* At the World Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark (through October 21)
- The Russian women's team won bronze with 177.325 points. China won gold with 182.2 points, and the United States took silver with 181.35 points
* At the 2007 UEFA European Men's U-17 Championship's qualifying tournament in Tbilisi, Georgia (ended October 18):
- Russia's national soccer under-17 team booked a berth in the second qualifying stage, the Elite round, despite losing 1:3 to Germany in its last Group 5 qualifier.
Group 5 results and final standings:
Germany - Macedonia - 7:1
Russia - Georgia - 2:1
Germany - Georgia - 1:0
Russia - Macedonia - 6:2
Russia - Germany - 1:3
Georgia - Macedonia - 5:0
1 Germany - 3 games/9 points/goal difference +9
2 Russia - 3/6/+3
3 Georgia - 3/3/+3
4 Macedonia - 3/0/-15
* At the 2007 UEFA European Women's U-19 Championship's qualifying tournament in Slovenia (through October 18):
- Russia's national soccer under-19 team advanced to the second qualifying round, despite losing 1:2 to Scotland in its last Group 9 qualifier.
Group 9 results and standings:
Scotland - Slovenia - 6:1
Russia - Israel - 2:0
Slovenia - Russia - 0:1
Scotland - Israel - 6:3
Russia - Scotland - 1:2
Israel - Slovenia -
1 Scotland - 3 games/9 points/goal difference +9
2 Russia - 3/6/+2
3 Israel - 2/0/-5
4 Slovenia - 2/0/-6
* Spartak Moscow soccer team lost to Italy's Inter Milan 1:2 away in UEFA Champions League tournament's Group B
Group B results and standings (host teams listed first):
Inter - Spartak - 2:1
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) - FC Bayern Munich (Germany) - 0:1
1 Bayern - 3 games/9 points/goal difference +7
2 Sporting - 3/4/0
3 Inter - 3/3/-2
4 Spartak - 3/1/-5
* At the $2.6 million Madrid Open ATP tennis tournament in Spain (through October 22):
Singles:
- Marat Safin advanced to the third round, beating Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-4, 6-3
- No.5-seed Nikolai Davydenko failed to advance to the third round, loosing to Joachim Johansson (Sweden) 4-6, 7-6, 3-6
* At the $1.34 million Zurich Open WTA tennis tournament in Switzerland (through October 22):
Singles:
- Maria Kirilenko advanced to the quarterfinals after Tatiana Golovin (France) retired in the first set due to injury
- No.4-seed Yelena Dementyeva lost to unseeded Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 1-6, 4-6 in the second round
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 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 - 16/22/0
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 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 16/18/-7
15 Severstal Cherepovets - 15/18/-10
16 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 15/17/+1
17 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 15/17/-15
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 15/11/-20
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 15/10/-16
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings:
Universitet-Ugra Surgut - CSKA Moscow - 68:89
1 CSKA Moscow - 3 games/6 points
2 Dinamo Moscow - 3/5
3 Khimky Moscow Region - 3/5
4 Spartak-Primorye - 3/5
5 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 4/5
6 UNICS Kazan - 2/4
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:
Dinamo Kursk - Shelen Krasnoyarsk - 70:62
1 Dinamo Kursk - 2 games/4 points
2 UGMK Yekaterinburg - 1/2
3 CSKA Samara - 1/2
4 Dinamo Moscow Region - 1/2
5 Nadezhda Orenburg - 1/2
6 Shelen Krasnoyarsk - 2/2
7 Dinamo Moscow - 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
