* At the World Wrestling Championship in Guangzhou, China (through October 1):
- Vyacheslav Djaste took bronze in the 60kg Greco-Roman category. Joe Warren (U.S.) won gold, defeating David Bedinadze (Georgia) in the final bout
- Sergei Kovalenko took bronze in the 66kg Greco-Roman category. Yanyan Li (China) won gold, defeating Kamatbek Begaliyev (Kazakhstan) in the final
* At the $600,000 Luxembourg Open WTA tennis tournament (through October 1):
Doubles:
- Yelena Dementyeva and Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) advanced to the second round, beating Ukrainian duo Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko 6-3, 6-1
Singles:
- Top-seed Dementyeva, Nadezhda Petrova (2) and Dinara Safina (4) will start in the second round after receiving first-round byes
* At the $175,000 Guangzhou Open WTA tennis tournament in China (through October 1):
Doubles:
- Alina Jidkova and Galina Voskoboeva advanced to the second round, beating Chinese pair Jing Ren and Shuai Zhang 6-4, 6-3
- Anna Chakvetadze and Yelena Vesnina lost to Chinese duo Yanchong Chen and Shanshan Song 2-6, 6-3, 2-6 in the first round
* At the $145,000 Hansol Korea Open WTA tennis tournament in Seoul (through October 1):
Singles:
- No.5-seed Vera Zvonaryova advanced to the second round, beating Camille Pin (France) 6-1, 6-2
- Anastasia Rodionova beat Marta Domachowska (Poland) 6-4, 6-3 in the first round
- Vera Dushevina beat compatriot and No.2-seed Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 in the first round
Doubles:
- No.2-seed duo Dushevina and Zvonareva advanced to the second round, beating Lilia Osterloh (U.S.) and Camille Pin (France) 6-2, 6-1
* At the $550,000 Thailand Open ATP tennis tournament in Bangkok (through October 1):
- Mikhail Ledovskikh advanced to the second round, beating Michael Ryderstedt (Sweden) 6-1, 7-6
Doubles:
- Marat Safin and Feliciano Lopez (Spain) advanced to the second round, beating No.2-seed German duo Michael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske 6-2, 6-4
* At the $380,000 Mumbai Open ATP tennis tournament in India (through October 1):
Singles:
- Igor Kunitsyn failed to advance to the second round, losing to No.2-seed Mario Ancic (Croatia) 3-6, 2-6