* At the World Volleyball Women's Championship in Japan (through November 16):
- Russia beat Azerbaijan 3-1 in qualifying group B
Group B results and standings:
Azerbaijan - Russia - 1:3 (19-25, 21-25, 25-19, 20-25)
Germany - Mexico - 3:0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-19)
China - Dominican Republic - 3:0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-23)
1 Russia - 2 games/4 points
2 Germany - 2/4
3 China - 2/4
4 Azerbaijan - 2/2
5 Dominican Republic - 2/2
6 Mexico - 2/2
* Basketball team Unics Kazan beat Dexia Mons (Belgium) 89:71 at home in ULEB Cup tournament's Group D. Khimki Moscow Region beat Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem (Israel) 87:79 at home in Group C
Results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group C
Khimki - Hapoel Migdal - 87:79
Montepaschi Siena (Italy) - Alba Berlin (Germany) - 79:63
Lukoil Academic Sofia (Bulgaria) - Oostende (Belgium) - 89:77
1 Montepaschi - 1game/2 points
2 Lukoil Academic - 1/2
3 Khimki - 1/2
4 Hapoel Migdal - 1/1
5 Oostende - 1/1
6 Alba Berlin - 1/1
Group D
Unics - Dexia - 89:71
PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) - Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (Serbia) - 68:78
EiffelTowers (Netherlands) - Real Madrid (Spain) - 84:77
1 Unics - 1/2
2 Crvena Zvezda - 1/2
3 EiffelTowers - 1/2
4 Real Madrid - 1/1
5 PAOK - 1/1
6 Dexia - 1/1
* Spartak Moscow soccer team lost to Italy's Inter Milan 0:1 at home in UEFA Champions League tournament's Group B
Group B results and standings (host teams listed first):
Spartak - Inter - 0:1
FC Bayern Munich (Germany) - Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) - 0:0
1 Bayern - 4 games/10 points/goal difference +7
2 Inter - 4/6/-1
3 Sporting - 4/5/0
4 Spartak - 4/1/-6
* At the $2.64 million BNP Paribas Masters ATP tournament in Paris, France (through November 5):
Singles:
- No.4-seed Nikolai Davydenko advanced to the third round, trouncing Christophe Rochus (Belgium) 6-0, 6-0
- Marat Safin advanced to the third round, beating No.18-seed Robin Soderling (Sweden) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Igor Andreyev advanced to the second round, beating Gael Monfils (France) 7-5, 6-4
* At the $175,000 Bell Challenge WTA tennis tournament in Quebec, Canada (through November 5):
Singles:
- Anastasia Rodionova advanced to the second round after No.7-seed Jamea Jackson (U.S.) retired in the second set due to injury
- Galina Voskoboyeva lost to No.2-seed Marion Bartoli (France) 1-6, 4-6 in the first round
Doubles:
- Alina Zhidkova and Jill Craybas (U.S.) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Canadian duo Maureen Drake and Aleksandra Wozniak 7-6, 3-6, 7-5
- Olga Puchkova and Varvara Lepchenko (Uzbekistan) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Marie-Eve Pelletier (Canada) and Abigail Spears (U.S.) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
* At the $175,000 Gaz de France Stars WTA tennis tournament in Hasselt, Belgium (through November 5):
Singles:
- Yelena Vesnina failed to advance to the second round after she retired in the first set against Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) due to injury
- Yelena Bovina lost to Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 4-6, 2-6 in the first round
* Russian women's basketball SuperLeague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo-Energia Novosibirsk - Dinamo Moscow - 71:95
1 CSKA Samara - 4 games/8 points
2 Dinamo Kursk - 5/8
3 Dinamo Moscow - 4/7
4 UGMK Yekaterinburg - 4/7
5 Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - 4/7
6 Spartak Vidnoye - 3/5
7 Nadezhda Orenburg - 3/5
8 Shelen Krasnoyarsk - 5/5
9 Dinamo Moscow Region - 2/4
10 Dinamo-Energia Novosibirsk - 4/4
11 Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. Petersburg - 3/3
12 NUR Kazan - 3/3
