September 2011 in sports

Deaths in September

 * 12: Alexander Galimov
 * 11: Christian Bakkerud
 * 7: 36 players and staff of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
 * 5: Lee Roy Selmon

American football 2011

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

Australian rules football 2011

 * Australian Football League
 * Finals Series

Auto racing 2011

 * Formula One
 * Sprint Cup
 * Nationwide Series
 * Camping World Truck Series
 * IRL IndyCar Series
 * World Rally Championship
 * WTTC
 * V8 Supercar
 * Formula Two
 * GP2 Series
 * GP3 Series
 * American Le Mans
 * Le Mans Series
 * Rolex Sports Car Series
 * FIA GT1 World Championship
 * Auto GP
 * World Series by Renault
 * Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
 * Super GT

Baseball 2011

 * Major League Baseball
 * Nippon Professional Baseball

Basketball 2011

 * WNBA
 * Philippines collegiate:
 * NCAA
 * UAAP

Canadian football 2011

 * Canadian Football League
 * CIS football

Cricket 2011

 * England:
 * County Championship
 * Clydesdale Bank 40

Football (soccer) 2011

 * National teams competitions:
 * 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
 * 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
 * UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
 * International clubs competitions:
 * UEFA (Europe) Champions League
 * UEFA 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
 * Brazil
 * England
 * France
 * Germany
 * Italy
 * Japan
 * Norway
 * Portugal
 * Russia
 * Scotland
 * Spain
 * Major League Soccer (USA & Canada)

Golf 2011

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

Motorcycle racing 2011

 * Moto GP
 * Superbike World Championship
 * Supersport World Championship

Rugby league 2011

 * Super League
 * NRL

Rugby union 2011

 * Aviva Premiership
 * RaboDirect Pro12
 * Top 14
 * Currie Cup
 * ITM Cup

Tennis 2011

 * ATP World Tour
 * WTA Tour

Winter sports

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix
 * Snowboard World Cup

Days of the month


Baseball

 * Major League Baseball postseason:
 * American League Division Series:
 * Game 1 in Arlington, Texas: Tampa Bay Rays 9, Texas Rangers 0. Rays lead series 1–0.
 * Game 1 in New York: New York Yankees 1, Detroit Tigers 1 — game suspended in the bottom of the second inning due to rain; game will be resumed on October 1.

Basketball

 * FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali:
 * Quarterfinals:
 * 50–73 
 * 54–85 
 *  77–49
 * 51–72 
 * FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Neiva, Colombia (teams in italics qualify for World Olympic Qualifying Tournament:
 * Semifinals:
 * ''' 61–59 '
 * ''' 66–53 '

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix:
 * JGP Cup of Austria in Innsbruck, Austria:
 * Pairs: Sui Wenjing/Han Cong  167.14 points  Yu Xiaoyu/Jin Yang  154.37  Ekaterina Petaikina/Maxim Kurdyukov  144.47
 * Standings (after 3 of 4 events): Sui/Han 30 points (2 events), Yu/Jin 26 (2), Petaikina/Kurdyukov 20 (2), Tatiana Tudvaseva/Sergei Lisiev 18 (2), Britney Simpson/Matthew Blackmer  15.
 * Ladies: Vanessa Lam  156.58 points  Li Zijun  156.40  Polina Agafonova  148.65
 * Standings (after 5 of 7 events): Polina Shelepen 30 points (2 events), Lam & Li 26 (2), Polina Korobeynikova  & Agafonova 22 (2).

Rugby league

 * Super League Play-offs:
 * Semi-Finals: Warrington Wolves 24–26 Leeds Rhinos

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand (team in bold qualifies for quarter-finals, team in italics qualifies for 2015 World Cup):
 * Pool D in Auckland: ''' 13–5 '
 * Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): South Africa 18 points, 10 (3), Samoa 10,  5 (3),  0.

Volleyball

 * Women's South American Championship in Callao, Peru (teams in bold advance to semifinals):
 * Pool A: 0–3 
 * Final standings:  6 points, Colombia 3, Uruguay 0.
 * Pool B:
 * 3–0
 * ' 3–0 '
 * Final standings: Brazil 9 points, Argentina 6, Chile 3, Paraguay 0.



Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day:
 * 6th Match in Windhoek: 🇳🇦 namibia 266/8 (50 overs; Craig Williams 116); undefined 247/7 (44.5/45 overs). Scotland win by 3 wickets (D/L).
 * Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): undefined, Scotland 8 points, 🇦🇫 afghanistan 4 (2),  undefined 4, 🇰🇪 kenya 2,  undefined 2 (2), Namibia, 🇨🇦 canada 0.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Europa League group stage Matchday 2:
 * Group A:
 * Rubin Kazan 🇷🇺 2–2 PAOK
 * Tottenham Hotspur 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 3–1 🇮🇪 Shamrock Rovers
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Rubin Kazan, Tottenham Hotspur 4 points, PAOK 2, Shamrock Rovers 0.
 * Group B:
 * Vorskla Poltava 🇺🇦 1–2 🇩🇪 Hannover
 * Standard Liège 🇧🇪 3–0 Copenhagen
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Standard Liège, Hannover 4 points, Copenhagen 3, Vorskla Poltava 0.
 * Group C:
 * Legia Warsaw 🇵🇱 3–2 🇮🇱 Hapoel Tel Aviv
 * Rapid București 🇷🇴 1–3 PSV Eindhoven
 * Standings (after 2 matches): PSV Eindhoven 6 points, Legia Warsaw, Rapid București 3, Hapoel Tel Aviv 0.
 * Group D:
 * Vaslui 🇷🇴 2–2 Zürich
 * Sporting CP 2–1 🇮🇹 Lazio
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Sporting CP 6 points, Vaslui 2, Lazio, Zürich 1.
 * Group E:
 * Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 1–1 🇺🇦 Dynamo Kyiv
 * Stoke City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2–1 🇹🇷 Beşiktaş
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Stoke City 4 points, Beşiktaş 3, Dynamo Kyiv 2, Maccabi Tel Aviv 1.
 * Group F:
 * Red Bull Salzburg 🇦🇹 3–0 🇸🇰 Slovan Bratislava
 * Athletic Bilbao 🇪🇸 2–0 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Athletic Bilbao 6 points, Paris Saint-Germain, Red Bull Salzburg 3, Slovan Bratislava 0.
 * Group G:
 * Metalist Kharkiv 🇺🇦 1–1 AZ
 * Malmö FF 🇸🇪 1–2 🇦🇹 Austria Wien
 * Standings (after 2 matches): AZ, Metalist Kharkiv 4 points, Austria Wien 3, Malmö FF 0.
 * Group H:
 * Braga 1–2 🇧🇪 Club Brugge
 * Maribor 1–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Birmingham City
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Club Brugge 6 points, Braga, Birmingham City 3, Maribor 0.
 * Group I:
 * Celtic 1–1 🇮🇹 Udinese
 * Rennes 🇫🇷 1–1 🇪🇸 Atlético Madrid
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Atlético Madrid, Udinese 4 points, Rennes, Celtic 1.
 * Group J:
 * Schalke 04 🇩🇪 3–1 🇮🇱 Maccabi Haifa
 * AEK Larnaca 🇨🇾 1–1 🇷🇴 Steaua București
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Schalke 04 4 points, Maccabi Haifa 3, Steaua București 2, AEK Larnaca 1.
 * Group K:
 * Twente 4–1 🇵🇱 Wisła Kraków
 * Odense 0–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fulham
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Twente, Fulham 4 points, Odense 3, Wisła Kraków 0.
 * Group L:
 * Lokomotiv Moscow 🇷🇺 0–2 🇧🇪 Anderlecht
 * AEK Athens 1–2 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Anderlecht 6 points, Lokomotiv Moscow, Sturm Graz 3, AEK Athens 0.
 * UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 first leg:
 * Tavagnacco 🇮🇹 2–1 🇸🇪 LdB Malmö
 * Glasgow City 1–1 🇮🇸 Valur
 * Bristol Academy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1–1 🇷🇺 Energiya Voronezh
 * Bobruichanka 🇧🇾 0–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arsenal
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 5:
 * Group A: Alajuelense 1–0  Motagua
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Alajuelense 12 points, 🇲🇽 Morelia, 🇺🇸 Los Angeles Galaxy 9, Motagua 0.
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 first leg:
 * Olimpia 0–0 🇦🇷 Arsenal
 * Godoy Cruz 🇦🇷 1–1 🇵🇪 Universitario
 * Botafogo 🇧🇷 1–1 🇨🇴 Santa Fe

Volleyball

 * Women's European Championship in Italy and Serbia:
 * Quarterfinals in Belgrade, Serbia:
 *  3–0
 * 0–3 
 * Men's Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran:
 * Bronze medal match:  3–1
 * Final:  3–1
 * Iran win the title for the first time.
 * Iran and China qualify for the FIVB World Cup.
 * Men's African Championship in Tangier, Morocco:
 * Bronze medal match: 1–3  
 * Final:  1–3  
 * Egypt win the title for the fourth successive time, and sixth time overall.
 * Egypt qualify for the FIVB World Cup.
 * Women's South American Championship in Callao, Peru (teams in bold advance to semifinals):
 * Pool A:  3–0
 * Standings: Peru 6 points (2 matches),, Uruguay 0 (1).
 * Pool B:
 *  3–0
 *  3–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Brazil, Argentina 6 points, Chile, Paraguay 0.



Baseball

 * Major League Baseball news:
 * The Tampa Bay Rays clinch the American League wild card with an 8–7 win over the New York Yankees.
 * The St. Louis Cardinals clinch the National League wild card with an 8–0 win over the Houston Astros.

Basketball

 * FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A:
 *  106–37
 * 53–74 
 * ' 57–70 '
 * Final standings: Mali 10 points, Mozambique 9, Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Tunisia 7, Ghana 4.
 * Group B:
 * 49–63 
 * 49–59 
 * ' 59–78 '
 * Final standings: Senegal 10 points, Angola 9, Nigeria 8, Cameroon 7, Rwanda 6, Guinea 5.
 * FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Neiva, Colombia (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group A:
 *  62–42
 * 45–66 
 * Final standings: Argentina 8 points, Cuba 7, 6, Colombia 5, Chile 4.
 * Group B:
 * 44–87
 *  66–49
 * Final standings:  8 points, Canada 7, Mexico, Jamaica, Paraguay 5.

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day:
 * 5th Match in Windhoek: 🇳🇦 namibia 257 (50 overs); undefined 137/2 (26 overs). Scotland win by 34 runs (D/L).
 * Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): undefined 8 points, Scotland 6 (3), 🇦🇫 afghanistan 4 (2),  undefined 4, 🇰🇪 kenya 2,  undefined 2 (2), Namibia 0 (3), 🇨🇦 canada 0.

Football (soccer)

 * Superclásico de las Américas second leg in Belém (first leg score in parentheses):  2–0 (0–0) 🇦🇷 argentina. Brazil win 4–1 on points.
 * UEFA Champions League group stage Matchday 2:
 * Group E:
 * Valencia 🇪🇸 1–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea
 * Bayer Leverkusen 🇩🇪 2–0 🇧🇪 Genk
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Chelsea 4 points, Bayer Leverkusen 3, Valencia 2, Genk 1.
 * Group F:
 * Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2–1 Olympiacos
 * Marseille 🇫🇷 3–0 🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Marseille 6 points, Arsenal 4, Borussia Dortmund 1, Olympiacos 0.
 * Group G:
 * Zenit St. Petersburg 🇷🇺 3–1 Porto
 * Shakhtar Donetsk 🇺🇦 1–1 🇨🇾 APOEL
 * Standings (after 2 matches): APOEL 4 points, Zenit St. Petersburg, Porto 3, Shakhtar Donetsk 1.
 * Group H:
 * BATE Borisov 🇧🇾 0–5 🇪🇸 Barcelona
 * Milan 🇮🇹 2–0 🇨🇿 Viktoria Plzeň
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Barcelona, Milan 4 points, Viktoria Plzeň, BATE Borisov 1.
 * UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 first leg:
 * Olimpia Cluj 🇷🇴 0–9 🇫🇷 Lyon
 * Peamount United 🇮🇪 0–2 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
 * CSHVSM 🇰🇿 2–1 🇦🇹 Neulengbach
 * Apollon Limassol 🇨🇾 2–2 🇨🇿 Sparta Praha
 * PK-35 Vantaa 🇫🇮 1–4 🇪🇸 Rayo Vallecano
 * Osijek 0–4 🇸🇪 Göteborg
 * YB Frauen 0–3  Fortuna Hjørring
 * Þór/KA 🇮🇸 0–6 🇩🇪 Turbine Potsdam
 * Twente 0–2 🇷🇺 Rossiyanka
 * Stabæk 🇳🇴 1–0 🇩🇪 FFC Frankfurt
 * Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 first leg: LDU Quito 🇪🇨 2–0 🇦🇷 Independiente
 * AFC Champions League Quarter-finals second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):
 * Zob Ahan 🇮🇷 1–2 (a.e.t.) (1–1) 🇰🇷 Suwon Samsung Bluewings. Suwon Samsung Bluewings win 3–2 on aggregate.
 * Al-Sadd 🇶🇦 1–2 (3–0) 🇮🇷 Sepahan. Al-Sadd win 4–2 on aggregate.
 * AFC Cup quarter-finals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Duhok 🇮🇶 0–3 (1–5) 🇯🇴 Al-Wehdat. Al-Wehdat win 8–1 on aggregate.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 5 (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A: Los Angeles Galaxy 🇺🇸 2–1 🇲🇽 Morelia
 * Standings: Morelia, Los Angeles Galaxy 9 points (5 matches), Alajuelense 9 (4),  Motagua 0 (4).
 * Group B:
 * Real España 1–1 🇲🇽 Santos Laguna
 * Isidro Metapán 🇸🇻 1–3 🇺🇸 Colorado Rapids
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Santos Laguna 10 points, Colorado Rapids 7, Isidro Metapán 6, Real España 5.
 * Group C: Tauro 🇵🇦 5–3 🇺🇸 FC Dallas
 * Standings (after 5 matches): 🇲🇽 UNAM 8 points, FC Dallas, 🇨🇦 Toronto FC 7, Tauro 5.

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand (teams in italics qualify for 2015 World Cup):
 * Pool B in Palmerston North: 25–9
 * Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): ' 14 points, ',  10, Georgia 4, Romania 0 (4).

Volleyball

 * Women's European Championship in Italy and Serbia:
 * Qualification playoff in Belgrade, Serbia:
 *  3–1
 *  3–0
 * Quarterfinals in Monza, Italy:
 * 0–3 
 *  3–1
 * Men's Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran:
 * Semifinals:
 * 2–3 
 *  3–1
 * Women's South American Championship in Callao, Peru:
 * Pool A: 1–3
 * Pool B:
 * 3–0
 * 0–3



Basketball

 * FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A:
 * 101–23
 * ' 73–43 '
 * 55–48
 * Standings (after 4 games): Mali 8 points, Mozambique 7, Tunisia, DR Congo 6, Côte d'Ivoire 5, Ghana 3.
 * Group B:
 * 28–76
 *  71–61
 *  67–60
 * Standings (after 4 games): Senegal 8 points, Angola 7, Nigeria, Cameroon 6, Rwanda 5, Guinea 4.
 * FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Neiva, Colombia (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group A:
 * 49–64
 * ' 65–59 '
 * Standings (after 3 games unless stated): Argentina 6 points, Puerto Rico 6 (4), Cuba 5, 4, Chile 3.
 * Group B:
 * 69–71
 * 61–88 
 * Standings (after 3 games unless stated): Brazil 8 points (4 games), 5, Paraguay, Jamaica 4, Mexico 3.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Champions League group stage Matchday 2:
 * Group A:
 * Bayern Munich 🇩🇪 2–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City
 * Napoli 🇮🇹 2–0 🇪🇸 Villarreal
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Bayern Munich 6 points, Napoli 4, Manchester City 1, Villarreal 0.
 * Group B:
 * CSKA Moscow 🇷🇺 2–3 🇮🇹 Internazionale
 * Trabzonspor 🇹🇷 1–1 🇫🇷 Lille
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Trabzonspor 4 points, Internazionale 3, Lille 2, CSKA Moscow 1.
 * Group C:
 * Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 3–3 Basel
 * Oțelul Galați 🇷🇴 0–1 Benfica
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Basel, Benfica 4 points, Manchester United 2, Oțelul Galați 0.
 * Group D:
 * Lyon 🇫🇷 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb
 * Real Madrid 🇪🇸 3–0 Ajax
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Real Madrid 6 points, Lyon 4, Ajax 1, Dinamo Zagreb 0.
 * UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 first leg:
 * Standard Liège 🇧🇪 0–2 Brøndby IF
 * ASA Tel Aviv University 🇮🇱 0–2 🇮🇹 Torres
 * AFC Champions League Quarter-finals second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):
 * Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 🇰🇷 6–1 (3–4) 🇯🇵 Cerezo Osaka. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors win 9–5 on aggregate.
 * FC Seoul 🇰🇷 1–0 (1–3) Al-Ittihad. Al-Ittihad win 3–2 on aggregate.
 * AFC Cup quarter-finals second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):
 * Muangthong United 🇹🇭 0–0 (0–1) Al-Kuwait. Al-Kuwait win 1–0 on aggregate.
 * Nasaf Qarshi 🇺🇿 0–1 (1–0) 🇹🇭 Chonburi. 1–1 on aggregate; Nasaf Qarshi win 4–3 on penalties.
 * Arbil 🇮🇶 1–0 (2–1) 🇮🇩 Persipura Jayapura. Arbil win 3–1 on aggregate.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 5 (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group C: Toronto FC 🇨🇦 1–1 🇲🇽 UNAM
 * Standings: UNAM 8 points (5 matches), 🇺🇸 FC Dallas 7 (4), Toronto FC 7 (5), 🇵🇦 Tauro 2 (4).
 * Group D:
 * Comunicaciones 2–2 🇺🇸 Seattle Sounders FC
 * Monterrey 🇲🇽 1–0 Herediano
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Seattle Sounders 10 points, Monterrey 9, Comunicaciones 7, Herediano 3.

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals, teams in italics qualify for 2015 World Cup):
 * Pool A in Napier: 23–23
 * Standings (after 3 matches unless stated):  15 points, 10, Canada 6,  5, Japan 2 (4).
 * Pool C in Nelson:  27–10
 * Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): ' 13 points, ', Italy 10, United States 4 (4), 1.

Volleyball

 * Women's European Championship in Italy and Serbia:
 * Qualification playoff in Monza, Italy:
 *  3–0
 *  3–1
 * Men's African Championship in Tangier, Morocco:
 * Semifinals:
 *  3–2
 *  3–0
 * Men's Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  3–1
 * 0–3 
 *  3–2
 *  3–0



Basketball

 * FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A: 37–89
 * Standings (after 3 games): ', ' 6 points, DR Congo 5, 4,  3, Ghana 2.
 * Group B: 66–45
 * Standings (after 3 games): 6 points,, Angola 5, , Cameroon 4,  3.
 * FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Neiva, Colombia (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group A:
 * 61–66
 * 75–65
 * Standings (after 2 games unless stated): Argentina, Cuba 4 points, Puerto Rico, Colombia 4 (3), 2.
 * Group B:
 * 26–77
 *  73–50
 * Standings (after 2 games unless stated): Brazil 6 points (3 games), Canada 5 (3), Jamaica 3,, Paraguay 2.

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Windhoek, day 4: undefined 350 & 296/5d (87 overs); 🇳🇦 namibia 263 & 218/4 (74 overs). Match drawn.
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): undefined 40 points, 🇦🇫 afghanistan 20 (1), Scotland 20,  undefined 17, 🇰🇪 kenya 16,  undefined 14 (1), Namibia 7, 🇨🇦 canada 0.

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand (team in bold qualifies for 2015 World Cup):
 * Pool D in New Plymouth: 81–7
 * Standings (after 3 matches unless stated):  14 points, Wales, 10,  5, Namibia 0 (4).

Volleyball

 * Women's European Championship in Italy and Serbia (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in italics advance to the playoffs):
 * Pool A in Belgrade, Serbia:
 * 0–3 
 * ' 1–3 '''
 * Final standings: Germany 9 points, Serbia 6, France 3, Ukraine 0.
 * Pool C in Zrenjanin, Serbia:
 *  3–0
 * ''' 3–0 '
 * Final standings: Poland 9 points, Czech Republic 6, Romania 3, Israel 0.
 * Men's Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran:
 * Pool E:
 * 3–2
 * 3–0
 * Final standings: Iran 9 points, India 5, Japan, Pakistan 2.
 * Pool F:
 * 0–3
 * 1–3
 * Final standings: Australia 8 points, South Korea 6, China 4, Sri Lanka 0.



Athletics

 * World Marathon Majors:
 * Berlin Marathon (KEN unless stated):
 * Men: Patrick Makau Musyoki 2:03:38 (WR)  Stephen Chemlany 2:07:55  Emannuel Kimaiyo 2:09:50
 * Makau breaks the previous world record by 21 seconds.
 * Women: Florence Kiplagat 2:19:44  Irina Mikitenko  2:22:18  Paula Radcliffe  2:23:46

Auto racing

 * Formula One:
 * in Marina Bay, Singapore: (1) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) (2) Jenson Button  (McLaren-Mercedes) (3) Mark Webber  (Red Bull-Renault)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 14 of 19 races): (1) Vettel 309 points (2) Button 185 (3) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 184
 * Sprint Cup Series – Chase for the Sprint Cup:
 * Sylvania 300 in Loudon, New Hampshire: (1) Tony Stewart (Chevrolet; Stewart Haas Racing) (2)  Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (3)  Greg Biffle (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 28 of 36 races): (1) Stewart 2094 points (2) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 2087 (3) Keselowski 2083

Badminton

 * BWF Super Series:
 * Japan Super Series in Tokyo (CHN unless stated):
 * Men's singles: Chen Long def. Lee Chong Wei 21–8, 10–21, 21–19
 * Women's singles: Wang Yihan def. Juliane Schenk 21–16, 21–14
 * Men's doubles: Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng def. Mohammad Ahsan /Bona Septano 21–13, 23–21
 * Women's doubles: Bao Yixin/Zhong Qianxin def. Cheng Wen-hsing /Chien Yu-chin 13–21, 25–23, 21–12
 * Mixed doubles: Chen Hung-ling /Cheng Wen-hsing def. Joachim Fischer Nielsen /Christinna Pedersen  21–19, 16–21, 21–15

Basketball

 * FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China:
 * Bronze medal game: 68–70 
 * Final:  70–69
 * China win the title for the 15th time, and qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
 * Jordan and Korea both qualify for World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
 * FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali:
 * Group A:
 * 69–53
 * 95–30
 * 54–59
 * Standings (after 3 games unless stated): Mali, Mozambique 6 points, Tunisia 4, DR Congo 3 (2), Côte d'Ivoire 3, Ghana 1 (2).
 * Group B:
 * 68–60
 * 99–32
 * 67–59
 * Standings (after 3 games unless stated): Senegal 6 points, Nigeria 5, Rwanda 4, Cameroon, Angola 3 (2), Guinea 3.
 * FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Neiva, Colombia:
 * Group A:
 * 80–50
 * 46–68
 * Standings (after 2 games unless stated): Puerto Rico, Colombia 3 points, Argentina, 2 (1), Chile 2.
 * Group B:
 * 69–64
 * 39–56
 * Standings (after 2 games unless stated): Brazil 4 points, Canada 3, Jamaica 2 (1), Mexico 2, 1 (1).

