* At the World Volleyball Women's Championship in Japan (ended November 16):
Russia won the title, defeating Brazil 3:2 (15-25, 25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 15-13) in the final. Serbia took bronze, beating Italy 3:0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-21) in the bronze-medal match.
* Russia's national soccer team beat Macedonia 2-0 away in a Euro-2008 Group E qualifier.
Group E results and standings (host teams listed first):
Macedonia - Russia - 0:2
Israel - Croatia - 3:4
1 Croatia - 4 games/10 points/goal difference +10
2 Russia - 4/8/+4
3 England - 4/7/+4
4 Macedonia - 5/7/+1
5 Israel - 4/7/+3
6 Estonia - 3/0/-4
7 Andorra - 4/0/-18
* 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 will contest a berth in the semifinals in his last Gold Group match against Rafael Nadal (2, Spain), November 17, after losing to James Blake (8, U.S.) 6-2, 4-6, 5-7
Qualifying group results and standings:
Gold Group:
Nikolai Davydenko (3) - James Blake (8, U.S.) - 6-2, 4-6, 5-7
Rafael Nadal (2, Spain) - Tommy Robredo (6, Spain) - 7-6, 6-2
1 James Blake - 2 matches played/wins -2/losses-0/sets difference 4-1
2-3 Nikolai Davydenko - 2/1/1/3-3
2-3 Rafael Nadal (2, Spain) - 2/1/1/2-2
4 Tommy Robredo (6, Spain) - 2/0/2/1-4
Red Group:
David Nalbandian (7, Argentina) - Andy Roddick (5, U.S.) - 6-2, 7-6
Roger Federer (1, Switzerland) - Ivan Ljubicic (4, Croatia) - 7-6, 6-4
1 Roger Federer - 3/3/0/6-2
2 David Nalbandian - 3/1/2/4-4
3 Ivan Ljubicic - 3/1/2/3-5
4 Andy Roddick - 3/1/2/3-5
* At the 2006 GF Handball Women's World Cup (through November 19):
Russia beat Brazil 38:34, and Netherlands 41:32 in qualifying Group B.
Group B results and standings:
Russia - Brazil - 38:34
Ukraine - Netherlands - 25:24
Russia - Netherlands - 41:32
Ukraine - Brazil - 39:31
1 Russia - 2 games/4 points/goal difference +13
2 Ukraine - 2/4/+9
3 Netherlands - 2/0/-10
4 Brazil - 2/0/-12
* Russian men's basketball champions CSKA Moscow beat Benetton Treviso (Italy) 83:67 at home in 2006/07 Euroleague's qualifying Group C
Group C results and standings (host teams listed first):
CSKA Moscow - Benetton - 83:67
Aris TT Bank (Greece) - Pau-Orthez (France) - 74:72
1 Winterthur FC Barcelona (Spain) - 3games/6 points
2 CSKA Moscow - 4/7
3 Pau-Orthez - 4/6
4 Benetton - 4/6
5 Aris - 4/6
6 Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) - 3/4
7 Eldo Basket Napoli (Italy) - 3/4
8 Fenerbahce Ulker (Turkey) - 3/3
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Amur Khabarovsk - 5:3
Avangard Omsk - Lada Tolyatty - 6:4
SKA St. Petersburg - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 1:2 (OT)
Severstal Cherepovets - Sibir Novosibirsk - 5:3
Dinamo Moscow - CSKA Moscow - 3:2
HK MVD Tver - Vityaz Podolsk - 5:3
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 22games/49 points/goal difference +43
2 Avangard Omsk - 23/48/+20
3 Sibir Novosibirsk - 22/43/+12
4 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 22/42/+15
5 Khimik Voskresensk - 22/38/+17
6 CSKA Moscow - 23/38/+13
7 Severstal Cherepovets - 23/36/+1
8 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 22/35/+10
9 HK MVD Tver - 23/35/+2
10 Dinamo Moscow - 23/34/0
11 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 22/33/-1
12 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 21/29/-5
13 Lada Tolyatty - 23/29/-9
14 SKA St. Petersburg - 23/27/-6
15 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 22/26/-20
16 Vityaz Podolsk - 23/26/-13
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 22/22/-13
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 22/14/-30
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 23/11/-36
