October 2010 in sports

Deaths in October

 * 4: Peter Warr
 * 23: Fran Crippen
 * 26: Paul the Octopus

American football 2010

 * National Football League
 * NCAA Division I FBS
 * NCAA Division I FCS

Auto racing 2010

 * Formula One
 * Sprint Cup
 * World Rally Championship
 * Nationwide Series
 * Camping World Truck Series
 * GP2 Series
 * WTTC
 * V8 Supercar
 * Superleague Formula
 * FIA GT1 World Championship
 * World Series by Renault
 * Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
 * Super GT

Baseball 2010

 * Major League Baseball
 * Nippon Professional Baseball

Basketball 2010

 * NBA
 * Euroleague
 * EuroLeague Women
 * Eurocup
 * EuroChallenge
 * France
 * Germany
 * Greece
 * Israel
 * Italy
 * Philippines
 * Philippine Cup
 * Russia
 * Spain
 * Turkey

Canadian football 2010

 * Canadian Football League

Football (soccer) 2010

 * National teams competitions:
 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
 * 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
 * International clubs competitions:
 * UEFA (Europe) Champions League
 * Europa League
 * UEFA Women's Champions League
 * Copa Sudamericana
 * AFC (Asia) Champions League
 * AFC Cup
 * CAF (Africa) Champions League
 * CAF Confederation Cup
 * CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League
 * OFC (Oceania) Champions League
 * Domestic (national) competitions:
 * Argentina
 * Australia
 * Brazil
 * England
 * France
 * Germany
 * Iran
 * Italy
 * Japan
 * Norway
 * Russia
 * Scotland
 * Spain
 * Major League Soccer (USA & Canada)
 * MLS Cup Playoffs

Golf 2010

 * PGA Tour
 * European Tour
 * LPGA Tour
 * Champions Tour

Ice hockey 2010

 * National Hockey League
 * Kontinental Hockey League
 * Czech Extraliga
 * Elitserien
 * Canadian Hockey League:
 * OHL, QMJHL, WHL
 * NCAA Division I men
 * NCAA Division I women

Lacrosse 2010

 * Major League Lacrosse

Motorcycle racing 2010

 * Moto GP

Rugby league 2010

 * Four Nations

Rugby union 2010

 * 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying
 * Heineken Cup
 * European Challenge Cup
 * English Premiership
 * Celtic League
 * Top 14
 * ITM Cup
 * Currie Cup

Snooker

 * Players Tour Championship

Winter sports

 * Alpine Skiing World Cup
 * Grand Prix of Figure Skating
 * Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
 * Snowboard World Cup

American football

 * NFL, Week 8:
 * International Series in London: San Francisco 49ers 24, Denver Broncos 16
 * Detroit Lions 37, Washington Redskins 25
 * Jacksonville Jaguars 35, Dallas Cowboys 17
 * Miami Dolphins 22, Cincinnati Bengals 14
 * Kansas City Chiefs 13, Buffalo Bills 10 (OT)
 * St. Louis Rams 20, Carolina Panthers 10
 * Green Bay Packers 9, New York Jets 0
 * San Diego Chargers 33, Tennessee Titans 25
 * Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38, Arizona Cardinals 35
 * New England Patriots 28, Minnesota Vikings 18
 * Oakland Raiders 33, Seattle Seahawks 3
 * Sunday Night Football: New Orleans Saints 20, Pittsburgh Steelers 10
 * Byes: Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles

Auto racing

 * Chase for the Sprint Cup:
 * AMP Energy Juice 500 in Talladega: (1) Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) (2)  Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) (3) 🇨🇴 Juan Pablo Montoya (Chevrolet; Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 33 of 36 races): (1) Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) 6149 points (2)  Denny Hamlin (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 6135 (3) Harvick 6111
 * World Touring Car Championship:
 * Race of Japan:
 * Round 19: (1) Rob Huff (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (2) Yvan Muller  (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (3) Norbert Michelisz  (Zengő-Dension Team; SEAT León)
 * Round 20: (1) Colin Turkington (Team Aviva–COFCO / WSR; BMW 320si) (2) Muller (3) Huff
 * On November 16, BMW Team RBM drivers Augusto Farfus and Andy Priaulx  were excluded from the results due to the revoking of a stewards' decision. (WTCC)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 20 of 22 rounds): (1) Muller 301 points (2) Gabriele Tarquini (SR-Sport; SEAT León) 246 (3) Priaulx 240
 * Muller wins his second world title.
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Chevrolet 645 points (2) SEAT Customers Technology 571 (3) BMW 544

Badminton

 * BWF Super Series:
 * Denmark Super Series in Odense:
 * Men's singles: Jan Ø. Jørgensen def. Taufik Hidayat  21–19, 21–19
 * Women's singles: Wang Yihan def. Liu Xin  21–14, 21–12
 * Men's doubles: Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen  def. Markis Kido  / Hendra Setiawan  21–13, 21–12
 * Women's doubles: Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna  def. Shizuka Matsuo  / Mami Naito  21–17, 21–14
 * Mixed doubles: Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl  def. Nathan Robertson  / Jenny Wallwork  21–12, 12–21, 21–9

Baseball

 * World Series:
 * Game 4, San Francisco Giants 4, Texas Rangers 0. Giants lead series 3–1.
 * Japan Series:
 * Game 2, Chunichi Dragons 12, Chiba Lotte Marines 1. Series tied 1–1.

Cricket

 * Pakistan vs South Africa in UAE:
 * 2nd ODI in Abu Dhabi: undefined 286/8 (50 overs; Colin Ingram 100); 🇵🇰 pakistan 289/9 (49.5 overs; Abdul Razzaq 109*). Pakistan win by 1 wicket; 5-match series tied 1–1.
 * Sri Lanka in Australia:
 * Only T20I in Perth: 🇦🇺 australia 133/8 (20 overs); undefined 135/3 (16.3 overs). Sri Lanka win by 7 wickets; win the 1-match series 1–0.

English billiards

 * World Professional Championship in Leeds, England:
 * Final: Dhruv Sitwala 1204–1738 Mike Russell
 * Russell wins the title for the 10th time.

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping:
 * FEI World Cup Western European League:
 * 3rd competition in Lyon (CSI 5*-W): Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum  on Checkmate  Gerco Schröder  on New Orleans  Rene Lopez  on Noblesse des Tess
 * Standings (after 3 of 13 competitions): (1) Christian Ahlmann 40 points (2) Kevin Staut  32 (3) Leon Thijssen  27
 * 5th competition in Hanover (CSI 3*): Eva Bitter  on Satisfaction  Hugo Simon  on Ukinda  Torben Köhlbrandt  on Picadilly Princess
 * Standings (after 5 of 6 competitions): (1) Denis Lynch 45 points (2) Heiko Schmidt  41 (3) Bitter 40

Figure skating

 * ISU Grand Prix:
 * Skate Canada International in Kingston, Ontario:
 * Ice Dance: Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier  154.42  Sinead Kerr / John Kerr  149.80  Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein  139.05
 * Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Meryl Davis / Charlie White, Crone / Poirier 15 points (1 event), Kerr / Kerr, Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 13 (1), Chock / Zuerlein, Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  11 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * African Women's Championship in South Africa:
 * Group A: 2–1
 * CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in Cancún, Mexico: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group A:
 *  8–0 🇬🇾 guyana
 *  2–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Canada, Mexico 6 points, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana 0.
 * CAF Champions League Final, first leg:
 * TP Mazembe 🇨🇩 5–0 🇹🇳 Espérance ST
 * 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 MLS Cup Playoffs
 * Western Conference Semifinal, first leg in Seattle:
 * Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy

Golf

 * European Tour:
 * Andalucia Masters in Sotogrande, Spain:
 * Winner: Graeme McDowell 281 (−3)
 * McDowell collects his third European Tour win of the season and seventh of his career.
 * LPGA Tour:
 * LPGA Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, South Korea:
 * Winner: Na Yeon Choi 206 (−10)
 * Choi successfully defends her title in the LPGA's annual stop in her homeland for her second LPGA title of the season and fourth of her career.
 * Champions Tour:
 * AT&T Championship in San Antonio:
 * Winner: Rod Spittle 201 (−12)PO
 * Spittle, a Monday qualifier, defeats Jeff Sluman on the first playoff hole to win his first Champions Tour title.
 * Other news: Lee Westwood will become #1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, ending the five-year reign of Tiger Woods, when the rankings are released tomorrow.

Korfball

 * European Championship final round in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * 7th–8th places: 15–23 
 * 5th–6th places:  21–16
 * 3rd–4th places: 11–18  
 * Final:  21–25  
 * The Netherlands win their fourth successive title.

Motorcycle racing

 * Moto GP:
 * Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril:
 * MotoGP: (1) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) (2) Valentino Rossi  (Yamaha) (3) Andrea Dovizioso  (Honda)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 17 of 18 rounds): (1) Lorenzo 358 points (2) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 236 (3) Rossi 217
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Yamaha 379 points (2) Honda 331 (3) Ducati 266
 * Moto2: (1) Stefan Bradl (Suter) (2) Alex Baldolini  (I.C.P.) (3) Alex de Angelis  (Motobi)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 16 of 17 rounds): (1) Toni Elías (Moriwaki) 271 points (2) Julián Simón  (Suter) 185 (3) Andrea Iannone  (Speed Up) 179
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Suter 306 points (2) Moriwaki 296 (3) Speed Up 212
 * 125cc: (1) Marc Márquez (Derbi) (2) Nicolás Terol  (Aprilia) (3) Bradley Smith  (Aprilia)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 16 of 17 rounds): (1) Márquez 297 points (2) Terol 280 (3) Pol Espargaró (Derbi) 261
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Derbi 385 points (2) Aprilia 323 (3) Honda 23

Rugby league

 * Four Nations: (teams in bold advance to the final)
 * Round two:  34–14 in Melbourne
 * Standings (after 2 matches): , Australia 4 points, England, 0.

Short track speed skating

 * World Cup 2 in Quebec City, Canada:
 * Men:
 * 500 m: François-Louis Tremblay   Liang Wenhao   François Hamelin
 * Standings (after 2 events): (1) Tremblay 1512 points (2) Liang 1440 (3) Simon Cho 1010.
 * 1000 m: Charles Hamelin   Travis Jayner   Guillaume Bastille
 * Standings (after 3 events): (1) Thibaut Fauconnet 2134 points (2) Anthony Lobello Jr.  1664 (3) Jayner 1440.
 * 5000 m relay:
 * Standings (after 2 events): (1) Canada 2000 points (2) United States 1440 (3) Italy 1050.
 * Women:
 * 500 m: Marianne St-Gelais   Arianna Fontana   Fan Kexin
 * Standings (after 2 events): (1) St-Gelais 2000 points (2) Fontana 1600 (3) Valerie Lambert 968.
 * 1000 m: Zhou Yang   Katherine Reutter   Elise Christie
 * Standings (after 3 events): (1) Reutter 1800 points (2) Marianne St-Gelais 1440 points (3) Lana Gehring  1328.
 * 3000 m relay:
 * Standings (after 2 events): (1) China 2000 points (2) Canada, United States 1440.

Snooker

 * Euro Players Tour Championship:
 * Event 4 in Gloucester:
 * Final: Stephen Lee 4–2 Stephen Maguire
 * Lee wins his fifth professional title.
 * Order of Merit (after 10 of 12 events): (1) Mark Selby 19,400 (2) Barry Pinches  17,500 (3) Judd Trump  and Mark Williams  16,600

Tennis

 * WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar, day 6:
 * Singles Final: Kim Clijsters def. Caroline Wozniacki  6–3, 5–7, 6–3
 * Clijsters wins her third Tour Championships and the 40th title of her career.
 * Doubles Final: Gisela Dulko /Flavia Pennetta def. Květa Peschke /Katarina Srebotnik  7–5, 6–4
 * Dulko wins her eighth title of the season and 16th of her career, while Pennetta wins her seventh title of the season and 13th of her career.
 * ATP World Tour:
 * St. Petersburg Open:
 * Final: Mikhail Kukushkin def. Mikhail Youzhny  6–3, 7–6(2)
 * Kukushkin wins his first career title.
 * Bank Austria-TennisTrophy:
 * Final: Jürgen Melzer def. Andreas Haider-Maurer  6–7(10), 7–6(4), 6–4
 * Melzer wins the third title of his career.
 * Open Sud de France:
 * Final: Gaël Monfils def. Ivan Ljubičić  6–2, 5–7, 6–1
 * Monfils wins the third title of his career.

Volleyball

 * Women's World Championship in Japan: (teams in bold advance to the second round)
 * Pool A in Tokyo:
 * 1–3 
 * 3–0
 * 0–3 
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Japan, Serbia 6 points, Poland, Peru, Costa Rica 4, Algeria 3.
 * Pool B in Hamamatsu:
 * 0–3
 *  3–0
 *  3–0
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Brazil, Italy 6 points, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Puerto Rico 4, Kenya 3.
 * Pool C in Matsumoto:
 * 2–3
 * 0–3
 * 0–3 
 * Standings (after 3 matches): USA 6 points, Thailand, Germany 5, Cuba, Croatia 4, Kazakhstan 3.
 * Pool D in Osaka:
 * 3–2
 * 0–3 
 *  3–0
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Russia, South Korea 6 points, Turkey 5, China 4, Dominican Republic, Canada 3.

American football

 * NCAA (unbeaten teams in bold):
 * BCS Top 10:
 * (1) Auburn 51, Mississippi 31
 * (2) Oregon 53, USC 32
 * (4) TCU 48, UNLV 6
 * (18) Iowa 37, (5) Michigan State 6
 * (14) Nebraska 31, (6) Missouri 17
 * (8) Utah 28, Air Force 23
 * (9) Oklahoma 43, Colorado 10
 * Played earlier this week: (3) Boise State
 * Idle: (7) Alabama, (10) Wisconsin
 * Other games: Virginia 24, (22) Miami 19

Baseball

 * World Series:
 * Game 3, Texas Rangers 4, San Francisco Giants 2. Giants lead series 2–1.
 * Japan Series:
 * Game 1, Chiba Lotte Marines 5, Chunichi Dragons 2. Marines lead series 1–0.

Figure skating

 * ISU Grand Prix:
 * Skate Canada International in Kingston, Ontario:
 * Pairs: Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze  171.40  Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch  170.92  Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers  161.15
 * Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Pang Qing / Tong Jian, Iliushechkina / Maisuradze 15 points (1 event), Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov , Moore-Towers / Moscovitch 13 (1), Lawrence / Swiegers, Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran 11 (1).
 * Men: Patrick Chan  239.52  Nobunari Oda  236.52  Adam Rippon  233.04
 * Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Chan, Daisuke Takahashi 15 points (1 event), Oda, Jeremy Abbott  13 (1), Rippon, Florent Amodio  11 (1).
 * Ladies: Alissa Czisny  172.37  Ksenia Makarova  165.00  Amélie Lacoste  157.26
 * Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Czisny, Carolina Kostner 15 points (1 event), Makarova, Rachael Flatt  13 (1), Lacoste, Kanako Murakami  11 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in Cancún, Mexico: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group B:
 * 0–3 
 *  9–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): United States, Costa Rica 6 points, Haiti, Guatemala 0.
 * CAF Confederation Cup Semi-finals, first leg:
 * CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳 1–0 Al-Hilal
 * 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 MLS Cup Playoffs
 * Western Conference Semifinal, first leg in Frisco, Texas:
 * FC Dallas 2–1 Real Salt Lake
 * Eastern Conference Semifinal, first leg in Santa Clara, California:
 * San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 New York Red Bulls

Korfball

 * European Championship final round in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * 15th–16th places:  16–12
 * 13th–14th places:  21–14
 * 11th–12th places: 10–11 
 * 9th–10th places:  20–19 (g.g.)

Power Snooker

 * Power Snooker in London, England:
 * Third place: Ali Carter 299–102 Shaun Murphy
 * Final: Ronnie O'Sullivan 572–258 Ding Junhui

Rugby league

 * Four Nations:
 * Round two: 76–12  in Rotorua
 * Standings: New Zealand 4 points (2 matches), 2 (1),  0 (1), Papua New Guinea 0 (2).

Rugby union

 * End of year tests:
 * Week 2:
 * 10–13 in Tokyo
 * 26–24 in Hong Kong
 * The Wallabies end a 10-match losing streak to the All Blacks, whose streak of Test wins ends at 15.
 * 6–32 in Moscow
 * 🇳🇿 ITM Cup semifinal in Auckland:
 * Auckland 37–38 Waikato
 * 🇿🇦 Currie Cup Final in Durban:
 *  30–10 Western Province
 * The Sharks win their sixth Currie Cup.

Short track speed skating

 * World Cup 2 in Quebec City, Canada:
 * Men:
 * 1000 m: Thibaut Fauconnet   Yu Yongjun   Anthony Lobello Jr.
 * Standings (after 2 events): (1) Fauconnet 2000 points (2) Lobello 1152 (3) Yu, Michael Gilday 800.
 * 1500 m: Michael Gilday   Nicola Rodigari   Maxime Chataignier
 * Standings (after 3 events): (1) Guillaume Bastille 1747 points (2) Chataignier 1280 (3) Jeff Simon  1210.
 * Women:
 * 1000 m: Lana Gehring   Arianna Fontana   Marianne St-Gelais
 * Standings (after 2 events): (1) St-Gelais 1440 points (2) Liu Qiuhong 1050 (3) Gehring, Katherine Reutter  1000.
 * 1500 m: Zhou Yang   Katherine Reutter   Biba Sakurai
 * Standings (after 3 events): (1) Zhou 2440 points (2) Reutter 1800 (3) Marie-Ève Drolet 1210.

Snowboarding

 * World Cup in London, United Kingdom:
 * Big Air: Marko Grilc   Staale Sandbech   Seppe Smits

Tennis

 * WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar, day 5:
 * Singles Semifinals:
 * Kim Clijsters def. Samantha Stosur  7–6(3), 6–1
 * Caroline Wozniacki def. Vera Zvonareva  7–5, 6–0
 * Doubles Semifinals:
 * Květa Peschke /Katarina Srebotnik def. Lisa Raymond /Rennae Stubbs  7–6(6), 6–3
 * Gisela Dulko /Flavia Pennetta def. Vania King /Yaroslava Shvedova  6–4, 6–4

Volleyball

 * Women's World Championship in Japan:
 * Pool A in Tokyo:
 * 3–0
 * 3–1
 * 3–1
 * Standings (after 2 games): Serbia, Japan 4 points, Peru, Costa Rica 3, Poland, Algeria 2.
 * Pool B in Hamamatsu:
 * 2–3
 * 0–3
 * 2–3
 * Standings (after 2 games): Brazil, Italy 4 points, Netherlands, Puerto Rico 3, Czech Republic, Kenya 2.
 * Pool C in Matsumoto:
 * 3–0
 * 3–1
 * 0–3
 * Standings (after 2 games): Germany, USA 4 points, Thailand, Croatia 3, Cuba, Kazakhstan 2.
 * Pool D in Osaka:
 * 3–1
 * 0–3
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 2 games): Russia, South Korea 4 points, China, Turkey 3, Dominican Republic, Canada 2.



Cricket

 * Pakistan vs South Africa in UAE:
 * 1st ODI in Abu Dhabi: 🇵🇰 pakistan 203 (49 overs); undefined 207/2 (39.3 overs). South Africa win by 8 wickets; lead 5-match series 1–0.

Equestrianism

 * Dressage:
 * FEI World Cup Western European League:
 * 2nd competition in Lyon (CSI-W): Isabell Werth  on Warum Nicht FRH  Ulla Salzgeber  on Herzruf's Erbe  Valentina Truppa  on Chablis
 * Standings (after 2 of 10 competitions, including points from Central European League): (1) Werth 40 points (2) Catherine Haddad 39 (3) Salzgeber 37

Figure skating

 * ISU Grand Prix:
 * Skate Canada International in Kingston, Ontario:
 * Ladies Short Program: (1) Cynthia Phaneuf 58.24 (2) Ksenia Makarova  57.90 (3) Agnes Zawadzki  56.29
 * Pairs Short Program: (1) Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze 60.72 (2) Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir  56.34 (3) Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers  56.14
 * Men Short Program: (1) Nobunari Oda 81.37 (2) Kevin Reynolds  80.09 (3) Adam Rippon  77.53
 * Short Dance: (1) Sinead Kerr / John Kerr 62.96 (2) Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier  62.95 (3) Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones  54.43

Football (soccer)

 * CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in Cancún, Mexico:
 * Group A:
 * 0–1 🇨🇦 canada
 * 7–2 🇬🇾 guyana
 * CAF Confederation Cup Semi-finals, first leg:
 * Ittihad 🇱🇾 1–2 🇲🇦 FUS Rabat
 * 🇮🇪 League of Ireland Premier Division, matchday 36: (team in bold qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, teams in italics qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League)
 * Bohemians 3–1 Dundalk
 * Bray 2–2 Shamrock Rovers
 * Final standings: Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians 67 points, Sligo Rovers 63, Sporting Fingal 62.
 * Shamrock Rovers win their 16th title and first in 16 years.

