September 2010 in sports

Deaths in September

 * 1: Wakanohana Kanji I
 * 5: Shoya Tomizawa
 * 27: George Blanda
 * 27: Real Quiet

American football 2010

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

Australian rules football 2010

 * Australian Football League

Auto racing 2010

 * Formula One
 * Sprint Cup
 * Chase
 * IRL IndyCar Series
 * World Rally Championship
 * Formula Two
 * Nationwide Series
 * Camping World Truck Series
 * GP2 Series
 * WTTC
 * V8 Supercar
 * American Le Mans
 * Superleague Formula
 * FIA GT1 World Championship
 * Formula Three
 * Auto GP
 * World Series by Renault
 * Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
 * Super GT

Baseball 2010

 * Major League Baseball
 * Nippon Professional Baseball

Basketball 2010

 * Euroleague
 * Eurocup
 * Philippines collegiate:
 * NCAA
 * UAAP

Canadian football 2010

 * Canadian Football League

Football (soccer) 2010

 * National teams competitions:
 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
 * 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 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
 * Domestic (national) competitions:
 * Argentina
 * Australia
 * Brazil
 * England
 * France
 * Germany
 * Iran
 * Italy
 * Japan
 * Norway
 * Russia
 * Scotland
 * Spain
 * Major League Soccer (USA & Canada)
 * Women's Professional Soccer (USA)

Golf 2010

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

Lacrosse 2010

 * Major League Lacrosse

Motorcycle racing 2010

 * Moto GP
 * Superbike World Championship
 * Supersport racing

Rugby league 2010

 * Super League
 * NRL

Rugby union 2010

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

Snooker

 * Players Tour Championship

Days of the month


Baseball

 * Major League Baseball: The San Francisco Giants clinch at least a tie for the National League West title with a 4–1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Basketball

 * UAAP at Quezon City:
 * Men's Finals: Ateneo de Manila University 65, Far Eastern University 62, Ateneo win best-of-3 series 2–0
 * Ateneo clinch their third consecutive, sixth UAAP and 20th men's championship.
 * Women's Finals: Adamson University 56, Far Eastern University 54, Adamson win best-of-3 series 2–0
 * Adamson win their second consecutive and sixth UAAP women's championship.

Cricket

 * Ireland in Zimbabwe:
 * 3rd ODI in Harare: undefined 244 (49.4 overs; Ed Rainsford 5/36);  undefined 224 (47.4 overs). Ireland win by 20 runs; Zimbabwe win 3-match series 2–1.

Cycling

 * UCI Road World Championships in Melbourne and Geelong, Australia:
 * Men's time trial: Fabian Cancellara  58:09.19  David Millar  59:11.94  Tony Martin  59:21.68
 * Cancellara wins the event for the second successive time and record fourth time overall.

Equestrianism

 * FEI World Games in Lexington, Kentucky, United States:
 * Reining Individual Final Competition: Tom McCutcheon  on Gunners Special Nite 228.0 points  Craig Schmersal  on Mister Montana Nic 223.0  Duane Latimer  on Dun Playin Tag 222.5

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Sheffield, Great Britain:
 * Ladies Short Program: (1) Adelina Sotnikova 59.39 (2) Yasmin Siraj  55.66 (3) Yuki Nishino  51.96
 * Pairs Short Program: (1) Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 54.17 (2) Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz  46.94 (3) Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz  45.11
 * Men Short Program: (1) Joshua Farris 59.79 (2) Liam Firus  59.20 (3) Keiji Tanaka  58.28

Football (soccer)

 * OFC Women's Championship in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Group B:
 * 3–0
 * 4–0
 * UEFA Europa League group stage, matchday 2:
 * Group A:
 * Lech Poznań 🇵🇱 2–0 🇦🇹 Red Bull Salzburg
 * Manchester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1–1 🇮🇹 Juventus
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Lech Poznań, Manchester City 4 points, Juventus 2, Red Bull Salzburg 0.
 * Group B:
 * Rosenborg 🇳🇴 2–1 Aris
 * Atlético Madrid 🇪🇸 1–1 🇩🇪 Bayer Leverkusen
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Bayer Leverkusen 4 points, Aris, Rosenborg 3, Atlético Madrid 1.
 * Group C:
 * Gent 🇧🇪 1–1 🇫🇷 Lille
 * Sporting CP 5–0 🇧🇬 Levski Sofia
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Sporting CP 6 points, Levski Sofia 3, Gent, Lille 1.
 * Group D:
 * PAOK 1–0  Dinamo Zagreb
 * Villarreal 🇪🇸 2–1 🇧🇪 Club Brugge
 * Standings (after 2 matches): PAOK 4 points, Dinamo Zagreb, Villarreal 3, Club Brugge 1.
 * Group E:
 * BATE 🇧🇾 4–1 AZ
 * Sheriff Tiraspol 🇲🇩 2–0 🇺🇦 Dynamo Kyiv
 * Standings (after 2 matches): BATE 4 points, AZ, Sheriff Tiraspol 3, Dynamo Kyiv 1.
 * Group F:
 * CSKA Moscow 🇷🇺 3–0 🇨🇿 Sparta Prague
 * Palermo 🇮🇹 1–0 Lausanne-Sport
 * Standings (after 2 matches): CSKA Moscow 6 points, Sparta Prague, Palermo 3, Lausanne-Sport 0.
 * Group G:
 * Hajduk Split 1–0 🇧🇪 Anderlecht
 * Zenit St. Petersburg 🇷🇺 4–2 AEK Athens
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Zenit St. Petersburg 6 points, AEK Athens, Hajduk Split 3, Anderlecht 0.
 * Group H:
 * Odense 1–2 🇩🇪 Stuttgart
 * Young Boys 2–0 🇪🇸 Getafe
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Stuttgart 6 points, Young Boys, Getafe 3, Odense 0.
 * Group I:
 * Sampdoria 🇮🇹 1–0 🇭🇺 Debrecen
 * Metalist Kharkiv 🇺🇦 0–2 PSV Eindhoven
 * Standings (after 2 matches): PSV Eindhoven, Sampdoria 4 points, Metalist Kharkiv 3, Debrecen 0.
 * Group J:
 * Paris Saint-Germain 🇫🇷 2–0 🇺🇦 Karpaty Lviv
 * Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 0–1 🇪🇸 Sevilla
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Paris Saint-Germain 6 points, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund 3, Karpaty Lviv 0.
 * Group K:
 * Steaua București 🇷🇴 3–3 🇮🇹 Napoli
 * Utrecht 0–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Liverpool 4 points, Napoli, Utrecht 2, Steaua București 1.
 * Group L:
 * Rapid Wien 🇦🇹 1–2 🇹🇷 Beşiktaş
 * CSKA Sofia 🇧🇬 0–1 Porto
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Porto, Beşiktaş 6 points, CSKA Sofia, Rapid Wien 0.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, matchday 5:
 * Group D: FAS 🇸🇻 1–4 Olimpia
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Olimpia 10 points, Puerto Rico Islanders 8, 🇲🇽 Toluca 7, FAS 2.

Snooker

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

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy:
 * Pool G in Catania: 0–3
 * Pool H in Milan: 1–3
 * Pool I in Catania: 3–0
 * Pool L in Ancona: 0–3
 * Pool M in Milan: 1–3
 * Pool N in Ancona: 0–3



Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship for Women in Czech Republic: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group E in Ostrava:
 * 70–74 
 *  49–47
 * ' 83–75 '
 * Final standings: USA 12 points, Australia 11, France 10, Belarus 9, Greece 8, Canada 7.
 * Group F in Brno:
 * 64–65 
 *  84–70
 * ' 76–67 '
 * Final standings: Russia 12 points, Spain 11, Czech Republic 10, Korea 9, Brazil 8, Japan 7.
 * 15th place playoff: 67–69 (OT) 
 * 13th place playoff:  86–60

Cycling

 * UCI Road World Championships in Melbourne and Geelong, Australia:
 * Women's time trial: Emma Pooley  32:48.44  Judith Arndt  33:03.61  Linda Villumsen  33:04.24
 * Men's under-23 time trial: Taylor Phinney  42:50.29  Luke Durbridge  42:52.19  Marcel Kittel  43:14.30

Equestrianism

 * FEI World Games in Lexington, Kentucky, United States:
 * Dressage Grand Prix Special: Edward Gal  on Moorlands Totilas 85.708%  Laura Bechtolsheimer  on Mistral Hojris 81.708%  Steffen Peters  on Ravel 78.542%

Football (soccer)

 * OFC Women's Championship in Auckland, New Zealand:
 * Group A:
 * 14–0
 * 1–0
 * WAFF Championship in Amman, Jordan: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group C: 0–3 🇮🇶 iraq
 * Final standings: Iraq 6 points, 🇾🇪 yemen 3, Palestine 0.
 * UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 2:
 * Group A:
 * Tottenham Hotspur 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 4–1 Twente
 * Internazionale 🇮🇹 4–0 🇩🇪 Werder Bremen
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Internazionale, Tottenham Hotspur 4 points, Twente, Werder Bremen 1.
 * Group B:
 * Hapoel Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 1–3 🇫🇷 Lyon
 * Schalke 04 🇩🇪 2–0 Benfica
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Lyon 6 points, Schalke 04, Benfica 3, Hapoel Tel Aviv 0.
 * Group C:
 * Valencia 🇪🇸 0–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United
 * Rangers 1–0 🇹🇷 Bursaspor
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Manchester United, Rangers 4 points, Valencia 3, Bursaspor 0.
 * Group D:
 * Rubin Kazan 🇷🇺 1–1 🇪🇸 Barcelona
 * Panathinaikos 0–2  Copenhagen
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Copenhagen 6 points, Barcelona 4, Rubin Kazan 1, Panathinaikos 0.
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, first leg:
 * Banfield 🇦🇷 2–0 🇨🇴 Deportes Tolima
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, matchday 5: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group B:
 * Municipal 2–1 🇺🇸 Columbus Crew
 * Santos Laguna 🇲🇽 5–1 Joe Public
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Santos Laguna 10 points, Columbus Crew 9, Municipal 8, Joe Public 1.
 * Group C: Seattle Sounders FC 🇺🇸 2–0 Marathón
 * Standings (after 5 matches): 🇲🇽 Monterrey 13 points, Saprissa 7, Marathón 6, Seattle Sounders FC 3.
 * Group D: Puerto Rico Islanders 3–2 🇲🇽 Toluca
 * Standings: Puerto Rico Islanders 8 points (5 matches), Toluca 7 (5), Olimpia 7 (4), 🇸🇻 FAS 0 (4).



Baseball

 * Major League Baseball
 * National League:
 * Jay Bruce's first pitch walk-off homer to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning gives the Cincinnati Reds a 3–2 win over the Houston Astros and the Central Division championship, their first since, ending the fifth longest period between postseason appearances.
 * American League:
 * The Tampa Bay Rays defeat the Baltimore Orioles 5–0 while the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6–1, filling out the complete American League postseason card, and eliminating the Boston Red Sox from playoff contention for the first time since.

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship for Women in the Czech Republic: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group E in Ostrava:
 * 52–57
 * ' 62–52 '
 * 61–107 
 * Standings (after 5 games): USA, Australia 10 points, France 8, Greece, Belarus 7, Canada 6.
 * Group F in Brno:
 * 93–91 (OT)
 *  77–57
 * 48–81 
 * Standings (after 5 games): Spain, Russia 10 points, Czech Republic 8, Brazil, Korea 7, Japan 6.
 * 13th–16th semifinals:
 *  71–69
 * 69–74 (OT) 

Cricket

 * Ireland in Zimbabwe:
 * 2nd ODI in Harare: undefined 238/9 (50 overs);  undefined 239/7 (48.5 overs). Zimbabwe win by 3 wickets; lead 3-match series 2–0.

Equestrianism

 * FEI World Games in Lexington, Kentucky, United States:
 * Dressage Team Grand Prix:  229.745%   224.767%   220.595%

Football (soccer)

 * WAFF Championship in Amman, Jordan: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group A: 2–2 
 * Final standings: Iran 4 points, 🇧🇭 bahrain 3, Oman 1.
 * Group B:  2–2 🇯🇴 jordan
 * Final standings: Kuwait 4 points, Jordan 2, 🇸🇾 syrian arab republic 1.
 * UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 2:
 * Group E:
 * Basel 1–2 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
 * Roma 🇮🇹 2–1 🇷🇴 CFR Cluj
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Bayern Munich 6 points, Roma, CFR Cluj 3, Basel 0.
 * Group F:
 * Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2–0 🇫🇷 Marseille
 * Spartak Moscow 🇷🇺 3–0 🇸🇰 Žilina
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Chelsea, Spartak Moscow 6 points, Marseille, Žilina 0.
 * Group G:
 * Auxerre 🇫🇷 0–1 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
 * Ajax 1–1 🇮🇹 Milan
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Real Madrid 6 points, Milan 4, Ajax 1, Auxerre 0.
 * Group H:
 * Partizan 🇷🇸 1–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arsenal
 * Braga 0–3 🇺🇦 Shakhtar Donetsk
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk 6 points, Partizan, Braga 0.
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, first leg:
 * Defensor Sporting 1–0 🇦🇷 Independiente
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, matchday 5: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group A:
 * Toronto FC 🇨🇦 1–1 🇺🇸 Real Salt Lake
 * Cruz Azul 🇲🇽 2–0 🇵🇦 Árabe Unido
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Cruz Azul, Real Salt Lake 10 points, Toronto FC 5, Árabe Unido 3.
 * Group C: Saprissa 2–2 🇲🇽 Monterrey
 * Standings: Monterrey 13 points (5 matches), Saprissa 7 (5), Marathón 6 (4), 🇺🇸 Seattle Sounders FC 0 (4).



American football

 * NFL Monday Night Football Week 3: Chicago Bears 20, Green Bay Packers 17

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball:
 * Roy Halladay's two-hit complete game leads the Philadelphia Phillies to an 8–0 win over the Washington Nationals that clinches the Phils' fourth straight NL East title.

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship for Women in the Czech Republic: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group E in Ostrava:
 * 54–93 
 * 58–48
 *  87–46
 * Standings (after 4 games): USA, Australia 8 points, France 7, Belarus 6, Greece, Canada 5.
 * Group F in Brno:
 * 59–86 
 * 96–65
 *  76–53
 * Standings (after 4 games): Spain, Russia 8 points, Czech Republic 7, Korea 6, Japan, Brazil 5.

Football (soccer)

 * WAFF Championship in Amman, Jordan:
 * Group C: 3–1

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy: (teams in bold advance to the second round)
 * Pool A in Milan:
 * ' 3–2 '
 *  3–2
 * Final standings: Italy 6 points, Egypt, Japan, Iran 4.
 * Pool B in Verona:
 *  3–1
 * ' 3–2 '
 * Final standings: Cuba 6 points, Brazil 5, Spain 4, Tunisia 3.
 * Pool C in Modena:
 * 1–3 
 * ' 2–3 '
 * Final standings: Russia 6 points, Puerto Rico 5, Cameroon 4, Australia 3.
 * Pool D in Reggio Calabria:
 *  3–0
 * ' 3–1 '
 * Final standings: United States 6 points, Argentina 5, Mexico 4, Venezuela 3.
 * Pool E in Turin:
 * ' 1–3 '
 * 0–3 
 * Final standings: France 6 points, Czech Republic 5, Bulgaria 4, China 3.
 * Pool F in Trieste:
 *  3–0
 * ' 1–3 '
 * Final standings: Poland 6 points, Serbia, Germany, Canada 4.



American football

 * NFL Week 3:
 * Tennessee Titans 29, New York Giants 10
 * Pittsburgh Steelers 38, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13
 * Cincinnati Bengals 20, Carolina Panthers 7
 * Baltimore Ravens 24, Cleveland Browns 17
 * Dallas Cowboys 27, Houston Texans 13
 * Kansas City Chiefs 31, San Francisco 49ers 10
 * Minnesota Vikings 24, Detroit Lions 10
 * New England Patriots 38, Buffalo Bills 30
 * Atlanta Falcons 27, New Orleans Saints 24 (OT)
 * St. Louis Rams 30, Washington Redskins 16
 * Philadelphia Eagles 28, Jacksonville Jaguars 3
 * Arizona Cardinals 24, Oakland Raiders 23
 * Seattle Seahawks 27, San Diego Chargers 20
 * Indianapolis Colts 27, Denver Broncos 13
 * Sunday Night Football: New York Jets 31, Miami Dolphins 23

Athletics

 * World Marathon Majors:
 * Berlin Marathon:
 * Men: Patrick Makau Musyoki  2:05:08  Geoffrey Mutai  2:05:10  Bazu Worku  2:05.25
 * Women: Aberu Kebede  2:23:58  Bezunesh Bekele  2:24:58  Tomo Morimoto  2:26:10

Auto racing

 * Formula One:
 * in Marina Bay, Singapore: (1) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) (2) Sebastian Vettel  (Red Bull–Renault) (3) Mark Webber  (Red Bull-Renault)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 15 of 19 races): (1) Webber 202 points (2) Alonso 191 (3) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren–Mercedes) 182
 * Constructors' championship standings: (1) Red Bull 383 points (2) McLaren 359 (3) Ferrari 319
 * Chase for the Sprint Cup:
 * AAA 400 in Dover, Delaware: (1) Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) (2)  Jeff Burton (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) (3)  Joey Logano (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 28 of 36 races): (1) Denny Hamlin (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 5368 points (2) Johnson 5333 (3)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 5323

Badminton

 * BWF Super Series:
 * Japan Super Series in Tokyo:
 * Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei def. Lin Dan  22–20, 16–21, 21–17
 * Women's singles: Jiang Yanjiao def. Wang Xin  23–21, 21–18
 * Men's doubles: Cai Yun /Fu Haifeng def. Koo Kien Keat /Tan Boon Heong  18–21, 21–14, 21–12
 * Women's doubles: Wang Xiao Li /Yu Yang def. Cheng Shu /Zhao Yun Lei  21–17, 21–6
 * Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan /Zhao Yunlei def. Tao Jiaming /Tian Qing  21–19, 22–20

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball:
 * The Philadelphia Phillies fail to clinch the NL East title, losing 7–3 to the New York Mets in their final home game of the season, but other results make them the first National League team to clinch a postseason berth.

