October 2009 in sports

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Deaths in October

• 24: Bill Chadwick
• 20: Yuri Ryazanov

Current sporting seasons

American football 2009

• NFL
• NCAA Division I FBS

Auto racing 2009

• Formula One
• Sprint Cup (Chase)
• Formula Two
• Nationwide Series
• Camping World Truck Series
• WTTC
• V8 Supercar
• Superleague Formula
• Super GT

Baseball 2009

• Major League Baseball
• Nippon Professional Baseball

Basketball 2009

• NBA
• Euroleague
• Eurocup
• ASEAN Basketball League
• Australia
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Iran
• Israel
• Italy
• Philippines
  • Philippine Cup
• Russia
• Spain
• Turkey

Canadian football 2009

• Canadian Football League

Football (soccer) 2009

National teams competitions

• 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

International clubs competitions

• UEFA (Europe) Champions League
• Europa League
• UEFA Women's Champions League
• Copa Sudamericana
• AFC (Asia) Champions League
• AFC Cup
• CAF (Africa) Champions League
• CAF Confederation Cup
• CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League

Domestic (national) competitions

• Argentina
• Australia
• Brazil
• England
• France
• Germany
• Iran
• Italy
• Japan
• Norway
• Russia
• Scotland
• Spain
• Major League Soccer (USA & Canada)
  • Playoffs

Golf 2009

• European Tour
• PGA Tour
• LPGA Tour
• Champions Tour

Ice hockey 2009

• National Hockey League

Motorcycle racing 2009

• Moto GP

Rugby league 2009

• Four Nations
• European Cup
• Pacific Cup

Rugby union 2009

• Heineken Cup
• European Challenge Cup
• English Premiership
• Celtic League
• Top 14
• Currie Cup
• Air New Zealand Cup

Winter sports

• Alpine Skiing World Cup
• Grand Prix of Figure Skating

Days of the month

October 31, 2009 (Saturday)

American football

• NCAA:
  • BCS Top 10 (unbeaten teams in bold):
    • Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic in Jacksonville, Florida: (1) Florida 41, Georgia 17
    • (3) Texas 41, (14) Oklahoma State 14
    • (4) Iowa 42, Indiana 24
    • (10) Oregon 47, (5) USC 20
    • (6) TCU 41, UNLV 0
    • (7) Boise State 45, San Jose State 7
    • (8) Cincinnati 28, Syracuse 7
    • (9) LSU 42, Tulane 0
    • Idle: (2) Alabama
  • Other games:
    • Tennessee 31, (22) South Carolina 13
    • Auburn 33, (25) Mississippi 20

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • World Series:
    • Game 3: New York Yankees 8, Philadelphia Phillies 5. Yankees lead best-of-7 series 2–1.
• Nippon Professional Baseball postseason:
  • Japan Series:
    • Game 1, Yomiuri Giants 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3. Giants lead best-of-7 series 1–0.

Canadian football

• Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS Top Ten rankings in parentheses):
  • Ontario University Athletics quarterfinals:
    • (5) Western Ontario Mustangs 37, Guelph Gryphons 16
      • Western advances to play the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks next week in one OUA semifinal on the back of Mustangs QB Michael Faulds' performance.
    • (10) McMaster Marauders 27, (7) Ottawa Gee-Gees 15
      • Though McMaster is the first team in OUA history to have a road playoff game despite a 6–2 regular season record (due to a four-way tie for second at 6–2), the Marauders earn a trip to Queen's University to play the Gaels next week.

Cricket

• Australia in India:
  • 3rd ODI in Delhi:
    • Australia 229/5 (50 ov); India 230/4 (48.2 ov). India win by 6 wickets, lead the 7-match series 2–1.
• Zimbabwe in Bangladesh:
  • 3rd ODI in Mirpur:
    • Zimbabwe 196 (41.1 ov); Bangladesh 198/6 (40.4 ov). Bangladesh win by 4 wickets, lead the 5-match series 2–1.

Figure skating

• ISU Grand Prix:
  • Cup of China in Beijing, China: (skaters in bold qualify for the Grand Prix Final)
    • Ladies: Akiko Suzuki Template:Cc3 176.66 Kiira Korpi Template:Cc3 163.27 Joannie Rochette Template:Cc3 163.18
    • Men: Nobunari Oda Template:Cc3 239.58 Evan Lysacek Template:Cc3 232.17 Sergei Voronov Template:Cc3 220.39
    • Pairs: Xue Shen/Hongbo Zhao Template:Cc3 200.97 Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao Template:Cc3 186.49 Tatiana Volosozhar/Stanislav Morozov Template:Cc3 170.79
    • Ice Dancing: Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto Template:Cc3 194.51 Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski Template:Cc3 180.57 Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali Template:Cc3 179.92

Football (soccer)

• U-17 World Cup in Nigeria: (teams in bold advance to the round of 16)
  • Group C:
    • Gambia 2–2 Colombia
    • Netherlands 0–1 Iran
      • Final standings: Iran 7 points, Colombia 5, Netherlands 3, Gambia 1.
  • Group D:
    • Burkina Faso 4–1 Costa Rica
    • New Zealand 1–1 Turkey
      • Final standings: Turkey 7 points, Burkina Faso 4, New Zealand 3, Costa Rica 1.
• Template:Flagicon Finnish Cup Final in Helsinki:
  • Tampere United 1–2 Inter Turku
    • Inter Turku win the Cup for the first time.
• Template:Flagicon MLS Cup Playoffs:
  • Conference semifinals, first leg:
    • Real Salt Lake 1, Columbus Crew 0

Golf

• PGA Tour:
  • The Viking Classic in Madison, Mississippi is canceled because of unplayable course conditions, making it the first PGA Tour event to be called off due to weather since 1996. Nearly 2 inches (5 cm) of overnight rain compounded the problems on a course that had already received nearly 20 inches (50 cm) of rain in the previous six weeks.

Rugby league

• Four Nations:
  • Round 2:
    • England 16–26 Australia
    • France 12–62 New Zealand
      • Standings: New Zealand, Australia 3 points, England 2, France 0.
• Pacific Cup:
  • Third place Playoff in Port Moresby:
    • Fiji 26–16 Tonga

Rugby union

• End of year tests:
  • Australia 19–32 New Zealand in Tokyo
    • The All Blacks complete a 4–0 sweep in the Bledisloe Cup series and retain the Cup for the seventh straight year.
• Currie Cup Final in Pretoria:
  • Blue Bulls 36–24 Free State Cheetahs
• Air New Zealand Cup Finals:
  • Semifinal 2 in Wellington:
    • Wellington 34–21 Southland
• Heartland Championship:
  • Meads Cup Final in Christchurch:
    • Mid Canterbury 13–34 Wanganui
  • Lochore Cup Final in Greymouth:
    • West Coast 13–21 North Otago

Tennis

• WTA Tour:
  • WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar:
    • Semifinals:
      • (2) Serena Williams Template:Cc3 def. (4) Caroline Wozniacki Template:Cc3 6–4 0–1 (retired)
      • (7) Venus Williams Template:Cc3 def. (8) Jelena Janković Template:Cc3 5–7 6–3 6–4

October 30, 2009 (Friday)

American football

• NCAA BCS Top 25
  • South Florida 30, (21) West Virginia 19

Figure skating

• ISU Grand Prix:
  • Cup of China in Beijing, China:
    • Ladies – Short Program: (1) Mirai Nagasu Template:Cc3 62.20 (2) Kiira Korpi Template:Cc3 61.20 (3) Carolina Kostner Template:Cc3 61.12
    • Men – Short Program: (1) Nobunari Oda Template:Cc3 83.35 (2) Sergei Voronov Template:Cc3 81.40 (3) Evan Lysacek Template:Cc3 80.80
    • Pairs – Short Program: (1) Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo Template:Cc3 72.28 (2) Tatiana Volosozhar/Stanislav Morozov Template:Cc3 62.98 (3) Lubov Iliushechkina/Nodari Maisuradze Template:Cc3 62.54
      • This is the first competition for Shen and Zhao since they won the 2007 World Championships.
    • Ice Dancing – after Compulsory and Original Dance: (1) Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto Template:Cc3 98.66 (2) Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski Template:Cc3 92.78 (3) Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali Template:Cc3 89.96

Football (soccer)

• U-17 World Cup in Nigeria: (teams in bold advance to the round of 16)
  • Group A:
    • Germany 3–1 Honduras
    • Argentina 1–2 Nigeria
      • Final standings: Nigeria 7 points, Argentina 6, Germany 4, Honduras 0.
  • Group B:
    • Japan 0–2 Mexico
    • Switzerland 1–0 Brazil
      • Final standings: Switzerland 9 points, Mexico 6, Brazil 3, Japan 0.

Rugby union

• Air New Zealand Cup Finals:
  • Semifinal 1 in Christchurch:
    • Canterbury 20–3 Hawke's Bay

Tennis

• WTA Tour:
  • WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar: (players in bold advance to the semifinals)
    • White Group:
      • (8) Jelena Janković Template:Cc3 def. (4) Caroline Wozniacki Template:Cc3 6–2 6–2
      • Agnieszka Radwańska Template:Cc3 def. (6) Victoria Azarenka Template:Cc3 4–6 7–5 4–1 (retired)
        • Final standings: Janković, Wozniacki 2 wins, Radwańska, Azarenka 1 win.
    • Maroon Group:
      • (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Cc3 def. (5) Elena Dementieva Template:Cc3 6–3 6–2
        • Final standings: Serena Williams 3 wins, Venus Williams, Kuznetsova, Dementieva 1 win.

October 29, 2009 (Thursday)

American football

• NCAA BCS Top 25
  • North Carolina 20, (13) Virginia Tech 17
    • The Tar Heels spring the upset in Blacksburg with Casey Barth's 21-yard field goal as time expires.

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • World Series:
    • Game 2: New York Yankees 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1. Best-of-7 series tied 1–1.

Basketball

• Euroleague:
  • Regular Season Game 2: (unbeaten teams in bold)
    • Group A:
      • Montepaschi Siena Template:Flagicon 84–64 Template:Flagicon Žalgiris
      • Regal FC Barcelona Template:Flagicon 81–59 Template:Flagicon Cibona
    • Group B:
      • Efes Pilsen Template:Flagicon 77–67 Template:Flagicon Partizan
      • Orléans Template:Flagicon 62–69 Template:Flagicon Lietuvos Rytas
    • Group C:
      • Caja Laboral Baskonia Template:Flagicon 86–81 Template:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv
      • Union Olimpija Ljubljana Template:Flagicon 75–81 Template:Flagicon Maroussi
    • Group D:
      • Panathinaikos Template:Flagicon 101–66 Template:Flagicon Khimki

Cricket

• Zimbabwe in Bangladesh:
  • 2nd ODI in Mirpur:
    • Zimbabwe 219 (47.2 ov); Bangladesh 221/3 (29.3 ov, Shakib Al Hasan 105*). Bangladesh win by 7 wickets. 5-match series level 1–1.

Football (soccer)

• U-17 World Cup in Nigeria: (teams in bold advance to the round of 16)
  • Group D:
    • Turkey 4–1 Costa Rica
      • Standings: Turkey 6 points, New Zealand 2, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica 1.
  • Group E:
    • United States 1–0 Malawi
    • United Arab Emirates 1–3 Spain
      • Standings: Spain 6 points, UAE, USA 3, Malawi 0.
  • Group F:
    • Italy 2–1 Template:Flagicon Korea Republic
    • Uruguay 2–0 Algeria
      • Standings: Italy 6 points, Korea, Uruguay 3, Algeria 0.
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
  • Group 2: Netherlands 13–1
    • Standings: Norway 6 points (2 matches), Netherlands, Slovakia 3 (2), Belarus 3 (1).
  • Group 3: Scotland 3–1
    • Standings: Denmark 7 points (3 matches), Scotland 6 (2), Greece 3 (3).
  • Group 4: Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–4
    • Standings: Poland 9 points (4 matches), Hungary 7 (3), Romania 4 (3), Ukraine 3 (2).
  • Group 5: Austria 0–1
    • Standings: Spain 9 points (3 matches), England 3 (1).
  • Group 6: Kazakhstan 1–2
    • Standings: Russia 6 points (2 matches), Switzerland 6 (3), Ireland 6 (4), Israel 3 (2).
• Women's international friendly:
  • Germany 0–1 in Augsburg
• Template:Flagicon MLS Cup Playoffs:
  • Conference semifinals, first leg:
    • Seattle Sounders FC 0, Houston Dynamo 0

Snooker

• Premier League Snooker – League phase in Preston, Lancashire:
  • John Higgins 4–2 Neil Robertson
  • Shaun Murphy 3–3 Stephen Hendry
    • Standings: Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins 6 points; Stephen Hendry 5; Judd Trump 4; Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy 3; Marco Fu 1.

Tennis

• WTA Tour:
  • WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar: (players in bold advance to the semifinals)
    • White Group:
      • (4) Caroline Wozniacki Template:Cc3 def. (ALT) Vera Zvonareva Template:Cc3 6–0 6–7(3) 6–4
    • Maroon Group:
      • (2) Serena Williams Template:Cc3 def. (5) Elena Dementieva Template:Cc3 6–2 6–4
      • (7) Venus Williams Template:Cc3 def. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Cc3 6–2 6–7(3) 6–4

October 28, 2009 (Wednesday)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • World Series:
    • Game 1: Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Yankees 1. Phillies lead best-of-7 series 1–0.
      • Two home runs from Chase Utley stake the Phils to a lead, and Cliff Lee throws a 10-strikeout, no-walk complete game without giving up an earned run, a feat never before accomplished in the World Series.

Basketball

• Euroleague:
  • Regular Season Game 2: (unbeaten teams in bold)
    • Group A:
      • ASVEL Villeurbanne Template:Flagicon 76–78 (OT) Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe Ülker
    • Group B:
      • Unicaja Málaga Template:Flagicon 86–68 Template:Flagicon Olympiacos
    • Group C:
      • CSKA Moscow Template:Flagicon 69–72 Template:Flagicon Lottomatica Roma
    • Group D:
      • EWE Baskets Oldenburg Template:Flagicon 70–79 Template:Flagicon Armani Jeans Milano
      • Real Madrid Template:Flagicon 94–72 Template:Flagicon Asseco Prokom Gdynia

Cricket

• Australia in India:
  • 2nd ODI in Nagpur:
    • India 354/7 (50 ov, Mahendra Singh Dhoni 124); Australia 255 (48.3 ov). India win by 99 runs. 7-match series level 1–1.

Football (soccer)

• U-17 World Cup in Nigeria: (teams in bold advance to the round of 16)
  • Group C:
    • Netherlands 2–1 Gambia
    • Iran 0–0 Colombia
      • Standings: Iran, Colombia 4 points, Netherlands 3, Gambia 0.
  • Group D:
    • New Zealand 1–1 Burkina Faso
    • Turkey 0–0 Costa Rica suspended after 21 minutes.
      • Standings: Turkey 3 points (1 match), New Zealand 2 (2), Costa Rica 1 (1), Burkina Faso 1 (2).
• AFC Champions League Semi-finals, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Nagoya Grampus Template:Flagicon 1–2 (2–6) Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad. Al-Ittihad win 8–3 on aggregate.
  • Umm-Salal Template:Flagicon 1–2 (0–2) Template:Flagicon Pohang Steelers. Pohang Steelers win 4–1 on aggregate.
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
  • Group 1:
    • France 12–0
      • Sandrine Soubeyrand becomes the most-capped French player, man or woman, with 143 matches.
    • Northern Ireland 0–1
      • Standings: France 9 points (3 matches), Iceland 9 (4), Northern Ireland 3 (2).
  • Group 2: Norway 1–0
    • Standings: Norway 6 points (2 matches), Slovakia 3 (2), Belarus 3 (1).
  • Group 3: Bulgaria 0–0
    • Standings: Denmark 7 points (3 matches), Scotland 3 (1), Greece 3 (3).
  • Group 4: Hungary 1–1
    • Standings: Hungary 7 points (3 matches), Poland 6 (3), Romania 4 (3), Ukraine 3 (2).
  • Group 6: Israel 1–2
    • Standings: Russia 6 points (2 matches), Switzerland 6 (3), Israel 3 (2), Ireland 3 (3).
  • Group 7:
    • Armenia 1–5
    • Portugal 0–1
      • Standings: Italy, Finland 9 points (3 matches), Slovenia 3 (3).
  • Group 8:
    • Azerbaijan 2–1
    • Belgium 1–4
      • Standings: Sweden 9 points (3 matches), Czech Republic, Azerbaijan 3 (2), Belgium 3 (3), Wales 3 (4).