Korfball

 * European Championship final round in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * 5th–8th places:
 * 15–19 
 *  17–15
 * Semifinals:
 * 11–34 
 * 11–36 

Rugby union

 * 🇳🇿 ITM Cup semifinal in Christchurch:
 * Canterbury 57–41 Wellington

Tennis

 * WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar, day 4: (players in bold advance to semifinals)
 * White Group:
 * Vera Zvonareva def. Kim Clijsters  6–4, 7–5
 * Victoria Azarenka def. Jelena Janković  6–4, 6–1
 * Final standings: Zvonareva 3–0, Clijsters 2–1, Azarenka 1–2, Janković 0–3.
 * Maroon Group: Francesca Schiavone def. Elena Dementieva  6–4, 6–2
 * Final standings: Samantha Stosur, Caroline Wozniacki 2–1, Schiavone, Dementieva 1–2.
 * After the match, Dementieva announces her retirement from professional tennis. (Eurosport)

Volleyball

 * Women's World Championship in Japan:
 * Pool A in Tokyo:
 * 3–0
 * 3–0
 * 2–3
 * Pool B in Hamamatsu:
 * 3–0
 * 0–3
 * 0–3
 * Pool C in Matsumoto:
 * 3–0
 * 3–1
 * 3–0
 * Pool D in Osaka:
 * 3–1
 * 0–3
 * 3–1



American football

 * NCAA BCS Top 25:
 * North Carolina State 28, (16) Florida State 24

Baseball

 * World Series:
 * Game 2: San Francisco Giants 9, Texas Rangers 0. Giants lead series 2–0.

Basketball

 * Euroleague, matchday 2:
 * Group A: Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 86–70 🇱🇹 Žalgiris Kaunas
 * Group B: Real Madrid 🇪🇸 68–56 🇪🇸 Unicaja Málaga
 * Group C: KK Cibona Zagreb 68–73 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe Ülker
 * Group D:
 * Panathinaikos Athens 74–60 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow
 * Armani Jeans Milano 🇮🇹 72–76 🇸🇮 Union Olimpija Ljubljana

Football (soccer)

 * CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in Cancún, Mexico:
 * Group B:
 * 1–0
 * 5–0
 * 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 MLS Cup Playoffs
 * Eastern Conference Semifinal, first leg in Commerce City, Colorado:
 * Colorado Rapids 1–0 Columbus Crew

Korfball

 * European Championship final round in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * 13th–16th places:
 *  20–15
 *  23–12
 * 9th–12th places:
 *  18–14
 * 18–21 

Snooker

 * Premier League Snooker – League phase in Penrith, Cumbria: (players in strike are eliminated)
 * Marco Fu 5–1 Ding Junhui
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Mark Williams
 * Standings: Fu 6 points (5 matches), Williams 5 (5), O'Sullivan 5 (4), Mark Selby 4 (4), Ding 4 (6), Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy  3 (3).

Tennis

 * WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar, day 3: (players in bold advance to semifinals)
 * White Group: Kim Clijsters def. Victoria Azarenka  6–4, 5–7, 6–1
 * Standings: Vera Zvonareva, Clijsters 2–0, Azarenka, Jelena Janković 0–2.
 * Maroon Group:
 * Elena Dementieva def. Samantha Stosur  4–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)
 * Caroline Wozniacki def. Francesca Schiavone  3–6, 6–1, 6–1
 * Standings: Stosur, Wozniacki 2–1, Dementieva 1–1, Schiavone 0–2.



Baseball

 * World Series:
 * Game 1: San Francisco Giants 11, Texas Rangers 7. Giants lead series 1–0.

Basketball

 * Euroleague, matchday 2:
 * Group A:
 * Asseco Prokom Gdynia 🇵🇱 73–80 🇪🇸 Caja Laboral
 * Partizan Belgrade 🇷🇸 72–68 🇷🇺 Khimki Moscow
 * Group B:
 * Brose Baskets 🇩🇪 73–61 Olympiacos Piraeus
 * Spirou Basket 🇧🇪 55–64 🇮🇹 Virtus Roma
 * Group C:
 * Lietuvos Rytas 🇱🇹 75–79 🇮🇹 Montepaschi Siena
 * Cholet Basket 🇫🇷 77–84 🇪🇸 Regal FC Barcelona
 * Group D: Efes Pilsen Istanbul 🇹🇷 79–63 🇪🇸 Power Electronics Valencia

Cricket

 * Pakistan vs South Africa in UAE:
 * 2nd T20I in Abu Dhabi: 🇵🇰 pakistan 120/9 (20 overs); undefined 125/4 (18.4 overs). South Africa win by 6 wickets; win 2-match series 2–0.

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
 * Repechage II, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
 * 2–4 (0–1) . Italy win 5–2 on aggregate and advance to the UEFA-CONCACAF play-off.
 * Copa Sudamericana Quarterfinals, first leg:
 * Goiás 🇧🇷 2–2 🇧🇷 Avaí
 * Atlético Mineiro 🇧🇷 1–1 🇧🇷 Palmeiras

Korfball

 * European Championship second round in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * Quarterfinals: (teams in bold advance to semifinals)
 * Group E:
 *  15–11
 *  39–12
 * Final standings: Netherlands 9 points, Germany 6, Russia 3, England 0.
 * Group F:
 * 12–25
 * ' 35–15 '
 * Final standings: Belgium 9 points, Czech Republic 5, Portugal 3, Catalonia 1.
 * 9th–16th classification: (teams in bold advance to 9th–12th classification)
 * Group G:
 * ' 14–13 '
 * 13–15
 * Final standings: Hungary 9 points, Ireland 5, Slovakia 4, Serbia 0.
 * Group H:
 * ' 17–12 '
 * 12–15
 * Final standings: Poland 9 points, Wales 6, Turkey 3, Scotland 0.

Tennis

 * WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar, day 2:
 * White Group:
 * Vera Zvonareva def. Victoria Azarenka  7–6(4), 6–4
 * Kim Clijsters def. Jelena Janković  6–2, 6–3
 * Standings: Zvonareva 2–0, Clijsters 1–0, Azarenka 0–1, Janković 0–2.
 * Maroon Group: Samantha Stosur def. Caroline Wozniacki  6–4, 6–3
 * Standings: Stosur 2–0, Wozniacki 1–1, Francesca Schiavone, Elena Dementieva 0–1.



American football

 * NCAA BCS Top 10 (unbeaten team in bold):
 * (3) Boise State 49, Louisiana Tech 20

Basketball

 * NBA season openers:
 * Boston Celtics 88, Miami Heat 80
 * Portland Trail Blazers 106, Phoenix Suns 92
 * Los Angeles Lakers 112, Houston Rockets 110

Cricket

 * Pakistan vs South Africa in UAE:
 * 1st T20I in Abu Dhabi: 🇵🇰 pakistan 119 (19.5 overs); undefined 120/4 (18.2 overs). South Africa win by 6 wickets; lead 2-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)

 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage Two: (teams in bold advance to the Final Tournament)
 * Group E in St. George's, Grenada:
 * 0–1
 * ' 0–3 '
 * Final standings: Guadeloupe 9 points, Grenada 6, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Puerto Rico 0.

Korfball

 * European Championship second round in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * Quarterfinals:
 * Group E:
 * 26–25
 * 34–6
 * Standings (after 2 games): Netherlands 6 points, Russia, Germany 3, England 0.
 * Group F:
 * 17–18 (g.g.)
 * 32–16
 * Standings (after 2 games): Belgium 6 points, Czech Republic 5, Catalonia 1, Portugal 0.
 * 9th–16th classification:
 * Group G:
 * 17–8
 * 10–16
 * Standings (after 2 games): Hungary 6 points, Ireland 5, Slovakia 1, Serbia 0.
 * Group H:
 * 23–7
 * 15–18
 * Standings (after 2 games): Poland, Wales 6 points, Turkey, Scotland 0.

Tennis

 * WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar, day 1:
 * White Group: Vera Zvonareva def. Jelena Janković  6–3, 6–0
 * Maroon Group:
 * Caroline Wozniacki def. Elena Dementieva  6–1, 6–1
 * Samantha Stosur def. Francesca Schiavone  6–4, 6–4



American football

 * NFL, Week 7:
 * Monday Night Football: New York Giants 41, Dallas Cowboys 35



Alpine skiing

 * Men's World Cup:
 * Giant slalom in Sölden, Austria: Cancelled after first run due to fog and wind.

American football

 * NFL, Week 7:
 * Carolina Panthers 23, San Francisco 49ers 20
 * Tampa Bay Buccaneers 18, St. Louis Rams 17
 * Baltimore Ravens 37, Buffalo Bills 34 (OT)
 * Cleveland Browns 30, New Orleans Saints 17
 * Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Miami Dolphins 22
 * Tennessee Titans 37, Philadelphia Eagles 19
 * Kansas City Chiefs 42, Jacksonville Jaguars 20
 * Washington Redskins 17, Chicago Bears 14
 * Atlanta Falcons 39, Cincinnati Bengals 32
 * Seattle Seahawks 22, Arizona Cardinals 10
 * New England Patriots 23, San Diego Chargers 20
 * Oakland Raiders 59, Denver Broncos 14
 * The Raiders tally a franchise record for most points in a game, with Darren McFadden scoring four touchdowns.
 * Sunday Night Football: Green Bay Packers 28, Minnesota Vikings 24
 * Byes: Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, Houston Texans

Auto racing

 * Formula One:
 * in Yeongam: (1) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) (2) Lewis Hamilton  (McLaren–Mercedes) (3) Felipe Massa  (Ferrari)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 17 of 19 races): (1) Alonso 231 points (2) Mark Webber (Red Bull–Renault) 220 (3) Hamilton 210
 * Constructors' championship standings: (1) Red Bull 426 points (2) McLaren 399 (3) Ferrari 374
 * Chase for the Sprint Cup:
 * TUMS Fast Relief 500 in Martinsville: (1) Denny Hamlin (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (2)  Mark Martin (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) (3)  Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 32 of 36 races): (1) Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) 5998 points (2) Hamlin 5992 (3) Harvick 5936
 * V8 Supercars:
 * Armor All Gold Coast 600 in Surfers Paradise, Queensland: (1) Jamie Whincup /Steve Owen (Holden Commodore) (2) Shane van Gisbergen /John McIntyre  (Ford Falcon) (3) Mark Winterbottom /Luke Youlden  (Ford Falcon)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 20 of 26 races): (1) James Courtney (Ford Falcon) 2521 points (2) Whincup 2450 (3) Craig Lowndes  (Holden Commodore) 2255
 * World Rally Championship:
 * Rally Catalunya in Salou: (1) Sébastien Loeb /Daniel Elena (Citroën C4 WRC) (2) Petter Solberg /Chris Patterson  (Citroën C4 WRC) (3) Dani Sordo /Diego Vallejo  (Citroën C4 WRC)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 12 of 13 rounds): (1) Loeb 251 points (2) Sébastien Ogier (Citroën C4 WRC) 167 (3) Jari-Matti Latvala  (Ford Focus RS WRC 09) 156

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 3rd ODI in Margao: 🇮🇳 india vs. 🇦🇺 australia. Match abandoned without a ball bowled; India win 3-match series 1–0.

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping:
 * FEI World Cup Western European League:
 * 2nd competition in Helsinki (CSI 5*-W): Christian Ahlmann  on Taloubet Z  Philipp Weishaupt  on Catoki  Leon Thijssen  on Tyson
 * Standings (after 2 of 13 competitions): (1) Ahlmann 40 points (2) Thijssen 27 (3) Weishaupt 24
 * Dressage:
 * FEI World Cup Western European League:
 * 1st competition in Odense (CSI-W): Isabell Werth  on Satchmo  Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg  on Digby  Hans Peter Minderhoud  on Tango

Figure skating

 * ISU Grand Prix:
 * NHK Trophy in Nagoya, Japan:
 * Men: Daisuke Takahashi  234.79  Jeremy Abbott  218.19  Florent Amodio  213.77

Football (soccer)

 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage Two: (teams in bold advance for the Final Tournament)
 * Group E in St. George's, Grenada:
 *  3–2
 *  2–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Grenada, Guadeloupe 6 points, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.
 * OFC Champions League Group stage, matchday 1:
 * Group B: Waitakere United 🇳🇿 3–1 AS Tefana

Futsal

 * Grand Prix de Futsal in Anápolis, Brazil:
 * Final:  2–1
 * Spain win the title for the first time and stop Brazil's winning streak at five.

Golf

 * PGA Tour Fall Series:
 * Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas, Nevada:
 * Winner: Jonathan Byrd 263 (−21)PO
 * Byrd wins his fourth PGA Tour title with a hole in one on the fourth playoff hole, defeating Martin Laird  and Cameron Percy.
 * European Tour:
 * Castelló Masters Costa Azahar in Castellón, Spain:
 * Winner: Matteo Manassero 268 (−16)
 * Manassero wins his first European Tour title, and becomes the youngest player to win on the Tour, at the age of 17 years, 191 days.
 * LPGA Tour:
 * Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
 * Winner: Jimin Kang 204 (−9)
 * Kang wins her second LPGA Tour title.
 * Champions Tour:
 * Administaff Small Business Classic in The Woodlands, Texas:
 * Winner: Fred Couples 199 (−17)
 * Couples wins for the fourth time in his first Champions Tour season.

Gymnastics

 * World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * Men's:
 * Vault: Thomas Bouhail  16.449 points  Anton Golotsutskov  16.366  Dzmitry Kaspiarovich  16.316
 * Parallel bars: Feng Zhe  15.966 points  Teng Haibin  15.616  Kōhei Uchimura  15.500
 * Horizontal bar: Zhang Chenglong  16.166 points  Epke Zonderland  16.033  Fabian Hambüchen  15.966
 * Women's:
 * Balance beam: Ana Porgras  15.366 points  Rebecca Bross  15.233  Deng Linlin  15.233
 * Floor: Lauren Mitchell  14.833 points  Aliya Mustafina  14.766  Diana Chelaru  14.766

Korfball

 * European Championship first round in the Netherlands, matchday 3: (teams in bold advance to second round)
 * Group A in Leeuwarden:
 *  21–11
 *  45–8
 * Final standings: Netherlands 9 points, Germany 6, Hungary 3, Serbia 0.
 * Group B in Tilburg:
 *  23–5
 *  35–9
 * Final standings: Belgium 9 points, Catalonia 6, Poland 3, Scotland 0.
 * Group C in Almelo:
 * 17–13
 * ' 20–17 '
 * Final standings: Czech Republic 9 points, Portugal 6, Wales 3, Turkey 0.
 * Group D in The Hague:
 * 13–14 (g.g.)
 * ' 26–24 '
 * Final standings: Russia 9 points, England 6, Ireland 2, Slovakia 1.

Rugby league

 * Four Nations:
 * Round one: 42–0  in Sydney

Short track speed skating

 * World Cup in Montreal, Canada:
 * Men:
 * 500 m: Charles Hamelin   Simon Cho   Liang Wenhao
 * 1500 m: Guillaume Bastille   Travis Jayner   Maxime Chataignier
 * Standings (after 2 events): Bastille 1640 points, Jeff Simon 1000, Jayner, Simon Cho  800.
 * 5000 m relay:
 * Women:
 * 500 m: Marianne St-Gelais   Arianna Fontana   Valerie Lambert
 * 1500 m: Katherine Reutter   Marie-Ève Drolet   Zhou Yang
 * Standings (after 2 events): Zhou 1440 points, Reutter, Lana Gehring 1000.
 * 3000 m relay:

Snooker

 * Euro Players Tour Championship:
 * Event 3 in Rüsselsheim, Germany:
 * Final: Marcus Campbell 4–0 Liang Wenbo
 * Campbell wins his first professional title.
 * Order of Merit (after 9 of 12 events): (1) Mark Selby 18,400 (2) Barry Pinches  17,500 (3) Mark Williams  16,600

Tennis

 * ATP World Tour:
 * If Stockholm Open:
 * Final: Roger Federer def. Florian Mayer  6–4, 6–3
 * Federer wins his third title of the year and the 64th of his career.
 * Kremlin Cup:
 * Final: Viktor Troicki def. Marcos Baghdatis  3–6, 6–4, 6–3
 * Troicki wins the first title of his career.
 * WTA Tour:
 * Kremlin Cup:
 * Final: Victoria Azarenka def. Maria Kirilenko  6–3, 6–4
 * Azarenka wins her second title of the year and the fifth of her career.
 * BGL Luxembourg Open:
 * Final: Roberta Vinci def. Julia Görges  6–3, 6–4
 * Vinci wins the third title of her career.



Alpine skiing

 * Women's World Cup:
 * Giant slalom in Sölden, Austria: Viktoria Rebensburg  2:26.39  Kathrin Hölzl  2:26.81  Manuela Mölgg  2:27.25

American football

 * NCAA (unbeaten teams in bold):
 * BCS Top 10:
 * (11) Missouri 36, (1) Oklahoma 27
 * (4) Auburn 24, (6) LSU 17
 * (5) TCU 38, Air Force 7
 * (7) Michigan State 35, Northwestern 27
 * "Third Saturday in October": (8) Alabama 41, Tennessee 10
 * (9) Utah 59, Colorado State 6
 * (10) Ohio State 49, Purdue 0
 * Played earlier this week: (2) Oregon
 * Idle: (3) Boise State
 * Other games:
 * (13) Wisconsin 31, (15) Iowa 30
 * (16) Nebraska 51, (14) Oklahoma State 41
 * Iowa State 28, (19) Texas 21
 * Syracuse 19, (20) West Virginia 14

Auto racing

 * Nationwide Series:
 * 5-Hour Energy 250 in Madison, Illinois: (1) Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (2)  Mike Bliss (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Inc.) (3)  Justin Allgaier (Dodge; Penske Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 32 of 35 races): (1) Keselowski 5144 points (2) Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 4659 (3)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 4439
 * V8 Supercars:
 * Armor All Gold Coast 600 in Surfers Paradise, Queensland: (1) Garth Tander /Cameron McConville (Holden Commodore) (2) Craig Lowndes /Andy Priaulx  (Holden Commodore) (3) Shane van Gisbergen /John McIntyre  (Ford Falcon)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 19 of 26 races): (1) James Courtney (Ford Falcon) 2401 points (2) Jamie Whincup  (Holden Commodore) 2300 (3) Lowndes 2177

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * National League Championship Series:
 * Game 6, San Francisco Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2. Giants win series 4–2.
 * The Giants win their first pennant since 2002. Cody Ross of the Giants is named series MVP.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Central League Final Stage:
 * Game 4, Chunichi Dragons 4, Yomiuri Giants 3. Dragons win series 4–1.

Figure skating

 * ISU Grand Prix:
 * NHK Trophy in Nagoya, Japan:
 * Men's Short Program: (1) Daisuke Takahashi 78.04 (2) Jeremy Abbott  74.62 (3) Shawn Sawyer  70.15
 * Ice Dance: Meryl Davis / Charlie White  165.21  Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  141.57  Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  136.93
 * Pairs: Pang Qing / Tong Jian  189.37  Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov  173.83  Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran  155.66
 * Ladies: Carolina Kostner  164.61  Rachael Flatt  161.04  Kanako Murakami  150.16

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
 * Repechage II, first leg:
 * 1–0
 * OFC Champions League Group stage, matchday 1:
 * Group A:
 * Koloale 1–2  Lautoka
 * PRK Hekari United 🇵🇬 1–2 Amical
 * Group B: Auckland City FC 🇳🇿 3–0 🇳🇨 AS Magenta

Futsal

 * Grand Prix de Futsal in Anápolis, Brazil:
 * 15th place match:  6–3
 * 13th place match:  3–1
 * 11th place match: 1–3 
 * 9th place match: 0–2 
 * 7th place match: 1–2 
 * 5th place match: 0–3 
 * 3rd place match: 3–5 (a.e.t.)  

Gymnastics

 * World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * Men's:
 * Floor: Eleftherios Kosmidis  15.700 points  Kōhei Uchimura  15.533  Daniel Purvis  15.366
 * Pommel horse: Krisztián Berki  15.833 points  Louis Smith  15.733  Prashanth Sellathurai  15.566
 * Rings: Chen Yibing  15.900 points  Yan Mingyong  15.700  Matteo Morandi  15.666
 * Women's:
 * Vault: Alicia Sacramone  15.200 points  Aliya Mustafina  15.066  Jade Barbosa  14.799
 * Uneven bars: Beth Tweddle  15.733 points  Aliya Mustafina  15.600  Rebecca Bross  15.066

Horse racing

 * Cox Plate in Melbourne: So You Think (trainer: Bart Cummings; jockey: Steven Arnold)  Zipping (trainer: Robert Hickmott; jockey: Nicholas Hall)  Whobegotyou (trainer: Mark Kavanagh; jockey: Michael Rodd)
 * So You Think becomes the first horse since Northerly (2001–02) to win two successive Cox Plates.

Korfball

 * European Championship first round in the Netherlands, matchday 2:
 * Group A in Leeuwarden:
 * 36–13
 * 41–8
 * Standings (after 2 games): Netherlands 6 points, Hungary, Germany 3, Serbia 0.
 * Group B in Tilburg:
 * 16–11
 * 29–12
 * Standings (after 2 games): Belgium 6 points, Catalonia, Poland 3, Scotland 0.
 * Group C in Almelo:
 * 30–9
 * 33–9
 * Standings (after 2 games): Czech Republic, Portugal 6 points, Turkey, Wales 0.
 * Group D in The Hague:
 * 27–6
 * 16–12
 * Standings (after 2 games): England, Russia 6 points, Ireland, Slovakia 0.

