* At the 2005/2006 men's under-18 world ice hockey championships in Sweden (through April 22):
- Russia took second place in preliminary Group A, defeating the Czech Republic 2:0 in its last game of the tournament's group stage. Russia will face Canada in the quarterfinal tie on April 19
Group A results and final standings:
USA - Belarus - 12:1
Czech Republic - Russia - 0:2
1 U.S. - 8 points
2 Russia - 6
3 Czech Republic - 4
4 Germany - 2
5 Belarus - 0
(U.S. advances automatically to the semifinals)
Group B results and final standings:
Sweden - Slovakia - 5-2
Canada - Finland 0-0
1 Finland - 7
2 Sweden - 6
3 Canada - 5
4 Slovakia - 2
5 Norway - 0
(Finland advances automatically to the semifinals)
* At the ATP Masters Series tennis tournament in Monte Carlo, Monaco:
- Nikolai Davydenko, seeded 5 for the tournament, failed to advance to the second round of the singles, losing to Robin Soderling of Sweden, 3:6, 6:2, 4:6
- Marat Safin lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu of France in the first round of the singles, 0:6, 5:7
- Mikhail Yuzhny lost to Guillermo Coria (6) of Argentina, 1:6, 3:6, in the first round
- Dmitry Tursunov lost to Juan-Carlos Ferrero (11), 1:6, 2:6, in the first round
- Yevgeny Korolyov lost to Radek Stepanek (10) of the Czech Republic, 2:6, 6:7, in the first round
- Teimuraz Gabashvili lost to Gilles Simon of France, 4:6, 2:6, in the first round
* Dinamo Moscow (No. 1 in the regular season) beat Fakel Novy-Urengoi (4), 3:0, in the first leg of the best-of-five semifinal series of the Russian men's volleyball championships. Lokomotiv-Belogorye Belgorod (2) beat Iskra Odintsovo (3) in the another semifinal first leg, 3:2
First-leg semifinals results (host teams listed first):
Dinamo Moscow - Fakel Novy-Urengoi - 3:0 (25:17, 27:25, 25:22). Dinamo leads in the series, 1-0
Lokomotiv-Belogorye Belgorod - Iskra Odintsovo - 3:2 (25:20, 23:25, 25:19, 23:25, 15:10). Lokomotiv leads in the series, 1-0
The remaining semifinal legs are set for April 18, 22 (April 23 and 27 if necessary).
* Dinamo Moscow lost to FC Rostov, 0:1, in a Russian Soccer Premier League home match
Week 5 full results (host teams listed first):
Zenit St. Petersburg - Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 3:1
Lokomotiv Moscow - CSKA Moscow - 3:2
Tom Tomsk - Saturn Ramenskoye - 0:0
Rubin Kazan - Spartak Moscow - 2:0
FC Moscow - Spartak Nalchik - 1:1
Torpedo Moscow - Krylya Sovietov Samara - 1:1
Shinnik Yaroslavl - Amkar Perm - 0:0
Dinamo Moscow - FC Rostov - 0:1
Team standings after Week 5:
1 CSKA Moscow - 10 points/goal difference 11-5
2 Rubin Kazan - 10/6-4
3 Tom Tomsk - 10 /4-3
4 FC Moscow - 10/5-6
5 Spartak Nalchik - 8/9-7
6 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 8/5-4
7 FC Rostov - 7/7-3 (after 4 games)
8 Zenit St. Petersburg - 7/9-6 (after 4 games)
9 Saturn Ramenskoye - 7/5-2
10 Spartak Moscow - 6/6-7
11 Amkar Perm - 5/4-6
12 Lokomotiv Moscow - 4/7-9
13 Torpedo Moscow - 4/3-4
14 Dinamo Moscow - 2/4-7
15 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 2/4-8
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 2/2-10