Shooting

• World Cup Final (rifle and pistol) in Wuxi, China:
  • Women's 10 metre air pistol:
  • Men's 10 metre air pistol:
  • Men's 50 metre rifle three positions:

Tennis

• WTA Tour:
  • WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar:
    • White Group:
      • (4) Caroline Wozniacki Template:Cc3 def. (6) Victoria Azarenka Template:Cc3 1–6 6–4 7–5
      • (8) Jelena Janković Template:Cc3 def. (1) Dinara Safina Template:Cc3 1–1 retired
        • Safina withdraws from the tournament due to a serious back injury, and will be replaced by Vera Zvonareva. Safina's withdrawal means that Serena Williams will finish the 2009 season as the WTA's #1-ranked player.
    • Maroon Group:
      • (2) Serena Williams Template:Cc3 def. (7) Venus Williams Template:Cc3 5–7 6–4 7–6(4)
• Other news:
  • In excerpts from his upcoming autobiography published by The Times and Sports Illustrated, former great Andre Agassi admits to having used methamphetamine in 1997 and lying to the Association of Tennis Professionals to avoid a suspension after testing positive for the drug in the same year. (AP via ESPN)

October 27, 2009 (Tuesday)

Basketball

• NBA season opening day:
  • Boston Celtics 95, Cleveland Cavaliers 89
  • Washington Wizards 102, Dallas Mavericks 91
  • Portland Trail Blazers 96, Houston Rockets 87
  • Los Angeles Lakers 99, Los Angeles Clippers 92

Cricket

• Zimbabwe in Bangladesh:
  • 1st ODI in Mirpur:
    • Bangladesh 186 (46.5 ov); Zimbabwe 189/5 (34.4 ov). Zimbabwe win by 5 wickets, lead the 5-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)

• U-17 World Cup in Nigeria: (teams in bold advance to the round of 16)
  • Group A:
    • Argentina 2–1 Germany
    • Nigeria 1–0 Honduras
      • Standings: Argentina 6 points, Nigeria 4, Germany 1, Honduras 0.
  • Group B:
    • Switzerland 4–3 Japan
    • Brazil 0–1 Mexico
      • Standings: Switzerland 6 points, Brazil, Mexico 3, Japan 0.

Shooting

• World Cup Final (rifle and pistol) in Wuxi, China:
  • Men's 50 metre rifle prone:
  • Women's 50 metre rifle three positions:
  • Women's 25 metre pistol:

Tennis

• WTA Tour:
  • WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar:
    • White Group:
      • (6) Victoria Azarenka Template:Cc3 def. (8) Jelena Janković Template:Cc3 6–2, 6–3
    • Maroon Group:
      • (5) Elena Dementieva Template:Cc3 def. (7) Venus Williams Template:Cc3 3–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
      • (2) Serena Williams Template:Cc3 def. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Cc3 7–6(6), 7–5

October 26, 2009 (Monday)

American football

• NFL Week 7:
  • Monday Night Football: Philadelphia Eagles 27, Washington Redskins 17

Football (soccer)

• U-17 World Cup in Nigeria:
  • Group E:
    • United Arab Emirates 2–0 Malawi
    • Spain 2–1 United States
  • Group F:
    • Uruguay 1–3 South Korea
    • Algeria 0–1 Italy

Shooting

• World Cup Final (rifle and pistol) in Wuxi, China:
  • Women's 10 metre air rifle: Wu Liuxi Template:Cc3 503.5 (400 EWR) Yin Wen Template:Cc3 503.0 (399) Lioubov Galkina Template:Cc3 500.0 (399)
  • Men's 10 metre air rifle: Zhu Qinan Template:Cc3 701.7 (598) Péter Sidi Template:Cc3 700.5 (599) Henri Häkkinen Template:Cc3 698.6 (595)
  • Men's 50 metre pistol: Jin Jong-oh Template:Cc3 671.8 (575) João Costa Template:Cc3 658.5 (564) Pavol Kopp Template:Cc3 656.6 (560)
  • Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol: Aleksey Klimov Template:Cc3 783.6 (582) Christian Reitz Template:Cc3 780.9 (583) Teruyoshi Akiyama Template:Cc3 779.1 (580)

October 25, 2009 (Sunday)

American football

• NFL Week 7 (unbeaten teams in bold):
  • NFL International Series in London: New England Patriots 35, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7
  • Indianapolis Colts 42, St. Louis Rams 6
  • San Diego Chargers 37, Kansas City Chiefs 7
  • Green Bay Packers 31, Cleveland Browns 3
  • Houston Texans 24, San Francisco 49ers 21
  • Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Minnesota Vikings 17
    • The Steelers return a fumble and a Brett Favre interception for touchdowns to hand the Vikings their first loss.
  • Buffalo Bills 20, Carolina Panthers 9
  • New York Jets 38, Oakland Raiders 0
  • Dallas Cowboys 37, Atlanta Falcons 21
  • Cincinnati Bengals 45, Chicago Bears 10
  • New Orleans Saints 46, Miami Dolphins 34
    • The Saints rally from a 21-point deficit in the second quarter to score their sixth straight win.
  • Sunday Night Football: Arizona Cardinals 24, New York Giants 17
  • Bye week: Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans

Alpine skiing

• World Cup:
  • Men's GS in Sölden, Austria:
    • Didier Cuche Template:Cc3 2:21.45 Ted Ligety Template:Cc3 2:22.05 Carlo Janka Template:Cc3 2:22.40

Auto racing

• Chase for the Sprint Cup:
  • TUMS Fast Relief 500 in Ridgeway, Virginia: (1) Denny Hamlin Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) Jimmie Johnson Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)
    • Drivers' standings (with 4 races remaining): (1) Johnson 6098 points (2) Mark Martin Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 5980 (−118) (3) Jeff Gordon Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 5948 (−150)
• V8 Supercars:
  • V8 Supercar Challenge in Surfers Paradise, Queensland:
    • Race 20: (1) Mark Winterbottom Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) (2) Garth Tander Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) (3) James Courtney Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon)
      • Drivers' standings (after 20 of 26 races): (1) Jamie Whincup Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) 2604 points (2) Will Davison Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) 2572 (3) Tander 2315
• World Rally Championship:
  • Rally of Great Britain: (1) Sébastien Loeb Template:Cc3 (Citroën C4 WRC) 3:16:25.4 (2) Mikko Hirvonen Template:Cc3 (Ford Focus RS WRC 09) +1:06.1 (3) Dani Sordo Template:Cc3 (Citroën C4 WRC) +1:07.1
    • Final drivers' standings: (1) Loeb 93 points (2) Hirvonen 92 (3) Sordo 64
      • Loeb wins his sixth straight championship title.
    • Final manufacturers' standings: (1) Citroën Total 167 (2) BP Ford 140 (3) Stobart M-Sport 80

Badminton

• BWF Super Series:
  • Denmark Super Series in Odense:
    • Women's doubles: Pan Pan/Zhang Yawen Template:Cc3 [6] def. Kamilla Rytter Juhl/Lena Frier Kristiansen Template:Cc3 [2] 22–20 18–21 21–12
    • Women's singles: Tine Rasmussen Template:Cc3 [2] def. Wang Yihan Template:Cc3 [1] 21–18 19–21 21–14
    • Mixed doubles: Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen Template:Cc3 [2] def. Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg Template:Cc3 [7] 21–16 25–27 21–17
    • Men's doubles: Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong Template:Cc3 [2] def. Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen Template:Cc3 [3] 20–22 21–14 21–17
    • Men's singles: Simon Santoso Template:Cc3 [5] def. Marc Zwiebler Template:Cc3 21–14 21–6

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • ALCS:
    • Game 6: New York Yankees 5, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2. Yankees win best-of-7 series 4–2.

Cricket

• Australia in India:
  • 1st ODI in Vadodara:
    • Australia 292/8 (50 ov); India 288/8 (50.0 ov). Australia win by 4 runs, lead the 7-match series 1–0

Football (soccer)

• U-17 World Cup in Nigeria:
  • Group C:
    • Iran 2–0 Gambia
    • Colombia 2–1 Netherlands
  • Group D:
    • Turkey 1–0 Burkina Faso
    • Costa Rica 1–1 New Zealand
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
  • Group 2: Macedonia 1–6
    • Standings: Slovakia, Belarus, Norway 3 points (1 match).
  • Group 4: Ukraine 7–0
    • Standings: Hungary 6 points (2 matches), Poland 6 (3), Ukraine, Romania 3 (2).
  • Group 5: England 8–0
    • Standings: Spain 6 points (2 matches), England 3 (1).
  • Group 6: Russia 3–0
    • Standings: Russia 6 points (2 matches), Switzerland 3 (2), Israel 3 (1), Ireland 3 (3).
  • Group 8: Czech Republic 2–1
    • Standings: Sweden 6 points (2 matches), Belgium 3 (2), Wales 3 (3), Czech Republic 3 (2).

Golf

• PGA Tour:
  • Fall Series:
    • Frys.com Open in Scottsdale, Arizona:
      • Winner: Troy Matteson Template:Cc3 262 (−18) PO
        • Matteson beats fellow Americans Rickie Fowler and Jamie Lovemark on the second playoff hole to win his second PGA Tour title, after the 2006 Frys.com Open, an event now known as the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Earlier in the tournament he sets a 36-hole PGA Tour record of 122 with consecutive rounds of 61.
• European Tour:
  • Castelló Masters Costa Azahar in Castellón, Spain:
    • Winner: Michael Jonzon Template:Cc3 264 (−20)
      • Jonzon collects his second European Tour win, and first since 1997.

Motorcycle racing

• Moto GP:
  • Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang: (1) Casey Stoner Template:Cc3 (Ducati) 47:24.834 (2) Dani Pedrosa Template:Cc3 (Honda) +14.666 (3) Valentino Rossi Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) +19.385
    • Riders' standings (after 16 of 17 races): (1) Rossi 286 points (2) Jorge Lorenzo Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 245 (3) Stoner 220
      • Rossi secures his ninth championship title.
    • Manufacturers' standings: (1) Yamaha 366 (2) Honda 272 (3) Ducati 261
• Superbike:
  • Portimão Superbike World Championship round in Portimão, Portugal:
    • Race 1: (1) Ben Spies Template:Cc3 (Yamaha YZF-R1) 38:15.390 (2) Jonathan Rea Template:Cc3 (Honda CBR1000RR) +1.697 (3) Max Biaggi Template:Cc3 (Aprilia RSV 4) +2.113
    • Race 2: (1) Michel Fabrizio Template:Cc3 (Ducati 1198) 38'19.654 (2) Noriyuki Haga Template:Cc3 (Ducati 1198) 38'20.849 (3) Rea 38'21.148
      • Final riders' standings: (1) Spies 462 points (2) Haga 456 (3) Fabrizio 382
      • Final manufacturers' standings: (1) Ducati 572 (2) Yamaha 505 (3) Honda 431

Rugby league

• European Cup:
  • Group 2:
    • Serbia 8–88 Wales
      • Standings: Ireland, Wales 2 points (1 match), Serbia 0 (2).
• Pacific Cup:
  • Round robin match in Port Moresby:
    • Papua New Guinea 44–14 Tonga

Tennis

• ATP World Tour:
  • If Stockholm Open in Stockholm, Sweden:
    • Final: Marcos Baghdatis Template:Cc3 def. Olivier Rochus Template:Cc3 6–1, 7–5
      • Baghdatis wins his first title of the year and third of his career.
  • Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia:
    • Final: Mikhail Youzhny Template:Cc3 (3) def. Janko Tipsarević Template:Cc3 (6) 6–7(5), 6–0, 6–4
      • Youzhny wins his first title of the year, and the fifth of his career.
• WTA Tour:
  • Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia:
    • Final: Francesca Schiavone Template:Cc3 (8) def. Olga Govortsova Template:Cc3 6–3, 6–0
      • Schiavone wins her first title of the year, and the second of her career.
  • BGL Luxembourg Open in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg:
    • Final: Timea Bacsinszky Template:Cc3 def. Sabine Lisicki Template:Cc3 (6) 6–2, 7–5
      • Bacsinszky wins the first title of her career.

October 24, 2009 (Saturday)

American football

• NCAA:
  • BCS Top 10 (unbeaten teams in bold):
    • (1) Florida 29, Mississippi State 19
    • "Third Saturday in October": (2) Alabama 12, Tennessee 10
      • Terrence Kody blocks Daniel Lincoln's 44-yard field-goal attempt as time expires to maintain the Crimson Tide's unbeaten record.
    • (3) Texas 41, Missouri 7
    • (4) Boise State 54, Hawaiʻi 9
    • The Keg of Nails: (5) Cincinnati 41, Louisville 10
    • (6) Iowa 15, Michigan State 13
      • Ricky Stanzi connects with Marvin McNutt on a 7-yard touchdown pass on the game's final play to keep the Hawkeyes unbeaten.
    • (7) USC 42, Oregon State 36
    • (8) TCU 38, (16) Brigham Young 7
    • (9) LSU 31, Auburn 10
    • Clemson 40, (10) Miami 37 (OT)
  • Other games:
    • Oklahoma 35, (25) Kansas 13

Alpine skiing

• World Cup:
  • Women's GS in Sölden, Austria: Tanja Poutiainen Template:Cc3 2:24.96 Kathrin Zettel Template:Cc3 2:24.97 Denise Karbon Template:Cc3 2:25.28

Auto racing

• Nationwide Series:
  • Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 in Millington, Tennessee:
    • (1) Brad Keselowski Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, JR Motorsports) (2) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) Jason Leffler Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Braun Racing)
      • Standings (with 3 races remaining): (1) Busch 5004 points (2) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) 4809 (3) Keselowski 4732
• V8 Supercars:
  • V8 Supercar Challenge in Surfers Paradise, Queensland:
    • Race 19: (1) Garth Tander Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) (3) Will Davison Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore)
      • Drivers' standings (after 19 of 26 races): (1) Jamie Whincup Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) 2553 points (2) Davison 2512 (3) Tander 2181

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • ALCS:
    • Game 6, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at New York Yankees, postponed (rain). Yankees lead best-of-7 series 3–2.
• Nippon Professional Baseball postseason:
  • Pacific League Climax Series, second stage:
    • Game 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 9, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4. Fighters win best-of-7 series 4–1.
  • Central League Climax Series, second stage:
    • Game 4, Yomiuri Giants 8, Chunichi Dragons 2. Giants win best-of-7 series 4–1.

Basketball

• Philippine NCAA in Quezon City:
  • Seniors' Finals: San Sebastian Stags 76, San Beda Red Lions 61, San Sebastian win best-of-3 series 2–0
    • San Sebastian clinch their twelfth NCAA championship, ending San Beda's 3-year championship run.

Figure skating

• ISU Grand Prix:
  • Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, Russia:
    • Men: Evgeni Plushenko Template:Cc3 240.65 Takahiko Kozuka Template:Cc3 215.13 Artem Borodulin Template:Cc3 201.55
      • Plushenko wins his first competition since he won the gold medal at the 2006 Olympics.
    • Pairs: Pang Qing/Tong Jian Template:Cc3 191.33 Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov Template:Cc3 180.14 Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker Template:Cc3 160.55
    • Ice dance: Meryl Davis/Charlie White Template:Cc3 201.10 Anna Cappelini/Luca Lanotte Template:Cc3 168.57 Ekaterina Rubleva/Ivan Shefer Template:Cc3 163.32
    • Ladies: Miki Ando Template:Cc3 171.93 Ashley Wagner Template:Cc3 163.97 Alena Leonova Template:Cc3 160.06

Football (soccer)

• U-17 World Cup in Nigeria:
  • Group A:
    • Nigeria 3–3 Germany
    • Honduras 0–1 Argentina
  • Group B:
    • Brazil 3–2 Japan
    • Mexico 0–2 Switzerland
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
  • Group 1:
    • Croatia 0–1
    • France 2–0
      • Standings: France 6 points (2 matches), Iceland 6 (3), Northern Ireland 3 (1).
  • Group 2: Norway 3–0
  • Group 3:
    • Denmark 15–0
    • Greece 0–1
      • Standings: Denmark 6 points (2 matches), Scotland 3 (1), Greece 3 (3).
  • Group 4: Poland 2–0
  • Group 5: Spain 2–0
  • Group 6: Israel 1–0
  • Group 7:
    • Armenia 0–8
    • Slovenia 0–3
      • Standings: Italy 9 points (3 matches), Finland 6 (2).
  • Group 8: Azerbaijan 0–3

Rugby league

• European Cup:
  • Group 1:
    • Lebanon 86–0 Italy
      • Standings: Scotland, Lebanon 2 points (1 match), Italy 0 (2).
• Four Nations:
  • Round 1:
    • New Zealand 20–20 Australia
• Pacific Cup:
  • Round robin match in Port Moresby:
    • Fiji 22–24 Cook Islands

October 23, 2009 (Friday)

Baseball

• Nippon Professional Baseball postseason:
  • Pacific League Climax Series, second stage:
    • Game 3, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2. Fighters lead best-of-7 series 3–1.
  • Central League Climax Series, second stage:
    • Game 3, Yomiuri Giants 5, Chunichi Dragons 4. Giants lead best-of-7 series 3–1.

Basketball

• The NBA's officials approve a new collective bargaining agreement with the league, ending a month-long lockout days before the start of the regular season on Tuesday. (AP via ESPN)

Figure skating

• ISU Grand Prix:
  • Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, Russia:
    • Men's short program: (1) Evgeni Plushenko Template:Cc3 82.25 (2) Takahiko Kozuka Template:Cc3 75.50 (3) Johnny Weir Template:Cc3 72.57
      • This is Plushenko's first ISU competition since he won the gold medal at the 2006 Olympics.
    • Pairs' short program: (1) Pang Qing/Tong Jian Template:Cc3 65.40 (2) Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov Template:Cc3 61.62 (3) Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker Template:Cc3 61.34
    • Ladies' short program: (1) Júlia Sebestyén Template:Cc3 57.94 (2) Alissa Czisny Template:Cc3 57.64 (3) Miki Ando Template:Cc3 57.18
    • Ice dance (after original dance): (1) Meryl Davis/Charlie White Template:Cc3 100.08 (2) Anna Cappelini/Luca Lanotte Template:Cc3 85.31 (3) Ekaterina Rubleva/Ivan Shefer Template:Cc3 81.25

Rugby league

• Four Nations:
  • Round 1:
    • England 34–12 France

October 22, 2009 (Thursday)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • ALCS:
    • Game 5: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7, New York Yankees 6. Yankees lead best-of-7 series 3–2.
      • The Angels blow a 4–0 lead in the top of the seventh inning, giving up 6 runs, but come back with 3 in the bottom of the inning and stay alive in the series.
• Nippon Professional Baseball postseason:
  • Pacific League Climax Series, second stage:
    • Game 2: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1. Fighters lead best-of-7 series 3–0.
  • Central League Climax Series, second stage:
    • Game 2: Yomiuri Giants 6, Chunichi Dragons 4. Giants lead best-of-7 series 2–1.

