* At the World Wrestling Championship in Guangzhou, China (through October 1):
- Khasan Baroyev won gold in the 120kg Greco-Roman category, defeating Mijail Lopez (Cuba) in the final bout. Sergei Artyukhin (Belarus) and Ismail Guzel (Turkey) took bronze
- Besik Kudukhov took silver in the 55kg freestyle category, losing to Radoslav Velikov (Bulgaria) in the final. Namig Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) and Samuel Henson (U.S.) took bronze
- Mavlet Batirov took bronze in the 60kg freestyle category. Seyed Mohammadi (Iran) won gold, defeating Mike Zadick (U.S.) in the final
- Alexei Mishin took bronze in the 84kg Greco-Roman category. Mohamed Abdelfatah (Egypt) won gold, defeating Nazmi Avluca (Turkey) in the final
* Russia's soccer champions CSKA Moscow beat FC Hamburg (Germany) 1:0 at home in UEFA Champions League tournament's Group G
Group G results and standings (host teams listed first):
CSKA - Hamburg - 1:0
Arsenal (England) - FC Porto (Portugal) - 2:0
1 Arsenal - 2 games/6 points/goal difference +3
2 CSKA - 2/4/+1
3 Porto - 2/1/-2
4 Hamburg - 2/0/-2
* At the 12-game match for the World Chess Champion title between the world champion in classical chess Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in Elista, Russia:
- Kramnik drew with Topalov, playing White, and leads 2.5-0.5 after the three games.
* At the $600,000 Luxembourg Open WTA tennis tournament (through October 1):
Doubles:
- No.2-seed duo Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) advanced to the second round, beating Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) and Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Switzerland) 6-4, 6-2
* At the $175,000 Guangzhou Open WTA tennis tournament in China (through October 1):
Singles:
- No.3-seed Anna Chakvetadze advanced to the second round, beating Zhang Shuai (China) 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
- Yelena Vesnina (7) beat Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 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 quarterfinals, beating Emma Laine (Finland) 6-4, 6-0
- Vera Dushevina lost to Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) 6-1, 1-6, 0-6 in the second round
* At the $550,000 Thailand Open ATP tennis tournament in Bangkok (through October 1):
Singles:
- Marat Safin advanced to the second round, beating Kevin Kim (U.S.) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
* At the $380,000 Mumbai Open ATP tennis tournament in India (through October 1):
Singles:
- No.4-seed Dmitry Tursunov advanced to the second round, beating Akash Wagh (India) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles:
- Igor Kunitsyn and Rik De Voest (South Africa) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating India's duo Karan Rastogi and Sanam Singh 6-3, 6-3
