* At the 4th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Naples, Italy (ended September 3):
- Natalya Pankina won silver in the 25km open water women's swimming competition in 6h 22m 47.8s, finishing just 0.9s behind winner Angela Maurer (Germany). Her teammate, Kseniya Popova, took bronze in 6h 22m 51.3s
- Yury Kudinov won silver in the 25km open water men's swimming competition in 5h 48m 56.9s. Josh Santacaterina (Australia) won gold in 5h 47m 34.1s and Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) took bronze in 5h 49m 00.2s.
* At the Ceska Pojistovna Cup in the Czech Republic, the first of four tournaments in the Euro Hockey Tour, an unofficial European championships involving Europe's top four teams:
- Russia won the tournament, beating the Czech Republic 4:3 on the last day, and leads the Tour with eight points.
Results and final standings:
Sweden - Russia - 3:4 (on penalty shots)
Czech Republic - Finland - 2:1 (on penalty shots)
Finland - Russia - 3:4
Czech Republic - Sweden 2:4
Sweden - Finland - 2:3
Czech Republic - Russia - 3:4
1 Russia - 8 points
2 Sweden - 4
3 Finland - 4
4 Czech Republic - 2
* At the LEN European Water Polo Championship in Belgrade, Serbia (through September 10):
Women:
- Russia is in 2nd place in qualifying Group B after Day 2
Group B results:
Russia - Greece - 15:6
Italy - Germany - 17:8
Russia - Italy - 12:14
Greece - Germany - 13:9
Group B standings:
1 Italy - 2 games/6 points/goal difference +11
2 Russia - 2/3/+7
3 Greece - 2/3/-5
4 Germany - 2/0/-13
Group A standings:
1 Spain - 3/7/+14
2 Hungary - 2/4/+5
3 Netherlands - 3/4/+4
4 Serbia - 2/0/-23
Men:
- Russia beat the Netherlands in qualifying Group A on Day 4
Group A results:
Serbia - Russia - 13:6
Netherlands - Slovakia - 11:11
Romania - Spain - 8:11
Romania - Russia - 13:10
Spain - Slovakia - 13:8
Serbia - Netherlands - 17:10
Russia - Spain - 10:13
Netherlands - Romania - 8:8
Serbia - Slovakia - 19:2
Russia - Netherlands - 11:5
Romania - Slovakia - 7:6
Current standings:
Group A
1 Serbia - 3/9/+31
2 Spain - 3/9/+11
3 Romania - 4/7/+1
4 Russia - 4/3/-7
5 Netherlands - 4/2/-13
6 Slovakia - 4/1/-23
Group B
1 Hungary - 3/9/+29
2 Greece - 3/7/+16
3 Germany - 3/6/+8
4 Italy - 3/3/-9
5 Croatia - 3/1/-6
6 Slovenia - 3/0/-38
* At the European Volleyball Junior Women's Championship in France (ended September 3)
- Russia failed to take the podium, losing to Croatia 1-3 in the semifinal and Ukraine 0-3 in the bronze-medal match. Italy won the title, beating Croatia 3-0 in the final
* Russia's national basketball team lost to Belgium 80:91 in a Group C away qualifier for the EuroBasket-2007 in Spain.
Group C results and standings:
Belgium - Russia - 91:80
Hungary - Czech Republic - 76:80
1. Czech Republic - 2 games/4 points
2. Russia - 2/3
3. Belgium - 2/3
4. Hungary - 2/2
* At the $19-million U.S. Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in New York (through September 10):
Men's singles 3rd round:
- No.7-seed Nikolai Davydenko beat Lukasz Kubot (Poland) 6-4, 6-1, 6-1.
- Mikhail Yuzhny beat No.11-seed David Ferrer (Spain) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
- Dmitry Tursunov (23) lost to No.12-seed Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6
Men's singles 2nd round:
- Marat Safin beat No.4-seed David Nalbandian (Argentina) 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 7-6
Men's doubles:
- Dmitry Tursunov and Sebastien Grosjean (France) failed to advance to the second round after they retired in the third set against Mardy Fish (U.S.) and Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)
Women's singles 3rd round:
- No.3-seed Maria Sharapova beat compatriot Yelena Likhovtseva (32), 6-3, 6-2.
- Yelena Dementyeva (4) beat compatriot Vera Zvonaryova (33), 7-5, 6-3
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (6) beat compatriot Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-0
- Dinara Safina (12), Russia beat Jarmila Gajdosova (Slovakia) 6-3, 6-0.
- Anna Chakvetadze (23) beat Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-4, 6-3.
- Nadezhda Petrova (5) lost to No.27-seed Tatiana Golovin (France) 5-7, 7-6, 3-6
- Maria Kirilenko (20) lost to Aravane Rezai (France) 3-6, 1-6
Women's doubles 2nd round:
- No.10-seed pair Nadezhda Petrova and Martina Navratilova (U.S.) beat Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) and Corina Morariu (U.S.) 6-2, 6-1.
- Anna Chakvetadze and Yelena Vesnina beat Emma Laine (Finland) and Selima Sfar (Tunisia) 6-4, 6-3.
- Galina Voskoboyeva and Ashley Harkleroad (U.S.) advanced to the third round after Camille Pin (France) and Milagros Sequera (Venezuela) retired in the first set due to injury
Women's doubles 1st round:
- Vera Zvonaryova and Nathalie Dechy (France) beat Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) and Gabriela Navratilova (Czech Republic) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.
- Maria Kirilenko and Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Vera Dushevina and Yulia Beygelzimer (Ukraine) 6-4, 6-2
Mixed doubles:
- Anastasia Rodionova and Kevin Ullyett (Zimbabwe) failed to advance to the third round, losing to Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) and Frantisek Cermak (Czech Republic) 5-7, 5-7
* Russian soccer champions CSKA Moscow has jumped by 28 places to world No.36 in the latest Club World Ranking, announced monthly by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). Two other Russian teams are ranked in the top-100: Zenit St. Petersburg (60, down from 52), and Lokomotiv Moscow (93, down from 69). The other two teams representing Russia in the European cups, Spartak Moscow and Rubin Kazan, are ranked 112 (up from 167) and 198 (up from 401)