Cricket

 * Ireland in Zimbabwe:
 * 1st ODI in Harare: undefined 200 (47.3 overs);  undefined 206/8 (50 overs). Zimbabwe win by 2 wickets; lead 3-match series 1–0.

Equestrianism

 * FEI World Games in Lexington, Kentucky, United States:
 * Reining Team Competition:  674.5 points   659   655.5
 * Endurance Team Competition:  23:53:36   24:49:46   25:34:16
 * Endurance Individual Competition: Maria Mercedes Alvarez Ponton  on Nobby 7:35:44  Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum  on Ciel Oriental 7:36:39  Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum  on SAS Alexis 7:36:56

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan: (skaters in bold qualify for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final)
 * Ice Dance: Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  130.08  Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro  129.71  Geraldine Bott / Neil Brown  123.65
 * Standings (after 4 of 7 events): Stepanova / Bukin 30 points (2 events), Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus 22 (2), Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  20 (2), Bott / Brown 18 (2), Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copley  15 (1), Pushkash / Guerreiro, Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin , Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski  13 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * WAFF Championship in Amman, Jordan:
 * Group A: 2–0
 * Group B: 1–2
 * 🇺🇸 Women's Professional Soccer Championship in Hayward, California:
 * FC Gold Pride 4–0 Philadelphia Independence
 * FC Gold Pride win the championship for the first time.

Gymnastics

 * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Groups hoops:  27.975 points   27.875  🇧🇬 27.100
 * Groups ribbons and ropes:  28.050 points   27.900  🇧🇾 27.150

Golf

 * PGA Tour:
 * FedEx Cup Playoffs: The Tour Championship in Atlanta:
 * Winner: Jim Furyk 272 (−8)
 * Final FedEx Cup standings: (1) Furyk 2980 points (2) Matt Kuchar 2727 (3) Luke Donald  2700
 * Furyk wins his 16th PGA Tour title and in doing so, wins his first FedEx Cup title.
 * European Tour:
 * Vivendi Cup in Chambourcy, France:
 * Winner: John Parry 271 (−17)
 * Parry wins his first European Tour title.
 * Champions Tour:
 * SAS Championship in Cary, North Carolina:
 * Winner: Russ Cochran 202 (−14)
 * Cochran wins his second Champions Tour title in as many events.

Korfball

 * Europa Cup first round in Wrocław, Poland:
 * Pool A:
 * Ceské Budějovice 🇨🇿 18–6 🇵🇱 AZS Wrocław
 * Trojans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 9–11 Vacarisses
 * Ceské Budějovice 🇨🇿 21–3 St Andrews University
 * Final standings: Vacarisses 12 points, Ceské Budějovice 8, Trojans 7, AZS Wrocław 3, St Andrews U. 0.
 * Pool B:
 * CC Oeiras 13–9 🇭🇺 SKK Prievidza
 * CC Oeiras 19–8 🇹🇷 Kocaeli University
 * KV Adler Rauxel 🇩🇪 18–6 🇫🇷 Bonson FJEP
 * Final standings: CC Oeiras 12 points, KV Adler Rauxel 9, SKK Prievidza 6, Kocaeli U. 3, Bonson FJEP 0.
 * 5th place playoff: Trojans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 16–7 🇭🇺 SKK Prievidza
 * Top five teams advance to the final round.

Motorcycle racing

 * Superbike:
 * Imola Superbike World Championship round in Imola, Italy:
 * Race 1: (1) Carlos Checa (Ducati 1098R) (2) Lorenzo Lanzi  (Ducati 1098R) (3) Noriyuki Haga  (Ducati 1098R)
 * Race 2: (1) Checa (2) Haga (3) Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha YZF-R1)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 12 of 13 rounds): (1) Max Biaggi (Aprilia RSV 4) 413 points (2) Leon Haslam  (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 350 (3) Jonathan Rea  (Honda CBR1000RR) 288
 * Biaggi becomes the first Italian to win the Superbike World Championship.
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Aprilia 433 points (2) Ducati 392 (3) Suzuki 379
 * Supersport:
 * Imola Supersport World Championship round in Imola, Italy: (1) Michele Pirro (Honda CBR600RR) (2) Kenan Sofuoğlu  (Honda CBR600RR) (3) Eugene Laverty  (Honda CBR600RR)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 12 of 13 rounds): (1) Sofuoğlu 243 points (2) Laverty 227 (3) Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) 168
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Honda 295 points (2) Kawasaki 201 (3) Triumph 152

Pitch and putt

 * EPPA European Championship in Lloret de Mar, Catalonia:
 * 7th-8th places:  7.5–0.5
 * 5th-6th places:  5.5–3.5
 * 3rd-4th places:  5.5–3.5
 * Final:  4–5  
 * Catalonia win the title for the first time.

Snooker

 * World Open in Glasgow, Scotland:
 * Semi-finals:
 * Peter Ebdon 1–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * Mark Williams 2–3 Neil Robertson
 * Final: Robertson 5–1 O'Sullivan
 * Robertson defends his title, and wins the sixth ranking title of his career.

Table tennis

 * Women's World Cup in Kuala Lumpur: Guo Yan   Jiang Huajun   Guo Yue

Tennis

 * ATP World Tour:
 * Open de Moselle:
 * Final: Gilles Simon def. Mischa Zverev  6–3, 6–2
 * Simon wins his seventh career title.
 * BCR Open Romania:
 * Final: Juan Ignacio Chela def. Pablo Andújar  7–5, 6–1
 * Chela wins his sixth career title.
 * WTA Tour:
 * Hansol Korea Open:
 * Final: Alisa Kleybanova def. Klára Zakopalová  6–1, 6–3
 * Kleybanova wins her second career title.

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy: (teams in bold advance to the second round)
 * Pool A in Milan:
 * 3–1
 * 0–3 
 * Standings (after 2 games): Italy 4 points, Egypt, Iran 3, Japan 2.
 * Pool B in Verona:
 * 0–3 
 *  3–1
 * Standings (after 2 games): Brazil, Cuba 4 points, Spain, Tunisia 2.
 * Pool C in Modena:
 * 0–3 
 *  3–1
 * Standings (after 2 games): Russia, Puerto Rico 4 points, Australia, Cameroon 2.
 * Pool D in Reggio Calabria:
 *  3–1
 * 0–3 
 * Standings (after 2 games): Argentina, United States 4 points, Mexico, Venezuela 2.
 * Pool E in Turin:
 * 3–1
 *  3–2
 * Standings (after 2 games): France 4 points, Bulgaria, Czech Republic 3, China 2.
 * Pool F in Trieste:
 * 3–1
 *  3–2
 * Standings (after 2 games): Poland 4, Canada, Serbia 3, Germany 2.

Weightlifting

 * World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
 * Men's 105 kg:
 * Total: Marcin Dołęga  415 kg  Dmitry Klokov  415 kg  Vladimir Smorchkov  410 kg
 * Snatch: Klokov 192 kg  Smorchkov 190 kg  Dołęga 188 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Dołęga 227 kg  Klokov 223 kg  Bartlomiej Bonk  170 kg
 * Men's +105 kg:
 * Total: Behdad Salimi  453 kg   Matthias Steiner  440 kg  Artem Udachyn  440 kg
 * Snatch: Evgeny Chigishev  210 kg  Salimi 208 kg  Udachyn 205 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Steiner 246 kg  Salimi 245 kg  Jeon Sang-Guen  242 kg



American football

 * NCAA:
 * AP Top 10:
 * (1) Alabama 24, (10) Arkansas 20
 * (2) Ohio State 73, Eastern Michigan 20
 * (3) Boise State 37, (24) Oregon State 24
 * (5) Oregon 42, Arizona State 31
 * (6) Nebraska 17, South Dakota State 3
 * UCLA 34, (7) Texas 12
 * (8) Oklahoma 31, Cincinnati 29
 * (9) Florida 48, Kentucky 14
 * Other games:
 * (17) Auburn 35, (12) South Carolina 27
 * (15) LSU 20, (22) West Virginia 14
 * Played earlier this week: (4) TCU

Australian rules football

 * AFL finals series:
 * Grand Final in Melbourne: 9.14 (68)–10.8 (68)
 * The Magpies and Saints will return to the MCG on 2 October for the first Grand Final replay since 1977.

Auto racing

 * Nationwide Series:
 * Dover 200 in Dover, Delaware: (1) Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (2)  Joey Logano (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3)  Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 28 of 35 races): (1) Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) 4414 points (2) Edwards 4094 (3) Busch 3914
 * Busch sets a new record for NASCAR's second-tier series with his 11th win of the season.

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball:
 * The Texas Rangers clinch the AL West title with a 4–3 win over the Oakland Athletics.

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship for Women in the Czech Republic: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
 * Group A in Ostrava:
 * 68–91 
 * ' 49–61 '
 * Final standings: Australia 6 points, Belarus 5, Canada 4, China 3.
 * Group B in Ostrava:
 * ' 81–60 '
 * 68–83 
 * Final standings: USA 6 points, France 5, Greece 4, Senegal 3.
 * Group C in Brno:
 * 66–68 (OT) 
 * ' 57–69 '
 * Final standings: Spain 6 points, Korea Republic 5, Brazil 4, Mali 3.
 * Group D in Brno:
 * 59–77 
 * ' 60–66 '
 * Final standings: Russia 6 points, Czech Republic 5, Japan 4, Argentina 3.

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan: (skaters in bold qualify for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final)
 * Men: Andrei Rogozine  188.60  Max Aaron  179.82  Abzal Rakimgaliev  172.28
 * Standings (after 4 of 7 events): Rogozine 30 points (2 events), Aaron 24 (2), Jason Brown 18 (2), Keegan Messing, Yan Han  15 (1), Thomas Sosniak  14 (2), Joshua Farris , Artem Grigoriev  13 (1).
 * Ladies: Risa Shoji  149.39  Kiri Baga  138.70  Zhang Kexin  134.08

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago:
 * Third place match:  1–0
 * Final:  3–3 (5–4 pen.)
 * Korea Republic win their first title in any worldwide FIFA competition.
 * WAFF Championship in Amman, Jordan:
 * Group C: 2–1 🇾🇪 yemen

Gymnastics

 * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Groups all-around:  55.525  🇧🇾 54.800   52.425

Korfball

 * Europa Cup first round in Wrocław, Poland:
 * Pool A:
 * AZS Wrocław 🇵🇱 23–4 St Andrews University
 * Ceské Budějovice 🇨🇿 15–16 Vacarisses
 * St Andrews University 2–27 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Trojans
 * Vacarisses 20–10 🇵🇱 AZS Wrocław
 * Ceské Budějovice 🇨🇿 11–10 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Trojans
 * Pool B:
 * SKK Prievidza 🇭🇺 12–10 🇹🇷 Kocaeli University
 * CC Oeiras 21–6 🇫🇷 Bonson FJEP
 * Kocaeli University 🇹🇷 7–19 🇩🇪 KV Adler Rauxel
 * Bonson FJEP 🇫🇷 5–9 🇭🇺 SKK Prievidza
 * CC Oeiras 13–9 🇩🇪 KV Adler Rauxel

Mixed martial arts

 * UFC 119 in Indianapolis:
 * Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir def. Mirko Filipović  by KO (knee)
 * Light Heavyweight bout: Ryan Bader def. Antônio Rogério Nogueira  by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
 * Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle def. Matt Serra  by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
 * Lightweight bout: Sean Sherk def. Evan Dunham  by split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
 * Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard def. Jeremy Stephens  by split decision (29–28, 28–29, 30–27)

Pitch and putt

 * EPPA European Championship in Lloret de Mar, Catalonia:
 * 5th-8th places:
 * 3–6 
 *  9–0
 * Semifinals:
 *  8–1
 *  8–1

Rugby league

 * NRL finals series:
 * Preliminary Final: St. George Illawarra Dragons 13–12 Wests Tigers

Snooker

 * World Open in Glasgow, Scotland, Quarterfinals:
 * Mark Williams 3–2 Ding Junhui
 * Peter Ebdon 3–1 Martin Gould
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Stephen Maguire
 * Ricky Walden 1–3 Neil Robertson

Tennis

 * WTA Tour:
 * Tashkent Open in Tashkent, Uzbekistan:
 * Final: Alla Kudryavtseva def. Elena Vesnina  6–4, 6–4
 * Kudryavtseva win the first title of her career.

Volleyball

 * Men's World Championship in Italy:
 * Pool A in Milan:
 * 3–0
 * 3–0
 * Pool B in Verona:
 * 3–0
 * 2–3
 * Pool C in Modena:
 * 3–0
 * 1–3
 * Pool D in Reggio Calabria:
 * 0–3
 * 3–2
 * Pool E in Turin:
 * 3–2
 * 3–0
 * Pool F in Trieste:
 * 3–0
 * 0–3
 * Final Four Women's Cup in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico:
 * Bronze medal match: 0–3  
 * Final:  2–3  
 * Dominican Republic win the title for the first time.
 * Asian Women's Cup Championship in Taicang, China:
 * 7th place playoff:  3–0
 * 5th place playoff:  3–2
 * 3rd place playoff: 0–3  
 * Final:  3–0
 * China win the title for the second time.

Weightlifting

 * World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
 * Women's +75 kg:
 * Total: Tatiana Kashirina  315 kg   Meng Suping  310 kg  Jang Mi-Ran  309 kg
 * Snatch: Kashirina 145 kg (WR)  Meng 131 kg  Jang 130 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Meng 179 kg  Jang 179 kg  Kashirina 170 kg
 * Men's 94 kg:
 * Total: Alexandr Ivanov  403 kg   Artem Ivanov  402 kg  Valeriu Calancea  397 kg
 * Snatch: Ivanov 185 kg  Ivanov 185 kg  Vladimir Sedov  180 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Calancea 220 kg  Ivanov 218 kg  Andrey Demanov  218 kg



American football

 * NCAA:
 * AP Top 10: (4) TCU 41, SMU 24

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship for Women in the Czech Republic: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
 * Group A in Ostrava:
 * 61–65 
 * ' 83–59 '
 * Standings (after 2 games): Australia 4 points, Belarus, Canada 3, China 2.
 * Group B in Ostrava:
 *  108–52
 *  69–55
 * Standings (after 2 games): USA, France 4 points, Greece, Senegal 2.
 * Group C in Brno:
 *  84–69
 * 80–73
 * Standings (after 2 games): Spain 4 points, Korea Republic, Brazil 3, Mali 2.
 * Group D in Brno:
 * 58–59 
 * ' 55–52 '
 * Standings (after 2 games): Russia 4 points, Japan, Czech Republic 3, Argentina 2.

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan:
 * Ice Dance – short dance: (1) Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro 53.91 (2) Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  53.28 (3) Geraldine Bott / Neil Brown  52.02
 * Men – short program: (1) Max Aaron 66.28 (2) Andrei Rogozine  65.03 (3) Abzal Rakimgaliev  61.65
 * Ladies – short program: (1) Risa Shoji 51.42 (2) Kiri Baga  50.09 (3) Angela Wang  47.61

Football (soccer)

 * WAFF Championship in Amman, Jordan:
 * Group A: 3–0 🇧🇭 bahrain
 * Group B: 1–1 🇸🇾 syrian arab republic

Gymnastics

 * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Individual all-around: Yevgeniya Kanayeva  116.250  Daria Kondakova  113.825  Melitina Staniouta  110.350

Korfball

 * Europa Cup first round in Wrocław, Poland:
 * Pool A:
 * Vacarisses 25–5  St Andrews University
 * Trojans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18–7 🇵🇱 AZS Wrocław
 * Pool B:
 * KV Adler Rauxel 🇩🇪 9–7 🇭🇺 SKK Prievidza Dolphins
 * Bonson FJEP 🇫🇷 11–12 🇹🇷 Kocaeli University

Pitch and putt

 * EPPA European Championship in Lloret de Mar, Catalonia: (teams in bold advance to semifinals)
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  9–0
 *  7–2
 *  7–2
 * 4.5–4.5 

Rugby league

 * NRL finals series:
 * Preliminary Final: Gold Coast Titans 6–32 Sydney Roosters

Snooker

 * World Open in Glasgow, Scotland, Last 16:
 * Jamie Cope 1–3 Ricky Walden
 * Stephen Hendry 1–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * Stephen Maguire 3–0 Alan McManus
 * Neil Robertson 3–2 Andrew Higginson
 * Stephen Lee 0–3 Martin Gould

Volleyball

 * Final Four Women's Cup in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico:
 * Semifinals:
 *  3–0
 *  3–0
 * Asian Women's Cup Championship in Taicang, China:
 * 5th–8th semifinals:
 * 0–3 
 * 0–3 
 * Semifinals:
 *  3–2
 *  3–0

Weightlifting

 * World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
 * Men's 85 kg:
 * Total: Adrian Zieliński  383 kg   Aleksey Yufkin  380 kg  Siarhei Lahun  377 kg
 * Snatch: Ara Khachatryan  175 kg  Zieliński 173 kg  Yufkin 172 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Lahun 211 kg  Yoelmis Hernández  210 kg  Zieliński 210 kg



Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship for Women in Czech Republic:
 * Group A in Ostrava:
 * 68–57
 * 47–72
 * Group B in Ostrava:
 * 73–99
 * 45–83
 * Group C in Brno:
 * 61–60
 * 36–80
 * Group D in Brno:
 * 63–86
 * 67–53

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Harare, day 4:
 * undefined 465 (134.5 overs) and 151/4 (54 overs); undefined 590 (173.2 overs). Match drawn.
 * Standings: 🇦🇫 afghanistan 77 points (5 matches), Zimbabwe XI 72 (5), undefined 69 (5), Ireland 55 (6), 🇰🇪 kenya 43 (5),  undefined 15 (6), 🇨🇦 canada 9 (6).