Cricket

 * West Indies in England:
 * 2nd T20I in London: undefined 113/5 (20 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 88 (16.4 overs). West Indies win by 25 runs; 2-match series drawn 1–1.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Windhoek, day 3: undefined 350 & 260/4 (81 overs; Preston Mommsen 102); 🇳🇦 namibia 263 (86.1 overs; Majid Haq 6/32). Scotland lead by 347 runs with 6 wickets remaining.

Cycling

 * Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
 * Road race Elite Men: Mark Cavendish  5:40:27  Matthew Goss  s.t.  André Greipel  s.t.
 * Cavendish becomes the first British man to win the world road race title since Tom Simpson in 1965.

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping – Nations Cup Promotional League:
 * Final in Barcelona (CSIO 5*): 🇸🇪 (Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Angelica Augustsson, Svante Johansson, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson)  🇪🇸 (Rutherford Latham, Antonio Marinas Soto, Julio Arias Cueva, Sergio Alvarez Moya)  🇺🇦 (Cassio Rivetti, Oleksandr Onishchenko, Björn Nagel, Katharina Offel)
 * Sweden are promoted to the 2012 FEI Nations Cup.

Golf

 * Solheim Cup in Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland, day 3: Europe 15–13 🇺🇸 United States
 * Singles:
 * Catriona Matthew def. Paula Creamer  6 and 5
 * Sophie Gustafson def. Stacy Lewis  2 up
 * Morgan Pressel def. Anna Nordqvist  2 and 1
 * Juli Inkster vs. Laura Davies  halved
 * Vicky Hurst def. Melissa Reid  2 up
 * Christel Boeljon def. Brittany Lincicome  2 up
 * Brittany Lang def. Sandra Gal  6 and 5
 * Christina Kim def. Maria Hjorth  4 and 2
 * Suzann Pettersen def. Michelle Wie  1 up
 * Ryann O'Toole vs. Caroline Hedwall  halved
 * Azahara Muñoz def. Angela Stanford  1 up
 * Karen Stupples def. Cristie Kerr  10 and 8 (Kerr WD at start of match)
 * Europe wins the Cup for the first time since 2003 and fourth time overall.
 * PGA Tour:
 * FedEx Cup Playoffs: The Tour Championship in Atlanta (USA unless stated):
 * Winner: Bill Haas 272 (−8)PO
 * Haas defeats Hunter Mahan on the third playoff hole to win his third PGA Tour title.
 * Final FedEx Cup standings: (1) Haas 2760 points (2) Webb Simpson 2745 (3) Luke Donald 2567
 * European Tour:
 * Austrian Golf Open in Atzenbrugg, Austria:
 * Winner: Kenneth Ferrie 276 (−12)PO
 * Ferrie defeats Simon Wakefield on the first playoff hole to win his third European Tour title, and first in six years.

Gymnastics

 * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Montpellier, France:
 * 5 Balls: 🇷🇺 (Uliana Donskova, Ksenia Dudkina, Olga Ilina, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko, Natalia Pichuzhkina) 28.000  🇮🇹 (Elisa Blanchi, Romina Laurito, Marta Pagnini, Elisa Santoni, Anzhelika Savaryuk, Andreea Stefanescu) 27.000  🇧🇬 (Reneta Kamberova, Mihaela Maevska, Tsvetelina Nayedorova, Elena Todorova, Hristiana Todorova, Katrin Velkova) 26.950
 * 3 Ribbons + 2 Hoops: 🇧🇬 27.400  🇮🇹 26.725  🇮🇱 (Moran Buzovski, Viktoriya Koshel, Noa Palatchy, Marina Shults, Polina Zakaluzny, Eliora Zholkovsky) 26.675
 * Israel win their first medal in groups event.

Motorcycle racing

 * Superbike:
 * Imola World Championship round in Imola, Italy:
 * Race 1: (1) Jonathan Rea (Honda CBR1000RR) (2) Noriyuki Haga  (Ducati 1098R) (3) Carlos Checa  (Ducati 1098R)
 * Race 2: (1) Checa (2) Haga (3) Leon Camier (Aprilia RSV4)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 11 of 13 rounds): (1) Checa 417 points (2) Marco Melandri (Yamaha YZF-R1) 320 (3) Max Biaggi  (Aprilia RSV4) 281
 * Supersport:
 * Imola World Championship round in Imola, Italy: (1) Fabien Foret (Honda CBR600RR) (2) Sam Lowes  (Honda CBR600RR) (3) Broc Parkes  (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 10 of 12 rounds): (1) Chaz Davies (Yamaha YZF-R6) 171 points (2) Foret 136 (3) David Salom  (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) 123

Rugby league

 * Super League Play-offs:
 * Preliminary Semi-Final: Wigan Warriors 44–0 Catalans Dragons

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand (teams in bold qualify for 2015 World Cup):
 * Pool B in Wellington: 13–12
 * Standings (after 3 matches unless stated):  14 points, Argentina, Scotland 10, 0 (2),  0.
 * Pool C in Rotorua:  62–12
 * Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Ireland 13 points,  10, 5 (2),  4, Russia 1.
 * Pool D in Auckland: 7–27
 * Standings (after 3 matches unless stated):  14 points, Samoa 10, 5 (2), Fiji 5,  0.

Snooker

 * Players Tour Championship – Event 5 in Sheffield, England:
 * Final: Andrew Higginson 4–1 John Higgins
 * Higginson wins his first professional title.
 * Order of Merit (after 5 of 12 events): (1) Ronnie O'Sullivan 14,400 (2) Mark Selby  12,200 (3) Higginson 12,000

Tennis

 * ATP World Tour:
 * Open de Moselle in Metz, France:
 * Final: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Ivan Ljubičić  6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3
 * Tsonga wins his sixth ATP Tour title.
 * BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy in Bucharest, Romania:
 * Final: Florian Mayer def. Pablo Andújar  6–3, 6–1
 * Mayer wins his first ATP Tour title.
 * WTA Tour:
 * Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, South Korea:
 * Final: María José Martínez Sánchez def. Galina Voskoboeva  7–6(0), 7–6(2)
 * Martínez Sánchez wins her second title of the year and fifth of her career.
 * Guangzhou International Women's Open in Guangzhou, China:
 * Final: Chanelle Scheepers def. Magdaléna Rybáriková  6–2, 6–2
 * Scheepers wins her first WTA Tour title.

Volleyball

 * Women's European Championship in Italy and Serbia (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in italics advance to the playoffs):
 * Pool A in Belgrade, Serbia:
 * 0–3
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Germany, Serbia 6 points, France, Ukraine 0.
 * Pool B in Monza, Italy:
 *  3–1
 * ''' 2–3 '
 * Final standings: Italy 7 points, Turkey 5, Azerbaijan, Croatia 3.
 * Pool C in Zrenjanin, Serbia:
 * 3–0
 * 0–3
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Poland 6 points, Czech Republic, Romania 3, Israel 0.
 * Pool D in Busto Arsizio, Italy:
 * ''' 3–1 '
 *  3–0
 * Final standings: Russia 9 points, Netherlands 6, Spain 3, Bulgaria 0.
 * Men's South American Championship in Cuiabá, Brazil:
 * 3–1
 * 3–0
 * 3–1
 * Final standings: Brazil 12 points,  Argentina 11,  Venezuela, Colombia,  9, Paraguay 7, Uruguay 6.
 * Brazil win the title for the 28th time.
 * Brazil and Argentina both qualify for the World Cup.
 * Men's Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran:
 * Pool E:
 * 1–3
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Iran 6 points, India 3, Japan 2, Pakistan 1.
 * Pool F:
 * 3–0
 * 2–3
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Australia 5 points, China 4, South Korea 3, Sri Lanka 0.
 * Men's African Championship in Tangier, Morocco (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group A:
 *  3–1
 * 0–3 
 * Final standings: Cameroon 6 points, Tunisia 5, Morocco 4, Botswana 3.
 * Group B:
 *  3–0
 *  3–0
 * Final standings: Egypt 6 points, Algeria 5, Congo 4, South Africa 3.



Australian rules football

 * AFL Finals Series:
 * Preliminary Final in Melbourne:  17.15 (117) – 10.9 (69)

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball news: The San Francisco Giants, the reigning World Series champion, are eliminated from postseason contention after a 15–2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Thus for the eleventh consecutive year, the previous World Series champions will not defend their title.

Basketball

 * FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China:
 * Semifinals:
 *  75–61
 * Jordan advances to the final for the first time.
 * 43–56 
 * FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali:
 * Group A:
 * 0–20
 * 76–55
 * 44–57
 * Standings (after 2 games unless stated): Mali, Mozambique 4 points, Tunisia 3, Côte d'Ivoire 2, DR Congo 1 (1), Ghana 0 (1).
 * Group B:
 * 60–31
 * 45–42
 * 42–63
 * Standings (after 2 games unless stated): Senegal 4 points, Rwanda, Nigeria 3, Cameroon 2 (1), Guinea 2, Angola 1 (1).
 * FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Neiva, Colombia:
 * Group A:
 * 50–67
 * 50–69
 * Group B:
 * 117–34
 * 45–72

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Windhoek, day 2: undefined 350 (115.4 overs; Christi Viljoen 5/94); 🇳🇦 namibia 230/6 (74.0 overs). Namibia trail by 120 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cycling

 * Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
 * Road race Junior Men: Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier  2h 48' 58"  Martijn Degreve  s.t.  Steven Lammertink  s.t.
 * Road race Elite Women: Giorgia Bronzini  3h 21' 28"  Marianne Vos  s.t.  Ina-Yoko Teutenberg  s.t.
 * Bronzini wins the title for the second successive time.

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix:
 * JGP Brașov Cup in Brașov, Romania:
 * Men:
 * Standings (after 3 of 7 events): Joshua Farris, Jason Brown , Ryuju Hino 15 points, Artur Dmitriev Jr. , Keiji Tanaka , Zhang He  13.
 * Ice dancing:
 * Standings (after 3 of 7 events): Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhiganshin, Nicole Orford/Thomas Williams , Maria Nosulia/Evgen Kholoniuk 15 points, Lauri Bonacorsi/Travis Mager , Anastasia Galyeta/Alexei Shumski , Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin  13.

Golf

 * Solheim Cup in Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland, day 2: Europe 8–8 🇺🇸 United States
 * Morning Foursomes:
 * Caroline Hedwall/Sophie Gustafson def. Angela Stanford/Stacy Lewis  6 and 5
 * Morgan Pressel/Ryann O'Toole def. Karen Stupples/Christel Boeljon  3 and 2
 * Maria Hjorth/Anna Nordqvist def. Brittany Lang/Juli Inkster  3 and 2
 * Cristie Kerr/Paula Creamer and Catriona Matthew/Azahara Muñoz  match halved
 * Afternoon Fourball:
 * Laura Davies/Melissa Reid def. Michelle Wie/Lang  3 and 2
 * Pressel/Kerr def. Suzann Pettersen/Hedwall  1 up
 * Lewis/O'Toole def. Sandra Gal/Boeljon  2 and 1
 * Creamer/Brittany Lincicome def. Hjorth/Muñoz  3 and 1

Gymnastics

 * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Montpellier, France:
 * Groups all-around: 🇮🇹 (Elisa Blanchi, Romina Laurito, Marta Pagnini, Elisa Santoni, Anzhelika Savaryuk, Andreea Stefanescu) 55.150  🇷🇺 (Uliana Donskova, Ksenia Dudkina, Olga Ilina, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko, Natalia Pichuzhkina) 54.850  🇧🇬 (Reneta Kamberova, Mihaela Maevska, Tsvetelina Nayedorova, Elena Todorova, Hristiana Todorova, Katrin Velkova) 54.125
 * Italy win the all-around title for the third successive time.

Mixed martial arts

 * UFC 135 in Denver, Colorado, United States:
 * Light Heavyweight Championship: Jon Jones (c) def. Quinton Jackson  via submission (rear naked choke)
 * Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck def. Matt Hughes  via KO (punches)
 * Heavyweight bout: Mark Hunt def. Ben Rothwell  via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–27, 30–27)
 * Heavyweight bout: Travis Browne def. Rob Broughton  via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
 * Lightweight bout: Nate Diaz def. Takanori Gomi  via submission (armbar)

Rugby league

 * NRL Finals Series:
 * Preliminary Final in Melbourne: Melbourne Storm 12–20  New Zealand Warriors

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand (team in bold qualify for quarter-finals):
 * Pool A in Auckland:  37–17
 * Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): New Zealand 15 points, France 10, 5,  4 (2),  0.
 * Pool B in Dunedin: 67–3
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): England 14 points (3 matches), 9,  6,  0, Romania 0 (3).

Volleyball

 * Women's European Championship in Italy and Serbia:
 * Pool A in Belgrade, Serbia:
 * 3–0
 * 1–3
 * Pool B in Monza, Italy:
 * 3–0
 * 3–1
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Italy 6 points, Croatia, Turkey 3, Azerbaijan 0.
 * Pool C in Zrenjanin, Serbia:
 * 0–3
 * 0–3
 * Pool D in Busto Arsizio, Italy:
 * 0–3
 * 3–1
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Netherlands, Russia 6 points, Spain, Bulgaria 0.
 * Men's South American Championship in Cuiabá, Brazil:
 * 3–0
 * 3–1
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 5 matches unless stated): Brazil, 10 points, Chile 9 (6), Venezuela, Colombia 7, Paraguay 6, Uruguay 5.
 * Brazil and Argentina both qualify for the World Cup.
 * Men's African Championship in Tangier, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * 0–3
 * 1–3
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Cameroon 4 points, Tunisia, Morocco 3, Botswana 2.
 * Group B:
 * 3–0
 * 3–1
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Egypt 4 points, Algeria, Congo 3, South Africa 2.



Australian rules football

 * AFL Finals Series:
 * Preliminary Final in Melbourne:  10.8 (68)–9.11 (65)

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball news:
 * The Texas Rangers clinch their second consecutive American League West title with a 5–3 win over the Seattle Mariners.
 * The Milwaukee Brewers clinch their first National League Central title with a 4–1 win over the Florida Marlins.
 * The Arizona Diamondbacks clinch their fifth National League West title, and first since 2007, with a 3–1 win over the San Francisco Giants.

Basketball

 * FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  88–84
 *  86–67
 *  95–78
 * 48–68 
 * FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali:
 * Group A:
 * 65–69 (OT)
 * 69–41
 * Group B:
 * 69–35
 * 86–62

Cricket

 * West Indies in England:
 * 1st T20I in London: undefined 125 (19.4 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 128/0 (15.2 overs). England win by 10 wickets; lead 2-match series 1–0.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup in Windhoek, day 1: undefined 268/7 (96 overs; Ryan Flannigan 102); 🇳🇦 namibia.

Cycling

 * Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
 * Road race Junior Women: Lucy Garner  1:46:17  Jessy Druyts  s.t.  Christina Siggaard  s.t.
 * Road race Under 23 Men: Arnaud Démare  3:52:16  Adrien Petit  s.t.  Andrew Fenn  s.t.

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix:
 * JGP Brașov Cup in Brașov, Romania:
 * Ladies: Polina Shelepen  157.61  Polina Korobeynikova  149.87  Kim Hae-jin  144.61
 * Standings (after 4 of 7 events): Shelepen 30 points (2 events), Korobeynikova 22 (2), Kim 18 (2), Yulia Lipnitskaya, Courtney Hicks 15 (1), Satoko Miyahara , Li Zijun , Risa Shoji  13 (1).

Golf

 * Solheim Cup in Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland, day 1: Europe 4½–3½ 🇺🇸 United States
 * Morning Foursomes:
 * Michelle Wie/Cristie Kerr def. Maria Hjorth/Anna Nordqvist  2 & 1
 * Paula Creamer/Brittany Lincicome def. Karen Stupples/Melissa Reid  1 up
 * Catriona Matthew/Azahara Muñoz def. Stacy Lewis/Angela Stanford  3 & 2
 * Suzann Pettersen/Sophie Gustafson def. Brittany Lang/Juli Inkster  1 up
 * Afternoon Fourball:
 * Morgan Pressel/Creamer def. Laura Davies/Reid  1 up
 * Christina Kim/Ryann O'Toole and Matthew/Sandra Gal  match halved
 * Gustafson/Caroline Hedwall def. Vicky Hurst/Lincicome  5 & 4
 * Pettersen/Nordqvist def. Wie/Kerr  2 & 1

Gymnastics

 * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Montpellier, France (RUS unless stated):
 * Individual all-around: Yevgeniya Kanayeva 116.650  Daria Kondakova 116.600  Aliya Garayeva  112.450
 * Kabayeva wins her sixth title of the championships and equals her record in 2009. She also wins her third successive all-around title and 17th world title overall.

Rugby league

 * NRL Finals Series:
 * Preliminary Final in Sydney: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26–14  Brisbane Broncos
 * Super League Play-offs:
 * Preliminary Semi-Finals: Huddersfield Giants 28–34 Leeds Rhinos

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool C in Wellington: 67–5
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): Australia 10 points (3 matches), 8,  5, United States 4 (3),  1.

Volleyball

 * Women's European Championship in Italy and Serbia:
 * Pool B in Monza, Italy:
 * 3–1
 * 3–0
 * Pool D in Busto Arsizio, Italy:
 * 3–0
 * 3–0
 * Women's Asian Championship in Taipei, Chinese Taipei:
 * Bronze medal match:  3–2
 * Final:  3–1
 * China win the title for the 12th time.
 * Men's South American Championship in Cuiabá, Brazil:
 * 3–0
 * 3–2
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): Argentina 10 points (5 matches), 8, Chile 7 (5), Venezuela 6, Colombia, Paraguay 5, Uruguay 4.
 * Argentina qualifies for the World Cup.
 * Men's Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Pool A:
 * ' 3–0 '
 * 0–3
 * Final standings: Iran 9 points, India 5, Chinese Taipei 4, Afghanistan 0.
 * Pool B:
 *  3–2
 *  3–0
 * Final standings: China 9 points, Sri Lanka 5, Indonesia 4, Uzbekistan 0.
 * Pool C:
 * 0–3 
 *  3–0
 * Final standings: Japan 8 points, Pakistan 6, Kazakhstan 3, Thailand 1.
 * Pool D:
 * 0–3 
 * 0–3 
 * Final standings: Australia 8 points, South Korea 7, Qatar 3, Turkmenistan 0.
 * Men's African Championship in Tangier, Morocco:
 * Group A:
 * 3–2
 * 3–0
 * Group B:
 * 3–0
 * 3–1



Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying Matchday 2:
 * Group 2: 2–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated):, 3 points (1 match), , , Kazakhstan 3, Turkey 0.
 * Group 4: 1–3
 * Standings: France 6 points (2 matches), Ireland 3 (2), Scotland 0 (0), Wales, Israel 0 (1).
 * Group 6: 4–0
 * Standings: England 4 points (2 matches), 3 (1),  1 (2), Slovenia 0 (0),  0 (1).
 * Copa Sudamericana Second stage, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
 * Deportivo Cali 🇨🇴 1–1 (1–1) 🇨🇴 Santa Fe. 2–2 on points, 2–2 on aggregate; Santa Fe win 6–5 on penalties.
 * Trujillanos 🇻🇪 0–1 (1–4) 🇪🇨 LDU Quito. LDU Quito win 6–0 on points.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 4:
 * Group A: Motagua 0–2 🇲🇽 Morelia
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Morelia, Alajuelense 9 points, 🇺🇸 Los Angeles Galaxy 6, Motagua 0.
 * Group B: Santos Laguna 🇲🇽 6–0 🇸🇻 Isidro Metapán
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Santos Laguna 9 points, Isidro Metapán 6, Real España, 🇺🇸 Colorado Rapids 4.

Gymnastics

 * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Montpellier, France (RUS unless stated):
 * Clubs: Yevgeniya Kanayeva 29.600  Daria Kondakova 29.300  Silviya Miteva  28.300
 * Ribbon: Kanayeva 29.400  Kondakova 29.250  Miteva 28.300
 * Kabayeva wins the ribbon event for the second time.
 * Teams: 🇷🇺 (Kanayeva, Kondakova, Daria Dmitrieva, Alexandra Merkulova) 290.275  🇧🇾 (Liubov Charkashyna, Melitina Staniouta, Aliana Narkevich, Hanna Rabtsava) 272.500  🇺🇦 (Alina Maksymenko, Ganna Rizatdinova, Victoriya Mazur, Victoriia Shynkarenko) 269.675
 * Kanayeva wins her fifth title of the championships, and her fourth team title and 16th world title overall.
 * Kondakova and Dmitrieva both win their third team title and fourth world title overall.

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool D in Auckland: 87–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): South Africa 14 points (3 matches), 6,,  5, Namibia 0 (3).
 * South Africa qualifies for 2015 World Cup.

Volleyball

 * Women's Asian Championship in Taipei, Chinese Taipei:
 * Semifinals:
 *  3–2
 *  3–1
 * China qualifies for the World Cup.
 * Men's South American Championship in Cuiabá, Brazil:
 * 3–0
 * 3–0
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Brazil, Argentina 8 points (4 matches), Chile 5 (4), Venezuela, Colombia, Paraguay 4, 3.
 * Men's Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Pool A:
 *  3–0
 * 0–3 
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Iran 6 points, India 5, Chinese Taipei 1, Afghanistan 0.
 * Pool B:
 * 0–3 
 * 0–3
 * Standings (after 2 matches): China 6 points, Sri Lanka, Indonesia 3, Uzbekistan 0.
 * Pool C:
 * 2–3
 * 3–2
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Japan 5 points, Kazakhstan, Pakistan 3, Thailand 1.
 * Pool D:
 *  3–0
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Australia 5 points, South Korea 4, Qatar 3, Turkmenistan 0.



Baseball

 * Major League Baseball news: The New York Yankees clinch a playoff berth with a 4–2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Basketball

 * FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China (teams in bold qualify for quarterfinals):
 * Group E:
 *  101–53
 * 62–109 
 * ' 62–79 '
 * Final standings: Iran 10 points, Korea 9 points, Chinese Taipei 8, Lebanon 7, Malaysia 6, Uzbekistan 5.
 * Group F:
 *  94–80
 * 52–75 
 * ' 58–84 '
 * Final standings: China 10 points, Philippines 9, Japan 8, Jordan 7, Syria 6, United Arab Emirates 5.