Basketball

• Euroleague:
  • Regular Season Game 1:
    • Group B:
      • Lietuvos Rytas Template:Flagicon 77–70 Template:Flagicon Efes Pilsen
      • Partizan Template:Flagicon 64–72 Template:Flagicon Unicaja Málaga
    • Group C:
      • Lottomatica Roma Template:Flagicon 77–65 Template:Flagicon Caja Laboral Baskonia
    • Group D:
      • Khimki Template:Flagicon 84–81 Template:Flagicon Real Madrid (OT)
      • Armani Jeans Milano Template:Flagicon 67–75 Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos

Football (soccer)

• UEFA Europa League group stage, Matchday 3:
  • Group A:
    • Timişoara Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Anderlecht
    • Ajax Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Dinamo Zagreb
  • Group B:
    • Valencia Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Slavia Prague
    • Lille Template:Flagicon 3–0 Template:Flagicon Genoa
  • Group C:
    • Celtic Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Hamburg
    • Hapoel Tel Aviv Template:Flagicon 5–1 Template:Flagicon Rapid Wien
  • Group D:
    • Ventspils Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Sporting CP
    • Hertha BSC Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Heerenveen
  • Group E:
    • Fulham Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Roma
    • CSKA Sofia Template:Flagicon 0–2 Template:Flagicon Basel
  • Group F:
    • Galatasaray Template:Flagicon 4–1 Template:Flagicon Dinamo București
    • Panathinaikos Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Sturm Graz
  • Group G:
    • Red Bull Salzburg Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Levski Sofia
    • Lazio Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Villarreal
  • Group H:
    • Sheriff Tiraspol Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Twente
    • Steaua București Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe
  • Group I:
    • BATE Borisov Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon AEK Athens
    • Benfica Template:Flagicon 5–0 Template:Flagicon Everton
  • Group J:
    • Shakhtar Donetsk Template:Flagicon 4–0 Template:Flagicon Toulouse
    • Club Brugge Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Partizan
  • Group K:
    • PSV Eindhoven Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Copenhagen
    • Sparta Prague Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon CFR Cluj
  • Group L:
    • Austria Wien Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Werder Bremen
    • Athletic Bilbao Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Nacional
• Copa Sudamericana Quarterfinals, first leg:
  • Fluminense Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Universidad de Chile
• CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, round 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group B:
    • San Juan Jabloteh Template:Flagicon 2–4 Template:Flagicon Marathón
      • Final standings: Toluca 13 points, Marathón 12, D.C. United 10, San Juan Jabloteh 0.
  • Group D:
    • Comunicaciones Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon UNAM
      • Final standings: UNAM 13 points, Comunicaciones 9, W Connection 7, Real España 6.

Snooker

• Premier League Snooker – League phase in Grimsby, Lincolnshire:
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan Template:Cc3 3–3 Stephen Hendry Template:Cc3
  • Shaun Murphy Template:Cc3 5–1 Marco Fu Template:Cc3
    • Standings: Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 points; John Higgins, Stephen Hendry, Judd Trump 4; Neil Robertson 3; Shaun Murphy 2; Marco Fu 1.

October 21, 2009 (Wednesday)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • NLCS:
    • Game 5: Philadelphia Phillies 10, Los Angeles Dodgers 4. Phillies win best-of-7 series 4–1.
      • Jayson Werth's 3-run homer in the 1st inning sets the Phillies on their way to claim the National League title for the second straight year.
• Nippon Professional Baseball postseason:
  • Pacific League Climax Series, second stage:
    • Game 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 9, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 8. Fighters lead best-of-7 series 2–0.
      • The Fighters rally from 8–4 down in the bottom of the 9th inning.
  • Central League Climax Series, second stage:
    • Game 1, Chunichi Dragons 7, Yomiuri Giants 2. Best-of-7 series tied 1–1.

Basketball

• Euroleague:
  • Regular Season Game 1:
    • Group A:
      • Cibona Template:Flagicon 40–85 Template:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena
        • Cibona set a record for fewest points by a home team in the Euroleague.
      • Žalgiris Template:Flagicon 71–52 Template:Flagicon ASVEL Villeurbanne
      • Fenerbahçe Ülker Template:Flagicon 59–82 Template:Flagicon Regal FC Barcelona
    • Group B:
      • Olympiacos Template:Flagicon 94–72 Template:Flagicon Orléans
    • Group C:
      • Maroussi Template:Flagicon 65–66 Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow
    • Group D:
      • Asseco Prokom Gdynia Template:Flagicon 81–87 Template:Flagicon EWE Baskets Oldenburg

Football (soccer)

• UEFA Champions League group stage, Matchday 3:
  • Group A:
    • Bordeaux Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich
    • Juventus Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Maccabi Haifa
      • Standings: Bordeaux 7 points, Juventus 5, Bayern Munich 4, Maccabi Haifa 0.
  • Group B:
    • CSKA Moscow Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Manchester United
    • Wolfsburg Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Beşiktaş
      • Standings: Manchester United 9 points, Wolfsburg 4, CSKA Moscow 3, Beşiktaş 1.
  • Group C:
    • Real Madrid Template:Flagicon 2–3 Template:Flagicon Milan
    • Zürich Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Marseille
      • Standings: Milan, Real Madrid 6 points, Marseille, Zürich 3.
  • Group D:
    • Porto Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon APOEL
    • Chelsea Template:Flagicon 4–0 Template:Flagicon Atlético Madrid
      • Standings: Chelsea 9 points, Porto 6, APOEL, Atlético Madrid 1.
• Copa Sudamericana Quarterfinals, first leg:
  • Cerro Porteño Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Botafogo
  • River Plate Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon San Lorenzo
• AFC Champions League Semi-finals, first leg:
  • Al-Ittihad Template:Flagicon 6–2 Template:Flagicon Nagoya Grampus
  • Pohang Steelers Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Umm-Salal
• AFC Cup Semi-finals, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • South China Template:Flagicon 0–1 (1–2) Template:Flagicon Al-Kuwait. Al-Kuwait win 3–1 on aggregate.
  • Al-Karamah Template:Flagicon 3–0 (1–2) Template:Flagicon Bình Dương. Al-Karamah win 4–2 on aggregate.
• CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, round 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Pachuca Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Árabe Unido
    • Isidro Metapán Template:Flagicon 3–2 Template:Flagicon Houston Dynamo
      • Final standings: Pachuca 15 points, Árabe Unido 10, Houston Dynamo 7, Isidro Metapán 3.
  • Group D:
    • W Connection Template:Flagicon 3–2 Template:Flagicon Real España
      • Standings: UNAM 13 points (5 matches), W Connection 7 (6), Communicaciones 6 (5), Real España 6 (6).
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA):
  • Group 3: Bulgaria 0–1

October 20, 2009 (Tuesday)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • ALCS:
    • Game 4: New York Yankees 10, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1. Yankees lead best-of-7 series 3–1.

Basketball

• The WNBA announces that the Detroit Shock, which won three WNBA titles, most recently in 2008, has been purchased by a group of investors in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and will be moved to that city for the 2010 season. The new team name has not yet been announced, but former University of Tulsa and Arkansas head coach Nolan Richardson has been named head coach and general manager. (AP via ESPN)

Football (soccer)

• UEFA Champions League group stage, Matchday 3:
  • Group E:
    • Debrecen Template:Flagicon 3–4 Template:Flagicon Fiorentina
    • Liverpool Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Lyon
      • Standings: Lyon 9 points, Fiorentina 6, Liverpool 3, Debrecen 0.
  • Group F:
    • Barcelona Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Rubin Kazan
    • Internazionale Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Dynamo Kyiv
      • Standings: Barcelona, Dynamo Kyiv, Rubin Kazan 4 points, Inter 3.
  • Group G:
    • Rangers Template:Flagicon 1–4 Template:Flagicon Unirea Urziceni
    • Stuttgart Template:Flagicon 1–3 Template:Flagicon Sevilla
      • Standings: Sevilla 9 points, Unirea Urziceni 4, Stuttgart 2, Rangers 1.
  • Group H:
    • AZ Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Arsenal
    • Olympiacos Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Standard Liège
      • Standings: Arsenal 7 points, Olympiacos 6, AZ 2, Standard Liège 1.
• Copa Sudamericana Quarterfinals, first leg:
  • Vélez Sarsfield Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon LDU Quito
• CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, round 6: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group B:
    • Toluca Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon D.C. United
      • Standings: Toluca 13 points (6 matches), D.C. United 10 (6), Marathón 9 (5), San Juan Jabloteh 0 (5).
  • Group C:
    • Puerto Rico Islanders Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Columbus Crew
    • Saprissa Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Cruz Azul
      • Final standings: Cruz Azul 16 points, Columbus Crew 8, Saprissa 5, Puerto Rico Islanders 3.

October 19, 2009 (Monday)

American football

• NFL Monday Night Football Week 6 (unbeaten team in bold):
  • Denver Broncos 34, San Diego Chargers 23
    • Eddie Royal becomes the first Bronco and 11th NFL player overall to return a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns in the same game.

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • ALCS:
    • Game 3, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5, New York Yankees 4, 11 innings. Yankees lead best-of-7 series 2–1.
  • NLCS:
    • Game 4: Philadelphia Phillies 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4. Phillies lead best-of-7 series 3–1.
      • Jimmy Rollins' walk-off two-run double puts the Phils one win away from the World Series.
• Nippon Professional Baseball postseason:
  • Central League Climax Series, first stage:
    • Game 3, Chunichi Dragons 7, Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4. Dragons win best-of-3 series 2–1.

October 18, 2009 (Sunday)

American football

• NFL Week 6 (unbeaten teams in bold):
  • Carolina Panthers 28, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21
    • The Bucs remain winless on the season.
  • Houston Texans 28, Cincinnati Bengals 17
  • Green Bay Packers 26, Detroit Lions 0
  • Kansas City Chiefs 14, Washington Redskins 6
    • The Chiefs pick up their first win of the season.
  • Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Cleveland Browns 14
    • Ben Roethlisberger becomes the second quarterback this season to throw for 400 yards.
  • Jacksonville Jaguars 23, St. Louis Rams 20 (OT)
    • Josh Scobee's field goal keeps the Rams winless.
  • Minnesota Vikings 33, Baltimore Ravens 31
  • New Orleans Saints 48, New York Giants 27
    • The Saints win the battle of unbeatens, with Drew Brees throwing for four touchdowns.
  • Arizona Cardinals 27, Seattle Seahawks 3
    • Cardinals QB Kurt Warner ties Dan Marino's record as the fastest to 30,000 career passing yards, reaching the milestone in his 114th NFL game.
  • Oakland Raiders 13, Philadelphia Eagles 9
  • New England Patriots 59, Tennessee Titans 0
    • The Patriots tie for the largest margin of victory in any game since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, and set franchise records for points and total yards (619). Quarterback Tom Brady throws six TD passes, five of them in the second quarter to set a new NFL record for TD passes in a quarter. The winless Titans suffer their largest defeat in franchise history.
  • Buffalo Bills 16, New York Jets 13 (OT)
  • Sunday Night Football Atlanta Falcons 21, Chicago Bears 14
  • Bye week: Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers
• NCAA College Football:
  • UConn cornerback Jasper Howard is murdered, age 20, in a stabbing at the University of Connecticut Student Union, just hours after UConn's game against Louisville. [1]

Auto racing

• Formula One:
  • Brazilian Grand Prix in São Paulo:
    • (1) Mark Webber Template:Cc3 (Red Bull–Renault) 1:32:23.081 (2) Robert Kubica Template:Cc3 (BMW Sauber) +7.626 (3) Lewis Hamilton Template:Cc3 (McLaren–Mercedes) +18.944
      • Drivers' Championship standings (after 16 of 17 races): (1) Jenson Button Template:Cc3 (Brawn–Mercedes) 89 points (2) Sebastian Vettel Template:Cc3 (Red Bull-Renault) 74 (3) Rubens Barrichello Template:Cc3 (Brawn-Mercedes) 72
        • Button secures the title with one race remaining.
      • Constructors' Championship standings: (1) Brawn-Mercedes 161 points (2) Red Bull-Renault 135.5 (3) McLaren-Mercedes 71

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • NLCS:
    • Game 3, Philadelphia Phillies 11, Los Angeles Dodgers 0. Phillies lead best-of-7 series 2–1.
• Nippon Professional Baseball postseason:
  • Central League Climax Series, first stage:
    • Game 2, Chunichi Dragons 3, Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2. Best-of-3 series tied 1–1.

Basketball

• Africa Championship for Women in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
  • Seventh place match: Cameroon 66–61 Madagascar
  • Fifth place match: Nigeria 67–57 Mozambique
  • Bronze medal match: Ivory Coast 57–76 Angola
  • Final: Senegal 72–57 Mali
    • Senegal win the title for the tenth time.

Cricket

• Kenya in Zimbabwe:
  • 5th ODI in Harare:
    • Zimbabwe 329/3 (50 ov, Hamilton Masakadza 178*); Kenya 187 (39.3 ov). Zimbabwe win by 142 runs and win the 5-match series 4–1.

Football (soccer)

• CAF Champions League semifinals, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • TP Mazembe Template:Flagicon 0–2 (5–2) Template:Flagicon Al-Hilal. TP Mazembe win 5–4 on aggregate.
• CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Stade Malien Template:Flagicon 4–2 (2–2) Template:Flagicon ENPPI. Stade Malien win 6–4 on aggregate.
• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil:
  • Bronze medal match: Formas Íntimas Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Everton
  • Final: Santos Template:Flagicon 9–0 Template:Flagicon Universidad Autónoma

Golf

• PGA Tour:
  • Fall Series:
    • Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas:
      • Winner: Martin Laird Template:Cc3 265 (−19) PO
        • Laird wins his first PGA Tour title in a three-way playoff, eliminating Chad Campbell Template:Cc3 on the second playoff hole and George McNeill Template:Cc3 on the third.
• European Tour:
  • Portugal Masters in Vilamoura, Portugal:
    • Winner: Lee Westwood Template:Cc3 265 (−23)
      • Westwood collects his first professional win in over two years, a period in which he had 26 top-10 finishes. He also takes the lead in the Race to Dubai and will rise to the top 5 in the Official World Golf Rankings.

Gymnastics

• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London, Great Britain:
  • Men's Vault: Marian Drăgulescu Template:Cc3 16.575 Flavius Koczi Template:Cc3 16.337 Anton Golotsutskov Template:Cc3 16.287
  • Women's Balance Beam: Deng Linlin Template:Cc3 15.000 Lauren Mitchell Template:Cc3 14.875 Ivana Hong Template:Cc3 14.550
  • Men's Parallel Bars: Wang Guanyin Template:Cc3 15.950 Feng Zhe Template:Cc3 15.775 Kazuhito Tanaka Template:Cc3 15.500
  • Women's Floor Exercise: Elizabeth Tweddle Template:Cc3 14.650 Lauren Mitchell Template:Cc3 14.550 Sui Lu Template:Cc3 14.300
  • Men's Horizontal Bar: Zou Kai Template:Cc3 16.150 Epke Zonderland Template:Cc3 15.825 Igor Cassina Template:Cc3 15.625

Motorcycle racing

• Moto GP:
  • Australian Grand Prix in Phillip Island: (1) Casey Stoner Template:Cc3 (Ducati) 40:56.651 (2) Valentino Rossi Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) +1.935 (3) Dani Pedrosa Template:Cc3 (Honda) +22.618
    • Riders' standings (after 15 of 17 races): (1) Rossi 270 points (2) Jorge Lorenzo Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 232 (3) Stoner 195
    • Manufacturers' standings: (1) Yamaha 350 (2) Honda 252 (3) Ducati 236

Rugby league

• European Cup:
  • Group 2:
    • Ireland 82–0 Serbia

Rugby union

• Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
  • Pool 3: Ospreys Template:Flagicon 25–24 Template:Flagicon Clermont Auvergne
    • Standings: Leicester Tigers 8 points, Clermont, Ospreys 6, Viadana 0.
  • Pool 4: Bath Template:Flagicon 27–29 Template:Flagicon Stade Français
    • Standings: Stade Français 9 points, Ulster 5, Edinburgh 4, Bath 1.
• Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
  • Pool 1: Leeds Template:Flagicon 37–13 Template:Flagicon Overmach Parma
    • Standings: Bourgoin 8 points, Leeds, București Oaks 5, Parma 0.
  • Pool 5: Falcons Template:Flagicon 45–3 Template:Flagicon Albi
    • Standings: Falcons 10 points, Montauban 8, Padova 1, Albi 0.

Snooker

• World Series of Snooker, Tournament in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Semi-finals:
    • Graeme Dott Template:Cc3 def. Stephen Maguire Template:Cc3 5–1
    • Jimmy White Template:Cc3 def. John Higgins Template:Cc3 5–1
  • Final
    • Jimmy White Template:Cc3 def. Graeme Dott Template:Cc3 5–3

Taekwondo

• World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
  • Men's 74 kg: Kim Joon-Tae Template:Cc3 Maxime Potvin Template:Cc3 Mark López Template:Cc3 & Mokdad Ounis Template:Cc3
  • Women's 62 kg: Lim Su-Jeong Template:Cc3 Zhang Hua Template:Cc3 Estefanía Hernández Template:Cc3 & Chonnapas Premwaew Template:Cc3
  • Women's +73 kg: Rosana Simón Template:Cc3 Liu Rui Template:Cc3 Jo Seol Template:Cc3 & Natália Falavigna Template:Cc3

Tennis

• ATP World Tour:
  • Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, China:
    • Final: (6) Nikolay Davydenko Template:Cc3 def. (1) Rafael Nadal Template:Cc3 7–6 (3), 6–3
      • Davydenko wins his fourth title of the year and the 18th of his career. He also wins his third Masters title and improves his perfect record in Masters finals to 3–0.
• WTA Tour:
  • Generali Ladies Linz in Linz, Austria:
    • Final: (3) Yanina Wickmayer Template:Cc3 def. Petra Kvitová Template:Cc3 6–3, 6–4
      • Wickmayer wins her second title of the year and career.
  • HP Open in Osaka, Japan:
    • Final: (3) Samantha Stosur Template:Cc3 def. (4) Francesca Schiavone Template:Cc3 7–5, 6–1
      • Stosur wins her first WTA Tour title after losing five previous finals.