Football (soccer)

 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
 * Emelec 🇪🇨 5–0 (1–2) 🇵🇪 Universidad San Martín. 3–3 on points; Emelec win 6–2 on aggregate.
 * Unión San Felipe 1–1 (1–1)  Guaraní. 2–2 on points; 2–2 on aggregate; Unión San Felipe win 8–7 on penalty shootout.
 * Caracas 🇻🇪 0–0 (1–2) 🇨🇴 Santa Fe. Santa Fe win 4–1 on points.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, matchday 4: (teams in strike are eliminated)
 * Group B: Joe Public 2–3  Municipal
 * Standings (after 4 matches): 🇺🇸 Columbus Crew 9 points, 🇲🇽 Santos Laguna 7, Municipal 5, Joe Public 1.
 * Group D: Olimpia 2–1 🇲🇽 Toluca
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Toluca, Olimpia 7 points, Puerto Rico Islanders 5, 🇸🇻 FAS 2.
 * 🇺🇸 Women's Professional Soccer Super Semifinal in Boston:
 * Boston Breakers 1–2 (a.e.t.) Philadelphia Independence

Gymnastics

 * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Ball: Yevgeniya Kanayeva  28.700 points  Daria Dmitrieva  28.650  Aliya Garayeva  27.550
 * Ribbon: Dmitrieva 28.825 points  Daria Kondakova  28.750  Garayeva 26.675
 * Teams:  284.925 points  🇧🇾 269.700  🇦🇿 265.225

Snooker

 * World Open in Glasgow, Scotland:
 * Last 32:
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Jimmy White
 * Marco Fu 1–3 Andrew Higginson
 * Last 16:
 * Ding Junhui 3–0 Marcus Campbell
 * Mark Williams 3–2 Barry Hawkins
 * Peter Ebdon 3–2 Liu Song

Volleyball

 * Final Four Women's Cup in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico:
 * Preliminary Round:
 * 1–3
 * 3–0
 * Final standings: Peru 6 points, Dominican Republic 5, Argentina 4, Mexico 3.
 * Asian Women's Cup Championship in Taicang, China:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  3–0
 *  3–0
 *  3–0
 *  3–0

Weightlifting

 * World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
 * Women's 75 kg:
 * Total: Svetlana Podobedova  295 kg (WR)  Natalya Zabolotnaya  293 kg  Nadezhda Yevstyukhina  283 kg
 * Snatch: Podobedova 134 kg WR  Zabolotnaya 133 kg  Yevstyukhina 123 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Podobedova 161 kg WR  Yevstyukhina 160 kg  Zabolotnaya 160 kg
 * Men's 77 kg:
 * Total: Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan  373 kg   Lü Xiaojun  370 kg  Tarek Yehia  356 kg
 * Snatch: Martirosyan 173 kg  Lu 170 kg  Kianoush Rostami  161 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Lu 200 kg  Martirosyan 200 kg  Yehia 161 kg



Cricket

 * Pakistan in England:
 * 5th ODI in Southampton: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 256/6 (50 overs; Eoin Morgan 107*); 🇵🇰 pakistan 135 (37 overs). England win by 121 runs; win 5-match series 3–2.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Harare, day 3:
 * undefined 465 (134.5 overs); undefined 506/6 (148 overs; Sean Williams 178, Keith Dabengwa 140). Zimbabwe XI lead by 41 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Football (soccer)

 * AFC Champions League quarter-finals, second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
 * Pohang Steelers 🇰🇷 1–1 (1–2) 🇮🇷 Zob Ahan. Zob Ahan win 3–2 on aggregate.
 * Suwon Samsung Bluewings 🇰🇷 2–0 (1–4) 🇰🇷 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma win 4–3 on aggregate.
 * Al-Gharafa 🇶🇦 4–2 (0–3) Al-Hilal. Al-Hilal win 5–4 on aggregate.
 * Al-Shabab 0–1 (2–0) 🇰🇷 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. Al-Shabab win 2–1 on aggregate.
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
 * Estudiantes 🇦🇷 1–1 (0–1) 🇦🇷 Newell's Old Boys. Newell's Old Boys win 4–1 on points.
 * Sport Huancayo 🇵🇪 2–0 (0–9) Defensor Sporting. 3–3 on points; Defensor Sporting win 9–2 on aggregate.
 * San José 🇧🇴 4–0 (1–1) 🇨🇴 Atlético Huila. San José win 4–1 on points.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, matchday 4:
 * Group A: Árabe Unido 🇵🇦 2–3 🇺🇸 Real Salt Lake
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Real Salt Lake 9 points, 🇲🇽 Cruz Azul 7, 🇨🇦 Toronto FC 4, Árabe Unido 3.
 * Group C:
 * Monterrey 🇲🇽 3–2 🇺🇸 Seattle Sounders FC
 * Marathón 2–1  Saprissa
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Monterrey 12 points, Saprissa, Marathón 6, Seattle Sounders FC 0.
 * Group D: FAS 🇸🇻 0–0 Puerto Rico Islanders
 * Standings: 🇲🇽 Toluca 7 points (3 matches), Puerto Rico Islanders 5 (4), Olimpia 4 (3), FAS 2 (4).

Golf

 * World Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2011:
 * PGA Tour: Ernie Els
 * Veterans: Doug Ford, Jock Hutchison /
 * Lifetime Achievement: George H. W. Bush
 * International inductees will be announced in October.

Snooker

 * World Open in Glasgow, Scotland, Last 32:
 * Neil Robertson 3–1 David Morris
 * Barry Hawkins 3–1 Ken Doherty
 * James McBain 0–3 Ricky Walden
 * Judd Trump 2–3 Stephen Maguire
 * Martin Gould 3–0 Matthew Couch

Squash

 * Women's World Open in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt:
 * Final: Nicol David  def.  Omneya Abdel Kawy  11–5, 11–8, 11–6
 * David wins her fifth world title in six years.

Volleyball

 * Final Four Women's Cup in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico:
 * Preliminary Round:
 * 1–3
 * 3–0

Weightlifting

 * World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
 * Women's 69 kg:
 * Total: Svetlana Shimkova  256 kg  Kang Yue  253 kg  Meline Daluzyan  251 kg
 * Snatch: Shimkova 116 kg  Kang  113 kg  Daluzyan 112 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Shimkova 140 kg  Kang 140 kg  Daluzyan 139 kg



Baseball

 * Major League Baseball
 * The Minnesota Twins become the first team to clinch a postseason berth with a 6–4 home win over the Cleveland Indians, matched with a Chicago White Sox 7–2 loss to the Oakland Athletics in Oakland to win the American League Central Division championship.

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Harare, day 2:
 * undefined 465 (134.5 overs; Andrew White 102, Shingirai Masakadza 5/107); undefined 175/3 (52 overs). Zimbabwe XI trail by 290 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * ICC Intercontinental Shield in Windhoek, day 4: (teams in bold advance to the final)
 * 🇺🇬 uganda 329 (92.1 overs) and 295 (100 overs; Roger Mukasa 121); 🇳🇦 namibia 609 (179.4 overs) and 16/0 (4 overs). Namibia win by 10 wickets.
 * Final standings: Namibia 46 points,  undefined 37, Uganda 29, undefined 0.

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago:
 * Semifinals:
 *  2–1
 * 1–2 
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
 * Cerro Porteño 2–2 (0–1) 🇧🇴 Universitario. Universitario win 4–1 on points.
 * Deportes Tolima 🇨🇴 2–0 (0–1) 🇧🇴 Oriente Petrolero. 3–3 on points; Deportes Tolima win 2–1 on aggregate.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, matchday 4:
 * Group A: Cruz Azul 🇲🇽 0–0 🇨🇦 Toronto FC
 * Standings: Cruz Azul 7 points (4 matches), 🇺🇸 Real Salt Lake 6 (3), Toronto FC 4 (4), 🇵🇦 Árabe Unido 3 (3).
 * Group B: Columbus Crew 🇺🇸 1–0 🇲🇽 Santos Laguna
 * Standings: Columbus Crew 9 points (4 matches), Santos Laguna 7 (4), Municipal 2 (3),  Joe Public 1 (3).

Gymnastics

 * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Rope: Daria Kondakova  28.750 points  Yevgeniya Kanayeva  28.600  Melitina Staniouta  27.650
 * Hoop: Kanayeva 29.200 points  Kondakova 28.900  Aliya Garayeva  27.675

Snooker

 * World Open in Glasgow, Scotland, Last 32:
 * Ali Carter 1–3 Mark Williams
 * Ding Junhui 3–1 Jimmy Michie
 * Stephen Lee 3–2 Nigel Bond
 * Stephen Hendry 3–0 Mark Davis
 * Peter Ebdon 3–2 Fergal O'Brien

Volleyball

 * Final Four Women's Cup in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico:
 * Preliminary Round:
 * 0–3
 * 0–3

Weightlifting

 * World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
 * Men's 69 kg:
 * Total: Liao Hui  358 kg WR  Ninel Miculescu  337 kg  Mete Binay  335 kg
 * Snatch: Binay 160 kg  Liao 160 kg  Miculescu 157 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Liao 198 kg WR  Kim Kum Sok  181 kg  Armen Kazaryan  181 kg



American football

 * NFL Monday Night Football Week 2: New Orleans Saints 25, San Francisco 49ers 22

Cricket

 * Pakistan in England:
 * 4th ODI in London: 🇵🇰 pakistan 265/7 (50 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 227 (46.1 overs). Pakistan win by 38 runs; 5-match series level 2–2.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Harare, day 1:
 * undefined 340/6 (96 overs); undefined.
 * ICC Intercontinental Shield in Windhoek, day 3:
 * 🇺🇬 uganda 329 (92.1 overs) and 77/2 (22 overs); 🇳🇦 namibia 609 (179.4 overs). Uganda trail by 203 runs with 8 wickets remaining.

Snooker

 * World Open in Glasgow, Scotland
 * Round 3: Mark King 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * O'Sullivan becomes the first player to compile at least 10 maximum breaks in professional competition.
 * Last 32:
 * Matthew Stevens 2–3 Alan McManus
 * Joe Jogia 1–3 Liu Song
 * Jamie Cope 3–2 Dave Harold
 * Mike Dunn 1–3 Marcus Campbell

Tennis

 * Davis Cup World Group play-offs, day 4:
 * 2–3 
 * Olivier Rochus def. Peter Luczak  7–6(8), 6–4, 6–7(0), 7–6(2)
 * Ruben Bemelmans def. Carsten Ball  7–6(4), 6–3, 6–4

Weightlifting

 * World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
 * Women's 63 kg:
 * Total: Maiya Maneza  246 kg  Sibel Şimşek  241 kg  Ouyang Xiaofang  241 kg
 * Snatch: Ouyang 112 kg  Şimşek 111 kg  Kim Soo-Kyung  107 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Maneza 143 kg WR  Nísida Palomeque  134 kg  O Jong Ae  130 kg



American football

 * NFL Week 2:
 * Pittsburgh Steelers 19, Tennessee Titans 11
 * Miami Dolphins 14, Minnesota Vikings 10
 * Atlanta Falcons 41, Arizona Cardinals 7
 * Cincinnati Bengals 15, Baltimore Ravens 10
 * Kansas City Chiefs 16, Cleveland Browns 14
 * Chicago Bears 27, Dallas Cowboys 20
 * Philadelphia Eagles 35, Detroit Lions 32
 * Green Bay Packers 34, Buffalo Bills 7
 * Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20, Carolina Panthers 7
 * Denver Broncos 31, Seattle Seahawks 14
 * Oakland Raiders 16, St. Louis Rams 14
 * Houston Texans 30, Washington Redskins 27 (OT)
 * The Texans' Matt Schaub and the Redskins' Donovan McNabb become the first pair of quarterbacks to throw for 400 or more yards in the same game since.
 * New York Jets 28, New England Patriots 14
 * San Diego Chargers 38, Jacksonville Jaguars 13
 * Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis Colts 38, New York Giants 14

Auto racing

 * Chase for the Sprint Cup:
 * Sylvania 300 in Loudon, New Hampshire: (1) Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) (2)  Denny Hamlin (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3)  Jamie McMurray (Chevrolet; Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 27 of 36 races): (1) Hamlin 5230 points (2) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 5185 (3)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 5168
 * Bowyer was docked 150 points on September 22 after his team was found to be in violation of three rules, dropping him back to 12th in the Chase standings with 5045 points. (NASCAR)
 * IndyCar Series:
 * Indy Japan 300 in Motegi, Japan: (1) Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) (2) Dario Franchitti  (Chip Ganassi Racing) (3) Will Power  (Team Penske)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 16 of 17 races): (1) Power 587 points (2) Franchitti 575 (3) Castroneves 501
 * World Touring Car Championship:
 * Race of Spain:
 * Race 17: (1) Gabriele Tarquini (SR-Sport; SEAT León) (2) Yvan Muller  (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (3) Rob Huff  (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze)
 * Race 18: (1) Tiago Monteiro (SR-Sport; SEAT León) (2) Muller (3) Tarquini
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 18 of 22 races): (1) Muller 265 points (2) Andy Priaulx (BMW Team RBM; BMW 320si) 240 (3) Tarquini 236
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Chevrolet 569 points (2) SEAT Customers Technology 524 (3) BMW 491

Badminton

 * BWF Super Series:
 * China Masters Super Series in Changzhou:
 * Men's singles: Lin Dan def. Chen Long  21–15, 13–21, 21–14
 * Women's singles: Wang Xin def. Tine Baun  21–13, 21–9
 * Men's doubles: Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng def. Ko Sung Hyun/Yoo Yeon Seong  21–14, 21–19
 * Women's doubles: Wang Xiao Li/Yu Yang def. Bao Yi Xin/Lu Lu  21–8, 21–8
 * Mixed doubles: Tao Jia Ming/Tian Qing def. Xu Chen/Yu Yang  21–11, 21–14

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Shield in Windhoek, day 2:
 * 🇺🇬 uganda 329 (92.1 overs); 🇳🇦 namibia 320/4 (109 overs). Namibia trail by 9 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 21: Tyler Farrar   2h 02' 24"  Mark Cavendish   [[Image:Jersey green.svg|25px]] s.t.  Allan Davis   s.t.
 * Final general classification: (1) Vincenzo Nibali  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]][[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] 87h 18' 31" (2) Ezequiel Mosquera   + 43" (3) Peter Velits   + 3' 04"
 * UCI World Rankings (after 25 of 26 events): (1) Joaquim Rodríguez  551 points (2) Alberto Contador   482 (3) Luis León Sánchez   403

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping:
 * FEI Nations Cup Promotional League:
 * Final in Barcelona (CSIO 5*):  (Andreas Schou on Uno's Safier, Emilie Martinsen on Caballero, Thomas Sandgaard on Rubber Ball, Tina Lund on Zamiro)   (Alfredo Fernandez Duran on Gold Digger, Cristina Toda on Cashmire, Natalia Golding on Just Cruising, Jesus Garmendia Echevarria on Moon Mail)   (Jenna Thompson on Zeke, Yann Candele on Atlete van't Heike, Keean White on Celena Z, Ian Millar on Star Power)
 * Denmark qualify for the 2011 Meydan FEI Nations Cup.
 * FEI World Cup North American League – East Coast:
 * 6th competition in Moreland Hills, Ohio (CSI 2*-W): Beezie Madden  on Coral Reef Via Volo  Brianne Goutal  on Onira  Margie Engle  on Indigo
 * CHI Donaueschingen (CSI 3*):
 * S.D. Fürst Joachim zu Fürstenberg-Gedächtnispreis (Grand Prix): Steve Guerdat  on Jalisca Solier  Rolf-Göran Bengtsson  on Quintero  Thomas Mühlbauer  on Asti Spumante
 * Dressage:
 * CHI Donaueschingen (CDI 4*):
 * Grand Prix Spécial: Victoria Max-Theurer  on Augustin OLD  Anky van Grunsven  on Painted Black  Sabine Becker  on Lamarc WRT

Football (soccer)

 * CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group B:
 * Heartland 🇳🇬 1–1 JS Kabylie
 * Ismaily 🇪🇬 4–2 🇪🇬 Al-Ahly
 * Final standings: JS Kabylie 14 points, Al-Ahly 8, Ismaily 6, Heartland 5.
 * CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 4:
 * Group A: Djoliba 🇲🇱 2–0 Al-Hilal
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Al-Hilal, 🇱🇾 Ittihad 9 points, Djoliba 4, ASFAN 1.
 * Group B: Haras El Hodood 🇪🇬 1–2 🇲🇦 FUS Rabat
 * Standings (after 4 matches): FUS Rabat 9 points, 🇹🇳 CS Sfaxien 7, Zanaco 4, Haras El Hodood 2.
 * 🇺🇸 Women's Professional Soccer playoffs – first round in West Chester, Pennsylvania:
 * Philadelphia Independence 1–0 (a.e.t.) Washington Freedom

Gaelic football

 * All-Ireland Senior Championship Final in Dublin:
 * Cork Cork colours.PNG 0-16–0-15 Down colours.PNG Down
 * Cork win their seventh All-Ireland football title, and first since 1990.