Cycling

 * Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
 * Time trial Elite Men: Tony Martin  53:43.85  Bradley Wiggins  54:59.68  Fabian Cancellara  55:04.44

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying Matchday 2:
 * Group 1: 0–2
 * Group 2: 4–1
 * Standings (after 1 match unless stated):, 3 points, Switzerland, Romania 3 (2), ,  0.
 * Group 3:
 * 6–0
 * 0–0
 * Standings: Iceland 7 points (3 matches), Belgium 4 (2), Norway 3 (2), 0 (0),  0 (1), Hungary 0 (2).
 * Group 6: 6–0
 * Standings: Netherlands 3 points (1 match), 1 (1), Serbia 1 (2),,  0 (0).
 * Group 7: 0–5
 * Standings (after 1 match unless stated): Portugal, 3 points,,  1, Armenia 0 (2).
 * 2012 Olympics Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3, Matchday 1:
 * Group A:
 * 2–0 🇴🇲 oman
 * 1–1 🇶🇦 qatar
 * Group B:
 * 2–0 🇮🇶 iraq
 * 0–0
 * Group C:
 * 2–0
 * 3–1 🇧🇭 bahrain
 * Copa Sudamericana Second stage, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):
 * Nacional 0–2 (0–1)  Universidad de Chile — match abandoned due to crowd trouble
 * Libertad 1–0 (1–0) 🇨🇴 La Equidad. Libertad win 6–0 on points.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 4:
 * Group A: Alajuelense 1–0 🇺🇸 Los Angeles Galaxy
 * Standings: Alajuense 9 points (4 matches), 🇲🇽 Morelia 6 (3), Los Angeles Galaxy 6 (4), Motagua 0 (3).
 * Group B: Colorado Rapids 🇺🇸 1–2 Real España
 * Standings: 🇲🇽 Santos Laguna, 🇸🇻 Isidro Metapán 6 points (3 matches), Real España, Colorado Rapids 4 (4).
 * Group C: FC Dallas 🇺🇸 0–2 🇲🇽 UNAM
 * Standings (after 4 matches): UNAM, FC Dallas 7 points, 🇨🇦 Toronto FC 6, 🇵🇦 Tauro 2.

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool A in Whangarei: 31–18
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated):, 10 points, Tonga 5 (3),  4, Japan 0 (3).

Surfing

 * Men's World Tour:
 * Hurley Pro in Trestles, California, United States: (1) Kelly Slater (2) Owen Wright  (3) Heitor Alves  & Julian Wilson
 * Standings (after 7 of 11 events): (1) Slater 44,950 points (2) Wright 39,900 (3) Joel Parkinson 35,400

Volleyball

 * Women's Asian Championship in Taipei, Chinese Taipei:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  3–0
 *  3–0
 * 0–3 
 *  3–1
 * Men's South American Championship in Cuiabá, Brazil:
 * 3–0
 * 3–0
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Brazil, Argentina 6 points, Venezuela,, Paraguay 3 (2), Chile, Uruguay 3.
 * Men's Asian Championship in Tehran, Iran:
 * Pool A:
 * 3–2
 * 0–3
 * Pool B:
 * 3–0
 * 3–1
 * Pool C:
 * 3–0
 * 3–2
 * Pool D:
 * 3–0
 * 3–2



Basketball

 * FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China (teams in bold qualify for quarterfinals):
 * Group E:
 * 75–80
 *  76–45
 * 61–82 
 * Standings (after 4 games): Iran, South Korea 8 points, Chinese Taipei 6, Lebanon, Malaysia 5, Uzbekistan 4.
 * Group F:
 * 73–80
 * ' 83–76 '
 *  93–60
 * Standings (after 4 games): China 8 points, Philippines, Japan 7, Jordan, Syria 5, United Arab Emirates 4.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 3rd Test in Colombo, day 5: 🇦🇺 australia 316 & 488 (138.5 overs, Phillip Hughes 126, Michael Clarke 112); undefined 473 & 7/0 (2 overs). Match drawn, Australia win the series 1–0.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day:
 * 8th ODI in Dublin: undefined 249/7 (50 overs); 🇨🇦 canada 193 (46.3 overs). Ireland win by 56 runs.
 * Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): Ireland 8 points, 🇦🇫 afghanistan, undefined 4 (2),  undefined 4, 🇰🇪 kenya 2,  undefined 2 (2), 🇳🇦 namibia 0 (2), Canada 0.

Cycling

 * Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
 * Time trial Junior Men: Mads Würtz Schmidt  35:07.68  James Oram  35:11.79  David Edwards  35:28.47
 * Time trial Elite Women: Judith Arndt  37:07.38  Linda Villumsen  37:29.11  Emma Pooley  37:31.51
 * Arndt wins her second world championship title.

Football (soccer)

 * Copa Sudamericana Second stage second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):
 * Emelec 🇪🇨 1–2 (1–2) Olimpia. Olimpia win 6–0 on points.
 * Aurora 🇧🇴 5–2 (1–1) Nacional. Aurora win 4–1 on points.
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 4:
 * Group C: Toronto FC 🇨🇦 1–0 🇵🇦 Tauro
 * Standings: 🇺🇸 FC Dallas 7 points (3 matches), Toronto 6 (4), 🇲🇽 UNAM 4 (3), Tauro 2 (4).
 * Group D:
 * Monterrey 🇲🇽 3–1 Comunicaciones
 * Seattle Sounders FC 🇺🇸 0–1 Herediano
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Seattle Sounders 9 points, Monterrey, Comunicaciones 6, Herediano 3.

Gymnastics

 * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Montpellier, France (RUS unless stated):
 * Hoop: Yevgeniya Kanayeva 29.300  Daria Kondakova 29.050  Neta Rivkin  28.000
 * Rivkin becomes the first world championship medallist from Israel.
 * Ball: Kanayeva 29.600  Kondakova 29.325  Liubov Charkashyna  28.450
 * Kanayeva wins both events for the third time and increases her record to 13 world titles overall.

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool C in Nelson: 53–17
 * Standings (after 2 matches): 8 points,, Italy 5,  4, Russia 1.

Volleyball

 * Men's South American Championship in Cuiabá, Brazil:
 * 3–0
 * 0–3
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): Brazil, Argentina 4 points, Colombia 3, Paraguay 2 (1), Chile, Uruguay 2, Venezuela 1 (1).



American football

 * NFL Monday Night Football, Week 2: New York Giants 28, St. Louis Rams 16

Auto racing

 * Sprint Cup Series – Chase for the Sprint Cup:
 * GEICO 400 in Joliet, Illinois: (1) Tony Stewart (Chevrolet; Stewart Haas Racing) (2)  Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) (3)  Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 27 of 36 races): (1) Harvick 2054 points (2) Stewart 2047 (3) Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 2044

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball news: New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera earns his 602th career save, breaking Trevor Hoffman's record for most career saves.

Basketball

 * FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China (teams in bold qualify for quarterfinals):
 * Group E:
 * 36–121 
 * 58–60
 *  106–57
 * Standings (after 3 games): Iran, South Korea 6 points, Chinese Taipei 5, Lebanon 4, Malaysia, Uzbekistan 3.
 * Group F:
 * 64–72
 *  101–61
 * 71–90 
 * Standings (after 3 games): Japan, China 6 points, Philippines 5, Jordan 4, Syria, United Arab Emirates 3.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 3rd Test in Colombo, day 4: 🇦🇺 australia 316 & 209/3 (68 overs; Phillip Hughes 122*); undefined 473 (174 overs; Angelo Mathews 105*). Australia lead by 52 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day:
 * 7th ODI in Dublin: undefined 328/6 (50 overs); 🇨🇦 canada 195 (48.4 overs). Ireland win by 133 runs.
 * Standings: Ireland 6 points (3 matches), 🇦🇫 afghanistan, undefined 4 (2),  undefined 4 (4), 🇰🇪 kenya 2 (4),  undefined 2 (2), 🇳🇦 namibia 0 (2), Canada 0 (3).

Cycling

 * Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
 * Time trial Junior Women: Jessica Allen  19:18.63  Elinor Barker  19:20.47  Mieke Kröger  19:21.43
 * Time trial Under 23 Men: Luke Durbridge  42:47.13  Rasmus Quaade  43:22.81  Michael Hepburn  43:33.60

Tennis

 * Davis Cup World Group play-offs, day 3 (team in bold will play in 2012 World Group): 2–3 

Volleyball

 * Women's Asian Championship in Taipei, Chinese Taipei:
 * Pool E:
 * 3–0
 * 0–3
 * Final standings: China 9 points, Chinese Taipei 6, North Korea 3, Iran 0.
 * Pool F:
 * 3–0
 * 0–3
 * Final standings: Japan 8 points, South Korea 7, Thailand 3, Vietnam 0.
 * Men's South American Championship in Cuiabá, Brazil:
 * 3–0
 * 3–0
 * 2–3



American football

 * NFL week 2:
 * Cleveland Browns 27, Indianapolis Colts 19
 * Buffalo Bills 38, Oakland Raiders 35
 * Detroit Lions 48, Kansas City Chiefs 3
 * New Orleans Saints 30, Chicago Bears 13
 * Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24, Minnesota Vikings 20
 * Green Bay Packers 30, Carolina Panthers 23
 * Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Seattle Seahawks 0
 * Tennessee Titans 26, Baltimore Ravens 13
 * Washington Redskins 22, Arizona Cardinals 21
 * New York Jets 32, Jacksonville Jaguars 3
 * Dallas Cowboys 27, San Francisco 49ers 24 (OT)
 * Denver Broncos 24, Cincinnati Bengals 22
 * New England Patriots 35, San Diego Chargers 21
 * Houston Texans 23, Miami Dolphins 13
 * Sunday Night Football: Atlanta Falcons 35, Philadelphia Eagles 31

Auto racing

 * Sprint Cup Series – Chase for the Sprint Cup:
 * GEICO 400 in Joliet, Illinois: Race postponed to 12:00 pm EDT on September 19 due to rain.
 * IndyCar Series:
 * Indy Japan: The Final in Motegi, Japan: (1) Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) (2) Will Power  (Team Penske) (3) Marco Andretti  (Andretti Autosport)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 16 of 18 races): (1) Power 542 points (2) Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) 531 (3) Dixon 483
 * Final road course standings: (1) Power 397 points (2) Franchitti 367 (3) Dixon 302
 * V8 Supercars:
 * L&H 500 in Phillip Island, Victoria (all AUS): (1) Craig Lowndes/Mark Skaife (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (2) Jamie Whincup/Andrew Thompson (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (3) Will Davison/Luke Youlden (Ford Performance Racing; Ford FG Falcon)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 19 of 28 races): (1) Whincup 2145 points (2) Lowndes 2053 (3) Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon) 1716

Badminton

 * BWF Super Series:
 * China Masters Super Series in Changzhou:
 * Men's singles: Chen Long def. Chen Jin  21–16, 22–20
 * Women's singles: Wang Shixian def. Jiang Yanjiao  21–16, 8–5 Ret.
 * Men's doubles: Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae def. Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng  21–17, 21–10
 * Women's doubles: Huan Xia/Tang Jinhua def. Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang  21–19 Ret.
 * Mixed doubles: Xu Chen/Ma Jin def. Yoo Yeon-seong/Jang Ye-na  21–13, 21–16

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Kaunas, Lithuania:
 * Bronze medal game: 68–72  
 * Final:  98–85
 * Spain win the title for the second successive time.
 * Spain and France both qualify for 2012 Olympics.

College sports

 * The Atlantic Coast Conference votes to accept the University of Pittsburgh and Syracuse University's applications for membership. Pitt and Syracuse are to leave the Big East Conference.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 3rd Test in Colombo, day 3: 🇦🇺 australia 316; undefined 428/6 (155 overs). Sri Lanka lead by 112 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * Pakistan in Zimbabwe:
 * 2nd T20 in Harare: 🇵🇰 pakistan 141/7 (20 overs); undefined 136/7 (20 overs). Pakistan win by 5 runs; win 2-match series 2–0.

Equestrianism

 * European Show Jumping Championship in Madrid:
 * Individual result: Rolf-Göran Bengtsson  on Ninja  Carsten-Otto Nagel  on Corradina  Nick Skelton  on Carlo

Football (soccer)

 * 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round group E: 2–1
 * Standings (after 2 matches): 6 points, 🇧🇿 belize, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Grenada 0.
 * UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying Matchday 1:
 * Group 5: 1–4
 * Standings: Ukraine, 3 points (1 match),,  0 (0), Estonia 0 (2).
 * CAF Champions League Group stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group A:
 * Raja Casablanca 🇲🇦 0–0 Al-Hilal
 * Enyimba 🇳🇬 2–0 🇨🇲 Coton Sport
 * Final standings: Enyimba 14 points, Al-Hilal 8, Coton Sport 7, Raja Casablanca 3.
 * CAF Confederation Cup Group stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group A:
 * Kaduna United 🇳🇬 0–1 🇹🇳 Club Africain
 * ASEC Mimosas 🇨🇮 1–0 Inter Luanda
 * Final standings: Club Africain 11 points, Inter Luanda 10, ASEC Mimosas 7, Kaduna United 5.

Gaelic football

 * All-Ireland Championship Final in Dublin: Kerry 1–11–1–12 Dublin
 * Dublin win the title for the first time since 1995, and 23rd time overall.

Golf

 * PGA Tour:
 * FedEx Cup Playoffs: BMW Championship in Lemont, Illinois:
 * Winner: Justin Rose 271 (−13)
 * Rose wins his third PGA Tour title.
 * FedEx Cup points: (1) Webb Simpson 5261 points (2) Dustin Johnson  3841 (3) Rose 3748
 * European Tour:
 * Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France: Great Britain & Ireland 🇬🇧🇮🇪 15½–12½ Continental Europe
 * Great Britain & Ireland win for the sixth successive time.
 * LPGA Tour:
 * Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Alabama:
 * Winner: Lexi Thompson 271 (−17)
 * At the age of 16 years, 223 days, Thompson becomes the youngest player to win on the LPGA Tour.
 * Champions Tour:
 * Songdo IBD Championship in Incheon, South Korea:
 * Winner: Jay Don Blake 203 (−13)PO
 * Blake wins a four-man playoff to win his first Champions Tour title.

Motorcycle racing

 * Moto GP:
 * Aragon Grand Prix in Alcañiz, Spain (ESP unless stated):
 * MotoGP: (1) Casey Stoner (Honda) (2) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) (3) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 14 of 18 races): (1) Stoner 284 points (2) Lorenzo 240 (3) Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 185
 * Moto2: (1) Marc Márquez (Suter) (2) Andrea Iannone (Suter) (3) Simone Corsi  (FTR)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 13 of 17 races): (1) Stefan Bradl (Kalex) 221 points (2) Márquez 215 (3) Iannone 132
 * 125cc: (1) Nicolás Terol (Aprilia) (2) Johann Zarco (Derbi) (3) Maverick Viñales (Aprilia)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 13 of 17 races): (1) Terol 241 points (2) Zarco 205 (3) Viñales 177

Rugby league

 * Super League Play-offs:
 * Qualifying and Elimination Finals:
 * Leeds Rhinos 42–10 Hull
 * Wigan Warriors 18–26 St. Helens

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool A in Napier: 46–19
 * Standings (after 2 matches):, France 10 points, Canada 4, 1,  0.
 * Pool B in Dunedin: 41–10
 * Standings (after 2 matches): England, 9 points,  6, Georgia,  0.
 * Pool D in Hamilton: 17–10
 * Standings (after 2 matches): 9 points, Samoa 6, Wales,  5,  0.

Snooker

 * Brazil Masters in Florianópolis, Brazil:
 * Semi-finals:
 * Peter Ebdon 2–5 Graeme Dott
 * Shaun Murphy 5–1 Stephen Hendry
 * Final: Dott 0–5 Murphy
 * Murphy wins his 12th professional title.

Tennis

 * Davis Cup World Group Semifinals, day 3:
 * 2–3 
 *  4–1
 * Spain and Argentina will meet in a repeat of 2008 Final.
 * Davis Cup World Group play-offs, day 3 (teams in bold will play in 2012 World Group):
 * 0–5 
 *  3–2
 * 2–3 
 * 1–4 
 * 1–4 
 *  4–1
 * 1–4 
 * 2–2 – Play suspended due to darkness
 * WTA Tour:
 * Bell Challenge in Quebec City, Canada:
 * Final: Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová def. Marina Erakovic  4–6, 6–1, 6–0.
 * Záhlavová-Strýcová wins her first career title.

Volleyball

 * Men's European Championship in Vienna, Austria:
 * Bronze medal match:  3–1
 * Final:  1–3  
 * Serbia win the title for the second time.
 * Serbia and Italy both qualify for the World Cup.
 * Women's Asian Championship in Taipei, Chinese Taipei:
 * Pool E:
 * 3–1
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): China, Chinese Taipei 6 points, North Korea, Iran 0.
 * Pool F:
 * 1–3
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Japan 5 points, South Korea 4, Thailand 3, Vietnam 0.

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Men's freestyle:
 * 66 kg: Mehdi Taghavi   Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu   Jabrayil Hasanov  & Liván López
 * Taghavi wins the title for the second time.
 * 74 kg: Jordan Burroughs   Sadegh Goudarzi   Ashraf Aliyev  & Davit Khutsishvili
 * 120 kg: Aleksey Shemarov   Beylal Makhov   Jamaladdin Magomedov  & Davit Modzmanashvili



American football

 * NCAA AP Top 10:
 * (1) Oklahoma 23, (5) Florida State 13
 * (2) Alabama 41, North Texas 0
 * (6) Stanford 37, Arizona 0
 * In Chicago: (7) Wisconsin 49, Northern Illinois 7
 * (8) Oklahoma State 59, Tulsa 33
 * (9) Texas A&M 37, Idaho 7
 * (10) South Carolina 24, Navy 21
 * Other games:
 * Clemson 38, (21) Auburn 24
 * Notre Dame 31, (15) Michigan State 13

Australian rules football

 * AFL Finals Series:
 * First Semi-Final in Perth:  15.11 (101)–15.8 (98)

Auto racing

 * Nationwide Series:
 * Dollar General 300 in Joliet, Illinois: (1) Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (2)  Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (3)  Brian Scott (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 28 of 34 races): (1) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 986 points (2)  Elliott Sadler (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Incorporated) 972 (3)  Reed Sorenson (Chevrolet; Turner Motorsports) 939

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Kaunas, Lithuania:
 * Seventh place game:  72–68
 * Fifth place game:  73–69
 * FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China (teams in bold advance to the Second round):
 * Group A:
 *  84–53
 * ' 59–87 '
 * Final standings: South Korea 6 points, Lebanon 5, Malaysia 4, India 3.
 * Group B:
 *  94–78
 * ' 132–38 '
 * Final standings: Iran 6 points, Chinese Taipei 5, Uzbekistan 4, Qatar 3.
 * Group C:
 * ' 55–77 '
 *  89–59
 * Final standings: Japan 6 points, Jordan 5, Syria 4, Indonesia 3.
 * Group D:
 * 71–113 
 * ' 75–60 '
 * Final standings: China 6 points, Philippines 5, United Arab Emirates 4, Bahrain 3.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 3rd Test in Colombo, day 2: 🇦🇺 australia 316 (104.3 overs, Michael Hussey 118); undefined 166/2 (65 overs). Sri Lanka trail by 150 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Clydesdale Bank 40 Final in London: Somerset 214 (39.2 overs); Surrey Lions 189/5 (27.3/30 overs). Surrey win by 5 wickets (D/L).

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix:
 * JGP Baltic Cup in Gdańsk, Poland:
 * Men: Joshua Farris  202.45  Artur Dmitriev Jr.  197.09  Ryuichi Kihara  173.31
 * Standings (after 3 of 7 events): Farris, Jason Brown, Ryuju Hino 15 points, Dmitriev, Keiji Tanaka , Zhang He  13.
 * Ice dancing: Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhiganshin  140.31  Anastasia Galyeta/Alexei Shumski  122.90  Anna Yanovskaia/Sergei Mozgov  121.72
 * Standings (after 3 of 7 events): Sinitsina/Zhiganshin, Nicole Orford/Thomas Williams, Maria Nosulia/Evgen Kholoniuk 15 points, Lauri Bonacorsi/Travis Mager , Galyeta/Shumski, Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin  13.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying Matchday 1:
 * Group 1: 0–1
 * Group 2:
 * 0–3
 * 4–1
 * 1–10
 * Group 3:
 * 2–1
 * 3–1
 * Standings: Iceland 6 points (2 matches), Belgium 3 (1), 0 (0), Hungary, Norway,  0 (1).
 * Group 4: 0–2
 * Group 6: 2–2
 * Group 7:
 * 0–8
 * 1–1
 * CAF Confederation Cup Group stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group B:
 * Sunshine Stars 🇳🇬 1–0 JS Kabylie
 * Maghreb de Fès 🇲🇦 3–0 🇨🇩 Motema Pembe
 * Final standings: Maghreb de Fès 14 points, Sunshine Stars 11, Motema Pembe 8, JS Kabylie 0.

Mixed martial arts

 * UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States:
 * Welterweight bout: Jake Ellenberger def. Jake Shields  via TKO (strikes)
 * Middleweight bout: Court McGee def. Yang Dongi  via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 30–28)
 * Featherweight bout: Erik Koch def. Jonathan Brookins  via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 30–27)
 * Middleweight bout: Alan Belcher def. Jason MacDonald  via submission (strikes)

Rugby league

 * NRL Finals Series:
 * Semi-Final: Brisbane Broncos 13–12  St. George Illawarra Dragons
 * Super League Play-offs:
 * Qualifying and Elimination Finals: Catalans Dragons 56–6 Hull Kingston Rovers

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool B in Invercargill: 43–8
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): 9 points, Argentina 6,  4 (1),  0 (1), Romania 0.
 * Pool C in Auckland: 6–15
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): Ireland 8 points, Australia 5, 4,  1 (1),  0 (1).
 * Pool D in Wellington: 49–3
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): South Africa 9 points, 5 (1), Fiji 5,  1 (1),  0.

Snooker

 * Brazil Masters in Florianópolis, Brazil, quarter-finals:
 * Mark Selby 3–4 Peter Ebdon
 * Igor Figueiredo 2–4 Graeme Dott
 * Shaun Murphy 4–1 Ricky Walden
 * Stephen Hendry 4–0 Ali Carter

Tennis

 * Davis Cup World Group Semifinals, day 2:
 * 1–2
 * 2–1
 * Davis Cup World Group play-offs, day 2 (teams in bold will play in 2012 World Group):
 * 0–3 
 * 1–2
 * 1–2
 * 1–2
 * 0–3 
 * 2–1
 * 1–2
 * 2–1
 * WTA Tour:
 * Tashkent Open in Tashkent, Uzbekistan:
 * Final: Ksenia Pervak def. Eva Birnerová  6–3, 6–1
 * Pervak wins her first career title.

