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Al Davis Allen Davis (July 4, 1929 – October 8, 2011) was an American football coach and executive. He was the principal owner and general manager of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) for 39 years, from 1972 until his death in ...
*16: Dan Wheldon *23: Marco Simoncelli *31: Flórián Albert Sr.


Sporting seasons


American football

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


Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
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Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...


Auto racing

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* Formula One * Sprint Cup * Nationwide Series *
Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...
* IRL IndyCar Series * World Rally Championship * WTTC * V8 Supercar * Formula Two * GP2 Series *
American Le Mans The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The American Le Mans' hea ...
* FIA GT1 World Championship * World Series by Renault * Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters *
Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...


Baseball

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* Major League Baseball * Nippon Professional Baseball


Basketball

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* WNBA * Euroleague * EuroLeague Women * Eurocup * EuroChallenge *
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
* France * Germany * Greece * Israel * Italy * Philippines professional: ** Philippine Cup *Philippines collegiate: ** NCAA * Russia * Spain * Turkey


Canadian football

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* Canadian Football League *
CIS football U Sports football is the highest level of amateur play of Canadian football and operates under the auspices of U Sports (formerly Canadian Interuniversity Sport). Twenty-seven teams from Canadian universities are divided into four athletic confer ...


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
: ** Sheffield Shield **
Ryobi One-Day Cup The One-Day Cup, known as the Marsh One-Day Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an Australian domestic List A 50-over limited-overs cricket tournament. It has had many different names, formats and teams since the inaugural 1969-1970 season. Initi ...


Football (soccer)

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;National teams competitions: *
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA#Structure, FIFA confederations. The 2014 FIFA World Cup featured 32 teams, with one place reserved for the host nation, Brazil national football team, Bra ...
* UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying *
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying The Qualifying rounds for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 determined which 11 teams joined Sweden women's national football team, Sweden, the hosts of the 2013 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship. Tie breakers If two or more teams are ...
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2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification This page details the process of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification phase. Forty-six African nations, including hosts Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, entered the competition. Gabon and Equatorial Guinea automatically qualified as host count ...
;International clubs competitions: * UEFA (Europe) Champions League * UEFA Europa League * UEFA Women's Champions League *
Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...
* AFC (Asia) Champions League *
AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying s ...
* CAF (Africa) Champions League *
CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...
* CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League * OFC (Oceania) Champions League ;Domestic (national) competitions: * Argentina *
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
* Brazil * England * France * Germany * Iran * Italy *
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
* Norway * Portugal * Russia * Scotland * Spain *
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...
(USA & Canada) ** MLS Cup Playoffs


Golf

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* PGA Tour * European Tour * LPGA Tour *
Champions Tour PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour. History and format The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...


Ice hockey

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* National Hockey League * Kontinental Hockey League * Czech Extraliga *
Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...
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Canadian Hockey League The Canadian Hockey League (CHL; french: Ligue canadienne de hockey ‒ LCH) is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canada-based major junior ice hockey leagues. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey L ...
: ** OHL, QMJHL, WHL * NCAA Division I men * NCAA Division I women


Motorcycle racing Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Ot ...
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* Moto GP


Rugby league

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* Four Nations * Autumn International Series *
Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
* NRL


Rugby union

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Aviva Premiership Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition. The Premiership has consisted of thirteen clubs since 2021, and is the ...
* RaboDirect Pro12 * Top 14 * Currie Cup


Tennis

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* ATP World Tour * WTA Tour


Volleyball

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;International clubs competitions: * Men's CEV Champions League * Women's CEV Champions League


Winter sports

* Alpine Skiing World Cup *
ISU Grand Prix The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...
* ISU Junior Grand Prix * Short Track Speed Skating World Cup * Snowboard World Cup


Days of the month


October 31, 2011 (Monday)

**Gold medal match: 3–0 * Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series: ** Central League First Stage Game 3 in
Meiji Jingu , is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. The shrine does not contain the emperor's grave, which is located at Fushimi-momoyama, south of Kyoto. History Af ...
: Yakult Swallows 3, Yomiuri Giants 1. Swallows win series 2–1. * Major League Baseball news: Tony La Russa, the manager of the World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals, announces his retirement with immediate effect after 33 years and 2,728 career victories as a manager.


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* West Indies in Bangladesh: **2nd Test in Dhaka, day 3: 355 & 207/3 (71 overs, Darren Bravo 100 *); 231 (68 overs). ''West Indies lead by 331 runs with 7 wickets remaining''.


October 30, 2011 (Sunday)


Auto racing

* Formula One: ** in Greater Noida, India: (1)
Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel (; born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022 for BMW Sauber, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Toro Rosso, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, and Aston Martin in Formula One ...
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Red Bull Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks of Austria, Austrian company Red Bull GmbH. With 38% market share, it is the most popular energy drink brand as of 2019. Since its launch in 1987, more than 100 billion cans of Red Bull have been sold worldwid ...
Renault) (2) Jenson Button (
McLaren McLaren Racing Limited is a British motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor, the second oldest active team, and the second most successful Formul ...
Mercedes Mercedes may refer to: People * Mercedes (name), a Spanish feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or last name Automobile-related * Mercedes (marque), the pre-1926 brand name of German automobile m ...
) (3)
Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Alpine in Formula One. He won the series' World Drivers' Championship in and with Renault, and has also driven for McLaren, Ferrari, and Mi ...
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Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988) in 1939 from the Alfa Romeo racing division as ''Auto Avio Costruzioni'', the company built its first car in ...
) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 17 of 19 races): (1) Vettel 374 points (2) Button 240 (3) Alonso 227 * Sprint Cup Series – Chase for the Sprint Cup: **
Tums Fast Relief 500 The Xfinity 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car racing, stock car race held at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. The race is traditionally held in the fall and has been run in every NASCAR Cup Series season, starting with the sixth e ...
in Ridgeway, Virginia (all
Chevrolet Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941) and ous ...
): (1) Tony Stewart (
Stewart Haas Racing Stewart-Haas Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. The team is co-owned by three-time NASCAR Cup Series cham ...
) (2) Jimmie Johnson (
Hendrick Motorsports Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) is an American professional auto racing organization that competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded in 1984 as All Star Racing by Rick Hendrick. Hendrick Motorsports has won a NASCAR-record 291 Cup Seri ...
) (3) Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 33 of 36 races): (1) Carl Edwards ( Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 2273 points (2) Stewart 2265 (3) Kevin Harvick (
Chevrolet Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941) and ous ...
;
Richard Childress Racing Richard Childress Racing (RCR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by Richard ...
) 2252


Badminton

* BWF Super Series: ** French Super Series in Paris (CHN unless stated): ***Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei def. Kenichi Tago 21–16, 21–11 ***Women's singles: Wang Xin def. Li Xuerui 21–15, 21–19 ***Men's doubles: Jung Jae-sung/ Lee Yong-dae def.
Cai Yun Cai Yun (born 19 January 1980) is a former professional badminton player representing China. He is the 2012 London Olympic gold medallist and a four-time World Champion in men's doubles. He is regarded as one of the greatest men's doubles player ...
/ Fu Haifeng 14–21, 21–15, 21–11 ***Women's doubles: Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang def. Tian Qing/ Zhao Yunlei 26–24, 21–15 ***Mixed doubles: Joachim Fischer Nielsen/ Christinna Pedersen def. Xu Chen/ Ma Jin 21–17, 21–14


Baseball

* Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series: ** Pacific League First Stage Game 2 in Sapporo: Saitama Seibu Lions 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1. Lions win series 2–0. ** Central League First Stage Game 2 in Tokyo: Yomiuri Giants 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2. ''Series tied 1–1.''


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* West Indies in Bangladesh: **2nd Test in Dhaka, day 2: 355 (126.4 overs; Kirk Edwards 121, Shakib Al Hasan 5/63); 204/7 (51 overs; Fidel Edwards 5/58). ''Bangladesh trail by 151 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.''


Equestrianism Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, Driving (horse), driving, and Equestrian vaulting, vaulting ...

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Show jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrianism, equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, Show hunter, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including th ...
World Cup: ** Western European League, 3rd competition in Lyon (CSI 5*-W): Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on ''Casall'' Katharina Offel on ''Cathleen''
Steve Guerdat Steve Guerdat (born 10 June 1982) is a Swiss equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. He is the 2012 Olympic Champion in individual jumping. He also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in team jumping following the di ...
on ''Nino des Buissonnets'' *** Standings (after 3 competitions): (1) Pius Schwizer 40 points (2) Bengtsson 27 (3) Maikel van der Vleuten 26 ** North American League – East Coast, 6th competition in Washington, D.C. (CSI 3*-W): Nick Skelton on ''Carlo'' Brianne Goutal on ''Nice de Prissey'' Lucy Davis on ''Nemo''


Figure skating

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ISU Grand Prix The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...
: ** Skate Canada International in
Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...
, Canada: ***Ice dancing: Tessa Virtue/
Scott Moir Scott Patrick Moir OLY ( ; born September 2, 1987) is a Canadian retired ice dancer and coach. With ice dance partner Tessa Virtue, he is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2010, ...
178.34 points Kaitlyn Weaver/ Andrew Poje 155.99
Anna Cappellini Anna Cappellini (born 19 February 1987) is an Italian ice dancer. With partner Luca Lanotte, she is the 2014 World champion, the 2014 European champion, the 2015 Cup of China champion and a thirteen-time medalist on the Grand Prix series, and ...
/ Luca Lanotte 154.87 ****Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Virtue/Moir & Meryl Davis/ Charlie White 15 points (1 event), Nathalie Péchalat/
Fabian Bourzat Fabian Bourzat (born 19 December 1980) is a French retired ice dancer. With partner Nathalie Péchalat, he is a two-time World bronze medalist (2012, 2014), a two-time European champion (2011–2012), and a five-time French national champion ...
& Weaver/Poje 13 (1), Cappellini/Lanotte &
Isabella Tobias Isabella Tobias (born August 23, 1991) is an American-born Israeli ice dancer who competes with Ilia Tkachenko. Together they have won four medals on the ISU Challenger Series. Earlier in her career, Tobias skated with Otar Japaridze for Georgia ...
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Deividas Stagniūnas Deividas Stagniūnas (born 28 April 1985) is a Lithuanian former ice dancer. With Isabella Tobias, he is the 2011 Skate America bronze medalist and placed in the top ten at two European Championships. They represented Lithuania at the 2014 Winte ...
11 (1).


Football (soccer)

* CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Maghreb de Fès 1–0 (1–2) Inter Luanda. 2–2 on aggregate; Maghreb de Fès win on away goals. * OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 1: ** Group A: Ba 2–1 Mont-Dore * MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals, first leg: **Western Conference: New York Red Bulls 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy **Eastern Conference: *** Colorado Rapids 0–2
Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and t ...
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Philadelphia Union The Philadelphia Union are an American professional soccer club based in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Union compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. Founded on February 28, 2008, the club began playing in 201 ...
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Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo FC (formerly officially, but still commonly, called the Houston Dynamo) is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The Dynamo compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Establi ...
* Premier League, matchday 28 (team in bold qualify for Champions League): **
Molde Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of the m ...
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Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county), Norway, today a part of the city of Drammen. History Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). But since th ...
** Rosenborg 3–6 Brann ***Standings: Molde 55 points, Tromsø 47, Rosenborg 46. ****Molde win the title for the first time.


Golf

* European Tour: ** Andalucía Masters in
Sotogrande Sotogrande is the largest privately owned residential development in Andalusia, Spain. Originally a gated community, it is located in the municipality of San Roque and is composed of a 25-square-kilometre stretch from the Mediterranean Sea 25& ...
, Spain: ***Winner: Sergio García 278 (−6) ****García wins for the second consecutive week, for his tenth European Tour title.


Multi-sport events

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Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, day 17 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: ** Athletics: *** Men's marathon: Solonei da Silva 2:16:37 Diego Colorado 2:17:13 Juan Carlos Cardona 2:18:20 ** Basketball: *** Men's tournament: ** Rugby sevens: *** Men's tournament:


Short track speed skating

* World Cup 2 in Saguenay, Canada: **Women's 500m (2): Arianna Fontana 44.279 Martina Valcepina 44.353 Liu Qiuhong 44.419 ***Standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Valcepina 2400 points (2)
Marianne St-Gelais Marianne St-Gelais (born February 17, 1990) is a Canadian former short track speed skater. She won two silver medals in the 500 m and 3,000 m relay at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, and a third silver in the 3,000 m relay at the ...
2000 (3) Liu 1608 **Women's 1000m: St-Gelais 1:30.710 Elise Christie 1:30.900 Cho Ha-Ri 1:30.908 ***Standings (after 2 of 8 events): (1)
Yui Sakai (born 1987) is a Japanese short track speed skater. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She won a bronze medal in 500 metres at the 2011 Asian Winter Games The 2011 Asian Winter Games ( kz, 2011 жылғы қысқы Ази ...
1410 points (2) Christie 1128 (3) St-Gelais 1035 **Women's 3000m relay: ( Fan Kexin, Li Jianrou, Liu, Xiao Han) 4:13.559 ( Marie-Eve Drolet, Valérie Maltais, St-Gelais,
Caroline Truchon Caroline may refer to: People *Caroline (given name), a feminine given name * J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player * Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player Places Antarctica *Ca ...
) 4:13.728 ( Ayuko Ito, Sakai,
Sayuri Shimizu is a Japanese short-track speed-skater. Shimizu competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for the Japan. In the 1000 metres she was fourth in her heat, failing to advance, and placing 25th overall. As a member of the Japanese 3000 metre relay team, ...
,
Marie Yoshida Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in T ...
) 4:16.886 ***Standings (after 2 of 6 events): (1) China 2000 points (2) Canada 1312 (3) 1210 **Men's 500m (2): François-Louis Tremblay 41.655
Guillaume Bastille Guillaume Bastille (born 21 July 1985) is a Canadian short track speed skater from Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the men's 1500 metre short track and the men's 5000 metre relay competition ...
41.746 Liang Wenhao 41.801 ***Standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1)
Jon Eley Jon Eley (born 19 August 1984 in Solihull) is a British short track speed skater who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics. Eley finished fifth in the 500 metres in Torino, and was a member ...
1840 points (2) Charles Hamelin 1600 (3) Tremblay 1262 **Men's 1000m: Hamelin 1:28.748 Michael Gilday 1:28.835 Olivier Jean 1:28.979 ***Standings (after 2 of 8 events): (1) Kwak Yoon-Gy 1512 points (2) Noh Jin-Kyu 1128 (3) Hamelin 1000 **Men's 5000m relay: (Kwak, Lee Ho-Suk, Noh, Sin Da Woon) 6:48.401 ( Semen Elistratov, Vladimir Grigorev, Evgeny Kozulin, Viacheslav Kurginian) 6:49.808 (Jean, Gilday, Hamelin, Tremblay) 6:55.598 ***Standings (after 2 of 6 events): (1) Korea & Canada 1640 points (3) Russia & 1210


Tennis

* ATP World Tour: ** Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria: *** Final: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Juan Martín del Potro 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4 ****Tsonga wins his second title of the year and seventh of his career. **
St. Petersburg Open The St. Petersburg Open (russian: Открытый Санкт-Петербург) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tou ...
in Saint Petersburg, Russia: *** Final: Marin Čilić def. Janko Tipsarević 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 ****Čilić wins the sixth title of his career. * WTA Tour: ** WTA Tour Championships in Istanbul, Turkey: *** Final: Petra Kvitová def. Victoria Azarenka 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 ****Kvitová wins her sixth title of the year and seventh of her career.


October 29, 2011 (Saturday)


Baseball

* Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series: ** Pacific League First Stage Game 1 in Sapporo: Saitama Seibu Lions 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 (
F/11 In optics, the f-number of an optical system such as a camera lens is the ratio of the system's focal length to the diameter of the entrance pupil ("clear aperture").Smith, Warren ''Modern Optical Engineering'', 4th Ed., 2007 McGraw-Hill Pro ...
). ''Lions lead series 1–0.'' ** Central League First Stage Game 1 in Tokyo: Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3, Yomiuri Giants 2. ''Swallows lead series 1–0.''


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE: **2nd Test in Dubai, day 4: 239 & 257 (109.5 overs; Saeed Ajmal 5/68); 403 & 94/1 (24.1 overs). Pakistan win by 9 wickets; lead 3-match series 1–0. * West Indies in Bangladesh: **2nd Test in Dhaka, day 1: 253/5 (90 overs); . * England in India: **Only T20I in Kolkata: 120/9 (20 overs); 121/4 (18.4 overs). England win by 6 wickets.


Figure skating

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ISU Grand Prix The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...
: ** Skate Canada International in
Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...
, Canada: ***Ladies: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 177.38 points
Akiko Suzuki (born March 28, 1985) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2012 World Championships bronze medalist, a three-time Grand Prix Final medalist ( 2011 silver, 2009 & 2012 bronze), a two-time Four Continents silver medalist ( ...
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Ashley Wagner Ashley Elisabeth Wagner (born May 16, 1991) is an American former figure skater. She is the 2016 World silver medalist, a 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, the 2012 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final medalis ...
165.48 ****Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Alissa Czisny & Tuktamysheva 15 points (1 event), Carolina Kostner & Suzuki 13 (1), Viktoria Helgesson & Wagner 11 (1). ***Pairs: Tatiana Volosozhar/ Maxim Trankov 201.38 points
Sui Wenjing Sui Wenjing (; born 18 July 1995) is a Chinese pair skater. With partner Han Cong, she is the 2022 Olympic gold medalist, 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time world champion (2017, 2019), a three-time world silver medalist (2015, 2016, 2 ...
/ Han Cong 180.82 Meagan Duhamel/ Eric Radford 174.84 ****Standings (after 2 of 6 events):
Aliona Savchenko Aljona Savchenko ( uk, Олена Валентинівна Савченко, ''Olena Valentynivna Savchenko''; German Romanization: ''Aljona Sawtschenko'', sometimes ''Aliona Savchenko''; born 19 January 1984) is a Ukrainian-born German pair ...
/ Robin Szolkowy & Volosozhar/Trankov 15 points (1 event), Zhang Hao/ Zhang Dan & Sui/Han 13 (1), Kirsten Moore-Towers/ Dylan Moscovitch & Duhamel/Radford 11 (1). ***Men: Patrick Chan 253.74 points Javier Fernández 250.33 Daisuke Takahashi 237.87 ****Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Kevin van der Perren 16 points, Michal Březina & Chan 15 (1), Denis Ten 14, Fernández 13 (1), Takahiko Kozuka & Takahashi 11 (1).