Golf

 * European Tour:
 * Austrian Golf Open in Oberwaltersdorf, Austria
 * Winner: José Manuel Lara 271 (−17)PO
 * Lara claims his second career European Tour title in a playoff with David Lynn.

Motorcycle racing

 * Moto GP:
 * Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix in Alcañiz, Spain:
 * MotoGP: (1) Casey Stoner (Ducati) (2) Dani Pedrosa  (Honda) (3) Nicky Hayden  (Ducati)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 13 of 18 rounds): (1) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 284 points (2) Pedrosa 228 (3) Stoner 155
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Yamaha 293 points (2) Honda 265 (3) Ducati 195
 * Moto2: (1) Andrea Iannone (Speed Up) (2) Julián Simón  (Suter) (3) Gábor Talmácsi  (Speed Up)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 12 of 17 rounds): (1) Toni Elías (Moriwaki) 224 points (2) Simón 148 (3) Iannone 144
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Moriwaki 249 points (2) Suter 216 (3) Speed Up 169
 * 125cc: (1) Pol Espargaró (Derbi) (2) Nicolás Terol  (Aprilia) (3) Bradley Smith  (Aprilia)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 12 of 17 rounds): (1) Terol 208 points (2) Espargaró 202 (3) Marc Márquez (Derbi)
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Derbi 285 points (2) Aprilia 251 (3) Honda 17

Table tennis

 * European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic:
 * Men's singles final: Timo Boll  def.  Patrick Baum  4–0
 * Boll wins the title for the fourth time.
 * Women's singles final: Viktoria Pavlovich  def.  Liu Jia  4–3
 * Women's doubles final: Rūta Paškauskienė /Oksana Fadeyeva  def.  Li Jie /Elena Timina  4–0

Tennis

 * Davis Cup World Group Semifinals, day 3: (teams in bold advance to the 2010 final)
 *  5–0
 * Gilles Simon def. Eduardo Schwank  7–6(5), 6–7(6), 6–3
 * Arnaud Clément def. Horacio Zeballos  7–5, 6–1
 *  3–2
 * Novak Djokovic def. Tomáš Berdych  4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
 * Janko Tipsarević def. Radek Štěpánek  6–0, 7–6(6), 6–4
 * Serbia reach the final for the first time.
 * Davis Cup World Group play-offs, day 3: (teams in bold advance to the 2011 World Group)
 * 2–3 
 * Jürgen Melzer def. Dudi Sela  6–4, 6–0, 6–3
 * Martin Fischer def. Harel Levy  2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
 * 1–3 
 * Mardy Fish def. Santiago Giraldo  3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 8–6
 * Carlos Salamanca vs. Ryan Harrison  not played
 *  5–0
 * Andreas Beck def. Izak van der Merwe  7–5, 6–2
 * Florian Mayer def. Rik de Voest  6–3, 6–7(8), 6–2
 *  3–2
 * Robin Söderling def. Simone Bolelli  6–3, 6–3, 6–3
 * Fabio Fognini def. Andreas Vinciguerra  6–1, 6–3
 *  3–2
 * Somdev Devvarman def. Thomaz Bellucci  7–6(3), 4–0 retired
 * Rohan Bopanna def. Ricardo Mello  6–3, 7–6(2), 6–3
 * 2–1
 * Peter Luczak vs. Olivier Rochus  4–4 (match suspended)
 *  5–0
 * Andrey Golubev def. Michael Lammer  6–3, 6–2
 * Mikhail Kukushkin def. Marco Chiudinelli  6–2, 6–4
 *  5–0
 * Victor Crivoi def. Giovanni Lapentti  6–2, 6–4
 * Adrian Ungur def. Emilio Gómez  6–3, 6–4
 * WTA Tour:
 * Guangzhou International Women's Open:
 * Final: Jarmila Groth def. Alla Kudryavtseva  6–1, 6–4
 * Groth wins the first WTA title of her career.
 * Bell Challenge:
 * Final: Tamira Paszek def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands  7–6(6), 2–6, 7–5
 * Paszek wins her first WTA title of the season and the second of her career.

Weightlifting

 * World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
 * Women's 58 kg:
 * Total: Deng Wei  237 kg  Nastassia Novikava  233 kg  Jong Chun Mi  230 kg
 * Snatch: Pak Hyon Suk  103 kg  Novikava 103 kg  Deng 102 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Deng 135 kg  Jong 130 kg  Novikava 130 kg
 * Men's 62 kg:
 * Total: Kim Un Guk  320 kg  Zhang Jie  315 kg  Erol Bilgin  314 kg
 * Snatch: Kim 147 kg  Bilgin 143 kg  Ding Jianjun  142 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Zhang 174 kg  Kim 173 kg  Eko Yuli Irawan  172 kg



American football

 * NCAA:
 * AP Top 10:
 * (1) Alabama 62, Duke 13
 * (2) Ohio State 43, Ohio 7
 * (3) Boise State 51, Wyoming 6
 * (4) TCU 45, Baylor 10
 * (5) Oregon 69, Portland State 0
 * (6) Texas 24, Texas Tech 14
 * (7) Oklahoma 27, Air Force 24
 * (8) Nebraska 56, Washington 21
 * (24) Arizona 34, (9) Iowa 27
 * (10) Florida 31, Tennessee 17
 * Other games: UCLA 31, (23) Houston 13

Australian rules football

 * AFL finals series:
 * Second Preliminary Final in Melbourne:  13.10 (88)–8.16 (64)

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Shield in Windhoek, day 1:
 * 🇺🇬 uganda 329 (92.1 overs; Laurence Sematimba 106, Craig Williams 5/90); 🇳🇦 namibia.
 * Clydesdale Bank 40 Final in London:
 * Somerset 199 (39 overs; Imran Tahir 5/41); Warwickshire 200/7 (39 overs; Ian Bell 107). Warwickshire win by 3 wickets.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 20: Ezequiel Mosquera   4h 45' 28"  Vincenzo Nibali   [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]] + 1"  Joaquim Rodríguez   [[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] + 23"
 * General classification: (1) Nibali [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]][[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] 85h 16' 05" (2) Mosquera + 41" (3) Peter Velits  + 3' 02"

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Graz, Austria:
 * Men: Yan Han  170.48  Artem Grigoriev  166.04  Zhan Bush  164.56
 * Standings (after 3 of 7 events): Keegan Messing, Andrei Rogozine , Yan 15 points (1 event), Thomas Sosniak  14 (2), Jason Brown , Joshua Farris , Grigoriev 13 (1), Max Aaron , Keiji Tanaka , Bush 11 (1).
 * Ladies: Adelina Sotnikova  178.97  Christina Gao  167.14  Li Zijun  144.76
 * Standings (after 3 of 7 events): Rosa Sheveleva 16 points (2 events), Sotnikova, Polina Shelepen, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  15 (1), Gao, Yasmin Siraj , Kristiene Gong  13 (1), Li, Shion Kokubun  11 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 6: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group A:
 * Dynamos 0–1 🇹🇳 Espérance ST
 * ES Sétif 0–0 🇨🇩 TP Mazembe
 * Final standings: Espérance ST 13 points, TP Mazembe 11, ES Sétif 6, Dynamos 3.
 * CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 4:
 * Group A: ASFAN 1–3 🇱🇾 Ittihad
 * Standings: Al-Hilal 9 points (3 matches), Ittihad 9 (4), ASFAN 1 (4), 🇲🇱 Djoliba 1 (3).

Rugby league

 * NRL finals series:
 * Semi-final: Sydney Roosters 34–12 Penrith Panthers

Table tennis

 * European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic:
 * Men's doubles final: Timo Boll/Christian Süss  def.  Kasper Sternberg/Jonathan Groth  4–0
 * Boll and Süss win the title for the fourth successive time.

Tennis

 * Davis Cup World Group Semifinals, day 2: (teams in bold advance to the 2010 final)
 *  3–0
 * Arnaud Clément/Michaël Llodra def. Eduardo Schwank/Horacio Zeballos  6–4, 7–5, 6–3
 * France reach the final for the first time since 2002.
 * 1–2
 * Tomáš Berdych/Radek Štěpánek def. Novak Djokovic/Nenad Zimonjić  3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–1
 * Davis Cup World Group play-offs, day 2: (teams in bold advance to the 2011 World Group)
 * 1–2
 * Mardy Fish/John Isner def. Robert Farah/Carlos Salamanca  6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–3
 *  3–0
 * Andreas Beck/Christopher Kas def. Rik de Voest/Wesley Moodie  6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
 * 2–1
 * Simon Aspelin/Robert Lindstedt def. Simone Bolelli/Potito Starace  5–7, 6–7(0), 7–6(4), 6–3, 7–5
 * 1–2
 * Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes def. Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares  6–4, 7–6(5), 6–1
 * 2–1
 * Paul Hanley/Lleyton Hewitt def. Ruben Bemelmans/Olivier Rochus  6–1, 6–2, 6–4
 *  3–0
 * Andrey Golubev/Yuri Schukin def. Yves Allegro/Stanislas Wawrinka  6–4, 6–3, 6–3
 * Kazakhstan advance to the World Group for the first time.
 *  3–0
 * Victor Hănescu/Horia Tecău vs. Iván Endara/Giovanni Lapentti  6–2, 6–2, 6–2

Weightlifting

 * World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
 * Women's 53 kg:
 * Total: Chen Xiaoting  222 kg  Aylin Daşdelen  211 kg  Yudelquis Contreras  206 kg
 * Snatch: Chen 100 kg  Maridalin 93 kg  Daşdelen 90 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Chen 122 kg  Daşdelen 121 kg  Hiromi Miyake  113 kg
 * Men's 56 kg:
 * Total: Wu Jingbiao  292 kg  Long Qingquan  288 kg  Cha Kum Chol  280 kg
 * Snatch: Wu 132 kg  Cha 130 kg  Long 127 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Long 161 kg  Wu 160 kg  Carlos Berna  152 kg



Australian rules football

 * AFL finals series:
 * First Preliminary Final in Melbourne:  18.12 (120)–11.13 (79)

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball news: Joe Torre announces he will step down as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers at the end of this season. Dodgers first-base coach and former New York Yankees star Don Mattingly has been named as his replacement. (ESPN)

Cricket

 * Pakistan in England:
 * 3rd ODI in London: 🇵🇰 pakistan 241 (49.4 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 218 (45.4 overs; Umar Gul 6/42). Pakistan win by 23 runs; England lead 5-match series 2–1.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 19: Philippe Gilbert   5h 43' 41"  Tyler Farrar   s.t.  Filippo Pozzato   + 1"
 * General classification: (1) Vincenzo Nibali  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]] 80h 30' 48" (2) Ezequiel Mosquera   + 50" (3) Peter Velits   + 1' 59"

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Graz, Austria:
 * Ice Dance: Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copley  129.96  Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin  126.62  Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  115.14
 * Standings (after 3 of 7 events): Papadakis / Cizeron 20 points (2 events), Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, Lichtman / Copely, Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 15 (1), Sinitsina / Zhiganshin, Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski , Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus  13 (1), Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager , Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin  11 (1).
 * Pairs: Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov  159.79  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  145.67  Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang  135.04
 * Ladies – short program: (1) Adelina Sotnikova 61.32 (2) Christina Gao  58.07 (3) Polina Agafonova  51.50

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  2–1
 *  2–1
 * CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 4:
 * Group B: CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳 2–1 Zanaco
 * Standings: CS Sfaxien 7 points (4 matches), 🇲🇦 FUS Rabat 6 (3), Zanaco 4 (4), 🇪🇬 Haras El Hodood 2 (3).

Rugby league

 * NRL finals series:
 * Semi-final: Canberra Raiders 24–26 Wests Tigers

Tennis

 * Davis Cup World Group Semifinals, day 1:
 * 2–0
 * Michaël Llodra def. Juan Mónaco  7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
 * Gaël Monfils def. David Nalbandian  6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
 * 1–1
 * Radek Štěpánek def. Viktor Troicki  4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
 * Janko Tipsarević def. Tomáš Berdych  7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(5)
 * Davis Cup World Group play-offs, day 2:
 * 2–1
 * Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram def. Jürgen Melzer/Alexander Peya  7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4
 * Davis Cup World Group play-offs, day 1:
 * 1–1
 * Mardy Fish def. Alejandro Falla  4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
 * Santiago Giraldo def. Sam Querrey  6–2, 6–4, 7–5
 * 2–0
 * Philipp Kohlschreiber def. Rik de Voest  6–4, 6–4, 6–4
 * Florian Mayer def. Izak van der Merwe  6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(6)
 * 1–1
 * Potito Starace def. Andreas Vinciguerra  6–2, 6–2, 6–2
 * Robin Söderling def. Fabio Fognini  6–1, 6–3, 6–2
 * 0–2
 * Thomaz Bellucci def. Rohan Bopanna  6–7(2), 7–6(7), 7–5, 4–6, 10–8
 * Ricardo Mello def. Somdev Devvarman  4–6, 6–2, 6–7(3), 6–2, 6–4
 * 1–1
 * Lleyton Hewitt def. Ruben Bemelmans  7–6(4), 7–5, 2–6, 6–4
 * Olivier Rochus def. Carsten Ball  6–4, 6–4, 7–6(5)
 * 2–0
 * Andrey Golubev def. Marco Chiudinelli  6–4, 6–4, 6–4
 * Mikhail Kukushkin def. Stanislas Wawrinka  3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
 * 2–0
 * Victor Hănescu def. Iván Endara  6–2, 6–2, 6–2
 * Adrian Ungur def. Giovanni Lapentti  6–7(2), 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1

Weightlifting

 * World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
 * Women's 48 kg:
 * Total: Nurcan Taylan  214 kg  Sibel Özkan  205 kg  Tian Yuan  204 kg
 * Snatch: Taylan 93 kg  Özkan 90 kg  Tian 88 kg
 * Clean & Jerk: Taylan 121 kg (WR)  Tian 116 kg  Özkan 115 kg



Basketball

 * WNBA Playoffs:
 * WNBA Finals, Game 3: Seattle Storm 87, Atlanta Dream 84. Storm win series 3–0.
 * The Storm win their second WNBA title. Storm center and season MVP Lauren Jackson is named Finals MVP, becoming the first non-U.S. player ever to win the latter award.

Cricket

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 County Championship:
 * Division One:
 * Durham 286 (89.5 overs) and 320 (110.4 overs; Michael Di Venuto 129); Somerset 426 (100.1 overs; James Hildreth 105) and 48/3 (12 overs). Match drawn.
 * Nottinghamshire 400/9d (89.4 overs; Adam Voges 126, Simon Kerrigan 5/80); Lancashire 11/3 (4.4 overs). Match drawn.
 * Yorkshire 261 (76.3 overs; Dewald Nel 6/62) and 130 (29.5 overs; James Tredwell 7/22); Kent 302 (81.5 overs; Alex Blake 105*, Moin Ashraf 5/32) and 90/6 (24.5 overs). Kent win by 4 wickets.
 * Final standings: Nottinghamshire, Somerset 214 points, Yorkshire 203.
 * Nottinghamshire win the title for the sixth time, winning seven games to Somerset's six.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 18: Mark Cavendish   [[Image:Jersey green.svg|25px]] 3h 27' 11"  Juan José Haedo   s.t.  Manuel Antonio Cardoso   s.t.
 * General classification: (1) Vincenzo Nibali  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]] 74h 47' 06" (2) Ezequiel Mosquera   + 38" (3) Peter Velits   + 1' 59"

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Graz, Austria:
 * Ice Dance – short dance: (1) Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copley 53.38 (2) Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin  50.46 (3) Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  49.93
 * Pairs – short program: (1) Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 54.30 (2) Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  51.87 (3) Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang  47.03
 * Men – short program: (1) Artem Grigoriev 63.44 (2) Fumiya Itai  59.03 (3) Zhan Bush  54.64

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
 * Play-offs, second leg: (first leg in parentheses, winners qualify for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup)
 * 2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–2) . Sweden win 4–3 on aggregate.
 * Sweden qualify for the World Cup for the sixth straight time.
 * 2–3 (0–2) . England win 5–2 on aggregate.
 * England qualify for the World Cup for the third time.
 * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago:
 * Quarterfinals:
 * 5–6 (a.e.t.) 
 * 0–1 
 * UEFA Europa League group stage, matchday 1:
 * Group A:
 * Red Bull Salzburg 🇦🇹 0–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City
 * Juventus 🇮🇹 3–3 🇵🇱 Lech Poznań
 * Group B:
 * Aris 1–0 🇪🇸 Atlético Madrid
 * Bayer Leverkusen 🇩🇪 4–0 🇳🇴 Rosenborg
 * Group C:
 * Lille 🇫🇷 1–2 Sporting CP
 * Levski Sofia 🇧🇬 3–2 🇧🇪 Gent
 * Group D:
 * Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 🇪🇸 Villarreal
 * Club Brugge 🇧🇪 1–1 PAOK
 * Group E:
 * AZ 2–1 🇲🇩 Sheriff Tiraspol
 * Dynamo Kyiv 🇺🇦 2–2 🇧🇾 BATE
 * Group F:
 * Sparta Prague 🇨🇿 3–2 🇮🇹 Palermo
 * Lausanne-Sport 0–3 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow
 * Group G:
 * Anderlecht 🇧🇪 1–3 🇷🇺 Zenit St. Petersburg
 * AEK Athens 3–1  Hajduk Split
 * Group H:
 * Stuttgart 🇩🇪 3–0 Young Boys
 * Getafe 🇪🇸 2–1 Odense
 * Group I:
 * Debrecen 🇭🇺 0–5 🇺🇦 Metalist Kharkiv
 * PSV Eindhoven 1–1 🇮🇹 Sampdoria
 * Group J:
 * Karpaty Lviv 🇺🇦 3–4 🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund
 * Sevilla 🇪🇸 0–1 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
 * Group K:
 * Napoli 🇮🇹 0–0 Utrecht
 * Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 4–1 🇷🇴 Steaua București
 * Group L:
 * Beşiktaş 🇹🇷 1–0 🇧🇬 CSKA Sofia
 * Porto 3–0 🇦🇹 Rapid Wien
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, first leg:
 * Newell's Old Boys 🇦🇷 1–0 🇦🇷 Estudiantes
 * Defensor Sporting 9–0 🇵🇪 Sport Huancayo
 * Santa Fe 🇨🇴 2–1 🇻🇪 Caracas
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, matchday 3:
 * Group D: Olimpia 2–0 🇸🇻 FAS
 * Standings (after 3 matches): 🇲🇽 Toluca 7 points, Puerto Rico Islanders, Olimpia 4, FAS 1.