Volleyball

 * Men's European Championship in Vienna, Austria:
 * Semifinals:
 *  3–0
 *  3–2
 * Italy and Serbia both qualify for the World Cup.
 * Women's NORCECA Championship in Caguas, Puerto Rico:
 * Bronze medal match:  3–0
 * Final:  3–0
 * The United States win the title for the sixth time.
 * The United States and Dominican Republic both qualify for the World Cup.
 * Women's Asian Championship in Taipei, Chinese Taipei (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Pool A: 2–3 
 * Final standings:  6 points, Iran 2, Indonesia 1.
 * Pool B:  3–0
 * Final standings: Thailand 6 points,  3, Australia 0.
 * Pool C:
 * 1–3 
 * 0–3 
 * Final standings: China 9 points, North Korea 6, Kazakhstan 3, India 0.
 * Pool D: ' 2–3 '
 * Final standings: Japan 5 points, South Korea 4, 0.

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Men's freestyle:
 * 60 kg: Besik Kudukhov   Franklin Gómez   Kenichi Yumoto  & Dauren Zhumagaziyev
 * Kudukhov wins the title for the fourth time.
 * 84 kg: Sharif Sharifov   Ibragim Aldatov   Dato Marsagishvili  & Albert Saritov
 * 96 kg: Reza Yazdani   Serhat Balcı   Ruslan Sheikhau  & Jake Varner



Athletics

 * IAAF Diamond League:
 * Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium:
 * Men:
 * 100m: Usain Bolt 9.76
 * 200m: Yohan Blake 19.26
 * Blake records the second-fastest time ever.
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Walter Dix 16 points (2) Blake 8 (3) Jaysuma Saidy Ndure  5
 * 400m: Jonathan Borlée 44.78
 * 400m hurdles: Javier Culson 48.32
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Dai Greene 16 points (2) Culson 15 (3) Cornel Fredericks  4
 * 800m: David Rudisha 1:43.96
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Rudisha 16 points (2) Asbel Kiprop 8 (3) Alfred Kirwa Yego  5
 * 5000m: Imane Merga 12:58.32
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Merga 15 points (2) Vincent Chepkok 7 (3) Dejen Gebremeskel  4
 * 10,000m: Kenenisa Bekele 26:43.16
 * Javelin throw: Matthias de Zordo 88.36m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) de Zordo 17 points (2) Andreas Thorkildsen 14 (3) Vadims Vasiļevskis  4
 * Pole vault: Konstadinos Filippidis 5.72m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Renaud Lavillenie 20 points (2) Malte Mohr  12 (3) Filippidis 10
 * Shot put: Reese Hoffa 22.09m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Dylan Armstrong 17 points (2) Hoffa 16 (3) Christian Cantwell  11
 * Triple jump: Benjamin Compaoré 17.31m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Phillips Idowu 18 points (2) Alexis Copello  9 (3) Compaoré 8
 * Women:
 * 100m: Carmelita Jeter 10.78
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Jeter 22 points (2) Veronica Campbell-Brown 10 (3) Kelly-Ann Baptiste  8
 * 100m hurdles: Danielle Carruthers 12.65
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Carruthers 19 points (2) Sally Pearson & Kellie Wells  12
 * 400m: Amantle Montsho 50.16
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Montsho 28 points (2) Novlene Williams-Mills 7 (3) Tatyana Firova  2
 * 1500m: Morgan Uceny 4:00.06
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Uceny 19 points (2) Maryam Yusuf Jamal 11 (3) Anna Mishchenko  6
 * 3000m steeplechase: Yuliya Zaripova 9:15.43
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Milcah Chemos Cheywa 20 points (2) Sofia Assefa  10 (3) Zaripova 8
 * Discus throw: Li Yanfeng 66.27m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Yarelys Barrios 14 points (2) Li 13 (3) Nadine Müller  11
 * High jump: Anna Chicherova 2.05m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Blanka Vlašić 18 points (2) Chicherova 14 (3) Yelena Slesarenko  4
 * Triple jump: Olha Saladukha 14.67m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Saladukha 24 points (2) Olga Rypakova 6 (3) Mabel Gay  5

Australian rules football

 * AFL Finals Series:
 * Second Semi-Final in Melbourne:  19.8 (122)–13.8 (86)

Baseball

 * Major League Baseball news: The Detroit Tigers clinch their first American League Central title with a 3–1 win over the Oakland Athletics.

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Kaunas, Lithuania (teams in bold qualify for 2012 Olympics, teams in italics qualify for World Olympic Qualifying Tournament):
 * Semifinals:
 * ''' 92–80 '
 * Spain reach the final for the third successive time.
 * ''' 79–71 '
 * France reach the final for the first time since 1949.
 * Classification 5–8:  87–77
 * FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China (teams in bold advance to the Second round):
 * Group A:
 * ' 62–80 '
 * 67–71 
 * Standings (after 2 games): South Korea 4 points, Lebanon, Malaysia 3, India 2.
 * Group B:
 * 71–81
 * 4–40 
 * Qatar lose by default after being left with only one eligible player.
 * Standings (after 2 games): Iran 4 points, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan 3, Qatar 2.
 * Group C:
 * 61–74
 * 87–92 
 * Standings (after 2 games): Japan 4 points, Jordan, Syria 3, Indonesia 2.
 * Group D:
 * 60–75 
 * 91–53
 * Standings (after 2 games): China 4 points, Philippines, United Arab Emirates 3, Bahrain 2.
 * WNBA Playoffs:
 * Eastern Conference Semifinals (best-of-3 series):
 * Game 1 in Uncasville, Connecticut: Atlanta Dream 89, Connecticut Sun 84. Dream lead series 1–0.
 * Western Conference Semifinals (best-of-3 series):
 * Game 1 in Minneapolis: Minnesota Lynx 66, San Antonio Silver Stars 65. Lynx lead series 1–0.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 3rd Test in Colombo, day 1: 🇦🇺 australia 235/5 (81.2 overs); undefined.
 * India in England:
 * 5th ODI in Cardiff: 🇮🇳 india 304/6 (50 overs; Virat Kohli 107); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 241/4 (32.2/34 overs). England win by 6 wickets (D/L); win 5-match series 3–0.
 * Pakistan in Zimbabwe:
 * 1st T20 in Harare: 🇵🇰 pakistan 198/4 (20 overs); undefined 113 (15.2 overs). Pakistan win by 85 runs.

Equestrianism

 * European Show Jumping Championship in Madrid:
 * Team result: 🇩🇪 (Marco Kutscher, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Janne Friederike Meyer, Ludger Beerbaum)  🇫🇷 (Michel Robert, Pénélope Leprevost, Kevin Staut, Olivier Guillon)   (Nick Skelton, Guy Williams, Ben Maher, John Whitaker)

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix:
 * JGP Baltic Cup in Gdańsk, Poland:
 * Pairs: Britney Simpson/Matthew Blackmer  141.42  Katherine Bobak/Ian Beharry  132.54  Tatiana Tudvaseva/Sergei Lisiev  129.35
 * Standings (after 2 of 4 events): Tudvaseva/Lisiev 18 points (2 events), Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, Simpson/Blackmer 15 (1), Yu Xiaoyu/Jin Yang , Bobak/Boharry 13 (1), Margaret Purdy/Michael Marinaro 11 (1).
 * Ladies: Yulia Lipnitskaya  172.51  Satoko Miyahara  162.20  Samantha Cesario  153.84
 * Standings (after 3 of 7 events): Lipnitskaia, Polina Shelepen, Courtney Hicks 15 points, Miyahara, Li Zijun , Risa Shoji  13.

Football (soccer)

 * CAF Champions League group stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group B:
 * MC Alger 3–1 🇲🇦 Wydad Casablanca
 * Al-Ahly 🇪🇬 1–1 🇹🇳 Espérance ST
 * Final standings: Espérance ST 10 points, Wydad Casablanca, Al-Ahly 7, MC Alger 5.

Rugby league

 * NRL Finals Series:
 * Semi-Final: Wests Tigers 20–22  New Zealand Warriors
 * Super League Play-offs:
 * Qualifying Play-off: Warrington Wolves 47–0 Huddersfield Giants

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool A in Hamilton: 83–7
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): New Zealand 10 points, 5 (1),  4 (1),  1, Japan 0.

Snooker

 * Brazil Masters in Florianópolis, Brazil, last 16:
 * Shaun Murphy 4–0 Sobradinho de Deus
 * Martin Gould 1–4 Ricky Walden
 * Stephen Hendry 4–1 Noel Rodrigues
 * Ali Carter 4–2 Steve Davis

Tennis

 * Davis Cup World Group Semifinals, day 1:
 * 0–2
 * 2–0
 * Davis Cup World Group play-offs, day 1:
 * 0–2
 * 1–1
 * 1–1
 * 1–1
 * 0–2
 * 2–0
 * 1–1
 * 1–1

Volleyball

 * Women's NORCECA Championship in Caguas, Puerto Rico:
 * Semifinals:
 * 0–3 
 * 0–3 
 * The United States and Dominican Republic both qualify for the World Cup.
 * Women's Asian Championship in Taipei, Chinese Taipei (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Pool A: 0–3 
 * Standings: Chinese Taipei 6 points (2 matches), Iran, 0 (1).
 * Pool B: 1–3
 * Standings: 3 points (1 match), Vietnam 3 (2), Australia 0 (1).
 * Pool C:
 * 3–1
 *  3–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): China 6 points, Kazakhstan, North Korea 3, India 0.
 * Pool D:  3–0
 * Standings: , Japan 3 points (1 match), Sri Lanka 0 (2).

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Women's freestyle:
 * 67 kg: Xi Luozhuoma   Banzragchyn Oyunsuren   Yoshiko Inoue  & Adeline Gray
 * 72 kg: Stanka Zlateva   Ekaterina Bukina   Ali Bernard  & Vasilisa Marzaliuk
 * Zlateva wins the title for the fifth time.
 * Men's freestyle 55 kg: Viktor Lebedev   Radoslav Velikov   Daulet Niyazbekov  & Hassan Rahimi
 * Lebedev wins the title for the second time.



Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Kaunas, Lithuania:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  64–56
 *  77–67
 * Classification 5–8: 77–80 
 * Lithuania qualifies for World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
 * FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China:
 * Group A:
 * 42–89
 * 71–68
 * Group B:
 * 37–49
 * 12–27
 * Qatar lose by default after being left with only one eligible player.
 * Group C:
 * 58–71
 * 81–59
 * Group D:
 * 92–52
 * 49–101
 * WNBA Playoffs:
 * Eastern Conference Semifinals (best-of-3 series):
 * Game 1 in Indianapolis: Indiana Fever 74, New York Liberty 72. Fever lead series 1–0.
 * Western Conference Semifinals (best-of-3 series):
 * Game 1 in Seattle: Seattle Storm 80, Phoenix Mercury 61. Storm lead series 1–0.

Cricket

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 County Championship Division One, final round:
 * Durham 264 (83.4 overs) & 388 (96.1 overs); Worcestershire 288 (85.3 overs; Vikram Solanki 124) & 213 (48.4 overs). Durham win by 151 runs.
 * Warwickshire 493 (156.1 overs; Shivnarine Chanderpaul 171, Varun Chopra 109); Hampshire 324 (96 overs; Liam Dawson 152*) & 327/7 (f/o, 103 overs; Neil McKenzie 115*, Michael Carberry 111, Chris Metters 5/115). Match drawn.
 * Somerset 380 (125.4 overs; James Hildreth 186) & 310 (106.4 overs; Peter Trego 122); Lancashire 480 (126.2 overs; Murali Kartik 5/137) & 213/2 (29.1 overs). Lancashire win by 8 wickets.
 * Final standings: Lancashire 246 points, Warwickshire 235, Durham 232.
 * Lancashire win the title outright for the first time since 1934 and eighth time overall.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Europa League group stage Matchday 1:
 * Group A:
 * PAOK 0–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham Hotspur
 * Shamrock Rovers 🇮🇪 0–3 🇷🇺 Rubin Kazan
 * Group B:
 * Hannover 96 🇩🇪 0–0 🇧🇪 Standard Liège
 * Copenhagen 1–0 🇺🇦 Vorskla Poltava
 * Group C:
 * Hapoel Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 0–1 🇷🇴 Rapid București
 * PSV Eindhoven 1–0 🇵🇱 Legia Warsaw
 * Group D:
 * Zürich 0–2  Sporting CP
 * Lazio 🇮🇹 2–2 🇷🇴 Vaslui
 * Group E:
 * Dynamo Kyiv 🇺🇦 1–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stoke City
 * Beşiktaş 🇹🇷 5–1 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * Group F:
 * Slovan Bratislava 🇸🇰 1–2 🇪🇸 Athletic Bilbao
 * Paris Saint-Germain 🇫🇷 3–1 🇦🇹 Red Bull Salzburg
 * Group G:
 * AZ 4–1 🇸🇪 Malmö FF
 * Austria Wien 🇦🇹 1–2 🇺🇦 Metalist Kharkiv
 * Group H:
 * Club Brugge 🇧🇪 2–0 Maribor
 * Birmingham City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1–3 Braga
 * Group I:
 * Udinese 🇮🇹 2–1 🇫🇷 Rennes
 * Atlético Madrid 🇪🇸 2–0 Celtic
 * Group J:
 * Maccabi Haifa 🇮🇱 1–0 🇨🇾 AEK Larnaca
 * Steaua București 🇷🇴 0–0 🇩🇪 Schalke 04
 * Group K:
 * Wisła Kraków 🇵🇱 1–3 Odense
 * Fulham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1–1 Twente
 * Group L:
 * Sturm Graz 🇦🇹 1–2 🇷🇺 Lokomotiv Moscow
 * Anderlecht 🇧🇪 4–1 AEK Athens
 * Copa Sudamericana Second stage, first leg:
 * Santa Fe 🇨🇴 1–1 🇨🇴 Deportivo Cali
 * Olimpia 2–1 🇪🇨 Emelec
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
 * Group A: Motagua 2–4  Alajuelense
 * Standings (after 3 matches): 🇲🇽 Morelia, 🇺🇸 Los Angeles Galaxy, Alajuelense 6 points, Motagua 0.

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool C in New Plymouth: 6–13
 * Standings (after 1 match unless stated): 5 points,  4, United States 4 (2), Russia 1,  0.

Snooker

 * Brazil Masters in Florianópolis, Brazil, last 16:
 * Mark Selby 4–3 Stuart Bingham
 * Peter Ebdon 4–1 Stephen Lee
 * Jamie Cope 2–4 Igor Figueiredo
 * Graeme Dott 4–1 Mark Davis

Volleyball

 * Men's European Championship in Austria and Czech Republic:
 * Quarterfinals in Vienna, Austria:
 *  3–1
 *  3–1
 * Quarterfinals in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic:
 * 0–3 
 *  3–1
 * Women's NORCECA Championship in Caguas, Puerto Rico:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  3–0
 *  3–0
 * Women's Asian Championship in Taipei, Chinese Taipei:
 * Pool A: 3–0
 * Pool B: 0–3
 * Pool C:
 * 3–1
 * 0–3
 * Pool D: 0–3

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Women's freestyle:
 * 55 kg: Saori Yoshida   Tonya Verbeek   Tetyana Lazareva  & Ida-Theres Karlsson-Nerell
 * Yoshida wins the title for the ninth time.
 * 59 kg: Ganna Vasylenko   Sofia Mattsson   Takako Saito  & Sona Ahmadli
 * 63 kg: Kaori Icho   Marianna Sastin   Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa  & Jing Ruixue
 * Icho wins the title for the seventh time.

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Baseball

 * Major League Baseball news: The Philadelphia Phillies become the first team to clinch a playoff berth with their 1–0 win over the Houston Astros.

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Kaunas, Lithuania:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  86–64
 *  67–65

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Zimbabwe:
 * 3rd ODI in Harare: 🇵🇰 pakistan 270/5 (50 overs); undefined 242/9 (50 overs). Pakistan win by 28 runs; win 3-match series 3–0.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup:
 * In Rathmines, day 2: undefined 462 (104.5 overs); 🇨🇦 canada 194 (44 overs, Albert van der Merwe 5/70) & 257 (f/o, 49 overs). Ireland win by an innings and 11 runs.
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): Ireland 40 points, 🇦🇫 afghanistan 20 (1), undefined 17, 🇰🇪 kenya 16,  undefined 14 (1),  undefined 7 (1), 🇳🇦 namibia 0 (1), Canada 0.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying:
 * Group 4: 0–5
 * Superclásico de las Américas first leg in Córdoba, Argentina: 0–0 🇧🇷 brazil
 * UEFA Champions League group stage Matchday 1:
 * Group A:
 * Manchester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1–1 🇮🇹 Napoli
 * Villarreal 🇪🇸 0–2 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
 * Group B:
 * Lille 🇫🇷 2–2 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow
 * Internazionale 🇮🇹 0–1 🇹🇷 Trabzonspor
 * Group C:
 * Basel 2–1 🇷🇴 Oțelul Galați
 * Benfica 1–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United
 * Group D:
 * Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
 * Ajax 0–0 🇫🇷 Lyon
 * Copa Sudamericana Second stage, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
 * Universitario 🇵🇪 2–0 (2–1) 🇻🇪 Deportivo Anzoátegui. Universitario win 6–0 on points.
 * Deportes Iquique 0–0 (1–2)  Universidad Católica. Universidad Católica win 4–1 on points.
 * AFC Champions League Quarter-finals first leg:
 * Cerezo Osaka 🇯🇵 4–3 🇰🇷 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
 * Suwon Samsung Bluewings 🇰🇷 1–1 🇮🇷 Zob Ahan
 * Sepahan 🇮🇷 1–0 🇶🇦 Al-Sadd
 * Al-Ittihad 3–1 🇰🇷 FC Seoul
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
 * Group C:
 * FC Dallas 🇺🇸 1–1 🇵🇦 Tauro
 * UNAM 🇲🇽 4–0 🇨🇦 Toronto FC
 * Standings (after 3 matches): FC Dallas 7 points, UNAM 4, Toronto FC 3, Tauro 2.
 * Group D:
 * Herediano 1–2 🇺🇸 Seattle Sounders FC
 * Comunicaciones 1–0 🇲🇽 Monterrey
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Seattle Sounders 9 points, Comunicaciones 6, Monterrey 3, Herediano 0.

Modern pentathlon

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men's Relay: 🇭🇺 (Róbert Kasza, Ádám Marosi, Péter Tibolya) 6536 points  🇰🇷 (Choon-Huan Lee, Jin-Woo Hong, Woojin Hwang) 6492  🇺🇦 (Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy, Pavlo Tymoshchenko, Oleksandr Mordasov) 6456

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool A in Whangarei: 20–25
 * Standings (after 1 match unless stated):, 5 points, Canada 4, Tonga 1 (2),  0 (1).
 * Pool B in Invercargill: 15–6
 * Standings (after 1 match unless stated): Scotland 9 points (2 matches), 4,  1, Georgia,  0.
 * Pool D in Rotorua: 49–12
 * Standings (after 1 match unless stated): Samoa, 5 points,  4,  1, Namibia 0 (2).

Volleyball

 * Men's European Championship in Austria and Czech Republic:
 * Playoffs in Vienna, Austria:
 *  3–1
 * 2–3 
 * Playoffs in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic:
 *  3–0
 * 1–3 
 * Women's NORCECA Championship in Caguas, Puerto Rico (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Pool A: ' 0–3 '''
 * Final standings: Puerto Rico 12 points, Mexico 6, 3.
 * Pool B: 0–3 
 * Final standings: United States 12 points,  6, Trinidad and Tobago 3.
 * Pool C: ''' 3–0 '
 * Final standings: Cuba 12 points, Dominican Republic 7, 2.

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg: Roman Vlasov   Selçuk Çebi   Neven Žugaj  & Arsen Julfalakyan
 * Women's freestyle:
 * 48 kg: Hitomi Sakamoto   Mariya Stadnik   Zhao Shasha  & Zhuldyz Eshimova
 * Sakamoto wins her eighth world title.
 * 51 kg: Zamira Rakhmanova   Davaasukh Otgontsetseg   Patimat Bagomedova  & Jessica MacDonald

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Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup:
 * In Rathmines, day 1: undefined 435/7 (96 overs; Paul Stirling 107); 🇨🇦 canada.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day:
 * 6th ODI in Voorburg: 🇰🇪 kenya 184/8 (50 overs); undefined 187/6 (45 overs). Netherlands win by 4 wickets.
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): undefined, 🇦🇫 afghanistan,  undefined 4 points, Netherlands 4 (4), Kenya 2 (4),  undefined 2, 🇨🇦 canada, 🇳🇦 namibia 0.

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Champions League group stage Matchday 1:
 * Group E:
 * Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2–0 🇩🇪 Bayer Leverkusen
 * Genk 🇧🇪 0–0 🇪🇸 Valencia
 * Group F:
 * Olympiacos 0–1 🇫🇷 Marseille
 * Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 1–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arsenal
 * Group G:
 * Porto 2–1 🇺🇦 Shakhtar Donetsk
 * APOEL 🇨🇾 2–1 🇷🇺 Zenit St. Petersburg
 * Group H:
 * Barcelona 🇪🇸 2–2 🇮🇹 Milan
 * Viktoria Plzeň 🇨🇿 1–1 🇧🇾 BATE Borisov
 * Copa Sudamericana Second stage first leg:
 * Universidad de Chile 1–0  Nacional
 * La Equidad 🇨🇴 0–1 Libertad
 * LDU Quito 🇪🇨 4–1 🇻🇪 Trujillanos
 * AFC Cup quarter-finals first leg:
 * Persipura Jayapura 🇮🇩 1–2 🇮🇶 Arbil
 * Chonburi 🇹🇭 0–1 🇺🇿 Nasaf Qarshi
 * Al-Kuwait 1–0 🇹🇭 Muangthong United
 * Al-Wehdat 🇯🇴 5–1 🇮🇶 Duhok
 * CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 3:
 * Group A: Morelia 🇲🇽 2–1 🇺🇸 Los Angeles Galaxy
 * Standings: Morelia, Los Angeles Galaxy 6 points (3 matches), Alajuelense 3 (2),  Motagua 0 (2).
 * Group B:
 * Real España 1–2 🇸🇻 Isidro Metapán
 * Colorado Rapids 🇺🇸 1–4 🇲🇽 Santos Laguna
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Santos Laguna, Isidro Metapán 6 points, Colorado Rapids 4, Real España 1.

Modern pentathlon

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Women's Relay: 🇭🇺 (Adrienn Tóth, Sarolta Kovács, Leila Gyenesei) 5726 points  🇩🇪 (Lena Schöneborn, Eva Trautmann, Annika Schleu) 5620  🇺🇦 (Victoria Tereshuk, Ganna Buriak, Nataliia Levchenko) 5576

Volleyball

 * Women's NORCECA Championship in Caguas, Puerto Rico:
 * Pool A: 1–3
 * Standings: 6 points (1 match), Mexico 5 (1), Costa Rica 3 (2).
 * Pool B: 3–0
 * Standings: United States 6 points (1 match), Canada 6 (2), 2 (1).
 * Pool C: 0–3
 * Standings: Cuba, 6 points (1 match), Panama 2 (2).