October 17, 2009 (Saturday)

Auto racing

• Chase for the Sprint Cup:
  • NASCAR Banking 500 Only from Bank of America in Concord, North Carolina
    • (1) Jimmie Johnson Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (2) Matt Kenseth Template:Flagicon (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) (3) Kasey Kahne Template:Flagicon (Dodge, Richard Petty Motorsports)
      • Drivers' standings (with 5 races remaining): (1) Johnson 5923 points (2) Mark Martin Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 5833 (3) Jeff Gordon Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 5788

American football

• NCAA:
  • AP Top 10 (unbeaten teams in bold):
    • (1) Florida 23, Arkansas 20
    • (2) Alabama 20, (22) South Carolina 6
    • Red River Rivalry in Dallas: (3) Texas 16, (20) Oklahoma 13
      • For the second time this season, Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford suffers an injury to his right (throwing) shoulder.
    • (19) Georgia Tech 28, (4) Virginia Tech 23
    • Jeweled Shillelagh: (6) USC 34, (25) Notre Dame 27
      • The Trojans win the game for the eighth straight time.
    • Purdue 26, (7) Ohio State 18
    • (9) Miami 27, UCF 7
    • Played earlier this week: (5) Boise State, (8) Cincinnati
    • Idle this week: (10) LSU
  • Other games:
    • Texas Tech 31, (15) Nebraska 10
    • Colorado 34, (17) Kansas 30
  • Other remaining unbeaten teams (rankings in parentheses):
    • (11) Iowa, (12) TCU

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • ALCS:
    • Game 2: New York Yankees 4, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3 (13 innings). Yankees lead best-of-7 series 2–0.
• Nippon Professional Baseball postseason:
  • Pacific League Climax Series, first stage:
    • Game 2: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1. Golden Eagles win best-of-3 series 2–0.
  • Central League Climax Series, first stage:
    • Game 1: Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3, Chunichi Dragons 2. Swallows lead best-of-3 series 1–0.

Basketball

• Africa Championship for Women in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
  • Classification 5–8:
    • Nigeria 62–51 Cameroon
    • Madagascar 66–73 Mozambique
  • Semifinals: (winners qualify for 2010 World Championship)
    • Senegal 75–54 Ivory Coast
    • Mali 70–60 (OT) Angola

Cricket

• Kenya in Zimbabwe:
  • 4th ODI in Harare:
    • Kenya 270/8 (50 ov); Zimbabwe 271/4 (48.0 ov). Zimbabwe win by 6 wickets, and lead the 5-match series 3–1.

Figure skating

• ISU Grand Prix:
  • Trophée Eric Bompard in Paris, France:
    • Men: Nobunari Oda Template:Cc3 242.53 Tomáš Verner Template:Cc3 229.96 Adam Rippon Template:Cc3 219.96
    • Pairs: Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov Template:Cc3 192.93 Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison Template:Cc3 180.97 Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy Template:Cc3 174.42
    • Ladies: Kim Yuna Template:Cc3 210.03 Mao Asada Template:Cc3 173.99 Yukari Nakano Template:Cc3 165.70
    • Ice dance: Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir Template:Cc3 197.71 Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat Template:Cc3 181.64 Sinead Kerr/John Kerr Template:Cc3 177.11

Gymnastics

• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London, Great Britain:
  • Men's Floor Exercise: Marian Drăgulescu Template:Cc3 15.700 Zou Kai Template:Cc3 15.675 Alexander Shatilov Template:Cc3 15.575
  • Women's Vault: Kayla Williams Template:Cc3 15.087 Ariella Kaeslin Template:Cc3 14.525 Youna Dufournet Template:Cc3 14.450
  • Men's Pommel Horse: Zhang Hongtao Template:Cc3 16.200 Krisztián Berki Template:Cc3 16.075 Prashanth Sellathurai Template:Cc3 15.400
  • Women's Uneven Bars: He Kexin Template:Cc3 16.000 Koko Tsurumi Template:Cc3 14.875 Ana Porgras Template:Cc3 & Rebecca Bross Template:Cc3 14.675
  • Men's Rings: Yang Mingyong Template:Cc3 15.675 Yordan Yovchev Template:Cc3 15.575 Oleksandr Vorobiov Template:Cc3 15.550

Rugby league

• European Cup:
  • Group 1:
    • Italy 0–104 Scotland
• Pacific Cup:
  • Qualifying in Cairns:
    • Samoa 20–22 Cook Islands

Rugby union

• Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
  • Pool 1: Munster (Ireland) 41–10 Template:Flagicon Benetton Treviso
    • Standings: Munster 6 points, Perpignan 5, Northampton, Treviso 4.
  • Pool 2: Biarritz Template:Flagicon 42–15 Template:Flagicon Gloucester
    • Standings: Biarritz 9 points, Dragons 5, Gloucester 4, Glasgow Warriors 1.
  • Pool 3: Viadana Template:Flagicon 11–46 Template:Flagicon Leicester Tigers
  • Pool 4: Edinburgh Template:Flagicon 17–13 (Ireland) Ulster
  • Pool 5: Harlequins Template:Flagicon 19–23 Template:Flagicon Toulouse
    • Standings: Toulouse 9 points, Cardiff Blues 5, Sale 4, Harlequins 1.
  • Pool 6:
    • London Irish Template:Flagicon 25–27 Template:Flagicon Scarlets
    • Brive Template:Flagicon 13–36 (Ireland) Leinster
      • Standings: Scarlets 8 points, Leinster, London Irish 5, Brive 0.
• Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
  • Pool 1: București Oaks Template:Flagicon 19–21 Template:Flagicon Bourgoin
  • Pool 2: Olympus Madrid Template:Flagicon 5–38 Template:Flagicon Worcester
    • Standings: Connacht 9 points, Worcester 6, Montpellier 5, Olympus Madrid 0.
  • Pool 3: Rovigo Template:Flagicon 11–76 Template:Flagicon Castres
    • Standings: Toulon 8 points, Castres, Saracens 5, Rovigo 0.
  • Pool 4:
    • Rugby Roma Template:Flagicon 0–57 Template:Flagicon Wasps
    • Racing Métro Template:Flagicon 16–20 Template:Flagicon Bayonne
      • Standings: Bayonne, Wasps 9 points, Racing Métro 2, Roma 0.
• Currie Cup semifinals:
  • Template:Rut 21–23 Free State Cheetahs
  • Western Province 19–21 Blue Bulls

Snooker

• World Series of Snooker, Tournament in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Quarter-finals:
    • Stephen Maguire Template:Cc3 def. Kryštof Michal Template:Cc3 5–0
    • Graeme Dott Template:Cc3 def. Osip Zusmanovic Template:Cc3 5–0
    • John Higgins Template:Cc3 def. Lukáš Křenek Template:Cc3 5–1
    • Jimmy White Template:Cc3 def. Sishuo Wang Template:Cc3 5–0

Taekwondo

• World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
  • Men's 54 kg: Choi Yeon-Ho Template:Cc3 Mahmood Haidari Template:Cc3 Chutchawal Khawlaor Template:Cc3 & Meisam Bagheri Template:Cc3
  • Men's 87 kg: Bahri Tanrıkulu Template:Cc3 Carlo Molfetta Template:Cc3 Vanja Babić Template:Cc3 & Yousef Karami Template:Cc3
  • Women's 46 kg: Park Hyo-Ji Template:Cc3 Zoraida Santiago Template:Cc3 Buttree Puedpong Template:Cc3 & Yvette Yong Template:Cc3
  • Women's 73 kg: Hang Yingying Template:Cc3 Lee In-Jong Template:Cc3 Furkan Asena Aydın Template:Cc3 & Anastasia Baryshnikova Template:Cc3

Volleyball

• NORCECA Men's Championship in Bayamón, Puerto Rico:
  • Seventh place match: Barbados 3–1 Template:Vb
  • Fifth place match: Mexico 3–2 Template:Vb
  • Bronze medal match: Canada 2–3 Template:Vb
  • Final: Cuba 3–1 Template:Vb
    • Cuba win the title for the 14th time, and qualify for the World Grand Champions Cup.

October 16, 2009 (Friday)

Auto racing

• Nationwide Series:
  • Dollar General 300 in Concord, North Carolina
    • (1) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) Mike Bliss Template:Flagicon (Toyota, CJM Racing) (3) Dave Blaney Template:Flagicon (Toyota, NEMCO Motorsports)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • ALCS:
    • Game 1, New York Yankees 4, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1. Yankees lead best-of-7 series 1–0.
  • NLCS:
    • Game 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1. Best-of-7 series tied 1–1.
• Nippon Professional Baseball postseason:
  • Pacific League Climax Series, first stage:
    • Game 1, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 11, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4. Golden Eagles lead best-of-3 series 1–0.

Basketball

• Africa Championship for Women in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
  • Quarterfinals:
    • Senegal 89–45 Nigeria
    • Ivory Coast 55–44 Cameroon
    • Mali 80–46 Madagascar
    • Mozambique 36–68 Angola

Figure skating

• ISU Grand Prix:
  • Trophée Eric Bompard in Paris, France:
    • Men's short program: (1) Tomáš Verner Template:Cc3 81.00 (2) Nobunari Oda Template:Cc3 79.20 (3) Adam Rippon Template:Cc3 75.82
    • Pairs' short program: (1) Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy Template:Cc3 72.98 (2) Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov Template:Cc3 66.88 (3) Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison Template:Cc3 64.54
    • Ladies' short program: (1) Kim Yuna Template:Cc3 76.08 (2) Yukari Nakano Template:Cc3 59.64 (3) Mao Asada Template:Cc3 58.96
    • Ice dance after original dance: (1) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir Template:Cc3 100.32 (2) Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat Template:Cc3 91.87 (3) Sinead Kerr/John Kerr Template:Cc3 90.86

Football (soccer)

• U-20 World Cup in Egypt:
  • Bronze medal match: Hungary 1–1 (2–0 pen.) Costa Rica
  • Final: Brazil 0–0 (3–4 pen.) Ghana
    • Ghana win the title for the first time.
• CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • ES Sétif Template:Flagicon 1–0 (1–1) Template:Flagicon Bayelsa United. ES Sétif win 2–1 on aggregate.
• Women's Copa Libertadores in São Paulo, Brazil:
  • Semifinals:
    • Santos Template:Flagicon 5–0 Template:Flagicon Formas Íntimas
    • Universidad Autónoma Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Everton

Gymnastics

• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London, Great Britain:
  • Women's All-around Final: Bridget Sloan Template:Cc3 57.825 points Rebecca Bross Template:Cc3 57.775 Koko Tsurumi Template:Cc3 57.175

Rugby union

• Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
  • Pool 1: Perpignan Template:Flagicon 29–13 Template:Flagicon Northampton Saints
  • Pool 2: Newport Gwent Dragons Template:Flagicon 22–14 Template:Flagicon Glasgow Warriors
  • Pool 5: Sale Sharks Template:Flagicon 27–26 Template:Flagicon Cardiff Blues
• Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
  • Pool 2: Montpellier Template:Flagicon 19–22 (Ireland) Connacht
  • Pool 5: Montauban Template:Flagicon 27–10 Template:Flagicon Petrarca Padova

Taekwondo

• World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
  • Men's 63 kg: Yeom Hyo-Seob Template:Cc3 Reza Naderian Template:Cc3 Javier Marrón Template:Cc3 & Cem Uluğnuyan Template:Cc3
  • Men's 68 kg: Mohammad Bagheri Template:Cc3 Idulio Islas Template:Cc3 Servet Tazegül Template:Cc3 & Balla Dièye Template:Cc3
  • Women's 53 kg: Danielle Pelham Template:Cc3 Sarita Phongsri Template:Cc3 Kwon Eun-Kyung Template:Cc3 & Euda Carías Template:Cc3

Volleyball

• NORCECA Men's Championship in Bayamón, Puerto Rico:
  • Classification 5–8:
    • Barbados 1–3 Template:Vb
    • Panama 0–3 Template:Vb
  • Semifinals:
    • Cuba 3–0 Template:Vb
    • United States 3–0 Template:Vb

October 15, 2009 (Thursday)

American football

• NCAA:
  • AP Top 10 (unbeaten team in bold):
    • (8) Cincinnati 34, (21) South Florida 17

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • NLCS:
    • Game 1: Philadelphia Phillies 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 6. Phillies lead series 1–0.

Basketball

• Euroleague:
  • Regular Season Game 1:
    • Group C:
      • Maccabi Tel Aviv Template:Flagicon 85–65 Template:Flagicon Union Olimpija Ljubljana

Cricket

• Kenya in Zimbabwe:
  • 3rd ODI in Harare:
    • Kenya 266/9 (50 ov); Zimbabwe 246 (49.5 ov). Kenya win by 20 runs. Zimbabwe lead the 5-match series 2–1

Gymnastics

• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London, Great Britain:
  • Men's All-around Final: Kōhei Uchimura Template:Cc3 91.500 points Daniel Keatings 88.925 Template:Cc3 Yury Ryazanov Template:Cc3 88.400

Rugby union

• Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 2:
  • Pool 3: Toulon Template:Flagicon 31–23 Template:Flagicon Saracens

Snooker

• Premier League Snooker – League phase in Aberdeen:
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan Template:Cc3 4–2 Shaun Murphy Template:Cc3
  • John Higgins Template:Cc3 3–3 Stephen Hendry Template:Cc3
    • Standings: Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 points; John Higgins, Judd Trump 4; Stephen Hendry, Neil Robertson 3; Marco Fu 1; Shaun Murphy 0.

Taekwondo

• World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
  • Men's 58 kg: Joel Gonzalez Template:Cc3 Damián Villa Template:Cc3 Hasan Rezaï Template:Cc3 & Mauro Crismanich Template:Cc3
  • Women's 49 kg: Brigitte Yagüe Template:Cc3 Anna Soboleva Template:Cc3 Wu Jingyu Template:Cc3 & Yasmina Aziez Template:Cc3
  • Women's 57 kg: Hou Yu Template:Cc3 Veronica Calabrese Template:Cc3 Andrea Rica Template:Cc3 & Tseng Pei-Hua Template:Cc3

Volleyball

• NORCECA Men's Championship in Bayamón, Puerto Rico:
  • Quarterfinals:
    • Canada 3–2 Template:Vb
    • Puerto Rico 3–0 Template:Vb

October 14, 2009 (Wednesday)

American football

• NCAA:
  • AP Top 10 (unbeaten team in bold):
    • (5) Boise State 28, Tulsa 21

Basketball

• Africa Championship for Women in Antananarivo, Madagascar: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Madagascar 59–71 Mozambique
    • Senegal 107–19 Mauritius
    • South Africa 50–64 Cameroon
      • Final standings: Senegal 10 points, Mozambique 9, Cameroon 8, Madagascar 7, South Africa 6, Mauritius 5.
  • Group B:
    • Mali 66–38 Tunisia
    • Angola 60–45 Nigeria
    • Rwanda 60–64 Ivory Coast
      • Final standings: Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Angola 9 points, Nigeria 7, Tunisia 6, Rwanda 5.

Football (soccer)

• 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification: (teams in bold qualify for 2010 FIFA World Cup, teams in italics advance to the play-offs)
  • UEFA:
    • Group 1:
      • Sweden 4–1 Albania
      • Portugal 4–0 Malta
      • Denmark 0–1 Hungary
        • Final standings: Denmark 21 points, Portugal 19, Sweden 18, Hungary 16.
    • Group 2:
      • Latvia 3–2 Moldova
      • Greece 2–1 Luxembourg
      • Switzerland 0–0 Israel
        • Final standings: Switzerland 21 points, Greece 20, Latvia 17, Israel 16.
    • Group 3:
      • Czech Republic 0–0 Northern Ireland
      • San Marino 0–3 Slovenia
      • Poland 0–1 Slovakia
        • Slovakia qualify for the World Cup for the first time thanks to Seweryn Gancarczyk's own goal in the 3rd minute.
        • Final standings: Slovakia 22 points, Slovenia 20, Czech Republic 16, Northern Ireland 15.
    • Group 4:
      • Azerbaijan 1–1 Russia
      • Germany 1–1 Finland
      • Liechtenstein 0–2 Wales
        • Final standings: Germany 26 points, Russia 22, Finland 18.
    • Group 5:
      • Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–5 Spain
      • Estonia 2–0 Belgium
      • Turkey 2–0 Armenia
        • Final standings: Spain 30 points, Bosnia and Herzegovina 19, Turkey 15.
    • Group 6:
      • Kazakhstan 1–2 Croatia
      • Andorra 0–6 Ukraine
      • England 3–0 Belarus
        • Final standings: England 27 points, Ukraine 21, Croatia 20.
    • Group 7:
      • Lithuania 2–1 Serbia
      • Romania 3–1 Faroe Islands
      • France 3–1 Austria
        • Final standings: Serbia 22 points, France 21, Austria 14.
    • Group 8:
      • Italy 3–2 Cyprus
      • Republic of Ireland 0–0 Montenegro
      • Bulgaria 6–2 Georgia
        • Final standings: Italy 24 points, Ireland 18, Bulgaria 14.
  • CONMEBOL round 18:
    • Peru 1–0 Bolivia
    • Brazil 0–0 Venezuela
    • Chile 1–0 Ecuador
    • Uruguay 0–1 Argentina
    • Paraguay 0–2 Colombia
      • Final standings: Brazil 34 points, Chile, Paraguay 33, Argentina 28, Uruguay 24, Ecuador, Colombia 23, Venezuela 22, Bolivia 15, Peru 13.
  • CONCACAF fourth round, matchday 10:
    • El Salvador 0–1 Honduras
    • Trinidad and Tobago 2–2 Mexico
    • United States 2–2 Costa Rica
      • Jonathan Bornstein's goal in injury time for USA sends Honduras to the World Cup for the first time since 1982 and Costa Rica to a playoff series against Uruguay.
      • Final standings: United States 20 points, Mexico 19, Honduras 16 (goal difference +6), Costa Rica 16 (GD 0), El Salvador 8, Trinidad & Tobago 6.
• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil:
  • Group 2:
    • Universidad Autónoma Template:Flagicon 4–3 Template:Flagicon Rampla Juniors
    • San Lorenzo Template:Flagicon 1–6 Template:Flagicon Formas Íntimas
      • Final standings: Universidad Autónoma 12 points, Formas Íntimas 9, Template:Flagicon Deportivo Quito & San Lorenzo 4, Rampla Juniors 0.