Snooker

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

Tennis

 * Davis Cup World Group play-offs, day 1:
 * 1–1
 * Dudi Sela def. Andreas Haider-Maurer  6–4, 6–1, 6–3
 * Jürgen Melzer def. Harel Levy  6–4, 6–3, 6–3



Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 17: Peter Velits   52' 43"  Denis Menchov   + 12"  Fabian Cancellara   + 37"
 * General classification: (1) Vincenzo Nibali  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]] 71h 19' 50" (2) Ezequiel Mosquera   + 38" (3) Velits + 1' 59"

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
 * Play-offs, second leg: (first leg in parentheses, winners qualify for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup)
 * 2–3 (0–0) . France win 3–2 on aggregate.
 * France qualify for the World Cup for the second time.
 *  2–0 (1–0) . Norway win 3–0 on aggregate.
 * Norway qualify for the World Cup for the sixth successive time.
 * UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 1:
 * Group E:
 * Bayern Munich 🇩🇪 2–0 🇮🇹 Roma
 * CFR Cluj 🇷🇴 2–1 Basel
 * Group F:
 * Marseille 🇫🇷 0–1 🇷🇺 Spartak Moscow
 * Žilina 🇸🇰 1–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea
 * Group G:
 * Real Madrid 🇪🇸 2–0 Ajax
 * Milan 🇮🇹 2–0 🇫🇷 Auxerre
 * Group H:
 * Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 6–0 Braga
 * Shakhtar Donetsk 🇺🇦 1–0 🇷🇸 Partizan
 * AFC Champions League quarter-finals, first leg:
 * Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 🇰🇷 0–2 Al-Shabab
 * Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 🇰🇷 4–1 🇰🇷 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
 * Zob Ahan 🇮🇷 2–1 🇰🇷 Pohang Steelers
 * Al-Hilal 3–0 🇶🇦 Al-Gharafa
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, first leg:
 * Universidad San Martín 🇵🇪 2–1 🇪🇨 Emelec
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
 * Banfield 🇦🇷 1–1 (1–0) 🇦🇷 Vélez Sársfield. Banfield win 4–1 on points.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, matchday 3:
 * Group A:
 * Árabe Unido 🇵🇦 0–6 🇲🇽 Cruz Azul
 * Real Salt Lake 🇺🇸 4–1 🇨🇦 Toronto FC
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Cruz Azul, Real Salt Lake 6 points, Toronto FC, Árabe Unido 3.
 * Group D: Toluca 🇲🇽 3–0 Puerto Rico Islanders
 * Standings: Toluca 7 points (3 matches), Puerto Rico Islanders 4 (3), 🇸🇻 FAS, Olimpia 1 (2).

Table tennis

 * European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic:
 * Men's team final:  3–0  🇧🇾
 * Germany win the title for the fourth successive time.
 * Women's team final:  3–1  🇷🇴
 * The Netherlands win the title for the third successive time.

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American football

 * After his involvement in a scandal that led to severe sanctions on the USC football program, Reggie Bush announces that he will forfeit his 2005 Heisman Trophy. (ESPN)

Basketball

 * WNBA Playoffs:
 * WNBA Finals, Game 2: Seattle Storm 87, Atlanta Dream 84. Storm lead series 2–0.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Champions League group stage, matchday 1:
 * Group A:
 * Twente 2–2 🇮🇹 Internazionale
 * Werder Bremen 🇩🇪 2–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham Hotspur
 * Group B:
 * Lyon 🇫🇷 1–0 🇩🇪 Schalke 04
 * Benfica 2–0 🇮🇱 Hapoel Tel Aviv
 * Group C:
 * Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 0–0 Rangers
 * Bursaspor 🇹🇷 0–4 🇪🇸 Valencia
 * Group D:
 * Barcelona 🇪🇸 5–1 Panathinaikos
 * Copenhagen 1–0 🇷🇺 Rubin Kazan
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, first leg:
 * Oriente Petrolero 🇧🇴 1–0 🇨🇴 Deportes Tolima
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
 * Peñarol 2–1 (1–0) 🇪🇨 Barcelona. Peñarol win 6–0 on points.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, matchday 3:
 * Group B:
 * Columbus Crew 🇺🇸 3–0 Joe Public
 * Municipal 2–2 🇲🇽 Santos Laguna
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Santos Laguna 7 points, Columbus Crew 6, Municipal 2, Joe Public 1.
 * Group C:
 * Monterrey 🇲🇽 2–0 Marathón
 * Saprissa 2–0 🇺🇸 Seattle Sounders FC
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Monterrey 9 points, Saprissa 6, Marathón 3, Seattle Sounders FC 0.

Table tennis

 * European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic:
 * Men's team semifinals:
 *  3–1
 * 🇧🇾 3–1 🇨🇿
 * Women's team semifinals:
 *  3–0 🇧🇾
 * 🇷🇴 3–0

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American football

 * NFL Monday Night Football Week 1:
 * Baltimore Ravens 10, New York Jets 9
 * The Jets lose their first regular-season game at New Meadowlands Stadium.
 * Kansas City Chiefs 21, San Diego Chargers 14

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 16: Mikel Nieve   4h 51' 59"  Fränk Schleck   + 1' 06"  Kevin De Weert   + 1' 08"
 * General classification: (1) Joaquim Rodríguez  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]][[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] 70h 24' 39" (2) Vincenzo Nibali   + 33" (3) Ezequiel Mosquera   + 53"

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group C:
 *  6–0 🇳🇿 New Zealand
 * 1–2 
 * Final standings: Spain 9 points, Japan 6, Venezuela 3, New Zealand 0.
 * Group D:
 * 0–3 
 *  2–0
 * Final standings: Republic of Ireland, Brazil 6 points, Canada, Ghana 3.

Judo

 * World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan:
 * Men's Open Category: Daiki Kamikawa   Teddy Riner   Keiji Suzuki  and Hiroki Tachiyama
 * Women's Open Category: Mika Sugimoto   Qin Qian   Tea Donguzashvili  and Megumi Tachimoto

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 15:
 * Men's singles, final: Rafael Nadal [1] def. Novak Djokovic  [3] 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
 * Nadal wins his first US Open, and ninth Grand Slam in total. In doing so, Nadal becomes the seventh man to complete a career Grand Slam, and the second to complete a career Golden Slam.
 * Women's doubles, final: Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova  [6] def. Liezel Huber  / Nadia Petrova  [2] 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)
 * King and Shvedova win their second consecutive women's doubles Grand Slam title.

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American football

 * NFL Week 1:
 * New York Giants 31, Carolina Panthers 18
 * The Giants win the first regular-season game at New Meadowlands Stadium.
 * Pittsburgh Steelers 15, Atlanta Falcons 9 (OT)
 * Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17, Cleveland Browns 14
 * Jacksonville Jaguars 24, Denver Broncos 17
 * Houston Texans 34, Indianapolis Colts 24
 * Miami Dolphins 15, Buffalo Bills 10
 * Chicago Bears 19, Detroit Lions 14
 * Tennessee Titans 38, Oakland Raiders 13
 * New England Patriots 38, Cincinnati Bengals 24
 * Arizona Cardinals 17, St. Louis Rams 13
 * Seattle Seahawks 31, San Francisco 49ers 6
 * Green Bay Packers 27, Philadelphia Eagles 20
 * Sunday Night Football: Washington Redskins 13, Dallas Cowboys 7

Auto racing

 * Formula One:
 * in Monza, Italy: (1) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) (2) Jenson Button  (McLaren–Mercedes) (3) Felipe Massa  (Ferrari)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 14 of 19 races): (1) Mark Webber (Red Bull–Renault) 187 points (2) Lewis Hamilton  (McLaren-Mercedes) 182 (3) Alonso 166
 * Constructors' championship standings: (1) Red Bull 350 points (2) McLaren 347 (3) Ferrari 290
 * V8 Supercars:
 * L&H 500 in Phillip Island (Victoria): (1) Craig Lowndes /Mark Skaife (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom /Luke Youlden  (Ford Falcon) (3) Jason Richards /Andrew Jones  (Holden Commodore)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 17 of 26 races): (1) James Courtney (Ford Falcon) 2101 points (2) Jamie Whincup  (Holden Commodore) 1922 (3) Winterbottom 1862
 * World Rally Championship:
 * Rally Japan in Hokkaidō: (1) Sébastien Ogier /Julien Ingrassia (Citroën C4 WRC) (2) Petter Solberg /Chris Patterson  (Citroën C4 WRC) (3) Jari-Matti Latvala /Miikka Anttila  (Ford Focus RS WRC 09)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 10 of 13 rounds): (1) Sébastien Loeb (Citroën C4 WRC) 201 points (2) Ogier 158 (3) Latvala 132

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * 5th place playoff: 81–86 
 * 3rd place playoff: 88–99  
 * Final:  64–81  
 * The USA win their fourth world title.
 * WNBA Playoffs:
 * WNBA Finals, Game 1: Seattle Storm 79, Atlanta Dream 77. Storm lead series 1–0.

Canoeing

 * Slalom World Championships in Ljublijana, Slovenia:
 * Women's C-1: Jana Dukátová   Leanne Guinea   Jessica Fox
 * Men's C-1: Tony Estanguet   Michal Martikán   Jordi Domenjó
 * Men's K-1: Daniele Molmenti   Vavřinec Hradilek   Jure Meglič
 * Men's C-1 team: 🇸🇰    🇨🇿
 * Men's K-1 team:

Cricket

 * Pakistan in England:
 * 2nd ODI in Leeds: 🇵🇰 pakistan 294/8 (50 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 295/6 (49.3 overs; Andrew Strauss 126). England win by 4 wickets; lead 5-match series 2–0.

Cue sports

 * World Cup of Pool:
 * Semifinals:
 * Fu Jianbo/Li Hewen 9–7 Ralf Souquet/Oliver Ortmann
 * Roberto Gomez/Dennis Orcollo 9–8 Ko Pin-yi/Chang Jung-lin
 * Final: Fu/Li 10–5 Gomez/Orcollo

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 15: Carlos Barredo   4h 33' 09"  Nico Sijmens   + 1' 07"  Martin Velits   + 1' 43"
 * General classification: (1) Vincenzo Nibali  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]] 65h 31' 14" (2) Joaquim Rodríguez   [[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] + 4" (3) Ezequiel Mosquera   + 39"
 * UCI ProTour:
 * GP de Montréal: Robert Gesink   4h 58' 22"  Peter Sagan   + 4"  Ryder Hesjedal   + 4"
 * UCI World Rankings (after 24 of 26 events): (1) Alberto Contador  482 points (2) Rodríguez 428 (3) Cadel Evans   390

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping:
 * Spruce Meadows Masters in Calgary (CSIO 5*):
 * CN International Grand Prix: Jeroen Dubbeldam  on Simon  Richard Spooner  on Cristallo  Eric Lamaze  on Hickstead
 * HITS-on-the-Hudson Horse Show, Saugerties, New York:
 * Pfizer $1m Grand Prix: McLain Ward  on Sapphire  Charlie Jayne  on Athena  John Pearce  on Chianto

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
 * Play-offs, first leg:
 * 2–0
 * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group A:
 *  1–0
 * 0–5 
 * Final standings: Nigeria 9 points, Korea DPR 6, Trinidad and Tobago 3, Chile 0.
 * Group B:
 * ' 0–3 '
 * 4–0
 * Final standings: Germany 9 points, Korea Republic 6, Mexico 3, South Africa 0.
 * CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 5: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group A: TP Mazembe 🇨🇩 2–1 Dynamos
 * Standings (after 5 matches): 🇹🇳 Espérance ST, TP Mazembe 10 points, ES Sétif 5, Dynamos 3.
 * Group B: Al-Ahly 🇪🇬 2–1 🇳🇬 Heartland
 * Standings (after 5 matches): JS Kabylie 13 points, Al-Ahly 8, Heartland 4, 🇪🇬 Ismaily 3.
 * CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 3:
 * Group A: Ittihad 🇱🇾 4–0 ASFAN
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Al-Hilal 9 points, Ittihad 6, 🇲🇱 Djoliba, ASFAN 1.
 * Group B: FUS Rabat 🇲🇦 1–0 🇪🇬 Haras El Hodood
 * Standings (after 3 matches): FUS Rabat 6 points, 🇹🇳 CS Sfaxien, Zanaco 4, Haras El Hodood 2.

Golf

 * PGA Tour:
 * FedEx Cup Playoffs: BMW Championship in Lemont, Illinois:
 * Winner: Dustin Johnson 275 (−9)
 * Johnson wins his second PGA Tour title of the season and fourth of his career.
 * European Tour:
 * KLM Open in Hilversum, Netherlands:
 * Winner: Martin Kaymer 266 (−14)
 * Kaymer wins his second European Tour title of the season and seventh of his career.
 * LPGA Tour:
 * P&G NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Arkansas:
 * Winner: Yani Tseng 200 (−13)
 * Tseng wins her third LPGA Tour title of the season, and fifth of her career.
 * Champions Tour:
 * Posco E&C Songdo Championship in Songdo, South Korea:
 * Winner: Russ Cochran 204 (−12)PO
 * Cochran wins his first Champions Tour title on the first hole of a playoff with fellow American Fred Funk.

Judo

 * World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan:
 * Men's 66 kg: Junpei Morishita   Leandro Cunha   Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar  and Loic Korval
 * Men's 60 kg: Rishod Sobirov   Georgii Zantaraia   Arsen Galstyan  and Hiroaki Hiraoka
 * Women's 52 kg: Yuka Nishida   Misato Nakamura   Natalia Kuzyutina  and Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa
 * Women's 48 kg: Haruna Asami   Tomoko Fukumi   Alina Alexandra Dumitru  and Sarah Menezes

Rowing

 * European Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal:
 * Men:
 * M2-:     🇷🇸
 * M2x:   🇪🇪  🇨🇿
 * M4-:     🇨🇿
 * M1x: 🇨🇿
 * LM2x:
 * LM4-:
 * M4x:     🇺🇦
 * M8+:     🇺🇦
 * Women:
 * W2-:
 * W2x:
 * W1x: 🇧🇾  🇨🇿
 * LW2x:
 * W4x: 🇺🇦
 * W8+:

Rugby league

 * NRL finals series:
 * Qualifying Finals: St. George Illawarra Dragons 28–0 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters:
 * Final: Jamie Burnett 7–10 Ali Carter
 * Carter wins the second ranking title of his career.

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 14:
 * Men's singles, final: Rafael Nadal [1] vs. Novak Djokovic  [3]. Postponed to September 13 due to rain.
 * Women's doubles, final: Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova  [6] vs. Liezel Huber  / Nadia Petrova  [2] 2–6, 6–4, 4–5 (match suspended)

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men's freestyle 66 kg: Sushil Kumar   Alan Gogayev   Jabrail Hasanov  and Geandry Garzón
 * Men's freestyle 74 kg: Denis Tsargush   Sadegh Goudarzi   Gábor Hatos  and bdulkhakim Shapiyev
 * Men's freestyle 120 kg: Beylal Makhov   Artur Taymazov   Levan Berianidze  and Ioannis Arzoumanidis

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American football

 * NCAA:
 * AP Top 10:
 * (1) Alabama 24, (18) Penn State 3
 * (2) Ohio State 36, (12) Miami 24
 * (4) TCU 62, Tennessee Tech 7
 * (5) Texas 34, Wyoming 7
 * (6) Nebraska 38, Idaho 17
 * (7) Oregon 48, Tennessee 13
 * (8) Florida 38, South Florida 14
 * (9) Iowa 35, Iowa State 7
 * (10) Oklahoma 47, (17) Florida State 17
 * Other games:
 * James Madison 21, (13) Virginia Tech 16
 * Kansas 28, (15) Georgia Tech 25
 * (24) South Carolina 17, (22) Georgia 6
 * Idle: (3) Boise State

Australian rules football

 * AFL finals series:
 * First Semi-final in Melbourne:  11.11 (77)–10.12 (72)

Auto racing

 * NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
 * Air Guard 400 in Richmond, Virginia: (1) Denny Hamlin (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (2)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3)  Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports)
 * Drivers qualifying for the Chase for the Sprint Cup — points through 26 races, followed by points entering the Chase in parentheses:
 * Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 3723 points (5030)
 * Kyle Busch 3495 (5030)
 * Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) 3493 (5000)
 * Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 3427 (5000)
 * Johnson 3417 (5050)
 * Tony Stewart (Chevrolet; Stewart Haas Racing) 3417 (5010)
 * Jeff Burton (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 3390 (5000)
 * Matt Kenseth (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) 3346 (5000)
 * Hamlin 3342 (5060)
 * Kurt Busch (Dodge; Penske Racing) 3337 (5020)
 * Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 3221 (5000)
 * Greg Biffle (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 3177 (5010)

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * 7th place playoff: 78–83 
 * Semifinals:
 * 82–83 
 *  89–74

Canoeing

 * Slalom World Championships in Ljublijana, Slovenia:
 * Men's C-2: Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner   Denis Gargaud Chanut/Fabien Lefèvre   David Florence/Richard Hounslow
 * Women's K-1: Corinna Kuhnle   Jana Dukátová   Violetta Oblinger-Peters
 * Men's C-2 team:   🇨🇿
 * Women's K-1 team: 🇨🇿

Cue sports

 * World Cup of Pool in Manila, Philippines:
 * Quarterfinals:
 * Muhammad Zulfikri/Ricky Yang 3–9 Fu Jianbo/Li Hewen
 * Ralf Souquet/Oliver Ortmann 9–7 Stephan Cohen/François Cottance
 * Roberto Gomez/Dennis Orcollo 9–1 Mika Immonen/Markus Juva
 * Ko Pin-yi/Chang Jung-lin 9–5 Radosław Babica/Mariusz Skoneczny

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 14: Joaquim Rodríguez   4h 26' 43"  Vincenzo Nibali   + 20"  Ezequiel Mosquera   + 22"
 * General classification: (1) Nibali [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]] 60h 55' 39" (2) Rodríguez [[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] + 4" (3) Mosquera + 50"

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping:
 * 2011 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League North and South America:
 * Nations Cup of Canada in Calgary (CSIO 5*):  (Rich Fellers on Flexible, Ashlee Bond on Cadett, Richard Spooner on Cristallo, Beezie Madden on Coral Reef Via Volo)  🇮🇪 (Trevor Breen on Adventure de Kannan, Nicola Fitzgibbon on Puissance, David Quigley on Ulot, Shane Sweetnam on Amaretto D'Arco)   (John Anderson on Terrific, Jonathon Millar on Contino, Yann Candele on Pitareusa, Eric Lamaze on Hickstead)
 * FEI World Cup North American League – East Coast:
 * 5th competition in Saugerties, New York (CSI 2*-W): McLain Ward  on Rothchild  John Pearce  on Son of a Gun  Saer Coulter  on Chalan

Field hockey

 * Women's World Cup in Rosario, Argentina:
 * 3rd place playoff:  2–0
 * Final:  1–3  
 * Argentina win the title for the second time, repeating their 2002 final victory over the Netherlands.

