour rubber 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 17-15
- Blake beat Safin 7-5, 7-6
Argentina beat Australia 5-0 in the other semifinal.
* Russia's women's soccer team beat Switzerland 2:0 at home in World Cup China 2007 preliminary Group 4.
Group 4 standings:
1 Germany - games-6/points-18
2 Russia - 6/15
3 Scotland - 7/8
4 Ireland - 8/4
5 Switzerland - 7/4
* At the 12-game match for the World Chess Champion title between the world champion in classical chess Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in Elista, Russia:
- Kramnik leads 2-0 after the two games.
* At the $600,000 China Open WTA tennis tournament in Beijing (through September 24):
Singles:
- No.2-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova won the title, beating world No.1 and top-seed Amelie Mauresmo (France) 6-4, 6-0 in the final
Doubles:
- Anna Chakvetadze and Yelena Vesnina failed to win the title, losing to No.2-seed duo Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) and Paola Suarez (Argentina) 2-6, 4-6
* At the $175,000 Sunfeast Open WTA tennis tournament in Kolkata, India (through September 24):
Singles:
- Olga Puchkova failed to win the title, losing to top-seed Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 0-6, 4-6
* Premier League soccer results and standings (host teams listed first):
CSKA Moscow - Lokomotiv Moscow - 1:2
FC Rostov - Dinamo Moscow - 2:1
Spartak Moscow - Rubin Kazan - 3-0
Luch-Energia Vladivostok - Zenit St. Petersburg - 0:2
Amkar Perm - Shinnik Yaroslavl - 1:0
Krylya Sovietov Samara - Torpedo Moscow - 2:0
Spartak Nalchik - FC Moscow - 2:2
Saturn Ramenskoye - Tom Tomsk - 2:1
1 CSKA Moscow - 21 games/41 points/ goal difference +14
2 Lokomotiv Moscow - 21/40/+15
3 Spartak Moscow - 21/39/+18
4 Zenit St. Petersburg - 21/36/+8
5 FC Moscow - 21/31/+7
6 Spartak Nalchik - 21/30/+4
7 Saturn Ramenskoye - 21/30/+9
8 Tom Tomsk - 21/28/+3
9 Rubin Kazan - 20/28/-4
10 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 21/27/+1
11 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 20/25/-3
12 FC Rostov - 21/25/-9
13 Amkar Perm - 21/21/-14
14 Dinamo Moscow - 21/17/-12
15 Torpedo Moscow - 21/15/-14
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 21/9/-23
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo Moscow - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 4:2
Avangard Omsk - Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 3:1
HK MVD Tver - Sibir Novosibirsk - 2:3
Khimik Voskresensk - Traktor Chelyabinsk - 2:3 (OT)
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - Vityaz Podolsk - 0:4
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Lada Tolyatty - 3:2
Ak Bars Kazan - CSKA Moscow - 4:3 (OT)
Severstal Cherepovets - SKA St. Petersburg - 4:3 (OT)
Krylya Sovietov Moscow - Amur Khabarovsk - 3:1
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 8 games/20 points/goal difference +18
2 Sibir Novosibirsk - 7/16/+6
3 Khimik Voskresensk - 7/16/+8
4 HK MVD Tver - 8/16/+8
5 Avangard Omsk - 7/14/+7
6 Dinamo Moskow - 8/14/+4
7 Vityaz Podolsk - 8/13/-2
8 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 7/12/+1
9 CSKA Moscow - 8/11/+7
10 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 8/10/+4
11 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 8/10/-5
12 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 7/8/-1
13 SKA St. Petersburg - 7/8/-1
14 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 6/8/-1
15 Lada Tolyatty - 7/7/-4
16 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 6/5/-6
17 Severstal Cherepovets - 7/5/-12
18 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 8/4/-14
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 6/1/-15