Taekwondo

• World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark:
  • Men's 80 kg: Steven López Template:Cc3 Nicolás García Template:Cc3 Rashad Ahmadov Template:Cc3 & Sébastien Michaud Template:Cc3
  • Men's +87 kg: Daba Modibo Keita Template:Cc3 Nam Yun-Bae Template:Cc3 Hossein Tajik Template:Cc3 & Arman Chilmanov Template:Cc3
  • Women's 67 kg: Gwladys Épangue Template:Cc3 Taimí Castellanos Template:Cc3 Sandra Šarić Template:Cc3 & Nikolina Kursar Template:Cc3

Volleyball

• NORCECA Men's Championship in Bayamón, Puerto Rico: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Dominican Republic 3–0 Template:Vb
    • Puerto Rico 0–3 Template:Vb
      • Final standings: Cuba 6 points, Puerto Rico 5, Dominican Republic 4, Barbados 3.
  • Group B:
    • Mexico 3–0 Template:Vb
    • United States 3–1 Template:Vb
      • Final standings: USA 6 points, Canada 5, Mexico 4, Panama 3.

October 13, 2009 (Tuesday)

Basketball

• Africa Championship for Women in Antananarivo, Madagascar: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Madagascar 39–90 Senegal
    • South Africa 47–54 Mozambique
    • Cameroon 108–36 Mauritius
      • Standings: Senegal 8 points, Mozambique 7, Cameroon, Madagascar 6, South Africa 5, Mauritius 4.
  • Group B:
    • Mali 63–51 Angola
    • Rwanda 53–59 Tunisia
    • Ivory Coast 44–41 Nigeria
      • Standings: Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Angola 7 points, Nigeria 6, Tunisia 5, Rwanda 4.

Cricket

• Kenya in Zimbabwe:
  • 2nd ODI in Harare:
    • Zimbabwe 263/7 (50 ov); Kenya 177 (44.5 ov). Zimbabwe win by 86 runs, lead 5-match series 2–0.

Football (soccer)

• U-20 World Cup in Egypt:
  • Semifinals:
    • Ghana 3–2 Hungary
      • Ghana advance to the final for the 3rd time.
    • Brazil 1–0 Costa Rica
      • Brazil advance to the final for the 7th time.
• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Group 1:
    • Caracas Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon EnForma Santa Cruz
    • Santos Template:Flagicon 3–1 Template:Flagicon Everton
      • Final standings: Santos 12 points, Everton 7, Template:Flagicon White Star 6, Caracas 2, EnForma Santa Cruz 1.
• U.S. national team and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard forward Charlie Davies suffers several broken bones and a lacerated bladder in a car accident near Washington, D.C. that kills a fellow passenger. (AP via Yahoo)

Volleyball

• NORCECA Men's Championship in Bayamón, Puerto Rico: (teams in italics advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Barbados 0–3 Template:Vb
    • Dominican Republic 0–3 Template:Vb
      • Standings: Cuba, Puerto Rico 4 points, Dominican Republic, Barbados 2.
  • Group B:
    • Mexico 1–3 Template:Vb
    • Panama 0–3 Template:Vb
      • Standings: USA, Canada 4 points, Mexico, Panama 2.

October 12, 2009 (Monday)

American football

• NFL Monday Night Football Week 5:
  • Miami Dolphins 31, New York Jets 27
    • A wild fourth quarter that saw five lead changes is capped off by Ronnie Brown's 2-yard run for the winning touchdown with 6 seconds left.

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • NLDS:
    • Game 4: Philadelphia Phillies 5, Colorado Rockies 4. Phillies win best-of-5 series 3–1.
      • With the Phillies 4–2 down and two out in the top of the 9th inning, Ryan Howard hits a 2-run double to even the score, and Jayson Werth singles to bring Howard home for the winning run.

Cricket

• Kenya in Zimbabwe:
  • 1st ODI in Harare:
    • Zimbabwe 313/4 (50 ov, Hamilton Masakadza 156); Kenya 222 (49.5 ov). Zimbabwe win by 91 runs, lead 5-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)

• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Group 2:
    • Rampla Juniors Template:Flagicon 0–4 Template:Flagicon Deportivo Quito
    • Universidad Autónoma Template:Flagicon 4–0 Template:Flagicon San Lorenzo
      • Standings: Universidad Autónoma 9 points (3 games), Formas Íntimas 6 (3), San Lorenzo 4 (3), Deportivo Quito 4 (4), Rampla Juniors 0 (3).

Futsal

• Confederations Cup in Libya:
  • Libya 0–1 Iran
    • Final standings: Iran 12 points, Uruguay 6, Libya 6, Guatemala 4, Solomon Islands 1.

Volleyball

• NORCECA Men's Championship in Bayamón, Puerto Rico:
  • Group A:
    • Cuba 3–0 Template:Vb
    • Puerto Rico 3–0 Template:Vb
  • Group B:
    • United States 3–0 Template:Vb
    • Canada 3–0 Template:Vb

October 11, 2009 (Sunday)

American football

• NFL Week 5 (unbeaten teams in bold):
  • Minnesota Vikings 38, St. Louis Rams 10
  • New York Giants 44, Oakland Raiders 7
    • Eli Manning, starting despite plantar fasciitis, becomes the 34th quarterback in NFL history to post a perfect passer rating.
  • Cincinnati Bengals 17, Baltimore Ravens 14
    • Carson Palmer connects with Andre Caldwell on the winning 20-yard touchdown pass with 27 seconds left.
  • Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Detroit Lions 20
  • Carolina Panthers 20, Washington Redskins 17
  • Cleveland Browns 6, Buffalo Bills 3
    • The Browns pick up their first win of the year, thanks to a Billy Cundiff field goal with 26 seconds left.
  • Philadelphia Eagles 33, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14
  • Dallas Cowboys 26, Kansas City Chiefs 20 (OT)
    • Miles Austin, substituting for the injured Roy Williams, gains 250 of Tony Romo's 351 passing yards, including the game-winning TD.
  • Seattle Seahawks 41, Jacksonville Jaguars 0
  • Atlanta Falcons 45, San Francisco 49ers 10
  • Arizona Cardinals 28, Houston Texans 21
    • The Cardinals preserve the win with a goal-line stand in the final minute.
  • Denver Broncos 20, New England Patriots 17 (OT)
    • Matt Prater's 41-yard field goal keeps the Broncos unbeaten.
  • Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis Colts 31, Tennessee Titans 9
    • Peyton Manning becomes only the third quarterback, after Steve Young and Kurt Warner, to throw for 300 or more yards in each of the season's first five games.
  • Bye week: Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers

Athletics

• Chicago Marathon:
  • Men: Samuel Wanjiru Template:Cc3 2:05:41
  • Women: Liliya Shobukhova Template:Cc3 2:25:56

Auto racing

• Chase for the Sprint Cup:
  • Pepsi 500 in Fontana, California:
    • (1) Jimmie Johnson Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (2) Jeff Gordon Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)
      • Drivers' standings (with 6 races remaining): (1) Johnson 5728 points (2) Mark Martin Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 5716 (3) Montoya 5670
• V8 Supercars:
  • Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 in Bathurst, New South Wales:
    • Race 18: (1) Will Davison Template:Cc3 & Garth Tander Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) (2) Jason Richards Template:Cc3 & Cameron McConville Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) (3) Lee Holdsworth Template:Cc3 & Michael Caruso Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore)
      • Drivers' standings (after 18 of 26 races): (1) Jamie Whincup Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) 2475 points (2) Davison 2382 (3) Tander 2037

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason (all times EDT):
  • ALDS:
    • Game 3: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7, Boston Red Sox 6. Angels win best-of-5 series 3–0.
      • The Angels, trailing 6–4 with two out in the top of the 9th inning, explode for three runs, capped off by Vladimir Guerrero's two-run single, and close out the Bosox for the series sweep.
    • Game 3: New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 1. Yankees win best-of-5 series 3–0.
  • NLDS:
    • Game 3: Philadelphia Phillies 6, Colorado Rockies 5. Phillies lead best-of-5 series 2–1.

Basketball

• Euroleague:
  • Second preliminary round, game 2: (first leg score in parentheses)
    • ALBA Berlin Template:Flagicon 75–70 (70–79) Template:Flagicon Maroussi. Maroussi win 149–145 on aggregate.
• Africa Championship for Women in Antananarivo, Madagascar: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • South Africa 73–101 Madagascar
    • Cameroon 39–68 Senegal
    • Mauritius 31–121 Mozambique
      • Standings: Senegal 6 points, Mozambique, Madagascar 5, Cameroon, South Africa 4, Mauritius 3.
  • Group B:
    • Rwanda 48–72 Mali
    • Ivory Coast 55–65 Angola
    • Nigeria 65–49 Tunisia
      • Standings: Angola 6 points, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria 5, Tunisia, Rwanda 3.

Football (soccer)

• 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification: (teams in bold qualify for 2010 FIFA World Cup, teams in italics qualify for 2010 African Cup of Nations)
  • CONMEBOL round 17:
    • Bolivia 2–1 Brazil
      • Standings: Brazil, Paraguay 33 points, Chile 30, Argentina 25, Uruguay 24, Ecuador 23.
  • CAF third round, matchday 5:
    • Group B:
      • Nigeria 1–0 Mozambique
      • Tunisia 1–0 Kenya
        • Standings: Tunisia 11 points, Nigeria 9, Mozambique 4, Kenya 3.
    • Group C:
      • Algeria 3–1 Rwanda
        • Standings: Algeria 13 points, Egypt 10, Zambia 4, Rwanda 1.
    • Group D:
      • Benin 1–0 Ghana
      • Mali 1–0 Sudan
        • Standings: Ghana 12 points, Mali 8, Benin 7, Sudan 1.
    • Group E:
      • Guinea 1–2 Burkina Faso
        • Standings: Côte d'Ivoire 13 points, Burkina Faso 9, Malawi 4, Guinea 3.

Futsal

• Confederations Cup in Libya:
  • Uruguay 3–4 Guatemala
    • Standings: Iran 9 points (3 matches), Uruguay 6 (4), Libya 6 (3), Guatemala 4 (4), Solomon Islands 1 (4).

Golf

• PGA Tour:
  • Presidents Cup in San Francisco, day 4
    • Singles matches:
      • Hunter Mahan Template:Cc3 defeats Camilo Villegas (International Team) 2&1
      • Stewart Cink Template:Cc3 defeats Adam Scott (Int) 4&3
      • Mike Weir (Int) and Justin Leonard Template:Cc3 halved
      • Anthony Kim Template:Cc3 defeats Robert Allenby (Int) 5&3
      • Geoff Ogilvy (Int) defeats Steve Stricker Template:Cc3 2&1
      • Sean O'Hair Template:Cc3 defeats Ernie Els (Int) 6&4
      • Ryo Ishikawa (Int) defeats Kenny Perry Template:Cc3 2&1
      • Tim Clark (Int) defeats Zach Johnson Template:Cc3 4&3
      • Tiger Woods Template:Cc3 defeats Y.E. Yang (Int) 6&5
      • Vijay Singh (Int) and Lucas Glover Template:Cc3 halved
      • Phil Mickelson Template:Cc3 defeats Retief Goosen (Int) 2&1
      • Ángel Cabrera (Int) defeats Jim Furyk Template:Cc3 4&3
    • Final score: U.S. Team 19½–14½ International Team
      • The United States win the Cup for the third straight time.
• European Tour:
  • Madrid Masters in Madrid, Spain:
    • Winner: Ross McGowan Template:Cc3 263 (−25)
      • After shooting 60 on Saturday, McGowan eases to a three-shot win over Mikko Ilonen Template:Cc3 for his first European Tour title.

Rugby union

• Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
  • Pool 3: Leicester Tigers Template:Flagicon 32–32 Template:Flagicon Ospreys
  • Pool 5: Toulouse Template:Flagicon 36–17 Template:Flagicon Sale Sharks
• Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
  • Pool 3: Saracens Template:Flagicon 36–12 Template:Flagicon Rovigo
  • Pool 4: London Wasps Template:Flagicon 18–13 Template:Flagicon Racing Métro

Snooker

• Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, final: (seeding in parentheses)
  • Neil Robertson Template:Cc3 (9) def. Ding Junhui Template:Cc3 (13) 9–4

Tennis

• ATP World Tour:
  • China Open in Beijing, China:
    • Final: Novak Djokovic Template:Cc3 def. Marin Čilić Template:Cc3, 6–2, 7–6(4)
      • Djokovic wins his 3rd title of the year and 14th of his career.
  • Rakuten Japan Open in Tokyo, Japan:
    • Final: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Template:Cc3 def. Mikhail Youzhny Template:Cc3, 6–3, 6–3
      • Tsonga wins his 3rd title of the year and 5th of his career.
• WTA Tour:
  • China Open in Beijing, China:
    • Final: Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Cc3 def. Agnieszka Radwańska Template:Cc3, 6–2, 6–4
      • Kuznetsova wins her 3rd title of the year and 12th of her career.

October 10, 2009 (Saturday)

American football

• NCAA:
  • AP Top 10 (unbeaten teams in bold):
    • (1) Florida 13, (4) LSU 3
    • (2) Texas 38, Colorado 14
    • (3) Alabama 22, (20) Mississippi 3
    • (5) Virginia Tech 48, Boston College 14
    • (9) Ohio State 31, Wisconsin 13
    • (10) TCU 20, Air Force 17
    • Idle: (6) Boise State, (8) Cincinnati
  • Other games:
    • Arkansas 44, (17) Auburn 23
  • Other remaining unbeaten teams (rankings in parentheses):
    • (12) Iowa, (16) Kansas, (23) South Florida (idle)

Auto racing

• IndyCar Series:
  • Firestone Indy 300 in Homestead, Florida:
    • (1) Dario Franchitti Template:Cc3 (Chip Ganassi Racing) (2) Ryan Briscoe Template:Cc3 (Penske Racing) (3) Scott Dixon Template:Cc3 (Chip Ganassi Racing)
      • Franchitti, who needed to win the race to claim the season title, takes advantage of the first caution-free race in the history of the series, and passes Briscoe with seven laps to go after he had to pit for fuel and holds on for the victory.
  • Final drivers' standings: (1) Franchitti 616 points (2) Dixon 605 (3) Briscoe 604
• Nationwide Series:
  • Copart 300 in Fontana, California:
    • (1) Joey Logano Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) Brian Vickers Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Braun Racing) (3) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • NLDS:
    • Game 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1. Dodgers win best-of-5 series 3–0.
    • Game 3, Philadelphia Phillies at Colorado Rockies, postponed (ice). Best-of-5 series tied 1–1.

Basketball

• Africa Championship for Women in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
  • Group A:
    • Mauritius 29–70 South Africa
    • Madagascar 39–67 Cameroon
    • Mozambique 37–73 Senegal
  • Group B:
    • Mali 52–62 Ivory Coast
    • Nigeria 79–49 Rwanda
    • Tunisia 56–62 Angola

Cricket

• ICC Intercontinental Cup in Kwekwe, day 4:
  • Kenya 333 & 254; Zimbabwe XI 352 & 238/5 (62.5 ov, Vusi Sibanda 116 *). Zimbabwe XI win by 5 wickets.
    • Standings: Scotland 29 points (2 matches), Kenya 23 (3), Zimbabwe XI, Afghanistan 23 (2), Netherlands 15 (2), Ireland 12 (2), Canada 3 (3).