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Brașov, Romania:
 * Men: Keegan Messing  187.38 points  Joshua Farris  179.22  Keiji Tanaka  166.48
 * Standings (after 2 of 7 events): Messing, Andrei Rogozine 15 points (1 event), Thomas Sosniak  14 (2), Jason Brown, Farris 13 (1), Max Aaron , Tanaka 11 (1).
 * Ice Dance: Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin  138.27 points  Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski  124.65  Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager  110.58
 * Standings (after 2 of 7 events): Monko/Khaliavin, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin 15 points (1 event), Galyeta/Shumski, Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus  13 (1), Bonacorsi/Mager, Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin  11 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
 * Play-offs, first leg:
 * 2–1
 * 0–1
 * 0–0
 * CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 5: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group A: Espérance ST 🇹🇳 2–2 ES Sétif
 * Standings: Espérance ST 10 points (5 matches), 🇨🇩 TP Mazembe 7 (4), ES Sétif 5 (5), Dynamos 3 (4).
 * CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 3:
 * Group B: Zanaco 1–0 🇹🇳 CS Sfaxien
 * Standings: CS Sfaxien, Zanaco 4 points (3 matches), 🇲🇦 FUS Rabat 3 (2), 🇪🇬 Haras El Hodood 2 (2).

Horse racing

 * English Triple Crown:
 * St. Leger Stakes in Doncaster, South Yorkshire: Arctic Cosmos (trainer: John Gosden, jockey: William Buick)  Midas Touch (trainer: Aidan O'Brien, jockey: Colm O'Donoghue)  Corsica (trainer: Mark Johnston, jockey: Joe Fanning)

Judo

 * World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan:
 * Men's 73 kg: Hiroyuki Akimoto   Dex Elmont   Wang Ki-chun  and Yasuhiro Awano
 * Women's 63 kg: Yoshie Ueno   Miki Tanaka   Yaritza Abel  and Ramila Yusubova
 * Women's 57 kg: Kaori Matsumoto   Telma Monteiro   Sabrina Filzmoser  and Ioulietta Boukouvala

Rowing

 * European Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal:
 * Men:
 * M2+: 🇧🇾    🇨🇿
 * LM1x:     🇸🇰
 * LM2-:
 * LM4x:
 * LM8+:
 * Women:
 * W4-: 🇧🇾
 * LW1x:   🇦🇹
 * LW4x:

Rugby league

 * NRL finals series:
 * Qualifying Finals:
 * Wests Tigers 15–19 Sydney Roosters
 * Penrith Panthers 22–24 Canberra Raiders

Rugby union

 * Tri Nations Series:
 * 22–23 in Sydney
 * Final standings: New Zealand 27 points, Australia 11, 8.
 * The All Blacks win all six games, the first side to do so in a single Tri Nations series.

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters, Semifinal:
 * Jamie Burnett 6–1 Jamie Cope
 * Ali Carter 6–2 Mark Selby

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 13:
 * Men's singles, semifinals:
 * Rafael Nadal [1] def. Mikhail Youzhny  [12] 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
 * Novak Djokovic [3] def. Roger Federer  [2] 5–7, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2, 7–5
 * Women's singles, final: Kim Clijsters [2] def. Vera Zvonareva  [7] 6–2, 6–1
 * Clijsters defends her title, winning the third US Open – and Grand Slam – singles title of her career.

Volleyball

 * The 109-match winning streak of the Penn State women's team ends with a straight-set defeat to Stanford in a tournament in Florida. The streak was the longest in NCAA women's volleyball history, and the second-longest in the history of Division I team sports. (AP via ESPN)

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia:
 * Bronze medal match:  10–8
 * Final:  7–3
 * Croatia win the title for the first time.

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men's freestyle 60 kg: Besik Kudukhov   Vasyl Fedoryshyn   Morad Mohammadi  and Zelimkhan Huseynov
 * Men's freestyle 84 kg: Mihail Ganev   Zaurbek Sokhiev   Soslan Ktsoyev  and Reineris Salas
 * Men's freestyle 96 kg: Khetag Gazyumov   Khadjimourat Gatsalov   Aleksey Krupnyakov  and Georgi Gogshelidze

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Australian rules football

 * AFL finals series:
 * Second Semi-final in Melbourne:  20.15 (135)–10.6 (66)

Auto racing

 * Nationwide Series:
 * Virginia 529 College Savings 250 in Richmond, Virginia: (1) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Inc.) (2)  Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (3)  Trevor Bayne (Toyota; Diamond-Waltrip Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 27 of 35 races): (1) Keselowski 4302 points (2) Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 3929 (3)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 3719

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * 5th–8th place semifinals:
 *  97–80
 * 61–73 

Cricket

 * Pakistan in England:
 * 1st ODI in Chester-le-Street: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 274/6 (41/41 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan 250/9 (41 overs). England win by 24 runs; lead 5-match series 1–0.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 13: Mark Cavendish   [[Image:Jersey green.svg|25px]] 4h 50' 18"  Thor Hushovd   s.t.  Daniele Bennati   s.t.
 * General classification: (1) Igor Antón  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]][[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] 56h 28' 03" (2) Vincenzo Nibali   + 45" (3) Xavier Tondó   + 1' 04"
 * UCI ProTour:
 * GP de Québec: Thomas Voeckler   4h 35' 26"  Edvald Boasson Hagen   + 2"  Robert Gesink   + 2"
 * UCI World Rankings (after 23 of 26 events): (1) Alberto Contador  482 points (2) Joaquim Rodríguez   428 (3) Cadel Evans   390

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping:
 * Spruce Meadows Masters in Calgary (CSIO 5*):
 * ENCANA Cup: Rik Hemeryck  on Quarco de Kerambars  Beezie Madden  on Mademoiselle  Werner Muff  on Quax II

Field hockey

 * Women's World Cup in Rosario, Argentina:
 * 9th place playoff:  4–3
 * 7th place playoff:  3–0
 * 5th place playoff:  2–1

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Brașov, Romania:
 * Ice Dance – short dance: (1) Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin 55.22 (2) Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski  47.66 (3) Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart  46.98
 * Ladies: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  132.32  Kristiene Gong  130.10  Shion Kokubun  128.78
 * Standings (after 2 of 7 events): Rosa Sheveleva 16 points (2 events), Polina Shelepen, Tuktamysheva 15 (1), Yasmin Siraj , Gong 13 (1), Kokubun 11 (1).

Football (soccer)

 * CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 5: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Group B: JS Kabylie 1–0 🇪🇬 Ismaily
 * Standings: JS Kabylie 13 points (5 matches), 🇪🇬 Al-Ahly 5 (4), 🇳🇬 Heartland 4 (3), Ismaily 3 (5).
 * CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 3:
 * Group A: Al-Hilal 2–1 🇲🇱 Djoliba
 * Standings: Al-Hilal 9 points (3 matches), 🇱🇾 Al-Ittihad 3 (2), ASFAN 1 (2), Djoliba 1 (3).

Judo

 * World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan:
 * Men's 90 kg: Ilias Iliadis   Daiki Nishiyama   Elkhan Mammadov  and Kirill Denisov
 * Men's 81 kg: Kim Jae-Bum   Leandro Guilheiro   Masahiro Takamatsu  and Euan Burton
 * Women's 70 kg: Lucie Décosse   Anett Meszaros   Yoriko Kunihara  and Raša Sraka

Rugby league

 * NRL finals series:
 * Qualifying Finals: Gold Coast Titans 28–16 New Zealand Warriors

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters, Quarterfinals:
 * Jamie Burnett 5–4 Mark Davis
 * Graeme Dott 2–5 Jamie Cope
 * Ali Carter 5–4 Matthew Stevens
 * Mark Selby 5–1 Mark King

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 12:
 * Women's singles, semifinals:
 * Vera Zvonareva [7] def. Caroline Wozniacki  [1] 6–4, 6–3
 * Kim Clijsters [2] def. Venus Williams  [3] 4–6, 7–6(2), 6–4
 * Men's doubles, final: Bob Bryan /Mike Bryan [1] def. Rohan Bopanna /Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi  [16] 7–6(5), 7–6(4)
 * The Bryans win their third US Open and ninth Grand Slam men's doubles title.

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia:
 * 9th place playoff:  10–7
 * 7th place playoff: 7–8 
 * 5th place playoff: 6–14 
 * Women's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia:
 * Bronze Medal Match: 12–14  
 * Final:  6–11  
 * Russia win the title for the third successive time.

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Women's freestyle 67 kg: Martine Dugrenier   Yelena Shalygina   Ifeoma Iheanacho  and Alla Cherkasova
 * Women's freestyle 72 kg: Stanka Zlateva   Ohenewa Akuffo   Ekaterina Bukina  and Kyoko Hamaguchi
 * Men's freestyle 55 kg:  Viktor Lebedev   Toghrul Asgarov   Frank Chamizo  and Yasuhiro Inaba

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American football

 * NFL Week 1:
 * Kickoff game: New Orleans Saints 14, Minnesota Vikings 9

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  89–79
 *  104–85

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 12: Mark Cavendish   4h 00' 30"  Tyler Farrar   s.t.  Matthew Goss   s.t.
 * General classification: (1) Igor Antón  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]][[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] 51h 37' 45" (2) Vincenzo Nibali   + 45" (3) Xavier Tondó   + 1' 04"

Field hockey

 * Women's World Cup in Rosario, Argentina:
 * Semifinals:
 *  1–1 (4–3 pen.)
 *  2–1
 * 11th place playoff:  2–1

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix in Brașov, Romania:
 * Ladies – short program: (1) Yuki Nishino 48.98 points (2) Rosa Sheveleva  47.54 (3) Kristiene Gong  47.08
 * Men – short program: (1) Joshua Farris 67.03 points (2) Keegan Messing  65.33 (3) Keiji Tanaka  57.98

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago:
 * Group C:
 * New Zealand 🇳🇿 1–3
 * 6–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Spain 6 points, Japan, Venezuela 3, New Zealand 0.
 * Group D:
 * 1–0
 * 1–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Brazil, Republic of Ireland, Canada, Ghana 3 points.
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, first leg:
 * Universitario 🇧🇴 1–0 Cerro Porteño
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
 * Argentinos Juniors 🇦🇷 1–1 (0–1) 🇦🇷 Independiente. Independiente win 4–1 on points.

Judo

 * World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan:
 * Men's +100 kg: Teddy Riner   Andreas Tölzer   Matthieu Bataille  and Islam El Shehaby
 * Men's 100 kg: Takamasa Anai   Henk Grol   Oreidis Despaigne  and Thierry Fabre
 * Women's +78 kg: Mika Sugimoto   Qin Qian   Idalys Ortiz  and Maki Tsukada
 * Women's 78 kg: Kayla Harrison   Mayra Aguiar   Akari Ogata  and Yang Xiuli

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters, Last 16:
 * Jamie Burnett 5–0 Andrew Higginson
 * Mark Davis 5–3 Stephen Maguire  (5)
 * Mark Williams (7) 4–5 Graeme Dott  (12)
 * Jamie Cope (16) 5–1 Ding Junhui  (4)
 * Ali Carter (3) 5–3 Stuart Bingham
 * Matthew Stevens 5–2 Shaun Murphy  (6)
 * Mark Selby (8) 5–4 Martin Gould
 * Mark King (14) 5–3 Peter Ebdon

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 11:
 * Men's singles, quarterfinals:
 * Rafael Nadal [1] def. Fernando Verdasco  [8] 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
 * Mikhail Youzhny [12] def. Stanislas Wawrinka  [25] 3–6, 7–6(7), 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
 * Mixed doubles, final: Liezel Huber /Bob Bryan [1] def. Květa Peschke /Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi  6–4, 6–4
 * Huber wins her second mixed doubles Grand Slam title, and Bryan wins his seventh.

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia:
 * Semifinals:
 * 9–10 
 *  10–8
 * 7th–12th Semifinals:
 *  12–11 (2OT)
 * 8–15 
 * 11th place playoff:  5–4

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Women's freestyle 55 kg: Saori Yoshida   Yuliya Ratkevich   Anna Gomis  and Tatiana Padilla
 * Women's freestyle 59 kg: Soronzonboldiin Battsetseg   Zhang Lan   Ayako Shoda  and Johanna Mattsson
 * Women's freestyle 63 kg: Kaori Icho   Elena Pirozhkova   Hanna Johansson  and Lubov Volosova

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Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  92–89
 * 68–95 

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 11: Igor Antón   5h 25' 44"  Ezequiel Mosquera   + 3"  Xavier Tondó   + 10"
 * General classification: (1) Antón [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]][[Image:Jersey green.svg|25px]][[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] 47h 37' 15" (2) Vincenzo Nibali  + 45" (3) Tondó + 1' 04"

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago: (teams in bold advance to the quarter-finals)
 * Group A:
 * 3–0
 * 1–2 
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Nigeria 6 points, Korea DPR, Trinidad and Tobago 3, Chile 0.
 * Group B:
 *  10–1
 *  4–1
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Germany, Korea Republic 6 points, South Africa, Mexico 0.
 * Recopa Sudamericana, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
 * Estudiantes 🇦🇷 0–0 (1–2) 🇪🇨 LDU Quito. LDU Quito win 4–1 on points.
 * LDU Quito win their second consecutive Recopa.

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters, First round:
 * Neil Robertson (2) 4–5 Peter Ebdon
 * Ali Carter (3) 5–3 Dave Harold
 * Mark Selby (8) 5–2 Mei Xiwen
 * Jamie Cope (16) 5–3 Steve Davis
 * Ding Junhui (4) 5–4 Jin Long
 * Shaun Murphy (6) 5–3 Stephen Lee
 * Stephen Hendry (10) 2–5 Martin Gould
 * Mark King (14) 5–3 Joe Delaney

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 10:
 * Men's singles, quarterfinals:
 * Roger Federer [2] def. Robin Söderling  [5] 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
 * Novak Djokovic [3] def. Gaël Monfils  [17] 7–6(2), 6–1, 6–2
 * Women's singles, quarterfinals:
 * Caroline Wozniacki [1] def. Dominika Cibulková  6–2, 7–5
 * Vera Zvonareva [7] def. Kaia Kanepi  [31] 6–3, 7–5

Water polo

 * Women's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia:
 * Semifinals:
 * 5–10 
 *  10–7
 * 5th place playoff:  10–7

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg: Selçuk Çebi   Arsen Julfalakyan   Imil Sharafetdinov  and Daniar Kobonov
 * Women's freestyle 48 kg: Hitomi Sakamoto   Larisa Oorzhak   Zhao Shasha  and Carol Huynh
 * Women's freestyle 51 kg: Oleksandra Kohut   Yu Horiuchi   Sofia Mattsson  and Zamira Rakhmanova

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Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Eighth–finals:
 *  78–67
 *  93–89
 * WNBA Playoffs:
 * Eastern Conference Finals, Game 2: (4) Atlanta Dream 105, (2) New York Liberty 93. Dream win series 2–0.

