* At the World Handball Men's Championship in Germany (through February 4):
Russia advanced to the tournament's qualifying round despite a 27:32 loss to Croatia in its last match in preliminary Group F
Group F results and final standings:
Croatia - Russia - 32:27
Morocco - South Korea - 19:32
1 Croatia - 3 games/6 points/goal difference +36
2 Russia - 3/3/+11
3 South Korea - 3/3/-5
4 Morocco - 3/0/-42
Qualifying Group MII standings:
1 Spain - 1/2/+6
2 Croatia - 1/2/+5
3 Hungary - 1/2/+1
4 Denmark - 1/0/-1
5 Russia - 1/0/-5
6 Czech Republic - 1/-/-6
* At the $16-million Australian Open Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne (through January 28):
Women's doubles:
- Galina Voskoboeva and Ashley Harkleroad (U.S.) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Russia's duo Vera Dushevina/Maria Kirilenko 7-6, 0-6, 6-3
- No.14-seed duo Yelena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta (Italy) lost to No.2-seed Chinese duo Zi Yan/Jie Zheng 6-4, 1-6, 2-6 in the third round
Mixed doubles second round:
- Maria Kirilenko and Igor Andreyev lost No.4-seed duo Francesca Schiavone (Italy) and Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) 7-6, 2-6, 6-10 (Match TB)
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings (host teams listed first):
CSK VVS Samara - Khimky Moscow Region - 75:95
1 CSKA Moscow - 13 games/25 points
2 UNICS Kazan - 13/24
3 Dinamo Moscow - 13/23
4 Khimky Moscow Region - 13/22
5 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 13/22
6 Dinamo Moscow Region - 13/21
7 Spartak-Primorye Vladivostok - 12/19
8 Spartak St. Petersburg - 12/17
9 CSK VVS Samara - 14/18
10 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 13/16
11 Ural-Great Perm - 13/16
12 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 13/15
13 Standard Samara Region - 13/14
* Russian women's basketball SuperLeague standings (host teams listed first):
1 CSKA Samara - 11 games/22 points
2 Dinamo Moscow - 11/19
3 Spartak Moscow Region - 11/19
4 Nadezhda Orenburg - 11/19
5 Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - 11/18
6 UMMC Yekaterinburg - 10/16
7 Dinamo Kursk - 11/17
8 Dinamo Moscow Region - 11/15
9 Dinamo-Energia Novosibirsk - 11/15
10 NUR Kazan - 10/11
11 Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. Petersburg - 11/12
12 Shelen Krasnoyarsk - 11/12
* Russian men's bandy Superleague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Western Division:
Rodina Kirov - Start Nizhny Novgorod - 11:0
Dinamo Moscow - Volga Ulyanovsk - 14:4
Zorky Krasnogorsk - Uralsky Trubnik Pervouralsk - 10:3
AMNGR Murmansk - Raketa Kazan - 3:8
1 Dinamo Moscow - 18 games/51 points
2 Zorky Krasnogorsk - 18/47
3 Rodina Kirov - 19/39
4 Raketa Kazan - 16/33
5 Uralsky Trubnik Pervouralsk - 17/30
6 Volga Ulyanovsk - 15/19
7 Vodnik Arkhangelsk - 15/19
8 AMNGR Murmansk - 18/13
9 Start Nizhny Novgorod - 17/11
10 Stroyitel Syktyvkar - 16/6
11 Lokomotiv Orenburg - 17/5
Eastern Division:
SKA-Neftyannik Khabarovsk - Kuzbass Kemerovo - 5:3
Yenisei Krasnoyarsk - Metallurg Bratsk - 7:0
1 Kuzbass Kemerovo - 18/48
2 Baikal-Energia Irkutsk - 16/37
3 Yenisei Krasnoyarsk - 19/37
4 SKA-Neftyannik Khabarovsk - 17/35
5 Sibselmash Novosibirsk - 18/24
6 SKA-Zabaikalets Chita - 15/22
7 Mayak Krasnoturyinsk - 16/19
8 Metallurg Bratsk - 15/15
9 Sayany Abakan - 17/14
10 Lesokhimik Ust-Ilimsk - 16/12
11 SKA-Sverdlovsk Yekaterinburg - 15/3