Mixed martial arts

 * UFC 121 in Anaheim, California
 * Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub def. Gabriel Gonzaga  by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
 * Light heavyweight bout: Matt Hamill def. Tito Ortiz  by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)
 * Welterweight bout: Diego Sanchez def. Paulo Thiago  by unanimous decision (30–26, 29–28, 29–28)
 * Welterweight bout: Jake Shields def. Martin Kampmann  by split decision (29–28 Shields, 29–28 Kampmann, 29–28 Shields)
 * Heavyweight Championship bout: Cain Velasquez def. Brock Lesnar (c)  by TKO (punches)

Rugby league

 * Four Nations:
 * Round 1: 24–10  in Wellington
 * European Cup:
 * 11–12
 * Standings: Wales 6 points (3 matches), France 4 (3),, 0 (2).
 * Wales win the title and qualify for 2011 Four Nations.

Rugby union

 * End of year tests:
 * Week 1: 20–40  in Moscow

Short track speed skating

 * World Cup in Montreal, Canada:
 * Men:
 * 1000 m: Thibaut Fauconnet   Michael Gilday   Travis Jayner
 * 1500 m: Jeff Simon   Simon Cho   Guillaume Bastille
 * Women:
 * 1000 m: Katherine Reutter   Marianne St-Gelais   Liu Qiuhong
 * 1500 m: Lana Gehring   Zhou Yang   Valérie Maltais



Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Championship Series:
 * Game 6, Texas Rangers 6, New York Yankees 1. Rangers win series 4–2.
 * The Rangers win their first pennant ever. The Rangers' Josh Hamilton is named series MVP.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Central League Final Stage:
 * Game 3, Yomiuri Giants 3, Chunichi Dragons 2. Dragons lead series 3–1.

Cricket

 * Zimbabwe in South Africa:
 * 3rd ODI in Benoni: undefined 399/6 (50 overs; JP Duminy 129, AB de Villiers 109);  undefined 127 (29 overs). South Africa win by 272 runs; win 3-match series 3–0.

Figure skating

 * ISU Grand Prix:
 * NHK Trophy in Nagoya, Japan:
 * Short Dance: (1) Meryl Davis / Charlie White 66.97 (2) Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   58.69 (3) Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov  56.89
 * Pairs Short Program: (1) Pang Qing / Tong Jian 67.10 (2) Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov  60.16 (3) Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran  57.23
 * Ladies' Short Program: (1) Carolina Kostner 57.27 (2) Kanako Murakami  56.10 (3) Rachael Flatt  53.69

Football (soccer)

 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage Two:
 * Group E in St. George's, Grenada:
 * 1–2
 * 3–1

Futsal

 * Grand Prix de Futsal in Anápolis, Brazil:
 * 13th–16th playoffs:
 * 2–8 
 *  4–1
 * 9th–12th playoffs:
 *  5–2
 * 4–7 
 * 5th–8th playoffs:
 * 1–2 
 * 2–4 
 * Semifinals:
 * 4–6 
 * 3–5 

Gymnastics

 * World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * Men's Individual all-around: Kōhei Uchimura  92.331 points  Philipp Boy  90.048  Jonathan Horton  89.864
 * Uchimura wins the all-around title for the second straight time.
 * Women's Individual all-around: Aliya Mustafina  61.032 points  Jiang Yuyuan  59.998  Rebecca Bross  58.996
 * Mustafina wins her first individual world title.

Korfball

 * European Championship first round in the Netherlands, matchday 1:
 * Group A in Leeuwarden:
 * 22–16
 * 36–8
 * Group B in Tilburg:
 * 35–7
 * 38–10
 * Group C in Almelo:
 * 20–9
 * 32–7
 * Group D in The Hague:
 * 24–6
 * 23–14

Snooker

 * Players Tour Championship:
 * Euro Event 3:
 * Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon becomes the youngest player ever to make an official maximum break at the age of 16 years and 312 days.



American football

 * NCAA BCS Top 10 (unbeaten team in bold):
 * (2) Oregon 60, UCLA 13

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * National League Championship Series:
 * Game 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4, San Francisco Giants 2. Giants lead series 3–2.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Central League Final Stage:
 * Game 2, Chunichi Dragons 2, Yomiuri Giants 0. Dragons lead series 3–0.

Basketball

 * Euroleague:
 * Regular Season, matchday 1:
 * Group A:
 * Žalgiris Kaunas 🇱🇹 73–62 🇷🇸 Partizan Belgrade
 * Caja Laboral 🇪🇸 94–78 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * Group B: Unicaja Málaga 🇪🇸 84–73 🇧🇪 Spirou Basket
 * Group C:
 * Regal FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 80–66 KK Cibona Zagreb
 * Montepaschi Siena 🇮🇹 76–44 🇫🇷 Cholet Basket
 * Group D:
 * CSKA Moscow 🇷🇺 73–88 🇮🇹 Armani Jeans Milano
 * Power Electronics Valencia 🇪🇸 56–72 Panathinaikos Athens

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Europa League group stage, matchday 3:
 * Group A:
 * Manchester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 3–1 🇵🇱 Lech Poznań
 * Red Bull Salzburg 🇦🇹 1–1 🇮🇹 Juventus
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Manchester City 7 points, Lech Poznań 4, Juventus 3, Red Bull Salzburg 1.
 * Group B:
 * Atlético Madrid 🇪🇸 3–0 🇳🇴 Rosenborg
 * Aris 0–0 🇩🇪 Bayer Leverkusen
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Bayer Leverkusen 5 points, Aris, Atlético Madrid 4, Rosenborg 3.
 * Group C:
 * Sporting CP 5–1 🇧🇪 Gent
 * Lille 🇫🇷 1–0 🇧🇬 Levski Sofia
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Sporting CP 9 points, Lille 4, Levski Sofia 3, Gent 1.
 * Group D:
 * Villarreal 🇪🇸 1–0 PAOK
 * Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 🇧🇪 Club Brugge
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Villarreal 6 points, PAOK, Dinamo Zagreb 4, Club Brugge 2.
 * Group E:
 * Sheriff Tiraspol 🇲🇩 0–1 🇧🇾 BATE
 * AZ 1–2 🇺🇦 Dynamo Kyiv
 * Standings (after 3 matches): BATE 7 points, Dynamo Kyiv 4, AZ, Sheriff Tiraspol 3.
 * Group F:
 * Palermo 🇮🇹 0–3 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow
 * Sparta Prague 🇨🇿 3–3 Lausanne-Sport
 * Standings (after 3 matches): CSKA Moscow 9 points, Sparta Prague 4, Palermo 3, Lausanne-Sport 1.
 * Group G:
 * Zenit St. Petersburg 🇷🇺 2–0 Hajduk Split
 * Anderlecht 🇧🇪 3–0 AEK Athens
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Zenit St. Petersburg 9 points, Anderlecht, Hajduk Split, AEK Athens 3.
 * Group H:
 * Young Boys 4–2  Odense
 * Stuttgart 🇩🇪 1–0 🇪🇸 Getafe
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Stuttgart 9 points, Young Boys 6, Getafe 3, Odense 0.
 * Group I:
 * Metalist Kharkiv 🇺🇦 2–1 🇮🇹 Sampdoria
 * Debrecen 🇭🇺 1–2 PSV Eindhoven
 * Standings (after 3 matches): PSV Eindhoven 7 points, Metalist Kharkiv 6, Sampdoria 4, Debrecen 0.
 * Group J:
 * Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 1–1 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
 * Karpaty Lviv 🇺🇦 0–1 🇪🇸 Sevilla
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Paris Saint-Germain 7 points, Sevilla 6, Borussia Dortmund 4, Karpaty Lviv 0.
 * Group K:
 * Utrecht 1–1 🇷🇴 Steaua București
 * Napoli 🇮🇹 0–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Liverpool 5 points, Napoli, Utrecht 3, Steaua București 2.
 * Group L:
 * CSKA Sofia 🇧🇬 0–2 🇦🇹 Rapid Wien
 * Beşiktaş 🇹🇷 1–3 Porto
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Porto 9 points, Beşiktaş 6, Rapid Wien 3, CSKA Sofia 0.
 * CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group B: Joe Public 1–4 🇺🇸 Columbus Crew
 * Final standings: 🇲🇽 Santos Laguna 13 points, Columbus Crew 12, Municipal 8, Joe Public 1.
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
 * San José 🇧🇴 2–0 (0–6) 🇦🇷 Newell's Old Boys. 3–3 on points; Newell's Old Boys win 6–2 on aggregate.
 * Avaí 🇧🇷 3–1 (1–2) 🇪🇨 Emelec. 3–3 on points; Avaí win 4–3 on aggregate.

Futsal

 * Grand Prix de Futsal in Anápolis, Brazil:
 * 9th–16th playoffs:
 *  1–0
 * 2–4 
 * 2–3 
 *  9–2
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  2–0 (a.e.t.)
 *  3–1
 *  7–2
 *  6–1

Gymnastics

 * World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * Men's Team all-around:  274.997 points   273.769   271.252
 * China win the men's team title for the fourth straight time and ninth overall.

Snooker

 * Premier League Snooker – League phase in Banbury:
 * Neil Robertson 6–0 Ding Junhui
 * Marco Fu 3–3 Mark Williams
 * Standings: Williams 5 points (4 matches), Mark Selby, Fu 4 (4), Ding 4 (5), Robertson, Shaun Murphy , Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 (3).



Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Championship Series:
 * Game 5, New York Yankees 7, Texas Rangers 2. Rangers lead series 3–2.
 * National League Championship Series:
 * Game 4, San Francisco Giants 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5. Giants lead series 3–1.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Central League Final Stage:
 * Game 1, Chunichi Dragons 5, Yomiuri Giants 0. Dragons lead series 2–0.

Basketball

 * Euroleague:
 * Regular Season, matchday 1:
 * Group A: Khimki Moscow 🇷🇺 82–76 🇵🇱 Asseco Prokom Gdynia
 * Group B: Virtus Roma 🇮🇹 83–65 🇩🇪 Brose Baskets
 * Group C: Fenerbahçe Ülker 🇹🇷 86–69 🇱🇹 Lietuvos Rytas
 * Group D: Union Olimpija Ljubljana 🇸🇮 95–90 (2OT) 🇹🇷 Efes Pilsen Istanbul

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 2nd ODI in Visakhapatnam: 🇦🇺 australia 289/3 (50 overs; Michael Clarke 111*); 🇮🇳 india 292/5 (48.5 overs; Virat Kohli 118). India win by 5 wickets; lead 3-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 3:
 * Group A:
 * Internazionale 🇮🇹 4–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham
 * Twente 1–1 🇩🇪 Werder Bremen
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Internazionale 7 points, Tottenham Hotspur 4, Twente, Werder Bremen 2.
 * Group B:
 * Schalke 04 🇩🇪 3–1 🇮🇱 Hapoel Tel Aviv
 * Raúl scores twice to become the leading scorer in European club competitions with 70 goals.
 * Lyon 🇫🇷 2–0 Benfica
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Lyon 9 points, Schalke 04 6, Benfica 3, Hapoel Tel Aviv 0.
 * Group C:
 * Rangers 1–1 🇪🇸 Valencia
 * Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1–0 🇹🇷 Bursaspor
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Manchester United 7 points, Rangers 5, Valencia 4, Bursaspor 0.
 * Group D:
 * Panathinaikos 0–0 🇷🇺 Rubin Kazan
 * Barcelona 🇪🇸 2–0 Copenhagen
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Barcelona 7 points, Copenhagen 6, Rubin Kazan 2, Panathinaikos 1.
 * AFC Champions League Semi-finals, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses):
 * Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 🇰🇷 1–0 (3–4) Al-Shabab. 4–4 on aggregate; Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma win on away goals rule.
 * Al-Hilal 0–1 (0–1) 🇮🇷 Zob Ahan. Zob Ahan win 2–0 on aggregate.
 * CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group C: Marathón 0–1 🇲🇽 Monterrey
 * Final standings: Monterrey 16 points, Saprissa 10, Marathón 6, 🇺🇸 Seattle Sounders FC 3.
 * Group D:
 * Toluca 🇲🇽 5–0 🇸🇻 FAS
 * Olimpia 3–0  Puerto Rico Islanders
 * Final standings: Olimpia 13 points, Toluca 10, Puerto Rico Islanders 8, FAS 2.
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
 * Peñarol 3–2 (0–1) 🇧🇷 Goiás. 3–3 on points, 3–3 on aggregate; Goiás win on away goals rule.
 * Palmeiras 🇧🇷 3–1 (1–0) 🇧🇴 Universitario. Palmeiras win 6–0 on points.
 * Santa Fe 🇨🇴 1–0 (0–2) 🇧🇷 Atlético Mineiro. 3–3 on points; Atlético Mineiro win 2–1 on aggregate.

Gymnastics

 * World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
 * Women's Team all-around:  175.397 points   175.196   174.781
 * Russia win the women's team title for the first time as a separate team (since the break-up of Soviet Union).



Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Championship Series:
 * Game 4, Texas Rangers 10, New York Yankees 3. Rangers lead series 3–1.
 * National League Championship Series:
 * Game 3, San Francisco Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0. Giants lead series 2–1.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Pacific League Final Stage:
 * Game 6, Chiba Lotte Marines 7, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0. Marines win series 4–3.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 3:
 * Group E:
 * Roma 🇮🇹 1–3 Basel
 * Bayern Munich 🇩🇪 3–2 🇷🇴 CFR Cluj
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Bayern Munich 9 points, Basel, CFR Cluj, Roma 3.
 * Group F:
 * Spartak Moscow 🇷🇺 0–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea
 * Marseille 🇫🇷 1–0 🇸🇰 Žilina
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Chelsea 9 points, Spartak Moscow 6, Marseille 3, Žilina 0.
 * Group G:
 * Ajax 2–1 🇫🇷 Auxerre
 * Real Madrid 🇪🇸 2–0 🇮🇹 Milan
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Real Madrid 9 points, Milan, Ajax 4, Auxerre 0.
 * Group H:
 * Braga 2–0 🇷🇸 Partizan
 * Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 5–1 🇺🇦 Shakhtar Donetsk
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Arsenal 9 points, Shakhtar Donetsk 6, Braga 3, Partizan 0.
 * AFC Cup Semi-finals, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
 * Al-Qadsia 4–1 (0–2) 🇧🇭 Al-Riffa. Al-Qadsia win 4–3 on aggregate.
 * Al-Ittihad 🇸🇾 2–0 (0–1) 🇹🇭 Muangthong United. Al-Ittihad win 2–1 on aggregate.
 * CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group A:
 * Toronto FC 🇨🇦 1–0 🇵🇦 Árabe Unido
 * Real Salt Lake 🇺🇸 3–1 🇲🇽 Cruz Azul
 * Final standings: Real Salt Lake 13 points, Cruz Azul 10, Toronto FC 8, Árabe Unido 3.
 * Group B: Santos Laguna 🇲🇽 6–1 Municipal
 * Standings: Santos Laguna 13 points (6 matches), 🇺🇸 Columbus Crew 9 (5), Municipal 8 (6), Joe Public 1 (5).
 * Group C: Seattle Sounders FC 🇺🇸 1–2 Saprissa
 * Standings: 🇲🇽 Monterrey 13 points (5 matches), Saprissa 10 (6), Marathón 6 (5), Seattle Sounders FC 3 (6).
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
 * Independiente 🇦🇷 4–2 (0–1) Defensor Sporting. 3–3 on points; Independiente win 4–3 on aggregate.
 * LDU Quito 🇪🇨 6–1 (2–4) Unión San Felipe. 3–3 on points; LDU Quito win 8–5 on aggregate.

Futsal

 * Grand Prix de Futsal in Anápolis, Brazil: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group A:
 *  2–1
 *  7–2
 * Final standings: Brazil 9 points, Czech Republic 4, Libya 2, Costa Rica 1.
 * Group B:
 *  7–1
 * 1–5 
 * Final standings: Spain 9 points, Argentina, Romania 4, Qatar 0.
 * Group C:
 * ' 1–2 '
 * 1–7
 * Final standings: Paraguay 9 points, Italy 6, Netherlands 3, Zambia 0.
 * Group D:
 * 7–0
 * ' 5–3 '
 * Final standings: Iran 7 points, Portugal 6, Russia 4, Guatemala 0.



American football

 * NFL, Week 6:
 * Monday Night Football: Tennessee Titans 30, Jacksonville Jaguars 3

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Championship Series:
 * Game 3, Texas Rangers 8, New York Yankees 0. Rangers lead series 2–1.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Pacific League Final Stage:
 * Game 5, Chiba Lotte Marines 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2. Series tied 3–3.

Basketball

 * Euroleague:
 * Regular Season, matchday 1:
 * Group B: Olympiacos Piraeus 82–66 🇪🇸 Real Madrid

Futsal

 * Grand Prix de Futsal in Anápolis, Brazil: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group A:
 * 2–2
 * 0–8 
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Brazil 6 points, Libya 2, Czech Republic, Costa Rica 1.
 * Group B:
 * 2–4 
 * 4–1
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Spain 6 points, Romania 4, Argentina 1, Qatar 0.
 * Group C:
 * 1–3 
 *  6–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Paraguay, Italy 6 points, Netherlands, Zambia 0.
 * Group D:
 *  2–1
 * 1–6
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Portugal 6 points, Iran 4, Russia 1, Guatemala 0.



American football

 * NFL, Week 6:
 * New York Giants 28, Detroit Lions 20
 * Philadelphia Eagles 31, Atlanta Falcons 17
 * Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Cleveland Browns 10
 * Houston Texans 35, Kansas City Chiefs 31
 * New Orleans Saints 31, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6
 * Miami Dolphins 23, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT)
 * St. Louis Rams 20, San Diego Chargers 17
 * New England Patriots 23, Baltimore Ravens 20 (OT)
 * Seattle Seahawks 23, Chicago Bears 20
 * New York Jets 24, Denver Broncos 20
 * San Francisco 49ers 17, Oakland Raiders 9
 * Minnesota Vikings 24, Dallas Cowboys 21
 * Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis Colts 27, Washington Redskins 24
 * Byes: Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals
 * NCAA:
 * The first BCS standings of the season are released, with Oklahoma as #1.
 * Oregon is the new #1 in the AP Poll for the first time ever. The last team to be #1 for the first time in the AP Poll was Virginia in 1990.

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * National League Championship Series:
 * Game 2, Philadelphia Phillies 6, San Francisco Giants 1. Series tied 1–1.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Pacific League Final Stage:
 * Game 4, Chiba Lotte Marines 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2. Hawks lead series 3–2.
 * Central League First Stage:
 * Game 2, Yomiuri Giants 7, Hanshin Tigers 6. Giants win series 2–0.

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 1st ODI in Kochi: 🇮🇳 india vs. 🇦🇺 australia. Match abandoned without a ball bowled.
 * New Zealand in Bangladesh:
 * 5th ODI in Mirpur: undefined 174 (44.2 overs); 🇳🇿 new zealand 171 (49.3 overs). Bangladesh win by 3 runs; win 5-match series 4–0.
 * Zimbabwe in South Africa:
 * 2nd ODI in Potchefstroom: undefined 268 (48.2 overs; Rusty Theron 5/44);  undefined 273/2 (39 overs; Hashim Amla 110, AB de Villiers 101*). South Africa win by 8 wickets; lead 3-match series 2–0.

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping:
 * FEI World Cup Western European League:
 * 1st competition in Oslo (CSI 5*-W): Christian Ahlmann  on Taloubet Z   Ludger Beerbaum  on Chaman   Lars Nieberg  on Levito

Football (soccer)

 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage One: (teams in bold advance to Qualifying Group Stage Two)
 * Group C in Paramaribo, Suriname:
 * 2–2
 *  0–2 🇬🇾 guyana
 * Final standings: Guyana 9 points, Suriname 6 points, Saint Lucia, Netherlands Antilles 1.
 * Group D in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic: 0–1 🇩🇲 dominica
 * Final standings: Dominica 6 points, Dominican Republic 3, 0.
 * CAF Champions League semifinals, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
 * Espérance ST 🇹🇳 1–0 (1–2) 🇪🇬 Al-Ahly. 2–2 on aggregate; Espérance ST win on away goals rule.
 * CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group B:
 * FUS Rabat 🇲🇦 2–1 🇹🇳 CS Sfaxien
 * Haras El Hodood 🇪🇬 1–1 Zanaco
 * Final standings: FUS Rabat 13 points, CS Sfaxien 10, Zanaco 6, Haras El Hodood 3.
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil:
 * 3rd place playoff: Deportivo Quito 🇪🇨 1–2 🇦🇷 Boca Juniors
 * Final: Everton  0–1  🇧🇷 Santos
 * Santos win the title for the second straight time.

Futsal

 * Grand Prix de Futsal in Anápolis, Brazil:
 * Group A:
 * 9–2
 * 3–3
 * Group B:
 * 13–0
 * 2–2
 * Group C:
 * 2–0
 * 1–5
 * Group D:
 * 2–2
 * 2–0

Golf

 * PGA Tour Fall Series:
 * Frys.com Open in San Martin, California:
 * Winner: Rocco Mediate 269 (−15)
 * Mediate wins his sixth PGA Tour title, and first in eight years.
 * European Tour:
 * Portugal Masters in Vilamoura, Portugal:
 * Winner: Richard Green 270 (−18)
 * Green wins his third European Tour title.
 * LPGA Tour:
 * CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in Danville, California:
 * Winner: Beatriz Recari 274 (−14)
 * Recari wins her first LPGA Tour title.