Football (soccer)

* CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
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0–0 (1–0) Sunshine Stars. Club Africain win 1–0 on aggregate. * AFC Cup Final in Qarshi, Uzbekistan: Nasaf Qarshi 2–1
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**Nasaf Qarshi win the title for the first time. * OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 1: ** Group A: Waitakere United 10–0 Tefana ** Group B: *** Amicale 1–1 Hekari United *** Koloale 1–4
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* MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals, first leg: **Western Conference: Real Salt Lake 3–0
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* Premier League, matchday 32 (team in bold qualify for Champions League): ** Shakhter 2–0 Astana ** Irtysh 2–1 Zhetysu ***Standings: Shakhter 42 points, Zhetysu 38, Aktobe 34, Astana 33. ****Shakhter win the title for the first time.


Mixed martial arts

* UFC 137 in Las Vegas, United States (USA unless stated): **Welterweight bout: Nick Diaz def.
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via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–27, 29–28) **Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo def. Matt Mitrione via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–27, 29–28) **Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson def. Mirko Filipović via TKO (punches) **Bantamweight bout: Scott Jorgensen def. Jeff Curran via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) **Featherweight bout: Hatsu Hioki def. George Roop via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)


Multi-sport events

*
Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, day 16 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: ** Athletics: *** Men's 50 kilometres walk:
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3:48:58 José Ojeda 3:49:16 Jaime Quiyuch 3:50:33 ** Boxing: *** Men's Flyweight:
Robeisy Ramírez Robeisy Eloy Ramírez Carrazana (born 20 December 1993) is a Cuban professional boxer. As an amateur, Ramírez won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics as a flyweight and bantamweight respectively. Amateur career Summer Olympic results Lon ...
Dagoberto Agüero Dagoberto Pelentier (born 22 March 1983) simply known as Dagoberto, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Born in Dois Vizinhos, he formerly played for Atlético-PR, São Paulo and Internacional. H ...
Braulio Ávila Braulio Ávila Juárez (born March 5, 1986 in Chiautempan, Tlaxcala) is a Mexican amateur boxer best known for winning bronze medals in flyweight at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and both 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games. Care ...
& Julião Henriques *** Men's Lightweight: Yasniel Toledo Robson Conceição
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Ángel Gutiérrez Angel is a given name meaning "angel", "messenger". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls. From the medieval Latin masculine name ''Angelus'', which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived ...
*** Men's Welterweight:
Carlos Banteux Carlos Banteur Suárez (born October 13, 1986) is a Cuban amateur boxer from Santiago de Cuba best known for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics at welterweight. His name is sometimes misspelled Banteaux, Banteaur or Banteux by some sources outsid ...
Óscar Molina Mian Hussain & Myke Carvalho *** Men's Light heavyweight:
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Yamaguchi Florentino Armando Pina & Carlos Góngora *** Men's Super heavyweight: Ytalo Perea
Juan Hiracheta Juan Isidro Hiracheta Martínez (born 15 May 1990) is a Mexican amateur boxer who won a silver medal in the super heavyweight division during the 2011 Pan American Games. Hiracheta upset Venezuelan José Payares José David Payares Julio (b ...
Gerardo Bisbal Gerardo Miguel Bisbal Melero (born 11 September 1984 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a heavyweight boxer from Puerto Rico. He is best known for having been the first Puerto Rican boxer to win medals in three Central American and Caribb ...
& Isaia Mena *** Women's Flyweight: Mandy Bujold Ingrit Valencia
Karlha Magliocco Karlha Francesca Magliocco is an amateur boxer. She was born in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela She represented Venezuela in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Flyweight division. She lost in the quarter-finals to Marlen Esparza Marlen Esparza (born ...
& Pamela Benavídez *** Women's Light welterweight:
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Erika Cruz Sandra Bizier & Adela Peralta **
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: *** Men's K-1 200 metres:
César de Cesare César Ernesto de Cesare (born 12 July 1980) is an Argentine-born Ecuadorian sprint canoeist. He won the K-1 200 m event at the 2011 Pan American Games and finished third in 2015; he also had a fourth-place finish at the 2013 World Championships ...
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Miguel Correa Miguel Antonio Correa (born 11 October 1983) is an Argentine sprint canoeist who competed since the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events. At t ...
36.349 Ryan Dolan 36.547 *** Men's C-1 200 metres: Richard Dalton 40.333 Nivalter Jesus 40.619 Roleysi Baez 41.403 *** Men's K-2 200 metres: Ryan Cochrane/
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32.375 Correa/ Ruben Resola 32.494 Givago Ribeiro/ Gilvan Ribeiro 32.902 *** Women's K-2 500 metres:
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Yulitza Meneses Yulitza Meneses Prieto (born November 9, 1985, in Nueva Gerona) is a Cuban sprint canoeist. Biography and career She edged out the Argentine pair (led by Alexandra Keresztesi) by two thirds of a second (0.67) for the gold medal in the women's K ...
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Alexandra Keresztesi Alexandra Keresztesi (26 April 1983 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born Argentine sprint canoer who has competed since the mid first decade of the 21st century. She won two gold medals in ...
1:48.005 Margaret Hogan/ Kaitlyn McElroy 1:48.718 *** Women's K-1 200 metres: Carrie Johnson 41.803 Darisleydis Amador 41.840 Ameghino 42.685 ** Diving: *** Men's 10 metre platform: Iván García 553.80 points Rommel Pacheco 508.20 Sebastián Villa 471.05 *** Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard: Paola Espinosa/ Laura Sánchez 338.70 points Jennifer Abel/ Émilie Heymans 336.30 Kassidy Cook/ Cassidy Krug 319.50 ** Equestrian: *** Individual jumping:
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0.88 penalties Beezie Madden 1.00 Bernardo Alves 2.09 ** Fencing: *** Men's team sabre: *** Women's team épée: ** Field hockey: *** Men's tournament: ****Argentina qualify for the
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. ** Judo: *** Women's 48 kg: Paula Pareto Dayaris Mestre Angela Woosley & Sarah Menezes *** Women's 52 kg:
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& Yulieth Sánchez *** Men's 60 kg: Felipe Kitadai Nabor Castillo Aaron Kunihiro & Juan Postigos **
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: *** Men's 67 kg:
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*** Men's 75 kg:
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*** Women's 55 kg: Shannon Nishi Karina Díaz
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& Jessy Reyes *** Women's 61 kg: Bertha Gutiérrez
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Daniela Suárez & Marisca Verspaget ** Volleyball: *** Men's tournament: ** Water polo: *** Men's tournament: ****United States qualify for the
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Rugby league

* Four Nations in England and Wales: **
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: 42–4 * Autumn International Series in
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, France: 44–10


Rugby union

* Currie Cup Final in Johannesburg: 42–16 **The Golden Lions win the title for the tenth time.


Short track speed skating

* World Cup 2 in Saguenay, Canada: **Women's 500m (1):
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44.246 Martina Valcepina 44.511 Liu Qiuhong 44.548 ***Standings (after 2 of 8 events): (1) St-Gelais 2000 points (2) Valcepina 1600 (3) Liu 968 **Women's 1500m: Arianna Fontana 2:27.806 Lee Eun-Byul 2:28.896 Cho Ha-Ri 2:28.932 ***Standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Lee 2240 points (2) Katherine Reutter 2000 (3) Valérie Maltais 1312 **Men's 500m (1): Olivier Jean 41.874 Charles Hamelin 41.976 Vladimir Grigorev 42.040 ***Standings (after 2 of 8 events): (1) Hamelin 1600 points (2)
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1512 (3) Jean 1000 **Men's 1500m: Noh Jin-Kyu 2:17.925 Kwak Yoon-Gy 2:18.008 Yuzo Takamido 2:18.210 ***Standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Noh 2000 points (2) Kwak 1600 (3) Paul Herrmann 1056


Snowboarding Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

* World Cup in London, United Kingdom: **Big Air: Janne Korpi 184.0 points Seppe Smits 182.2 Joris Ouwerkerk 152.8 ***Freestyle Overall standings: (1) Korpi 2000 points (2)
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860 (3) Zhang Yiwei & Smits 800


October 28, 2011 (Friday)


Baseball

* World Series: **Game 7 in Busch Stadium, St. Louis: St. Louis Cardinals 6, 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 2. Cardinals win series 4–3. ***The Cardinals win the World Series for the first time since 2006 World Series, 2006, and the eleventh time overall. ***The Rangers become the first team to lose consecutive World Series since the Atlanta Braves in 1991 World Series, 1991 and 1992 World Series, 1992. ***Cardinals third baseman David Freese is named World Series Most Valuable Player Award, series MVP to become the sixth player to win World Series MVP and a League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award, League Championship Series MVP in the same postseason.


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE: **2nd Test in Dubai, day 3: 239 & 88/1 (45 overs); 403 (141.1 overs). ''Sri Lanka trail by 76 runs with 9 wickets remaining.'' *Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2011–12, Australia in South Africa: **3rd ODI in Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban: 222/6 (50 overs); 227/7 (47.3 overs). Australia win by 3 wickets; win 3-match series 2–1.


Multi-sport events

*
Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 15 – October 28, day 15 in
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, Mexico: ** Athletics: ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Women's 3000 metres steeplechase: Sara Hall 10:03.16 Ángela Figueroa 10:10.14 Sabine Heitling 10:10.98 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Women's 4 × 100 metres relay: (Ana Cláudia Lemos, Vanda Gomes, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos) 42.85 (Kenyanna Wilson, Barbara Pierre, Yvette Lewis (athlete), Yvette Lewis, Chastity Riggien) 43.10 (Lina Flórez, Jennifer Padilla, Yomara Hinestroza, Norma González) 43.44 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Women's 4 × 400 metres relay: (Aymée Martínez, Diosmely Peña, Susana Clement, Daisurami Bonne) 3:28.09 (Joelma Sousa, Geisa Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Jailma de Lima) 3:29.59 (Princesa Oliveros, Norma González, Evelis Aguilar, Jennifer Padilla) 3:29.94 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw, Women's discus throw: Yarelys Barrios 66.40m Aretha Thurmond 59.53m Denia Caballero 58.63m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's triple jump, Women's triple jump: Caterine Ibargüen 14.92m Yargelis Savigne 14.36m Mabel Gay 14.28m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Men's 110 metres hurdles: Dayron Robles 13.10 Paulo Villar 13.27 Orlando Ortega 13.30 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres, Men's 800 metres: Andy González (athlete), Andy González 1:45.58 Kléberson Davide 1:45.75 Raidel Acea 1:46.23 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Men's 3000 metres steeplechase: José Peña (steeplechaser), José Peña 8:48.19 Hudson de Souza 8:48.75 José Alberto Sánchez 8:49.75 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Men's 4 × 100 metres relay: (Ailson Feitosa, Sandro Viana, Nilson André, Bruno de Barros) 38.18 (Jason Rogers (athlete), Jason Rogers, Antoine Adams, Delwayne Delaney, Brijesh Lawrence) 38.81 (Calesio Newman, Jeremy Dodson, Rubin Williams (athlete), Rubin Williams, Monzavous Edwards) 39.17 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Men's 4 × 400 metres relay: (Noel Ruiz, Yoandri Betanzos, Omar Cisneros, William Collazo) 2:59.43 (Arismendy Peguero, Luguelín Santos, Yoel Tapia, Gustavo Cuesta) 3:00.44 (Arturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar (sprinter), Alberto Aguilar, José Acevedo (sprinter), José Acevedo, Omar Longart) 3:00.82 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's javelin throw, Men's javelin throw: Guillermo Martínez (athlete), Guillermo Martínez 87.20m Cyrus Hostetler 82.24m Braian Toledo 79.53m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault, Men's pole vault: Lázaro Borges 5.80m Jeremy Scott (athlete), Jeremy Scott 5.60m Giovanni Lanaro 5.50m ** Boxing: ***Boxing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Light flyweight, Men's Light flyweight: Joselito Velázquez Yosbany Veitia Jantony Ortiz & Juan Medina Herrad ***Boxing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Bantamweight, Men's Bantamweight: Lázaro Alvárez Óscar Valdez Ángel Rodríguez (boxer), Ángel Rodríguez & Robenílson Vieira de Jesus ***Boxing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Light welterweight, Men's Light welterweight: Roniel Iglesias Valentino Knowles Éverton Lopes & Joelvis Hernández ***Boxing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Middleweight, Men's Middleweight: Emilio Correa (boxer born 1985), Emilio Correa Jaime Cortez (boxer), Jaime Cortez Juan Carlos Rodríguez (boxer), Juan Carlos Rodríguez & Brody Blair ***Boxing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Heavyweight, Men's Heavyweight: Lenier Pero Julio Castillo Yamil Peralta & Anderson Emmanuel *** Women's Flyweight: Mary Spencer Yenebier Guillén Pamela Benavídez &
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Canoeing Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other acti ...
: ***Canoeing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's K-1 1000 metres, Men's K-1 1000 metres: Jorge García (kayaker), Jorge García 3:41.257 Daniel Dal Bo 3:43.038 Philippe Duchesneau 3:44.504 ***Canoeing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's C-1 1000 metres, Men's C-1 1000 metres: Everardo Cristóbal 4:03.288 Reydel Ramos 4:03.973 Johnnathan Tafra 4:05.323 ***Canoeing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's K-2 1000 metres, Men's K-2 1000 metres: Steven Jorens/Richard Dessureault-Dober 3:17.230 Reinier Torres/García 3:19.158 Pablo de Torres (kayaker), Pablo de Torres/Roberto Sallette 3:19.599 ***Canoeing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's C-2 1000 metres, Men's C-2 1000 metres: Karel Aguilar Chacón/Serguey Torres 3:39.280 Erlon Silva/Ronilson Oliveira 3:40.482 Ronny Ratia/Anderson Ramos 3:40.990 ***Canoeing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's K-1 500 metres, Women's K-1 500 metres: Carrie Johnson 1:54.243 Émilie Fournel 1:54.900
Alexandra Keresztesi Alexandra Keresztesi (26 April 1983 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born Argentine sprint canoer who has competed since the mid first decade of the 21st century. She won two gold medals in ...
1:55.764 ** Diving: ***Diving at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform, Men's synchronized 10 metre platform: Iván García/Germán Sánchez (diver), Germán Sánchez 479.88 points Jeinkler Aguirre/José Guerra (diver), José Guerra 447.57 Kevin Geyson/Eric Sehn 399.93 ***Diving at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 3 metre springboard, Women's 3 metre springboard: Laura Sánchez 374.60 points Cassidy Krug 372.65 Paola Espinosa 356.20 ** Fencing: ***Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's team foil, Men's team foil: ***Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team sabre, Women's team sabre: ** Field hockey: ***Field hockey at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament, Women's tournament: ****United States qualify for the Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Women, 2012 Olympics. **Football at the 2011 Pan American Games, Football: ***Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament, Men's tournament: **Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games, Gymnastics: ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's horizontal bar, Men's horizontal bar: Paul Ruggeri 15.650 points Jossimar Calvo 14.825 Ángel Ramos (gymnast), Ángel Ramos 14.625 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's parallel bars, Men's parallel bars: Daniel Corral 15.525 points Jorge Giraldo , Luis Vargas (gymnast), Luis Vargas & Ruggeri 14.825 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's vault, Men's vault: Diego Hypólito 15.875 points Tomás González (gymnast), Tomás González 15.587 Hugh Smith (gymnast), Hugh Smith 15.575 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's balance beam, Women's balance beam: Ana Sofía Gómez 14.175 points Kristina Vaculik 13.925 Daniele Hypólito 13.750 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's floor, Women's floor: Ana Lago 13.800 points Mikaela Gerber 13.775 Hypólito 13.750 ** Judo: ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 57 kg, Women's 57 kg: Yurisleidy Lupetey Rafaela Silva (judoka) Joliane Melançon & Hana Carmichael ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 63 kg, Women's 63 kg: Yaritza Abel Karina Acosta Christal Ransom & Stéfanie Tremblay ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 66 kg, Men's 66 kg: Leandro Cunha Kenneth Hashimoto Anyelo Gómez & Ricardo Valderrama ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 73 kg, Men's 73 kg: Bruno Silva (judoka), Bruno Silva Alejandro Clara Ronald Girones & Nick Tritton **
Karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
: ***Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 60 kg, Men's 60 kg: Andrés Rendón Norberto Sosa Douglas Brose & Miguel Soffia ***Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 84 kg, Men's 84 kg: César Herrera (karateka), César Herrera Jorge Pérez (karate), Jorge Pérez Homero Morales & Alexandru Sorin ***Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 50 kg, Women's 50 kg: Ana Villanueva Gabriela Bruna Jéssica Cândido & Cheili González ***Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 68 kg, Women's 68 kg: Lucélia Ribeiro Yadira Lira Yoly Guillén & Yoandra Moreno ** Water polo: ***Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament, Women's tournament: ****United States qualify for the Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Women, 2012 Olympics.


Rugby league

* Four Nations in England and Wales: **
Round one Round or rounds may refer to: Mathematics and science * The contour of a closed curve or surface with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, cant, or sphere * Rounding, the shortening of a number to reduce the number ...
in Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington: 26–12


October 27, 2011 (Thursday)


Baseball

* World Series: **Game 6 in Busch Stadium, St. Louis: St. Louis Cardinals 10, 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 9 (
F/11 In optics, the f-number of an optical system such as a camera lens is the ratio of the system's focal length to the diameter of the entrance pupil ("clear aperture").Smith, Warren ''Modern Optical Engineering'', 4th Ed., 2007 McGraw-Hill Pro ...
). ''Series tied 3–3.''


