* Russia's national soccer under-19 team advanced to the 2007 UEFA European U-19 Championship's second qualifying stage, the Elite round, despite a 0:1 loss to Slovakia in its last Group 5 qualifier.
Group 5 results and final standings:
Russia - Andorra - 2:0
Russia - Albania - 2:0
Russia - Slovakia - 0:1
Slovakia - Albania - 2:3
Slovakia - Andorra - 3:0
Albania - Andorra - 2:0
1 Russia - 3 games/6 points/goal difference +3
2 Slovakia - 3/6/+3
3 Albania - 3/6/+1
4 Andorra - 3/0/-7
* At the 12-game match for the World Chess Champion title between the world champion in classical chess Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in Elista, Russia:
- Kramnik drew with Topalov, playing Black, and leads 3.5-2.5 after the six games.
* At the $380,000 Mumbai Open ATP tennis tournament in India (ended October 2):
Singles:
- No.4-seed Dmitry Tursunov won the title, defeating No.3-seed Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 in the final, which was suspended twice since October 1 due to rain
* At the $650,000 Porsche Grand Prix WTA tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany (through October 8):
Doubles:
- Yekaterina Bychkova and Martina Muller (Germany) advanced to the second round, beating Yuliana Fedak (Ukraine) and Andreea Vanc (Romania) 6-2, 6-4
Singles:
- No.2-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, Yelena Dementyeva (3), and Nadezhda Petrova (4) will start in the second round after receiving first-round byes
* At the $940,000 AIG Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo (through October 8):
Women's singles:
- Vera Dushevina advanced to the second round, beating Shikha Uberoi (India) 7-6, 6-3
Women's doubles:
- Alina Jidkova and Marta Domachowska (Poland) advanced to the second round, beating Japan's duo Keiko Taguchi and Ayami Takase 6-3, 6-3
Men's singles:
- No.6-seed Dmitry Tursunov will start in the second round after receiving a first-round bye
* At the $410,000 Moselle Open ATP tennis tournament in Metz, France (through October 8):
Doubles:
- Marat Safin and Mikhail Yuzhny lost to Yves Allegro (Switzerland) and Robert Lindstedt (Sweden) 4-6, 6-7 in the first round
* At the $145,000 Tashkent Open WTA tennis tournament in Uzbekistan (through October 8):
Singles:
- No.8-seed Anastasia Rodionova advanced to the second round, beating Olga Govortsova (Belarus) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
Doubles:
- Top-seed pair Anastasia Rodionova and Galina Voskoboeva advanced to the second round, beating compatriot Angelina Gabueva and Diana Narzykulova (Uzbekistan) 6-2, 6-1
* Premier League soccer results and standings (host teams listed first):
Torpedo Moscow - Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 2:1
Rubin Kazan - Lokomotiv Moscow - 2:4
1 Lokomotiv Moscow - 22 games/43 points/ goal difference +17
2 CSKA Moscow - 22/42/+14
3 Spartak Moscow - 22/40/+18
4 Zenit St. Petersburg - 22/39/+12
5 FC Moscow - 22/32/+7
6 Saturn Ramenskoye - 22/31/+9
7 Spartak Nalchik - 21/30/+4
8 FC Rostov - 22/28/-4
9 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 22/28/+1
10 Tom Tomsk - 22/28/+1
11 Rubin Kazan - 21/28/-6
12 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 21/25/-4
13 Amkar Perm - 22/24/-12
14 Dinamo Moscow - 22/18/-12
15 Torpedo Moscow - 22/18/-13
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 22/9/-28
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Khimik Voskresensk - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 4:0
Ak Bars Kazan - Severstal Cherepovets - 6:1
Krylya Sovietov Moscow - Traktor Chelyabinsk - 2:4
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - SKA St. Petersburg - 1:1
Amur Khabarovsk - Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 0:0
Avangard Omsk - Sibir Novosibirsk - 2:0
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 11 games/26 points/goal difference +25
2 Khimik Voskresensk - 10/22/+14
3 Sibir Novosibirsk - 10/22/+7
4 Avangard Omsk - 10/20/+10
5 Vityaz Podolsk - 10/19/+1
6 HK MVD Tver - 10/17/+5
7 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 9/15/+2
8 Dinamo Moskow - 10/15/0
9 CSKA Moscow - 11/14/+2
10 SKA St. Petersburg - 10/13/+2
11 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 11/13/-6
12 Lada Tolyatty - 9/12/-2
13 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 9/11/-4
14 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 10/11/+3
15 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 10/10/-9
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 10/10/-11
17 Severstal Cherepovets - 10/9/-13
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 9/6/-13
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 9/5/-13