Motorcycle racing

 * Moto GP:
 * Australian Grand Prix in Phillip Island:
 * MotoGP: (1) Casey Stoner (Ducati) (2) Jorge Lorenzo  (Yamaha) (3) Valentino Rossi  (Yamaha)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 16 of 18 rounds): (1) Lorenzo 333 points (2) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 228 (3) Stoner 205
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Yamaha 354 points (2) Honda 315 (3) Ducati 255
 * Moto2: (1) Alex de Angelis (Motobi) (2) Scott Redding  (Suter) (3) Andrea Iannone  (Speed Up)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 15 of 17 rounds): (1) Toni Elías (Moriwaki) 271 points (2) Julián Simón  (Suter) 181 (3) Iannone 179
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Moriwaki 296 points (2) Suter 281 (3) Speed Up 204
 * 125cc: (1) Marc Márquez (Derbi) (2) Pol Espargaró  (Derbi) (3) Nicolás Terol  (Aprilia)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 15 of 17 rounds): (1) Márquez 272 points (2) Terol 260 (3) Espargaró 255
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Derbi 360 points (2) Aprilia 303 (3) Honda 23

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
 * Pool 4: Biarritz 🇫🇷 35–15 Ulster
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Biarritz 9 points, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bath 6, Ulster 5, 🇮🇹 Aironi 0.
 * Pool 5:
 * Perpignan 🇫🇷 35–14 🇮🇹 Benetton Treviso
 * Leicester Tigers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 46–10 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Scarlets
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Leicester Tigers 10 points, Perpignan 6, Scarlets 5, Benetton Treviso 1.
 * Pool 6: London Wasps 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 38–26 Glasgow Warriors
 * Standings (after 2 matches): 🇫🇷 Toulouse 8 points, London Wasps 6, Glasgow Warriors 4, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Newport Gwent Dragons 0.
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
 * Pool 4: Leeds Carnegie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 13–22 🇫🇷 Stade Français
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Stade Français 9 points, Leeds Carnegie, București Oaks 4, 🇮🇹 Overmach Parma 1.

Snooker

 * Players Tour Championship:
 * Event 6 in Sheffield:
 * Final: Dominic Dale 4–3 Martin Gould
 * Dale wins the third professional title of his career.
 * Order of Merit (after 8 of 12 events): (1) Barry Pinches 17,300 (2) Mark Selby  17,000 (3) Mark Williams  16,400

Tennis

 * ATP World Tour:
 * Shanghai Rolex Masters:
 * Final: Andy Murray def. Roger Federer  6–3, 6–2
 * Murray wins his second title of the year – both against Federer – and the 16th of his career.
 * WTA Tour:
 * Generali Ladies Linz:
 * Final: Ana Ivanovic def. Patty Schnyder  6–1, 6–2
 * Ivanovic wins the ninth title of her career.
 * HP Open:
 * Final: Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Kimiko Date-Krumm  7–5, 6–7(4), 6–1
 * Tanasugarn wins the fourth title of her career.



American football

 * NCAA: (unbeaten teams in bold)
 * AP Top 10:
 * (18) Wisconsin 31, (1) Ohio State 18
 * (3) Boise State 48, San Jose State 0
 * (4) TCU 31, Brigham Young 3
 * Texas 20, (5) Nebraska 13
 * (6) Oklahoma 52, Iowa State 0
 * (7) Auburn 65, (12) Arkansas 43
 * (8) Alabama 23, Mississippi 10
 * (9) LSU 32, McNeese State 10
 * Kentucky 31, (10) South Carolina 28
 * The Wildcats defeat a Steve Spurrier-coached team for the first time in 18 tries.
 * Idle: (2) Oregon
 * Other games:
 * Hawaii 27, (19) Nevada 21
 * Mississippi State 10, (22) Florida 7
 * San Diego State 27, (23) Air Force 25
 * Washington 35, (24) Oregon State 34 (2OT)
 * Other unbeaten teams: (11) Utah, (13) Michigan State, (20) Oklahoma State, (21) Missouri

Athletics

 * World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning, China:
 * Men: Wilson Kiprop  1:00:07  Zersenay Tadese  1:00:11  Sammy Kitwara  1:00:22
 * Women: Florence Kiplagat  1:08:24  Dire Tune  1:08:34  Peninah Arusei  1:09:05
 * Men's team: 🇰🇪 3:01:32  🇪🇷 3:03:04  🇪🇹 3:05:26
 * Women's team: 🇰🇪 3:26:59  🇪🇹 3:27:33   3:33:40

Auto racing

 * Chase for the Sprint Cup:
 * Bank of America 500 in Concord, North Carolina: (1) Jamie McMurray (Chevrolet; Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) (2)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3)  Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 31 of 36 races): (1) Johnson 5843 points (2) Denny Hamlin (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 5802 (3)  Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 5766

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Championship Series:
 * Game 2, Texas Rangers 7, New York Yankees 2. Series tied 1–1.
 * National League Championship Series:
 * Game 1, San Francisco Giants 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3. Giants lead series 1–0.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Pacific League Final Stage:
 * Game 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1, Chiba Lotte Marines 0. Hawks lead series 3–1.
 * Central League First Stage:
 * Game 1, Yomiuri Giants 3, Hanshin Tigers 1. Giants lead best-of-3 series 1–0.

Cycling

 * Monument Classics:
 * Giro di Lombardia: (1) Philippe Gilbert  6h 46' 33" (2) Michele Scarponi   + 12" (3) Pablo Lastras   + 55"
 * Final UCI World Rankings: Joaquim Rodríguez   551 points  Alberto Contador   482  Gilbert 437

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic: (skaters in bold qualify for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final)
 * Ice dance: Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro  136.80  Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart  127.82  Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski  124.14
 * Final standings: Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 30 points, Pushkash / Guerreiro 28, Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely , Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin , Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin  26, Galyeta / Shumski 24, Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev , Zahorski / Miart, Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus  22 (2).
 * Men: Yan Han  193.62  Artur Dmitriev Jr  185.73  Alexander Majorov  180.73
 * Final standings: Andrei Rogozine, Yan 30 points, Richard Dornbush , Joshua Farris 28, Keegan Messing , Max Aaron , Zhan Bush  24, Gordei Gorshkov , Dmitriev 22.

Football (soccer)

 * CAF Champions League semifinals, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
 * JS Kabylie 0–0 (1–3) 🇨🇩 TP Mazembe. TP Mazembe win 3–1 on aggregate.
 * CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group A:
 * ASFAN 0–0  Al-Hilal
 * Ittihad 🇱🇾 2–0 🇲🇱 Djoliba
 * Final standings: Al-Hilal 13 points, Ittihad 12, Djoliba 7, ASFAN 2.

Mixed martial arts

 * UFC 120 in London:
 * Welterweight bout: Claude Patrick def. James Wilks  by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
 * Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo and Travis Browne  draw (28–28, 28–28, 28–28)
 * Welterweight bout: Mike Pyle def. John Hathaway  by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
 * Welterweight bout: Carlos Condit def. Dan Hardy  by knockout (punch)
 * Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping def. Yoshihiro Akiyama  by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
 * Pool 1: Edinburgh 27–31 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Northampton Saints
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Northampton Saints 8 points, 🇫🇷 Castres, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Blues 5, Edinburgh 2.
 * Pool 2:
 * Racing Métro 🇫🇷 16–9 🇫🇷 Clermont
 * Saracens 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 23–25 Leinster
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Leinster 9 points, Clermont 5, Racing Métro 4, Saracens 1.
 * Pool 3: Munster 45–18 🇫🇷 Toulon
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Munster 6 points, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ospreys 5, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Irish, Toulon 4.
 * Pool 4: Aironi 🇮🇹 6–22 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bath
 * Standings: Bath 6 points (2 matches), Ulster 5 (1), 🇫🇷 Biarritz 4 (1), Aironi 0 (2).
 * Pool 6: Newport Gwent Dragons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 19–40 🇫🇷 Toulouse
 * Standings: Toulouse 8 points (2 matches), Glasgow 4 (1), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Wasps 1 (1), Newport Gwent Dragons 0 (2).
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
 * Pool 1: Harlequins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 55–17 🇮🇹 Cavalieri Prato
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Harlequins 6 points, Connacht, 🇫🇷 Bayonne 5, Cavalieri Prato 4.
 * Pool 2: Petrarca Padova 🇮🇹 9–56 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sale Sharks
 * Standings: Sale Sharks 10 points (2 matches), 🇫🇷 Brive 5 (1), 🇪🇸 El Salvador 0 (1), Petrarca Padova 0 (2).
 * Pool 4: București Oaks 20–19 🇮🇹 Overmach Parma
 * Standings: 🇫🇷 Stade Français 5 points (1 match), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leeds Carnegie 4 (1), București Oaks 4 (2), Overmach Parma 1 (2).
 * Pool 5:
 * Gloucester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 90–7 🇮🇹 Rovigo
 * La Rochelle 🇫🇷 30–23 🇫🇷 Agen
 * Standings (after 2 matches): La Rochelle 10 points, Gloucester 6, Agen 5, Rovigo 0.
 * 🇿🇦 Currie Cup semifinals:
 * 16–12 Blue Bulls
 * Western Province 31–7 Free State Cheetahs



Auto racing

 * Nationwide Series:
 * Dollar General 300 in Concord, North Carolina: (1) Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (2)  Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota; Diamond-Waltrip Racing) (3)  Justin Allgaier (Dodge; Penske Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 31 of 35 races): (1) Keselowski 4954 points (2) Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 4504 (3)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 4439

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Championship Series:
 * Game 1, New York Yankees 6, Texas Rangers 5. Yankees lead series 1–0.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Pacific League Final Stage:
 * Game 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3, Chiba Lotte Marines 1. Hawks lead series 2–1.

Basketball

 * NCAA (Philippines) at San Juan, Philippines:
 * Men's Finals: San Beda College 85, San Sebastian College-Recoletos 70, San Beda wins series in 2 games
 * San Beda win 15th NCAA championship by winning all 16 elimination round games and 2 games in the Finals.

Cricket

 * Zimbabwe in South Africa:
 * 1st ODI in Bloemfontein: undefined 351/6 (50 overs; Colin Ingram 124, Hashim Amla 110);  undefined 287/6 (50 overs; Brendan Taylor 145*). South Africa win by 64 runs; lead 3-match series 1–0.

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic: (skaters in bold qualify for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final)
 * Ice dance – short dance: (1) Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro 57.88 (2) Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart  52.69 (3) Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev  52.16
 * Pairs: Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang  138.66  Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan  134.14  Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz  131.77
 * Final standings: Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 30 points, Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  28, Yu / Jin, Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran  26, Purich / Schultz 22, Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk  20, Cain / Reagan 18, Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz, Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell , Tatiana Danilova / Andrei Novoselov  14.
 * Ladies: Vanessa Lam  156.41  Risa Shoji  155.23  Polina Shelepen  152.92
 * Final standings: Adelina Sotnikova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 30 points, Shoji 28, Shelepen, Christina Gao , Yasmin Siraj  26, Kristiene Gong  22, Kiri Baga , Li Zijun , Ira Vannut  20.

Football (soccer)

 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage One: (teams in bold advance to Qualifying Group Stage Two)
 * Group C in Paramaribo, Suriname:
 * 2–3 🇬🇾 guyana
 *  2–1 🇱🇨 saint lucia
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Guyana, Suriname 6 points, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia 0.
 * Group D in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic: 0–10 🇩🇲 dominica
 * Standings: 🇩🇴 dominican republic, Dominica 3 points (1 match), British Virgin Islands 0 (2).
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil:
 * Semifinals:
 * Everton 0–0 (5–4 pen.) 🇪🇨 Deportivo Quito
 * Santos 🇧🇷 2–0 🇦🇷 Boca Juniors

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
 * Pool 1: Castres 🇫🇷 27–20 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Blues
 * Standings: Castres, Cardiff Blues 5 points (2 matches), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Northampton Saints 4 (1), Edinburgh 1 (1).
 * Pool 3: Ospreys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 27–16 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Irish
 * Standings: Ospreys 5 points (2 matches), 🇫🇷 Toulon 4 (1), London Irish 4 (2), Munster 1 (1).
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
 * Pool 1: Connacht 16–13 🇫🇷 Bayonne
 * Standings: Connacht, Bayonne 5 points (2 matches); 🇮🇹 Cavalieri Prato 4 (1), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harlequins 1 (1).
 * Pool 3: Bourgoin 🇫🇷 19–34 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Exeter Chiefs
 * Standings (after 2 matches): 🇫🇷 Montpellier 8 points, Exeter Chiefs 5, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons 4, Bourgoin 1.



Baseball

 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Pacific League Final Stage:
 * Game 1, Chiba Lotte Marines 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1. Series tied 1–1.

Basketball

 * 🇮🇱 Israeli League Cup in Jerusalem:
 * Final: Hapoel Jerusalem 77–87 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * Maccabi Tel Aviv win the Cup for the second time after three years break.

Cricket

 * New Zealand in Bangladesh:
 * 4th ODI in Mirpur: undefined 241 (48.1 overs; Shakib Al Hasan 106); 🇳🇿 new zealand 232 (49.3 overs; Kane Williamson 108). Bangladesh win by 9 runs; lead 5-match series 3–0.

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic:
 * Ladies – short program: (1) Vanessa Lam 53.05 (2) Polina Shelepen  50.46 (3) Kiri Baga  49.74
 * Pairs – short program: (1) Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan 46.87 (2) Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz  46.62 (3) Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov  46.24
 * Men – short program: (1) Yan Han 66.19 (2) Alexander Majorov  62.67 (3) Liu Jiaxing  62.59

Football (soccer)

 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage One:
 * Group D in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic: 17–0
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, first leg:
 * Universitario 🇧🇴 0–1 🇧🇷 Palmeiras

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Athletics:
 * Men's marathon: John Kelai  2:14:35  Michael Shelley  2:15:28  Amos Matui  2:15:58
 * Women's marathon: Irene Kosgei  2:34:32  Irene Mogake  2:34:43  Lisa Jane Weightman  2:35:25
 * Badminton:
 * Mixed doubles: Chin Ee Hui/Koo Kien Keat   Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork   Chayut Triyachart/Yao Lei
 * Women's doubles: Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Machimanda   Yao Lei/Shinta Sari   Tang He Tian/Kate Wilson-Smith
 * Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei   Rajiv Ouseph   Parupalli Kashyap
 * Men's doubles: Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong   Nathan Robertson/Anthony Clark   Hendri Saputra/Hendra Wijaya
 * Women's singles: Saina Nehwal   Wong Mew Choo   Liz Cann
 * Gymnastics (rhythmic):
 * Rope: Chrystalleni Trikomiti  25.800 points  Naazmi Johnston  25.100  Elaine Koon  24.950
 * Hoop: Elaine Koon  25.300 points  Francesca Jones  24.750  Chrystalleni Trikomiti  24.500
 * Ball: Naazmi Johnston  25.100 points  Elaine Koon  24.500  Chrystalleni Trikomiti  24.350
 * Ribbon: Chrystalleni Trikomiti  25.700 points  Naazmi Johnston  24.600  Elaine Koon  24.400
 * Hockey:
 * Men's tournament:
 * Netball:
 * Tournament: NZL  AUS  ENG
 * Table tennis:
 * Women's wheelchair singles: Kate Oputa   Catherine Morrow   Faith Obiora
 * Women's doubles: Li Jiawei/Sun Beibei   Feng Tianwei/Wang Yuegu   Mouma Das/Poulomi Ghatak
 * Men's singles: Yang Zi   Gao Ning   Sharath Kamal

Rugby union

 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
 * Pool 3: Montpellier 🇫🇷 32–8 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons
 * Standings: Montpellier 8 points (2 matches), Newcastle Falcons 4 (2), 🇫🇷 Bourgoin, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Exeter Chiefs 1 (1).

Snooker

 * Premier League Snooker – League phase in Inverness:
 * Mark Selby 5–1 Marco Fu
 * Neil Robertson 3–3 Mark Williams
 * Standings: Selby, Ding Junhui 4 points (4 matches), Williams 4 (3), Shaun Murphy, Ronnie O'Sullivan , Fu 3 (3), Robertson 1 (2).

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Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 2nd Test in Bangalore, day 5: 🇦🇺 australia 478 (141 overs) and 223 (75.2 overs); 🇮🇳 india 495 (144.5 overs) and 207/3 (45 overs). India win by 7 wickets; win 2-match series 2–0.

Football (soccer)

 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage One:
 * Group C in Paramaribo, Suriname:
 * 1–0 🇱🇨 saint lucia
 * 2–1
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, first leg:
 * Goiás 🇧🇷 1–0 Peñarol
 * Atlético Mineiro 🇧🇷 2–0 🇨🇴 Santa Fe
 * Emelec 🇪🇨 2–1 🇧🇷 Avaí

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Aquatics (diving):
 * Women's 3m springboard: Sharleen Stratton  376.00 points  Jennifer Abel  338.55  Jaele Patrick  326.15
 * Men's 10m platform: Tom Daley  538.35 points  Matthew Mitcham  509.15  Bryan Lomas  487.15
 * Boxing:
 * Light-flyweight: Paddy Barnes   Japhet Uutoni   Amandeep Singh   Muhammad Waseem
 * Bantamweight: Manju Wanniarachchi   Sean McGoldrick   Bruno Julie   Tirafalo Seoko
 * Lightweight: Thomas Stalker   Josh Taylor   Jai Bhagwan   Lomalito Moala
 * Welterweight: Patrick Gallagher   Callum Smith   Carl Hield   Dilbag Singh
 * Light-heavyweight: Callum Johnson   Thomas McCarthy   Jermaine Asare   Joshua Makonjio
 * Flyweight: Suranjoy Singh   Benson Njangiru   Haroon Iqbal   Oteng Oteng
 * Light-welterweight: Manoj Kumar   Bradley Saunders   Louis Colin   Valentino Knowles
 * Middleweight: Eamonn O'Kane   Anthony Ogogo   Keiran Harding   Vijender Singh
 * Heavyweight: Simon Vallily   Steven Ward   Stephen Simmons   Awusone Yekeni
 * Super-heavyweight: Paramjeet Samota   Tariq Abdul Haqq   Junior Fa   Blaise Yepmou
 * Cycling (road):
 * Women's time trial: Tara Whitten  38:59.30  Linda Villumsen  39:04.15  Julia Shaw  39:09.52
 * Men's time trial: David Millar  47:18.66  Alex Dowsett  48:13.48  Luke Durbridge  48:19.22
 * Gymnastics (rhythmic):
 * Women's individual all-around: Naazmi Johnston  100.100 points  Chrystalleni Trikomiti  98.975  Elaine Koon  96.000
 * Hockey:
 * Women's tournament:
 * Lawn bowls:
 * Women's singles: Natalie Melmore   Val Smith   Kelsey Cottrell
 * Men's singles: Robert Weale   Leif Selby   Gary Kelly
 * Shooting:
 * Men's 25m standard pistol singles: Bin Gai  570 points  Roger Daniel  563  Samaresh Jung  559
 * Open full bore pairs:  (Mike Collings, John Snowden) 588 points (GR)   587   584
 * Women's 10m air pistol singles: Bibiana Ng  481.9 points  Heena Sidhu  481.6  Dina Aspandiyarova  478.8
 * Open full bore singles: Parag Patel  396 points (GR)  James Corbett  395  David Calvert  393
 * Men's 50m prone rifle singles: Jonathan Hammond  696.9 points  Warren Potent  695.4  Matthew Hall  694.1
 * Men's skeet singles: Richard Brickell  144+7 points  Georgios Achilleos  144+6  Andreas Chasikos  143+6+2
 * Squash:
 * Women's doubles: Jaclyn Hawkes/Joelle King   Jenny Duncalf/Laura Massaro   Kasey Brown/Donna Urquhart
 * Mixed doubles: Kasey Brown/Cameron Pilley   Joelle King/Martin Wright   Nicol David/Beng Hee Ong
 * Men's doubles: Adrian Grant/Nick Matthew   Stewart Boswell/David Palmer   Ryan Cuskelly/Cameron Pilley
 * Table tennis:
 * Men's doubles: Sharath Kamal/Subhajit Saha   Gao Ning/Yang Zi   Andrew Baggaley/Liam Pitchford
 * Women's singles: Feng Tianwei   Yu Mengyu   Wang Yuegu

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Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Division Series:
 * Game 5, Texas Rangers 5, Tampa Bay Rays 1. Rangers win series 3–2.
 * The Rangers win a postseason series for the first time in franchise history. This is also the first MLB postseason series ever in which all games were won by the road team.