Basketball

* Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 2: **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group A, Group A: ***Olympiacos B.C., Olympiacos 81–74 Fenerbahçe Ülker ***SLUC Nancy Basket, SLUC Nancy 87–73 Bilbao Basket ****Standings: Caja Laboral Baskonia, Caja Laboral 2–0, SLUC Nancy, Bilbao Basket, Bennet Cantù, Olympiacos 1–1, Fenerbahçe Ülker 0–2. **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group C, Group C: ***Real Madrid Baloncesto, Real Madrid 85–78 EA7 Emporio Armani ***Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv 70–66 Partizan Mt:s Belgrade ****Standings: Real Madrid 2–0, EA7 Emporio Armani, Anadolu Efes S.K., Anadolu Efes, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Spirou Charleroi 1–1, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 0–2. **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group D, Group D: ***Galatasaray Medical Park (men's basketball), Galatasaray Medical Park 64–68 BC UNICS, UNICS Kazan ***Montepaschi Siena 79–57 KK Olimpija, Union Olimpija Ljubljana ***FC Barcelona Regal 88–61 Asseco Prokom Gdynia ****Standings: FC Barcelona Regal, Montepaschi Siena 2–0, Galatasaray Medical Park, UNICS Kazan 1–1, Asseco Prokom Gdynia, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 0–2.


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE: **2nd Test in Dubai, day 2: 239; 281/4 (99 overs; Azhar Ali 100). ''Pakistan lead by 42 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.''


Football (soccer)

*
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying The Qualifying rounds for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 determined which 11 teams joined Sweden women's national football team, Sweden, the hosts of the 2013 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship. Tie breakers If two or more teams are ...
Matchday 4: **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2, Group 2: *** 0–4 *** 7–1 ****Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): Spain 9 points (3 matches), 6 (2), Romania 6, Kazakhstan 4, 3 (3), Turkey 1. **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 3, Group 3: 0–4 ***Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): 13 points (5 matches), 6, 4, 3 (2), Hungary 3 (4), Bulgaria 0. **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 4, Group 4: 2–2 ***Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): 12 points, 6 (3), Scotland 4 (2), Wales 1 (3), 0. **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 5, Group 5: 2–2 ***Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): Finland, , , Belarus 4 points, 0 (4). **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 6, Group 6: *** 3–3 *** 0–0 ****Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Netherlands 7 points, England 5, 4, Croatia 1 (2), Slovenia 1. * 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs#Play-in round, MLS Cup Playoffs Play-in round: Colorado Rapids 1–0 Columbus Crew


Multi-sport events

*
Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 14 – October 27, day 14 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: ** Athletics: ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres, Men's 200 metres: Roberto Skyers 20.37 Lansford Spence 20.38 Bruno de Barros 20.45 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Men's 400 metres hurdles: Omar Cisneros 47.99 Isa Phillips 48.82 Félix Sánchez (hurdler), Félix Sánchez 48.85 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 10,000 metres, Men's 10,000 metres: Marílson Gomes dos Santos 29:00.64 Juan Carlos Romero (athlete), Juan Carlos Romero 29:41.00 Giovani dos Santos (athlete), Giovani dos Santos 29:51.71 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's high jump, Men's high jump: Donald Thomas (athlete), Donald Thomas 2.32m Diego Ferrín 2.30m Víctor Moya 2.26m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's triple jump, Men's triple jump: Alexis Copello 17.21m Yoandri Betanzos 16.54m Jefferson Sabino 16.51m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres, Women's 200 metres: Ana Cláudia Lemos 22.76 Simone Facey 22.86 Mariely Sánchez 23.02 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 1500 metres, Women's 1500 metres: Adriana Muñoz (athlete), Adriana Muñoz 4:26.09 Rosibel García 4:26.78 Malindi Elmore 4:27.57 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 5,000 metres, Women's 5,000 metres: Marisol Romero 16:24.08 Cruz da Silva 16:29.75 Inés Melchor 16:41.50 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's shot put, Women's shot put: Misleydis González 18.57m Cleopatra Borel-Brown 18.46m Michelle Carter (athlete), Michelle Carter 18.09m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's javelin throw, Women's javelin throw: Alicia DeShasier 58.01m Yainelis Ribeaux 56.21m Yanet Cruz 56.19m **Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games, Basque pelota: ***Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's Paleta Rubber Pairs Trinkete, Women's Paleta Rubber Pairs Trinkete: María García (pelota), María García/Veronica Stele, Verónica Stele María Miranda/Camila Naviliat Ariana Cepeda/Rocio Guillén ***Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's Frontenis Pairs 30m Fronton, Women's Frontenis Pairs 30m Fronton: Paulina Castillo/Guadalupe Hernández Lisandra Lima/Yasmary Medina Johanna Zair/Irina Podversich ***Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Mano Singles Trinkete, Men's Mano Singles Trinkete: Heriberto López Darien Povea Roger Etchevers ***Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Mano Doubles 36m Fronton, Men's Mano Doubles 36m Fronton: Jorge Alcántara/Orlando Díaz José Huarte/Tony Huarte Dariel Leiva/Rubén Moya ***Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Mano Singles 36m Fronton, Men's Mano Singles 36m Fronton: Fernando Medina (pelota), Fernando Medina Roberto Huarte Henry Despaigne ***Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Frontenis Pairs 30m Fronton, Men's Frontenis Pairs 30m Fronton: Alberto Rodríguez (pelota), Alberto Rodríguez/Arturo Rodríguez (pelota), Arturo Rodríguez Daniel Alonso (pelota), Daniel Alonso/César Arocha Alexis Clementín/Maximiliano Alberdi **Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Bowling: ***Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's individual, Men's individual: Santiago Mejía Chris Barnes (bowler), Chris Barnes Marcelo Suartz & Manuel Fernández (bowler), Manuel Fernández ***Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's individual, Women's individual: Liz Johnson (bowler), Liz Johnson Jennifer Park Caroline Lagrange & Karen Marcano **
Canoeing Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other acti ...
: ***Canoeing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's K-4 1000 metres, Men's K-4 1000 metres: (Maikel Zulueta, Reinier Torres, Osvaldo Labrada, Jorge García (kayaker), Jorge García) 3:01.061 (Steven Jorens, Richard Dessureault-Dober, Philippe Duchesneau, Connor Taras) 3:02.653 (Celso de Oliveira, Gilvan Ribeiro, Givago Ribeiro, Roberto Maheler) 3:02.821 ** Diving: ***Diving at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 3 metre springboard, Men's 3 metre springboard: Yahel Castillo 529.45 points Julián Sánchez (diver), Julián Sánchez 480.65 César Castro (diver), César Castro 462.15 ***Diving at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform, Women's synchronized 10 metre platform: Paola Espinosa/Tatiana Ortiz 326.31 points Meaghan Benfeito/Roseline Filion 318.66 Yaima Mena/Annia Rivera 269.28 ** Equestrian: ***Equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games – Team jumping, Team jumping: 2.90 penalties 11.58 13.24 ** Fencing: ***Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's team épée, Men's team épée: ***Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team foil, Women's team foil: **Football at the 2011 Pan American Games, Football: ***Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament, Women's tournament: **Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games, Gymnastics: ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's floor, Men's floor: Diego Hypólito 15.800 points Tomás González (gymnast), Tomás González 15.625 Alexander Rodríguez (gymnast), Alexander Rodríguez 14.900 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's pommel horse, Men's pommel horse: Daniel Corral 15.300 points Jorge Giraldo 14.625 Jorge Peña 14.450 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's rings, Men's rings: Brandon Wynn 15.625 points Arthur Zanetti 15.600 Christopher Maestas 15.550 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's uneven bars, Women's uneven bars: Bridgette Caquatto 14.525 points Shawn Johnson 14.500 Elsa García (gymnast), Elsa García & Marisela Cantú 13.625 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's vault, Women's vault: Brandie Jay 14.337 points García 14.312 Catalina Escobar 14.162 ** Judo: ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 70 kg, Women's 70 kg: Onix Cortés Yuri Alvear María Pérez (judoka), María Pérez & Maria Portela ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 78 kg, Women's 78 kg: Kayla Harrison Catherine Roberge Yalennis Castillo & Mayra Aguiar ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 81 kg, Men's 81 kg: Leandro Guilheiro Gadiel Miranda Emmanuel Lucenti & Antoine Valois ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 90 kg, Men's 90 kg: Tiago Camilo Asley González Alexandre Emond & Isao Cárdenas **
Karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
: ***Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's +84 kg, Men's +84 kg: Ángel Aponte Alberto Ramírez (karate), Alberto Ramírez Wellington Barbosa & Shaun Dhillon ***Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's +68 kg, Women's +68 kg: Maria Castellanos Xunashi Caballero Olivia Grant (karate), Olivia Grant & Claudia Vera **Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games, Roller skating: ***Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 1,000 metres, Men's 1,000 metres: Pedro Causil 1:25.941 Ezequiel Capellano 1:25.973 Jorge Reyes (roller skater), Jorge Reyes 1:26.239 ***Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 10,000 metres, Men's 10,000 metres: Jorge Bolaños (roller skater), Jorge Bolaños 22 points Capellano 19 Reyes 10 ***Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 1,000 metres, Women's 1,000 metres: Yersy Puello 1:35.056 Sandra Buelvas 1:35.336 Melisa Bonnet 1:35.439 ***Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 10,000 metres, Women's 10,000 metres: Kelly Martínez (roller skater), Kelly Martínez 30 points Bonnet 23 Catherine Peñán 10 **Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Weightlifting: ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's +75 kg, Women's +75 kg: Oliva Nieve 258 kg Yaniuska Espinoza 245 kg Tania Mascorro 244 kg ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 105 kg, Men's 105 kg: Jorge Arroyo (weightlifter), Jorge Arroyo 395 kg Julio Luna 380 kg Donald Shankle 368 kg ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's +105 kg, Men's +105 kg: Fernando Reis 410 kg Yoel Morales 393 kg George Kobaladze 393 kg


October 26, 2011 (Wednesday)


Baseball

* World Series: **Game 6 in Busch Stadium, St. Louis: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers vs. St. Louis Cardinals — postponed to October 27 due to rain.


Basketball

* Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 2: **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group A, Group A: Caja Laboral Baskonia, Caja Laboral 81–69 Bennet Cantù ***Standings: Caja Laboral 2–0, Bilbao Basket 1–0, Bennet Cantù 1–1, Fenerbahçe Ülker, SLUC Nancy Basket, SLUC Nancy, Olympiacos B.C., Olympiacos 0–1. **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group B, Group B: ***PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow 94–74 Brose Baskets ***KK Zagreb 62–81 Panathinaikos B.C., Panathinaikos ****Standings: Panathinaikos, CSKA Moscow 2–0, Brose Baskets, Unicaja Málaga, Unicaja 1–1, BC Žalgiris, Žalgiris Kaunas, KK Zagreb 0–2. **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group C, Group C: Anadolu Efes S.K., Anadolu Efes 79–80 Spirou Charleroi ***Standings: Real Madrid Baloncesto, Real Madrid, EA7 Emporio Armani 1–0, Spirou Charleroi, Anadolu Efes 1–1, Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 0–1. *NCAA Season 87 basketball tournaments, NCAA (Philippines) in Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines: **NCAA Season 87 basketball tournaments#Finals, Men's Finals: San Beda Red Lions, San Beda College 57, San Sebastián Stags, San Sebastián College-Recoletos 55. San Beda win best-of-3 series 2–0. ***San Beda wins their fifth NCAA title in six years, and ties Letran Knights, Letran College with the most number of men's titles with 16.


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE: **2nd Test in Dubai, day 1: 239 (79 overs); 42/0 (9 overs). ''Pakistan trail by 197 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.''


Football (soccer)

*
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying The Qualifying rounds for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 determined which 11 teams joined Sweden women's national football team, Sweden, the hosts of the 2013 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship. Tie breakers If two or more teams are ...
Matchday 4: **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 1, Group 1: *** 1–1 *** 2–0 *** 4–0 ****Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Italy 9 points, Russia, Poland 6, Greece, Macedonia 1 (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina 0. **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 3, Group 3: *** 0–1 *** 0–2 ****Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Iceland 13 points (5 matches), Norway 6, Belgium 4, Northern Ireland 3 (2), 0 (2), 0. **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 4, Group 4: 5–0 ***Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): France 12 points, 6 (3), 3 (1), 0 (2), Israel 0. **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 5, Group 5: 3–1 ***Standings (after 1 match unless stated): , Slovakia 4 points (2 matches), , 3, Estonia 0 (4). **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 7, Group 7: *** 3–0 *** 0–3 ****Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Denmark 9 points, 4 (2), Austria 4, Portugal 3, Armenia 0. *2011 Copa Sudamericana final stages#Round of 16, Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 second leg (first leg scores in parentheses): **Club Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Chile 1–0 (4–0) Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo. Universidad de Chile win 6–0 on points. **CR Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama 8–3 (1–3) Club Aurora, Aurora. 3–3 on points; Vasco da Gama win 9–6 on aggregate. **Club Libertad, Libertad 2–0 (0–1) São Paulo FC, São Paulo. 3–3 on points; Libertad win 2–1 on aggregate. *2011 AFC Champions League knockout stage#Semi-finals, AFC Champions League Semi-finals second leg (first leg scores in parentheses): **Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–2 (2–1) Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah), Al-Ittihad. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors win 5–3 on aggregate. **Sadd Sports Club, Al-Sadd 0–1 (2–0) Suwon Samsung Bluewings. Al-Sadd win 2–1 on aggregate. * 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs#Play-in round, MLS Cup Playoffs Play-in round: FC Dallas 0–2 New York Red Bulls


Multi-sport events

*
Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 13 – October 26, day 13 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: ** Athletics: ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Women's 100 metres hurdles: Yvette Lewis (athlete), Yvette Lewis 12.82 Angela Whyte 13.09 Lina Flórez 13.09 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Women's 400 metres hurdles: Princesa Oliveros 56.26 Lucy Jaramillo 56.95 Yolanda Osana 57.08 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres, Women's 400 metres: Jennifer Padilla 51.53 Daisurami Bonne 51.69 Geisa Coutinho 51.87 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's long jump, Women's long jump: Maurren Maggi 6.94m Shameka Marshall 6.73m Caterine Ibargüen 6.63m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's high jump, Women's high jump: Lesyani Mayor 1.89m Marielys Rojas 1.89m Romary Rifka 1.89m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's heptathlon, Women's heptathlon: Lucimara da Silva 6133 points Yasmiany Pedroso 5710 Francia Manzanillo 5644 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres, Men's 400 metres: Nery Brenes 44.65 Luguelín Santos 44.71 Ramon Miller 45.01 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres, Men's 1500 metres: Leandro de Oliveira 3:53.44 Bayron Piedra 3:53.45 Eduar Villanueva 3:54.06 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw, Men's hammer throw: Kibwe Johnson 79.63m Michael Mai 72.71m Noleysi Bicet 72.57m **Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games, Basque pelota: ***Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Paleta Rubber Pairs Trinkete, Men's Paleta Rubber Pairs Trinkete: Facundo Andreasen/Sergio Villegas (pelota), Sergio Villegas Carlos Buzzo/Enzo Cazzola Adrián Raya/Guillermo Verdeja ***Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Paleta Leather Pairs 36m Fronton, Men's Paleta Leather Pairs 36m Fronton: Rafael Fernández (pelota), Rafael Fernández/Azuan Pérez Rodrigo Ledesma/Francisco Mendiburu Luciano Callarelli/Carlos Dorato ***Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Paleta Leather Pairs Trinkete, Men's Paleta Leather Pairs Trinkete: Cristian Andrés Algarbe/Jorge Villegas Pablo Baldizán/Gastón Dufau Frendy Fernández/Anderson Jardines ***Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Paleta Rubber Pairs 30m Fronton, Men's Paleta Rubber Pairs 30m Fronton: Fernando Ergueta/Javier Nicosia Jesús Hurtado/Daniel Salvador Rodríguez José Fiffe/Jhoan Torreblanca **
Canoeing Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other acti ...
: ***Canoeing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's K-4 500 metres, Women's K-4 500 metres: (Kristin Ann Gauthier, Kathleen Fraser (kayaker), Kathleen Fraser, Alexa Irvin, Una Lounder) 1:37.724 (Maricela Montemayor, Karina Alanís, Anais Abraham, Alicia Guluarte) 1:37.799 (
Yulitza Meneses Yulitza Meneses Prieto (born November 9, 1985, in Nueva Gerona) is a Cuban sprint canoeist. Biography and career She edged out the Argentine pair (led by Alexandra Keresztesi) by two thirds of a second (0.67) for the gold medal in the women's K ...
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Dayexi Gandarela Dayexi Gandarela Sosa (born July 4, 1986, in Caibarién) is a Cuban sprint canoeist. She edged out the Argentine pair (led by Alexandra Keresztesi) by two thirds of a second (0.67) for the gold medal in the women's K-2 500 metres at the 2011 P ...
, Darisleydis Amador, Yusmari Mengana) 1:39.105 ** Diving: ***Diving at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 10 metre platform, Women's 10 metre platform: Paola Espinosa 370.60 points Tatiana Ortiz 369.05 Meaghan Benfeito 358.20 ***Diving at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard, Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard: Yahel Castillo/Julián Sánchez (diver), Julián Sánchez 457.32 points Troy Dumais/Kristian Ipsen 411.99 René Hernández/Jorge Pupo (diver), Jorge Pupo 384.33 ** Fencing: ***Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's épée, Women's individual épée: Kelley Hurley Courtney Hurley Yamirka Rodríguez & Elida Agüero ***Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's sabre, Men's individual sabre: Philippe Beaudry Tim Morehouse Hernán Jansen & Joseph Polossifakis **Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games, Gymnastics: ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's artistic individual all-around, Women's artistic individual all-around: Bridgette Caquatto 55.875 points Ana Sofía Gómez 55.425 Kristina Vaculik 54.775 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's artistic individual all-around, Men's artistic individual all-around: Jossimar Calvo 86.400 points Jorge Hugo Giraldo 86.200 Tomás González (gymnast), Tomás González 86.050 ** Judo: ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's +78 kg, Women's +78 kg: Idalys Ortiz Melissa Mojica Maria Suelen Altheman & Vanessa Zambotti ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 kg, Men's 100 kg: Luciano Corrêa Oreydi Despaigne Cristian Schmidt & Sergio García (judoka), Sergio García ***Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's +100 kg, Men's +100 kg: Óscar Brayson Rafael Silva (judoka), Rafael da Silva Anthony Turner Jr. & Pablo Figueroa (judoka), Pablo Figueroa **Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games, Roller skating: ***Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 300 metres time-trial, Men's 300 metres time-trial: Pedro Causil 24.802 Emanuelle Silva 25.102 Juan Cruz Araldi 25.703 ***Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 300 metres time-trial, Women's 300 metres time-trial: Yersy Puello 26.444 Maria Moya 26.807 Verónica Elías 27.414 **Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Weightlifting: ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 69 kg, Women's 69 kg: Mercedes Pérez 232 kg Cinthya Dominguez 226 kg Aremi Fuentes 221 kg ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 75 kg, Women's 75 kg: Ubaldina Valoyes 250 kg María Fernanda Valdés 229 kg María Álvarez (weightlifter), María Álvarez 228 kg ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 94 kg, Men's 94 kg: Javier Vanega 370 kg Herbys Márquez 365 kg Eduardo Guadamud 365 kg


October 25, 2011 (Tuesday)


Basketball

* Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 2: **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group B, Group B: Unicaja Málaga, Unicaja 85–78 (Overtime (sports)#Basketball, OT) BC Žalgiris, Žalgiris Kaunas ***Standings: Brose Baskets, Panathinaikos B.C., Panathinaikos, PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow 1–0, Unicaja 1–1, KK Zagreb 0–1, Žalgiris Kaunas 0–2.