Football (soccer)

• 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification: (teams in bold qualify for 2010 FIFA World Cup, teams in italics secure at least a play-off berth)
  • UEFA:
    • Group 1:
      • Denmark 1–0 Sweden
      • Portugal 3–0 Hungary
        • Standings: Denmark 21 points, Portugal 16, Sweden 15, Hungary 13.
    • Group 2:
      • Luxembourg 0–3 Switzerland
      • Greece 5–2 Latvia
      • Israel 3–1 Moldova
        • Standings: Switzerland 20 points, Greece 17, Israel 15, Latvia 14.
    • Group 3:
      • Slovakia 0–2 Slovenia
      • Czech Republic 2–0 Poland
        • Standings: Slovakia 19 points, Slovenia 17, Czech Republic 15, Northern Ireland 14.
    • Group 4:
      • Finland 2–1 Wales
      • Russia 0–1 Germany
      • Liechtenstein 0–2 Azerbaijan
        • Standings: Germany 25 points, Russia 21, Finland 17.
    • Group 5:
      • Armenia 1–2 Spain
      • Estonia 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
      • Belgium 2–0 Turkey
        • Standings: Spain 27 points, Bosnia and Herzegovina 19, Turkey 12.
    • Group 6:
      • Belarus 4–0 Kazakhstan
      • Ukraine 1–0 England
        • Standings: England 24 points, Ukraine 18, Croatia 17.
    • Group 7:
      • Austria 2–1 Lithuania
      • Serbia 5–0 Romania
      • France 5–0 Faroe Islands
        • Standings: Serbia 22 points, France 18, Austria 14.
    • Group 8:
      • Cyprus 4–1 Bulgaria
      • Montenegro 2–1 Georgia
      • Republic of Ireland 2–2 Italy
        • Standings: Italy 21 points, Ireland 17, Bulgaria 11.
  • CONMEBOL round 17:
    • Colombia 2–4 Chile
    • Venezuela 1–2 Paraguay
    • Ecuador 1–2 Uruguay
    • Argentina 2–1 Peru
      • Standings: Brazil 33 points (16 matches), Paraguay 33 (17), Chile 30 (17), Argentina 25 (17), Uruguay 24 (17), Ecuador 23 (17), Venezuela 21 (17), Colombia 20 (17).
  • CAF third round, matchday 5:
    • Group A:
      • Cameroon 3–0 Togo
      • Gabon 3–1 Morocco
        • Standings: Cameroon 10 points, Gabon 9, Togo 5, Morocco 3.
    • Group C:
      • Zambia 0–1 Egypt
        • Standings: Algeria 10 points (4 matches), Egypt 10 (5), Zambia 4 (5), Rwanda 1 (4).
    • Group E:
      • Malawi 1–1 Ivory Coast
        • Standings: Côte d'Ivoire 13 points (5 matches), Burkina Faso 6 (4), Malawi 4 (5), Guinea 3 (4).
  • CONCACAF fourth round, matchday 9:
    • Mexico 4–1 El Salvador
    • Costa Rica 4–0 Trinidad and Tobago
    • Honduras 2–3 United States
      • Standings: United States 19 points, Mexico 18, Costa Rica 15, Honduras 13, El Salvador 8, Trinidad & Tobago 5.
  • OFC / AFC Intercontinental Playoffs, first leg:
    • Bahrain 0–0 New Zealand
• U-20 World Cup in Egypt:
  • Quarterfinals:
    • Brazil 2–1 (ET) Germany
    • United Arab Emirates 1–2 (ET) Costa Rica
• CAF Champions League semifinals, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Kano Pillars Template:Flagicon 0–1 (0–4) Template:Flagicon Heartland. Heartland win 5–0 on aggregate.
• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil:
  • Group 1:
    • EnForma Santa Cruz Template:Flagicon 2–4 Template:Flagicon White Star
    • Santos Template:Flagicon 11–0 Template:Flagicon Caracas
      • Standings: Santos 9 points (3), Everton 7 (3), White Star 6 (4), Caracas 1 (3), EnForma Santa Cruz 0 (3).
  • Group 2:
    • Deportivo Quito Template:Flagicon 1–4 Template:Flagicon Universidad Autónoma
    • Formas Íntimas Template:Flagicon 5–0 Template:Flagicon Rampla Juniors
      • Standings: Formas Íntimas 6 points (3 matches), Universidad Autónoma 6 (2), San Lorenzo 4 (2) Deportivo Quito 1 (3), Rampla Juniors 0 (2).

Futsal

• Confederations Cup in Libya:
  • Solomon Islands 0–6 Iran
  • Libya 2–3 Uruguay
    • Standings: Iran 9 points (3 matches), Uruguay, Libya 6 (3), Guatemala 1 (3), Solomon Islands 1 (4).

Golf

• PGA Tour:
  • Presidents Cup in San Francisco, day 3:
    • Morning foursomes:
      • Phil Mickelson/Sean O'Hair Template:Cc3 defeat Retief Goosen/Camilo Villegas (International Team) 5&3
      • Jim Furyk/Justin Leonard Template:Cc3 defeat Ernie Els/Adam Scott (Int) 4&2
      • Robert Allenby/Vijay Singh (Int) and Stewart Cink/Hunter Mahan Template:Cc3 halved
      • Steve Stricker/Tiger Woods Template:Cc3 defeat Tim Clark/Mike Weir (Int) 1 up
      • Ryo Ishikawa/Y.E. Yang (Int) defeat Zach Johnson/Kenny Perry Template:Cc3 3&2
    • Score after morning session: U.S. Team 10–7 International Team
    • Afternoon four-balls:
      • Jim Furyk/Anthony Kim Template:Cc3 defeat Ángel Cabrera/Adam Scott (International Team) 2 up
      • Robert Allenby/Geoff Ogilvy (Int) defeat Stewart Cink/Lucas Glover Template:Cc3 2&1
      • Ernie Els/Mike Weir (Int) defeat Zach Johnson/Justin Leonard Template:Cc3 5&3
      • Steve Stricker/Tiger Woods Template:Cc3 defeat Ryo Ishikawa/Y.E. Yang (Int) 4&2
      • Tim Clark/Vijay Singh (Int) and Phil Mickelson/Sean O'Hair Template:Cc3 halved
    • Score: U.S. Team 12½–9½ International Team

Rugby league

• Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford:
  • Leeds Rhinos 18–10 St. Helens
    • Leeds become the first club to claim three consecutive Super League titles.

Rugby union

• Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
  • Pool 1:
    • Benetton Treviso Template:Flagicon 9–8 Template:Flagicon Perpignan
    • Northampton Saints Template:Flagicon 31–27 (Ireland) Munster
  • Pool 2: Glasgow Warriors Template:Flagicon 18–22 Template:Flagicon Biarritz
  • Pool 3: Clermont Auvergne Template:Flagicon 36–18 Template:Flagicon Viadana
  • Pool 4: Stade Français Template:Flagicon 31–7 Template:Flagicon Edinburgh
  • Pool 5: Cardiff Blues Template:Flagicon 20–6 Template:Flagicon Harlequins
  • Pool 6: Scarlets Template:Flagicon 24–12 Template:Flagicon Brive
• Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
  • Pool 1: București Oaks Template:Flagicon 21–9 Template:Flagicon Overmach Parma
  • Pool 5: Petrarca Padova Template:Flagicon 27–29 Template:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons

Snooker

• Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, semi-finals: (seeding in parentheses)
  • Neil Robertson Template:Cc3 (9) def. John Higgins Template:Cc3 (1) 6–5
  • Ding Junhui Template:Cc3 (13) def. Mark Williams Template:Cc3 (15) 6–1

October 9, 2009 (Friday)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • ALDS:
    • Game 2: New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 3 (11 innings). Yankees lead best-of-5 series 2–0.
      • Alex Rodriguez ties the game with a two-run homer in the 9th inning, and Mark Teixeira ends it with a walk-off homer.
    • Game 2: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4, Boston Red Sox 1. Angels lead best-of-5 series 2–0.

Basketball

• WNBA Finals:
  • Game 5 at Phoenix: (W1) Phoenix Mercury 94, (E1) Indiana Fever 86. Mercury win series 3–2.
    • League MVP Diana Taurasi leads the Mercury to their second title in three years with 26 points, with Cappie Pondexter adding 24. Taurasi is also named Finals MVP.
• Euroleague:
  • Second preliminary round, game 2: (first leg score in parentheses)
    • Orléans Template:Flagicon 80–82 (82–73) Template:Flagicon Benetton Treviso. Orléans win 162–155 on aggregate.
• Africa Championship for Women in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
  • Group A:
    • Mozambique 55–48 Cameroon
    • Senegal 75–34 South Africa
    • Mauritius 42–86 Madagascar
  • Group B:
    • Angola 66–54 Rwanda
    • Tunisia 50–62 Ivory Coast
    • Nigeria 37–41 Mali

Cricket

• ICC Intercontinental Cup in Kwekwe, day 3:
  • Kenya 333 & 254 (74.3 ov); Zimbabwe XI 352 (103.5 ov, Vusi Sibanda 209). Zimbabwe require 236 runs with 10 wickets remaining.

Football (soccer)

• U-20 World Cup in Egypt:
  • Quarterfinals:
    • South Korea 2–3 Ghana
    • Italy 2–3 (ET) Hungary

Futsal

• Confederations Cup in Libya:
  • Iran 4–2 Uruguay
  • Solomon Islands 6–6 Guatemala
    • Standings: Iran, Libya 6 points (2 matches), Uruguay 3 (2), Guatemala, Solomon Islands 1 (3).

Golf

• PGA Tour:
  • Presidents Cup in San Francisco, day 2:
    • Four-balls:
      • Phil Mickelson/Justin Leonard Template:Cc3 defeat Retief Goosen/Adam Scott (International Team) 3 & 2
      • Ernie Els/Mike Weir (Int) defeat Jim Furyk/Anthony Kim Template:Cc3 2 up
      • Ryo Ishikawa/Y.E. Yang (Int) defeat Kenny Perry/Sean O'Hair Template:Cc3 4 & 3
      • Vijay Singh/Tim Clark (Int) defeat Lucas Glover/Stewart Cink Template:Cc3 1 up
      • Zach Johnson/Hunter Mahan Template:Cc3 defeat Robert Allenby/Camilo Villegas (Int) 2 & 1
      • Tiger Woods/Steve Stricker Template:Cc3 defeat Geoff Ogilvy/Ángel Cabrera (Int) 5 & 3
    • Score: U.S. Team 6½–5½ International Team

Olympic Games

• The International Olympic Committee, following the previous recommendation of its executive board, votes to add golf and rugby union (specifically rugby sevens) to the Olympic program for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (AP via ESPN)

Rugby union

• Heineken Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
  • Pool 2: Gloucester Template:Flagicon 19–17 Template:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons
  • Pool 4: Ulster (Ireland) 26–12 Template:Flagicon Bath
  • Pool 6: Leinster (Ireland) 9–12 Template:Flagicon London Irish
• Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
  • Pool 1: Bourgoin Template:Flagicon 29–19 Template:Flagicon Leeds Carnegie
  • Pool 2: Connacht (Ireland) 46–6 Template:Flagicon Olympus Madrid
  • Pool 3: Castres Olympique Template:Flagicon 17–33 Template:Flagicon Toulon
  • Pool 4: Bayonne Template:Flagicon 61–3 Template:Flagicon Rugby Roma
  • Pool 5: Albi Template:Flagicon 7–17 Template:Flagicon Montauban

Snooker

• Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, quarter-finals: (seeding in parentheses)
  • John Higgins Template:Cc3 (1) def. Mark Allen Template:Cc3 (11) 5–1
  • Neil Robertson Template:Cc3 (9) def. Joe Perry Template:Cc3 (12) 5–1
  • Ding Junhui Template:Cc3 (13) def. Peter Ebdon Template:Cc3 (14) 5–2
  • Mark Williams Template:Cc3 (15) def. Robert Milkins Template:Cc3 5–2

October 8, 2009 (Thursday)

American football

• NCAA:
  • AP Top 25:
    • (21) Nebraska 27, (24) Missouri 12

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • ALDS:
    • Game 1: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5, Boston Red Sox 0. Angels lead best-of-5 series 1–0.
  • NLDS:
    • Game 2: Colorado Rockies 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4. Best-of-5 series tied 1–1.
    • Game 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2. Dodgers lead best-of-5 series 2–0.
      • The Dodgers rally from 2–1 down with 2 outs and no one on base in the 9th inning, starting with a Matt Holliday error that extends the inning.

Basketball

• UAAP at Quezon City:
  • Men's Finals: Ateneo Blue Eagles 71, UE Red Warriors 58, Ateneo win best-of-3 series 2–1
    • Ateneo clinch their second consecutive, fifth UAAP and nineteenth men's championship, and extend UE's title drought to 25 years.
  • Juniors' Finals: Ateneo Blue Eaglets 61, De La Salle Junior Archers 56, Ateneo win best-of-3 series 2–1
    • Ateneo win their second consecutive, fifteenth UAAP and 24th juniors' championship, preventing La Salle from their "alternating" championship reigns with Ateneo.
• Winner Cup Final in Jerusalem:
  • Hapoel Jerusalem 86–80 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Cricket

• ICC Intercontinental Cup in Kwekwe, day 2:
  • Kenya 333 (92.3 ov); Zimbabwe XI 320/7 (91.0 ov, Vusi Sibanda 174*). Zimbabwe XI trail by 13 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Fencing

• World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
  • Men's Team Sabre: (Rareș Dumitrescu, Florin Zalomir, Tiberiu Dolniceanu, Cosmin Hănceanu) Template:Flagu (Aldo Montano, Luigi Tarantino, Diego Occhiuzzi, Giampiero Pastore) (Tamás Decsi, Nikolász Iliász, Balázs Lontay, Áron Szilágyi)
  • Women's Team Épée: Template:Flagu (Francesca Quondamcarlo, Cristiana Cascioli, Bianca Del Carretto, Nathalie Moellhausen) Template:Flagu (Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk, Małgorzata Bereza, Magdalena Piekarska, Ewa Nelip) Template:Flagu (Imke Duplitzer, Britta Heidemann, Marijana Markovic, Monika Sozanska)

Football (soccer)

• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil:
  • Group 1:
    • White Star Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Caracas
    • Everton Template:Flagicon 5–0 Template:Flagicon EnForma Santa Cruz
      • Standings: Everton 7 points (3 matches), Santos 6 (2), White Star 3 (3), Caracas 1 (2), EnForma Santa Cruz 0 (2).

Futsal

• Confederations Cup in Libya:
  • Libya 3–2 Guatemala
    • Standings: Libya 6 points (2 matches), Uruguay, Iran 3 (1), Guatemala, Solomon Islands 0 (2).

Golf

• PGA Tour:
  • Presidents Cup in San Francisco, day 1:
    • Foursomes:
      • Phil Mickelson/Anthony Kim Template:Cc3 defeat Mike Weir/Tim Clark (International Team) 3&2
      • Adam Scott/Ernie Els (Int) defeat Hunter Mahan/Sean O'Hair Template:Cc3 2&1
      • Vijay Singh/Robert Allenby (Int) defeat Lucas Glover/Stewart Cink Template:Cc3 1 up
      • Kenny Perry/Zach Johnson Template:Cc3 defeat Ángel Cabrera/Camilo Villegas (Int) 2 up
      • Tiger Woods/Steve Stricker Template:Cc3 defeat Geoff Ogilvy/Ryo Ishikawa (Int) 6&4
      • Retief Goosen/Y.E. Yang (Int) and Jim Furyk/Justin Leonard Template:Cc3 halved
    • Score: U.S. Team 3½–2½ International Team

Rugby union

• Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, matchday 1:
  • Pool 2: Worcester Warriors Template:Flagicon 17–22 Template:Flagicon Montpellier

Snooker

• Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, round 2: (seeding in parentheses)
  • Mark Williams Template:Cc3 (15) def. Stephen Hendry Template:Cc3 (10) 5–2
  • Peter Ebdon Template:Cc3 (14) def. Mark Davis Template:Cc3 5–3
  • Ding Junhui Template:Cc3 (13) def. Stephen Maguire Template:Cc3 (3) 5–1
  • Robert Milkins Template:Cc3 def. Mark King Template:Cc3 (16) 5–1

Volleyball

• Women's African Championship in Batna, Algeria:
  • Cameroon 3–0 Template:Vbw
  • Tunisia 3–0 Template:Vbw
  • Algeria 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Final standings: Algeria 10 points, Tunisia 9, Cameroon 8, Senegal 7, Botswana 6, Morocco 5.
    • Algeria win the title for the first time.

October 7, 2009 (Wednesday)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball postseason:
  • ALDS:
    • Game 1: New York Yankees 7, Minnesota Twins 2. Yankees lead best-of-5 series 1–0.
  • NLDS:
    • Game 1: Philadelphia Phillies 5, Colorado Rockies 1. Phillies lead best-of-5 series 1–0.
    • Game 1: Los Angeles Dodgers 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3. Dodgers lead best-of-5 series 1–0.

Basketball

• WNBA Finals:
  • Game 4 at Indianapolis: (W1) Phoenix Mercury 90, (E1) Indiana Fever 77. Best-of-5 series tied 2–2.

