* At the World Volleyball Women's Championship in Japan (through November 16):
Russia advanced to the final beating defending champions Italy 3:0
Semifinal results:
Brazil - Serbia - 3:1 (25-17, 25-14, 21-25, 25-20)
Russia - Italy - 3:0 (25:19, 25-16, 25-20)
The final between Russia and Brazil will kick off November 16 at 5:30 a.m. GMT, in Osaka
* At the $3.7 million ATP Tennis Masters Cup, involving the season's top men's tennis players, in Shanghai, China (through November 19):
- No. 3-seed Nikolai Davydenko lost to No. 8-seed James Blake (U.S.) 6-2, 4-6, 5-7 in qualifying Gold Group
Qualifying group results and standings:
Gold Group:
Nikolai Davydenko (3) - James Blake (8, U.S.) - 6-2, 4-6,
1 James Blake - 2 matches played/wins -2/losses-0/sets difference 4-1
2 Nikolai Davydenko - 2/1/1/3-3
3 Tommy Robredo (6, Spain) - 1/0/1/1-2
4 Rafael Nadal (2, Spain) - 1/0/1/0-2
Red Group:
Roger Federer (1, Switzerland) - Andy Roddick (5, U.S.) - 4-6, 7-6, 6-4
Ivan Ljubicic (4, Croatia) - David Nalbandian (7, Argentina) - 5-7, 7-6, 7-5
1 Roger Federer - 2/2/0/4-2
2 Andy Roddick - 2/1/1/3-3
3 Ivan Ljubicic - 2/1/1/3-3
4 David Nalbandian - 2/0/2/2-4
* Basketball team Unics Kazan beat EiffelTowers (Netherlands) - 106:88 at home in 2006/2007 ULEB Cup tournament's Group D. Khimki Moscow Region lost to Montepaschi Siena (Italy) 102:104, in overtime, in Group C
Results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group D
Unics - EiffelTowers - 106:88
PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) - Dexia Mons (Belgium) - 83:69
Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (Serbia) - Real Madrid (Spain) - 100:81
1 Crvena Zvezda - 3 games/6 points
2 Unics - 3/5
3 Real Madrid - 3/4
4 EiffelTowers - 3/4
5 PAOK - 3/4
6 Dexia - 3/4
Group C
Khimki - Montepaschi - 102:104 (OT)
Lukoil Academic Sofia (Bulgaria) - Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem (Israel) - 68:66
Oostende (Belgium) - Alba Berlin (Germany) - 69:80
1 Montepaschi - 3/5
2 Alba Berlin - 3/5
3 Lukoil Academic - 3/5
4 Khimki - 3/4
5 Hapoel Migdal - 3/4
6 Oostende - 3/4
* Basketball team Dinamo Moscow Region beat Khimik Yuzhny (Ukraine) 91:75 in 2006/2007 EuroCup tournament's qualifying Group B. Lokomotiv Rostov beat
SC Azovmash Mariupol (Ukraine) 70:63 in group C. Ural Great Perm lost to Panionios BC Athens (Greece) 70:77 in Group G
Results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group B
Dinamo Moscow Region - Khimik Yuzhny - 91:75
1 Dinamo - 2/4
2 Spirou Charleroi (Belgium) - 1/2
3 Khimik Yuzhny (Ukraine) - 2/2
4 BC Barons Riga (Latvia) - 1/1
Group C
Lokomotiv Rostov - SC Azovmash Mariupol - 70:63
1 Lokomotiv Rostov - 2/4
2 SC Azovmash - 2/3
3 Atomeromu SE Paks (Hungary) - 1/1
4 Banvit BC (Turkey) - 1/1
Group G
Ural Great - Panionios - 70:77
Turk Telekom Ankara (Turkey) - PBC CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) - 93:86
1 Panionios - 2/4
2 Ural Great - 2/3
3 Turk Telekom - 2/3
4 CSKA Sofia - 2/2
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - Spartak-Primorye Vladivostok - 98:80
1 CSKA Moscow - 6 games/12 points
2 UNICS Kazan - 5/10
3 Dinamo Moscow - 5/9
4 Khimky Moscow Region - 5/9
5 Dinamo Moscow Region - 6/10
6 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 6/9
7 Spartak-Primorye Vladivostok - 5/7
8 Ural-Great Perm - 5/7
9 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 7/9
10 CSK VVS Samara - 7/9
11 Spartak St. Petersburg - 5/6
12 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 6/7
13 Standard Samara Region - 6/7