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* West Indies in Bangladesh: **1st Test in Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, day 5: 350/9Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration, d & 119/3Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration, d (42 overs); 244 (68 overs; Elias Sunny 6/94) & 100/2 (22 overs). Match drawn; 2-match series tied 0–0. * England in India: **5th ODI in Kolkata: 271/8 (50 overs); 176 (37 overs). India win by 95 runs; win 5-match series 5–0. *New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12, New Zealand in Zimbabwe: **3rd ODI in Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo: 328/5 (50 overs; Ross Taylor 119, Kane Williamson 100 *); 329/9 (49.5 overs). Zimbabwe win by 1 wicket; New Zealand win 3-match series 2–1.


Football (soccer)

*2011 Copa Sudamericana final stages#Round of 16, Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Club Santa Fe, Santa Fe 4–1 (1–1) Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Botafogo. Santa Fe win 4–1 on points. * 2011 League of Ireland#Premier Division, League of Ireland Premier Division, matchday 35 (team in bold qualify for Champions League, teams in ''italics'' qualify for 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Europa League): University College Dublin A.F.C., UCD 1–2 Shamrock Rovers F.C., Shamrock Rovers **Standings: Shamrock Rovers 74 points, ''Sligo Rovers F.C., Sligo Rovers'' 70, ''Derry City F.C., Derry City'' 67. ***Shamrock win the title for the 17th time.


Multi-sport events

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Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 12 – October 25, day 12 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: ** Athletics: ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres, Women's 100 metres: Rosângela Santos 11.22 Barbara Pierre 11.25 Shakera Reece 11.26 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres, Women's 800 metres: Adriana Muñoz (athlete), Adriana Muñoz 2:04.08 Gabriela Medina 2:04.41 Rosibel García 2:04.45 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres, Men's 100 metres: Lerone Clarke 10.01 Kim Collins 10.04 Emmanuel Callander 10.16 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's long jump, Men's long jump: Víctor Castillo 8.05m Daniel Pineda (athlete), Daniel Pineda 7.97m David Registe 7.89m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's shot put, Men's shot put: Dylan Armstrong 21.30m Carlos Véliz (athlete), Carlos Véliz 20.76m Germán Lauro 20.41m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon, Men's decathlon: Leonel Suárez 8373 points Maurice Smith (decathlete), Maurice Smith 8214 Yordanis García 8074 **Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Baseball: ***Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Men's tournament: ** Basketball: ***Basketball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament, Women's tournament: **Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Bowling: ***Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's pairs, Women's pairs: Liz Johnson (bowler), Liz Johnson/Kelly Kulick 5257 points Sandra Góngora/Miriam Zetter 4929 Anggie Ramírez/María Rodríguez (bowler), María Rodríguez 4851 ***Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's pairs, Men's pairs: Bill O'Neill (bowler), Bill O'Neill/Chris Barnes (bowler), Chris Barnes 5211 points José Lander/Amleto Monacelli 5018 Santiago Mejía/Jaime Andrés Gómez 4856 ** Fencing: ***Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's sabre, Women's individual sabre: Mariel Zagunis Alejandra Benítez Yaritza Goulet & Eileen Grench ***Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's foil, Men's individual foil: Alex Massialas Felipe Alvear Guilherme Toldo & Antonio Leal **Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games, Gymnastics: ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's artistic team all-around, Men's artistic team all-around: (Francisco Barretto, Petrix Barbosa, Péricles da Silva, Diego Hypólito, Arthur Zanetti, Sergio Sasaki) 346.100 points (Rafael Morales (gymnast), Rafael Morales, Ángel Ramos (gymnast), Ángel Ramos, Tommy Ramos, Luis Rivera (gymnast), Luis Rivera, Alexander Rodríguez (gymnast), Alexander Rodríguez, Luis Vargas (gymnast), Luis Vargas) 344.850 (Donothan Bailey, Christopher Maestas, Tyler Mizoguchi, Sho Nakamori, Paul Ruggeri, Brandon Wynn) 342.000 **Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Racquetball: ***Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's team, Men's team: & ***Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team, Women's team: & **Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Weightlifting: ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 63 kg, Women's 63 kg: Christine Girard 238 kg Nísida Palomeque 235 kg Luz Acosta 230 kg ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 77 kg, Men's 77 kg: Iván Cambar 338 kg Ricardo Flores (weightlifter), Ricardo Flores 329 kg Chad Vaughn 326 kg ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 85 kg, Men's 85 kg: Yoelmis Hernández 363 kg Carlos Andica 362 kg Kendrick Farris 348 kg


October 24, 2011 (Monday)


Baseball

* World Series: **Game 5 in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2. ''Rangers lead series 3–2.''


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* West Indies in Bangladesh: **1st Test in Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, day 4: 350/9Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration, d (122.4 overs); 144/5 (51 overs). ''West Indies trail by 206 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.''


Multi-sport events

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Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 11 – October 24, day 11 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: ** Athletics: ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 5000 metres, Men's 5000 metres: Juan Luis Barrios 14:13.77 Bayron Piedra 14:15.74 Joilson Silva 14:16.11 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw, Men's discus throw: Jorge Fernández (athlete), Jorge Fernández 65.58m Jarred Rome 61.71m Ronald Julião 61.70m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 10,000 metres, Women's 10,000 metres: Marisol Romero 34:07.24 Cruz da Silva 34:22.44 Yolanda Caballero 34:39.14 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's hammer throw, Women's hammer throw: Yipsi Moreno 75.62m Sultana Frizell 70.11m Amber Campbell 69.93m ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's pole vault, Women's pole vault: Yarisley Silva 4.75m Fabiana Murer 4.70m Becky Holliday 4.30m ** Fencing: ***Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's foil, Women's individual foil: Lee Kiefer Nzingha Prescod Monica Peterson & Nataly Michel ***Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's épée, Men's individual épée: Weston Kelsey Rubén Limardo Silvio Fernández (fencer born 1979), Silvio Fernández & Reynier Henriquez **Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games, Gymnastics: ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's artistic team all-around, Women's artistic team all-around: (Bridgette Caquatto, Jessie Deziel, Brandie Jay, Shawn Johnson, Grace McLaughlin, Bridget Sloan) 219.750 points (Talia Chiarelli, Mikaela Gerber, Coralie Leblond, Christine Lee (gymnast), Christine Lee, Dominique Pegg, Kristina Vaculik) 217.450 (Marisela Cantú, Yessenia Estrada, Elsa García (gymnast), Elsa García, Ana Estefania Lago, Alexa Moreno, Karla Salazar) 214.325 **Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Handball: ***Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament, Men's tournament: ****Argentina qualify for the Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Men, 2012 Olympics. **Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games, Roller skating: ***Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's free skating, Men's free skating: Marcel Sturmer 134.20 points Daniel Arriola 129.80 Leonardo Parrado 124.80 ***Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's free skating, Women's free skating: Elizabeth Soler 129.30 points Marisol Villarroel 123.70 Talitha Haas 122.70 **Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Weightlifting: ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 53 kg, Women's 53 kg: Yudelquis Contreras 206 kg Inmara Henríquez 189 kg Francia Peñuñuri 188 kg ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 58 kg, Women's 58 kg: Alexandra Escobar 221 kg Jackelina Heredia 216 kg Lina Rivas 215 kg ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 69 kg, Men's 69 kg: Israel José Rubio 318 kg Junior Sánchez 310 kg Doyler Sánchez 310 kg **Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Wrestling: ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's freestyle 60 kg, Men's Freestyle 60 kg: Franklin Gómez Guillermo Torres (wrestler), Guillermo Torres Fernando Iglesias (wrestler), Fernando Iglesias & Yowlys Bonne ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Freestyle 74 kg, Men's Freestyle 74 kg: Jordan Burroughs Yunierki Blanco Matthew Gentry & Ricardo Roberty ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's freestyle 96 kg, Men's Freestyle 96 kg: Jake Varner Luis Vivenes Khetag Pliev & Juan Esteban Martínez


October 23, 2011 (Sunday)


Alpine skiing

*2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup#Men, Men's World Cup in Sölden, Austria: **Giant Slalom: Ted Ligety 2:22.00 Alexis Pinturault 2:22.29 Philipp Schörghofer 2:22.51


Auto racing

* Sprint Cup Series – Chase for the Sprint Cup: **2011 Good Sam Club 500, Good Sam Club 500 in Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Alabama: (1) Clint Bowyer (
Chevrolet Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941) and ous ...
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Richard Childress Racing Richard Childress Racing (RCR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by Richard ...
) (2) Jeff Burton (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) (3) Dave Blaney (Chevrolet; Tommy Baldwin Racing) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 32 of 36 races): (1) Carl Edwards ( Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 2237 points (2) Matt Kenseth (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 2223 (3) Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) 2219 *2011 International V8 Supercars Championship, V8 Supercars: **Gold Coast 600 in Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland (AUS unless stated): ***Race 22: (1) Mark Winterbottom/Richard Lyons (auto racer), Richard Lyons (Ford Performance Racing; Ford FG Falcon) (2) Jamie Whincup/Sébastien Bourdais (Triple Eight Race Engineering (V8 Supercars), Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (3) Lee Holdsworth/Simon Pagenaud (Garry Rogers Motorsport; Holden VE Commodore) ****Drivers' championship standings (after 22 of 28 races): (1) Whincup 2517 points (2) Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) 2374 (3) Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon) 2009 * World Rally Championship: **2011 Rally Catalunya, Rally de España in Salou, Spain: (1) Sébastien Loeb /Daniel Elena (Citroën DS3 WRC) (2) Mikko Hirvonen /Jarmo Lehtinen (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) (3) Jari-Matti Latvala /Miikka Anttila (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 12 of 13 rallies): (1) Loeb 222 points (2) Hirvonen 214 (3) Sébastien Ogier (Citroën DS3 WRC) 193 *2011 World Touring Car Championship season, World Touring Car Championship: **FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Race of Japan in Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka: ***Race 1: (1) Alain Menu (RML Group, Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (2) Robert Huff (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (3) Michel Nykjær (Sunred Engineering; SEAT León) ***Race 2: (1) Tom Coronel (ROAL Motorsport; BMW 3 Series (E90), BMW 320 TC) (2) Yvan Muller (Chevrolet; Chevrolet Cruze) (3) Huff ****Drivers' championship standings (after 10 of 12 rounds): (1) Muller 363 points (2) Huff 350 (3) Menu 290


Badminton

* BWF Super Series: **2011 Denmark Super Series Premier, Denmark Super Series Premier in Odense (CHN unless stated): ***Men's singles: Chen Long def. Lee Chong Wei 21–15, 21–18 ***Women's singles: Wang Xin def. Wang Yihan 21–14, 23–21 ***Men's doubles: Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae def.
Cai Yun Cai Yun (born 19 January 1980) is a former professional badminton player representing China. He is the 2012 London Olympic gold medallist and a four-time World Champion in men's doubles. He is regarded as one of the greatest men's doubles player ...
/ Fu Haifeng 21–16, 21–17 ***Women's doubles: Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang def. Tian Qing/ Zhao Yunlei 22–20, 21–16 ***Mixed doubles: Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen def. Xu Chen/ Ma Jin 22–20, 21–16


Baseball

* World Series: **Game 4 in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0. ''Series tied 2–2.''


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* West Indies in Bangladesh: **1st Test in Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, day 3: 255/4 (91 overs); . No play due to rain. * England in India: **4th ODI in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai: 220 (46.1 overs); 223/4 (40.1 overs). India win by 6 wickets; lead 5-match series 4–0. *Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2011–12, Australia in South Africa: **2nd ODI in St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth: 303/6 (50 overs); 223 (50 overs). South Africa win by 80 runs; 3-match series tied 1–1.


Equestrianism Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, Driving (horse), driving, and Equestrian vaulting, vaulting ...

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Show jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrianism, equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, Show hunter, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including th ...
– FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012, Western European League, World Cup Western European League: **FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012, Western European League#2nd competition: Helsinki, 2nd competition in Hartwall Areena, Helsinki (CSI 5*-W): Pius Schwizer on ''Carlina'' Maikel van der Vleuten on ''Verdi'' Malin Baryard-Johnsson on ''Reveur de Hurtebise'' *** Standings (after 2 competitions): (1) Schwizer 40 points (2) van der Vleuten 26 (3) Angelica Augustsson 18


Figure skating

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ISU Grand Prix The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...
: **2011 Skate America, Skate America in Ontario, California, United States: ***Pairs:
Aliona Savchenko Aljona Savchenko ( uk, Олена Валентинівна Савченко, ''Olena Valentynivna Savchenko''; German Romanization: ''Aljona Sawtschenko'', sometimes ''Aliona Savchenko''; born 19 January 1984) is a Ukrainian-born German pair ...
/ Robin Szolkowy 183.98 points Zhang Dan/ Zhang Hao 178.66 Kirsten Moore-Towers/ Dylan Moscovitch 177.43 ***Ladies: Alissa Czisny 177.48 points Carolina Kostner 177.35 Viktoria Helgesson 145;75


Football (soccer)

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UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying The Qualifying rounds for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 determined which 11 teams joined Sweden women's national football team, Sweden, the hosts of the 2013 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship. Tie breakers If two or more teams are ...
Matchday 3: **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2, Group 2: 3–2 ***Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Spain, 6 points (2 matches), 4, Switzerland, 3, 1. * 2011 A Lyga, A Lyga, matchday 31 (team in bold qualify for Champions League, team in ''italics'' qualify for 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Europa League): **FK Tauras Tauragė, Tauras 0–1 FK Ekranas, Ekranas **FK Sūduva Marijampolė, Sūduva 2–0 ''VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius, Žalgiris'' ***Standings: Ekranas 76 points, Žalgiris 69, Sūduva 61. ****Ekranas win the title for the fourth successive time and seventh time overall. * 2011 Belarusian Premier League, Premier League, matchday 29 (team in bold qualify for Champions League): **FC Neman Grodno, Neman Grodno 2–2 FC Gomel, Gomel **FC Dinamo Minsk, Dinamo Minsk 3–2 FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk, Shakhtyor **FC BATE Borisov, BATE Borisov 4–2 FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, Torpedo Zhodino ***Standings: BATE Borisov 61 points, Shakhtyor 49, Gomel 47, Dinamo Minsk 46. ****BATE win the title for the sixth successive time and a record eighth time overall.


Golf

* PGA Tour: **PGA Tour Fall Series, Fall Series: Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic in Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida: ***Winner: Luke Donald 271 (−17) ****Donald wins his fourth PGA Tour title. * European Tour: **Castelló Masters in Club de Campo del Mediterráneo, Castellón, Spain: ***Winner: Sergio García 257 (−27) ****García wins the tournament for the second time, for his ninth European Tour title and first since 2008. *2011 LPGA Tour, LPGA Tour: **Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship in Yangmei District, Yangmei, Taoyuan: ***Winner: Yani Tseng 272 (−16) ****Tseng wins her seventh title of the year, and twelfth of her career.


Motorcycle racing Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Ot ...