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 2nd Test in Bangalore, day 4: 🇦🇺 australia 478 (141 overs) and 202/7 (65 overs); 🇮🇳 india 495 (144.5 overs; Sachin Tendulkar 214). Australia lead by 185 runs with 3 wickets remaining.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, matchday 4:
 * Group A:
 * 1–0 🇹🇷 turkey
 * 0–3 🇩🇪 germany
 * 4–4 🇦🇹 austria
 * Standings: Germany 12 points (4 matches), Austria 7 (3), Turkey 6 (4), Belgium 4 (4), Azerbaijan 3 (3), Kazakhstan 0 (4).
 * Group B:
 * 4–0 🇦🇩 andorra
 * 0–1 🇷🇺 russia
 * 1–1 🇮🇪 ireland
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Russia 9 points, Armenia, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia 7 points, Macedonia 4, Andorra 0.
 * Group C:
 * 1–1
 * 0–0 🇷🇸 serbia (match abandoned after 6 minutes due to crowd trouble)
 * On 29 October, Italy were awarded a 3–0 victory. (AP via USA Today)
 * 0–1 🇸🇮 slovenia
 * Standings: Italy 10 points (4 matches), Slovenia 7 (4), Estonia 6 (4), Northern Ireland 5 (3), Serbia 4 (4), Faroe Islands 1 (5).
 * Group D:
 * 2–0 🇦🇱 albania
 * 2–0 🇱🇺 luxembourg
 * Standings: France 9 points (4 matches), Belarus 8 (4), Albania 5 (4), 🇧🇦 bosnia and herzegovina 4 (3), 🇷🇴 romania 2 (3), Luxembourg 1 (4).
 * Group E:
 * 1–2 🇭🇺 hungary
 * 4–1 🇸🇪 sweden
 * 0–2 🇲🇩 moldova
 * Standings: Netherlands 12 points (4 matches), Hungary 9 (4), Sweden 6 (3), Moldova 6 (4), Finland 0 (3), San Marino 0 (4).
 * Group F:
 * 1–1
 * 2–1 🇮🇱 israel
 * Standings: Greece 8 points (4 matches), 7 (3), Georgia 6 (4), Israel, Latvia 4 (4), 🇲🇹 malta 0 (3).
 * Group G:
 * 4–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales
 * 0–0 🇲🇪 montenegro
 * Standings: Montenegro 10 points (4 matches), England 7 (3), Switzerland, 🇧🇬 bulgaria 3 (3), Wales 0 (3).
 * Group H:
 * 1–3
 * 2–0 🇨🇾 cyprus
 * Standings: 🇳🇴 norway 9 points (3 matches), Portugal 7 (4), Denmark 6 (3), Cyprus 1 (3), Iceland 0 (3).
 * Group I:
 * 0–2 🇨🇿 czech republic
 * 2–3 🇪🇸 spain
 * Standings: Spain 9 points (3 matches), Czech Republic 6 (3), Scotland 4 (4), 🇱🇹 lithuania 4 (3), Liechtenstein 0 (3).
 * 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs, second leg (teams in bold qualify for Final Tournament; first leg score in parentheses):
 * 0–0 (1–2) . England win 2–1 on aggregate.
 * 0–3 (1–2) . Spain win 5–1 on aggregate.
 *  3–0 (a.e.t.) (0–2) . Belarus win 3–2 on aggregate.
 * 0–2 (0–3) . Czech Republic win 5–0 on aggregate.
 *  0–2 (3–1) . 3–3 on aggregate, Ukraine advance on away goals rule.
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
 * Deportes Tolima 🇨🇴 3–0 (0–2) 🇦🇷 Banfield. 3–3 on points; Deportes Tolima win 3–2 on aggregate.
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, first leg:
 * Unión San Felipe 4–2 🇪🇨 LDU Quito
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group B:
 * Boca Juniors 🇦🇷 1–1 Everton
 * Universidad Autónoma 7–0 🇵🇪 UP de Iquitos
 * Final standings: Everton 10 points, Boca Juniors 8, Universidad Autónoma 7, 🇧🇴 Florida 3, UP de Iquitos 0.

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Aquatics (diving):
 * Men's 10m synchronised platform: Max Brick/Tom Daley  439.65 points  Matthew Mitcham/Ethan Warren  423.81  Kevin Geyson/Eric Sehn  394.80
 * Women's 1m springboard: Jennifer Abel  301.75 points  Sharleen Stratton  299.15  Émilie Heymans  296.10
 * Men's 3m synchronised springboard: Alexandre Despatie/Reuben Ross  430.35 points  Matthew Mitcham/Ethan Warren  424.47  Bryan Lomas/Ken Yeoh  404.64
 * Athletics:
 * Men's:
 * Javelin throw: Jarrod Bannister  81.71m  Stuart Farquhar  78.15m  Kashinath Naik  74.29m
 * Triple jump: Tosin Oke  17.16m  Lucien Mamba Schlick  17.14m  Renjith Maheshwary  17.07m
 * 4 × 100 m relay:  (Ryan Scott, Leon Baptiste, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis) 38.74  🇯🇲 38.79   38.89
 * 1500m: Silas Kiplagat  3:41.78  James Magut  3:42.27  Nick Willis  3:42.38
 * 4 × 400 m relay:  (Joel Milburn, Kevin Moore, Brendan Cole, Sean Wroe) 3:03.30  🇰🇪 3:03.84   3:03.97
 * Women's:
 * Pole vault: Alana Boyd  4.40m  Marianna Zachariadi  4.40m  Kate Dennison  4.25m  Carly Dockendorf  4.25m  Kelsie Hendry  4.25m
 * 4 × 100 m relay:  (Katherine Endacott, Montell Douglas, Laura Turner, Abiodun Oyepitan) 44.19  🇬🇭 45.24   45.25
 * 5000m: Vivian Cheruiyot  15:55.12  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet  15:55.61  Iness Chepkesis Chenonge  16:02.47
 * 4 × 400 m relay: (Manjit Kaur, Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji, Mandeep Kaur) 3:27.77   3:29.51   3:30.20
 * Gymnastics (rhythmic):
 * Women's team:  (Naazmi Johnston, Janine Murray, Danielle Prince) 235.775 points   224.325   220.475
 * Rugby sevens:
 * Men's event:
 * Shooting:
 * Men's:
 * 25m standard pistol pairs:  (Bin Gai, Lip Meng Poh) 1116 points   1103   1098
 * 50m prone rifle pairs:  (Neil Stirton, Jonathan Hammond) 1181 points   1178   1174+64
 * Women's:
 * 10m air pistol pairs:  (Heena Sidhu, Annu Raj Singh) 759+21 points   759+21   759+14
 * 50m prone rifle singles: Jennifer McIntosh  597 points (GR)  Tejaswini Sawant  594  Johanne Brekke  593
 * Table tennis:
 * Mixed doubles: Yang Zi/Wang Yuegu   Feng Tianwei/Gao Ning   Paul Drinkhall/Joanna Parker
 * Weightlifting:
 * Women's powerlifting bench press: Esther Oyema  148.1 kg  Ganiyatu Onaolopo  139.3 kg  Osamwenyobor Arasomwan  124.6 kg
 * Men's powerlifting bench press: Yakunu Adesokan  215.1 kg  Anthony Ulonnam  210.6 kg  Ikechukwu Obichukwu  196 kg

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American football

 * NFL, Week 5:
 * Monday Night Football: New York Jets 29, Minnesota Vikings 20

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * National League Division Series:
 * Game 4, San Francisco Giants 3, Atlanta Braves 2. Giants win series 3–1.
 * The Giants book a place in the NLCS against the Philadelphia Phillies and end the managing career of Braves skipper Bobby Cox.

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 2nd Test in Bangalore, day 3: 🇦🇺 australia 478 (141 overs); 🇮🇳 india 435/5 (122 overs; Sachin Tendulkar 191*, Murali Vijay 139). India trail by 43 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * New Zealand in Bangladesh:
 * 3rd ODI in Mirpur: 🇳🇿 new zealand 173 (42.5 overs); undefined 177/3 (40 overs). Bangladesh win by 7 wickets; lead 5-match series 2–0.
 * Afghanistan in Kenya:
 * 3rd ODI in Nairobi: 🇦🇫 afghanistan 188 (43 overs); 🇰🇪 kenya 189/2 (41.3 overs). Kenya win by 8 wickets; win 3-match series 2–1.

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs, second leg (teams in bold qualify for Final Tournament; first leg score in parentheses):
 * 1–1 (1–4) . Switzerland win 5–2 on aggregate.
 * 1–2 (1–2) . Iceland win 4–2 on aggregate.
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group A:
 * Santos 🇧🇷 7–0 🇪🇨 Deportivo Quito
 * Formas Íntimas 🇨🇴 1–2 River Plate
 * Final standings: Santos 12 points, Deportivo Quito 7, River Plate 4, 🇻🇪 Caracas, Formas Íntimas 3.

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Aquatics (diving):
 * Men's 3m springboard: Alexandre Despatie  513.75 points  Reuben Ross  457.15  Grant Nel  456.55
 * Women's 10m platform: Pandelela Rinong Pamg  371.05 points  Melissa Wu  369.50  Alex Croak  355.40
 * Athletics:
 * Men's:
 * Pole vault: Steven Hooker  5.60m  Steven Lewis  5.60m  Max Eaves  5.40m
 * 3000m steeplechase: Richard Mateelong  8:16.39  Ezekiel Kemboi  8:18.47  Brimin Kipruto  8:19.65
 * 10,000m: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  27:57.39  Daniel Salel  27:57.57  Joseph Birech  27:58.58
 * Women's:
 * 100m hurdles: Sally Pearson  12.67  Angela Whyte  12.98  Andrea Miller  13.25
 * Discus throw: Krishna Poonia  61.51m  Harwant Kaur  60.16m  Seema Antil  58.46m
 * 200m: Cydonie Mothersille  22.89  Abiodun Oyepitan  23.26  Adrienne Power  23.52
 * 800m: Nancy Langat  2:00.01  Nikki Hamblin  2:00.05  Diane Cummins  2:00.13
 * Lawn bowls:
 * Men's pairs:  (Shaun Addinall, Gerald Baker)    🇲🇾
 * Women's pairs:  (Ellen Falkner, Amy Monkhouse)  🇲🇾  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
 * Shooting:
 * Women's prone 50m rifle pairs:  (Jen McIntosh, Kay Copland) 1169+60 points   1169+52   1168
 * Men's skeet pairs: 🇨🇾 (Georgios Achilleos, Andreas Chasikos) 194 points (EGR)   191   191
 * Weightlifting:
 * Men's +105 kg: Damon Kelly  397 kg  Itte Detenamo  397 kg  George Kobaladze  386 kg

Tennis

 * ATP World Tour:
 * China Open:
 * Final: Novak Djokovic def. David Ferrer  6–2, 6–4
 * Djokovic wins his second title of the season and the 18th of his career.
 * WTA Tour:
 * China Open:
 * Final: Caroline Wozniacki def. Vera Zvonareva  6–3, 3–6, 6–3
 * Wozniacki wins her sixth title of the season and the 12th of her career. Wozniacki also becomes World No. 1 for the first time in her career.

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American football

 * NFL, Week 5:
 * Indianapolis Colts 19, Kansas City Chiefs 9
 * The Colts knock off the league's last unbeaten team.
 * Jacksonville Jaguars 36, Buffalo Bills 26
 * Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24, Cincinnati Bengals 21
 * Atlanta Falcons 20, Cleveland Browns 10
 * Detroit Lions 44, St. Louis Rams 6
 * Baltimore Ravens 31, Denver Broncos 17
 * Chicago Bears 23, Carolina Panthers 6
 * Washington Redskins 16, Green Bay Packers 13 (OT)
 * New York Giants 34, Houston Texans 10
 * Arizona Cardinals 30, New Orleans Saints 20
 * Tennessee Titans 34, Dallas Cowboys 27
 * Oakland Raiders 35, San Diego Chargers 27
 * Sunday Night Football: Philadelphia Eagles 27, San Francisco 49ers 24
 * Byes: Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks

Athletics

 * World Marathon Majors:
 * Chicago Marathon:
 * Men: Samuel Wanjiru  2:06:24  Tsegaye Kebede  2:06:43  Feyisa Lilesa  2:08:10
 * Wanjiru wins the race for the second straight year.
 * World Marathon Majors standings: (1) Wanjiru 75 points (2) Kebede 65 (3) Deriba Merga, Emmauel Mutai 35
 * Women: Liliya Shobukhova  2:20:25  Atsede Baysa  2:23:40  Mariya Konovalova  2:23:50
 * Shobukhova wins the race for the second straight year.
 * World Marathon Majors standings: (1) Shobukhova 85 points (2) Irina Mikitenko 41 (3) Salina Kosgei  36
 * Shobukhova secures the title with one event (New York City Marathon) remaining.

Auto racing

 * Formula One:
 * in Suzuka: (1) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull–Renault) (2) Mark Webber  (Red Bull-Renault) (3) Fernando Alonso  (Ferrari)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 16 of 19 races): (1) Webber 220 points (2) Alonso 206 (3) Vettel 206
 * Constructors' championship standings: (1) Red Bull 426 points (2) McLaren 381 (3) Ferrari 334
 * Chase for the Sprint Cup:
 * Pepsi Max 400 in Fontana: (1) Tony Stewart (Chevrolet; Stewart Haas Racing) (2)  Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) (3)  Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 30 of 36 races): (1) Johnson 5673 points (2) Denny Hamlin (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 5637 (3)  Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 5619
 * V8 Supercars:
 * Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 in Bathurst, New South Wales: (1) Craig Lowndes /Mark Skaife (Holden Commodore) (2) Jamie Whincup /Steve Owen  (Holden Commodore) (3) Garth Tander /Cameron McConville  (Holden Commodore)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 18 of 26 races): (1) James Courtney (Ford Falcon) 2323 points (2) Whincup 2198 (3) Lowndes 2039

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Division Series:
 * Game 4, Tampa Bay Rays 5, Texas Rangers 2. Series tied 2–2.
 * National League Division Series:
 * Game 3, San Francisco Giants 3, Atlanta Braves 2. Giants lead series 2–1.
 * Game 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2, Cincinnati Reds 0. Phillies win series 3–0.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Pacific League First Stage:
 * Game 2, Chiba Lotte Marines 5, Saitama Seibu Lions 4 (11 innings). Marines win series 2–0.

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 2nd Test in Bangalore, day 2: 🇦🇺 australia 478 (141 overs; Marcus North 128); 🇮🇳 india 128/2 (34.2 overs). India trail by 350 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * Zimbabwe in South Africa:
 * 2nd T20I in Kimberley: undefined 194/6 (20 overs);  undefined 186/7 (20 overs). South Africa win by 8 runs; win 2-match series 2–0.

Equestrianism

 * FEI World Games in Lexington, Kentucky, United States:
 * Four-in-Hand-Driving Individual: Boyd Exell  134.04 points  IJsbrand Chardon  135.24  Tucker Johnson  150.06
 * Four-in-Hand-Driving Team:  279.77 points   300.92   322.20
 * Para Dressage Individual – Freestyle Tests Grade IV: Sophie Wells  on Pinocchio 78.50%  Michele George  on FBW Rainman 78.05%  Frank Hosmar  on Tiesto 77.25%
 * Vaulting Team:  8.029 points   8.010  🇦🇹 7.990

Football (soccer)

 * Africa Cup of Nations qualification, matchday 2:
 * Group A: 0–0 🇨🇻 cape verde
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Cape Verde 4 points, 🇲🇱 mali 3, Zimbabwe 2, 🇱🇷 liberia 1.
 * Group B:
 * 0–1 🇪🇹 ethiopia
 * 1–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Guinea 6 points, Nigeria, Ethiopia 3, Madagaskar 0.
 * Group C: 1–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): 🇲🇿 mozambique, Libya 4 points, Zambia 3, 🇰🇲 comoros 0.
 * Group D: 2–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Central African Republic, 🇲🇦 morocco 4 points,, Algeria 1.
 * Group G:
 * 1–0 🇪🇬 egypt
 * 0–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): South Africa 4 points, Niger 3, Sierra Leone 2, Egypt 1.
 * Group I:
 * 0–0
 * 3–1 🇸🇿 swaziland
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Ghana, Sudan 4 points, Congo 3, Swaziland 0.
 * Group K: 1–2 🇹🇳 tunisia
 * Standings (after 4 matches): 10 points, Tunisia 7, 🇲🇼 malawi 6, Togo 2,  1.
 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage One: (teams in bold advance to Qualifying Group Stage Two)
 * Group B in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
 *  4–0 🇲🇸 montserrat
 *  0–0
 * Final standings: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent, Barbados 5 points, Montserrat 0.
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group B:
 * Boca Juniors 🇦🇷 2–2 Universidad Autónoma
 * Everton 6–0 🇧🇴 Florida
 * Standings: Everton 9 points (3 matches), Boca Juniors 7 (3), Universidad Autónoma 4 (3), Florida 3 (4), 🇵🇪 UP de Iquitos 0 (3).

Golf

 * Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in Potomac, Maryland, United States:
 * Final leaderboard (all USA): (T1) Mark O'Meara & Michael Allen 273 (−7) (3) Loren Roberts 275 (−5)
 * Sudden-death playoff: O'Meara 4 (E) def. Allen 5 (+1)
 * O'Meara wins his first senior major, and second Champions Tour title.
 * PGA Tour Fall Series:
 * McGladrey Classic in Sea Island, Georgia:
 * Winner: Heath Slocum 266 (−14)
 * Slocum wins his fourth career PGA Tour title.
 * European Tour:
 * Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland:
 * Winner: Martin Kaymer 271 (−17)
 * Kaymer wins his third European Tour title of the season, and eighth overall.
 * LPGA Tour:
 * Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Alabama:
 * Winner: Katherine Hull 269 (−19)
 * Hull wins her second career LPGA Tour title.

Motorcycle racing

 * Moto GP:
 * Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang:
 * MotoGP: (1) Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) (2) Andrea Dovizioso  (Honda) (3) Jorge Lorenzo  (Yamaha)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 15 of 18 rounds): (1) Lorenzo 313 points (2) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 228 (3) Rossi 181
 * Lorenzo seals his first premier class world title.
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Yamaha 334 points (2) Honda 305 (3) Ducati 230
 * Moto2: (1) Roberto Rolfo (Suter) (2) Alex de Angelis  (Motobi) (3) Andrea Iannone  (Speed Up)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 14 of 17 rounds): (1) Toni Elías (Moriwaki) 262 points (2) Julián Simón  (Suter) 168 (3) Iannone 163
 * Elías becomes the first Moto2 World Champion.
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Moriwaki 287 points (2) Suter 261 (3) Speed Up 188
 * 125cc: (1) Marc Márquez (Derbi) (2) Pol Espargaró  (Derbi) (3) Nicolás Terol  (Aprilia)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 14 of 17 rounds): (1) Márquez 247 points (2) Terol 244 (3) Espargaró 235
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Derbi 335 points (2) Aprilia 287 (3) Honda 20

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Aquatics (diving):
 * Women's synchronised 3m springboard: Jennifer Abel/Émilie Heymans  318.90 points  Briony Cole/Sharleen Stratton  300.84  Jaele Patrick/Olivia Wright  295.32
 * Men's 1m springboard: Alexandre Despatie  468.15 points  Matthew Mitcham  441.00  Scott Robertson  409.15
 * Women's synchronised 10m platform: Melissa Wu/Alex Croak  335.76 points  Pandelela Rinong Pamg/Mun Yee Leong  328.38  Briony Cole/Anabelle Smith  325.50
 * Archery:
 * Women's recurve individual: Deepika Kumari   Alison Williamson   Dola Banerjee
 * Men's recurve individual: Rahul Banerjee   Jason Lyon   Jayanta Talukdar
 * Athletics:
 * Men's:
 * Discus throw: Benn Harradine  65.45m  Vikas Gowda  63.69m  Carl Myerscough  60.64m
 * 1500m T54: Kurt Fearnley  3:19.86  Richard Colman  3:20.90  Josh Cassidy  3:21.14
 * 400m hurdles: David Greene  48.52  L. J. van Zyl  48.63  Rhys Williams  49.19
 * 800m: Boaz Kiplagat Lalang  1:46.60  Richard Kiplagat  1:46.95  Abraham Kiplagat  1:47.37
 * 200m: Leon Baptiste  20.45  Lansford Spence  20.49  Christian Malcolm  20.52
 * Women's:
 * High jump: Nicole Forrester  1.91m  Sheree Francis  1.88m  Levern Spencer  1.88m
 * 400m hurdles: Muizat Ajoke Odumosu  55.28  Eilidh Child  55.62  Nickiesha Wilson  56.06
 * Long jump: Alice Falaiye  6.50m  M. A. Prajusha  6.47m  Tabia Charles  6.44m
 * Cycling (road):
 * Women's road race: Rochelle Gilmore   Lizzie Armitstead   Chloe Hosking
 * Men's road race: Allan Davis   Hayden Roulston   David Millar
 * Lawn bowls:
 * Women's triples:  (Tracy-Lee Botha, Susan Nel, Santjie Steyn)
 * Men's triples:  (Johann du Plessis, Wayne Perry, Gidion Vermeulen)
 * Shooting:
 * Men's 25m centrefire pistol singles: Harpreet Singh  580 points  Vijay Kumar  574+49  Lip Meng Poh  574+48
 * Women's 10m air rifle singles: Jasmine Ser  501.7 points (EGR, FGR)  Nur Ayuni Halim  497.5  Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi  496.9
 * Men's 25m trap singles: Aaron Heading  147 points (FGR)  Michael Diamond  146  Manavjit Singh Sandhu  144+2
 * Tennis:
 * Women's doubles: Sally Peers/Anastasia Rodionova   Jessica Moore/Olivia Rogowska   Rushmi Chakravarthi/Sania Mirza
 * Men's singles: Somdev Devvarman   Greg Jones   Matt Ebden
 * Mixed doubles: Jocelyn Rae/Colin Fleming   Anastasia Rodionova/Paul Hanley   Sarah Borwell/Ken Skupski
 * Weightlifting:
 * Women's +75 kg: Ele Opeloge  285 kg (GR)  Mariam Usman  255 kg  Deborah Acason  245 kg
 * Men's 105 kg: Niusila Opeloge  338 kg  Stanislav Chalaev  334 kg  Curtis Onaghinor  332 kg
 * Wrestling:
 * Men's freestyle 55 kg: Azhar Hussain   Ebikewenimo Welson   Anil Kumar
 * Men's freestyle 66 kg: Sushil Kumar   Heinrich Barnes   Chris Prickett
 * Men's freestyle 84 kg: Muhammad Inam   Anuj Kumar   Andrew Dick
 * Men's freestyle 120 kg: Arjan Bhullar   Joginder Kumar   Hugues Onanena

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
 * Pool 4: Bath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 11–12 🇫🇷 Biarritz
 * Pool 6: Toulouse 🇫🇷 18–16 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Wasps
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 1:

Snooker

 * Players Tour Championship:
 * Event 5 in Sheffield:
 * Final: Ding Junhui 4–1 Jamie Jones
 * Ding wins his seventh professional title.
 * Order of Merit (after 7 of 12 events): (1) Barry Pinches 17,100 (2) Mark Williams  16,400 (3) Mark Selby  15,500

Snowboarding

 * Snowboard World Cup in Landgraaf, Netherlands:
 * Men's Parallel slalom: Andreas Prommegger   Roland Fischnaller   Aaron March
 * Women's Parallel slalom: Yekaterina Tudegesheva   Heidi Neururer   Alena Zavarzina

Tennis

 * ATP World Tour:
 * Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships:
 * Final: Rafael Nadal def. Gaël Monfils  6–1, 7–5
 * Nadal wins his seventh title of the season and the 43rd of his career.