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Men's Greco-Roman:
 * 60 kg: Omid Norouzi   Almat Kebispayev   Zaur Kuramagomedov  & Ivo Angelov
 * 84 kg: Alim Selimau   Damian Janikowski   Nazmi Avluca  & Rami Hietaniemi
 * 120 kg: Rıza Kayaalp   Mijaín López   Nurmakhan Tinaliyev  & Bashir Babajanzadeh

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American football

 * NFL Monday Night Football, Week 1:
 * New England Patriots 38, Miami Dolphins 24
 * The two teams set an NFL record with 933 combined passing yards, with the Patriots' Tom Brady becoming the 11th quarterback to throw for 500 yards in a game, and the Dolphins' Chad Henne also throwing for over 400.
 * Oakland Raiders 23, Denver Broncos 20
 * As time expires in the first half, Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski kicks a 63-yard field goal, equaling the NFL record.

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group F in Vilnius:
 *  67–60
 *  73–60
 * ' 63–61 '
 * Final standings: Russia 10 points, Macedonia 9, Greece 8, Slovenia 7, Finland 6, Georgia 5.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 2nd Test in Pallekele, day 5:  undefined 174 & 317/6 (114.3 overs); 🇦🇺 australia 411/7d. Match drawn; Australia lead 3-match series 1–0.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day:
 * 5th ODI in Voorburg: 🇰🇪 kenya 208/8 (50 overs); undefined 198/8 (42/43 overs). Netherlands win by 2 wickets (D/L).
 * Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): undefined, 🇦🇫 afghanistan,  undefined 4 points, Kenya, Netherlands 2 (3),  undefined 2, 🇨🇦 canada, 🇳🇦 namibia 0.

Modern pentathlon

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Mixed Relay: 🇺🇦 (Victoria Tereshuk/Dmytro Kirpulyansky)  🇷🇺 (Evdokia Gretchichnikova/Serguei Karyakin)  🇱🇹 (Justinas Kinderis/Laura Asadauskaitė)
 * Tereshuk wins her second title of the championships.

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 15:
 * Men's Singles Final: Novak Djokovic [1] def. Rafael Nadal  [2] 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(3), 6–1
 * Djokovic wins his third Grand Slam of the year and fourth overall. This is also Djokovic's 10th title of the year and 28th of his career.

Volleyball

 * Men's European Championship in Austria and Czech Republic (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in italics advance to the playoffs):
 * Pool A in Vienna, Austria:
 * ' 2–3 '
 * 0–3 
 * Final standings: Serbia 9 points, Slovenia 5, Turkey 4, Austria 0.
 * Pool B in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic:
 *  3–0
 * ' 0–3 '''
 * Final standings: Russia 9 points, Czech Republic 5, Estonia 3, Portugal 1.
 * Pool C in Innsbruck, Austria:
 *  3–0
 * ''' 2–3 '
 * Final standings: Italy 7 points, France 5, Finland, Belgium 3.
 * Pool D in Prague, Czech Republic:
 *  3–1
 * ' 1–3 '''
 * Final standings: Slovakia 8 points, Bulgaria 7, Poland 3, Germany 0.
 * Women's NORCECA Championship in Caguas, Puerto Rico:
 * Pool A: 3–0
 * Pool B: 3–1
 * Pool C: 3–0

Wrestling

 * World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey:
 * Men's Greco-Roman:
 * 55 kg: Rovshan Bayramov   Elbek Tazhyieu   Li Shujin  & Bekkhan Mankiev
 * 66 kg: Saeid Abdevali   Manuchar Tskhadaia   Kim Hyeon-Woo  & Pedro Isaac
 * 96 kg: Elis Guri   Jimmy Lidberg   Rustam Totrov  & Cenk İldem

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American football

 * NFL Week 1:
 * Houston Texans 34, Indianapolis Colts 7
 * Baltimore Ravens 35, Pittsburgh Steelers 7
 * Buffalo Bills 41, Kansas City Chiefs 7
 * Jacksonville Jaguars 16, Tennessee Titans 14
 * Chicago Bears 30, Atlanta Falcons 12
 * Philadelphia Eagles 31, St. Louis Rams 13
 * Detroit Lions 27, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20
 * Cincinnati Bengals 27, Cleveland Browns 17
 * San Diego Chargers 24, Minnesota Vikings 17
 * Washington Redskins 28, New York Giants 14
 * Arizona Cardinals 28, Carolina Panthers 21
 * Panthers quarterback Cam Newton ties Matthew Stafford's single-game rookie record of 422 passing yards in his first NFL game.
 * San Francisco 49ers 33, Seattle Seahawks 17
 * Sunday Night Football: New York Jets 27, Dallas Cowboys 24

Australian rules football

 * AFL Finals Series:
 * First Elimination Final in Melbourne:  21.23 (149)–13.9 (87)

Auto racing

 * Formula One:
 * in Monza, Italy: (1) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) (2) Jenson Button  (McLaren-Mercedes) (3) Fernando Alonso  (Ferrari)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 13 of 19 races): (1) Vettel 284 points (2) Alonso 172 (3) Button & Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) 167
 * World Rally Championship:
 * Rally Australia in Coffs Harbour, Australia: (1) Mikko Hirvonen /Jarmo Lehtinen (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) (2) Jari-Matti Latvala /Miikka Anttila  (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) (3) Petter Solberg /Chris Patterson  (Citroën DS3 WRC)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 10 of 13 rallies): (1) Sébastien Loeb (Citroën DS3 WRC) 196 points (2) Hirvonen 181 (3) Sébastien Ogier  (Citroën DS3 WRC) 167

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group E in Vilnius:
 *  68–67
 * ' 69–96 '
 *  84–75
 * Final standings: Spain, France 9 points, Lithuania 8, Serbia 7, Germany, Turkey 6.
 * FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina:
 * Bronze medal game:  103–89
 * Final:  75–80  
 * Argentina win the title for the second time.
 * FIBA Oceania Championship:
 * Game 3 in Sydney: 92–68 . Australia win 3-game series 3–0.
 * Australia win the title for the 17th time.
 * FIBA Oceania Championship for Women:
 * Game 3 in Sydney: 82–57 . Australia win 3-game series 3–0.
 * Australia win the title for the eighth successive time, and 13th time overall.

Canoeing

 * Slalom World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia:
 * Men:
 * Individual single kayak (K1M): Peter Kauzer  96.01  Mateusz Polaczyk  97.22  Fabien Lefèvre  98.89
 * Kauzer wins the event for the second time.
 * Individual single canoe (C1M): Denis Gargaud Chanut  101.14  Nico Bettge  103.83  Matej Beňuš  103.91
 * Team double canoe (C2M): 🇫🇷 127.27  🇸🇰 127.94   129.51
 * Team single kayak (K1M): 🇩🇪 110.79  🇫🇷 111.83  🇮🇹 112.44
 * Team single canoe (C1M): 🇸🇰 109.97  🇩🇪 114.95  🇨🇿 115.74
 * Women:
 * Individual single Canoe (C1W): Kateřina Hošková  138.58  Cen Nanqin  140.13  Katarína Macová  140.24
 * Team single kayak (K1W): 🇸🇰 131.90  🇨🇿 132.25  🇩🇪 134.77
 * Team single canoe (C1W): 🇦🇺 179.44  🇨🇳 194.69  🇩🇪 230.51

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 2nd Test in Pallekele, day 4: undefined 174 & 223/2 (79 overs); 🇦🇺 australia 411/7d. Sri Lanka trail by 14 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
 * India in England:
 * 4th ODI in London: 🇮🇳 india 280/5 (50 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 270/8 (48.5 overs). Match tied (D/L); England lead 5-match series 2–0.
 * Pakistan in Zimbabwe:
 * 2nd ODI in Harare: undefined 225/6 (50 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan 228/0 (42.1 overs; Mohammad Hafeez 139*). Pakistan win by 10 wickets; lead 3-match series 2–0.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 21: Peter Sagan   2h 20' 59"  Daniele Bennati   s.t.  Alessandro Petacchi   s.t.
 * Final general classification: (1) Juan José Cobo  Jersey red.svgJersey white.svg 84h 59' 31" (2) Chris Froome   + 13" (3) Bradley Wiggins   + 1' 39"
 * UCI World Tour:
 * GP de Montréal: Rui Costa   5h 20' 18"  Pierrick Fédrigo   s.t.  Philippe Gilbert   + 2"
 * UCI World Tour standings (after 25 of 27 races): (1) Gilbert 698 points (2) Cadel Evans  574 (3) Alberto Contador   471

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping:
 * Spruce Meadows Masters in Calgary (CSIO 5*):
 * CN International Grand Prix: Eric Lamaze  on Hickstead  Niels Bruynseels  on Nasa  Martin Fuchs  on Principal 12
 * HITS-on-the-Hudson Horse Show in Saugerties, New York:
 * Pfizer $1m Grand Prix: Andre Thieme  on Aragon Rouet  Duncan McFarlane  on Mr Whoopy  McLain Ward  on Antares F

Field hockey

 * African Olympic Qualifier in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe:
 * Men's Final:  1–0
 * Women's Final:  5–0
 * South Africa qualify both men and women teams for 2012 Olympics.

Football (soccer)

 * 2012 Olympics Women's Asian Qualifiers Final Round in Jinan, China (teams in bold qualify for 2012 Olympics):
 * 0–5 
 * 1–2
 *  1–0
 * Final standings: Japan 13 points, North Korea 11, Australia 9, China PR 5, South Korea 4, Thailand 0.
 * 2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament Final Round second leg (first leg score in parentheses): 1–1 (0–3) . South Africa win 4–1 on aggregate, and qualify for 2012 Olympics.
 * FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy:
 * Bronze medal match: 2–3  
 * Final:  12–8
 * Russia win the title for the first time.
 * CAF Champions League Group stage Matchday 5:
 * Group B: Wydad Casablanca 🇲🇦 1–1 🇪🇬 Al-Ahly
 * Standings (after 5 matches): 🇹🇳 Espérance ST 9 points, Wydad Casablanca 7, Al-Ahly 6, MC Alger 2.
 * CAF Confederation Cup Group stage Matchday 5 (team in bold advances to the semifinals):
 * Group A:
 * Inter Luanda 4–1 🇳🇬 Kaduna United
 * Club Africain 🇹🇳 1–0 🇨🇮 ASEC Mimosas
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Inter Luanda 10 points, Club Africain 8, Kaduna United 5, ASEC Mimosas 4.
 * Group B: Motema Pembe 🇨🇩 0–0 🇳🇬 Sunshine Stars
 * Standings (after 5 matches): 🇲🇦 Maghreb de Fès 11 points, Motema Pembe, Sunshine Stars 8, JS Kabylie 0.

Golf

 * European Tour:
 * KLM Open in Hilversum, Netherlands:
 * Winner: Simon Dyson 268 (−12)
 * Dyson wins the title for the third time, for his sixth European Tour title.
 * LPGA Tour:
 * Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Arkansas:
 * Winner: Yani Tseng 201 (−12)PO
 * Tseng defeats Amy Yang on the first playoff hole, to win her fifth LPGA Tour title of the year and tenth of her career.
 * Amateur events:
 * Walker Cup in Aberdeen, Scotland: Great Britain & Ireland 🇬🇧🇮🇪 14–12 🇺🇸 United States
 * Great Britain & Ireland win the Cup for the first time since 2003, and eighth time overall.

Modern pentathlon

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men's Individual: Andrey Moiseyev  5964 points  Aleksander Lesun  5944  Ádám Marosi  5924
 * Men's team: 🇷🇺 (Lesun, Ilia Frolov, Serguei Karyakin) 17,588 points  🇭🇺 (Marosi, Róbert Kasza, Bence Demeter) 17,560  🇮🇹 (Riccardo De Luca, Auro Franceschini, Nicola Benedetti) 16,956

Open water swimming

 * European Championships in Eilat, Israel:
 * Women's 25 km: Alice Franco  5:26:23.6  Margarita Dominguez  5:26:42.7  Jana Pechanová  5:26:44.2
 * Men's 25 km: Brian Ryckeman  5:05:02.2  Petar Stoychev  5:05:06.6  Joanes Hedel  5:05:18.3

Rugby league

 * NRL Finals Series:
 * Qualifying Final: Melbourne Storm 18–8  Newcastle Knights

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool C:
 * In Auckland: 32–6
 * In New Plymouth: 22–10
 * Pool D in Wellington: 17–16

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China:
 * Final: Mark Selby 10–9 Mark Williams
 * Selby wins his second ranking title, and seventh professional title.

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 14:
 * Women's Singles Final: Samantha Stosur [9] def. Serena Williams  [28] 6–2, 6–3
 * Stosur, in winning her third career singles title, becomes the first Australian woman to win a Grand Slam singles event since Evonne Goolagong won Wimbledon in 1980.
 * Women's Doubles Final: Liezel Huber /Lisa Raymond [4] def. Vania King /Yaroslava Shvedova  [3] 4–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(3)
 * Huber and Raymond win their first Grand Slam title as a team. Huber wins her second US Open and fifth Grand Slam overall. Raymond wins her third US Open and sixth Grand Slam title overall.

Triathlon

 * ITU World Championships:
 * Grand Final in Beijing, China:
 * Women: Andrea Hewitt  1:58:27  Helen Jenkins  1:58:38  Melanie Annaheim  1:58:58
 * Final standings: (1) Jenkins 4032 points (2) Hewitt 3836 (3) Sarah Groff 2783
 * Jenkins wins the title for the second time.

Volleyball

 * Men's European Championship in Austria and Czech Republic:
 * Pool A in Vienna, Austria:
 * 1–3
 * 0–3
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Serbia 6 points, Slovenia, Turkey 3, Austria 0.
 * Pool B in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic:
 * 1–3
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Russia 6 points, Czech Republic 5, Portugal 1, Estonia 0.
 * Pool C in Innsbruck, Austria:
 * 3–1
 * 3–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Italy 6 points, France, Belgium 3, Finland 0.
 * Pool D in Prague, Czech Republic:
 * 1–3
 * 1–3
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Slovakia 5 points, Bulgaria 4, Poland 3, Germany 0.

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American football

 * NCAA AP Top 10:
 * (2) LSU 49, Northwestern State 3
 * (3) Alabama 27, (23) Penn State 11
 * (5) Florida State 62, Charleston Southern 10
 * (6) Stanford 44, Duke 14
 * (8) Wisconsin 35, Oregon State 0
 * (10) Nebraska 42, Fresno State 29
 * Idle: (1) Oklahoma, (4) Boise State, (7) Texas A&M
 * Other games: Auburn 41, (16) Mississippi State 34

Australian rules football

 * AFL Finals Series:
 * First Qualifying Final in Melbourne:  12.10 (82)–9.8 (62)
 * Second Elimination Final in Melbourne: 8.9 (57)–12.10 (82) 

Auto racing

 * Sprint Cup Series:
 * Wonderful Pistachios 400 in Richmond, Virginia: (1) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) (2)  Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (3)  Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports)
 * Drivers qualifying for the Chase for the Sprint Cup (points through 26 races, followed by points entering the Chase in parentheses): Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 2012 points (891), Harvick 2012 (867), Gordon 2009 (872),  Matt Kenseth (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) 2006 (856), Edwards 2003 (878),  Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) 2003 (887),  Kurt Busch (Dodge; Penske Racing) 2003 (839),  Ryan Newman (Chevrolet; Stewart Haas Racing) 2003 (822),  Tony Stewart (Chevrolet; Stewart Haas Racing) 2000 (788),  Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) 2000 (781),  Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) 2000 (760) (wild card),  Denny Hamlin (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 2000 (744) (wild card).

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group F in Vilnius:
 * 73–87
 *  68–59
 * ' 67–83 '
 * Standings (after 4 games): Russia, Macedonia 8 points, Greece 6, Slovenia, Finland 5, Georgia 4.
 * FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina:
 * Semifinals:
 *  83–76
 *  81–79
 * Brazil and Argentina qualify for 2012 Olympics.
 * Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and qualify for World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Canoeing

 * Slalom World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia:
 * Men's individual double canoe (C2M): Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner  106.76  Fabien Lefèvre/Denis Gargaud Chanut  107.49  Ladislav Škantár/Peter Škantár  109.86
 * The Hochschorner twins win the event for the fifth time and their sixth world title overall.
 * Women's individual single kayak (K1W): Corinna Kuhnle  110.05  Jana Dukátová  113.33  Maialen Chourraut  113.58
 * Kuhnle wins the event for the second successive time.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 2nd Test in Pallekele, day 3: undefined 174; 🇦🇺 australia 411/7 (132 overs; Michael Hussey 142, Shaun Marsh 141). Australia lead by 237 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup:
 * In Deventer, day 4: undefined vs. 🇰🇪 kenya. Match abandoned without a ball bowled.
 * Standings (after 1 match unless stated): 🇦🇫 afghanistan, undefined 20 points, Netherlands 17 (2), Kenya 16 (2),  undefined 14,  undefined 7, 🇳🇦 namibia, 🇨🇦 canada 0.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 20 (all ITA): Daniele Bennati  4h 39' 20"  Enrico Gasparotto  s.t.  Damiano Caruso  s.t.
 * General classification (after stage 20): (1) Juan José Cobo  Jersey red.svgJersey white.svg 82h 38' 32" (2) Chris Froome   + 13" (3) Bradley Wiggins   + 1' 39"

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping – Nations Cup Promotional League North and South America (2012):
 * Nations Cup of Canada in Calgary, Canada (CSIO 5*): 🇫🇷 (Jerome Hurel, Marc Dilasser, Roger-Yves Bost)  🇨🇦 (Jonathan Asselin, Tiffany Foster, Ian Millar, Eric Lamaze)   (Martin Fuchs, Marc Örtly, Simone Wettstein, Christina Liebherr)

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix:
 * JGP Brisbane in Brisbane, Australia:
 * Ice dancing: Nicole Orford/Thomas Williams  127.21 points  Lauri Bonacorsi/Travis Mager  123.62  Valeria Zenkova/Valerie Sinitsin  122.35
 * Standings (after 2 of 7 events): Orford/Williams, Maria Nosulia/Evgen Kholoniuk 15 points, Bonacorsi/Mager, Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin  13, Zenkova/Sinitsin, Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton  11.
 * Men: Jason Brown  197.23 points  Keiji Tanaka  192.36  Liam Firus  180.00
 * Standings (after 2 of 7 events): Brown, Ryuju Hino 15 points, Tananka, Zhang He  13, Firus, Timothy Dolensky  11.

Football (soccer)

 * FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy:
 * Semi finals:
 * 3–7 
 *  4–1
 * CAF Champions League Group stage Matchday 5 (team in bold advances to the semifinals):
 * Group A: Coton Sport 🇨🇲 2–1 🇲🇦 Raja Casablanca
 * Standings (after 5 matches): 🇳🇬 Enyimba 11 points, Coton Sport, Al-Hilal 7, Raja Casablanca 2.
 * Group B: Espérance ST 🇹🇳 4–0 MC Alger
 * Standings: Espérance ST 9 points (5 matches), 🇲🇦 Wydad Casablanca 6 (4), 🇪🇬 Al-Ahly 5 (4), MC Alger 2 (5).
 * CAF Confederation Cup Group stage Matchday 5:
 * Group B: JS Kabylie 0–1 🇲🇦 Maghreb de Fès
 * Standings: Maghreb de Fès 11 points (5 matches), 🇨🇩 Motema Pembe, 🇳🇬 Sunshine Stars 7 (4), JS Kabylie 0 (5).

Horse racing

 * English Thoroughbred Triple Crown:
 * St. Leger Stakes in Doncaster: Masked Marvel (trainer: John Gosden, jockey: William Buick)  Brown Panther (trainer: Tom Dascombe, jockey: Kieren Fallon)  Sea Moon (trainer: Michael Stoute, jockey: Olivier Peslier)

Mixed martial arts

 * Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States:
 * Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinal bout: Josh Barnett def. Sergei Kharitonov  via submission (arm triangle choke)
 * Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinal bout: Daniel Cormier def. Antônio Silva  via KO (punches)
 * Middleweight Championship bout: Luke Rockhold def. Ronaldo Souza  (c) via unanimous decision (50–45, 48–47, 48–47)
 * Light Heavyweight bout: Muhammed Lawal def. Roger Gracie  via KO (punch)
 * Lightweight bout: Pat Healy def. Maximo Blanco  via submission (rear naked choke)

Modern pentathlon

 * World Championships in Moscow, Russia:
 * Women's Individual: Victoria Tereshuk  5544 points  Sarolta Kovács  5512  Laura Asadauskaitė  5504
 * Women's team: 🇩🇪 (Lena Schöneborn, Annika Schleu, Eva Trautmann)  🇭🇺 (Leila Gyenesei, Kovács, Adrienn Tóth)  🇷🇺 (Jevdokija Grecsisnyikova, Julija Kolegova, Jekatyerina Huraszkina)

Open water swimming

 * European Championships in Eilat, Israel:
 * Women's 5 km: Rachele Bruni  55:51.0  Jana Pechanová  57:06.0  Coralie Codevelle  57:16.7
 * Men's 5 km: Simone Ercoli  53:34.9  Jan Wolfgarten  53:39.0  Michael Dmitriev  54:03.5
 * Bruni and Ercoli both win their second title of the championships.

Rugby league

 * NRL Finals Series:
 * Qualifying Finals:
 * Brisbane Broncos 40–10  New Zealand Warriors
 * Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 42–8  North Queensland Cowboys

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool A in Auckland: 47–21
 * Pool B:
 * In Invercargill: 34–24
 * In Dunedin: 9–13
 * Pool D in Rotorua: 49–25

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China, semi-finals:
 * Mark King 0–6 Mark Selby
 * Mark Williams 6–5 Neil Robertson

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 13:
 * Men's Singles, semifinals:
 * Novak Djokovic [1] def. Roger Federer  [3] 6–7(7), 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
 * Djokovic reaches his third US Open final, and sixth Grand Slam final overall.
 * Federer fails to win a Grand Slam in a year for the first time since 2002.
 * Rafael Nadal [2] def. Andy Murray  [4] 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
 * Nadal reaches his second consecutive US Open final, and 14th Grand Slam final overall.
 * Women's Singles, semifinals:
 * Serena Williams [28] def. Caroline Wozniacki  [1] 6–2, 6–4
 * Williams reaches her fifth US Open final, and 17th Grand Slam final overall.
 * Samantha Stosur [9] def. Angelique Kerber  6–3, 2–6, 6–2
 * Stosur reaches her second Grand Slam final.
 * Men's Doubles Final: Jürgen Melzer /Philipp Petzschner [9] def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg /Marcin Matkowski  [6] 6–2, 6–2
 * Melzer and Petzschner win their second Grand Slam title.