* Moto GP: **2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia: ***MotoGP: Race cancelled **** Marco Simoncelli is killed after an accident on the second lap of the race, which was stopped and later abandoned. ****Riders' championship standings (after 17 of 18 races): (1) Casey Stoner (Honda) 325 points (2) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Motor Company, Yamaha) 260 (3) Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 212 ***Moto2: (1) Thomas Lüthi (Eskil Suter, Suter) (2) Stefan Bradl (Kalex) (3) Pol Espargaró (FTR Moto, FTR) ****Riders' championship standings (after 16 of 17 races): (1) Bradl 274 points (2) Marc Márquez (Suter) 251 (3) Andrea Iannone (Suter) 172 ***125cc: (1) Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) (2) Sandro Cortese (Aprilia) (3) Johann Zarco (Derbi) ****Riders' championship standings (after 16 of 17 races): (1) Nicolás Terol (Aprilia) 282 points (2) Zarco 262 (3) Cortese 225


Multi-sport events

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Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 10 – October 23, day 10 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: ** Athletics: ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk, Men's 20 kilometres walk: Erick Barrondo 1:21:51 James Rendón 1:22:46 Luis Fernando López (race walker), Luis Fernando López 1:22:51 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 20 kilometres walk, Women's 20 kilometres walk: Jamy Franco 1:32:38 Mirna Ortíz 1:33:37 Ingrid Hernández 1:34:06 ***Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's marathon, Women's marathon: Adriana da Silva 2:36:37 Madaí Pérez 2:38:03 Gladys Tejeda 2:42:09 ** Equestrian: ***Equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games – Individual eventing, Individual eventing: Jessica Phoenix 43.90 penalties Hannah Burnett 45.20 Bruce Davidson (equestrian), Bruce Davidson 48.90 ***Equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games – Team eventing, Team eventing: 138.60 penalties 172.50 209.80 **Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Handball: ***Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament, Women's tournament: ****Brazil qualify for the Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Women, 2012 Olympics. **Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games, Sailing: ***Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's sailboard, Women's sailboard: Patricia Freitas Demita Vega Farrah Hall ***Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's Laser Radial class, Women's Laser Radial class: Cecilia Saroli Tania Calles Paige Railey ***Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's sailboard, Men's sailboard: Ricardo Santos (sailor), Ricardo Santos Mariano Reutemann David Mier ***Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Laser class, Men's Laser class: Julio Alsogaray (sailor), Julio Alsogaray Matias Del Solar Juan Maegli ***Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Sunfish class, Sunfish class: Matheus Dellangnello Paul Foerster Francisco Renna ***Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Snipe class, Snipe class: ***Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Lightning class, Lightning class: ***Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Hobie 16 class, Hobie 16 class: ***Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – J/24 class, J/24 class: **Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Softball: ***Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Women's tournament: **Triathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games, Triathlon: ***Triathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's, Men's individual: Reinaldo Colucci 1:48:02 Manuel Huerta 1:48:09 Brent McMahon 1:48:23 ***Triathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's, Women's individual: Sarah Haskins (triathlete), Sarah Haskins 1:57:37 Bárbara Riveros Díaz 2:00:23 Pamella Nascimento 2:00:32 **Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games, Water skiing: ***Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tricks, Women's tricks: Whitney McClintock 8390 points María Linares 7400 Regina Jaquess 6090 ***Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's slalom, Women's slalom: Jaquess 39.00 points McClintock 38.50 Karen Stevens 31.50 ***Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's jump, Women's jump: Jaquess 50.60 points McClintock 50.50 Stevens 41.10 ***Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tricks, Men's tricks: Javier Andrés Julio 10,140 points Jason McClintock 9880 Felipe Miranda 9430 ***Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's slalom, Men's slalom: Jonathan Travers 44.00 points McClintock 40.50 Carlos Lamadrid 39.00 ***Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's jump, Men's jump: Freddy Krueger (water skier), Freddy Krueger 64.90 points Rodrigo Miranda 64.50 Felipe Miranda 62.70 **Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Weightlifting: ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 48 kg, Women's 48 kg: Lely Burgos 170 kg Betsi Rivas 169 kg Katherine Mercado 165 kg ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 56 kg, Men's 56 kg: Sergio Álvarez Boulet 267 kg Sergio Rada 266 kg José Lino Montes 262 kg ***Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 62 kg, Men's 62 kg: Óscar Figueroa (weightlifter), Óscar Figueroa 312 kg Jesús López (weightlifter), Jesús López 296 kg Diego Salazar 292 kg **Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Wrestling: ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's freestyle 55 kg, Men's Freestyle 55 kg: Juan Ramírez Beltré Obenson Blanc Steven Takahashi & Juan Carlos Valverde ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's freestyle 66 kg, Men's Freestyle 66 kg: Liván López Pedro Soto (wrestler), Pedro Soto Teyon Ware & Yoan Blanco ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Freestyle 84 kg, Men's Freestyle 84 kg: Jacob Herbert Humberto Arencibia Jeffrey Adamson & José Díaz (wrestler), José Díaz ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's freestyle 120 kg, Men's Freestyle 120 kg: Tervel Dlagnev Sunny Dhinsa Disney Rodríguez & Carlos Félix (wrestler), Carlos Félix


Rugby union

*2011 Rugby World Cup, World Cup in New Zealand: **2011 Rugby World Cup final, Final in Eden Park, Auckland: 8–7 ***The All Blacks repeat their win over France in the 1987 Rugby World Cup Final, 1987 Final and win the title for the second time.


Short track speed skating

*2011–12 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, World Cup in Salt Lake City, United States: **Men's 500m:
Jon Eley Jon Eley (born 19 August 1984 in Solihull) is a British short track speed skater who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics. Eley finished fifth in the 500 metres in Torino, and was a member ...
41.558 Charles Hamelin 41.615 Evgeny Kozulin 41.751 **Men's 1500m (2): Noh Jin-Kyu 2:14.238 Kwak Yoon-Gy 2:14.295 J. R. Celski 2:14.343 ***Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Noh & Hamelin 1000 points (3) Kwak & Lee Ho-Suk 800 **Men's 5000m relay: ( Michael Gilday, Charles Hamelin, François Hamelin, François-Louis Tremblay) 6:49.723 (Eley, Richard Shoebridge, Paul Stanley (speed skater), Paul Stanley, Jack Whelbourne) 6:50.277 (Kwak, Lee Ho-Suk, Lee Jung-Su, Noh) 6:50.311 **Women's 500m:
Marianne St-Gelais Marianne St-Gelais (born February 17, 1990) is a Canadian former short track speed skater. She won two silver medals in the 500 m and 3,000 m relay at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, and a third silver in the 3,000 m relay at the ...
44.382 Martina Valcepina 45.645 Jessica Smith (speed skater), Jessica Smith 50.160 **Women's 1500m (2): Katherine Reutter 2:24.005 Lee Eun-Byul 2:24.032 Li Jianrou 2:24.124 ***Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Reutter 2000 points (2) Lee 1440 (3) Valérie Maltais 800 **Women's 3000m relay: ( Fan Kexin, Li, Liu Qiuhong, Xiao Han) 4:12.774 ( Cho Ha-Ri, Kim Dam Min, Lee, Son Soo-Min) 4:13.294 (Ekaterina Baranok, Olga Belikova, Tatiana Borodulina, Nina Yevteyeva) 4:18.694


Snooker

*Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 8, Players Tour Championship – Event 8: Alex Higgins International Trophy in Killarney, Ireland: **Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 8#Finals, Final: Neil Robertson 4–1 Judd Trump ***Robertson wins his ninth professional title. ***Players Tour Championship 2011/2012#Order of Merit, Order of Merit (after 8 of 12 events): (1) Robertson 25,600 (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan 24,600 (3) Trump 18,900


Tennis

* ATP World Tour: **2011 If Stockholm Open, If Stockholm Open in Stockholm, Sweden: ***Final: Gaël Monfils def. Jarkko Nieminen 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 ****Monfils wins his fourth ATP Tour title. **2011 Kremlin Cup, Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia: ***Final: Janko Tipsarević def. Viktor Troicki 6–4, 6–2 ****Tipsarević wins his second ATP Tour title. * WTA Tour: **2011 Kremlin Cup, Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia: ***Final: Dominika Cibulková def. Kaia Kanepi 3–6, 7–6(1), 7–5 ****Cibulková wins her first WTA Tour title. **2011 BGL Luxembourg Open, BGL Luxembourg Open in Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg City, Luxembourg: ***Final: Victoria Azarenka def. Monica Niculescu 6–2, 6–2 ****Azarenka wins her eighth WTA Tour title.


October 22, 2011 (Saturday)


Alpine skiing

*2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup#Ladies, Women's World Cup in Sölden, Austria: **Giant Slalom: Lindsey Vonn 2:24.43 Viktoria Rebensburg 2:24.47 Elisabeth Görgl 2:24.83 ***Vonn becomes the fifth woman to win a World Cup race in all five disciplines.


Auto racing

*2011 International V8 Supercars Championship, V8 Supercars: **Gold Coast 600 in Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland (AUS unless stated): ***Race 21: (1) Jamie Whincup/Sébastien Bourdais (Triple Eight Race Engineering (V8 Supercars), Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (2) Will Davison/Mika Salo (Ford Performance Racing; Ford FG Falcon) (3) Mark Winterbottom/Richard Lyons (auto racer), Richard Lyons (Ford Performance Racing; Ford FG Falcon) ****Drivers' championship standings (after 21 of 28 races): (1) Whincup 2379 points (2) Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) 2329 (3) Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon) 1952


Baseball

* World Series: **Game 3 in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas: St. Louis Cardinals 16, 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 7. ''Cardinals lead series 2–1.'' ***Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols becomes only the third player to hit three home runs in a World Series game, joining Babe Ruth (1926 World Series, 1926, Game 4 & 1928 World Series, 1928, Game 4) and Reggie Jackson (1977 World Series, 1977, Game 6).


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE: **1st Test in Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, day 5: 197 & 483 (168 overs; Kumar Sangakkara 211, Prasanna Jayawardene 120); 511/6Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration, d & 21/1 (10 overs). Match drawn; 3-match series tied 0–0. * West Indies in Bangladesh: **1st Test in Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, day 2: 255/4 (91 overs); . No play due to rain. *New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12, New Zealand in Zimbabwe: **2nd ODI in Harare Sports Club, Harare: 259/8 (50 overs; Brendan Taylor 107 *); 261/6 (48.2 overs; Martin Guptill 105). New Zealand win by 4 wickets; lead 3-match series 2–0.


Figure skating

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ISU Grand Prix The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...
: **2011 Skate America, Skate America in Ontario, California, United States: ***Men: Michal Březina 216.00 points Kevin van der Perren 212.48 Takahiko Kozuka 212.09 ***Ice Dance: Meryl Davis/ Charlie White 178.07 points Nathalie Péchalat/
Fabian Bourzat Fabian Bourzat (born 19 December 1980) is a French retired ice dancer. With partner Nathalie Péchalat, he is a two-time World bronze medalist (2012, 2014), a two-time European champion (2011–2012), and a five-time French national champion ...
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Isabella Tobias Isabella Tobias (born August 23, 1991) is an American-born Israeli ice dancer who competes with Ilia Tkachenko. Together they have won four medals on the ISU Challenger Series. Earlier in her career, Tobias skated with Otar Japaridze for Georgia ...
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Deividas Stagniūnas Deividas Stagniūnas (born 28 April 1985) is a Lithuanian former ice dancer. With Isabella Tobias, he is the 2011 Skate America bronze medalist and placed in the top ten at two European Championships. They represented Lithuania at the 2014 Winte ...
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Football (soccer)

*
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying The Qualifying rounds for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 determined which 11 teams joined Sweden women's national football team, Sweden, the hosts of the 2013 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship. Tie breakers If two or more teams are ...
Matchday 3: **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 1, Group 1: *** 4–1 *** 0–9 *** 2–0 ****Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): Italy, Russia 6 points, Poland 3, Greece 0 (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Macedonia 0 (1). **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2, Group 2: *** 0–0 *** 0–3 ****Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Germany 6 points (2 matches), Kazakhstan 4, 3 (1), 3 (2), Romania 3, Turkey 1. **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 3, Group 3: *** 0–1 *** 0–1 ****Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): Iceland 10 points (4 matches), 4, 3, Northern Ireland 3 (1), Bulgaria 0, Hungary 0 (3). **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 4, Group 4: *** 2–0 *** 1–4 ****Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): France 9 points, Republic of Ireland 6, 3 (1), Wales 0 (2), Israel 0. **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 5, Group 5: *** 0–0 *** 6–0 ****Standings (after 1 match unless stated): Ukraine 4 points (2 matches), Finland, 3, Slovakia 1, Estonia 0 (3). **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 6, Group 6: *** 0–3 *** 1–2 ****Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): Netherlands 6 points, 4, Serbia 4 (3), Croatia 0 (1), Slovenia 0. **UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 7, Group 7: *** 1–0 *** 3–0 ****Standings (after 2 matches): Denmark 6 points, Czech Republic 4, Portugal 3, Austria 1, 0. *2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament#Final round, 2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament Final Round second leg (first leg score in parentheses): 2–1 (1–2) . 3–3 on aggregate; Cameroon win 4–3 on Penalty shoot-out (association football), penalties, and qualify for the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2012 Olympics. * 2011 Armenian Premier League, Premier League, matchday 26 (team in bold qualify for Champions League): **FC Mika, Mika 1–0 Gandzasar F.C., Gandzasar **FC Ararat Yerevan, Ararat 1–2 Ulisses F.C., Ulisses **Shirak F.C., Shirak 0–0 FC Pyunik, Pyunik ***Standings: Ulisses 52 points, Gandzasar, Pyunik 42. ****Ulisses win the title for the first time.


Horse racing

*Cox Plate in Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne: Pinker Pinker (trainer: Greg Eurell, jockey: Craig Williams (jockey), Craig Williams) Jimmy Choux (trainer: John Bary, jockey: Jonathan Riddell) Rekindled Interest (trainer: Jim Conlan, jockey: Dwayne Dunn)


Multi-sport events

*
Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 9 – October 22, day 9 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: **Archery at the 2011 Pan American Games, Archery: ***Archery at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's individual, Men's individual: Brady Ellison Crispin Duenas Daniel Pineda (archer), Daniel Pineda ***Archery at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's individual, Women's individual: Alejandra Valencia Miranda Leek Aída Román **Beach volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Beach volleyball: ***Beach volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament, Men's tournament: Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego Igor Hernández/Farid Mussa Santiago Etchegaray/Pablo Suárez **Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Cycling: ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's road race, Men's road race: Marc de Maar 3:40:53 Miguel Ubeto 3:40:53 Arnold Alcolea 3:41:48 ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's road race, Women's road race (all CUB): Arlenis Sierra 2:18:10 Yumari González 2:18:23 Yudelmis Domínguez 2:18:23 **Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Racquetball: ***Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's singles, Women's singles: Paola Longoria Rhonda Rajsich Cheryl Gudinas & María Vargas (racquetball), María Vargas ***Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's doubles, Women's doubles: Samantha Salas/Longoria Aimee Ruiz/Rajsich Angela Grisar/Carla Muñoz & Maria Córdova/María Muñoz (racquetball), Maria Muñoz ***Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's singles, Men's singles: R. O. Carson Gilberto Mejía Álvaro Beltrán & Vincent Gagnon ***Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's doubles, Men's doubles: Javier Moreno (racquetball), Javier Moreno/Beltrán Jorge Hirsekorn/César Castillo Kris Odegard/Tim Landeryou & Chris Crowther/Shane Vanderson **Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Shooting: ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol, Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol: Emil Milev 603 points Juan Pérez (sport shooter), Juan Pérez 591 Franco Di Mauro 590 ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's skeet, Men's skeet: Vincent Hancock 147 points Guillermo Torres (sport shooter), Guillermo Torres 145 Juan Miguel Rodríguez 142 ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions, Women's 50 metre rifle three positions: Dianelys Pérez 671.6 points Eglis de la Cruz 670.3 Sarah Beard (sport shooter), Sarah Beard 667.4 **Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games, Swimming: ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's marathon 10 kilometres, Men's marathon 10 kilometres: Richard Weinberger 1:57:31.0 Arthur Frayler 1:57:31.3 Guillermo Bertola 1:57:33.9 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's marathon 10 kilometres, Women's marathon 10 kilometres: Cecilia Biagioli 2:04:11.5 Poliana Okimoto 2:05:51.3 Christine Jennings (swimmer), Christine Jennings 2:05:52.2 **Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games, Tennis: ***Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's singles, Men's singles: Robert Farah Maksoud Rogério Dutra da Silva Víctor Estrella ***Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's doubles, Men's doubles: Juan Sebastián Cabal/Farah Maksoud Julio César Campozano/Roberto Quiroz Nicholas Monroe/Greg Ouellette **Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games, Water skiing: ***Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's overall, Women's overall: Regina Jaquess 2955.7 points Whitney McClintock 2809.6 Karen Stevens 1862.8 ***Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's wakeboard, Men's wakeboard: Andrew Adkison 80.00 points Aaron Rathy 72.67 Marcelo Giardi 65.90 ***Water skiing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's overall, Men's overall: Javier Andrés Julio 2870.7 points Felipe Miranda 2800.8 Rodrigo Miranda 2591.1 **Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Wrestling: ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's freestyle 48 kg, Women's Freestyle 48 kg: Carol Huynh Clarissa Chun Carolina Castillo (wrestler), Carolina Castillo & Patricia Bermúdez ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's freestyle 55 kg, Women's Freestyle 55 kg: Helen Maroulis Tonya Verbeek Joice da Silva & Lissette Antes ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's freestyle 63 kg, Women's Freestyle 63 kg: Katerina Vidiaux Elena Pirozhkov Luz Vázquez & Sandra Roa ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's freestyle 72 kg, Women's Freestyle 72 kg: Lisset Hechevarría Aline Ferreira Jaramit Weffer & Elsa Sánchez


Short track speed skating

*2011–12 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, World Cup in Salt Lake City, United States: **Men's 1000m: Kwak Yoon-Gy 1:25.996 Noh Jin-Kyu 1:26.596 François-Louis Tremblay 1:26.869 **Men's 1500m (1): Charles Hamelin 2:16.630 Lee Ho-Suk 2:16.842 Lee Jung-Su 2:17.021 **Women's 1000m:
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1:31.260 Lana Gehring 1:31.278 Alyson Dudek 1:31.494 **Women's 1500m (1): Katherine Reutter 2:24.433 Valérie Maltais 2:24.519 Lee Eun-Byul 2:24.606


October 21, 2011 (Friday)


Basketball

* Euroleague, Regular Season Matchday 1: **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group A, Group A: Bilbao Basket 76–61 Olympiacos B.C., Olympiacos


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE: **1st Test in Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, day 4: 197 & 298/5 (101 overs; Kumar Sangakkara 161 *); 511/6Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration, d. ''Sri Lanka trail by 16 runs with 5 wickets remaining.'' * West Indies in Bangladesh: **1st Test in Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, day 1: 255/4 (91 overs); .