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Rome, Italy:
 * 3rd place:  3–1
 * Final:  0–3  
 * Brazil win the title for the third straight time.

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American football

 * NCAA:
 * AP Top 10:
 * (19) South Carolina 35, (1) Alabama 21
 * (2) Ohio State 38, Indiana 10
 * (3) Oregon 43, Washington State 23
 * (4) Boise State 57, Toledo 14
 * (5) TCU 45, Wyoming 0
 * (8) Auburn 37, Kentucky 34
 * Oregon State 29, (9) Arizona 27
 * (10) Utah 68, Iowa State 27
 * Other games:
 * (12) LSU 33, (14) Florida 29
 * (17) Michigan State 34, (18) Michigan 17
 * (23) Florida State 45, (13) Miami 17
 * Played earlier this week: (7) Nebraska
 * Idle: (6) Oklahoma

Auto racing

 * Nationwide Series:
 * CampingWorld.com 300 in Fontana, California: (1) Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (2)  Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (3)  Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Inc.)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 30 of 35 races): (1) Keselowski 4764 points (2) Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 4380 (3) Busch 4279

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Division Series:
 * Game 3, Tampa Bay Rays 6, Texas Rangers 3. Rangers lead series 2–1.
 * Game 3, New York Yankees 6, Minnesota Twins 1. Yankees win series 3–0.
 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
 * Pacific League First Stage:
 * Game 1, Chiba Lotte Marines 6, Saitama Seibu Lions 5 (11 innings). Marines lead series 1–0.

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 2nd Test in Bangalore, day 1: 🇦🇺 australia 285/5 (85.5 overs); 🇮🇳 india.
 * Afghanistan in Kenya:
 * 2nd ODI in Nairobi: 🇰🇪 kenya 139 (41 overs); 🇦🇫 afghanistan 143/4 (27 overs). Afghanistan win by 6 wickets; 3-match series level 1–1.

Equestrianism

 * FEI World Games in Lexington, Kentucky, United States:
 * Driving Marathon:
 * Jumping The Rolex Top Four:
 * Para Dressage Individual Championship Tests:
 * Vaulting Freestyle-Final Female/Male:

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Dresden, Germany: (skaters in bold qualify for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final)
 * Men: Richard Dornbush  195.23  Gordei Gorshkov  185.84  Ryuichi Kihara  177.92
 * Standings (after 6 of 7 events): Andrei Rogozine 30 points (2 events), Dornbush, Joshua Farris  28 (2), Max Aaron, Zhan Bush  24 (2), Gorshkov 22 (2), Jason Brown , Liam Firus  18 (2)...Keegan Messing , Yan Han  15 (1), Artem Grigoriev  13 (1).
 * Ice Dance: Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin  126.92  Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev  118.80  Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely  118.21
 * Standings (after 6 of 7 events): Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 30 points (2 events), Lichtman / Copely, Kosigina / Moroshkin, Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin  26 (2), Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus  22 (2), Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  20 (2), Geraldine Bott / Neil Brown , Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager  18 (2)... Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro , Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski , Antipova / Kudashev 13 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, matchday 3:
 * Group D: 2–0 🇷🇴 romania
 * Standings (after 3 matches): France 6 points, 🇦🇱 albania, 🇧🇾 belarus 5, 🇧🇦 bosnia and herzegovina 4, Romania 2, 🇱🇺 luxembourg 1.
 * Group F: 1–2
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Croatia 7 points,, 5, Israel 4,  3, 🇲🇹 malta 0.
 * Africa Cup of Nations qualification, matchday 1:
 * Group A: 2–1 🇱🇷 liberia
 * Standings: 🇨🇻 cape verde 3 points (1 match), Mali 3 (2), 1 (1), Liberia 1 (2).
 * Group C: 0–1 🇲🇿 mozambique
 * Standings: Mozambique 4 points (2 matches), 3 (1),  1 (1), Comoros 0 (2).
 * Group D: 0–1 🇲🇦 morocco
 * Standings: Morocco 4 points (2 matches),, 🇨🇫 central african republic 1 (1), Tanzania 1 (2).
 * Group E:
 * 1–1 🇨🇩 congo
 * 7–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Senegal 6 points, Cameroon 4, Congo DR 1, Mauritius 0.
 * Group F: 3–1
 * Standings: Burkina Faso 3 points (1 match), Gambia 3 (2), 🇳🇦 namibia 0 (1).
 * Group H:
 * 0–1 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire
 * 0–3 🇧🇯 benin
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Côte d'Ivoire 6 points, Benin 4, Burundi 1, Rwanda 0.
 * Group J:
 * 0–0 🇺🇬 uganda
 * 1–0 🇬🇼 guinea-bissau
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Uganda 4 points, Guinea-Bissau, Angola 3, Kenya 1.
 * Group K: 6–2
 * Standings: 10 points (4 matches), Malawi 6 (4), 🇹🇳 tunisia 4 (3),  2 (3), Chad 1 (4).
 * 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs, first leg:
 * 1–3
 * 2–1
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group A:
 * Santos 🇧🇷 4–0 🇨🇴 Formas Íntimas
 * Deportivo Quito 🇪🇨 1–0 🇻🇪 Caracas
 * Standings: Santos 9 points (3 matches), Deportivo Quito 7 (3), Formas Íntimas 3 (3), Caracas 3 (4), River Plate 1 (3).

Golf

 * Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in Potomac, Maryland, United States:
 * Leaderboard after day 3 (all USA): (1) Mark O'Meara 205 (−5) (T2) Michael Allen, Russ Cochran & Loren Roberts 207 (−3)

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Aquatics (swimming):
 * Men's:
 * 50m freestyle: Brent Hayden  22.01 (GR)  Roland Mark Schoeman  22.14  Gideon Louw  22.22
 * 200m breaststroke: Brenton Rickard  2:10.89 (GR)  Michael Jamieson  2:10.97  Christian Sprenger  2:11.44
 * 100m freestyle S10: Benoît Huot  53.70 (GR)  Andrew Pasterfield  55.04  Robert Welbourn  55.10
 * 1500m freestyle: Ryan Cochrane  15:01.49  Heerden Herman  15:03.70  Daniel Fogg  15:13.50
 * 4 × 100 m medley relay:  (Ashley Delaney, Brenton Rickard, Geoff Huegill, Eamon Sullivan) 3:33.15 (GR)   3:36.12   3:36.31
 * Women's:
 * 200m butterfly: Jessicah Schipper  2:07.04  Audrey Lacroix  2:07.31  Ellen Gandy  2:07.75
 * 100m butterfly S9: Natalie du Toit  1:07.32  Stephanie Millward  1:13.11  Ellie Cole  1:14.04
 * 400m individual medley: Hannah Miley  4:38.83 (GR)  Samantha Hamill  4:39.45  Keri-anne Payne  4:41.07
 * 4 × 100 m medley relay:  (Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Alicia Coutts) 3:56.99   4:00.09   4:03.96
 * Archery:
 * Women's compound individual: Nicky Hunt   Doris Jones   Cassie McCall
 * Men's compound individual: Duncan Busby   Christopher White   Septimus Cilliers
 * Athletics:
 * Men's:
 * 20km walk: Jared Tallent  1:22:18 (GR)  Luke Adams  1:22:31  Harminder Singh  1:23:28
 * High jump: Donald Thomas  2.32m  Trevor Barry  2.29m  Kabelo Kgosiemang  2.26m
 * Long jump: Fabrice Lapierre  8.30m  Greg Rutherford  8.22m  Ignisious Gaisah  8.12m
 * 400m: Mark Mutai  45.44  Sean Wroe  45.46  Ramon Miller  45.55
 * Women's:
 * 20km walk: Johanna Jackson  1:34:22 (GR)  Claire Tallent  1:36:55  Grace Wanjiru  1:37:49
 * Shot put: Valerie Adams  20.47m (GR)  Cleopatra Brown  19.03m  Tasele Satupai  16.43m
 * 3000m steeplechase: Milcah Chemos Cheywa  9:40.96  Mercy Wanjiku  9:41.54  Gladys Kipkemoi  9:52.51
 * Javelin throw: Sunette Viljoen  62.34m (GR)  Kimberley Mickle  60.90m  Justine Robbeson  60.03m
 * Heptathlon: Louise Hazel  6156 points  Jessica Zelinka  6100  Grace Clements  5819
 * Shooting:
 * Men's:
 * 25m centrefire pistol pairs:  (Vijay Kumar, Harpreet Singh) 1159 points   1140   1139
 * 50m rifle 3 positions singles: Gagan Narang  1262.2 points (GR, FGR)  Jonathan Hammond  1255.3  James Huckle  1254.9
 * Women's:
 * 10m air rifle pairs: 🇲🇾 (Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi, Nur Ayuni Halim) 793 points   790   785
 * Trap singles: Anita North  93 points (FGR)  Shona Marshall  91  Gaby Ahrens  88
 * Table tennis:
 * Men's team event:  (Gao Ning, Yang Zi, Ma Liang)
 * Tennis:
 * Women's singles: Anastasia Rodionova   Sania Mirza   Sally Peers
 * Men's doubles: Paul Hanley/Peter Luczak   Ross Hutchins/Ken Skupski   Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes
 * Weightlifting:
 * Men's 94 kg: Faavae Faauliuli  334 kg  Peter Kirkbride  333 kg  Benedict Uloko  332 kg
 * Women's 75 kg: Hadiza Zakari  239 kg (GR)  Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau  225 kg  Laishram Devi  216 kg
 * Wrestling:
 * Men's freestyle 60 kg: Yogeshwar Dutt   James Mancini   Sasha Madyarchyk
 * Men's freestyle 74 kg: Narsingh Yadav   Richard Addinall   Evan Macdonald
 * Men's freestyle 96 kg: Sinvie Boltic   Korey Jarvis   Leon Rattigan

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
 * Pool 1: Cardiff Blues 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 18–17 Edinburgh
 * Pool 2:
 * Leinster 38–22 🇫🇷 Racing Métro
 * Clermont 🇫🇷 25–10 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Saracens
 * Pool 3:
 * Toulon 🇫🇷 19–14 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ospreys
 * London Irish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 23–17 Munster
 * Pool 5:
 * Benetton Treviso 🇮🇹 29–34 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester Tigers
 * Scarlets 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 43–34 🇫🇷 Perpignan
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 1:

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy:
 * Semifinals in Rome:
 * 2–3 
 * Cuba reach the final for the first time since 1990.
 * 1–3 
 * Two-time defending champion Brazil reach the final for the third straight time.
 * 11th place in Florence: 1–3 
 * 9th place in Florence:  3–1
 * 7th place in Modena:  3–0
 * 5th place in Modena:  3–0

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Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * National League Division Series:
 * Game 2, Philadelphia Phillies 7, Cincinnati Reds 4. Phillies lead series 2–0.
 * Game 2, Atlanta Braves 5, San Francisco Giants 4 (11 innings). Series tied 1–1.

Cricket

 * New Zealand in Bangladesh:
 * 2nd ODI in Mirpur: undefined vs. 🇳🇿 new zealand. Match abandoned without a ball bowled; Bangladesh lead 5-match series 1–0.
 * Zimbabwe in South Africa:
 * 1st T20I in Bloemfontein: undefined 168/4 (20 overs);  undefined 169/3 (15.5 overs). South Africa win by 7 wickets; lead 2-match series 1–0.

Equestrianism

 * FEI World Games in Lexington, Kentucky, United States:
 * Driving Dressage:
 * Jumping Individual Combination:
 * Para Dressage Individual Championship Tests:
 * Vaulting Compulsory-Individual Female/Male:

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Dresden, Germany: (skaters in bold qualify for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final)
 * Ice Dance short dance: (1) Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin 54.32 (2) Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev  49.42 (3) Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely   48.51
 * Pairs: Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  167.13  Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran  159.38  Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk  131.03
 * Standings (after 3 of 4 events): Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 30 points (2 events), Sui / Han 28 (2), Takahashi / Tran 26 (2), Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell, Tatiana Danilova / Andrei Novoselov  14 (2), Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang , Silaeva / Minchuk, Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz  11 (1)... Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz  9 (1).
 * Ladies: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  172.78  Christina Gao   155.67  Ira Vannut  141.87
 * Standings (after 6 of 7 events): Adelina Sotnikova, Tuktamysheva 30 points (2 events), Gao, Yasmin Siraj 26 (2), Kristiene Gong  22 (2), Vannut 20 (2), Shion Kokubun  18 (2), Rosa Sheveleva  16 (2), Polina Shelepen , Risa Shoji  15 (1)... Kiri Baga  13 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, matchday 3:
 * Group A:
 * 0–2 🇧🇪 belgium
 * 3–0 🇦🇿 azerbaijan
 * 3–0 🇹🇷 turkey
 * Standings: Germany 9 points (3 matches), Austria 6 (2), Turkey 6 (3), Belgium 3 (3), Kazakhstan 0 (3), Azerbaijan 0 (2).
 * Group B:
 * 3–1 🇸🇰 slovakia
 * 0–2 🇲🇰 macedonia
 * 2–3 🇷🇺 russia
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Slovakia, Russia, Republic of Ireland 6 points, Armenia, Macedonia 4, Andorra 0.
 * Group C:
 * 1–3 🇪🇪 estonia
 * 0–0 🇮🇹 italy
 * 5–1 🇫🇴 faroe islands
 * Standings: Italy 7 points (3 matches), Estonia 6 (3), Northern Ireland 4 (2), Serbia, Slovenia 4 (3), Faroe Islands 0 (4).
 * Group D:
 * 0–0 🇧🇾 belarus
 * 1–1 🇧🇦 bosnia and herzegovina
 * Standings: Albania, Belarus 5 points (3 matches), Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 (3), 🇫🇷 france 3 (2), 🇷🇴 romania 2 (2), Luxembourg 1 (3).
 * Group E:
 * 8–0 🇸🇲 san marino
 * 0–1
 * Standings: Netherlands 9 points (3 matches), 🇸🇪 sweden 6 (2), Hungary 6 (3), Moldova 3 (3), 🇫🇮 finland 0 (2), San Marino 0 (3).
 * Group F:
 * 1–0 🇲🇹 malta
 * 1–0
 * Standings: Georgia, Greece 5 points (3 matches),, 🇮🇱 israel 4 (2), Latvia 3 (3), Malta 0 (3).
 * Group G:
 * 1–0
 * 0–1 🇧🇬 bulgaria
 * Standings: Montenegro 9 points (3 matches), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 6 (2), Bulgaria 3 (3), Wales, Switzerland 0 (2).
 * Group H:
 * 1–2 🇳🇴 norway
 * 3–1
 * Standings: Norway 9 points (3 matches), Portugal 4 (3), Denmark 3 (2), Cyprus 1 (2), 🇮🇸 iceland 0 (2).
 * Group I:
 * 1–0
 * 3–1 🇱🇹 lithuania
 * Standings: Spain 6 points (2 matches), Scotland, Lithuania 4 (3), Czech Republic 3 (2), 🇱🇮 liechtenstein 0 (2).
 * OFC Women's Championship in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Third place playoff: 0–2  
 * Final:  11–0
 * New Zealand win the title for the fourth time, and qualify for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
 * 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs, first leg:
 * 2–1
 * 3–0
 * 2–0
 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage One:
 * Group B in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
 * 0–5
 * 1–1
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Saint Vincent, Barbados 4 points, Saint Kitts and Nevis 2, Montserrat 0.
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil:
 * Group B:
 * Boca Juniors 🇦🇷 12–1 🇵🇪 UP de Iquitos
 * Universidad Autónoma 6–1 🇧🇴 Florida
 * Standings: Boca Juniors, Everton 6 points (2 matches), Universidad Autónoma 3 (2), Florida 3 (3), UP de Iquitos 0 (3).

Golf

 * Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in Potomac, Maryland, United States:
 * Leaderboard after day 2 (all USA): (1) Russ Cochran 134 (−6) (2) Michael Allen 135 (−5) (3) Mark O'Meara 136 (−4)

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Aquatics (swimming):
 * Men's:
 * 100m butterfly: Geoff Huegill  51.69 (GR)  Ryan Pini  52.50  Antony James  52.50
 * 50m breaststroke: Cameron van der Burgh  27.18 (GR)  Glenn Snyders  27.67  Brenton Rickard  27.67
 * 100m backstroke: Liam Tancock  53.59 (GR)  Daniel Bell  54.43  Ashley Delaney  54.51
 * 100m freestyle S8: Ben Austin  1:00.44  Sean Fraser  1:00.77  Blake Cochrane  1:00.95
 * 200m individual medley: James Goddard  1:58.10 (GR)  Joe Roebuck  1:59.86  Leith Brodie  2:00.00
 * Women's:
 * 50m freestyle: Yolane Kukla  24.86  Francesca Halsall  24.98  Hayley Palmer  25.01
 * 200m backstroke: Meagen Nay  2:07.56 (GR)  Elizabeth Simmonds  2:07.90  Emily Seebohm  2:08.28
 * 100m breaststroke: Leisel Jones  1:05.84  Samantha Marshall  1:07.97  Kate Haywood  1:08.29
 * 400m freestyle: Rebecca Adlington  4:05.68 (GR)  Kylie Palmer  4:07.85  Jazmin Carlin  4:08.22
 * 50m backstroke: Sophie Edington  28.00 (GR)  Gemma Spofforth  28.03  Georgia Davies  28.33  Emily Seebohm  28.33
 * 4 × 100 m freestyle relay:  (Alicia Coutts, Felicity Galvez, Marieke Guehrer, Emily Seebohm) 3:36.36 (GR)   3:40.03   3:42.12
 * Archery:
 * Women's recurve team:  (Dola Banerjee, Deepika Kumari, Bombayala Laishram) 207 points   206   202
 * Men's recurve team:  (Matthew Gray, Mat Masonwells, Taylor Worth) 219 points  🇲🇾 212   221
 * Athletics:
 * Men's:
 * 110m hurdles: Andy Turner  13.38  William Sharman  13.50  Lawrence Somerset Clarke  13.70
 * Hammer throw: Chris Harmse  73.15m  Alex Smith  72.95m  Mike Floyd  69.34m
 * Decathlon: Jamie Adjetey-Nelson  8070 points  Brent Newdick  7899  Martin Brockman  7712
 * Women's:
 * 1500m T54: Diane Roy  3:53.95  Chineme Obeta  4:09.29  Anita Fordjour  4:18.83
 * Triple jump: Trecia-Kaye Smith  14.19m  Ayanna Alexander  13.91m  Tabia Charles  13.84m
 * 400m: Amantle Montsho  50.10 (GR)  Aliann Pompey  51.65  Christine Amertil  51.96
 * 1500m: Nancy Langat  4:05.26 (GR)  Nikki Hamblin  4:05.97  Stephanie Twell  4:06.15
 * 10,000m: Grace Momanyi  32:34.11  Doris Changeywo  32:36.97  Kavita Raut  33:05.28
 * Badminton:
 * Mixed team: 🇲🇾 (Koo Kien Keat, Chin Ee Hui, Lee Chong Wei, Wong Mew Choo, Boon Heong Tan)
 * Cycling (track):
 * Women's individual pursuit: Alison Shanks  3:30.875  Wendy Houvenaghel  3:32.137  Tara Whitten  3:35.810
 * Men's team sprint:  (Dan Ellis, Jason Niblett, Scott Sunderland) 43.772 (GR)   44.239  🇲🇾 45.040
 * Men's scratch: Cameron Meyer   Michael Freiberg   Zachary Bell
 * Gymnastics (artistic):
 * Men's:
 * Vault: Luke Folwell  15.762 points  Ashish Kumar  15.312  Ian Galvan  15.037
 * Parallel bars: Joshua Jefferis  14.625 points  Luke Folwell  14.200  Prashanth Sellathurai  14.000
 * Horizontal bar: Dimitris Krasias  13.900 points  Anderson Loran  13.625  Max Whitlock  13.575
 * Women's:
 * Balance beam: Lauren Mitchell  14.475 points  Heem Wei Lim  12.825  Cynthia Lemieux-Guillemette  12.825
 * Floor exercise: Imogen Cairns  14.200 points  Lauren Mitchell  13.925  Ashleigh Brennan  13.425
 * Shooting:
 * Men's trap pairs:  (Michael Diamond, Adam Vella) 198 points (GR)
 * Women's trap pairs:  (Laetisha Scanlan, Stacy Roiall) 93 points (GR)   91   90
 * Men's 50m rifle 3 positions pairs:  (Gagan Narang, Imran Hassan Khan) 2325 points (GR)   2308+105   2308+104
 * Men's 25m rapid fire pistol singles: Vijay Kumar  787.5 points (GR, FGR)  Hasli Amir Hasan  760.3  Gurpreet Singh  758.7
 * Men's 10m air pistol singles: Omkar Singh  681.8 points  Bin Gai  676.2  Daniel Repacholi  674
 * Squash:
 * Women's singles: Nicol David   Jenny Duncalf   Kasey Brown
 * Men's singles: Nick Matthew   James Willstrop   Peter Barker
 * Table tennis:
 * Women's team event:  (Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu, Li Jiawei)    🇲🇾
 * Weightlifting:
 * Women's 69 kg: Christine Girard  235 kg (GR)  Marie Janet Georges  216 kg  Itohan Ebireguesele  215 kg
 * Men's 85 kg: Simplice Ribouem  333 kg  Richard Patterson  331 kg  Mathieu Marineau  325 kg
 * Wrestling:
 * Women's freestyle 51 kg: Ifeoma Nwoye   Babita Kumari   Jessica Macdonald
 * Women's freestyle 59 kg: Alka Tomar   Tonya Verbeek   Tega Richard
 * Women's freestyle 67 kg: Anita   Megan Buydens   Ifeoma Iheanacho

Rugby union

 * Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
 * Pool 1: Northampton Saints 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18–14 🇫🇷 Castres
 * Pool 4: Ulster 30–6 🇮🇹 Aironi
 * Pool 6: Glasgow Warriors 21–13 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Newport Gwent Dragons
 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 1:

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy:
 * 9th–12th places in Florence:
 *  3–1
 * 0–3 
 * 5th–8th places in Modena:
 *  3–1
 *  3–0

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American football

 * NCAA AP Top 10:
 * (7) Nebraska 48, Kansas State 13

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Division Series:
 * Game 2, Texas Rangers 6, Tampa Bay Rays 0. Rangers lead series 2–0.
 * Game 2, New York Yankees 5, Minnesota Twins 2. Yankees lead series 2–0.
 * National League Division Series:
 * Game 1, San Francisco Giants 1, Atlanta Braves 0. Giants lead series 1–0.