Triathlon

 * ITU World Championships:
 * Grand Final in Beijing, China:
 * Men: Alistair Brownlee  1:48:07  Sven Riederer  1:48:15  Jonathan Brownlee  1:48:18
 * Final standings: (1) Alistair Brownlee 4285 points (2) Jonathan Brownlee 3992 (3) Javier Gómez 3671
 * Brownlee wins the title for the second time.

Volleyball

 * Men's European Championship in Austria and Czech Republic:
 * Pool A in Vienna, Austria:
 * 3–0
 * 3–0
 * Pool B in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic:
 * 3–0
 * 2–3
 * Pool C in Innsbruck, Austria:
 * 3–1
 * 1–3
 * Pool D in Prague, Czech Republic:
 * 3–2
 * 1–3

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American football

 * NCAA AP Top 25: Arizona State 37, (21) Missouri 30 (OT)

Australian rules football

 * AFL Finals Series:
 * Second Qualifying Final in Melbourne:  14.14 (98)–9.13 (67)

Auto racing

 * Nationwide Series:
 * Virginia 529 College Savings 250 in Richmond, Virginia: (1) Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (2)  Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (3)  Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 27 of 34 races): (1) Stenhouse Jr. 950 points (2) Elliott Sadler (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Incorporated) 934 (3)  Reed Sorenson (Chevrolet; Turner Motorsports) 905

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group E in Vilnius:
 *  84–59
 * 73–67
 * 67–73 
 * Standings (after 4 games): France 8 points, Spain 7, Lithuania 6, Turkey, Serbia, Germany 5.
 * FIBA Oceania Championship:
 * Game 2 in Brisbane: 81–64 . Australia lead 3-game series 2–0.
 * FIBA Oceania Championship for Women:
 * Game 2 in Brisbane: 92–73 . Australia lead 3-game series 2–0.
 * Australia's men and women teams both qualify for 2012 Olympics.
 * New Zealand's teams qualify for World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 2nd Test in Pallekele, day 2: undefined 174 (64.1 overs); 🇦🇺 australia 264/3 (91.3 overs). Australia lead by 90 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * India in England:
 * 3rd ODI in London: 🇮🇳 india 234/7 (50 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 218/7 (41.5/43 overs). England win by 3 wickets (D/L); lead 5-match series 2–0.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup:
 * In Belfast, day 4: 🇳🇦 namibia 244 & 226; undefined 298 & 176/5 (40.2 overs). Ireland win by 5 wickets.
 * In Deventer, day 3: undefined vs. 🇰🇪 kenya. No play due to rain.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 19: Igor Antón   3h 53' 34"  Marzio Bruseghin   + 41"  Dominik Nerz   + 1' 30"
 * General classification (after stage 19): (1) Juan José Cobo  Jersey red.svgJersey white.svg 77h 59' 12" (2) Chris Froome   + 13" (3) Bradley Wiggins   + 1' 41"
 * UCI World Tour:
 * GP de Québec: Philippe Gilbert   5h 03' 08"  Robert Gesink   s.t.  Rigoberto Urán   + 9"
 * UCI World Tour standings (after 23 of 27 races): (1) Gilbert 648 points (2) Cadel Evans  574 (3) Alberto Contador   471

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix:
 * JGP Brisbane in Brisbane, Australia:
 * Ladies: Courtney Hicks  151.91 points  Risa Shoji  147.49  Vanessa Lam  145.48
 * Standings (after 2 of 7 events): Polina Shelepen, Hicks 15 points, Li Zijun , Shoji 13, Lam, Polina Agafonova 11.

Football (soccer)

 * CAF Champions League Group stage Matchday 5 (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Group A: Al-Hilal 1–2 🇳🇬 Enyimba
 * Standings: Enyimba 11 points (5 matches), Al-Hilal 7 (5), 🇨🇲 Coton Sport 4 (4), 🇲🇦 Raja Casablanca 2 (4).

Rugby league

 * NRL Finals Series:
 * Qualifying Final: Wests Tigers 21–12  St. George Illawarra Dragons

Rugby union

 * World Cup in New Zealand:
 * Pool A in Auckland: 41–10

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China, quarter-finals:
 * Shaun Murphy 4–5 Mark Selby
 * Mark King 5–2 Anthony Hamilton
 * Mark Williams 5–0 Matthew Stevens
 * Neil Robertson 5–2 John Higgins

Surfing

 * Men's World Tour:
 * Quiksilver Pro New York in Long Island, New York, United States: (1) Owen Wright (2) Kelly Slater  (3) Taj Burrow  & Alejo Muniz
 * Standings (after 6 of 11 events): (1) Slater 34,950 points (2) Wright 31,900 (3) Joel Parkinson 30,200

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 12:
 * Men's Singles, quarterfinals:
 * Rafael Nadal [2] def. Andy Roddick  [21] 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
 * Andy Murray [4] def. John Isner  [28] 7–5, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(2)
 * Mixed Doubles Final: Melanie Oudin /Jack Sock def. Gisela Dulko /Eduardo Schwank  [8] 7–6(4), 4–6, [10–8]
 * Oudin and Sock both win their first Grand Slam title.

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American football

 * NFL Week 1:
 * NFL Kickoff Game: Green Bay Packers 42, New Orleans Saints 34
 * NCAA AP Top 10: (9) Oklahoma State 37, Arizona 14

Athletics

 * IAAF Diamond League:
 * Weltklasse Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland:
 * Men:
 * 100m: Yohan Blake 9.82
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Asafa Powell 18 points (2) Blake 8 (3) Nesta Carter  4
 * 110m hurdles: Dayron Robles 13.01
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Robles 16 points (2) David Oliver 13 (3) Jason Richardson  10
 * 400m: Kirani James 44.36
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) James 12 points (2) Jermaine Gonzales 11 (3) Chris Brown  & LaShawn Merritt  6
 * 1500m: Nixon Chepseba 3:32.74
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Chepseba 12 points (2) Asbel Kiprop 11 (3) Silas Kiplagat  10
 * 3000m steeplechase: Ezekiel Kemboi 8:07.72
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Paul Kipsiele Koech 17 points (2) Kemboi 16 (3) Benjamin Kiplagat  5
 * 4 × 100 m relay: 🇯🇲 (Lerone Clarke, Carter, Ainsley Waugh, Michael Frater) 38.31
 * Discus throw: Robert Harting 67.02m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Virgilijus Alekna 17 points (2) Harting 16 (3) Gerd Kanter  9
 * High jump: Dimitrios Chondrokoukis 2.32m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Andrey Silnov & Jesse Williams  9 points (3) Hondrokoúkis 8
 * Long jump: Ngonidzashe Makusha 8.00m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Mitchell Watt 12 points (2) Mukisha 8 (3) Aleksandr Menkov  4
 * Women:
 * 100m hurdles: Sally Pearson 12.52
 * 200m: Carmelita Jeter 22.27
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Jeter 13 points (2) Allyson Felix & Bianca Knight  10
 * 400m hurdles: Kaliese Spencer 53.36
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Spencer 24 points (2) Melaine Walker 10 (3) Zuzana Hejnová  & Lashinda Demus  8
 * 800m: Mariya Savinova 1:58.27
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Jenny Meadows 11 points (2) Savinova & Kenia Sinclair  10
 * 5000m: Vivian Cheruiyot 14:30.10
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Cheruiyot 20 points (2) Sally Kipyego & Sentayehu Ejigu  6
 * Javelin throw: Christina Obergföll 69.57m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Obergföll 28 points (2) Barbora Špotáková 10 (3) Mariya Abakumova  9
 * Long jump: Brittney Reese 6.72m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Reese 23 points (2) Funmi Jimoh 10 (3) Janay DeLoach  6
 * Pole vault: Jenn Suhr 4.72m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Silke Spiegelburg 14 points (2) Suhr 13 (3) Fabiana Murer  10

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group F in Vilnius:
 * 63–65 
 * 60–79 
 * 60–69
 * Standings (after 3 games): Russia, Macedonia 6 points, Greece 5, Slovenia 4, Georgia, Finland 3.
 * FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, team in italics qualifies for World Olympic Qualifying Tournament):
 * Second round:
 * 91–89
 * 80–92 
 * ' 84–58 '
 * ' 72–94 '
 * Final standings: Brazil, Argentina 13 points, Puerto Rico 12, Dominican Republic 11, Venezuela 10, Canada 9, Uruguay, Panama 8.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 2nd Test in Pallekele, day 1: undefined 174 (64.1 overs); 🇦🇺 australia 60/0 (17.4 overs). Australia trail by 114 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * Pakistan in Zimbabwe:
 * 1st ODI in Bulawayo: 🇵🇰 pakistan 247/7 (50 overs); undefined 242/7 (50 overs). Pakistan win by 5 runs; lead 3-match series 1–0.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup:
 * In Belfast, day 3: 🇳🇦 namibia 244 & 226 (79.3 overs); undefined 298 & 135/4 (32 overs). Ireland require another 38 runs with 6 wickets remaining.
 * In Deventer, day 2: undefined vs. 🇰🇪 kenya. No play due to rain.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 18: Francesco Gavazzi   4h 24' 42"  Kristof Vandewalle   s.t.  Alexandre Geniez   + 10"
 * General classification (after stage 18): (1) Juan José Cobo  Jersey red.svgJersey white.svg 74h 04' 05" (2) Chris Froome   + 13" (3) Bradley Wiggins   + 1' 41"

Football (soccer)

 * 2012 Olympics Women's Asian Qualifiers Final Round in Jinan, China (team in bold qualifies for 2012 Olympics):
 * 0–3
 * 1–1 
 * 1–0
 * Standings (after 4 matches): Japan 10 points, North Korea 8, Australia 6, China PR 5, South Korea 4, Thailand 0.
 * FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy:
 * Quarter finals:
 *  5–3
 *  4–4 (3–2 pen.)
 * 5–6 (a.e.t.) 
 *  10–8 (a.e.t.)
 * Copa Sudamericana Second stage:
 * First leg: Universidad Católica 2–1  Deportes Iquique
 * Second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Vélez Sársfield 🇦🇷 4–0 (0–0) 🇦🇷 Argentinos Juniors. Vélez Sársfield win 4–1 on points.

Open water swimming

 * European Championships in Eilat, Israel:
 * 5 km team event: 🇮🇹 (Simone Ercoli, Luca Ferretti, Rachele Bruni) 56:12.4  🇩🇪 (Hendrik Rijkens, Rob Mufels, Svenja Zihsler) 57:15.2  🇫🇷 (Sebastien Fraysse, Damien Cattin Vidal, Coralie Codevelle) 57:41.1

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China, last 16:
 * Jamie Cope 0–5 Mark Selby
 * Mark Williams 5–1 Robert Milkins
 * Stuart Bingham 2–5 John Higgins
 * Mark King 5–3 Fergal O'Brien
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–5 Anthony Hamilton
 * Matthew Stevens 5–1 Martin Gould
 * Shaun Murphy 5–4 Mark Allen
 * Neil Robertson 5–2 Michael Holt

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 11:
 * Men's Singles, fourth round:
 * Rafael Nadal [2] def. Gilles Müller  7–6(1), 6–1, 6–2
 * Andy Murray [4] def. Donald Young  6–2, 6–3, 6–3
 * Andy Roddick [21] def. David Ferrer  [5] 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
 * John Isner [28] def. Gilles Simon  [12] 7–6(2), 3–6, 7–6(2), 7–6(4)
 * Men's Singles, quarterfinals:
 * Novak Djokovic [1] def. Janko Tipsarević  [20] 7–6(2), 6–7(3), 6–0, 3–0 retired
 * Roger Federer [3] def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  [11] 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
 * Women's Singles, quarterfinals:
 * Caroline Wozniacki [1] def. Andrea Petkovic  [10] 6–1, 7–6(5)
 * Samantha Stosur [9] def. Vera Zvonareva  [2] 6–3, 6–3
 * Serena Williams [28] def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  [17] 7–5, 6–1
 * Angelique Kerber def. Flavia Pennetta  [26] 6–4, 4–6, 6–3

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Athletics

 * IAAF Diamond League:
 * Weltklasse Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland:
 * Men's shot put: Dylan Armstrong 21.63m
 * Women's shot put: Valerie Adams 20.51m
 * Final Diamond Race standings: (1) Adams 24 points (2) Nadzeya Astapchuk 16 (3) Jillian Camarena-Williams  8

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):
 * Group E in Vilnius:
 * 68–77
 * 64–68 
 * 90–100
 * Standings (after 3 games): France 6 points, Spain, Lithuania 5, Serbia, Turkey 4, Germany 3.
 * FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Second round:
 * 70–68
 * 110–74
 * ' 73–71 '
 * ' 62–79 '
 * Standings (after 6 games): Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico 11 points, Dominican Republic 10, Venezuela, Canada 8, Uruguay 7, Panama 6.
 * FIBA Oceania Championship:
 * Game 1 in Melbourne: 91–78 . Australia lead 3-game series 1–0.
 * FIBA Oceania Championship for Women:
 * Game 1 in Melbourne: 77–64 . Australia lead 3-game series 1–0.

Cricket

 * ICC Intercontinental Cup:
 * In Belfast, day 2: 🇳🇦 namibia 244 & 58/1 (20 overs); undefined 298 (83.5 overs; Andrew White 123*, Christi Viljoen 5/87). Namibia lead by 4 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
 * In Deventer, day 1: undefined vs. 🇰🇪 kenya. No play due to rain.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 17: Chris Froome   4h 52' 38"  Juan José Cobo   Jersey red.svgJersey white.svg + 1"  Bauke Mollema   + 21"
 * General classification (after stage 17): (1) Cobo Jersey red.svgJersey white.svg 69h 31' 41" (2) Froome + 13" (3) Bradley Wiggins  + 1' 41"

Football (soccer)

 * Copa Sudamericana Second stage, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Godoy Cruz 🇦🇷 0–0 (2–2) 🇦🇷 Lanús. 3–3 on points, 2–2 on aggregate; Godoy Cruz win on away goals.

Open water swimming

 * European Championships in Eilat, Israel:
 * Women's 10 km: Martina Grimaldi  2:00:18.6  Rachele Bruni  2:00:19.2  Nadine Reichert  2:00:20.0
 * Men's 10 km: Thomas Lurz  1:53:18.2  Vladimir Dyatchin  1:53:20.0  Igor Snitko  1:53:21.5

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China, last 32:
 * Mark Williams 5–0 Andrew Higginson
 * Judd Trump 1–5 Stuart Bingham
 * John Higgins 5–2 Mark Davis
 * Graeme Dott 2–5 Michael Holt
 * Stephen Hendry 1–5 Robert Milkins
 * Matthew Stevens 5–2 Stephen Lee
 * Ding Junhui 3–5 Martin Gould
 * Neil Robertson 5–1 Liang Wenbo

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 10:
 * Men's Singles, fourth round (all matches suspended):
 * Gilles Müller vs. Rafael Nadal  [2] 3–0
 * Donald Young vs. Andy Murray  [4] 2–1
 * David Ferrer [5] vs. Andy Roddick  [21] 1–3

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Auto racing

 * Sprint Cup Series:
 * AdvoCare 500 in Hampton, Georgia: (1) Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) (2)  Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) (3)  Tony Stewart (Chevrolet; Stewart Haas Racing)
 * Gordon wins his 85th race in the series, moving into third place on the all-time wins list, ahead of Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, and also surpassing Waltrip for the most wins in NASCAR's modern era.
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 25 of 36 races): (1) Johnson 873 points (2) Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 852 (3)  Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 835

Basketball

 * FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
 * Second round:
 *  79–74
 * 76–84 
 *  111–93
 * 65–90 
 * Standings (after 5 games): Argentina 10 points, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic 9, Venezuela, Canada, Uruguay 6, Panama 5.

Cricket

 * India in England:
 * 2nd ODI in Southampton: 🇮🇳 india 187/8 (23/23 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 188/3 (22.1 overs). England win by 7 wickets; lead 5-match series 1–0.
 * ICC Intercontinental Cup:
 * In Belfast, day 1: 🇳🇦 namibia 244 (70.1 overs; George Dockrell 5/71); undefined 75/4 (20.4 overs). Ireland trail by 169 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 16: Juan José Haedo   4h 41' 56"  Alessandro Petacchi   s.t.  Daniele Bennati   s.t.
 * General classification (after stage 16): (1) Juan José Cobo  Jersey red.svgJersey white.svg 64h 39' 14" (2) Chris Froome   + 22" (3) Bradley Wiggins   + 51"

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, matchday 10 (teams in bold qualify for the Finals):
 * Group A:
 * 3–2 🇰🇿 kazakhstan
 * 0–0 🇹🇷 turkey
 * Standings (after 8 matches): 🇩🇪 germany 24 points, Turkey 14, 🇧🇪 belgium 12, Austria 8, Azerbaijan 7, Kazakhstan 3.
 * Group B:
 * 0–0 🇮🇪 ireland
 * 1–0 🇦🇩 andorra
 * 0–4 🇦🇲 armenia
 * Standings (after 8 matches): Russia 17 points, Republic of Ireland 15, Armenia, Slovakia 14, Macedonia 7, Andorra 0.
 * Group C:
 * 3–1 🇫🇴 faroe islands
 * 4–1
 *  1–0
 * Standings: Italy 22 points (8 matches), Serbia 14 (8), Estonia 13 (9), Slovenia 11 (9), Northern Ireland 9 (8), Faroe Islands 4 (10).
 * Group D:
 * 1–0 🇧🇾 belarus
 * 2–1 🇦🇱 albania
 * 0–0 🇫🇷 france
 * Standings: France 17 points (8 matches), Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 (8), Romania 12 (8), Belarus 12 (9), Albania 8 (8), Luxembourg 4 (9).
 * Group E:
 * 0–2 
 * 0–2 🇭🇺 hungary
 * 0–5 🇸🇪 sweden
 * Standings: Netherlands 24 points (8 matches), Sweden 18 (8), Hungary 18 (9), Finland 9 (8), Moldova 6 (8), San Marino 0 (9).
 * Group F:
 * 3–1 🇮🇱 israel
 * 1–1
 * 1–1
 * Standings: Croatia 19 points (8 matches), Greece 18 (8), Israel 13 (9), Georgia 10 (9), Latvia 8 (8), Malta 1 (8).
 * Group G:
 * 3–1 🇧🇬 bulgaria
 * 1–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales
 * Standings: England 17 points (7 matches), 🇲🇪 montenegro 11 (6), Switzerland 8 (6), Bulgaria 5 (7), Wales 3 (6).
 * Group H:
 * 2–0 🇳🇴 norway
 * 1–0 🇨🇾 cyprus
 * Standings:, Denmark 13 points (6 matches), Norway 13 (7), Iceland 4 (7), Cyprus 2 (6).
 * Group I:
 * 1–0 🇱🇹 lithuania
 *  6–0 🇱🇮 liechtenstein
 * Standings: Spain 18 points (6 matches), 🇨🇿 czech republic 10 (6), Scotland 8 (6), Lithuania 5 (7), Liechtenstein 4 (7).
 * 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round, matchday 2:
 * Group A:
 * 0–2 🇮🇶 iraq
 * 2–1 🇨🇳 china
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Jordan 6 points, China PR, Iraq 3, Singapore 0.
 * Group B:
 * 3–1
 * 1–1 🇰🇷 south korea
 * Standings (after 2 matches): South Korea, Kuwait 4 points, Lebanon 3, United Arab Emirates 0.
 * Group C:
 * 1–0 🇹🇯 tajikistan
 * 1–1 🇯🇵 japan
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Uzbekistan, Japan 4 points, North Korea 3, Tajikistan 0.
 * Group D:
 * 3–0
 * 1–3 🇦🇺 australia
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Australia 6 points, Thailand 3, Saudi Arabia, Oman 1.
 * Group E:
 * 0–2 🇧🇭 bahrain
 * 1–1 🇮🇷 iran
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Iran, Bahrain 4 points, Qatar 2, Indonesia 0.
 * 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round, matchday 2:
 * Group A:
 * 1–1 🇸🇷 suriname
 * 1–4 🇸🇻 el salvador
 * Standings (after 2 matches): El Salvador 6 points, Suriname 4, Dominican Republic 1, Cayman Islands 0.
 * Group B:
 * 0–2
 * 2–1
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago 6 points, Bermuda, Barbados 0.
 * Group C: 1–2 🇵🇦 panama
 * Standings: Nicaragua 3 points (2 matches), Panama 3 (1), 🇩🇲 dominica 0 (1).
 * Group D:
 * 2–4
 * 0–3 🇨🇦 canada
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Canada 6 points, Saint Kitts and Nevis 4, Puerto Rico 1, Saint Lucia 0.
 * Group E: 1–2
 * Standings: Guatemala 6 points (2 matches), Belize 3 (2),, 0 (1).
 * Group F:
 * 1–8 🇦🇬 antigua and barbuda
 * 2–4
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti 6 points, Curaçao, U.S. Virgin Islands 0.
 * Friendly internationals (top 10 in FIFA World Rankings):
 * 2–2 (3) 🇩🇪 germany
 * (9) 3–1 🇳🇬 nigeria in Dhaka, Bangladesh
 * FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group C:
 * 3–7 
 * 1–4 
 * Final standings: Russia 9 points, Nigeria 6, Tahiti 3, Venezuela 0.
 * Group D:
 * 1–1 (0–1 pen.) 
 *  3–2
 * Final standings: Brazil 8 points, Mexico 5, Ukraine 3, Japan 0.
 * Copa Sudamericana Second stage, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Estudiantes 🇦🇷 1–0 (0–2) 🇦🇷 Arsenal. 3–3 on points, Arsenal win 2–1 on aggregate.

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China, last 32:
 * Mark Allen 5–2 Ryan Day
 * Shaun Murphy 5–4 Dominic Dale
 * Ali Carter 4–5 Mark King
 * Peter Ebdon 3–5 Fergal O'Brien
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 James Wattana
 * Jamie Cope 5–3 Jack Lisowski
 * Stephen Maguire 4–5 Anthony Hamilton
 * Mark Selby 5–3 Nigel Bond

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 9: All matches postponed due to inclement weather.

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Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania (teams in bold advance to the Second round):
 * Group A in Panevėžys:
 * 88–81
 * ' 57–65 '
 * 69–98 
 * Final standings: Spain, Lithuania 9 points, Turkey 8, Great Britain, Poland 7, Portugal 5.
 * Group B in Šiauliai:
 * 96–95 (OT)
 * 80–81 
 * ' 96–97 (OT) '
 * Final standings: France 10 points, Serbia 9, Germany 8, Israel 7, Italy 6, Latvia 5.
 * Group C in Alytus:
 *  71–65
 *  74–69
 *  75–63
 * Final standings: Macedonia, Greece 9 points, Finland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 7, Montenegro 6.
 * Group D in Klaipėda:
 *  69–79
 * ' 64–65 '
 * 74–61
 * Final standings: Russia 10 points, Slovenia 9, Georgia, Bulgaria, Ukraine 7, Belgium 5.
 * FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina:
 * Second round:
 * 92–68
 * 82–94
 * 53–79
 * 93–66
 * Standings (after 4 games): Argentina 8 points, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Dominican Republic 7, Venezuela, Canada, Uruguay 5, Panama 4.