Multi-sport events

*
Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 8 – October 21, day 8 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: **Archery at the 2011 Pan American Games, Archery: ***Archery at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's team, Men's team: ***Archery at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team, Women's team: **Beach volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games, Beach volleyball: ***Beach volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament, Women's tournament: Larissa França/Juliana Felisberta Mayra García/Bibiana Candelas Yarleen Santiago/Yamileska Yantín **Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Cycling: ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's BMX, Men's BMX: Connor Fields (BMX rider), Connor Fields 34.245 Nick Long 34.907 Andrés Jiménez (cyclist), Andrés Jiménez 35.323 ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's BMX, Women's BMX: Mariana Pajón 40.118 Arielle Martin 42.659 María Díaz (cyclist), María Díaz 42.971 **Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Shooting: ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions, Men's 50 metre rifle three positions: Jason Parker (sport shooter), Jason Parker 1249.1 points Matthew Wallace 1247.0 Bruno Heck (sport shooter), Bruno Heck 1245.0 ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's skeet, Women's skeet: Kim Rhode 98 points Francisca Crovetto 89 Melisa Gil 88 **Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games, Squash: ***Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's team, Men's team: & ***Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team, Women's team: & **Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games, Swimming: ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle, Women's 50 metre freestyle: Lara Jackson 25.09 Graciele Herrmann 25.23 Madison Kennedy 25.24 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay: (Rachel Bootsma, Ann Chandler, Claire Donahue, Amanda Kendall) 4:01.00 (Gabrielle Soucisse, Ashley McGregor, Erin Miller, Jen Beckberger) 4:07.04 (Fabíola Molina, Tatiane Sakemi, Dayanara de Paula, Tatiana Lemos) 4:07.12 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke, Men's 200 metre backstroke: Thiago Pereira 1:57.19 Omar Pinzón 1:58.31 Ryan Murphy (swimmer), Ryan Murphy 1:58.50 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay: (Guilherme Guido, Felipe França Silva, Gabriel Mangabeira, César Cielo) 3:34.58 (Eugene Godsoe, Marcus Titus, Chris Brady (swimmer), Chris Brady, Scot Robison) 3:37.17 (Federico Grabich, Lucas Peralta, Marcos Barale, Lucas Del Piccolo) 3:44.51 **Synchronized swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games, Synchronized swimming: ***Synchronized swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team, Women's team: (Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon, Jo-Annie Fortin, Chloé Isaac, Stéphanie Leclair, Tracy Little, Élise Marcotte, Karine Thomas, Valérie Welsh) 190.388 points (Morgan Fuller, Megan Hansley, Mary Killman, Mariya Koroleva, Michelle Moore, Leah Pinette, Lyssa Wallace, Alison Williams (synchronized swimmer), Alison Williams) 179.588 (Giovana Stephan, Joseane Costa, Lara Teixeira, Lorena Molinos, Maria Bruno, Maria Pereira (synchronized swimmer), Maria Pereira, Nayara Figueira, Pamela Nogueira, Jéssica Gonçalves) 176.425 **Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games, Tennis: ***Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's singles, Women's singles: Irina Falconi Monica Puig Christina McHale ***Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's doubles, Women's doubles: María Irigoyen/Florencia Molinero Falconi/McHale Catalina Castaño/Mariana Duque ***Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Mixed doubles, Mixed doubles: Ana Paula de la Peña/Santiago González (tennis), Santiago González Andrea Koch Benvenuto/Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz Ana Clara Duarte/Rogério Dutra da Silva **Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Wrestling: ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg, Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg: Luis Liendo (wrestler), Luis Liendo Joe Betterman Hanser Meoque & Jansel Ramírez ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg, Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg: Jorgisbell Álvarez Ben Provisor Juan Ángel Escobar & Hansel Mercedes ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg, Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg: Yunior Estrada Raúl Andrés Angulo Yuri Maier & Erwin Caraballo


Rugby union

*2011 Rugby World Cup, World Cup in New Zealand: **2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage#Bronze final, Bronze Final in Eden Park, Auckland: 18–21


October 20, 2011 (Thursday)


Baseball

* World Series: **Game 2 in Busch Stadium, St. Louis: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1. ''Series tied 1–1.'' * Major League Baseball awards: **Roberto Clemente Award: David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox


Basketball

* Euroleague, Regular Season Matchday 1: **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group B, Group B: ***Panathinaikos B.C., Panathinaikos 98–77 Unicaja Málaga, Unicaja ***Brose Baskets 96–65 KK Zagreb **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group C, Group C: ***Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 73–84 Anadolu Efes S.K., Anadolu Efes ***Spirou Charleroi 76–100 Real Madrid Baloncesto, Real Madrid ***EA7 Emporio Armani 89–82 Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group D, Group D: KK Olimpija, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 64–86 FC Barcelona Regal


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE: **1st Test in Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, day 3: 197 & 47/1 (11 overs); 511/6Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration, d (174.4 overs; Taufeeq Umar 236). ''Sri Lanka trail by 267 runs with 9 wickets remaining.'' * England in India: **3rd ODI in Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali: 298/4 (50 overs); 300/5 (49.2 overs). India win by 5 wickets; lead 5-match series 3–0. *New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12, New Zealand in Zimbabwe: **1st ODI in Harare Sports Club, Harare: 231/6 (50 overs; Brendan Taylor 128 *); 232/1 (43.3 overs; Rob Nicol 108 *). New Zealand win by 9 wickets; lead 3-match series 1–0. ***Nicol becomes the seventh player to hit a century in his first ODI appearance.


Football (soccer)

*2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage, UEFA Europa League group stage Matchday 3 (team in bold advances to Round of 32): **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group A, Group A: ***Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 FC Rubin Kazan, Rubin Kazan ***PAOK FC, P.A.O.K. 2–1 Shamrock Rovers F.C., Shamrock Rovers ****Standings (after 3 matches): Tottenham Hotspur 7 points, P.A.O.K. 5, Rubin Kazan 4, Shamrock Rovers 0. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group B, Group B: ***Standard Liège 0–0 FC Vorskla Poltava, Vorskla Poltava ***Hannover 96 2–2 F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen ****Standings (after 3 matches): Standard Liège, Hannover 96 5 points, Copenhagen 4, Vorskla Poltava 1. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group C, Group C: ***FC Rapid București, Rapid București 0–1 Legia Warsaw ***Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 PSV Eindhoven ****Standings (after 3 matches): PSV Eindhoven 9 points, Legia Warsaw 6, Rapid București 3, Hapoel Tel Aviv 0. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group D, Group D: ***Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting CP 2–0 FC Vaslui, Vaslui ***FC Zürich, Zürich 1–1 S.S. Lazio, Lazio ****Standings (after 3 matches): Sporting CP 9 points, Lazio, Vaslui, Zürich 2. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group E, Group E: ***Stoke City F.C., Stoke City 3–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv ***FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş ****Standings (after 3 matches): Stoke City 7 points, Dynamo Kyiv 5, Beşiktaş 3, Maccabi Tel Aviv 1. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group F, Group F: ***Athletic Bilbao 2–2 FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg ***ŠK Slovan Bratislava, Slovan Bratislava 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain ****Standings (after 3 matches): Athletic Bilbao 7 points, Paris Saint-Germain, Red Bull Salzburg 4, Slovan Bratislava 1. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group G, Group G: ***Malmö FF 1–4 FC Metalist Kharkiv, Metalist Kharkiv ***AZ (football club), AZ 2–2 FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien ****Standings (after 3 matches): Metalist Kharkiv 7 points, AZ 5, Austria Wien 4, Malmö FF 0. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group H, Group H: ***NK Maribor, Maribor 1–1 S.C. Braga, Braga ***Club Brugge K.V., Club Brugge 1–2 Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City ****Standings (after 3 matches): Birmingham City, Club Brugge 6 points, Braga 4, Maribor 1. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group I, Group I: ***Stade Rennais F.C., Rennes 1–1 Celtic F.C., Celtic ***Udinese Calcio, Udinese 2–0 Atlético Madrid ****Standings (after 3 matches): Udinese 7 points, Atlético Madrid 4, Rennes, Celtic 2. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group J, Group J: ***AEK Larnaca FC, AEK Larnaca 0–5 FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04 ***Maccabi Haifa F.C., Maccabi Haifa 5–0 FC Steaua București, Steaua București ****Standings (after 3 matches): Schalke 04 7 points, Maccabi Haifa 6, Steaua București 2, AEK Larnaca 1. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group K, Group K: ***Odense Boldklub, Odense 1–4 FC Twente, Twente ***Wisła Kraków 1–0 Fulham F.C., Fulham ****Standings (after 3 matches): Twente 7 points, Fulham 4, Odense, Wisła Kraków 3. **2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group L, Group L: ***FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow 3–1 AEK Athens F.C., AEK Athens ***SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz 0–2 R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht ****Standings (after 3 matches): Anderlecht 9 points, Lokomotiv Moscow 6, Sturm Graz 3, AEK Athens 0. *2011 Copa Sudamericana final stages#Round of 16, Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 second leg (first leg scores in parentheses): **Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Vélez Sarsfield 1–1 (2–0) Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica. Vélez Sársfield win 4–1 on points. **Universitario de Deportes, Universitario 1–1 (1–1) Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, Godoy Cruz. 2–2 on points, 2–2 on aggregate; Universitario win 3–2 on Penalty shoot-out (association football), penalties. *2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to Championship round): **2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage#Group A, Group A: C.D. Motagua, Motagua 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy ***Final standings: Los Angeles Galaxy, Monarcas Morelia, Morelia, L.D. Alajuelense, Alajuelense 12 points, Motagua 0. **2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage#Group B, Group B: A.D. Isidro Metapán, Isidro Metapán 3–2 Real C.D. España, Real España ***Final standings: Club Santos Laguna, Santos Laguna 13 points, Isidro Metapán 9, Colorado Rapids 7, Real España 5.


Multi-sport events

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Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 7 – October 20, day 7 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: **Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games, Badminton: ***Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's singles, Men's singles: Kevin Cordón Osleni Guerrero Daniel Paiola & Charles Pyne ***Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's singles, Women's singles: Michelle Li Joycelyn Ko Victoria Montero & Claudia Rivero ***Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games – Mixed doubles, Mixed doubles: Grace Gao (badminton), Grace Gao/Toby Ng Halim Ho/Eva Lee (badminton), Eva Lee Claudia Rivero/Rodrigo Pacheco (badminton), Rodrigo Pacheco & Howard Bach/Paula Lynn Obañana **Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Cycling: ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Keirin, Men's Keirin: Fabián Puerta Hersony Canelón Leandro Botasso ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's Keirin, Women's Keirin: Daniela Larreal Luz Gaxiola Dana Feiss ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's Omnium, Women's Omnium: Angie González 14 points Sofía Arreola 17 Marlies Mejías 24 **Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Shooting: ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's double trap, Men's double trap: Walton Eller 195 points José Torres (sport shooter), José Torres 185 Luiz Fernando da Graça 182 **Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games, Swimming: ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle, Men's 50 metre freestyle: César Cielo 21.58 Bruno Fratus 22.05 Hanser García 22.15 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly, Men's 100 metre butterfly: Albert Subirats 52.37 Eugene Godsoe 52.67 Chris Brady (swimmer), Chris Brady 52.95 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke, Women's 200 metre backstroke: Elizabeth Pelton 2:08.99 Bonnie Brandon 2:12.57 Fernanda González 2:13.56 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, Women's 200 metre breaststroke: Ashley McGregor 2:28.04 Haley Spencer 2:29.30 Michelle McKeehan 2:30.51 **Synchronized swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games, Synchronized swimming: ***Synchronized swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's duet, Women's duet: Élise Marcotte/Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon 188.988 points Mary Killman/Mariya Koroleva 179.463 Lara Teixeira/Nayara Figueira 177.413 **Table tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games, Table tennis: ***Table tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's singles, Men's singles: Liu Song (table tennis), Liu Song Marcos Madrid Lin Ju & Alberto Mino ***Table tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's singles, Women's singles: Zhang Mo (table tennis), Zhang Mo Wu Xue Lily Zhang & Ariel Hsing ** Volleyball: ***Volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament, Women's tournament: **Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Wrestling: ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg, Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg: Gustavo Balart Jorge Cardozo Juan Carlos López Asprilla, Juan Carlos López & Francisco Encarnación ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg, Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg: Pedro Isaac Anyelo Mota Ulises Barragán & Glenn Garrison ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg, Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg: Pablo Shorey Cristhian Mosquera José Arias (wrestler), José Arias & Yorgen Cova ***Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg, Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg: Mijaín López Rafael Barreno Ramón García (wrestler), Ramón García & Victor Asprilla


October 19, 2011 (Wednesday)


Baseball

* World Series: **Game 1 in Busch Stadium, St. Louis: St. Louis Cardinals 3, 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 2. ''Cardinals lead series 1–0.''


Basketball

* Euroleague, Regular Season Matchday 1: **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group A, Group A: ***Fenerbahçe Ülker 66–69 Caja Laboral Baskonia, Caja Laboral ***Pallacanestro Cantù, NGC Cantù 80–69 SLUC Nancy Basket, SLUC Nancy **2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group D, Group D: ***BC UNICS, UNICS Kazan 71–79 Montepaschi Siena ***Asseco Prokom Gdynia 72–76 Galatasaray Medical Park (men's basketball), Galatasaray


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE: **1st Test in Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, day 2: 197; 259/1 (98 overs; Taufeeq Umar 109 *). ''Pakistan lead by 62 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.'' *Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2011–12, Australia in South Africa: **1st ODI in SuperSport Park, Centurion: 183/4 (29/29 overs); 129 (22 overs). Australia win by 93 runs (Duckworth–Lewis method, D/L); lead 3-match series 1–0.


Football (soccer)

*2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage, UEFA Champions League group stage Matchday 3: **2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group E, Group E: ***Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Valencia CF, Valencia ***Chelsea F.C., Chelsea 5–0 K.R.C. Genk, Genk ****Standings (after 3 matches): Chelsea 7 points, Bayer Leverkusen 6, Valencia 2, Genk 1. **2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group F, Group F: ***Olympique de Marseille, Marseille 0–1 Arsenal F.C., Arsenal ***Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos 3–1 Borussia Dortmund ****Standings (after 3 matches): Arsenal 7 points, Marseille 6, Olympiacos 3, Borussia Dortmund 1. **2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group G, Group G: ***FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit St. Petersburg ***F.C. Porto, Porto 1–1 APOEL F.C., APOEL ****Standings (after 3 matches): APOEL 5 points, Zenit St. Petersburg, Porto 4, Shakhtar Donetsk 2. **2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group H, Group H: ***A.C. Milan, Milan 2–0 FC BATE Borisov, BATE Borisov ***FC Barcelona, Barcelona 2–0 FC Viktoria Plzeň, Viktoria Plzeň ****Standings (after 3 matches): Milan, Barcelona 7 points, BATE Borisov, Viktoria Plzeň 1. *2011 Copa Sudamericana final stages#Round of 16, Copa Sudamericana Round of 16: **First leg: ***Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo 0–4 Club Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Chile ***São Paulo FC, São Paulo 1–0 Club Libertad, Libertad **Second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Arsenal de Sarandí, Arsenal 3–2 (0–0) Club Olimpia, Olimpia. Arsenal win 4–1 on points. *2011 AFC Champions League knockout stage#Semi-finals, AFC Champions League Semi-finals first leg: **Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–2 Sadd Sports Club, Al-Sadd **Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah), Al-Ittihad 2–3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors *2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to Championship round): **2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage#Group B, Group B: Club Santos Laguna, Santos Laguna 2–0 Colorado Rapids ***Standings: Santos Laguna 13 points (6 matches), Colorado Rapids 7 (6), A.D. Isidro Metapán, Isidro Metapán 6 (5), Real C.D. España, Real España 5 (5). **2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage#Group C, Group C: Club Universidad Nacional, UNAM 1–0 Tauro F.C., Tauro ***Final standings: UNAM 11 points, , Toronto FC 10, FC Dallas 7, Tauro 5. **2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage#Group D, Group D: C.S. Herediano, Herediano 4–1 C.S.D. Comunicaciones, Comunicaciones ***Final standings: C.F. Monterrey, Monterrey 12 points,
Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...
10, Comunicaciones 7, Herediano 6.


Multi-sport events

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Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 6 – October 19, day 6 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: **Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games, Badminton: ***Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's doubles, Men's doubles: Howard Bach/Tony Gunawan Halim Ho/Sattawat Pongnairat Andrés López (badminton), Andrés López/Lino Muñoz & Adrian Liu/Derrick Ng ***Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's doubles, Women's doubles: Alexandra Bruce, Alex Bruce/Michelle Li Iris Wang/Rena Wang Grace Gao (badminton), Grace Gao/Joycelyn Ko & Eva Lee (badminton), Eva Lee/Paula Lynn Obañana **Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Cycling: ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's sprint, Men's sprint: Hersony Canelón Fabián Puerta Njisane Phillip ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Omnium, Men's Omnium: Juan Esteban Arango 13 points Luis Mansilla 20 Walter Pérez (cyclist), Walter Pérez 28 ** Equestrian: ***Equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games – Individual dressage, Individual dressage (all USA): Steffen Peters 82.690% Heather Blitz 81.917 Marisa Festerling 77.545% **Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games, Rowing: ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's lightweight single sculls, Women's lightweight single sculls: Jennifer Goldsack 7:48.77 Fabiana Beltrame 7:55.42 Yaima Velázquez 8:02.59 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's lightweight coxless four, Men's lightweight coxless four: (Liosbel Hernández, Liosmel Ramos, Manuel Suárez (rower), Manuel Suárez, Wilber Turro) 6:06.06 (Diego Gallina, Pablo Mahnic, Nicolai Fernández, Carlo Lauro) 6:06.21 (Rodrigo Muñoz (rower), Rodrigo Muñoz, Fabián Oyarzún, Fernando Miralles, Félipe Leal) 6:06.36 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's quadruple sculls, Women's quadruple sculls: (Milka Kraljev, Maria Abalo, Maria Best, Maria Rohner) 6:34.46 (Audra Vair, Isolda Penney, Barbara McCord, Melanie Kok) 6:37.68 (Chelsea Smith, Michelle Sechser, Megan Walsh (rower), Megan Walsh, Catherine Reddick (rower), Catherine Reddick) 6:39.36 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's eight, Men's eight: (Derek Johnson (rower), Derek Johnson, Jason Read, Robert Otto, Joseph Spencer (rower), Joseph Spencer, Stephen Kasprzyk, Blaise Didier, Matthew Wheeler (rower), Matthew Wheeler, Michael Gennaro, Marcus McElhenney) 5:39.32 (Steven Van Knotsenburg, Peter McClelland, Josh Morris (rower), Josh Morris, Benjamin de Wit, Kai Langerfeld, David Wakulich, Blake Parsons, Spencer Crowley, Mark Laidlaw (coxswain), Mark Laidlaw) 5:41.01 (Diego López (rower), Diego López, Mariano Sosa, Joaquín Iwan, Ariel Suárez, Rodrigo Murillo, Sebastián Fernández (rower), Sebastián Fernández, Agustín Silvestro, Sebastián Claus, Joel Infante) 5:41.77 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's single sculls, Men's single sculls: Ángel Fournier 7:02.94 Patrick Loliger 7:05.28 Emilio Torres 7:07.03 **Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Shooting: ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre rifle prone, Men's 50 metre rifle prone: Michael McPhail 693.2 points Alex Suligoy 691.5 Jason Parker (sport shooter), Jason Parker 690.8 ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's trap, Men's trap: Jean Pierre Brol 146 points Danilo Caro 145 Roberto Schmits 143 ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 25 metre pistol, Women's 25 metre pistol: Ana Luiza Mello 773.9 points Sandra Uptagrafft 769.8 Maribel Piñeda 768.8 **Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games, Swimming: ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley, Men's 200 metre individual medley: Thiago Pereira 1:58.07 Conor Dwyer 1:58.64 Henrique Rodrigues 2:03.41 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay: (Dwyer, Scot Robison, Charles Houchin, Matthew Patton) 7:15.07 (André Schultz, Nicolas Oliveira (swimmer), Nicolas Oliveira, Leonardo de Deus, Pereira) 7:21.96 (Daniele Tirabassi, Cristián Quintero, Crox Acuña, Marcos Lavado) 7:23.41 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle, Women's 100 metre freestyle: Amanda Kendall 54.75 Erika Erndl 55.04 Arlene Semeco 55.43 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly, Women's 200 metre butterfly: Kim Vandenberg 2:10.54 Lyndsay DePaul 2:12.34 Rita Medrano 2:12.43 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle, Women's 800 metre freestyle: Kristel Köbrich 8:34.71 Ashley Twichell 8:38.38 Andreina Pinto 8:44.55


October 18, 2011 (Tuesday)


Baseball

* Nippon Professional Baseball news: The Chunichi Dragons clinch their second consecutive Central League title with a 3–3 draw against the Yokohama BayStars, and earn a one-win and home field advantage for Climax Series Final Stage.


