* At the $31 million Australian Open Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne (through January 28):
Women's singles second round:
- No.3-seed (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Monique Adamczak (Australia) 6-2, 6-1
- Nadezhda Petrova (5) beat Gisela Dulko (Argentina) 6-1, 6-2
- Yelena Dementieva (7) beat Martina Muller (Germany) 7-5, 3-6, 6-0
- Maria Kirilenko (26) beat Julia Vakulenko (Ukraine) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Olga Puchkova lost to No.2-seed Amelie Mauresmo 2-6, 2-6
- Yelena Vesnina lost to Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) 6-4, 3-6, 6-8
Women's singles first round:
- Dinara Safina (9) beat compatriot Yekaterina Bychkova 7-6, 6-1
- Vera Zvonaryova (22) beat Tzipora Obziler (Israel) 6-3, 6-4
- Yelena Bovina lost to Li Na (19, China) 4-6, 3-6
Men's singles second round:
- Mikhail Yuzhny (25) beat Yen-Hsun Lu (Taiwan) 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
- Marat Safin (26) beat Dudi Sela (Israel) 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-0
Men's singles first round:
- Igor Kunitsyn lost to Fabrice Santoro (France) 6-7, 3-6, 0-6
Women's doubles first round:
- Yelena Bovina and Alla Kudryavtseva beat No.9-seed pair Corina Morariu (U.S.)/ Rennae Stubbs (Australia) 6-3, 6-3
- Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) beat No.15-seed duo Janette Husarova (Slovakia)/ Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 7-5, 6-1
- Anastassia Rodionova and Andreea Ehritt-Vanc (Romania) lost to No.3-seed Cara Black (Zimbabwe)/Liezel Huber (South Africa) 4-6, 4-6
* Basketball team Khimki Moscow Region beat Lukoil Academic Sofia (Bulgaria) 101:77 in 2006/2007 ULEB Cup tournament's qualifying Group C. UNICS Kazan beat PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) 85:57 in Group D.
Results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group C
Khimki - Lukoil Academic - 101:77
Montepaschi Siena (Italy) - Oostende (Belgium) - 73:62
Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem (Israel) - Alba Berlin (Germany) - 95:82
1 Montepaschi - 10 games/18 points
2 Khimki - 10/15
3 Hapoel Migdal - 10/15
4 Alba Berlin - 10/14
5 Lukoil Academic - 10/14
6 Oostende - 10/14
Group D
UNICS Kazan - PAOK Thessaloniki - 85:57
EiffelTowers (Netherlands) - Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (Serbia) - 89:92
Dexia Mons (Belgium) - Real Madrid (Spain) - 76:96
1 Real Madrid - 10/17
2 UNICS Kazan - 10/17
3 Crvena Zvezda - 10/17
4 PAOK - 10/16
5 EiffelTowers - 10/12
6 Dexia Mons - 10/11
* Russian men's basketball team Dinamo Moscow Region lost to SC Azovmash Mariupol (Ukraine) 68:79 in 2006/2007 EuroCup tournament's qualifying Group J. Lokomotiv Rostov beat Spirou Charleroi (Belgium) 74:64 in Group K.
Results and standings (host teams listed first):
Group J
SC Azovmash Mariupol - Dinamo Moscow Region - 79:68
ASK Riga (Latvia) - Maroussi Athens (Greece) - 92:88
1 Azovmash Mariupol - 2 games/4 points
2 Dinamo Moscow Region - 2/3
3 ASK Riga - 2/3
4 Maroussi Athens - 2/2
Group K
Spirou Charleroi - Lokomotiv Rostov - 64:74
Panionios BC Athens (Greece) - Turk Telekom S.C. Ankara (Turkey) - 68:71
1 Turk Telekom - 2/4
2 Lokomotiv Rostov - 2/3
3 Panionios BC Athens - 2/3
4 Spirou Charleroi - 2/2
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Traktor Chelyabinsk - Ak Bars Kazan - 1:1
SKA St. Petersburg - Khimik Voskresensk - 3:5
Metallurg Novokuznetsk - Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 3:2
Vityaz Podolsk - Avangard Omsk - 5:5
Lada Togliatti - Sibir Novosibirsk - 2:0
Dinamo Moscow - Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 0:1
HK MVD Tver - Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 3:2
Severstal Cherepovets - CSKA Moscow - 1:1
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 2:4
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 37 games/83 points
2 Avangard Omsk - 38/79
3 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 38/74
4 Khimik Voskresensk - 38/72
5 Sibir Novosibirsk - 38/70
6 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 38/67
7 CSKA Moscow - 38/62
8 HK MVD Tver - 37/56
9 Severstal Cherepovets - 38/56
10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 38/53
11 Lada Togliatti - 38/53
12 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 38/51
13 SKA St. Petersburg - 38/46
14 Dinamo Moscow - 38/46
15 Vityaz Podolsk - 38/39
16 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 37/38
17 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 38/37
18 Amur Khabarovsk - 37/30
19 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 38/21
* Russian men's bandy Superleague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Western Division:
Start Nizhny Novgorod - Lokomotiv Orenburg - 9:3
Volga Ulyanovsk - Dinamo Moscow - 3:13
1 Dinamo Moscow - 16 games/45 points
2 Zorky Krasnogorsk - 16/41
3 Rodina Kirov - 17/36
4 Uralsky Trubnik Pervouralsk - 15/30
5 Raketa Kazan - 14/27
6 Volga Ulyanovsk - 13/16
7 Vodnik Arkhangelsk - 14/16
8 AMNGR Murmansk - 17/13
9 Start Nizhny Novgorod - 15/11
10 Stroyitel Syktyvkar - 15/6
11 Lokomotiv Orenburg - 16/5
Eastern Division:
SKA-Sverdlovsk Yekaterinburg - SKA-Zabaikalets Chita - 3:4
Mayak Krasnoturyinsk - SKA-Neftyannik Khabarovsk - 2:5
1 Kuzbass Kemerovo - 16/45
2 Baikal-Energia Irkutsk - 14/31
3 Yenisei Krasnoyarsk - 16/31
4 SKA-Neftyannik Khabarovsk - 15/29
5 Sibselmash Novosibirsk - 16/24
6 SKA-Zabaikalets Chita - 14/22
7 Mayak Krasnoturyinsk - 15/16
8 Metallurg Bratsk - 13/15
9 Lesokhimik Ust-Ilimsk - 14/12
10 Sayany Abakan - 15/8
11 SKA-Sverdlovsk Yekaterinburg - 14/3