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Zimbabwe:
 * Only Test in Bulawayo, day 5: undefined 412 & 141 (56.3 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan 466 & 88/3 (21.4 overs). Pakistan win by 7 wickets.

Football (soccer)

 * 2012 Olympics Women's Asian Qualifiers Final Round in Jinan, China:
 * 2–3
 * 1–0
 * 0–2
 * Standings (after 3 matches): Japan 9 points, North Korea 7, China PR 5, Australia 3, South Korea 1, Thailand 0.
 * Friendly internationals (top 10 in FIFA World Rankings):
 * (6) 1–0 🇬🇭 ghana in London, England
 * FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A:
 * 3–5 
 *  3–2
 * Final standings: Italy 7 points, Senegal 5, Switzerland 3, Iran 0.
 * Group B:
 *  8–3
 *  4–3
 * Final standings: Portugal 9 points, El Salvador 6, Argentina 3, Oman 0.

Golf

 * PGA Tour:
 * FedEx Cup Playoffs: Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts (all USA):
 * Winner: Webb Simpson 269 (−15)PO
 * Simpson defeats Chez Reavie on the second playoff hole to win his second tournament in three weeks, and also his second career PGA Tour title.
 * Fedex Cup standings: (1) Simpson 4711 points (2) Dustin Johnson 3814 (3) Matt Kuchar 3124

Snooker

 * Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China, wildcard round:
 * Anthony Hamilton 5–0 Li Hang
 * Jack Lisowski 5–2 Rouzi Maimaiti
 * James Wattana 5–1 Jin Long
 * Fergal O'Brien 5–1 Hossein Vafaei
 * Robert Milkins 5–0 Tang Jun
 * Michael Holt 5–3 Cai Jianzhong
 * Nigel Bond 5–2 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
 * Dominic Dale 5–3 Cao Xinlong

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 8:
 * Men's Singles, fourth round:
 * Novak Djokovic [1] def. Alexandr Dolgopolov  [22] 7–6(14), 6–4, 6–2
 * Roger Federer [3] def. Juan Mónaco  6–1, 6–2, 6–0
 * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [11] def. Mardy Fish  [8] 6–4, 6–7(5), 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
 * Janko Tipsarević [20] def. Juan Carlos Ferrero  7–5, 6–7(3), 7–5, 6–2
 * Women's Singles, fourth round:
 * Caroline Wozniacki [1] def. Svetlana Kuznetsova  [15] 6–7(6), 7–5, 6–1
 * Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [17] def. Francesca Schiavone  [7] 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
 * Andrea Petkovic [10] def. Carla Suárez Navarro  6–1, 6–4
 * Serena Williams [28] def. Ana Ivanovic  [16] 6–3, 6–4

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American football

 * NCAA AP Top 10: (8) Texas A&M 46, SMU 14

Athletics

 * World Championships in Daegu, South Korea:
 * Men's Marathon: Abel Kirui  2:07:38  Vincent Kipruto  2:10:06  Feyisa Lilesa  2:10:32
 * Kirui wins the event for the second successive time.
 * Women's hammer throw: Tatyana Lysenko  77.13m  Betty Heidler  76.06m  Zhang Wenxiu  75.03m
 * Men's triple jump: Christian Taylor  17.96m  Phillips Idowu  17.77m  Will Claye  17.50m
 * Men's 5000 metres: Mo Farah  13:23.36  Bernard Lagat  13:23.64  Dejen Gebremeskel  13:23.92
 * Ethiopian Imane Merga is originally awarded the bronze medal, but he is later disqualified.
 * Women's 800 metres: Mariya Savinova  1:55.87  Caster Semenya  1:56.35  Janeth Jepkosgei  1:57.42
 * Women's 4 × 100 metres relay: 🇺🇸 (Bianca Knight, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Myers, Carmelita Jeter) 41.56  🇯🇲 (Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Kerron Stewart, Sherone Simpson, Veronica Campbell-Brown) 41.70  🇺🇦 (Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Khrystyna Stuy) 42.51
 * Felix wins the event for the second time, and her second title of the championships and eighth overall.
 * Jeter wins the event for the second time, and her second title of the championships and third overall.
 * Men's 4 × 100 metres relay: 🇯🇲 (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) 37.04 (WR)  🇫🇷 (Teddy Tinmar, Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Lesourd, Jimmy Vicaut) 38.20   (Jason Rogers, Kim Collins, Antoine Adams, Brijesh Lawrence) 38.49
 * Jamaica win the event for the second successive time.
 * Bolt wins the event for the second time, and his second title of the championships and fifth overall.
 * Frater wins the event for the second time.
 * Blake wins his second title of the championships.

Auto racing

 * Sprint Cup Series:
 * AdvoCare 500 in Hampton, Georgia: Race postponed to 11:00 am EDT on September 6, due to rain.
 * IndyCar Series:
 * Baltimore Grand Prix in Baltimore: (1) Will Power (Team Penske) (2) Oriol Servià  (Newman/Haas Racing) (3) Tony Kanaan  (KV Racing Technology – Lotus)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 15 of 18 races): (1) Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) 507 points (2) Power 502 (3) Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing) 430
 * World Touring Car Championship:
 * Race of Spain in Valencia:
 * Race 1: (1) Yvan Muller (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (2) Alain Menu  (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (3) Tom Coronel  (ROAL Motorsport; BMW 320 TC)
 * Race 2: (1) Muller (2) Robert Huff (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (3) Menu
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 9 of 12 rounds): (1) Muller 333 points (2) Huff 317 (3) Menu 253

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania (teams in bold advance to the Second round):
 * Group A in Panevėžys:
 * 85–73
 * 84–83
 * ' 79–91 '
 * Standings (after 4 games): Spain 8 points, Lithuania 7, Poland, Turkey 6, Great Britain 5, Portugal 4.
 * Group B in Šiauliai:
 * 91–88
 * 84–91 
 * ' 64–75 '
 * Standings (after 4 games): Serbia, France 8 points, Germany 6, Italy, Israel 5, Latvia 4.
 * Group C in Alytus:
 *  72–70
 * 55–71
 * 92–80
 * Standings (after 4 games): Macedonia, Greece 7 points, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia 6, Finland, Montenegro 5.
 * Group D in Klaipėda:
 * 69–53
 * 77–89 
 * 61–70 
 * Standings (after 4 games): Russia, Slovenia 8 points, Georgia 6, Ukraine, Bulgaria 5, Belgium 4.

Cricket

 * Pakistan in Zimbabwe:
 * Only Test in Bulawayo, day 4: undefined 412 & 135/8 (54 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan 466 (156.1 overs). Zimbabwe lead by 81 runs with 2 wickets remaining.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 15: Juan José Cobo   4h 01' 56"  Wout Poels   + 48"  Denis Menchov   + 48"
 * General classification (after stage 15): (1) Cobo Jersey red.svgJersey white.svg 59h 57' 16" (2) Chris Froome  + 20" (3) Bradley Wiggins   + 46"
 * Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Champéry, Switzerland:
 * Women's downhill: Emmeline Ragot  4:54.012  Rachel Atherton  5:09.303  Claire Buchar  5:21.965
 * Men's downhill: Danny Hart  3:41.989  Damien Spagnolo  3:53.688  Samuel Blenkinsop  3:54.982
 * Men's trials 26": Bjorn Levin   Vladyslav Chernysh   Sam Oliver

Equestrianism

 * Eventing – Burghley Horse Trials at Burghley House, United Kingdom (CCI 4*): William Fox-Pitt  on Parklane Hawk  Andrew Nicholson  on Nereo  Mary King  on Kings Temptress
 * Show jumping – Global Champions Tour:
 * 9th Competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CSI 5*): Gerco Schröder  on London   Edwina Alexander  on Itot du Château  Philipp Weishaupt  on Monte Bellini
 * Standings (after 9 of 10 competitions): (1) Alexander 238 points (2) Ludger Beerbaum 218.5 (3) Álvaro de Miranda Neto  194

Football (soccer)

 * 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, matchday 5 (teams in bold qualify for the Finals):
 * Group A: 3–0 🇱🇷 liberia
 * Standings (after 5 matches): 🇲🇱 mali 9 points, Zimbabwe 8, 🇨🇻 cape verde 7, Liberia 4.
 * Group B:
 * 0–2
 * 1–0 🇪🇹 ethiopia
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Guinea 13 points, Nigeria 10, Ethiopia 4, Madagascar 1.
 * Group C: 1–2
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Zambia 12 points, 🇱🇾 libya 11, 🇲🇿 mozambique 4, Comoros 1.
 * Group D: 0–0 🇲🇦 morocco
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Morocco, Central African Republic 8 points,, 5.
 * Group G: 2–1
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Niger 9 points, South Africa, 🇸🇱 sierra leone 8, 🇪🇬 egypt 2.
 * Group H: 1–1 🇧🇯 benin
 * Standings (after 5 matches): 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire 15 points, Burundi, Benin 5, 🇷🇼 rwanda 3.
 * Group I: 0–1
 * Standings (after 5 matches): 🇬🇭 ghana, Sudan 13 points, Congo 3, 🇸🇿 swaziland 0.
 * Group J: 2–0 🇺🇬 uganda
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Uganda 10 points, Angola 9, 🇰🇪 kenya 7, 🇬🇼 guinea-bissau 3.
 * Group K: 1–0 
 * Standings (after 7 matches unless stated): Botswana 17 points (8 matches), 🇲🇼 malawi, 🇹🇳 tunisia 11, Togo 6, 2.
 * FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group C:
 * 3–5
 *  5–0
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Russia 6 points, Nigeria, Tahiti 3, Venezuela 0.
 * Group D:
 * 4–2
 * 2–5 
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Brazil 5 points, Ukraine, Mexico 3, Japan 0.

Golf

 * European Tour:
 * Omega European Masters in Crans-Montana, Switzerland:
 * Winner: Thomas Bjørn 264 (−20)
 * Bjørn wins for the second successive week, for his third European Tour title of the year, and 13th of his career.

Hurling

 * All-Ireland Championship Final in Dublin: Kilkenny 2–17–1–16 Tipperary
 * Kilkenny win the title for the 33rd time.

Motorcycle racing

 * Moto GP:
 * San Marino Grand Prix in Misano Adriatico, Italy (ESP unless stated):
 * MotoGP: (1) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) (2) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) (3) Casey Stoner (Honda)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 13 of 18 races): (1) Stoner 259 points (2) Pedrosa 224 (3) Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 185
 * Moto2: (1) Marc Márquez (Suter) (2) Stefan Bradl (Kalex) (3) Andrea Iannone  (Suter)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Bradl 213 points (2) Márquez 190 (3) Iannone 112
 * 125cc: (1) Nicolás Terol (Aprilia) (2) Johann Zarco (Derbi) (3) Efrén Vázquez (Derbi)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Terol 216 points (2) Zarco 185 (3) Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) 161
 * Superbike:
 * Nürburgring World Championship round in Nürburg, Germany:
 * Race 1: (1) Carlos Checa (Ducati 1098R) (2) Marco Melandri  (Yamaha YZF-R1) (3) Noriyuki Haga  (Ducati 1098R)
 * Race 2: (1) Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R) (2) Sylvain Guintoli  (Ducati 1098R) (3) Jakub Smrž  (Ducati 1098R)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 10 of 13 rounds): (1) Checa 376 points (2) Melandri 302 (3) Max Biaggi (Aprilia RSV4) 281
 * Supersport:
 * Nürburgring World Championship round in Nürburg, Germany (all GBR): (1) Chaz Davies (Yamaha YZF-R6) (2) James Ellison (Honda CBR600RR) (3) Sam Lowes (Honda CBR600RR)
 * Riders' championship standings (after 9 of 12 rounds): (1) Davies 171 points (2) David Salom (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) 112 (3) Fabien Foret  (Honda CBR600RR) 111

Rowing

 * World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia:
 * Men:
 * Lightweight quadruple sculls (LM4x): 🇮🇹 (Francesco Rigon, Daniele Gilardoni, Franco Sancassani, Stefano Basalini) 6:00.95  🇩🇪 (Michael Wieler, Stefan Wallat, Jonas Schützeberg, Ingo Voigt) 6:01.08   (Steffen Jensen, Martin Batenburg, Christian Nielsen, Hans Christian Sørensen) 6:02.81
 * Gilardoni wins the event for the 11th time.
 * Sancassani wins the event for the eighth time and his ninth title overall.
 * Basalini wins the event for the fourth time and his seventh title overall.
 * Lightweight Eights (LM8+): 🇦🇺 (Thomas Bertrand, Ross Brown, Blair Tunevitsch, Thomas Gibson, Alister Foot, Roderick Chisholm, Nicholas Baker, Darryn Purcell, David Webster) 5:44.57  🇮🇹 (Luigi Scala, Fabrizio Gabriele, Davide Riccardi, Gianluca Santi, Livio La Padula, Catello Amarante, Jiri Vlcek, Giorgio Tuccinardi, Gianluca Barattolo) 5:44.73   (Lasse Dittmann, Daniel Graff, Anders Hansen, Jens Vilhelmsen, Thorbjørn Patscheider, Jacob Larsen, Christian Pedersen, Martin Kristensen, Emil Blach) 5:46.75
 * Webster wins his second world championships title.
 * Coxless fours (M4-):  (Matt Langridge, Richard Egington, Tom James, Alex Gregory) 5:55.18   (Stergios Papachristos, Ioannis Tsilis, Georgios Tziallas, Ioannis Christou) 5:57.20  🇦🇺 (Samuel Loch, Drew Ginn, Nicholas Purnell, Josh Dunkley-Smith) 5:58.44
 * Egington, James and Gregory all win the event for the second time.
 * Lightweight double sculls (LM2x):  (Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter) 6:18.67  🇳🇿 (Storm Uru, Peter Taylor) 6:19.01  🇮🇹 (Lorenzo Bertini, Elia Luini) 6:21.33
 * Purchase and Hunter win the event for the second successive time.
 * Purchase also wins his third title overall.
 * Women:
 * Lightweight double sculls (LW2x):  (Christina Giazitzidou, Alexandra Tsiavou) 6:59.80  🇨🇦 (Lindsay Jennerich, Patricia Obee) 7:03.46   (Hester Goodsell, Sophie Hosking) 7:04.33
 * Giazitzidou and Tsiavou win the event for the second time.
 * Single sculls (W1x): Mirka Knapková  7:26.64  Ekaterina Karsten  7:28.68  Emma Twigg  7:30.68
 * Adaptive:
 * Mixed coxed fours (LTAMix4+):  (Pam Relph, Naomi Riches, David Smith, James Roe, Lily van den Broecke) 3:27.10  🇨🇦 (Anthony Theriault, David Blair, Victoria Nolan, Meghan Montgomery, Laura Comeau) 3:31.84  🇩🇪 (Anke Molkenthin, Christiane Quirin, Martin Lossau, Michael Schulz, Katrin Splitt) 3:33.27

Rugby union

 * 🇳🇿 ITM Cup Championship Final in Palmerston North: Manawatu ManawatuTurbosColours.png 30–35 Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay
 * Hawke's Bay secures a place in the 2012 ITM Cup Premiership.

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 7:
 * Men's Singles, third round:
 * Rafael Nadal [2] def. David Nalbandian  7–6(5), 6–1, 7–5
 * Andy Murray [4] def. Feliciano López  [25] 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
 * David Ferrer [5] def. Florian Mayer  [26] 6–1, 6–2, 7–6(2)
 * Women's Singles, fourth round:
 * Vera Zvonareva [2] def. Sabine Lisicki  [22] 6–2, 6–3
 * Samantha Stosur [9] def. Maria Kirilenko  [25] 6–2, 6–7(15), 6–3
 * Flavia Pennetta [26] def. Peng Shuai  [13] 6–4, 7–6(6)
 * Angelique Kerber def. Monica Niculescu  6–4, 6–3

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American football

 * NCAA AP Top 10:
 * (1) Oklahoma 47, Tulsa 14
 * (2) Alabama 48, Kent State 7
 * Cowboys Classic in Arlington, Texas: (3) LSU 40, (4) Oregon 27
 * Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta: (5) Boise State 35, (19) Georgia 21
 * (6) Florida State 34, Louisiana–Monroe 0
 * (7) Stanford 57, San Jose State 3
 * (9) Oklahoma State 61, Louisiana–Lafayette 34
 * (10) Nebraska 40, Chattanooga 7
 * Other games: South Florida 23, (16) Notre Dame 20

Athletics

 * World Championships in Daegu, South Korea:
 * Men's 50 kilometres walk: Sergey Bakulin  3:41:24  Denis Nizhegorodov  3:42:45  Jared Tallent  3:43:36
 * Women's high jump: Anna Chicherova  2.03m  Blanka Vlašić  2.03m  Antonietta Di Martino  2.00m
 * Men's javelin throw: Matthias de Zordo  86.27m  Andreas Thorkildsen  84.78m  Guillermo Martínez  84.30m
 * Women's 800 metres T54: Diane Roy  1:50.91  Wakako Tsuchida  1:51.11  Shelly Woods  1:51.27
 * Men's 400 metres T53: Richard Colman  49.36  Byung-hoon Yoo  50.69  Dong-ho Jung  50.76
 * Men's 1500 metres: Asbel Kiprop  3:35.69  Silas Kiplagat  3:35.92  Matthew Centrowitz Jr.  3:36.08
 * Women's 4 × 400 metres relay: 🇺🇸 (Sanya Richards-Ross; Allyson Felix; Jessica Beard; Francena McCorory) 3:18.09  🇯🇲 (Rosemarie Whyte; Davita Prendergast; Novlene Williams-Mills; Shericka Williams) 3:18.71  🇷🇺 (Antonina Krivoshapka; Natalya Antyukh; Lyudmila Litvinova; Anastasiya Kapachinskaya) 3:19.36
 * The United States win the event for the third successive time.
 * Richards-Ross wins the event for the fourth time and her fifth title overall.
 * Felix wins the event for the third time and her seventh title overall.
 * Beard wins the event for the second time.
 * Women's 100 metres hurdles: Sally Pearson  12.28 (CR)  Danielle Carruthers  12.47  Dawn Harper  12.47
 * Pearson sets the fastest time since 1992 and becomes the fourth-best all-time athlete in this event.
 * Men's 200 metres: Usain Bolt  19.40  Walter Dix  19.70  Christophe Lemaitre  19.80
 * Bolt wins the event for the second successive time and his fourth title overall, as he sets the fourth-best time in this event.

Auto racing

 * Nationwide Series:
 * Great Clips 300 in Hampton, Georgia: (1) Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (2)  Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3)  Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing)
 * Drivers' championship standings (after 26 of 34 races): (1) Stenhouse Jr. 909 points (2) Elliott Sadler (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Incorporated) 896 (3)  Reed Sorenson (Chevrolet; Turner Motorsports) 869

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania (team in bold advances to the Second round):
 * Group C in Alytus:
 * 92–64
 * 58–72
 * 87–81
 * Standings (after 3 games): Greece, Macedonia, Croatia 5 points, Finland, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.
 * Group D in Klaipėda:
 * 67–56
 *  87–75
 * 79–58
 * Standings (after 3 games): Russia, Slovenia 6 points, Georgia, Ukraine, Bulgaria 4, Belgium 3.
 * FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A:
 * ' 103–98 '
 * 83–93 
 * Final standings: , Brazil 7 points, Venezuela, Canada 6, Cuba 4.
 * Group B:
 *  79–66
 * ' 90–71 '
 * Final standings: Argentina 8 points, 7, Uruguay 6, Panama 5, Paraguay 4.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 1st Test in Galle, day 4: 🇦🇺 australia 273 & 210; undefined 105 & 253 (95.5 overs; Mahela Jayawardene 105, Ryan Harris 5/62). Australia win by 125 runs; lead 3-match series 1–0.
 * Pakistan in Zimbabwe:
 * Only Test in Bulawayo, day 3: undefined 412; 🇵🇰 pakistan 357/5 (120.1 overs; Mohammad Hafeez 119). Pakistan trail by 55 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
 * India in England:
 * 1st ODI in Chester-le-Street: 🇮🇳 india 274/7 (50 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 27/2 (7.2 overs). No result; 5-match series tied 0–0.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 14: Rein Taaramäe   4h 39' 01"  Juan José Cobo   + 25"  David de la Fuente   + 29"
 * General classification (after stage 14): (1) Bradley Wiggins  Jersey red.svg 55h 54' 45" (2) Chris Froome   + 7" (3) Bauke Mollema   Jersey white.svg + 36"
 * Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Champéry, Switzerland:
 * Women's cross-country: Catharine Pendrel  1:46:14  Maja Włoszczowska  1:46:42  Eva Lechner  1:47:50
 * Men's cross-country: Jaroslav Kulhavý  1:44:30  Nino Schurter  1:45:17  Julien Absalon  1:45:56
 * Men's trials 20": Benito Ros   Abel Mustieles   Gilles Coustellier

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping – Nations Cup European Promotional League:
 * Nations Cup of Spain in Gijón, Spain (CSIO 5*): 🇪🇸 (Pilar Cordón, Eduardo Alvarez Aznar, Jesus Garmendia, Julio Arias Cueva)   (Scott Brash, David McPherson, Bruce Menzies, Robert Whitaker)  🇸🇪 (Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Helena Persson, Peder Fredricson, Svante Johansson)
 * Final standings: (1) 60.5 points (2) Sweden 54 (3) 🇮🇹 48.5
 * Switzerland are promoted to the 2012 FEI Nations Cup.