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE: **1st Test in Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, day 1: 197 (74.1 overs, Junaid Khan (cricketer), Junaid Khan 5/38); 27/0 (8 overs). ''Pakistan trail by 170 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.'' * West Indies in Bangladesh: **3rd ODI in Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong: 61 (22 overs); 62/2 (20 overs). Bangladesh win by 8 wickets; West Indies win 3-match series 2–1.


Football (soccer)

*2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage, UEFA Champions League group stage Matchday 3: **2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group A, Group A: ***S.S.C. Napoli, Napoli 1–1 FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich ***Manchester City F.C., Manchester City 2–1 Villarreal CF, Villarreal ****Standings (after 3 matches): Bayern Munich 7 points, Napoli 5, Manchester City 4, Villarreal 0. **2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group B, Group B: ***PFC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow 3–0 Trabzonspor ***Lille OSC, Lille 0–1 F.C. Internazionale Milano, Internazionale ****Standings (after 3 matches): Internazionale 6 points, CSKA Moscow, Trabzonspor 4, Lille 2. **2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group C, Group C: ***FC Oțelul Galați, Oțelul Galați 0–2 Manchester United F.C., Manchester United ***FC Basel, Basel 0–2 S.L. Benfica, Benfica ****Standings (after 3 matches): Benfica 7 points, Manchester United 5, Basel 4, Oțelul Galați 0. **2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group D, Group D: ***Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid 4–0 Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon ***GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 AFC Ajax, Ajax ****Standings (after 3 matches): Real Madrid 9 points, Ajax, Lyon 4, Dinamo Zagreb 0. *2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Semi-finals, AFC Cup Semi-finals second leg (first leg scores in parentheses): **
Al-Kuwait Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...
3–3 (2–0) Arbil SC, Arbil. Al-Kuwait win 5–3 on aggregate. **Al-Wehdat SC (Amman), Al-Wehdat 1–1 (0–1) Nasaf Qarshi. Nasaf Qarshi win 2–1 on aggregate. *2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage Matchday 6 (teams in bold advance to Championship round): **2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage#Group A, Group A: Monarcas Morelia, Morelia 2–1 L.D. Alajuelense, Alajuelense ***Standings: Morelia, Alajuelense 12 points (6 matches), Los Angeles Galaxy 9 (5), C.D. Motagua, Motagua 0 (5). **2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage#Group C, Group C: FC Dallas 0–3 Toronto FC ***Standings: Toronto FC 10 points (6 matches), Club Universidad Nacional, UNAM 8 (5), FC Dallas 7 (6), Tauro F.C., Tauro 5 (5). **2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage#Group D, Group D:
Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...
1–2 C.F. Monterrey, Monterrey ***Standings: Monterrey 12 points (6 matches), Seattle Sounders 10 (6), C.S.D. Comunicaciones, Comunicaciones 7 (5), C.S. Herediano, Herediano 3 (5).


Multi-sport events

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Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 5 – October 18, day 5 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: **Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Cycling: ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team pursuit, Women's team pursuit: (Laura Brown (cyclist), Laura Brown, Jasmin Glaesser, Stephanie Roorda) 3:21.448 (Yudelmis Domínguez, Yoanka González, Dalila Rodríguez) 3:25.335 (María Luisa Calle, Sérika Gulumá, Lorena Vargas) 3:26.888 ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's sprint, Women's sprint: Lisandra Guerra Daniela Larreal Diana García (cyclist), Diana García **Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games, Gymnastics: ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's rhythmic individual club, Women's rhythmic individual club: Cynthia Valdez 25.775 points Angélica Kvieczynski 25.150 Mariam Chamilova 24.525 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's rhythmic individual ribbon, Women's rhythmic individual ribbon: Julie Zetlin 25.775 points Valdez 25.075 Ana Carrasco Pini, Ana Carrasco 24.600 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's rhythmic group 3 ribbons + 2 hoops, Women's rhythmic group 3 ribbons + 2 hoops: 24.775 points 24.650 24.625 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's trampoline, Men's trampoline: Keegan Soehn 55.535 points Rafael Andrade 52.265 José Alberto Vargas 21.130 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's trampoline, Women's trampoline: Rosannagh MacLennan 53.975 points Dakota Earnest 51.060 Alaina Williams 48.380 **Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games, Rowing: ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's single sculls, Women's single sculls: Margot Shumway 7:53.05 Maria Best 7:55.55 Isolda Penney 8:06.88 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's lightweight double sculls, Men's lightweight double sculls: Alan Armenta/Gerardo Sánchez 6:24.52 Yunior Pérez/Eyder Batista 6:27.07 Travis King (rower), Travis King/Terence McKall 6:29.27 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's lightweight double sculls, Women's lightweight double sculls: Analicia Ramírez/Lila Pérez Rul 7:16.04 Yaima Velázquez/Yoslaine Domínguez 7:17.77 Michelle Sechser/Chelsea Smith 7:18.88 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's coxless pair, Men's coxless pair: Michael Gennaro/Robert Otto 6:47.07 João Borges Junior/Alexis Mestre 6:48.74 Peter McClelland/Steven Van Knotsenburg 6:50.80 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's quadruple sculls, Men's quadruple sculls: (Alejandro Cucchietti, Santiago Fernández (rower), Santiago Fernández, Cristian Rosso, Ariel Suárez) 5:51.20 (Janier Concepción, Yoennis Hernández, Eduardo Rubio (rower), Eduardo Rubio, Adrian Oquendo) 5:51.69 (Horacio Rangel, Edgar Valenzuela, Patrick Loliger, Santiago Santaella) 5:59.58 **Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Shooting: ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre pistol, Men's 50 metre pistol: Sergio Sánchez (sport shooter), Sergio Sánchez 648.9 points Daryl Szarenski 640.0 Júlio Almeida 639.9 ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's trap, Women's trap: Miranda Wilder 87 points Lindsay Boddez 86 Kayle Browning 85 **Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games, Swimming: ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle, Men's 200 metre freestyle: Brett Fraser 1:47.18 Shaune Fraser 1:48.29 Ben Hockin 1:48.48 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke, Men's 200 metre breaststroke: Sean Mahoney 2:11.62 Clark Burckle 2:12.60 Thiago Pereira 2:13.58 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle, Men's 1500 metre freestyle: Arthur Frayler 15:19.59 Ryan Feeley 15:22.19 Juan Martín Pereyra 15:26.20 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley, Women's 200 metre individual medley: Julia Smit 2:13.73 Alia Atkinson 2:14.75 Joanna Maranhão 2:15.08 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay: (Catherine Breed, Elizabeth Felton, Chelsea Nauta, Amanda Kendall) 8:01.18 (Maranhão, Jéssica Cavalheiro, Manuella Lyrio, Tatiana Lemos) 8:09.89 (Liliana Ibáñez, Patricia Castañeda Miyamoto, Fernanda González, Susana Escobar) 8:12.19 **Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games, Taekwondo: ***Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's +67 kg, Women's +67 kg: Glenhis Hernández Nikki Martínez Guadalupe Ruiz & Lauren Hamon ***Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's +80 kg, Men's +80 kg: Robelis Despaigne Juan Carlos Díaz François Coulombe & Stephen Lambdin


Surfing

*2011 ASP World Tour#Men's World Tour, Men's World Tour: **Rip Curl Pro in Peniche (Portugal), Peniche, Portugal: (1) Adriano De Souza (2) Kelly Slater (3) Taj Burrow & Bede Durbidge ***2011 ASP World Tour#Current Standings, Standings (after 9 of 11 events): (1) Slater 58,150 points (2) Owen Wright (surfer), Owen Wright 45,650 (3) De Souza 42,450


October 17, 2011 (Monday)


Basketball

*2011–12 Euroleague Regular Season Group B, Euroleague Group B: BC Žalgiris, Žalgiris 74–87 PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* England in India: **2nd ODI in Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: 237 (48.2 overs); 238/2 (36.4 overs; Virat Kohli 112 *). India win by 8 wickets; lead 5-match series 2–0. *New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12, New Zealand in Zimbabwe: **2nd T20I in Harare Sports Club, Harare: 187/3 (18/18 overs); 154 (16.5 overs). New Zealand win by 34 runs (Duckworth–Lewis method, D/L); win 2-match series 2–0.


Multi-sport events

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Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 4 – October 17, day 4 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: **Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Cycling: ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's team pursuit, Men's team pursuit: (Juan Arango (cyclist), Juan Arango, Edwin Ávila, Arles Castro, Weimar Roldán) 3:59.236 (Antonio Cabrera (cyclist), Antonio Cabrera, Gonzalo Miranda, Pablo Seisdedos, Luis Sepúlveda (cyclist), Luis Sepúlveda) overlapped (Maximiliano Almada, Marcos Crespo (cyclist), Marcos Crespo, Walter Pérez (cyclist), Walter Pérez, Eduardo Sepúlveda) overlapped ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's team sprint, Men's team sprint: (Hersony Canelón, César Marcano, Ángel Pulgar) 43.188 (Michael Blatchford, Dean Tracy, James Watkins (cyclist), James Watkins) 44.036 (Jonathan Marín, Fabián Puerta, Christian Tamayo) 45.080 ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team sprint, Women's team sprint: Daniela Larreal/Mariestela Vilera 33.611 Diana García (cyclist), Diana García/Juliana Gaviria 34.049 Nancy Contreras/Luz Gaxiola 34.617 **Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games, Gymnastics: ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's rhythmic individual ball, Women's rhythmic individual ball: Julie Zetlin 24.950 points Cynthia Valdez 24.825 Angélica Kvieczynski 24.700 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's rhythmic individual hoop, Women's rhythmic individual hoop: Valdez 25.800 points Zetlin 25.500 Kvieczynski 25.000 ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's rhythmic group 5 balls, Women's rhythmic group 5 balls: 25.050 points 24.850 24.625 **Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games, Rowing: ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's double sculls, Men's double sculls: Cristian Rosso/Ariel Suárez 6:26.55 Janier Concepción/Yoennis Hernández 6:32.54 César Amaris/José Güipe 6:36.81 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's coxless four, Men's coxless four: (Sebastián Fernández (rower), Sebastián Fernández, Joaquín Iwan, Rodrigo Murillo, Agustín Silvestro) 6:04.41 (David Wakulich, Kai Langerfeld, Blake Parsons, Spencer Crowley) 6:05.65 (Yenser Basilio, Dionnis Carrion, Jorber Avila, Solaris Freire) 6:06.51 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's double sculls, Women's double sculls: Yariulvis Cobas/Aimeé Hernández 7:13.76 Megan Walsh (rower), Megan Walsh/Catherine Reddick (rowing), Catherine Reddick 7:14.34 Barbara McCord/Audra Vair 7:16.29 ***Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's coxless pair, Women's coxless pair: Maria Abalo/Maria Best 7:24.57 Monica George/Megan Smith 7:29.05 Sarah Bonikowsky/Sandra Kisil 7:32.74 **Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Shooting: ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 10 metre air rifle, Men's 10 metre air rifle: Matthew Rawlings 696.7 points Jonathan Hall (sport shooter), Jonathan Hall 696.6 Gonzalo Moncada 688.9 ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 10 metre air rifle, Women's 10 metre air rifle: Emily Caruso 497.8 points Eglis de la Cruz 497.3 Rosa Peña 494.7 **Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games, Squash: ***Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's singles, Men's singles: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (squash player), Miguel Rodríguez César Salazar (squash), César Salazar Shawn Delierre & Arturo Salazar ***Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's doubles, Men's doubles: Arturo Salazar/Eric Gálvez Christopher Gordon (squash player), Chris Gordon/Julian Illingworth Esteban Casarino/Nicolás Caballero & Hernán D'Arcangelo/Roberto Pezzota ***Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's singles, Women's singles: Samantha Terán Samantha Cornett Miranda Ranieri & Nicolette Fernandes ***Squash at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's doubles, Women's doubles: Terán/Nayelly Hernández Catalina Peláez/Silvia Angulo Ranieri/Stephanie Edmison & Olivia Blatchford/Maria Ubina **Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games, Swimming: ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke, Men's 100 metre backstroke: Thiago Pereira 54.56 Eugene Godsoe 54.61 Guilherme Guido 54.81 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly, Men's 200 metre butterfly: Leonardo de Deus 1:57.92 Daniel Madwed 1:58.52 Kaio de Almeida 1:58.78 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, Women's 100 metre breaststroke: Ann Chandler 1:07.90 Ashley Wanland 1:08.55 Ashley McGregor 1:08.96 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle, Women's 400 metre freestyle: Gillian Ryan 4:11.58 Andreina Pinto 4:11.81 Kristel Köbrich 4:13.31 **Table tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games, Table tennis: ***Table tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's team, Men's team: & ***Table tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's team, Women's team: & **Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games, Taekwondo: ***Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 67 kg, Women's 67 kg: Melissa Pagnotta Paige McPherson Katherine Rodríguez & Taimi Castellanos ***Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 80 kg, Men's 80 kg: Sebastián Crismanich Carlos Vásquez (taekwondo), Carlos Vásquez Stuardo Solórzano & Uriel Adriano


October 16, 2011 (Sunday)


Auto racing

* Formula One: ** in Korean International Circuit, Yeongam, South Korea: (1)
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) (3) Mark Webber (racing driver), Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 16 of 19 races): (1) Vettel 349 points (2) Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 222 (3)
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) 212 ***Constructors' championship standings: (1) Red Bull 558 points (2) McLaren 418 (3) Ferrari 310 ****Red Bull win their second consecutive title. *2011 IndyCar Series season, IndyCar Series: **2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship, IZOD IndyCar World Championships in Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada: No official results ***2005 Indianapolis 500, 2005 and 2011 Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon is killed in a multiple-car crash on lap 11 of the race, which was stopped and later abandoned. ***Final drivers' championship standings: (1) Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) 573 points (2) Will Power (Team Penske) 555 (3) Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) 518 ****Franchitti wins his third consecutive title, and a record fourth in five years.


Baseball

*2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 National League Championship Series, National League Championship Series Game 6 in Miller Park (Milwaukee), Milwaukee: St. Louis Cardinals 12, 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 6. Cardinals win series 4–2. ***The Cardinals win their first NLCS since 2006 National League Championship Series, 2006, and their 18th NL pennant overall. Cardinals third baseman David Freese is named League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award, series MVP after hitting .545 with three home runs and nine RBIs in six games.


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

*Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2011–12, Australia in South Africa: **2nd T20I in Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg: 147/8 (20 overs); 148/7 (19.1 overs). South Africa win by 3 wickets; 2-match series drawn 1–1.


Equestrianism Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, Driving (horse), driving, and Equestrian vaulting, vaulting ...

*Eventing – Étoiles de Pau in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau (CCI 4*): William Fox-Pitt on ''Oslo'' Andrew Nicholson (equestrian), Andrew Nicholson on ''Mr Cruise Control'' Fox-Pitt on ''Lionheart'' *
Show jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrianism, equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, Show hunter, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including th ...
– FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012, Western European League, World Cup Western European League: **FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012, Western European League#1st competition: Oslo, 1st competition in Telenor Arena, Oslo (CSI 5*-W): Pius Schwizer on ''Carlina'' Philipp Weishaupt on ''Souvenir'' Luciana Diniz on ''Winningmood''


Fencing

*2011 World Fencing Championships, World Championships in Catania, Italy: **Women's team épée at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Women's team épée: **Men's team foil at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Men's team foil:


Football (soccer)

*2011 CAF Champions League knock-out stage#Semifinals, CAF Champions League Semifinals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Enyimba International F.C., Enyimba 0–0 (0–1) Wydad Casablanca. Wydad Casablanca win 1–0 on aggregate. * CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals first leg: Inter Luanda 2–1 Maghreb de Fès * 2011 Faroe Islands Premier League, Premier League, matchday 26 (team in bold qualify for Champions League, teams in ''italics'' qualify for 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Europa League): **''NSÍ Runavík'' 1–2 B36 Tórshavn **''EB/Streymur'' 1–0 B71 Sandoy ***Standings: B36 64 points, EB/Streymur 60, ''Víkingur Gøta, Víkingur'' 56, NSÍ 38. ****B36 win the title for the ninth time.


Golf

* PGA Tour **PGA Tour Fall Series, Fall Series: McGladrey Classic in Sea Island, Georgia: ***Winner: Ben Crane 265 (−15)PO ****Crane defeats Webb Simpson on the second playoff hole to win his fourth PGA Tour title. * European Tour: **Portugal Masters in Vilamoura, Portugal: ***Winner: Tom Lewis (golfer), Tom Lewis 267 (−21) ****In his third professional tournament, Lewis wins his first European Tour title. *2011 LPGA Tour, LPGA Tour: **Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur: ***Winner: Na Yeon Choi 269 (−15) ****Choi wins her fifth LPGA Tour title. *
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: **AT&T Championship in TPC San Antonio, San Antonio: ***Winner: Fred Couples 193 (−23) ****Couples wins his sixth Champions Tour title.


Gymnastics

*2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: **Men: ***2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Vault 2, Vault: Yang Hak-Seon 16.566 points Anton Golotsutskov 16.366 Makoto Okiguchi 16.291 ***2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Parallel Bars, Parallel bars: Danell Leyva 15.633 points Vasileios Tsolakidis & Zhang Chenglong 15.533 ***2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Horizontal Bar, Horizontal bar: Zou Kai 16.441 points Zhang 16.366 Kōhei Uchimura 16.333 ****Zou wins his second title of the championships, second horizontal bar title and fifth world title overall. **Women: ***2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Balance beam, Balance beam: Sui Lu 15.866 points Yao Jinnan 15.233 Jordyn Wieber 15.133 ***2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Floor, Floor: Ksenia Afanasyeva 15.133 points Sui 15.066 Aly Raisman 15.000 ****Afanasyeva wins her second world title.