Cricket

• ICC Intercontinental Cup in Kwekwe, day 1:
  • Kenya 327/9 (91.0 ov) v Zimbabwe XI

Fencing

• World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
  • Men's Team Épée: Template:Flagu (Jérôme Jeannet, Ulrich Robeiri, Jean-Michel Lucenay, Gauthier Grumier) (Péter Somfai, András Rédli, Géza Imre, Gábor Boczkó) Template:Flagu Krzysztof Mikołajczak, Tomasz Motyka, Radosław Zawrotniak, Adam Wiercioch
  • Women's Team Foil: Template:Flagu (Valentina Vezzali, Margherita Granbassi, Arianna Errigo, Elisa Di Francisca) Template:Flagu (Aida Shanaeva, Larisa Korobeynikova, Yuliya Biryukova, Kamilla Gafurzianova) Template:Flagu (Maria Bartkowski, Katja Wächter, Anja Schache, Carolin Golubytskyi)

Football (soccer)

• U-20 World Cup in Egypt:
  • Round of 16:
    • Brazil 3–1 Uruguay
    • Venezuela 1–2 United Arab Emirates
    • Germany 3–2 Nigeria
• UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Montpellier Template:Flagicon 3–1 (0–0) Template:Flagicon Standard Liège. Montpellier win 3–1 on aggregate.
  • Neulengbach Template:Flagicon 0–1 (3–1) Template:Flagicon Unia Racibórz. Neulengbach win 3–2 on aggregate.
  • Valur Template:Flagicon 1–2 (1–4) Template:Flagicon Torres. Torres win 6–2 on aggregate.
  • Umeå Template:Flagicon 6–0 (5–0) Template:Flagicon Zhilstroy-1. Umeå win 11–0 on aggregate.
  • Brøndby Template:Flagicon 1–1 (2–1) Template:Flagicon AZ. Brøndby win 3–2 on aggregate.
  • Sparta Praha Template:Flagicon 2–0 (0–1) Template:Flagicon Alma. Sparta Praha win 2–1 on aggregate.
  • Lyon Template:Flagicon 5–0 (1–0) Template:Flagicon Mašinac Niš. Lyon win 6–0 on aggregate.
  • Duisburg Template:Flagicon 6–3 (5–1) Template:Flagicon Universitet Vitebsk. Duisburg win 11–4 on aggregate.
  • Rossiyanka Template:Flagicon 2–1 (3–1) Template:Flagicon Rayo Vallecano. Rossiyanka win 5–2 on aggregate.
  • Bayern Munich Template:Flagicon 4–2 (5–0) Template:Flagicon Viktória. Bayern Munich win 9–2 on aggregate.
  • Zvezda 2005 Perm Template:Flagicon 5–0 (3–0) Template:Flagicon ZNK-SFK 2000. Zvezda 2005 Perm win 8–0 on aggregate.
  • Turbine Potsdam Template:Flagicon 8–0 (8–1) Template:Flagicon Honka. Turbine Potsdam win 16–1 on aggregate.
  • Arsenal Template:Flagicon 9–0 (9–0) Template:Flagicon PAOK. Arsenal win 18–0 on aggregate.
  • Everton Template:Flagicon 2–0 (0–3) Template:Flagicon Røa IL. Røa IL win 3–2 on aggregate.
  • Linköping Template:Flagicon 3–0 (2–0) Template:Flagicon Zürich. Linköping win 5–0 on aggregate.
  • Bardolino Template:Flagicon 2–1 (0–4) Template:Flagicon Fortuna Hjørring. Fortuna Hjørring win 5–2 on aggregate.
• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil:
  • Group 2:
    • Deportivo Quito Template:Flagicon 1–5 Template:Flagicon Formas Íntimas
    • Rampla Juniors Template:Flagicon 2–5 Template:Flagicon San Lorenzo
      • Standings: San Lorenzo 4 points (2 matches), Formas Íntimas 3 (2), Universidad Autónoma 3 (1), Deportivo Quito 1 (2), Rampla Juniors 0 (2).

Futsal

• Confederations Cup in Libya:
  • Iran 4–2 Guatemala
  • Solomon Islands 1–11 Uruguay

Snooker

• Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, round 2: (seeding in parentheses)
  • John Higgins Template:Cc3 (1) def. Ronnie O'Sullivan Template:Cc3 (2) 5–4
  • Mark Allen Template:Cc3 (11) def. Jamie Cope Template:Cc3 5–3
  • Neil Robertson Template:Cc3 (9) def. Ken Doherty Template:Cc3 5–2
  • Joe Perry Template:Cc3 (12) def. Barry Pinches Template:Cc3 5–2

Volleyball

• Women's African Championship in Batna, Algeria:
  • Senegal 3–1 Template:Vbw
  • Cameroon 3–1 Template:Vbw
  • Algeria 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Standings: Algeria 8 points, Tunisia 7, Cameroon, Senegal 6, Botswana 5, Morocco 4.

October 6, 2009 (Tuesday)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball:
  • American League Central Division one-game playoff:
    • Minnesota Twins 6, Detroit Tigers 5 (12 innings)
      • Alexi Casilla hits a single in the 12th and drives in Carlos Gómez with the winning run, in the last regular season game at the Metrodome. The Twins become the first team in MLB history to rally from 3 games down with 4 left, and will next play the New York Yankees in the Division Series, starting on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium.
  • Other news:
    • MLB owners unanimously approve the sale of the Chicago Cubs from the Tribune Company to the family of Joe Ricketts, with his son Thomas S. Ricketts having day-to-day control. (AP via ESPN)

Basketball

• Euroleague:
  • Second preliminary round, game 1:
    • Benetton Treviso Template:Flagicon 73–82 Template:FlagiconOrléans
    • Maroussi Template:Flagicon 79–70 Template:Flagicon ALBA Berlin

Fencing

• World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
  • Men's Team Foil: Template:Flagu (Andrea Baldini, Andrea Cassarà, Stefano Barrera, Simone Vanni) Template:Flagu (Peter Joppich, Benjamin Kleibrink, André Weßels, Sebastian Bachmann) Template:Flagu (Aleksandr Stukalin, Artem Sedov, Renal Ganeyev, Aleksey Khovanskiy)
  • Women's Team Sabre: (Olha Kharlan, Olena Khomrova, Olha Zhovnir, Halyna Pundyk) Template:Flagu (Cécilia Berder, Léonore Perrus, Carole Vergne, Solenne Mary) Template:Flagu (Bao Yingying, Li Fei, Ni Hong, Chen Xiaodong)

Football (soccer)

• U-20 World Cup in Egypt:
  • Round of 16:
    • Ghana 2–1 (ET) South Africa
    • Egypt 0–2 Costa Rica
    • Hungary 2–2 (4–3 pen.) Czech Republic
• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil:
  • Group 1:
    • White Star Template:Flagicon 1–4 Template:Flagicon Everton
    • Santos Template:Flagicon 12–0 Template:Flagicon EnForma Santa Cruz
      • Standings: Santos 6 points (2 matches), Everton 4 (2), Caracas 1 (1), White Star 0 (2), EnForma Santa Cruz 0 (1).
• Francophone Games in Beirut, Lebanon:
  • Final: Ivory Coast 0–0 (3–5 pen.) Congo

Futsal

• Confederations Cup in Libya:
  • Libya 6–5 Solomon Islands

Snooker

• Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, round 1: (seeding in parentheses)
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan Template:Cc3 (2) def. Jamie Burnett Template:Cc3 5–3
  • Mark Williams Template:Cc3 (15) def. Stuart Bingham Template:Cc3 5–0
  • Stephen Maguire Template:Cc3 (3) def. Nigel Bond Template:Cc3 5–3
  • Mark King Template:Cc3 (16) def. Ricky Walden Template:Cc3 5–4

October 5, 2009 (Monday)

American football

• NFL Monday Night Football Week 4 (unbeaten team in bold):
  • Minnesota Vikings 30, Green Bay Packers 23
    • In his first game against his longtime team, Brett Favre throws for three touchdowns, while the Vikings sack his counterpart Aaron Rodgers eight times.

Cricket

• ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa:
  • Final at Centurion:
    • New Zealand 200/9 (50 ov); Australia 206/4 (45.2 ov, Shane Watson 105*). Australia win by 6 wickets.
      • Australia retain the Trophy and become the first team to win it twice.

Fencing

• World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
  • Men's Sabre: Nicolas Limbach Template:Cc3 Rareș Dumitrescu Template:Cc3 Tamás Decsi Template:Cc3 & Luigi Tarantino Template:Cc3
  • Women's Épée: Lyubov Shutova Template:Cc3 Sherraine Schalm Template:Cc3 Sonja Tol Template:Cc3 & Anfisa Pochkalova Template:Cc3

Football (soccer)

• U-20 World Cup in Egypt:
  • Round of 16:
    • Spain 1–3 Italy
    • Paraguay 0–3 South Korea
• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil:
  • Group 2:
    • Universidad Autónoma Template:Flagicon 3–2 Template:Flagicon Formas Íntimas
    • San Lorenzo Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Deportivo Quito
• Francophone Games in Beirut, Lebanon:
  • Bronze medal match: Morocco 3–1 Canada

Golf

• PGA Tour:
  • Fall Series:
    • Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, New York:
      • Winner: Matt Kuchar Template:Cc3 271 (−17) PO
        • Kuchar defeats Vaughn Taylor Template:Cc3 on the sixth playoff hole and wins on tour for the first time since 2002.
• European Tour:
  • Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland:
    • Winner: Simon Dyson Template:Cc3 268 (−20)

Snooker

• Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, round 1: (seeding in parentheses)
  • Stephen Hendry Template:Cc3 (10) def. Matthew Selt Template:Cc3 5–2
  • Peter Ebdon Template:Cc3 (14) def. Liang Wenbo Template:Cc3 5–2
  • Barry Pinches Template:Cc3 def. Shaun Murphy Template:Cc3 (4) 5–4
  • Mark Allen Template:Cc3 (11) def. Ian McCulloch Template:Cc3 5–3

Volleyball

• Asian Men's Championship in Manila, Philippines:
  • Seventh place match: Australia 3–0 Template:Vb
  • Fifth place match: Kazakhstan 3–1 Template:Vb
  • Bronze medal match: South Korea 3–1 Template:Vb
  • Final: Iran 1–3 Template:Vb
    • Japan win the title for the seventh time. Iran qualify for the World Grand Champions Cup as Asia representative because Japan has already qualified as host.
• Women's African Championship in Batna, Algeria:
  • Tunisia 3–0 Template:Vbw
  • Cameroon 3–0 Template:Vbw
  • Algeria 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Standings: Tunisia, Algeria 6 points, Cameroon, Botswana, Senegal 4, Morocco 3.

October 4, 2009 (Sunday)

American football

• NFL Week 4 (unbeaten teams in bold):
  • Washington Redskins 16, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13
  • Indianapolis Colts 34, Seattle Seahawks 17
    • Peyton Manning leads the Colts to 4–0, throwing for 353 yards and two touchdowns.
  • Jacksonville Jaguars 37, Tennessee Titans 17
    • David Garrard throws for 323 yards and three TDs for the Jags.
  • Chicago Bears 48, Detroit Lions 24
  • New York Giants 27, Kansas City Chiefs 16
  • Houston Texans 29, Oakland Raiders 6
  • New England Patriots 27, Baltimore Ravens 21
  • Cincinnati Bengals 23, Cleveland Browns 20 (OT)
    • Shayne Graham's 31-yard field goal with 7 seconds left in overtime sends the Bengals to 3–1.
  • Miami Dolphins 38, Buffalo Bills 10
  • New Orleans Saints 24, New York Jets 10
    • The Saints go to 4–0 for the first time since 1993 with defense, scoring TDs off a Mark Sanchez interception and a fumble recovery.
  • San Francisco 49ers 35, St. Louis Rams 0
    • The Niners score three defensive TDs.
  • Denver Broncos 17, Dallas Cowboys 10
    • Champ Bailey breaks up a potential tying TD pass with 1 second left to keep the Broncos unbeaten.
  • Sunday Night Football: Pittsburgh Steelers 38, San Diego Chargers 28
    • The Steelers are led by Ben Roethlisberger with 333 yards and two TDs passing and Rashard Mendenhall's 165 yards and two TDs rushing.
  • Bye week: Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles

Auto racing

• Formula One:
  • Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka:
    • (1) Sebastian Vettel Template:Cc3 (Red Bull–Renault) 1:28:20.443 (2) Jarno Trulli Template:Cc3 (Toyota) +4.877 (3) Lewis Hamilton Template:Cc3 (McLaren–Mercedes) +6.472
      • Drivers' standings (after 15 of 17 races): (1) Jenson Button Template:Cc3 (Brawn-Mercedes) 85 points (2) Rubens Barrichello Template:Cc3 (Brawn-Mercedes) 71 (3) Vettel 69
      • Constructors' standings: (1) Brawn-Mercedes 156 (2) Red Bull-Renault 120.5 (3) Ferrari 67
• Chase for the Sprint Cup:
  • Price Chopper 400 in Kansas City, Kansas:
    • (1) Tony Stewart Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Jeff Gordon Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Greg Biffle Template:Flagicon (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing)
      • Drivers' standings (with 7 races remaining): (1) Mark Martin Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 5551 points (2) Jimmie Johnson Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 5533 (3) Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) 5500
• World Rally Championship:
  • Rally Catalunya:
    • (1) Sébastien Loeb Template:Cc3 (Citroën C4 WRC) 3:22:14.7 (2) Dani Sordo Template:Cc3 (Citroën C4 WRC) +12.0 (3) Mikko Hirvonen Template:Cc3 (Ford Focus RS WRC 09) +54.1
      • Drivers' championship (after 11 of 12 races): (1) Hirvonen 84 points (2) Loeb 83 (3) Sordo 58
      • Manufacturers' championship: (1) Citroën Total 151 points (2) BP Ford Abu Dhabi 130 (3) Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 73

Baseball

• Major League Baseball Final day of regular season: (teams in italics tie for division title)
  • American League:
    • Detroit Tigers 5, Chicago White Sox 3
    • Minnesota Twins 13, Kansas City Royals 4
      • The Tigers and Twins finish in a tie for the Central Division title. They will play a one-game playoff on October 6 at the Metrodome, which will be the last regular-season game there. The Twins become the first team in MLB history to play a one-game playoff two straight years.
    • Alex Rodriguez sets an AL record for RBI in an inning with 7, hitting two homers, one of them a grand slam, in the sixth inning of the New York Yankees' 10–2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. With his second homer, Rodriguez becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 30 HRs and 100 RBIs in 13 seasons.

Basketball

• WNBA Finals:
  • Game 3 at Indianapolis: (E1) Indiana Fever 86, (W1) Phoenix Mercury 85. Fever lead best-of-5 series 2–1.

Fencing

• World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
  • Men's Épée: Anton Avdeev Template:Cc3 Matteo Tagliariol Template:Cc3 Jose Luis Abajo Template:Cc3 & Jérôme Jeannet Template:Cc3
  • Women's Foil: Aida Shanaeva Template:Cc3 Jeon Hee Sook Template:Cc3 Arianna Errigo Template:Cc3 & Elisa Di Francisca Template:Cc3

Football (soccer)

• CAF Champions League semifinals, first leg:
  • Heartland Template:Flagicon 4–0 Template:Flagicon Kano Pillars
  • Al-Hilal Template:Flagicon 2–5 Template:Flagicon TP Mazembe
• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil:
  • Group 1: Caracas Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Everton

Golf

• Senior majors:
  • Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in Timonium, Maryland:
    • (1) Jay Haas Template:Cc3 267 (−13) (2) Tom Watson Template:Cc3 268 (−12) (3) Loren Roberts & Mark Wiebe (both United States) 273 (−7)
      • Haas' final-round 64 enables him to chase down Watson for his third senior major.
• PGA Tour:
  • Fall Series:
    • Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, New York:
      • Tied for lead: Matt Kuchar & Vaughn Taylor (both United States) 271 (−17); playoff called off after two holes due to darkness and will resume Monday
• European Tour:
  • Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland:
    • Play was called off on Saturday due to gale-force winds at all three courses hosting the event. The third round was played today, and the final round will be played at St Andrews on Monday.
• LPGA Tour:
  • Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Alabama:
    • Winner: Lorena Ochoa Template:Cc3 270 (−18)

Horse racing

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris
  • Winner: Sea the Stars (jockey: Michael Kinane, trainer: John Oxx)
    • Sea the Stars becomes the first horse ever to win the 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, and the Arc.

Motorcycle racing

• Moto GP:
  • Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril
    • (1) Jorge Lorenzo Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 45:35.522 (2) Casey Stoner Template:Cc3 (Ducati) +6.294 (3) Dani Pedrosa Template:Cc3 (Honda) +9.889
      • Drivers' standings (after 14 of 17 races): (1) Valentino Rossi Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 250 points (2) Lorenzo 232 (3) Pedrosa 175
      • Manufacturers' standings: (1) Yamaha 330 (2) Honda 236 (3) Ducati 211
• Superbike:
  • Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round in Magny-Cours, France
    • Race 1: (1) Ben Spies Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 37:57.110 (2) Noriyuki Haga Template:Cc3 (Ducati) +0.181 (3) Max Biaggi Template:Cc3 (Aprilia) +5.009
    • Race 2: (1) Haga 38:00.282 (2) Biaggi +1.480 (3) Jonathan Rea Template:Cc3 (Honda) +6.024
      • Riders' standings (after 13 of 14 rounds): (1) Haga 436 points (2) Spies 426 (3) Michel Fabrizio Template:Cc3 (Ducati) 346
      • Manufacturers' standings: (1) Ducati 534 points (2) Yamaha 469 (3) Honda 395

Rugby league

• NRL Finals Series:
  • Grand Final in Sydney:
    • Parramatta Eels 16–23 Melbourne Storm
      • The Storm win the premiership for the third time.

Snooker

• Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, round 1: (seeding in parentheses)
  • Robert Milkins Template:Cc3 def. Ali Carter Template:Cc3 (5) 5–1
  • Ding Junhui Template:Cc3 (13) def. Matthew Stevens Template:Cc3 5–4
  • Jamie Cope Template:Cc3 def. Ryan Day Template:Cc3 (6) 5–3
  • Neil Robertson Template:Cc3 (9) def. Gerard Greene Template:Cc3 5–3

Tennis

• ATP World Tour:
  • PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok, Thailand:
    • Final: Gilles Simon Template:Cc3 def. Viktor Troicki Template:Cc3 7–5, 6–3
      • Simon wins his first title of the year and 6th of his career.
  • Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
    • Final: Nikolay Davydenko Template:Cc3 def. Fernando Verdasco Template:Cc3 6–4, 7–5
      • Davydenko wins his third title of the year and 17th of his career.