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix:
 * JGP Volvo Cup in Riga, Latvia:
 * Men: Ryuju Hino  182.71 points  Zhang He  182.38  Timothy Dolensky  176.77
 * Ice dancing: Maria Nosulia/Evgen Kholoniuk  124.84 points  Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin  119.24  Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton  118.18

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, matchday 9:
 * Group I: 2–2 🇨🇿 czech republic
 * Standings: 🇪🇸 spain 15 points (5 matches), Czech Republic 10 (6), Scotland 5 (5), 🇱🇹 lithuania 5 (6), 🇱🇮 liechtenstein 4 (6).
 * 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, matchday 5 (teams in bold qualify for the Finals):
 * Group A: 3–0 🇨🇻 cape verde
 * Standings: Mali 9 points (5 matches), Cape Verde 7 (5), 5 (4), 🇱🇷 liberia 4 (4).
 * Group C: 1–0 🇲🇿 mozambique
 * Standings: Libya 11 points (5 matches), 9 (4), Mozambique 4 (5), 🇰🇲 comoros 1 (4).
 * Group D: 1–1
 * Standings: 🇲🇦 morocco, 7 points (4 matches), Tanzania, Algeria 5 (5).
 * Group E:
 * 6–0
 *  2–0 🇨🇩 congo
 * Standings (after 5 matches): Senegal 13 points, Cameroon 8, Congo DR 7, Mauritius 0.
 * Group F: 1–0
 * Standings: 🇧🇫 burkina faso 9 points (3 matches), Gambia 3 (3), Namibia 3 (4).
 * Group G: 2–1 🇪🇬 egypt
 * Standings: 8 points (4 matches), Sierra Leone 8 (5),  6 (4), Egypt 2 (4).
 * Group H: 0–5 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire
 * Standings: Côte d'Ivoire 15 points (5 matches), 🇧🇮 burundi, 🇧🇯 benin 4 (4), Rwanda 3 (5).
 * Group J: 2–1 🇬🇼 guinea-bissau
 * Standings: 🇺🇬 uganda 10 points (4 matches), Kenya 7 (5), 6 (4), Guinea-Bissau 3 (5).
 * Group K: 0–0 🇹🇳 tunisia
 * Standings:  17 points (7 matches), Malawi, Tunisia 11 (7), 3 (6),  2 (7).
 * 2012 Olympics Women's Asian Qualifiers Final Round in Jinan, China:
 * 5–1
 * 0–0
 * 1–2
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Japan 6 points, North Korea 4, Australia 3, China PR 2, South Korea 1, Thailand 0.
 * FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy (team in bold advances to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A:
 * 4–6
 * 4–4 (2–3 pen.)
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Italy 4 points, Switzerland 3, Senegal 2, Iran 0.
 * Group B:
 *  5–0
 * 3–4
 * Standings (after 2 matches): Portugal 6 points, Argentina, El Salvador 3, Oman 0.

Rowing

 * World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia:
 * Men:
 * Quadruple sculls (M4x): 🇦🇺 (Chris Morgan, James McRae, Karsten Forsterling, Daniel Noonan) 5:39.31  🇩🇪 (Karl Schulze, Philipp Wende, Lauritz Schoof, Tim Grohmann) 5:39.56   (David Šain, Martin Sinković, Damir Martin, Valent Sinković) 5:42.82
 * Morgan wins his second world championships title.
 * Coxless pairs (M2-): 🇳🇿 (Eric Murray, Hamish Bond) 6:14.77   (Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs-Hodge) 6:16.27  🇮🇹 (Niccolò Mornati, Lorenzo Carboncini) 6:21.33
 * Murray and Bond win the event for the third successive time and their fourth title overall.
 * Single sculls (M1x): Mahé Drysdale  6:39.56  Ondřej Synek  6:40.05  Alan Campbell  6:44.86
 * Drysdale wins the event for the fifth time.
 * Women:
 * Lightweight quadruple sculls (LW4x):  (Stephanie Cullen, Imogen Walsh, Kathryn Twyman, Andrea Dennis) 6:28.14  🇨🇳 (Pan Dandan, Tang Chanjuan, Liu Jing, Yan Xiaohua) 6:30.41  🇺🇸 (Hillary Saeger, Nicole Dinion, Lindsey Hochman, Katherine Robinson) 6:33.91
 * Coxless fours (W4-): 🇺🇸 (Sarah Zelenka, Kara Kohler, Emily Regan, Sara Hendershot) 6:30.30  🇦🇺 (Peta White, Renee Chatterton, Pauline Frasca, Kate Hornsey) 6:31.18   (Wianka van Dorp, Olivia van Rooijen, Ellen Hogerwerf, Femke Dekker) 6:34.06
 * Double sculls (W2x):  (Anna Watkins, Katherine Grainger) 6:44.73  🇦🇺 (Kerry Hore, Kim Crow) 6:45.98  🇳🇿 (Fiona Paterson, Anna Reymer) 6:46.74
 * Watkins and Grainger win the event for the second successive time.
 * Grainger also wins her sixth title overall.
 * Adaptive:
 * Mixed double sculls (TAMix2x): 🇨🇳 (Lou Xiaoxian, Fei Tianming)  🇫🇷 (Perle Bouge, Stephane Tardieu)  🇦🇺 (John Maclean, Kathryn Ross)

Rugby union

 * 🇳🇿 ITM Cup Premiership Final in Hamilton: Waikato Mooloo.png 3–12 CanterburyColours.png Canterbury
 * Canterbury win the title for the fourth successive time and ninth overall.

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 6:
 * Men's Singles, third round:
 * Novak Djokovic [1] def. Nikolay Davydenko  6–3, 6–4, 6–2
 * Roger Federer [3] def. Marin Čilić  [27] 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
 * Mardy Fish [8] def. Kevin Anderson  6–4, 7–6(4), 7–6(3)
 * Janko Tipsarević [20] def. Tomáš Berdych  [9] 6–4, 5–0 retired
 * Women's Singles, third round:
 * Caroline Wozniacki [1] def. Vania King  6–2, 6–4
 * Serena Williams [28] def. Victoria Azarenka  [4] 6–1, 7–6(5)
 * Francesca Schiavone [7] def. Chanelle Scheepers  5–7, 7–6(5), 6–3
 * Andrea Petkovic [10] def. Roberta Vinci  [18] 6–4, 6–0

Volleyball

 * Men's NORCECA Championship in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico:
 * Bronze medal match:  3–0
 * Final:  2–3  
 * Cuba win the title for the second successive time and 15th overall.
 * Cuba and the United States both qualify for the World Cup.

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American football

 * NCAA AP Top 25: Baylor 50, (14) TCU 48

Athletics

 * World Championships in Daegu, South Korea:
 * Men's shot put: David Storl  21.78m  Dylan Armstrong  21.64m  Andrei Mikhnevich  21.40m
 * Women's javelin throw: Mariya Abakumova  71.99m (CR)  Barbora Špotáková  71.58m  Sunette Viljoen  68.38m
 * Abakumova sets the second best all-time result.
 * Men's long jump: Dwight Phillips  8.45m  Mitchell Watt  8.33m  Ngonidzashe Makusha  8.29m
 * Phillips wins the event for the second successive time and fourth time overall.
 * Women's 5000 metres: Vivian Cheruiyot  14:55.36  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet  14:56.21  Meseret Defar  14:56.94
 * Cheruiyot wins the event for the second successive time, and her second title of the championships and third overall.
 * Women's 200 metres: Veronica Campbell-Brown  22.22  Carmelita Jeter  22.37  Allyson Felix  22.42
 * Campbell-Brown wins her second world championships title.
 * Men's 4 × 400 metres relay: 🇺🇸 (Greg Nixon, Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor, LaShawn Merritt) 2:59.31   (Shane Victor, Ofentse Mogawane, Willem de Beer, L. J. van Zyl) 2:59.87  🇯🇲 (Allodin Fothergill, Jermaine Gonzales, Riker Hylton, Leford Green) 3:00.10
 * The United States win the event for the fourth successive time.
 * Merritt wins the event for the third time and his fourth title overall.
 * Taylor wins the event for the third time.
 * Jackson wins the event for the second time and his third title overall.

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania (teams in bold advance to the Second round):
 * Group A in Panevėžys:
 * 88–69
 * 73–81
 * 68–75 
 * Standings (after 3 games): Lithuania, Spain 6 points, Turkey 5, Poland 4, Portugal, Great Britain 3.
 * Group B in Šiauliai:
 *  89–80
 * 62–71
 * 76–65
 * Standings (after 3 games): France, Serbia 6 points, Germany 5, Italy 4, Latvia, Israel 3.
 * FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A:
 *  84–62
 * ' 74–79 '
 * Standings (after 3 games unless stated): Dominican Republic 7 points (4 games), Brazil, Canada 5,  4, Cuba 3.
 * Group B:
 * 61–77
 * ' 74–81 '
 * Standings (after 3 games unless stated): Puerto Rico 7 points (4 games), Argentina 6, Uruguay, Panama 4, 3.

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 1st Test in Galle, day 3: 🇦🇺 australia 273 & 210 (59.2 overs; Rangana Herath 5/79); undefined 105 & 120/5 (52 overs). Sri Lanka require another 259 runs with 5 wickets remaining.
 * Pakistan in Zimbabwe:
 * Only Test in Bulawayo, day 2: undefined 412 (150.4 overs; Tino Mawoyo 163*); 🇵🇰 pakistan 116/1 (29 overs). Pakistan trail by 296 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 13: Michael Albasini   4h 19' 39"  Eros Capecchi   s.t.  Daniel Moreno   s.t.
 * General classification (after stage 13): (1) Bradley Wiggins  Jersey red.svg 51h 14' 59" (2) Vincenzo Nibali   + 4" (3) Chris Froome   + 7"
 * Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Champéry, Switzerland:
 * Women's trials: Karin Moor   Gemma Abant   Mireia Abant
 * Men's four-cross: Michal Prokop   Roger Rinderknecht   Joost Wichman
 * Women's four-cross: Anneke Beerten   Fionn Griffiths   Celine Gros

Figure skating

 * ISU Junior Grand Prix:
 * JGP Volvo Cup in Riga, Latvia:
 * Pairs: Sui Wenjing/Han Cong  152.08 points  Yu Xiaoyu/Jin Yang  139.70  Margaret Purdy/Michael Marinaro  134.46
 * Ladies: Polina Shelepen  153.40 points  Li Zijun  148.19  Polina Agafonova  141.84

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, matchday 9 (team in bold qualify for the Finals):
 * Group A:
 * 1–1 🇧🇪 belgium
 * 2–1 🇰🇿 kazakhstan
 *  6–2 🇦🇹 austria
 * Standings: Germany 24 points (8 matches), Turkey 13 (7), Belgium 12 (8), Austria 7 (7), Azerbaijan 4 (7), Kazakhstan 3 (7).
 * Group B:
 * 0–3 🇦🇲 armenia
 * 1–0 🇲🇰 macedonia
 * 0–0 🇸🇰 slovakia
 * Standings (after 7 matches): Russia 16 points, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia 14, Armenia 11, Macedonia 4, Andorra 0.
 * Group C:
 * 1–2 🇪🇪 estonia
 * 0–1 🇮🇹 italy
 * 0–1 🇷🇸 serbia
 * Standings: Italy 19 points (7 matches), Slovenia 11 (8), Serbia 11 (7), Estonia 10 (8), Northern Ireland 9 (7), Faroe Islands 4 (9).
 * Group D:
 * 0–2 🇷🇴 romania
 * 0–2 🇧🇦 bosnia and herzegovina
 * 1–2 🇫🇷 france
 * Standings: France 16 points (7 matches), Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 (7), Belarus 12 (8), Romania 11 (7), Albania 8 (7), Luxembourg 1 (8).
 * Group E:
 * 4–1 🇲🇩 moldova
 * 2–1 🇸🇪 sweden
 * 11–0 🇸🇲 san marino
 * Standings: Netherlands 21 points (7 matches), Sweden 15 (7), Hungary 15 (8), Finland 9 (7), Moldova 6 (7), San Marino 0 (8).
 * Group F:
 * 0–1
 * 1–3
 * 0–1
 * Standings: Greece 17 points (7 matches), Croatia 16 (7), Israel 13 (8), Georgia 9 (8), Latvia 7 (7), Malta 0 (7).
 * Group G:
 * 0–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * 2–1 🇲🇪 montenegro
 * Standings: England 14 points (6 matches), Montenegro 11 (6), 5 (5), Bulgaria 5 (6), Wales 3 (5).
 * Group H:
 * 1–0 🇮🇸 iceland
 * 0–4
 * Standings: Portugal, Norway 13 points (6 matches), 10 (5), Cyprus 2 (5), Iceland 1 (6).
 * Group I: 0–0 🇱🇮 liechtenstein
 * Standings: 🇪🇸 spain 15 points (5 matches), 🇨🇿 czech republic 9 (5), Lithuania 5 (6), 4 (4), Liechtenstein 4 (6).
 * 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, matchday 5:
 * Group I: 2–0 🇸🇿 swaziland
 * Standings: Ghana 13 points (5 matches), 10 (4),  3 (4), Swaziland 0 (5).
 * 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round, matchday 1:
 * Group A:
 * 2–1
 * 0–2 🇯🇴 jordan
 * Group B:
 * 6–0
 * 2–3
 * Group C:
 * 1–0 🇰🇵 north korea
 * 0–1 🇺🇿 uzbekistan
 * Group D:
 * 2–1 🇹🇭 thailand
 * 0–0
 * Group E:
 * 3–0
 * 0–0 🇶🇦 qatar
 * 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round, matchday 1:
 * Group A:
 * 1–0
 * 3–2 🇩🇴 dominican republic
 * Group B:
 * 1–0
 * 2–0
 * Group C: 0–2 🇳🇮 nicaragua
 * Group D:
 * 4–1 🇱🇨 saint lucia
 * 0–0
 * Group E:
 * 0–2 🇧🇿 belize
 * 4–0
 * Group F:
 * 6–0 🇻🇮 virgin islands, u.s.
 * 5–2
 * Friendly internationals (top 10 in FIFA World Rankings):
 * (2) 3–2  in St. Gallen, Switzerland
 * 2–3 (5)
 * (9) 1–0 🇻🇪 venezuela in Kolkata, India
 * FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy:
 * Group C:
 * 4–8
 * 5–2
 * Group D:
 * 2–3
 * 3–3 (2–1 pen.)

Rowing

 * World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia:
 * Men:
 * Coxed pairs (M2+): 🇮🇹 (Vincenzo Capelli, Pierpaolo Frattini, Niccolo Fanchi) 6:56.45  🇦🇺 (William Lockwood, James Chapman, David Webster) 6:58.20  🇨🇦 (Kevin Light, Steve Van Knotsenburg, Brian Price) 7:00.76
 * Lightweight single sculls (LM1x): Henrik Stephansen  6:54.73  Pietro Ruta   7:01.54  Duncan Grant  7:03.30
 * Double sculls (M2x): 🇳🇿 (Nathan Cohen, Joseph Sullivan) 6:10.76  🇩🇪 (Hans Gruhne, Stephan Krüger) 6:10.82  🇫🇷 (Cédric Berrest, Julien Bahain) 6:14.31
 * Cohen and Sullivan win the event for the second successive time.
 * Lightweight coxless fours (LM4-): 🇦🇺 (Anthony Edwards, Samuel Beltz, Ben Cureton, Todd Skipworth) 5:55.10  🇮🇹 (Daniele Danesin, Andrea Caianiello, Marcello Miani, Martino Goretti) 5:56.33   (Richard Chambers, Chris Bartley, Paul Mattick, Rob Williams) 5:57.33
 * Women:
 * Lightweight single sculls (LW1x): Fabiana Beltrame  7:44.58  Pamela Weisshaupt  7:48.24  Lena Müller  7:50.44
 * Eights (W8+): 🇺🇸 (Esther Lofgren, Susan Francia, Meghan Musnicki, Taylor Ritzel, Jamie Redman, Amanda Polk, Caroline Lind, Elle Logan, Mary Whipple) 6:03.65  🇨🇦 (Janine Hanson, Rachelle Viinberg, Natalie Mastracci, Cristy Nurse, Krista Guloien, Ashley Brzozowicz, Darcy Marquardt, Andréanne Morin, Lesley Thompson) 6:04.39   (Alison Knowles, Jo Cook, Jessica Eddie, Louisa Reeve, Natasha Page, Lindsey Maguire, Katie Solesbury, Victoria Thornley, Caroline O'Connor) 6:06.03
 * The United States win the event for the fifth successive time.
 * Adaptive:
 * Men's single sculls (ASM1x): Tom Aggar  4:58.01  Alexey Chuvashev  5:00.09  Erik Horrie  5:04.75
 * Aggar wins the event for the fourth successive time.

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 5:
 * Men's Singles, second round:
 * Rafael Nadal [2] def. Nicolas Mahut  6–2, 6–2 retired
 * Andy Murray [4] def. Robin Haase  6–7(5), 2–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–4
 * David Ferrer [5] def. James Blake  6–4, 6–3, 6–4
 * Women's Singles, third round:
 * Vera Zvonareva [2] def. Anabel Medina Garrigues  [30] 6–4, 7–5
 * Flavia Pennetta [26] def. Maria Sharapova  [3] 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
 * Samantha Stosur [9] def. Nadia Petrova  [24] 7–6(5), 6–7(5), 7–5

Volleyball

 * Men's NORCECA Championship in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico:
 * Semifinals:
 * 2–3 
 *  3–0
 * United States and Cuba both qualify for FIVB World Cup.

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Athletics

 * World Championships in Daegu, South Korea:
 * Men's high jump: Jesse Williams  2.35m  Aleksey Dmitrik  2.35m  Trevor Barry  2.32m
 * Women's triple jump: Olha Saladukha  14.94m  Olga Rypakova  14.89m  Caterine Ibargüen  14.84m
 * Men's 3000 metres steeplechase: Ezekiel Kemboi  8:14.85  Brimin Kipruto  8:16.05  Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  8:16.09
 * Kemboi wins the event for the second successive time.
 * Women's 1500 metres: Jennifer Simpson  4:05.40  Hannah England  4:05.68  Natalia Rodríguez  4:05.87
 * Women's 400 metres hurdles: Lashinda Demus  52.47  Melaine Walker  52.73  Natalya Antyukh  53.85
 * Demus wins her second world championship title.
 * Men's 400 metres hurdles: Dai Greene  48.26  Javier Culson  48.44  L. J. van Zyl  48.80

Basketball

 * EuroBasket in Lithuania:
 * Group A in Panevėžys:
 * 73–87
 * 61–90
 * 77–97
 * Standings (after 2 games): Turkey, Lithuania, Spain 4 points, Poland, Portugal, Great Britain 2.
 * Group B in Šiauliai:
 * 77–92
 * 68–85
 * 62–76
 * Standings (after 2 games): Germany, France, Serbia 4 points, Italy, Latvia, Israel 2.
 * Group C in Alytus:
 * 94–86
 * 61–81
 * 78–76
 * Standings (after 2 games): Greece 4 points, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia 3, Finland 2.
 * Group D in Klaipėda:
 * 68–65
 * 58–65
 * 64–68
 * Standings (after 2 games): Russia, Slovenia 4 points, Georgia, Bulgaria 3, Ukraine, Belgium 2.
 * FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
 * Group A:
 * 69–106
 *  72–73
 * Standings: Dominican Republic 5 points (3 games),  4 (2), Venezuela 4 (3), Canada 3 (2), Cuba 2 (2).
 * Group B:
 * 86–89
 * 64–74 
 * Standings: Puerto Rico 6 points (3 games),  4 (2), Panama 3 (2), Paraguay 3 (3), Uruguay 2 (2).

Cricket

 * Australia in Sri Lanka:
 * 1st Test in Galle, day 2: 🇦🇺 australia 273 & 115/6 (33.5 overs); undefined 105 (50 overs; Nathan Lyon 5/34). Australia lead by 283 runs with 4 wickets remaining.
 * Pakistan in Zimbabwe:
 * Only Test in Bulawayo, day 1: undefined 245/4 (90 overs); 🇵🇰 pakistan.

Cycling

 * Grand Tours:
 * Vuelta a España, Stage 12: Peter Sagan   4h 03' 01"  John Degenkolb   s.t.  Daniele Bennati   s.t.
 * General classification (after stage 12): (1) Bradley Wiggins  Jersey red.svg 46h 53' 47" (2) Chris Froome   + 7" (3) Fredrik Kessiakoff   + 9"

Football (soccer)

 * 2012 Olympics Women's Asian Qualifiers Final Round in Jinan, China:
 * 3–0
 * 1–0
 * 0–0
 * FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy:
 * Group A:
 * 8–8 (0–1 pen.)
 * 6–6 (5–4 pen.)
 * Group B:
 * 3–1
 * 2–11
 * Copa Sudamericana Second stage, first leg:
 * Argentinos Juniors 🇦🇷 0–0 🇦🇷 Vélez Sarsfield
 * Deportivo Anzoátegui 🇻🇪 1–2 🇵🇪 Universitario

Rowing

 * World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia:
 * Men:
 * Lightweight coxless pairs (LM2-):  (Peter Chambers, Kieren Emery) 6:27.30  🇮🇹 (Luca De Maria, Armando Dell'Aquila) 6:28.59  🇩🇪 (Bastian Seibt, Lars Wichert) 6:29.05
 * Eights (M8+): 🇩🇪 (Gregor Hauffe, Andreas Kuffner, Eric Johannesen, Maximilian Reinelt, Richard Schmidt, Lukas Müller, Florian Mennigen, Kristof Wilke, Martin Sauer) 5:28.81   (Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Cameron Nichol, James Foad, Alex Partridge, Moe Sbihi, Greg Searle, Tom Ransley, Daniel Ritchie, Phelan Hill) 5:30.83  🇨🇦 (Gabriel Bergen, Andrew Byrnes, Jeremianh Brown, Douglas Csima, Malcolm Howard, Conlin McCabe, Robert Gibson, Will Crothers, Brian Price) 5:31.18
 * Germany win the event for the third successive time.
 * Women:
 * Coxless pairs (W2-): 🇳🇿 (Juliette Haigh, Rebecca Scown) 6:58.16   (Helen Glover, Heather Stanning) 6:58.24  🇦🇺 (Sarah Tait, Kate Hornsey) 7:03.98
 * Haigh and Scown win the event for the second successive time.
 * Quadruple sculls (W4x): 🇩🇪 (Julia Richter, Tina Manker, Stephanie Schiller, Britta Oppelt) 6:18.37  🇺🇸 (Stesha Carle, Natalie Dell, Adrienne Martelli, Megan Kalmoe) 6:19.90  🇳🇿 (Sarah Gray, Louise Trappitt, Fiona Bourke, Eve MacFarlane) 6:23.33
 * Adaptive:
 * Mixed coxed fours (IDMix4+): 🇭🇰 3:51.08  🇩🇪 4:01.12  🇮🇹 4:01.41
 * Women's single sculls (ASW1x): Alla Lysenko  5:39.52  Nathalie Benoit  5:41.39  Moran Samuel  5:49.97

Tennis

 * Grand Slams:
 * US Open in New York City, United States, day 4:
 * Men's Singles, second round:
 * Novak Djokovic [1] def. Carlos Berlocq  6–0, 6–0, 6–2
 * Roger Federer [3] def. Dudi Sela  6–3, 6–2, 6–2
 * Juan Carlos Ferrero def. Gaël Monfils  [7] 7–6(5), 5–7, 6–7(5), 6–4, 6–4
 * Mardy Fish [8] def. Malek Jaziri  6–2, 6–2, 6–4
 * Tomáš Berdych [9] def. Fabio Fognini  7–5, 6–0, 6–0
 * Women's Singles, second round:
 * Caroline Wozniacki [1] def. Arantxa Rus  6–2, 6–0
 * Victoria Azarenka [4] def. Gisela Dulko  6–4, 6–3
 * Francesca Schiavone [7] def. Mirjana Lučić  6–1, 6–1
 * Andrea Petkovic [10] def. Zheng Jie  3–6, 6–3, 6–3

Volleyball

 * Men's NORCECA Championship in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  3–0
 *  3–0