Top seed Nikolay Davydenko beat Max Mirnyi of Belarus 6-3, 7-5 to reach the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup here on Friday.

The president of Spanish soccer club, Atletico de Madrid, Enrique Cerezo, on Friday demanded that the Argentine Football Association (AFA) pay the medical costs for Maximiliano Rodriguez, injured during a Argentina national team match.

Russia's Vladimir Kramnik became the world chess champion on Friday after winning a match against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.

A budget of around 350,000 U.S. dollars was dedicated to organizing the under-18s and under-21s World Archery Championships, which runs from Sunday until the following Sunday, the president of the National Sport and Physical Culture Commission told media Friday.

Avery Johnson has been extended the contract with the Dallas Mavericks worth a reported 20 million U.S. dollars over five years, according to the club.

The Mexican Football Federation told Friday's media that it had accepted an invitation to play in the 2007 Copa America, due to run from June 26 to July 15 in Venezuela.

West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand has been arrested after an alleged assault outside a nightclub.

Argentina's under-17 soccer team on Friday beat the United States 2-1 in the closing minutes to win a four-team international tournament, the San Luis Province Cup.

Russia's bid to win the women's team title at the world gymnastics championships suffered a heavy blow as Yulia Lozhecko broke two fingers in training on Thursday, one day before the worlds open.

Second seed Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals after sustaining a right foot injury on Friday.