* At the $1 million St Petersburg Open ATP tennis tournament in Russia (through October 29):
Singles:
- Igor Kunitsyn advanced to the second round, beating Bjorn Phau (Germany) 7-6, 6-3
- Yevgeny Korolyov failed to advance to the second round, losing to Jan Hernych (Czech Republic) 7-6, 4-6, 6-7
Doubles:
- No.4-seed pair Mikhail Yuzhny and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Tomas Cibulec (Czech Republic) and Lovro Zovko (Croatia) 6-3, 6-4
- Dmitry Tursunov and Igor Kunitsyn failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to Czech duo Lukas Dlouhy and Robin Vik 3-6, 2-6
* At the $600,000 Linz Open WTA tennis tournament in Austria (through October 29):
Singles:
- Maria Kirilenko failed to advance to the second round after she retired in the second set against Samantha Stosur (Australia) due to injury
- Defending champion and No.2-seed Nadezhda Petrova and top-seed Maria Sharapova will start in the second round after receiving first-round byes
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 0:2
CSKA Moscow - Vityaz Podolsk - 5:3
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 18 games/42 points/goal difference +37
2 Avangard Omsk - 18/35/+13
3 Sibir Novosibirsk - 17/34/+9
4 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 17/32/+9
5 Khimik Voskresensk - 18/31/+11
6 CSKA Moscow - 18/29/+10
7 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 18/26/+1
8 HK MVD Tver - 17/26/+2
9 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 18/25/-5
10 Severstal Cherepovets - 17/24/0
11 Dinamo Moscow - 17/24/-3
12 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 17/23/+4
13 SKA St. Petersburg - 17/22/+1
14 Lada Tolyatty - 17/22/-7
15 Vityaz Podolsk - 17/22/-9
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 17/20/-15
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 17/18/-12
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 17/11/-25
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 17/10/-21
* Russian women's basketball SuperLeague results and standings:
Dinamo Moscow - NUR Kazan - 101:50
Dinamo Kursk - UGMK Yekaterinburg - 66:57
1 Dinamo Kursk - 3 games/6 points
2 UGMK Yekaterinburg - 3/5
3 CSKA Samara - 2/4
4 Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - 2/4
5 Dinamo Moscow - 2/3
6 Nadezhda Orenburg - 2/3
7 NUR Kazan - 3/3
8 Dinamo Moscow Region - 1/2
9 Shelen Krasnoyarsk - 2/2
10 Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. Petersburg - 2/2
11 Spartak Vidnoye - 1/1
12 Dinamo-Energia Novosibirsk - 1/1
