* At the 2006 IIHF world hockey championship that started May 5 in Latvia (through May 21):
Russia failed to advance to the semifinals losing to defending champion the Czech Republic 3-4, in overtime
Quarterfinal results:
Sweden - U.S. - 6:0
Canada - Slovakia - 4:1
Russia - Czech Republic - 3:4
Finland - Belarus - 3:0
Sweden will play Canada, and Finland will face Czech Republic in the semifinals May 20.
The bronze medal match and final are set for May 21.
* At the $2.67-mln ATP Masters Series tennis tournament in Hamburg, Germany (through May 21):
- No.4 seed Nikolai Davydenko advanced to the singles quarterfinals, beating Jarkko Nieminen (13, Finland) 6-1, 6-3
* At the $1.34-mln Internazionali d'Italia WTA tennis tournament in Rome, Italy (through May 21)
Singles:
- Dinara Safina, seeded No. 16 for the tournament, advanced to the semifinals beating world No. 2 Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 6-4, 7-6 in the third round, and fifth-seeded compatriot Yelena Dementieva 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) beat compatriot Anastasia Myskina (10) 6-1 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals
Doubles:
- Maria Kirilenko and Gisela Dulko (Argentina) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating top-seed Lisa Raymond (U.S.) and Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-3, 7-5
* At the M-Tel Masters chess tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria (through May 21):
- GM Pyotr Svidler, No. 4 in the FIDE rankings, lost to Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) in Round 7.
Results and standings after Round 7:
Round 7 (players listed first play White):
Viswanathan Anand (2, India) - Veselin Topalov (1, Bulgaria) - 0:1
Etienne Bacrot (15, France) - Gata Kamsky (33, U.S.) - 0.5:0.5
Ruslan Ponomariov (6, Ukraine) - Pyotr Svidler (4, Russia) - 1:0
1 Kamsky - 5 points
2 Anand - 4
3 Svidler - 3.5
4 Topalov - 3.5
5 Ponomariov - 2.5
6 Bacrot - 2.5
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague best-of-five semifinals, fourth leg results (host teams listed first):
UNICS Kazan - CSKA Moscow - 69:73 (CSKA wins the series 3-1)
Khimky Moscow Region - Dinamo St. Petersburg - 84:88 (Series tied 2-2)