Volleyball

• European Women's Championship in Poland:
  • Bronze medal match: Poland 3–0 Template:Vbw
  • Final: Netherlands 0–3 Template:Vbw
    • Italy win the title for the second straight time and qualify for the World Grand Champions Cup.
• Asian Men's Championship in Manila, Philippines:
  • Semifinals:
    • Iran 3–2 Template:Vb
    • Japan 3–2 Template:Vb
  • Classification 5th–8th:
    • Kazakhstan 3–2 Template:Vb
    • Indonesia 3–2 Template:Vb
• South American Women's Championship in Porto Alegre, Brazil:
  • Bronze medal match: Colombia 1–3 Template:Vbw
  • Final: Brazil 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Brazil win the title for the eighth straight time and 16th overall, and qualify for the World Grand Champions Cup.
• African Men's Championship in Tétouan, Morocco:
  • Seventh place match: Botswana 2–3 Template:Vb
  • Fifth place match: Libya 1–3 Template:Vb
  • Bronze medal match: Cameroon 3–1 Template:Vb
  • Final: Algeria 0–3 Template:Vb
    • Egypt win the title for the third successive time and fifth overall, and qualify for the World Grand Champions Cup.
• Women's African Championship in Batna, Algeria:
  • Cameroon 1–3 Template:Vbw
  • Morocco 0–3 Template:Vbw
  • Algeria 3–0 Template:Vbw

October 3, 2009 (Saturday)

American football

• NCAA:
  • AP Top 10 (unbeaten teams in bold):
    • (3) Alabama 38, Kentucky 20
    • (4) LSU 20, (18) Georgia 13
    • (5) Boise State 34, UC Davis 16
    • (6) Virginia Tech 34, Duke 26
    • (7) USC 30, (24) California 3
    • (17) Miami (FL) 21, (8) Oklahoma 20
    • (9) Ohio State 33, Indiana 14
    • Victory Bell: (10) Cincinnati 37, Miami (OH) 13
    • Idle: (1) Florida, (2) Texas
  • Other games:
    • UTEP 58, (12) Houston 41
    • Paul Bunyan Trophy: Michigan State 26, (22) Michigan 20 (OT)
  • Other remaining unbeaten teams (rankings in parentheses):
    • (11) TCU, (13) Iowa, (18) Kansas (idle), Auburn, Missouri (idle), South Florida, Wisconsin

Auto racing

• Nationwide Series:
  • Kansas Lottery 300 in Kansas City, Kansas:
    • (1) Joey Logano Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) Brad Keselowski Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, JR Motorsports)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball (teams in bold have clinched division title, teams in italics have clinched a wild card berth):
  • American League:
    • Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 4
    • Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 1
      • The Twins move into a tie with the Tigers for the Central Division title with one game remaining.
  • National League:
    • Milwaukee Brewers 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4
    • Florida Marlins 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3
    • Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Colorado Rockies 0
      • The National League's postseason matchups are decided. The Dodgers secure the West Division title and the NL's best record with their win, and have home advantage in the NLCS if they get there. The Cards' loss gives the Phillies the #2 seed in the NL playoffs. The Division Series will pit the Dodgers against the Cardinals and the Phils against the Rockies.
  • Other news:
    • Two teams, one in each league, fire their general managers. The Toronto Blue Jays fire J. P. Ricciardi after eight seasons, and the San Diego Padres ax Kevin Towers, who had been the longest-tenured GM in the majors at 14 seasons. (Ricciardi – AP via ESPN) (Towers – ESPN)

Cricket

• ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa:
  • 2nd Semi-final at Johannesburg:
    • Pakistan 233/9 (50 ov), New Zealand 234/5 (47.5 ov). New Zealand win by 5 wickets.
      • The Black Caps advance to the final against Australia on October 5.

Fencing

• World Championships in Antalya, Turkey:
  • Men's Foil: Andrea Baldini Template:Cc3 Zhu Jun Template:Cc3 Peter Joppich Template:Cc3 & Artem Sedov Template:Cc3
  • Women's Sabre: Mariel Zagunis Template:Cc3 Olga Kharlan Template:Cc3 Carole Vergne Template:Cc3 & Orsolya Nagy Template:Cc3

Football (soccer)

• U-20 World Cup in Egypt: (teams in bold advance to the round of 16)
  • Group E:
    • Costa Rica 2–3 Czech Republic
    • Australia Template:Flagicon 1–3 Brazil
      • Final standings: Brazil, Czech Republic 7 points, Costa Rica 3, Australia 0.
      • Costa Rica advance as one of the best four 3rd place teams, and eliminate the United States.
  • Group F:
    • Hungary 2–0 United Arab Emirates
    • South Africa 2–0 Honduras
      • Final standings: Hungary 6 points, United Arab Emirates, South Africa 4, Honduras 3.
• CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals, first leg:
  • Bayelsa United Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon ES Sétif
  • ENPPI Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Stade Malien
• Women's Copa Libertadores in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil:
  • Group 1: Santos Template:Flagicon 3–1 Template:Flagicon White Star

Rugby league

• Super League play-offs:
  • Qualifying Semi-final 2:
    • St. Helens Template:Leagueicon 14–10 Template:Leagueicon Wigan Warriors
      • The Saints advance to the Grand Final for the fourth successive time to play the Leeds Rhinos.

Snooker

• Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland, round 1: (seeding in parentheses)
  • John Higgins Template:Cc3 (1) def. Mark Joyce Template:Cc3 5–1
  • Mark Davis Template:Cc3 def. Marco Fu Template:Cc3 (8) 5–4
  • Ken Doherty Template:Cc3 def. Mark Selby Template:Cc3 (7) 5–3
  • Joe Perry Template:Cc3 (12) def. Marcus Campbell Template:Cc3 5–2

Tennis

• WTA Tour:
  • Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan:
    • Final: Maria Sharapova Template:Cc3 def. Jelena Janković Template:Cc3 5–2, Ret.
      • Sharapova wins her 20th career title and her first since April 2008.

Volleyball

• European Women's Championship in Poland:
  • Semifinals:
    • Netherlands 3–1 Template:Vbw
    • Italy 3–1 Template:Vbw
• Asian Men's Championship in Manila, Philippines: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Pool E:
    • Chinese Taipei 1–3 Template:Vb
    • Kazakhstan 1–3 Template:Vb
      • Final standings: Iran 6 points, China 5, Kazakhstan 4, Chinese Taipei 3.
  • Pool F:
    • Indonesia 3–2 Template:Vb
    • Japan 3–0 Template:Vb
      • Final standings: Japan 6 points, South Korea 5, Indonesia 4, Australia 3.
• South American Women's Championship in Porto Alegre, Brazil:
  • Semifinals:
    • Brazil 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Peru 1–3 Template:Vbw
  • Fifth place match: Uruguay 3–2 Template:Vbw
  • Seventh place match: Paraguay 0–3 Template:Vbw
• African Men's Championship in Tétouan, Morocco:
  • Semifinals:
    • Cameroon 2–3 Template:Vb
    • Egypt 3–0 Template:Vb
  • Classification 5th–8th:
    • Libya 3–2 Template:Vb
    • Tunisia 3–0 Template:Vb
• Women's African Championship in Batna, Algeria:
  • Senegal 3–1 Template:Vbw
  • Tunisia 3–0 Template:Vbw
  • Algeria 3–1 Template:Vbw

October 2, 2009 (Friday)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball (teams in bold have clinched division title, teams in italics have clinched at least a wild card berth):
  • American League:
    • Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 0
    • Minnesota Twins 10, Kansas City Royals 7
      • The Twins pull to within 1 game of the Tigers in the Central Division race, with 2 games left.
  • National League:
    • Colorado Rockies 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
      • The Rockies stay alive in the West Division race, but still must beat the Dodgers in both of their remaining games to win the title.
    • Florida Marlins 7, Philadelphia Phillies 2
    • Milwaukee Brewers 12, St. Louis Cardinals 6
      • The Cards are now out of the race for the NL's best record, but remain in the hunt for home advantage in the Division Series, 1 game behind the Phils.

Basketball

• Euroleague:
  • First preliminary round, game 2: (first leg score in parentheses)
    • Orléans Template:Flagicon 81–56 (53–55) Template:Flagicon Charleroi. Orléans win 134–111 on aggregate.
    • Benetton Treviso Template:Flagicon 88–76 (73–78) Template:Flagicon Ventspils. Benetton Treviso win 161–154 on aggregate.
    • ALBA Berlin Template:Flagicon 77–62 (60–61) Template:Flagicon Le Mans. ALBA Berlin win 137–123 on aggregate.
    • Maroussi Template:Flagicon 89–60 (67–69) Template:Flagicon Aris Salonica. Maroussi win 156–129 on aggregate.

Cricket

• ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa:
  • 1st Semi-final at Centurion:
    • England 257 (47.4 ov); Australia 258/1 (41.5 ov, Shane Watson 136*, Ricky Ponting 111*). Australia win by 9 wickets.
      • Australia will play either New Zealand or Pakistan in the final on October 5.

Football (soccer)

• U-20 World Cup in Egypt: (teams in bold advance to the round of 16)
  • Group C:
    • Germany 3–0 Cameroon
    • South Korea 3–0 Template:Flagicon United States
      • Final standings: Germany 7 points, South Korea 4, United States, Cameroon 3.
  • Group D:
    • Uruguay 2–2 Ghana
    • Uzbekistan 1–1 England
      • Final standings: Ghana, Uruguay 7 points, Uzbekistan, England 1.
      • As a result of the score in Uzbekistan–England match, Nigeria advance as one of four best 3rd place teams.

Olympic Games

• Rio de Janeiro is elected as the host city of 2016 Summer Olympics by the IOC session in Copenhagen, and becomes the first ever city in South America to stage the Olympic Games. Rio de Janeiro beat Madrid by 66 votes to 32 in the third round of voting, after Chicago and Tokyo were eliminated in earlier rounds.

Rugby league

• Super League play-offs:
  • Qualifying Semi-final 1:
    • Leeds Rhinos Template:Leagueicon 27–20 Template:Leagueicon Catalans Dragons
      • 2-times defending champions Leeds Rhinos advance to the Grand Final for the third straight year.

Volleyball

• Asian Men's Championship in Manila, Philippines: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Pool E:
    • Kazakhstan 0–3 Template:Vb
    • Iran 3–1 Template:Vb
      • Standings: Iran 4 points, China, Kazakhstan 3, Chinese Taipei 2.
  • Pool F:
    • Japan 3–0 Template:Vb
    • South Korea 3–0 Template:Vb
      • Standings: Japan, South Korea 4 points, Australia, Indonesia 2.
• South American Women's Championship in Porto Alegre, Brazil: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Pool A:
    • Uruguay 3–1 Template:Vbw
    • Brazil 3–0 Template:Vbw
      • Final standings: Brazil 6 points, Argentina 5, Uruguay 4, Paraguay 3.
  • Pool B:
    • Colombia 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Peru 3–0 Template:Vbw
      • Final standings: Peru 6 points, Colombia 5, Venezuela 4, Chile 3.

October 1, 2009 (Thursday)

Baseball

• Major League Baseball (teams in bold have clinched division title, teams in italics have clinched at least a wild card berth):
  • American League:
    • Minnesota Twins 8, Detroit Tigers 3
      • The Twins stay alive in the Central Division race, while the Tigers' magic number remains at 2.
  • National League:
    • Colorado Rockies 9, Milwaukee Brewers 2
      • The Rockies clinch at least a wild card berth and draw within 2 games of the idle Los Angeles Dodgers in the West Division.
    • Houston Astros 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3
    • St. Louis Cardinals 13, Cincinnati Reds 0
      • Starting pitcher Chris Carpenter hits a grand slam and drives in six runs in addition to picking up the win. The Cards are now 2 games behind the Dodgers and 1 game behind the Phillies in the race for the League's best record.

Basketball

• WNBA Finals:
  • Game 2 at Phoenix: (E1) Indiana Fever 93, (W1) Phoenix Mercury 84. Best-of-5 series tied 1–1.

Football (soccer)

• U-20 World Cup in Egypt: (teams in bold advance to the round of 16)
  • Group A:
    • Trinidad and Tobago 0–0 Paraguay
    • Italy 2–4 Egypt
      • Final standings: Egypt 6 points, Paraguay 5, Italy 4, Trinidad and Tobago 1.
  • Group B:
    • Venezuela 0–3 Spain
    • Tahiti 0–5 Nigeria
      • Standings: Spain 9 points, Venezuela 6, Nigeria 3, Tahiti 0.
      • Tahiti concede 21 goals in their 3 matches.
• UEFA Europa League group stage, Matchday 2:
  • Group A:
    • Anderlecht Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Ajax
    • Timişoara Template:Flagicon 0–3 Template:Flagicon Dinamo Zagreb
  • Group B:
    • Slavia Prague Template:Flagicon 1–5 Template:Flagicon Lille
    • Valencia Template:Flagicon 3–2 Template:Flagicon Genoa
  • Group C:
    • Hamburg Template:Flagicon 4–2 Template:Flagicon Hapoel Tel Aviv
    • Celtic Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Rapid Wien
  • Group D:
    • Sporting CP Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Hertha BSC
    • Ventspils Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Heerenveen
  • Group E:
    • Roma Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon CSKA Sofia
    • Fulham Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Basel
  • Group F:
    • Dinamo București Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos
    • Galatasaray Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Sturm Graz
  • Group G:
    • Levski Sofia Template:Flagicon 0–4 Template:Flagicon Lazio
    • Red Bull Salzburg Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Villarreal
  • Group H:
    • Twente Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Steaua București
    • Sheriff Tiraspol Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe
  • Group I:
    • AEK Athens Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Benfica
    • BATE Borisov Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Everton
  • Group J:
    • Toulouse Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Club Brugge
    • Shakhtar Donetsk Template:Flagicon 4–1 Template:Flagicon Partizan
  • Group K:
    • Copenhagen Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Sparta Prague
    • PSV Eindhoven Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon CFR Cluj
  • Group L:
    • Werder Bremen Template:Flagicon 3–1 Template:Flagicon Athletic Bilbao
    • Austria Wien Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Nacional
• Copa Sudamericana Round of 16, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Goiás Template:Flagicon 3–1 (0–2) Template:Flagicon Cerro Porteño. 3–3 on aggregate, Cerro Porteño advance on away goals.
  • Lanús Template:Flagicon 1–1 (0–4) Template:Flagicon LDU Quito. LDU Quito win 5–1 on aggregate.
  • Unión Española Template:Flagicon 2–2 (2–3) Template:Flagicon Vélez Sarsfield. Vélez Sarsfield win 5–4 on aggregate.
  • Fluminense Template:Flagicon 4–1 (2–2) Template:Flagicon Alianza Atlético. Fluminense win 6–3 on aggregate.
• CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, round 5: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group B:
    • Marathón Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Toluca
      • Standings: Toluca 12 points, D.C. United, Marathón 9, San Juan Jabloteh 0.

Ice hockey

• National Hockey League season opening games:
  • Washington Capitals 4, Boston Bruins 1
    • Two-time defending Hart Trophy winner Alex Ovechkin starts the season with two goals and an assist.
  • Montreal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)
  • Calgary Flames 5, Vancouver Canucks 3
  • Colorado Avalanche 5, San Jose Sharks 2
    • The Avs retire the number of Joe Sakic before the game and cruise to an easy win.

Snooker

• Premier League Snooker – League phase in Colchester, Essex:
  • Marco Fu Template:Cc3 2–4 Judd Trump Template:Cc3
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan Template:Cc3 3–3 Neil Robertson Template:Cc3
    • Standings: Judd Trump 4 points; John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson 3; Stephen Hendry 2; Marco Fu 1; Shaun Murphy 0.

Volleyball

• European Women's Championship in Poland: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Pool E in Łódź:
    • Spain 3–2 Template:Vbw
    • Netherlands 3–2 Template:Vbw
    • Poland 3–1 Template:Vbw
      • Final standings: Netherlands 10 points, Poland 9, Russia 8, Bulgaria 7, Spain 6, Belgium 5.
  • Pool F in Katowice:
    • Italy 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Germany 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Turkey 3–0 Template:Vbw
      • Final standings: Italy 10 points, Germany 9, Turkey 8, Serbia 7, Czech Republic 6, Azerbaijan 5.
• Asian Men's Championship in Manila, Philippines: (teams in bold advance to the second round)
  • Pool A:
    • Kazakhstan 3–1 Template:Vb
    • Philippines 1–3 Template:Vb
      • Final standings: Kazakhstan 6 points, Chinese Taipei 5, Myanmar 4, Philippines 3.
  • Pool B:
    • Indonesia 0–3 Template:Vb
      • Final standings: Japan 6 points, Indonesia 5, India 4, Thailand 3.
  • Pool C:
    • Vietnam 3–0 Template:Vb
    • Hong Kong 0–3 Template:Vb
      • Final standings: Iran 8 points, China 7, Vietnam 6, Sri Lanka 5, Hong Kong 4.
  • Pool D:
    • Lebanon 0–3 Template:Vb
    • Maldives 1–3 Template:Vb
      • Final standings: South Korea 8 points, Australia 7, Lebanon 6, Qatar 5, Maldives 4.
• South American Women's Championship in Porto Alegre, Brazil: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Pool A:
    • Argentina 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Brazil 3–0 Template:Vbw
      • Standings: Brazil, Argentina 4 points, Uruguay, Paraguay 2.
  • Pool B:
    • Venezuela 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Peru 3–1 Template:Vbw
      • Standings: Peru 4 points, Venezuela, Colombia 3, Chile 2.
• African Men's Championship in Tétouan, Morocco: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Group A:
    • Libya 3–2 Template:Vb
      • Final standings: Cameroon, Morocco, Libya 5 points, South Africa 3.
  • Group B:
    • Botswana 3–0 Template:Vb
    • Tunisia 0–3 Template:Vb
      • Final standings: Egypt 8 points, Algeria 7, Tunisia 6, Botswana 5, Gabon 4.