Cricket

 * Pakistan in England:
 * 2nd T20I in Cardiff: 🇵🇰 pakistan 89 (18.4 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 90/4 (14 overs). England win by 6 wickets; win 2-match series 2–0.
 * Ireland in Canada:
 * 2nd ODI in Toronto: undefined 325/8 (50 overs; Paul Stirling 177); 🇨🇦 canada 233 (46.3 overs; Albert van der Merwe 5/49). Ireland win by 92 runs; 2-match series drawn 1–1.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 10: Imanol Erviti   4h 13' 31"  Romain Zingle   + 37"  Greg Van Avermaet   + 37"
 * General classification: (1) Joaquim Rodríguez  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]] 42h 11' 49" (2) Igor Antón   + 2" (3) Vincenzo Nibali   + 4"

Field hockey

 * Women's World Cup in Rosario, Argentina: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Pool A:
 * 3–0
 *  5–2
 * 0–1 
 * Final standings: Netherlands 15 points, Germany 12, Australia 9, New Zealand 4, India 3, Japan 1.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying:
 * Group A:
 * 3–2 🇧🇪 belgium
 * 2–0 🇰🇿 kazakhstan
 * 6–1 🇦🇿 azerbaijan
 * Standings: Germany, Turkey 6 points (2 matches), Austria 3 (1), Belgium 0 (2), Azerbaijan 0 (1), Kazakhstan 0 (2).
 * Group B:
 * 0–1 🇸🇰 slovakia
 * 2–2 🇦🇲 armenia
 * 3–1 🇦🇩 andorra
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Republic of Ireland, Slovakia 6 points, Russia 3, Armenia, Macedonia 1, Andorra 0.
 * Group C:
 * 1–1 🇸🇮 slovenia
 * 5–0 🇫🇴 faroe islands
 * Standings: Italy 6 points (2 matches), Serbia 4 (2), 3 (1), 🇪🇪 estonia 3 (2), Slovenia 1 (2), Faroe Islands 0 (3).
 * Group D:
 * 0–0 🇷🇴 romania
 * 1–0 🇱🇺 luxembourg
 * 0–2 🇫🇷 france
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Albania, Belarus 4 points, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3, Romania 2, Luxembourg 0.
 * Group E:
 * 6–0 🇸🇲 san marino
 * 2–1 🇲🇩 moldova
 * 2–1 🇫🇮 finland
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Sweden, Netherlands 6 points, Hungary, Moldova 3, Finland, San Marino 0.
 * Group F:
 * 0–0 🇮🇱 israel
 * 0–2 🇱🇻 latvia
 * 0–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Croatia, Israel 4 points, Latvia 3, Georgia, Greece 2, Malta 0.
 * Group G:
 * 0–1 🇲🇪 montenegro
 * 1–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * Standings: England, Montenegro 6 points (2 matches), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales, Switzerland 0 (1), Bulgaria 0 (2).
 * Group H:
 * 1–0 🇮🇸 iceland
 * 1–0
 * Standings: Norway 6 points (2 matches), Denmark 3 (1), 🇨🇾 cyprus 1 (1), Portugal 1 (2), Iceland 0 (2).
 * Group I:
 * 0–1 🇱🇹 lithuania
 * 2–1 🇱🇮 liechtenstein
 * Standings: Scotland, Lithuania 4 points (2 matches), 🇪🇸 spain 3 (1), Czech Republic 0 (1), Liechtenstein 0 (2).
 * Friendly international match: 4–1 🇪🇸 spain
 * 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification: (teams in bold advance to the playoffs)
 * Group 1:
 * 0–0 
 * 1–1
 * Final standings: Romania 25 points, Russia 22, Moldova 14, Latvia 13, 11,  1.
 * Group 2:
 * 0–2
 * 1–0
 * Final standings:  20 points, Turkey 16, Georgia 15, Armenia 13, 12, Republic of Ireland 7.
 * Group 3:
 *  1–0
 * 0–0
 * Final standings: Italy, Wales 16 points, Hungary 13, Bosnia and Herzegovina 8, 4.
 * Group 4:
 * 0–1 
 * 3–0
 * Final standings:  21 points, Spain 19, Finland 10, Poland 9, Liechtenstein 0.
 * Group 5:
 * 3–0
 * ' 3–1 '
 * Final standings: Czech Republic 22 points, Iceland 16, Germany 12, Northern Ireland 7, 0.
 * Group 6:
 * 5–0
 * 0–1 
 * Final standings: Sweden 19 points, Israel 16, Montenegro 13, 5, Bulgaria 4.
 * Group 7:
 * 1–4
 * 1–3
 * Final standings:  17 points, Slovakia 14, Serbia 13, Norway 7, Cyprus 6.
 * Group 8:
 * 2–0
 *  0–0
 * Final standings: Ukraine 16 points,, France 15, Slovenia 8, Malta 0.
 * Group 9:
 *  3–0
 * 3–1
 * Final standings:  19 points, England 17, Portugal 13, Lithuania 5, Macedonia 2.
 * Group 10:
 *  2–1
 *  1–0
 * Final standings: Scotland, Belarus 17 points, Austria 14,, Azerbaijan 4.
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, first leg:
 * Atlético Huila 🇨🇴 1–1 🇧🇴 San Jose
 * Guaraní 1–1  Unión San Felipe

Golf

 * Ryder Cup:
 * United States team captain Corey Pavin selects Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson and Rickie Fowler as his four wildcard picks.

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters, First round:
 * Liang Wenbo (15) 3–5 Matthew Stevens
 * Stephen Maguire (5) 5–3 Judd Trump
 * Graeme Dott (12) 5–4 Ken Doherty
 * Mark Allen (9) 2–5 Stuart Bingham
 * Jamie Burnett def. Ronnie O'Sullivan  (1) walkover
 * Marco Fu (13) 4–5 Mark Davis
 * Mark Williams (7) 5–3 Ricky Walden
 * Ryan Day (11) 3–5 Andrew Higginson

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 9:
 * Men's singles, fourth round:
 * Rafael Nadal [1] def. Feliciano López  [23] 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
 * Fernando Verdasco [8] def. David Ferrer  [10] 5–7, 6–7(8), 6–3, 6–3, 7–6(4)
 * Mikhail Youzhny [12] def. Tommy Robredo  7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
 * Stanislas Wawrinka [25] def. Sam Querrey  [20] 7–6(9), 6–7(5), 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
 * Women's singles, quarterfinals:
 * Kim Clijsters [2] def. Samantha Stosur  [5] 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
 * Venus Williams [3] def. Francesca Schiavone  [6] 7–6(5), 6–4

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  6–2
 * 5–6 
 * 7th–12th Quarterfinals:
 *  9–6
 *  9–6

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg: Hasan Aliyev   Ryutaro Matsumoto   Almat Kebispayev  and Jung Ji-Hyun
 * Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg: Hristo Marinov   Pablo Shorey   Aleksey Mishin  and Nenad Žugaj
 * Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg: Mijaín López   Yuri Patrikeyev   Nurmakhan Tinaliyev  and Rıza Kayaalp

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American football

 * NCAA:
 * AP Top 10: (3) Boise State 33, (10) Virginia Tech 30 in Landover, Maryland
 * Played earlier this week: (1) Alabama, (2) Ohio State, (4) Florida, (5) Texas, (6) TCU, (7) Oklahoma, (8) Nebraska, (9) Iowa

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Eighth–finals:
 *  121–66
 *  78–56

Cricket

 * Ireland in Canada:
 * 1st ODI in Toronto: undefined 175/9 (35/35 overs); 🇨🇦 canada 163/4 (33/33 overs). Canada win by 4 runs (D/L); lead 2-match series 1–0.

Field hockey

 * Women's World Cup in Rosario, Argentina: (teams in bold advance to the semi-finals)
 * Pool B:
 * 0–6
 * 5–3
 * ' 2–0 '
 * Final standings: Argentina 15 points, England 10, Korea 8, China 6, South Africa 3, Spain 1.

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago:
 * Group C:
 * 4–1
 * New Zealand 🇳🇿 1–2
 * Group D:
 * 1–2
 * 1–0

Golf

 * PGA Tour:
 * FedEx Cup Playoffs: Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts:
 * Winner: Charley Hoffman 262 (−22)
 * Hoffman wins his second PGA Tour title.

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters, Wildcard round:
 * Jamie Burnett 5–2 Tian Pengfei
 * Andrew Higginson 5–2 Rouzi Maimaiti
 * Ken Doherty 5–4 Mohammad Sajjad
 * Robert Milkins 3–5 Jin Long
 * Dave Harold 5–1 Passakorn Suwannawat
 * Mike Dunn 1–5 Mei Xiwen
 * Martin Gould 5–3 Li Hang
 * Joe Delaney 5–1 Li Yan

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 8:
 * Men's singles, fourth round:
 * Roger Federer [2] def. Jürgen Melzer  [13] 6–3, 7–6(4), 6–3
 * Novak Djokovic [3] def. Mardy Fish  [11] 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
 * Robin Söderling [5] def. Albert Montañés  [21] 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
 * Gaël Monfils [17] def. Richard Gasquet  6–4, 7–5, 7–5
 * Women's singles, fourth round:
 * Caroline Wozniacki [1] def. Maria Sharapova  [14] 6–3, 6–4
 * Vera Zvonareva [7] def. Andrea Petkovic  6–1, 6–2
 * Dominika Cibulková def. Svetlana Kuznetsova  [11] 7–5, 7–6(4)
 * Kaia Kanepi [31] def. Yanina Wickmayer  [15] 0–6, 7–6(2), 6–1

Water polo

 * Women's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  12–9
 * 9–10 
 * 7th place playoff: 7–23 

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg: Hamid Sourian   Choi Gyu-Jin   Nazyr Mankiev  and Roman Amoyan
 * Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg: Ambako Vachadze   Armen Vardanyan   Vasıf Arzımanov  and Vitaliy Rahimov
 * Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg: Amir Ali-Akbari   Tsimafei Dzeinichenka   Aslanbek Khushtov  and Jimmy Lidberg

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Australian rules football

 * AFL finals series:
 * Second Elimination Final in Perth:  14.10 (94)–8.16 (64)

Auto racing

 * NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
 * Emory Healthcare 500 in Hampton, Georgia: (1) Tony Stewart (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2)  Carl Edwards (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) (3)  Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 25 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 3585 points (2)  Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) 3366 (3)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 3325
 * Eight more drivers clinch spots in the Chase: Kyle Busch, Stewart, Edwards, Jeff Burton, Johnson, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, and Denny Hamlin.
 * World Touring Car Championship:
 * Race of Germany:
 * Round 15: (1) Alain Menu (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (2) Augusto Farfus  (BMW Team RBM; BMW 320si) (3) Yvan Muller  (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze)
 * Round 16: (1) Andy Priaulx (BMW Team RBM; BMW 320si) (2) Farfus (3) Muller
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 16 of 22 rounds): (1) Muller 229 points (2) Priaulx 216 (3) Gabriele Tarquini (SR-Sport; SEAT León) 196
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Chevrolet 508 points (2) BMW 451 (3) SEAT Customers Technology 449

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Eighth–finals:
 *  87–58
 *  95–77
 * WNBA Playoffs:
 * Eastern Conference Finals, Game 1: (4) Atlanta Dream 81, (2) New York Liberty 75. Dream lead series 1–0.
 * Western Conference Finals, Game 2: (1) Seattle Storm 91, (2) Phoenix Mercury 88. Storm win series 2–0.

Cricket

 * Pakistan in England:
 * 1st T20I in Cardiff: 🇵🇰 pakistan 126/4 (20 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 129/5 (17.1 overs). England win by 5 wickets; lead 2-match series 1–0.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 9: David López   5h 20' 51"  Roman Kreuziger   + 6"  Giampaolo Caruso   + 13"
 * General classification: (1) Igor Antón  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]] 37h 56' 42" (2) Joaquim Rodríguez   + 0" (3) Vincenzo Nibali   [[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] + 2"

Field hockey

 * Women's World Cup in Rosario, Argentina: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
 * Pool A:
 * 0–2
 * 1–2 
 * 1–4
 * Standings (after 4 games): Netherlands 12 points, Germany, Australia 9, India 3, Japan, New Zealand 1.

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago:
 * Group A:
 * 3–2
 * 2–1
 * Group B:
 * 9–0
 * 1–3
 * 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, matchday 1:
 * Group A: 1–1
 * Group B:
 * 1–4
 * 2–0
 * Group C:
 * 0–0 🇱🇾 libya
 * 4–0 🇰🇲 comoros
 * Group E: 2–4 🇸🇳 senegal
 * Group G: 1–1 🇸🇱 sierra leone
 * Group H: 1–1 🇧🇮 burundi
 * Group I: 0–3 🇬🇭 ghana

Golf

 * European Tour:
 * Omega European Masters in Crans-Montana, Switzerland:
 * Winner: Miguel Ángel Jiménez 263 (−21)
 * Jiménez wins his third European Tour title of the season and 18th of his career.
 * Champions Tour:
 * Home Care & Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble Beach in Pebble Beach, California:
 * Winner: Ted Schulz 202 (−14)
 * Schulz wins for the first time on the senior circuit.

Hurling

 * All-Ireland Senior Championship Final in Dublin:
 * Kilkenny Kilkenny colours.PNG 1-18–4-17 Tipperary colours.PNG Tipperary
 * Tipperary win their 26th All-Ireland hurling title and their first since 2001. In the process, they prevent Kilkenny from winning a fifth straight All-Ireland title.

Motorcycle racing

 * Moto GP:
 * San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix in Misano Adriatico, Italy:
 * MotoGP: (1) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) (2) Jorge Lorenzo  (Yamaha) (3) Valentino Rossi  (Yamaha)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 12 of 18 rounds): (1) Lorenzo 271 points (2) Pedrosa 208 (3) Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 139
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Yamaha 280 points (2) Honda 245 (3) Ducati 170
 * Moto2: (1) Toni Elías (Moriwaki) (2) Julián Simón  (Suter) (3) Thomas Lüthi  (Moriwaki)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 11 of 17 rounds): (1) Elías 211 points (2) Simón 128 (3) Lüthi 124
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Moriwaki 236 points (2) Suter 196 (3) Speed Up 144
 * Shoya Tomizawa is fatally injured in a crash during the race. He is the first rider killed in a Grand Prix race since Daijiro Kato at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix. (BBC Sport)
 * 125cc: (1) Marc Márquez (Derbi) (2) Nicolás Terol  (Aprilia) (3) Efrén Vázquez  (Derbi)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 11 of 17 rounds): (1) Márquez 197 points (2) Terol 188 (3) Pol Espargaró (Derbi) 177
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Derbi 260 points (2) Aprilia 231 (3) Honda 14
 * Superbike:
 * Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round in Nürburg, Germany:
 * Race 1: (1) Jonathan Rea (Honda CBR1000RR) (2) Carlos Checa  (Ducati 1098R) (3) Cal Crutchlow  (Yamaha YZF-R1)
 * Race 2: (1) Noriyuki Haga (Ducati 1098R) (2) Rea (3) Leon Haslam  (Suzuki GSX-R1000)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 11 of 13 rounds): (1) Max Biaggi (Aprilia RSV 4) 397 points (2) Haslam 339 (3) Rea 288
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Aprilia 409 points (2) Suzuki 360 (3) Ducati 342
 * Supersport:
 * Nürburgring Supersport World Championship round in Nürburg, Germany: (1) Eugene Laverty (Honda CBR600RR) (2) Kenan Sofuoğlu  (Honda CBR600RR) (3) Broc Parkes  (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 11 of 13 rounds): (1) Sofuoğlu 223 points (2) Laverty 211 (3) Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) 168
 * Manufacturers' championship standings: (1) Honda 270 points (2) Kawasaki 188 (3) Triumph 147

Rugby union

 * Women's World Cup in England:
 * 11th place match:  12–8
 * 9th place match: 17–29 
 * 7th place match: 8–32 
 * 5th place match: 20–23 
 * 3rd place match: 8–22  
 * Final:  13–10
 * New Zealand win the Cup for the fourth successive time.

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 7:
 * Men's singles, third round:
 * Rafael Nadal [1] def. Gilles Simon  6–4, 6–4, 6–2
 * Stanislas Wawrinka [25] def. Andy Murray  [4] 6–7(3), 7–6(4), 6–3, 6–3
 * Fernando Verdasco [8] def. David Nalbandian  [31] 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
 * David Ferrer [10] def. Daniel Gimeno Traver  7–6(2), 6–2, 6–2
 * Women's singles, fourth round:
 * Kim Clijsters [2] def. Ana Ivanovic  6–2, 6–1
 * Venus Williams [3] def. Shahar Pe'er  [16] 7–6(3), 6–3
 * Samantha Stosur [5] def. Elena Dementieva  [12] 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(2)
 * Francesca Schiavone [6] def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  [20] 6–3, 6–0

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals)
 * Group A:
 * 6–12
 * 9–9 
 * ' 5–8 '''
 * Final standings: Croatia, Italy 12 points, Montenegro 10, Romania 7, Spain 3, Turkey 0.
 * Group B:
 * ' 17–3 '
 * 7–6
 *  7–4
 * Final standings: Hungary 13 points, Serbia 12, Germany 9, Greece 4, Macedonia, Russia 3.