Cricket

 * Afghanistan in Kenya:
 * 1st ODI in Nairobi: 🇰🇪 kenya 180 (46.2 overs); 🇦🇫 afghanistan 88 (27.5 overs). Kenya win by 92 runs; lead 3-match series 1–0.

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Dresden, Germany:
 * Ladies short program: (1) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 57.35 (2) Christina Gao  47.66 (3) Polina Agafonova  47.20
 * Pairs short program: (1) Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran 56.43 (2) Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  55.32 (3) Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk  48.30
 * Men's short program: (1) Richard Dornbush 69.05 (2) Gordei Gorshkov  62.95 (3) Jorik Hendrickx  60.81

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
 * Repechage I, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
 *  0–0 (3–1) . Switzerland win 3–1 on aggregate and advance to Repechage II.
 * 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs, first leg:
 * 4–1
 * 2–1
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil:
 * Group A:
 * River Plate 1–4 🇻🇪 Caracas
 * Formas Íntimas 🇨🇴 0–1 🇪🇨 Deportivo Quito
 * Standings: 🇧🇷 Santos 6 points (2 matches), Deportivo Quito 4 (2), Formas Íntimas 3 (2), Caracas 3 (3), River Plate 1 (3).

Golf

 * Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in Potomac, Maryland, United States: (USA unless stated)
 * Leaderboard after day 1: (1) Tom Kite 67 (−3) (T2) Michael Allen, Mark O'Meara and Joe Ozaki 68 (−2)

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Aquatics (swimming):
 * Men's:
 * 100m freestyle: Brent Hayden  47.98 (GR)  Simon Burnett  48.54  Eamon Sullivan  48.69
 * 400m individual medley: Chad le Clos  4:13.25 (GR)  Joe Roebuck  4:15.84  Riaan Schoeman  4:16.86
 * Women's:
 * 100m butterfly: Alicia Coutts  57.53  Ellen Gandy  58.06  Jemma Lowe  58.42
 * 100m freestyle S9: Natalie du Toit  1:02.36 (GR)  Stephanie Millward  1:03.69  Ellie Cole  1:05.20
 * 800m freestyle: Rebecca Adlington  8:24.69  Wendy Trott  8:26.69  Melissa Gorman  8:32.37
 * Archery:
 * Women's compound team:  (Danielle Brown, Nicky Hunt, Nichola Simpson) 232 points   229   223
 * Men's compound team:  (Duncan Busby, Liam Grimwood, Christopher White) 231 points   229   234
 * Athletics:
 * Men's:
 * Shot put (seated): Kyle Pettey  1021 points (WR)  Dan West  969  Hamish MacDonald  889
 * 100m T46: Simon Patmore  11.14  Samkelo Radebe  11.25  Ayuba Abdullahi  11.37
 * Shot put: Dylan Armstrong  21.02m (GR)  Dorian Scott  20.19m  Dale Stevenson  19.99m
 * 100m: Lerone Clarke  10.12  Mark Lewis-Francis  10.20  Aaron Armstrong  10.24
 * Women's:
 * Hammer throw: Sultana Frizell  68.57m (GR)  Carys Parry  64.93m  Zoe Derham  64.04m
 * 100m T37: Katrina Hart  14.36  Jenny McLoughlin  14.68  Johanna Benson  14.81
 * 100m: Natasha Mayers  11.37  Katherine Endacott  11.44  Delphine Atangana  11.48
 * The race was originally won by Sally Pearson but she was disqualified along with Laura Turner  for making false starts. Oludamola Osayomi  inherited the gold but she was also stripped of the medal for testing positive for the banned stimulant, methylhexanamine. (BBC Sport)
 * Cycling (track):
 * Men's:
 * Sprint: Shane Perkins   Scott Sunderland   Sam Webster
 * Team pursuit:  (Jack Bobridge, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer, Dale Parker) 3:55.421 (GR)
 * Women's:
 * Scratch: Megan Dunn   Joanne Kiesanowski   Anna Blyth
 * Sprint: Anna Meares   Becky James   Emily Rosemond
 * Gymnastics (artistic):
 * Men's:
 * Floor exercise: Thomas Pichler  14.675 points  Reiss Beckford  14.625  Ashish Kumar  14.475
 * Pommel horse: Prashanth Sellathurai  15.500 points  Max Whitlock  15.125  David-Jonathan Chan  14.200
 * Rings: Samuel Offord  14.825 points  Luke Folwell  14.750  Herodotos Giorgallas  14.650
 * Women's:
 * Vault: Imogen Cairns  13.775 points  Jennifer Khwela  13.737  Gabby May  13.712
 * Uneven bars: Lauren Mitchell  14.150 points  Georgia Bonora  13.925  Cynthia Lemieux-Guillemette  13.350
 * Shooting:
 * Men's 10m air pistol pairs:  (Omkar Singh, Gurpreet Singh) 1163 points (GR)   1143   1139
 * Men's 25m rapid fire pistol pairs:  (Vijay Kumar, Gurpreet Singh) 1162 points (GR)  🇲🇾 1144   1125
 * Women's 50m rifle 3 positions singles: Alethea Sedgman  676.0 points  Jasmine Ser  672.6  Aqilah Sudhir  671.3
 * Men's double trap singles: Stevan Walton  190 points  Ronjan Sodhi  186+8  Tim Kneale  186+7+6
 * Synchronised swimming:
 * Women's solo: Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon  47.667 points  Jenna Randall  45.417  Lauren Smith  40.167
 * Women's duet:  (Chloé Isaac, Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon) 47.667 points   45.084   39.750
 * Weightlifting:
 * Men's 77 kg: Yukio Peter  333 kg (GR)  Ben Turner  308 kg  Sudhir Kumar Chitradurga  297 kg
 * Women's 63 kg: Obioma Okoli  211 kg  Michaela Breeze  202 kg  Marie Josephe Fegue  198 kg
 * Wrestling:
 * Women's freestyle 48 kg: Carol Huynh   Nirmala Devi   Odunayo Adekuroye
 * Women's freestyle 55 kg: Geeta Phogat   Emily Bensted   Lovina Edward
 * Women's freestyle 63 kg: Justine Bouchard   Blessing Oborududu   Suman Kundu
 * Women's freestyle 72 kg: Ohenewa Akuffo   Annabel Ali   Hellen Okus

Rugby union

 * Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
 * Pool 3: Newcastle Falcons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 22–16 🇫🇷 Bourgoin

Snooker

 * Premier League Snooker – League phase in Essex:
 * Mark Selby 2–4 Ding Junhui
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Shaun Murphy
 * Standings: Ding 4 points (4 matches), Murphy, O'Sullivan 3 (3), Marco Fu, Mark Williams 3 (2), Selby 2 (3), Neil Robertson  0 (1).

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Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Division Series:
 * Game 1, Texas Rangers 5, Tampa Bay Rays 1. Rangers lead series 1–0.
 * Game 1, New York Yankees 6, Minnesota Twins 4. Yankees lead series 1–0.
 * National League Division Series:
 * Game 1, Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cincinnati Reds 0. Phillies lead series 1–0.
 * Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay throws the first postseason no-hitter since Don Larsen's perfect game in 1956, giving up a walk and striking out eight batters.

Equestrianism

 * FEI World Games in Lexington, Kentucky, United States:
 * Jumping Team Final Combination:
 * Vaulting Compulsory-Team:

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
 * Repechage I, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
 *  0–0 (3–0) . Italy win 3–0 on aggregate and advance to Repechage II.
 * OFC Women's Championship in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Semi finals:
 *  8–0
 *  1–0
 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage One: (teams in bold advance to the Qualifying Group Stage Two)
 * Group A in Bayamón, Puerto Rico:
 * 2–1
 *  2–0
 * Final standings: Puerto Rico 9 points, Cayman Islands 4, Anguilla 3, Saint-Martin 1.
 * Group B in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
 * 1–1
 * 7–0 🇲🇸 montserrat
 * AFC Champions League Semi-finals, first leg:
 * Zob Ahan 🇮🇷 1–0 Al-Hilal
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, first leg:
 * Newell's Old Boys 🇦🇷 6–0 🇧🇴 San José
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil:
 * Group B:
 * UP de Iquitos 🇵🇪 1–2 🇧🇴 Florida
 * Universidad Autónoma 1–2  Everton
 * Standings: Everton 6 points (2 matches), 🇦🇷 Boca Juniors 3 (1), Florida 3 (2), Universidad Autónoma 0 (1), UP de Iquitos 0 (2).

Golf

 * World Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2011:
 * International: Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Aquatics (swimming):
 * Men's:
 * 200m backstroke: James Goddard  1:55.58 (GR)  Gareth Kean  1:57.37  Ashley Delaney  1:58.18
 * 50m freestyle S9: Matthew Cowdrey  25.33 (WR)  Simon Miller  26.70  Prasanta Karmakar  27.48
 * 50m butterfly: Jason Dunford  23.35  Geoff Huegill  23.37  Roland Mark Schoeman  23.44
 * 100m breaststroke: Cameron van der Burgh  1:00.10 (GR)  Christian Sprenger  1:00.29  Brenton Rickard  1:00.46
 * 4 × 200 m freestyle relay:  (Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Nic Ffrost, Ryan Napoleon, Kenrick Monk) 7:10.29 (GR)   7:14.02   7:14.18
 * Women's:
 * 100m freestyle: Alicia Coutts  54.09  Emily Seebohm  54.30  Francesca Halsall  54.57
 * 200m breaststroke: Leisel Jones  2:25.38  Tessa Wallace  2:25.60  Sarah Katsoulis  2:25.92
 * 100m backstroke: Emily Seebohm  59.79 (GR)  Gemma Spofforth  1:00.02  Julia Wilkinson  1:00.74
 * 4 × 200 m freestyle relay:  (Kylie Palmer, Blair Evans, Bronte Barratt, Meagen Nay) 7:53.71 (GR)   7:57.46   7:58.61
 * Athletics:
 * Women's shot put (seated): Louise Ellery  1110 points  Jess Hamill  979  Gemma Prescott  952
 * Men's 5000m: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  13:31.25  Eliud Kipchoge  13:31.32  Mark Kiptoo  13:32.58
 * Cycling (track):
 * Men's:
 * Keirin: Josiah Ng   David Daniell   Simon van Velthooven
 * Points race: Cameron Meyer  89 points  George Atkins  52  Mark Christian  37
 * Women's:
 * Points race: Megan Dunn  45 points  Lauren Ellis  40  Tara Whitten  36
 * Team sprint:  (Anna Meares, Kaarle McCulloch) 33.811   35.908   37.094
 * Gymnastics (artistic):
 * Men's individual all-around: Luke Folwell  85.550 points  Reiss Beckford  85.450  Joshua Jefferis  84.750
 * Women's individual all-around: Lauren Mitchell  58.200 points  Emily Little  55.850  Georgia Bonora  54.950
 * Shooting:
 * Men's double trap pairs:  (Steven Scott, Stevan Walton) 189 points (GR)   188  🇲🇾 185
 * Men's 10m air rifle singles: Gagan Narang  703.6 points (GR, FGR)  Abhinav Bindra  698  James Huckle  693.5
 * Women's 25m pistol singles: Anisa Sayyed  786.8 points (FGR)  Rahi Sarnobot  781  Bibiana Ng Pei Chin  778.2
 * Men's 50m pistol singles: Omkar Singh  653.6 points  Bin Gai  649.6  Swee Hon Lim  644.7
 * Weightlifting:
 * Women's 58 kg: Renu Yumnam  197 kg  Seen Lee  192 kg  Zoe Smith  188 kg
 * Men's 69 kg: Ravi Katulu  321 kg  Chinthana Vidanage  308 kg  Mohd Mansor  306 kg
 * Wrestling:
 * Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg: Rajender Kumar   Azhar Hussain   Promise Mwenga
 * Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg: Myroslav Dykun   Jack Bond   Sunil Kumar
 * Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg: Efionayi Agbonavbare   Manoj Kumar   Dean van Zyl
 * Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg: Ivan Popov   Talaram Mamman   Dharmender Dalal

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Pool O in Rome:  3–1
 * Final standings: Italy 4 points, 3, France 2.
 * Pool P in Florence: 0–3
 * Final standings:  4 points, Russia 3, Argentina 2.
 * Pool Q in Florence: 2–3 
 * Final standings: Cuba 4 points, Bulgaria 3, 2.
 * Pool R in Rome:  3–0
 * Final standings: Brazil 4 points, Germany 3, 2.

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Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 1st Test in Mohali, day 5: 🇦🇺 australia 428 (151.4 overs) and 192 (60.5 overs); 🇮🇳 india 405 (108.1 overs) and 216/9 (58.4 overs). India win by 1 wicket; lead 2-match series 1–0.
 * New Zealand in Bangladesh:
 * 1st ODI in Mirpur: undefined 228 (49.3 overs); 🇳🇿 new zealand 200/8 (37/37 overs). Bangladesh win by 9 runs (D/L); lead 5-match series 1–0.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Nairobi, day 4: (teams in bold advance to the final)
 * 🇦🇫 afghanistan 464 (105 overs) and 207 (49.1 overs); 🇰🇪 kenya 160 (39.5 overs) and 344 (90.5 overs; Hamid Hassan 6/87). Afghanistan win by 167 runs.
 * Final standings: Afghanistan 97 points,  undefined 89, undefined 72,  undefined 55, Kenya 43,  undefined 15, 🇨🇦 canada 9.

Football (soccer)

 * AFC Champions League Semi-finals, first leg:
 * Al-Shabab 4–3 🇰🇷 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
 * AFC Cup Semi-finals, first leg:
 * Muangthong United 🇹🇭 1–0 🇸🇾 Al-Ittihad
 * Al-Riffa 🇧🇭 2–0 Al-Qadsia
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil:
 * Group A:
 * Formas Íntimas 🇨🇴 3–1 🇻🇪 Caracas
 * Santos 🇧🇷 9–0 River Plate
 * Standings: Santos 6 points (2 matches), Formas Íntimas 3 (1), 🇪🇨 Deportivo Quito 1 (1), River Plate 1 (2), Caracas 0 (2).
 * 🇺🇸 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final in Seattle:
 * Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Columbus Crew
 * Sanna Nyassi scores both Sounders goals to lead them to their second U.S. Open Cup in two years of existence.

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Aquatics (swimming):
 * Men's:
 * 50m backstroke: Liam Tancock  24.62 (GR)  Hayden Stoeckel  25.08  Ashley Delaney  25.21
 * 200m freestyle: Robert Renwick  1:47.88  Kenrick Monk  1:47.90  Thomas Fraser-Holmes  1:48.22
 * Women's:
 * 50m butterfly: Francesca Halsall  26.24  Marieke Guehrer  26.27  Emily Seebohm  26.29
 * 50m breaststroke: Leiston Pickett  30.84  Leisel Jones  31.10  Kate Haywood  31.17
 * 50m freestyle S9: Natalie du Toit  29.17 (GR)  Annabelle Williams  29.42  Stephanie Millward  29.69
 * Cycling (track):
 * Women's 500m time trial: Anna Meares  33.758 (GR)  Kaarle McCulloch  34.780  Becky James  35.236
 * Men's 1km time trial: Scott Sunderland  1:01.411 (GR)  Mohd Rizal Tisin  1:02.768  Edward Dawkins  1:02.777
 * Men's individual pursuit: Jack Bobridge  4:17.495  Jesse Sergent  4:17.893  Michael Hepburn  Overlap
 * Gymnastics (artistic):
 * Women's team competition:  (Georgia Bonora, Ashleigh Brennan, Emily Little, Lauren Mitchell, Georgia Wheeler) 163.700 points   158.200   154.750
 * Shooting:
 * Men's:
 * 50m pistol pairs:  (Swee Hon Lim, Bin Gai) 1094 points   1087   1081
 * 10m air rifle pairs:  (Gagan Narang, Abhinav Bindra) 1193 points (GR)   1174   1173
 * Women's:
 * 25m pistol pairs:  (Rahi Sarnobot, Anisa Sayyed) 1156 points (GR)   1146   1122
 * 50m rifle 3 positions pairs:  (Aqilah Sudhir, Xiang Wei Jasmine Ser) 1149 points (GR)   1143   1142
 * Weightlifting:
 * Men's 62 kg: Aricco Jumitith  276 kg  Naharudin Mahayudin  275 kg  Anton Kurukulasooriyage  272 kg
 * Women's 53 kg: Marilou Dozois-Prévost  182 kg  Onyeka Azike  180 kg  Raihan Yusoff  175 kg
 * Wrestling:
 * Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg: Ravinder Singh   Terence Bosson   Romeo Joseph
 * Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg: Sanjay Kumar   Richard Addinall   Hassan Shahsavan
 * Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg: Anil Kumar   Kakoma Bella-Lufu   Eric Feunekes

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Pool O in Rome: 1–3
 * Standings: United States 3 points (2 matches), Italy 2 (1), 1 (1).
 * Pool P in Florence: 1–3 
 * Standings: Serbia 4 points (2 matches),, Russia 1 (1).
 * Pool Q in Florence: 3–1
 * Standings:, Cuba 2 points (1 match), Spain 2 (2).
 * Pool R in Rome: 3–0
 * Standings: Germany, 2 points (1 match), Czech Republic 2 (2).

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American football

 * NFL Monday Night Football Week 4: New England Patriots 41, Miami Dolphins 14

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 1st Test in Mohali, day 4: 🇦🇺 australia 428 (151.4 overs) and 192 (60.5 overs); 🇮🇳 india 405 (108.1 overs) and 55/4 (17 overs). India require another 161 runs with 6 wickets remaining.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Nairobi, day 3:
 * 🇦🇫 afghanistan 464 (105 overs) and 207 (49.1 overs; James Ngoche 5/39); 🇰🇪 kenya 160 (39.5 overs) and 324/6 (82 overs). Kenya require another 188 runs with 4 wickets remaining.

Football (soccer)

 * OFC Women's Championship in Auckland, New Zealand: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group B:
 * 0–3 
 * 0–0 
 * Final standings: Papua New Guinea 9 points, Solomon Islands 4, Tonga 3, Fiji 1.
 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage One:
 * Group A in Bayamón, Puerto Rico:
 * 4–1 🇦🇮 anguilla
 * 2–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Puerto Rico 6 points, Cayman Islands 4, Saint-Martin 1, Anguilla 0.
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil:
 * Group B:
 * Boca Juniors 🇦🇷 4–1 🇧🇴 Florida
 * Everton 9–0 🇵🇪 UP de Iquitos

Golf

 * Ryder Cup in Newport, Wales: Europe 14½–13½ 🇺🇸 USA
 * Session 4 (singles):
 * Steve Stricker def. Lee Westwood  2 & 1
 * Rory McIlroy and Stewart Cink  match halved
 * Luke Donald def. Jim Furyk  1 up
 * Dustin Johnson def. Martin Kaymer  6 & 4
 * Ian Poulter def. Matt Kuchar  5 & 4
 * Jeff Overton def. Ross Fisher  3 & 2
 * Miguel Ángel Jiménez def. Bubba Watson  4 & 3
 * Tiger Woods def. Francesco Molinari  4 & 3
 * Edoardo Molinari and Rickie Fowler  match halved
 * Phil Mickelson def. Peter Hanson  4 & 2
 * Zach Johnson def. Pádraig Harrington  3 & 2
 * Graeme McDowell def. Hunter Mahan  3 & 1
 * Europe win the Cup for the eighth time, and regain the Cup they lost at Valhalla in 2008. This is the fourth successive time Europe win as the host.

