* Russia's soccer champions CSKA Moscow beat Arsenal (England) 1:0 at home in the UEFA Champions League tournament's Group G
Group G results and standings (host teams listed first):
CSKA - Arsenal - 1:0
FC Porto (Portugal) - FC Hamburg (Germany) - 4:1
1 CSKA - 3 games/7 points/goal difference +2
2 Arsenal -3/6/+2
3 Porto - 3/4/+1
4 Hamburg - 3/0/-5
* At the World Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark (through October 21)
- The Russian men's team won silver with 275.4 points. China won gold with 277.775 points, and Japan took bronze with 274.8 points
* At the $2.6 million Madrid Open ATP tennis tournament in Spain (through October 22):
Singles:
- Marat Safin advanced to the second round, beating Jose Acasuso (Argentina) 7-6, 6-7, 6-3
Doubles:
- Mikhail Yuzhny and Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) lost to world's No.1 and top-seed U.S. duo Bob and Mike Bryan 1-6, 3-6 in the first round
* At the $1.34 million Zurich Open WTA tennis tournament in Switzerland (through October 22):
Singles:
- Maria Kirilenko advanced to the second round, beating Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Switzerland) 6-4, 7-6
- Anastasia Myskina lost to Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) 3-6, 3-6 in the first round
- No.2-seed Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova (3) and Yelena Dementyeva (4) will start in the second round after receiving first-round byes
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo Moscow - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 3:0
Vityaz Podolsk - Traktor Chelyabinsk - 1:2
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - Khimik Voskresensk - 4:2
Ak Bars Kazan - Avangard Omsk - 1:3
CSKA Moscow - Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 5:3
Severstal Cherepovets - Amur Khabarovsk - 3:0
SKA St. Petersburg - Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 6:2
Metallurg Novokuznetsk - Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 2:2
Sibir Novosibirsk - Lada Tolyatty - 3:1
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 16 games/38 points/goal difference +35
2 Sibir Novosibirsk - 15/34/+13
3 Avangard Omsk - 16/32/+12
4 Khimik Voskresensk - 16/31/+15
5 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 15/26/+5
6 HK MVD Tver - 15/23/+4
7 CSKA Moscow - 15/23/+3
8 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 15/22/-1
9 Lada Tolyatty - 15/22/+2
10 Vityaz Podolsk - 16/22/-6
11 Dinamo Moscow - 16/21/-5
12 SKA St. Petersburg - 15/19/0
13 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 16/19/-8
14 Severstal Cherepovets - 15/18/-10
15 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 15/17/+1
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 15/17/-15
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 15/15/-9
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 15/11/-20
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 15/10/-16
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings:
Lokomotiv-Rostov - Dinamo Moscow Region - 84:73
Sibirtelekom - CSKA Moscow - 69:76
1 Dinamo Moscow - 3 games/5 points
2 Khimky Moscow Region - 3/5
3 Spartak-Primorye - 3/5
4 UNICS Kazan - 2/4
5 CSKA Moscow - 2/4
6 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 3/4
7 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 2/3
8 Dinamo Moscow Region - 2/3
9 CSK VVS Samara - 2/3
10 Spartak St. Petersburg - 2/3
11 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 3/3
11 Standard Samara Region - 2/2
12 Ural-Great Perm - 1/1
* Russian women's basketball SuperLeague results and standings:
Nadezhda Orenburg - Dinamo Moscow - 73:71
1 UGMK - 1game/2 points
2 Dinamo Kursk - 1/2
3 CSKA Samara - 1/2
4 Dinamo Moscow Region - 1/2
5 Nadezhda Orenburg - 1/2
6 Dinamo Moscow - 1/1
7 Shelen Krasnoyarsk - 1/1
8 NUR Kazan - 1/1
9 Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. Petersburg - 1/1
10 Dinamo-Energia Novosibirsk - 1/1
11-12 Spartak Vidnoye - 0/0
11-12 Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - 0/0