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American football

 * NCAA:
 * AP Top 10:
 * (1) Alabama 48, San Jose State 3
 * (4) Florida 34, Miami (OH) 12
 * (5) Texas 34, Rice 17
 * (6) TCU 30, (24) Oregon State 21 in Arlington, Texas
 * (7) Oklahoma 31, Utah State 24
 * (8) Nebraska 49, Western Kentucky 10
 * (9) Iowa 37, Eastern Illinois 7
 * Other games:
 * (21) LSU 30, (18) North Carolina 24 in Atlanta
 * Played earlier this week: (2) Ohio State
 * Play later this week: (3) Boise State, (10) Virginia Tech

Australian rules football

 * AFL finals series:
 * First Qualifying Final in Melbourne:  17.22 (124)–8.14 (62)
 * First Elimination Final in Sydney:  14.15 (99)–13.16 (94)

Auto racing

 * Nationwide Series:
 * Great Clips 300 in Hampton, Georgia: (1) Jamie McMurray (Chevrolet; JR Motorsports) (2)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3)  Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 26 of 35 races): (1) Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) 4127 points (2) Edwards 3795 (3) Busch 3576
 * IndyCar Series:
 * Kentucky Indy 300 in Sparta, Kentucky: (1) Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) (2) Ed Carpenter  (Panther Racing) (3) Dan Wheldon  (Panther Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 15 of 17 races): (1) Will Power (Team Penske) 552 points (2) Dario Franchitti  (Chip Ganassi Racing) 535 (3) Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing) 469

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Eighth–finals:
 *  73–72
 *  80–72

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 8: David Moncoutié   5h 14' 32"  Serafín Martínez   Jersey blue dotted.png + 54"  Johann Tschopp   + 54"
 * General classification: (1) Igor Antón  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]] 32h 28' 49" (2) Joaquim Rodríguez   + 0" (3) Vincenzo Nibali   [[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] + 2"

Field hockey

 * Women's World Cup in Rosario, Argentina: (teams in bold advance to the semi-finals)
 * Pool B:
 *  2–1
 * 2–2
 * 0–2 
 * Standings (after 4 games): Argentina 12 points, England 10, Korea 5, China, South Africa 3, Spain 1.

Football (soccer)

 * 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, matchday 1:
 * Group A: 1–0 🇲🇱 mali
 * Group D: 0–0
 * Group E: 1–3 🇨🇲 cameroon
 * Group F: 3–1 🇳🇦 namibia
 * Group G: 2–0
 * Group H: 3–0 🇷🇼 rwanda
 * Group I: 2–0
 * Group J:
 * 1–0 🇰🇪 kenya
 * 3–0
 * Group K:
 * 2–1
 * 2–2 🇲🇼 malawi
 * Standings: Botswana 10 points (4 matches), Tunisia 4 (3), Malawi 3 (3), Togo 2 (3), 1 (3)
 * 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification: (teams in bold advance to the playoffs, teams in strike are eliminated)
 * Group 1:
 * 1–0
 * 0–1
 * Standings:  24 points (9 matches), 21 (9), Moldova 13 (9), Latvia 12 (9), Faroe Islands 11 (10), Andorra 1 (10).
 * Group 2: 0–1
 * Standings:  20 points (10 matches), Georgia 15 (9), Turkey 13 (9), 12 (10),  10 (9),  7 (9).
 * Group 3: 0–1
 * Standings: Wales 16 points (7 matches), 13 (7), Hungary 12 (7),  7 (7),  4 (8).
 * Group 7: 2–2 
 * Standings: Croatia 17 points (8 matches), 14 (7), Serbia 10 (7),  6 (7),  4 (7).
 * Group 9: 1–2 
 * Standings: Greece 19 points (8 matches), 14 (7),  10 (7),  5 (7), Macedonia 2 (7).
 * Group 10: 3–2
 * Standings:, , 14 points (7 matches), Albania 4 (8), Azerbaijan 4 (7).

Rugby union

 * Tri Nations Series:
 * 39–41 in Bloemfontein
 * Standings: 23 points (5 games), Australia 10 (5), South Africa 8 (6).
 * The All Blacks have already clinched the title.

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 6:
 * Men's singles, third round:
 * Roger Federer [2] def. Paul-Henri Mathieu  6–4, 6–3, 6–3
 * Novak Djokovic [3] def. James Blake  6–1, 7–6(4), 6–3
 * Robin Söderling [5] def. Thiemo de Bakker  6–2, 6–3, 6–3
 * Women's singles, third round:
 * Caroline Wozniacki [1] def. Chan Yung-jan  6–1, 6–0
 * Kaia Kanepi [31] def. Jelena Janković  [4] 6–2, 7–6(1)
 * Vera Zvonareva [7] def. Alexandra Dulgheru  [25] 6–2, 7–6(2)

Water polo

 * Women's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia: (teams in bold advance to the semi-finals, teams in italics advance to the quarter-finals)
 * Group A:
 * 4–29 
 * ' 12–12 '
 * Final standings: Greece 7 points, Russia 5, Italy 4, Croatia 0.
 * Group B:
 * 10–10 
 * ' 7–8 '''
 * Final standings: Netherlands, Spain 6 points, Hungary 4, Germany 1.

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Australian rules football

 * AFL finals series:
 * Second Qualifying Final in Melbourne: 11.13 (79)–12.11 (83) 

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Toronto, day 4:
 * 🇨🇦 canada 120 (32 overs) and 316 (106.5 overs); undefined 261 (71.5 overs) and 176/4 (41.1 overs). Ireland win by 6 wickets.
 * Standings: 🇦🇫 afghanistan 77 points (5 matches), undefined 69 (5),  undefined 63 (4), Ireland 52 (5), 🇰🇪 kenya 43 (5),  undefined 15 (6), Canada 9 (6).

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 7: Alessandro Petacchi   4h 36' 12"  Mark Cavendish   s.t.  Juan José Haedo   s.t.
 * General classification: (1) Philippe Gilbert  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]][[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] 27h 12' 38" (2) Igor Antón   + 10" (3) Joaquim Rodríguez   + 10"

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping:
 * FEI Nations Cup Promotional League, Promotional League Europe:
 * FEI Nations Cup of Spain in Gijón (CSIO 5*):  (Pieter Devos on Utopia van de Donkhoeve, Judy-Ann Melchior on Cha Cha Z, Dirk Demeersman on Bufero vh Panishof, Philippe Le Jeune on Boyante de Muze) ,  and
 * Final standings: (1) Belgium 68 points (2) 61.5 (3) 🇳🇴 41
 * Belgium move into the 2011 Meydan FEI Nations Cup.
 * Italy, Norway,, , 🇭🇺 and qualify for the Promotional League Final.

Field hockey

 * Women's World Cup in Rosario, Argentina:
 * Pool A:
 * 1–4
 * 1–4
 * 2–2
 * Standings (after 3 games): Netherlands, Germany 9 points, Australia 6, Japan, New Zealand 1, India 0.
 * Pool B:
 * 1–4
 * 1–1
 * 0–4
 * Standings (after 3 games): Argentina 9 points, England 7, Korea 4, China, South Africa 3, Spain 0.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying:
 * Group A:
 * 0–3 🇹🇷 turkey
 * 0–1 🇩🇪 germany
 * Group B:
 * 0–1 🇮🇪 ireland
 * 0–2 🇷🇺 russia
 * 1–0 🇲🇰 macedonia
 * Group C:
 * 0–3 🇷🇸 serbia
 * 1–2 🇮🇹 italy
 * 0–1
 * Group D:
 * 1–1 🇦🇱 albania
 * 0–3 🇧🇦 bosnia and herzegovina
 * 0–1 🇧🇾 belarus
 * Group E:
 * 2–0 🇫🇮 finland
 * 2–0 🇭🇺 hungary
 * 0–5
 * Group F:
 * 1–1
 * 0–3
 * Group G:
 * 1–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales
 * 4–0 🇧🇬 bulgaria
 * Group H:
 * 1–2 🇳🇴 norway
 * 4–4 🇨🇾 cyprus
 * Group I:
 * 0–0
 * 0–4 🇪🇸 spain
 * 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification: (teams in bold advance to the playoffs, teams in strike are eliminated)
 * Group 1:  3–0
 * Standings: Romania 24 points (9 matches), Russia 21 (9), 11 (9),  10 (8),  9 (8),  1 (9).
 * Group 2:  1–0
 * Standings: Switzerland 20 points (10 matches), 13 (8),  12 (8),  12 (10),  10 (9), Republic of Ireland 7 (9).
 * Group 3: 0–1
 * Standings: 13 points (6 matches), Italy 13 (7),  12 (6), Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 (7),  4 (8).
 * Group 4: 2–0
 * Standings:  21 points (8 matches), 16 (7), Poland 9 (7), Finland 7 (7),  0 (7).
 * Group 5:
 * 4–0
 *  1–1
 * Standings: Czech Republic 19 points (7 matches), 16 (7), Germany 9 (7), Northern Ireland 7 (7), San Marino 0 (8).
 * Group 6: 1–2
 * Standings: Sweden 16 points (7 matches),, Israel 13 (7), 5 (8),  4 (7).
 * Group 7: 1–3
 * Standings: 16 points (7 matches),  14 (7),  9 (6), Cyprus 6 (7), Norway 4 (7).
 * Group 8:
 *  2–2
 * 2–2
 * Standings: Ukraine 15 points (7 matches), Belgium 15 (8), France 12 (7), Slovenia 7 (7), 0 (7).
 * Group 9: 0–1
 * Standings: 16 points (7 matches), England 14 (7), Portugal 10 (7),  5 (7),  2 (6).
 * Group 10: 1–1
 * Standings: Belarus,, Scotland 14 points (7 matches), 4 (7),  1 (6).

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 5:
 * Men's singles, second round:
 * Rafael Nadal [1] def. Denis Istomin  6–2, 7–6(5), 7–5
 * Andy Murray [4] def. Dustin Brown  7–5, 6–3, 6–0
 * Fernando Verdasco [8] def. Adrian Mannarino  6–1, 6–2, 6–2
 * David Ferrer [10] def. Benjamin Becker  6–3, 6–4, 6–4
 * Women's singles, third round:
 * Kim Clijsters [2] def. Petra Kvitová  6–3, 6–0
 * Venus Williams [3] def. Mandy Minella  6–2, 6–1
 * Samantha Stosur [5] def. Sara Errani  6–2, 6–3
 * Francesca Schiavone [6] def. Alona Bondarenko  6–1, 7–5

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia:
 * Group A:
 * 22–2
 * 10–7
 * 6–8
 * Standings (after 4 games): Italy 12 points, Montenegro, Croatia 9, Romania 6, Spain, Turkey 0.
 * Group B:
 * 19–9
 * 14–10
 * 5–6
 * Standings (after 4 games): Hungary 10 points, Serbia, Germany 9, Greece 4, Macedonia 3, Russia 0.

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American football

 * NCAA:
 * AP Top 10: (2) Ohio State 45, Marshall 7
 * Other games: Utah 27, (15) Pittsburgh 24 (OT)

Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Turkey: (teams in bold advance to the knockout stage)
 * Group A in Kayseri:
 * ' 55–76 '
 * ' 82–84 '
 * 73–91
 * Final standings: Serbia, Argentina 9 points, Australia 8, Angola, Germany 7, Jordan 5.
 * Group B in Istanbul:
 *  92–57
 *  65–60
 * ' 92–74 '
 * Final standings: United States 10 points, Slovenia 9, Brazil 8, Croatia 7, Iran 6, Tunisia 5.
 * Group C in Ankara:
 * 79–88
 * ' 69–73 '
 * ' 87–40 '
 * Final standings: Turkey 10 points, Russia 9, Greece 8, China, Puerto Rico, Côte d'Ivoire 6.
 * Group D in İzmir:
 *  89–67
 * 66–84 
 * ' 82–70 '
 * Final standings: Lithuania 10 points, Spain, New Zealand, France 8, Lebanon 6, Canada 5.
 * WNBA Playoffs:
 * Western Conference Finals, Game 1: (1) Seattle Storm 82, (2) Phoenix Mercury 74. Storm lead series 1–0.

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Toronto, day 3:
 * 🇨🇦 canada 120 (32 overs) and 316 (106.5 overs; Kevin O'Brien 5/39); undefined 261 (71.5 overs) and 124/4 (29 overs). Ireland require another 52 runs with 6 wickets remaining.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 6: Thor Hushovd   3h 36' 20"  Daniele Bennati   s.t.  Grega Bole   s.t.
 * General classification: (1) Philippe Gilbert  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]][[Image:Jersey green.svg|25px]][[Image:Jersey white.svg|25px]] 22h 36' 26" (2) Igor Antón   + 10" (3) Joaquim Rodríguez   + 10"

Field hockey

 * Women's World Cup in Rosario, Argentina:
 * Pool B:
 * vs., vs.  and  vs.  all postponed due to inclement weather.
 * Standings (after 2 games): Argentina, England 6 points, Korea, South Africa 3, Spain, China 0.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying:
 * Group F: 3–1 🇲🇹 malta
 * 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification: (team in bold advances to the playoffs, teams in strike are eliminated)
 * Group 4: 2–1 
 * Standings: Netherlands 21 points (8 matches), Spain 16 (7), 9 (6),  4 (6),  0 (7).
 * Copa Sudamericana First stage, second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
 * Olimpia 1–1 (0–2)  Defensor Sporting. Defensor Sporting win 4–1 on points.
 * Copa Sudamericana second stage, first leg:
 * Vélez Sársfield 🇦🇷 0–1 🇦🇷 Banfield

Snooker

 * Premier League Snooker – League phase in Southampton:
 * Shaun Murphy 5–1 Ding Junhui
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Marco Fu

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 4:
 * Men's singles, second round:
 * Roger Federer [2] def. Andreas Beck  6–3, 6–4, 6–3
 * Novak Djokovic [3] def. Philipp Petzschner  7–5, 6–3, 7–6(6)
 * Robin Söderling [5] def. Taylor Dent  6–2, 6–2, 6–4
 * Richard Gasquet def. Nikolay Davydenko  [6] 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
 * Women's singles, second round:
 * Caroline Wozniacki [1] def. Chang Kai-chen  6–0, 6–0
 * Jelena Janković [4] def. Mirjana Lučić  6–4, 3–6, 6–2
 * Vera Zvonareva [7] def. Sabine Lisicki  6–1, 7–6(5)
 * Peng Shuai def. Agnieszka Radwańska  [9] 2–6, 6–1, 6–4

Water polo

 * Women's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia:
 * Group A:
 * 7–7
 * 3–22
 * Standings (after 2 games): Russia, Greece 4 points, Italy 3, Croatia 0.
 * Group B:
 * 17–10
 * 13–10
 * Standings (after 2 games): Spain 6 points, Netherlands, Hungary 3, Germany 0.

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Basketball

 * FIBA World Championship in Turkey: (teams in bold advance to the knockout stage, teams in strike are eliminated)
 * Group A in Kayseri:
 * ' 94–79 '
 * 88–92 (OT) 
 *  88–79
 * Standings (after 4 games): Argentina 8 points, Serbia 7, Australia, Angola 6, Germany 5, Jordan 4.
 * Group B in Istanbul:
 *  84–64
 * 51–88 
 * ' 77–80 '
 * Standings (after 4 games): United States 8 points, Slovenia 7, Brazil, Croatia 6, Iran 5, Tunisia 4.
 * Group C in Ankara:
 * 80–89 
 * 60–97 
 *  79–77
 * Standings (after 4 games): Turkey 8 points, Greece, Russia 7, Puerto Rico, China 5, Côte d'Ivoire 4.
 * Group D in İzmir:
 * 61–71 
 * 57–91 
 * ' 69–55 '
 * Standings (after 4 games): Lithuania 8 points, France 7, Spain, New Zealand 6, Lebanon 5, Canada 4.
 * WNBA Playoffs:
 * Eastern Conference First Round, Game 3: (2) New York Liberty 77, (3) Indiana Fever 74. Liberty win series 2–1.

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Toronto, day 2:
 * 🇨🇦 canada 120 (32 overs) and 190/8 (62 overs); undefined 261 (71.5 overs; Henry Osinde 5/68). Canada lead by 49 runs with 2 wickets remaining.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España:
 * Stage 5: Tyler Farrar   5h 03' 36"  Koldo Fernández   s.t.  Mark Cavendish   s.t.
 * General classification: (1) Philippe Gilbert  [[Image:Jersey red.svg|25px]] 19h 00' 06" (2) Igor Antón   [[Image:Jersey green.svg|25px]] + 10" (3) Joaquim Rodríguez   + 10"

Field hockey

 * Women's World Cup in Rosario, Argentina:
 * Pool A:
 * 3–6
 * 7–3
 * 2–1
 * Standings (after 2 games): Netherlands, Australia, Germany 6 points, Japan, New Zealand, India 0.

Football (soccer)

 * Copa Sudamericana First stage, second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
 * River Plate 4–2 (0–2)  Guaraní. 3–3 on points, 4–4 on aggregate; Guaraní win on away goals rule.
 * Trujillanos 🇻🇪 1–1 (1–4) 🇨🇴 Atlético Huila. Atlético Huila win 4–1 on points.

Rugby union

 * Women's World Cup in England:
 * 9th–12th place:
 *  25–10
 *  32–10
 * 5th–8th place:
 *  41–0
 * 3–40 
 * Semi-finals:
 *  45–7
 *  15–0

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 3:
 * Men's singles, first round:
 * Andy Murray [4] def. Lukáš Lacko  6–3, 6–2, 6–2
 * Michaël Llodra def. Tomáš Berdych  [7] 7–6(3), 6–4, 6–4
 * Men's singles, second round: Janko Tipsarević def. Andy Roddick  [9] 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(4)
 * Women's singles, second round:
 * Kim Clijsters [2] def. Sally Peers  6–2, 6–1
 * Venus Williams [3] def. Rebecca Marino  7–6(3), 6–3
 * Samantha Stosur [5] def. Anastasia Rodionova  6–1, 6–4
 * Francesca Schiavone [6] def. Maria Elena Camerin  6–2, 6–1
 * Gisela Dulko def. Victoria Azarenka  [10] 5–1 retired

Water polo

 * Men's European Championship in Zagreb, Croatia:
 * Group A:
 * 4–9
 * 7–13
 * 8–7
 * Standings (after 3 games): Italy 9 points, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania 6, Spain, Turkey 0.
 * Group B:
 * 10–16
 * 7–8
 * 6–6
 * Standings (after 3 games): Hungary 7 points, Serbia, Germany 6, Greece 4, Macedonia 3, Russia 0.