Multi-sport events

 * Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India:
 * Aquatics (swimming):
 * Men's:
 * 400m freestyle: Ryan Cochrane  3:48.48  Ryan Napoleon  3:48.59  David Carry  3:50.06
 * 200m butterfly: Chad le Clos  1:56.48 (GR)  Michael Rock  1:57.15  Stefan Hirniak  1:57.26
 * 4 × 100 m freestyle relay:  (Tommaso D'Orsogna, James Magnussen, Kyle Richardson, Eamon Sullivan) 3:13.92 (GR)   3:15.05   3:15.21
 * Women's:
 * 200m freestyle: Kylie Palmer  1:57.50  Jazmin Carlin  1:58.29  Rebecca Adlington  1:58.47
 * 200m individual medley: Alicia Coutts  2:09.70 (GR)  Emily Seebohm  2:10.83  Julia Wilkinson  2:12.09
 * Gymnastics (artistic):
 * Men's team competition:  (Joshua Jefferis, Samuel Offord, Thomas Pichler, Prashanth Sellathurai, Luke Wiwatowski) 259.050 points   256.750   248.500
 * Weightlifting:
 * Men's 56 kg: Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim  257 kg  Sukhen Dey  252 kg  Srinivasa Rao Valluri  248 kg
 * Women's 48 kg: Augustina Nwaokolo  175 kg (GR)  Soniya Chanu  167 kg  Sandyha Atom  165 kg

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy:
 * Pool O in Rome: 0–3
 * Pool P in Florence: 3–1
 * Pool Q in Florence: 1–3
 * Pool R in Rome: 2–3

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American football

 * NFL, Week 4:
 * Atlanta Falcons 16, San Francisco 49ers 14
 * Cleveland Browns 23, Cincinnati Bengals 20
 * New York Jets 38, Buffalo Bills 14
 * St. Louis Rams 20, Seattle Seahawks 3
 * Denver Broncos 26, Tennessee Titans 20
 * Green Bay Packers 28, Detroit Lions 26
 * Baltimore Ravens 17, Pittsburgh Steelers 14
 * New Orleans Saints 16, Carolina Panthers 14
 * Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Indianapolis Colts 28
 * Houston Texans 31, Oakland Raiders 24
 * Washington Redskins 17, Philadelphia Eagles 12
 * San Diego Chargers 41, Arizona Cardinals 10
 * Sunday Night Football: New York Giants 17, Chicago Bears 3
 * Byes: Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
 * The Chiefs remain the only unbeaten team after just four weeks.

Auto racing

 * Chase for the Sprint Cup:
 * Price Chopper 400 in Kansas City: (1) Greg Biffle (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (2)  Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) (3)  Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 29 of 36 races): (1) Johnson 5503 points (2) Denny Hamlin (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 5495 (3) Harvick 5473
 * World Rally Championship:
 * Rallye de France in Alsace: (1) Sébastien Loeb /Daniel Elena (Citroën C4 WRC) (2) Dani Sordo /Diego Vallejo  (Citroën C4 WRC) (3) Petter Solberg /Chris Patterson  (Citroën C4 WRC)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 11 of 13 rounds): (1) Loeb 226 points (2) Sébastien Ogier (Citroën C4 WRC) 166 (3) Jari-Matti Latvala  (Ford Focus RS WRC 09) 144
 * Loeb's 60th WRC win gives him his seventh successive title.

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball:
 * National League:
 * Atlanta Braves 8, Philadelphia Phillies 7
 * San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 0
 * The NL playoffs are now set, with the Giants winning the NL West and booking a date with the wild-card Braves in the Division Series, while the Philadelphia Phillies will take on the Cincinnati Reds in the other NLDS.
 * American League:
 * Boston Red Sox 8, New York Yankees 4
 * Tampa Bay Rays 3, Kansas City Royals 2 (12 innings)
 * The Yankees' loss gives the Rays the AL East title and a Division Series date with the Texas Rangers, while the Yankees claim the AL wild card and will play the Minnesota Twins in the other ALDS.

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship for Women in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic:
 * 7th place playoff: 76–87 
 * 5th place playoff: 62–74 
 * 3rd place playoff:  77–68
 * Final:  89–69
 * The USA wins its record eighth title.

Chess

 * 39th Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia:
 * Open: 🇺🇦 19 MP   1 18 MP  🇮🇱 17 MP
 * Ukraine win the title for the second time.
 * Women:  1 22 MP   18 MP   16 MP
 * Russia win the title for the first time (as a separate state).

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 1st Test in Mohali, day 3: 🇦🇺 australia 428 (151.4 overs); 🇮🇳 india 405 (108.1 overs; Mitchell Johnson 5/64). India trail by 23 runs.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Nairobi, day 2:
 * 🇦🇫 afghanistan 464 (105 overs; Nawroz Mangal 168) and 166/5 (38 overs); 🇰🇪 kenya 160 (39.5 overs; Hamid Hassan 5/70). Afghanistan lead by 470 runs with 5 wickets remaining.

Cycling

 * UCI Road World Championships in Melbourne and Geelong, Australia:
 * Men's road race: Thor Hushovd  6h 21' 49"  Matti Breschel  s.t.  Allan Davis  s.t.

Equestrianism

 * FEI World Games in Lexington, Kentucky, United States:
 * Eventing Individual: Michael Jung  on Sam FBW  William Fox-Pitt  on Cool Mountain  Andrew Nicholson  on Nereo
 * Eventing Team:

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
 * Repechage I, first leg: 1–3
 * OFC Women's Championship in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Group A: (teams in bold advance to the semi-finals)
 * 0–7 
 * 0–2 
 * Final standings: New Zealand 9 points, Cook Islands 6, Tahiti 3, Vanuatu 0.
 * WAFF Championship in Amman, Jordan:
 * Final:  1–2  
 * Kuwait win the title for the first time and deny Iran a fourth successive win.
 * CAF Champions League semifinals, first leg:
 * Al-Ahly 🇪🇬 2–1 🇹🇳 Espérance ST
 * TP Mazembe 🇨🇩 3–1 JS Kabylie
 * CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 5: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group A:
 * Djoliba 🇲🇱 1–0 ASFAN
 * Al-Hilal 2–1 🇱🇾 Ittihad
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Al-Hilal 12 points, Ittihad 9, Djoliba 7, ASFAN 1.

Golf

 * Ryder Cup in Newport, Wales: Europe 9½–6½ 🇺🇸 USA
 * Session 3 (four-ball and foursome):
 * Luke Donald/Lee Westwood def. Steve Stricker/Tiger Woods  6 & 5
 * Rory McIlroy/Graeme McDowell def. Zach Johnson/Hunter Mahan  3 & 1
 * Pádraig Harrington/Ross Fisher def. Jim Furyk/Dustin Johnson  2 & 1
 * Miguel Ángel Jiménez/Peter Hanson def. Bubba Watson/Jeff Overton  2 up
 * Stewart Cink/Matt Kuchar and Francesco Molinari/Edoardo Molinari  match halved
 * Ian Poulter/Martin Kaymer def. Phil Mickelson/Rickie Fowler  2 & 1
 * After further rain delays the start of today's play, it is announced that all singles matches (Session 4) will be held Monday.
 * PGA Tour Fall Series:
 * Viking Classic in Madison, Mississippi:
 * Winner: Bill Haas 273 (−15)
 * Haas wins his second PGA Tour title of the season and his career.
 * Champions Tour:
 * Ensure Classic at Rock Barn in Conover, North Carolina:
 * Winner: Gary Hallberg 198 (−18)
 * Hallberg wins his first Champions Tour title.

Horse racing

 * Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris: Workforce (trainer: Michael Stoute, jockey: Ryan L. Moore)  Nakayama Festa (trainer: Yoshitaka Ninomiya, jockey: Masyoshi Ebina)  Sarafina (trainer: Alain de Royer-Dupré, jockey: Gérald Mossé)

Motorcycle racing

 * Moto GP:
 * Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi:
 * MotoGP: (1) Casey Stoner (Ducati) (2) Andrea Dovizioso  (Honda) (3) Valentino Rossi  (Yamaha)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 14 of 18 rounds): (1) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 297 points (2) Dani Pedrosa  (Honda) 228 (3) Stoner 180
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Yamaha 309 points (2) Honda 285 (3) Ducati 220
 * Moto2: (1) Toni Elías (Moriwaki) (2) Julián Simón  (Suter) (3) Karel Abrahám  (FTR)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 13 of 17 rounds): (1) Elías 249 points (2) Simón 168 (3) Andrea Iannone (Speed Up) 147
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Moriwaki 274 points (2) Suter 236 (3) Speed Up 172
 * 125cc: (1) Marc Márquez (Derbi) (2) Nicolás Terol  (Aprilia) (3) Bradley Smith  (Aprilia)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 13 of 17 rounds): (1) Terol 228 points (2) Márquez 222 (3) Pol Espargaró (Derbi) 215
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Derbi 310 points (2) Aprilia 271 (3) Honda 19
 * Superbike:
 * Magny-Cours World Championship round in Magny-Cours, France:
 * Race 1: (1) Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha YZF-R1) (2) Leon Haslam  (Suzuki GSX-R1000) (3) Carlos Checa  (Ducati 1098R)
 * Race 2: (1) Max Biaggi (Aprilia RSV 4) (2) Crutchlow (3) Michel Fabrizio  (Ducati 1098R)
 * Final riders' championship standings: (1) Biaggi 451 points (2) Haslam 376 (3) Checa 297
 * Final manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Aprilia 471 points (2) Ducati 424 (3) Suzuki 412
 * Supersport:
 * Magny-Cours World Championship round in Magny-Cours, France: (1) Eugene Laverty (Honda CBR600RR) (2) Kenan Sofuoğlu  (Honda CBR600RR) (3) Chaz Davies  (Triumph Daytona 675)
 * Final riders' championship standings : (1) Sofuoğlu 263 points (2) Laverty 252 (3) Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) 168
 * Sofuoğlu wins his second world title.
 * Final manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Honda 320 points (2) Kawasaki 211 (3) Triumph 168

Rugby league

 * NRL finals series:
 * Grand Final in Sydney: Sydney Roosters 8–32 St. George Illawarra Dragons
 * St. George win their first premiership title.

Snooker

 * Players Tour Championship:
 * Euro Event 2 in Bruges:
 * Final: Shaun Murphy 4–2 Matthew Couch
 * Murphy wins the tenth professional title of his career.
 * Order of Merit (after 6 of 12 events): (1) Barry Pinches 17,100 (2) Mark Williams  15,400 (3) Mark Selby  14,900

Tennis

 * ATP World Tour:
 * PTT Thailand Open:
 * Final: Guillermo García López def. Jarkko Nieminen  6–4, 3–6, 6–4
 * García López wins his first title of the year and second of his career.
 * Proton Malaysian Open:
 * Final: Mikhail Youzhny def. Andrey Golubev  6–7(2), 6–2, 7–6(3)
 * Youzhny wins the seventh title of his career.

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American football

 * NCAA:
 * AP Top 10:
 * (1) Alabama 31, (7) Florida 6
 * (2) Ohio State 24, Illinois 13
 * (3) Boise State 59, New Mexico State 0
 * (4) Oregon 52, (9) Stanford 31
 * (5) TCU 27, Colorado State 0
 * Red River Rivalry: (8) Oklahoma 28, (21) Texas 20
 * (10) Auburn 52, Louisiana–Monroe 3
 * Other games:
 * (24) Michigan State 34, (11) Wisconsin 24
 * (17) Iowa 24, (22) Penn State 3
 * Washington 32, (18) USC 31
 * Virginia Tech 41, (23) North Carolina State 30
 * Idle: (6) Nebraska

Australian rules football

 * AFL finals series:
 * Grand Final Replay in Melbourne:  16.12 (108)–7.10 (52)
 * The Magpies collect their 15th premiership and first since 1990.

Auto racing

 * Nationwide Series:
 * Kansas Lottery 300 in Kansas City: (1) Joey Logano (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (2)  Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (3)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 29 of 35 races): (1) Keselowski 4589 points (2) Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 4215 (3) Busch 4089
 * IndyCar Series:
 * Cafés do Brasil Indy 300 in Homestead, Florida: (1) Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) (2) Danica Patrick  (Andretti Autosport) (3) Tony Kanaan  (Andretti Autosport)
 * Final drivers' championship standings: (1) Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) 602 points (2) Will Power  (Team Penske) 597 (3) Dixon 547
 * Franchitti wins his third championship in four years.

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship for Women in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic:
 * Semifinals:
 *  81–77
 *  106–70
 * 5th–8th semifinals:
 *  78–73
 * 46–61 
 * 11th place playoff:  71–55
 * 9th place playoff: 79–84 

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 1st Test in Mohali, day 2: 🇦🇺 australia 428 (151.4 overs; Shane Watson 126, Zaheer Khan 5/94); 🇮🇳 india 110/2 (21 overs). India trail by 318 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Nairobi, day 1:
 * 🇦🇫 afghanistan 440/6 (93 overs; Nawroz Mangal 168*); 🇰🇪 kenya.

Cycling

 * UCI Road World Championships in Melbourne and Geelong, Victoria, Australia:
 * Women's road race: Giorgia Bronzini  3h 32' 01"  Marianne Vos  s.t.  Emma Johansson  s.t.

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Sheffield, Great Britain: (skaters in bold qualify for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final)
 * Men: Joshua Farris  187.74  Zhan Bush  172.80  Liam Firus  166.38
 * Standings (after 5 of 7 events): Andrei Rogozine 30 points (2 events), Farris 28 (2), Max Aaron, Bush 24 (2), Jason Brown , Firus 18 (2), Keiji Tanaka  16 (2), Keegan Messing , Yan Han  15 (1)... Artem Grigoriev  13 (1).
 * Ice Dance: Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin  155.04  Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin  133.86  Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams  115.66
 * Standings (after 5 of 7 events): Monko / Khaliavin, Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 30 points (2 events), Sinitsina / Zhiganshin 26 (2), Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus  22 (2), Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  20 (2), Geraldine Bott / Neil Brown, Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager  18 (2), Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copley  15 (1)... Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro , Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski  13 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
 * Repechage I, first leg: 0–3
 * OFC Women's Championship in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Group B:
 * 2–1
 * 1–2
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Papua New Guinea 6 points, Solomon Islands, Tonga 3 points, Fiji 0.
 * Caribbean Championship Qualifying Group Stage One:
 * Group A in Bayamón, Puerto Rico:
 * 1–1
 * 3–1 🇦🇮 anguilla
 * CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 5 (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group B:
 * Zanaco 1–1 🇲🇦 FUS Rabat
 * CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳 3–1 🇪🇬 Haras El Hodood
 * Standings (after 5 matches): FUS Rabat, CS Sfaxien 10 points, Zanaco 5, Haras El Hodood 2.
 * Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil:
 * Group A:
 * Santos 🇧🇷 2–0 🇻🇪 Caracas
 * Deportivo Quito 🇪🇨 1–1 River Plate

Golf

 * Ryder Cup in Newport, Wales: Europe 4–6 🇺🇸 USA
 * Session 1 (four-ball):
 * Lee Westwood/Martin Kaymer def. Phil Mickelson/Dustin Johnson  3 & 2
 * Stewart Cink/Matt Kuchar and Rory McIlroy/Graeme McDowell  match halved
 * Steve Stricker/Tiger Woods def. Ian Poulter/Ross Fisher  2 up
 * Bubba Watson/Jeff Overton def. Luke Donald/Pádraig Harrington  3 & 2
 * Session 2 (foursome):
 * Zach Johnson/Hunter Mahan def. Francesco Molinari/Edoardo Molinari  2 up
 * Lee Westwood/Martin Kaymer and Jim Furyk/Rickie Fowler  match halved
 * Pádraig Harrington/Ross Fisher def. Phil Mickelson/Dustin Johnson  3 & 2
 * Steve Stricker/Tiger Woods def. Miguel Ángel Jiménez/Peter Hanson  4 & 3
 * Ian Poulter/Luke Donald def. Bubba Watson/Jeff Overton  2 & 1
 * Stewart Cink/Matt Kuchar def. Rory McIlroy/Graeme McDowell  1 up
 * Session 3 (four-ball and foursome):
 * Luke Donald/Lee Westwood lead Steve Stricker/Tiger Woods  4 up after 9 holes
 * Pádraig Harrington/Ross Fisher lead Jim Furyk/Dustin Johnson  1 up after 8 holes
 * Rory McIlroy/Graeme McDowell lead Zach Johnson/Hunter Mahan  3 up after 7 holes
 * Miguel Ángel Jiménez/Peter Hanson lead Bubba Watson/Jeff Overton  2 up after 6 holes
 * Francesco Molinari/Edoardo Molinari lead Stewart Cink/Matt Kuchar  1 up after 5 holes
 * Ian Poulter/Martin Kaymer lead Phil Mickelson/Rickie Fowler  2 up after 4 holes
 * Play suspended in Session 3 due to darkness. These matches will resume Sunday at 7:45 am BST.

Rugby league

 * Super League XV:
 * Grand Final in Manchester: Wigan Warriors 22–10 St. Helens
 * Wigan win their second Super League title, and 19th title overall.

Tennis

 * WTA Tour:
 * Toray Pan Pacific Open:
 * Final: Caroline Wozniacki def. Elena Dementieva  1–6, 6–2, 6–3
 * Wozniacki wins her fifth title of the year and eleventh of her career.

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy: (teams in bold advance to the third round)
 * Pool G in Catania:  3–1
 * Final standings: Italy 4 points,  3, Puerto Rico 2.
 * Pool H in Milan:  3–0
 * Final standings: Serbia 4 points,  3, Mexico 2.
 * Pool I in Catania: 1–3 
 * Final standings: Spain 4 points,  3, Egypt 2.
 * Pool L in Ancona:  3–0
 * Final standings: Czech Republic 4 points,  3, Cameroon 2.
 * Pool M in Milan:  3–1
 * Final standings: Argentina 4 points,  3, Japan 2.
 * Pool N in Ancona: ' 0–3 '
 * Final standings: Bulgaria 4 points, Brazil 3, 2.

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Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship for Women in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  70–53
 *  106–44
 * 68–79 
 * 71–74 (OT) 
 * 9th–12th semifinals:
 * 59–63 
 * 58–64 

Cricket

 * Australia in India:
 * 1st Test in Mohali, day 1: 🇦🇺 australia 224/5 (90 overs; Shane Watson 101*); 🇮🇳 india.

Cycling

 * UCI Road World Championships in Melbourne and Geelong, Victoria, Australia:
 * Men's under-23 road race: Michael Matthews  4:01:23  John Degenkolb  s.t.  Taylor Phinney  & Guillaume Boivin  s.t.

Equestrianism

 * FEI World Games in Lexington, Kentucky, United States:
 * Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle: Edward Gal  on Moorlands Totilas 91.80%  Laura Bechtolsheimer  on Mistral Hojris 85.35%  Steffen Peters  on Ravel 84.90%

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Sheffield, Great Britain: (skaters in bold qualify for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final)
 * Ice Dance Short Dance: (1) Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin 65.12 (2) Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin  53.52 (3) Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams  46.51
 * Pairs: Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov  151.64  Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran  144.69  Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz  126.98
 * Standings (after 2 of 4 events): Stolbova / Klimov 30 points (2 events), Sui Wenjing / Han Cong, Takashi / Tran 13 (1), Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang , Purich / Raymond Shultz 11 (1), Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz , Tatiana Danilova / Andrei Novoselov 9 (1).
 * Ladies: Adelina Sotnikova  166.70  Yasmin Siraj  161.75  Yuki Nishino  135.58
 * Standings (after 5 of 7 events): Sotnikova 30 points (2 events), Siraj 26 (2), Kristiene Gong 22 (2), Shion Kokubun  18 (2), Rosa Sheveleva  16 (2), Polina Shelepen, Risa Shoji , Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  15 (1)... Christina Gao , Kiri Baga  13 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * OFC Women's Championship in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Group A:
 * 5–1
 * 0–10
 * Standings (after 2 matches): New Zealand 6 points, Tahiti, Cook Islands 3, Vanuatu 0.
 * WAFF Championship in Amman, Jordan:
 * Semifinals:
 *  2–1 🇮🇶 iraq
 *  1–1 (4–3 pen.) 🇾🇪 yemen

Golf

 * Ryder Cup in Newport, Wales: Europe vs. 🇺🇸 USA
 * Session 1 (four-ball):
 * Lee Westwood/Martin Kaymer lead Phil Mickelson/Dustin Johnson  1 up after 12 holes
 * Stewart Cink/Matt Kuchar lead Rory McIlroy/Graeme McDowell  2 up after 11 holes
 * Ian Poulter/Ross Fisher and Steve Stricker/Tiger Woods  all square after 10 holes
 * Bubba Watson/Jeff Overton lead Luke Donald/Pádraig Harrington  1 up after 8 holes
 * Play is disrupted by rain which kept the players off course for over seven hours, and led to the postponement of the afternoon foursomes until Saturday.

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy: (teams in bold advance to the third round)
 * Pool G in Catania: 1–3
 * Standings: Germany 3 points (2 games), Italy 2 (1), 1 (1).
 * Pool H in Milan: 0–3 
 * Standings: Cuba 3 points (2 games), 2 (1), Mexico 1 (1).
 * Pool I in Catania: 3–2 
 * Standings: Russia 3 points (2 games), Spain 2 (1), 1 (1).
 * Pool L in Ancona: 2–3 
 * Standings: USA 3 points (2 games), 2 (1), Cameroon 1 (1).
 * Pool M in Milan: 0–3 
 * Standings: France 3 points (2 games), 2 (1), Japan 1 (1).
 * Pool N in Ancona:  3–0
 * Standings: , Bulgaria 2 points (1 game), Poland 2 (2).