Motorcycle racing Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Ot ...

* Moto GP: **2011 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Australian Grand Prix in Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Australia: ***MotoGP (all Honda): (1) Casey Stoner (2) Marco Simoncelli (3) Andrea Dovizioso ****Riders' championship standings (after 16 of 18 races): (1) Stoner 325 points (2) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Motor Company, Yamaha) 260 (3) Dovizioso 212 *****Stoner wins his second world title. ***Moto2: (1) Alex de Angelis (Motobi) (2) Stefan Bradl (Kalex) (3) Marc Márquez (Eskil Suter, Suter) ****Riders' championship standings (after 15 of 17 races): (1) Bradl 254 points (2) Márquez 251 (3) Andrea Iannone (Suter) 165 ***125cc: (1) Sandro Cortese (Aprilia) (2) Luis Salom (Aprilia) (3) Johann Zarco (Derbi) ****Riders' championship standings (after 15 of 17 races): (1) Nicolás Terol (Aprilia) 271 points (2) Zarco 246 (3) Cortese 205 *2011 Superbike World Championship season, Superbike: **2011 Portimão Superbike World Championship round, Portimão World Championship round in Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal: ***Race 1: (1) Carlos Checa (Ducati 1198, Ducati 1098R) (2) Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati 1098R) (3) Jonathan Rea (Honda CBR1000RR) ***Race 2: (1) Marco Melandri (Yamaha YZF-R1) (2) Eugene Laverty (Yamaha YZF-R1) (3) Rea ****Final riders' championship standings: (1) Checa 505 points (2) Melandri 395 (3) Max Biaggi (Aprilia RSV4) 303 *2011 Supersport World Championship season, Supersport: **2011 Portimão Superbike World Championship round, Portimão World Championship round in Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal: (1) Chaz Davies (Yamaha YZF-R6) (2) David Salom (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) (3) James Ellison (motorcycle racer), James Ellison (Honda CBR600RR) ***Final riders' championship standings: (1) Davies 206 points (2) Salom 156 (3) Fabien Foret (Honda CBR600RR) 148


Multi-sport events

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Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 3 – October 16, day 3 in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico: **Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Cycling: ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's road time trial, Men's road time trial: Marlon Pérez Arango 49:56.93 Matías Médici 50:00.98 Carlos Oyarzun 50:27.60 ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's road time trial, Women's road time trial: María Calle 28:04.82 Evelyn García 28:13.76 Laura Brown (cyclist), Laura Brown 28:24.00 ** Equestrian: ***Equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games – Team dressage, Team dressage: (Steffen Peters, Heather Blitz, Cesar Parra, Marisa Festerling) 75.754% (Thomas Dvorak, Crystal Kroetch, Tina Irwin, Roberta Byng-Morris) 70.413% (Marco Bernal, Constanza Jaramillo, Juan Mauricio Sanchez, Maria Garcia (equestrian), Maria Garcia) 69.614% **Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games, Gymnastics: ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's rhythmic group all-around, Women's rhythmic group all-around: 48.575 points 47.950 47.175 **Modern pentathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games, Modern pentathlon: ***Modern pentathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's, Men's modern pentathlon: Óscar Soto 5728 points Andrei Gheorghe 5672 Esteban Bustos 5656 **Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games, Shooting: ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol, Men's 10 metre air pistol: Daryl Szarenski 681.7 points Roger Daniel 676.1 Júlio Almeida 675.2 ***Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 10 metre air pistol, Women's 10 metre air pistol: Dorothy Ludwig 476.8 points Maribel Pineda 476.7 Sandra Uptagrafft 476.3 **Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games, Swimming: ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke, Women's 100 metre backstroke: Rachel Bootsma 1:00.37 Elizabeth Pelton 1:01.12 Fernanda González 1:02.00 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle, Men's 100 metre freestyle: César Cielo 47.84 Hanser García 48.34 Shaune Fraser 48.63 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle, Women's 200 metre freestyle: Catherine Breed 2:00.08 Chelsea Nauta 2:00.62 Andreina Pinto 2:00.79 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre breaststroke, Men's 100 metre breaststroke: Felipe França Silva 1:00.34 Felipe Lima (swimmer), Felipe Lima 1:00.99 Marcus Titus 1:01.12 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay: (Bruno Fratus, Nicholas Santos, Cielo, Nicolas Oliveira (swimmer), Nicolas Oliveira) 3:14.65 (Will Copeland, Chris Brady (swimmer), Chris Brady, Bobby Savulich, Scot Robison) 3:15.62 (Octavio Alesi, Crox Acuña, Cristian Quintero (swimmer), Cristian Quintero, Albert Subirats) 3:19.92 **Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games, Taekwondo: ***Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 68 kg, Men's 68 kg: Jhohanny Jean Ángel Mora Mario Guerra & Terrence Jennings ***Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 57 kg, Women's 57 kg: Irma Contreras Doris Patiño Yeny Contreras & Nicole Palma


Rugby league

* Autumn International Series: ** 26–6 in Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland


Rugby union

*2011 Rugby World Cup, World Cup in New Zealand: **2011 Rugby World Cup#Semi-finals, Semifinals in Eden Park, Auckland: 6–20 ***The All Blacks advance to the final for the third time, and will play in a repeat of the 1987 Rugby World Cup Final, 1987 Final at Eden Park, the same venue.


Tennis

* ATP World Tour: **2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai Rolex Masters in Shanghai, China: ***Final: Andy Murray def. David Ferrer 7–5, 6–4 ****Murray wins a title for the third consecutive week, for his fifth title of the year and 21st of his career. ****Murray's victory also moves him into third place in the ATP rankings, ahead of Roger Federer , who is ranked outside the top three for the first time since July 2003. * WTA Tour: **2011 Generali Ladies Linz, Generali Ladies Linz in Linz, Austria: ***Final: Petra Kvitová def. Dominika Cibulková 6–4, 6–1 ****Kvitová wins her fifth title of the year, and sixth of her career. **2011 HP Open, HP Open in Osaka, Japan: ***Final: Marion Bartoli def. Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–1 ****Bartoli wins the seventh title of her career.


October 15, 2011 (Saturday)


Auto racing

* Sprint Cup Series – Chase for the Sprint Cup: **2011 Bank of America 500, Bank of America 500 in Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina: (1) Matt Kenseth ( Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (2) Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 31 of 36 races): (1) Edwards 2203 points (2) Kevin Harvick (
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) 2198 (3) Kenseth 2196


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama: **2011 Baseball World Cup#7th place game, 7th place game in Santiago de Veraguas: 3–8 **2011 Baseball World Cup#5th place game, 5th place game in Chitré: 3–2 **2011 Baseball World Cup#Bronze medal game, Bronze medal game in Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City: – — cancelled due to rain **2011 Baseball World Cup#Final, Final in Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City: 2–1 ***The Netherlands become the first European nation to win the World Cup since Great Britain national baseball team, Great Britain in 1938. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Championship Series, American League Championship Series Game 6 in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 15, 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 5. Rangers win series 4–2. ***The Rangers win the ALCS for the second successive year. Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz is named League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award, series MVP with a postseason series record six home runs and 13 RBIs in six games.


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* West Indies in Bangladesh: **2nd ODI in Dhaka: 220 (48.5 overs); 221/2 (42.4 overs). West Indies win by 8 wickets; lead 3-match series 2–0. *New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12, New Zealand in Zimbabwe: **1st T20I in Harare Sports Club, Harare: 123/8 (20 overs); 127/0 (13.3 overs). New Zealand win by 10 wickets; lead 2-match series 1–0.


Bicycle racing, Cycling

*2011 UCI World Tour, UCI World Tour: **2011 Giro di Lombardia, Giro di Lombardia: Oliver Zaugg () 6h 20' 02" Dan Martin (cyclist), Dan Martin () + 8" Joaquim Rodríguez () + 8" ***Final World Tour standings: (1) Philippe Gilbert () 718 points (2) Cadel Evans () 574 (3) Alberto Contador () 471


Fencing

*2011 World Fencing Championships, World Championships in Catania, Italy: **Men's team épée at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Men's team épée: **Women's team sabre at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Women's team sabre:


Figure skating

* ISU Junior Grand Prix (skaters in bold qualify for 2011–2012 Grand Prix of Figure Skating final, Final): **JGP Tallinn Cup in Tallinn, Estonia: ***Ladies: Gracie Gold 172.69 points Risa Shoji 157.83 Samantha Cesario 145.96 ****Final standings: Yulia Lipnitskaya & Polina Shelepen 30 points, Vanessa Lam , Shoji & Li Zijun 26, Polina Korobeynikova , Cesario & Polina Agafonova 22. ***Ice Dance: Anna Yanovskaia/Sergei Mozgov 142.72 points Irina Shtork/Taavi Rand 126.51 Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin 123.48 ****Final standings: Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhiganshin & Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin 30 points, Yanovskaia/Mozgov, Maria Nosulia/Evgen Kholoniuk & Anastasia Galyeta/Alexei Shumski 26, Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton (figure skater), Daniel Eaton , Lauri Bonacorsi/Travis Mager , Valeria Zenkova/Valerie Sinitsin & Kosigina/Moroshkin 24.


Football (soccer)

*2011 CAF Champions League knock-out stage#Semifinals, CAF Champions League Semifinals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Espérance ST 2–0 (1–0) Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman), Al-Hilal. Espérance ST win 3–0 on aggregate. * CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals first leg: Sunshine Stars 0–1
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Gymnastics

*2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: **Men: ***2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Floor 2, Floor: Kōhei Uchimura 15.633 points Zou Kai 15.500 Diego Hypólito & Alexander Shatilov 14.466 ****Uchimura wins his second title of the championships and fourth title overall. ***2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Pommel horse, Pommel horse: Krisztián Berki 15.833 points Cyril Tommasone 15.266 Louis Smith (gymnast), Louis Smith 15.066 ****Berki wins the pommel horse title for the second successive time. ***2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Rings, Rings: Chen Yibing 15.800 points Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti 15.600 Koji Yamamuro 15.500 ****Chen wins his second title of the championships, fourth rings title and eighth world title overall. **Women: ***2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Vault, Vault: McKayla Maroney 15.300 points Oksana Chusovitina 14.733 Phan Thị Hà Thanh 14.666 ****Maroney wins her second title of the championships. ***2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Uneven bars, Uneven bars: Viktoria Komova 15.500 points Tatiana Nabieva 15.000 Huang Qiushuang 14.833


Multi-sport events

*
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, Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games#Day 2 – October 15, day 2 in
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, Mexico: **Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games, Cycling: ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's cross-country, Men's cross-country: Hector Páez 1:31:12 Max Plaxton 1:31:29 Jeremiah Bishop 1:32:41 ***Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's cross-country, Women's cross-country: Heather Irmiger 1:34:09 Laura Morfin 1:35:54 Amanda Sin 1:37:14 **Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games, Gymnastics: ***Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's rhythmic individual all-around, Women's rhythmic individual all-around: Julie Zetlin 100.850 points Cynthia Valdez 100.325 Angélica Kvieczynski 98.200 **Modern pentathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games, Modern pentathlon: ***Modern pentathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's, Women's modern pentathlon: Margaux Isaksen 5356 points Yane Marques 5260 Tamara Vega 4956 **Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games, Swimming: ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly, Women's 100 metre butterfly: Claire Donahue 58.73 Daynara de Paula 59.30 Elaine Breeden 59.81 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley, Women's 400 metre individual medley: Julia Smit 4:46.15 Joanna Maranhão 4:46.33 Allysa Vavra 4:48.05 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay: (Madison Kennedy, Elizabeth Pelton, Amanda Kendall, Erika Erndl) 3:40.66 (Michelle Lenhardt, Tatiana Lemos, Flávia Delaroli, de Paula) 3:44.62 (Jen Beckberger, Caroline Lapierre, Ashley McGregor, Paige Schultz) 3:48.37 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle, Men's 400 metre freestyle: Charles Houchin 3:50.95 Matthew Patton 3:51.25 Cristian Quintero (swimmer), Cristian Quintero 3:52.51 ***Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley, Men's 400 metre individual medley: Thiago Pereira 4:16.68 Conor Dwyer 4:18.22 Robert Margalis 4:24.88 **Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games, Taekwondo: ***Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 49 kg, Women's 49 kg: Ivett Gonda Lizbeth Díez Canseco Jannet Alegria & Deireanne Morales ***Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 58 kg, Men's 58 kg: Gabriel Mercedes Damián Villa Frank Díaz & Marcio Ferreira (taekwondo), Marcio Ferreira


Rugby union

*2011 Rugby World Cup, World Cup in New Zealand: **2011 Rugby World Cup#Semi-finals, Semifinals in Eden Park, Auckland: 8–9 ***France advance to the final for the third time.


October 14, 2011 (Friday)


Auto racing

* Nationwide Series: **Dollar General 300 in Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina: (1) Carl Edwards ( Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (2) Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) Trevor Bayne (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 31 of 34 races): (1) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 1100 points (2) Elliott Sadler (
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Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama (teams in bold advance to Final): **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 3, Group 3 (F/7 unless stated): ***In Aguadulce, Coclé, Aguadulce: **** 1–3 **** 4–7 **** 2–12 ***In Panama City: **** 4–5 (F/8) **** 2–8 **** 7–2 *****Final standings: Netherlands, Cuba 6–1, Canada, United States 4–3, Australia 3–4, South Korea, Panama 2–5, Venezuela 1–6. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 National League Championship Series, National League Championship Series Game 5 in Busch Stadium, St. Louis: St. Louis Cardinals 7, 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 1. ''Cardinals lead series 3–2.''


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* England in India: **1st ODI in Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad: 300/7 (50 overs); 174 (36.1 overs). India win by 126 runs; lead 5-match series 1–0.


Fencing

*2011 World Fencing Championships, World Championships in Catania, Italy: **Women's team foil at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Women's team foil: (Inna Deriglazova, Aida Shanayeva, Larisa Korobeynikova, Yevgeniya Lamonova) (Arianna Errigo, Valentina Vezzali, Elisa Di Francisca, Ilaria Salvatori) (Lee Hye-Sun, Nam Hyun-Hee, Jeon Hee-Sook, Jung Gil-Ok) ***Shanayeva wins her second team title and third world title overall. **Men's team sabre at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Men's team sabre: (Nikolay Kovalev (fencer), Nikolay Kovalev, Reshetnikov Veniamin, Aleksey Yakimenko, Pavel Bykov) (Valery Pryiemka, Aliaksandr Buikevich, Dmitri Lapkes, Aliaksei Likhacheuski) (Diego Occhuizzi, Aldo Montano (fencer born 1978), Aldo Montano, Gianpiero Pastore, Luigi Tarantino)


Figure skating

* ISU Junior Grand Prix (skaters in bold qualify for the 2011–2012 Grand Prix of Figure Skating final, Final): **JGP Tallinn Cup in Tallinn, Estonia: ***2011–2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix#Pairs, Pairs: Katherine Bobak/Ian Beharry 147.72 points Britney Simpson/Matthew Blackmer 141.28 Jessica Calalang/Zack Sidhu 139.32 ****Final standings:
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/ Han Cong 30 points, Simpson/Blackmer & Bobak/Beharry 28, Yu Xiaoyu/Jin Yang 26, Ekaterina Petaikina/Maxim Kurduykov & Calalang/Sidhu 20. ***2011–2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix#Men, Men: Joshua Farris 207.67 points Maxim Kovtun 186.87 Shoma Uno 175.15 ****Final standings: Yan Han (figure skater), Yan Han & Farris 30 points, Jason Brown (figure skater), Jason Brown , Kovtun & Ryuju Hino 28, Keiji Tanaka 24.


Gymnastics

*2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: **2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Individual all-around 2, Men's all-around: Kōhei Uchimura 93.631 points Philipp Boy 90.530 Kōji Yamamuro 90.255 ***Uchimura wins the all-around title for the third successive time.


Multi-sport events

*The 2011 Pan American Games opening ceremony, opening ceremony of the
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is held in Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara, Mexico.


Volleyball

*2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship, Men's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar: **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#3rd place, 3rd place: SESI São Paulo, SESI 1–3 VC Zenit-Kazan, Zenit **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Final, Final: Jastrzębski Węgiel, Jastrzębski 1–3 Trentino Volley, Trentino ***Trentino win the title for a record third time. *2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship, Women's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar: **2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship#3rd place, 3rd place: Osasco Voleibol Clube, Sollys Osasco 3–0 Mirador Volleyball, Mirador **2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship#Final, Final: VakıfBank Türk Telekom, VakıfBank TT 0–3 Rabita Baku


October 13, 2011 (Thursday)


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama (team in bold advances to Final): **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 3, Group 3 (F/7 unless stated): ***In Aguadulce, Coclé, Aguadulce: **** 7–0 **** 4–0 **** 4–5 ***In Santiago de Veraguas: **** 2–1 **** 2–1 (F/9) **** 1–4 *****Standings: Netherlands 5–1, Cuba 4–1, Canada 4–2, United States, Panama 2–3, South Korea, Australia 2–4, Venezuela 1–4. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Championship Series, American League Championship Series Game 5 in Comerica Park, Detroit: 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 7, 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 5. ''Rangers lead series 3–2.'' **2011 National League Championship Series, National League Championship Series Game 4 in Busch Stadium, St. Louis: 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2. ''Series tied 2–2.''


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* West Indies in Bangladesh: **1st ODI in Dhaka: 298/4 (50 overs; Lendl Simmons 122); 258/7 (50 overs). West Indies win by 40 runs; lead 3-match series 1–0. *Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2011–12, Australia in South Africa: **1st T20I in Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town: 146/7 (20 overs); 147/5 (19.3 overs). Australia win by 5 wickets; lead 2-match series 1–0.


Fencing

*2011 World Fencing Championships, World Championships in Catania, Italy (ITA unless stated): **Women's épée at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Women's épée: Li Na (fencer), Li Na Sun Yujie Ana Maria Brânză & Anca Măroiu ***Li wins her second world title. **Men's foil at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Men's foil: Andrea Cassarà Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola & Victor Sintès ***Cassarà wins his third world title.


Gymnastics

*2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: **2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Individual all-around, Women's all-around: Jordyn Wieber 59.382 points Viktoria Komova 59.349 Yao Jinnan 58.598 ***Wieber wins her second title of the championships.


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* World Cup in Landgraaf, Netherlands: **2011–12 FIS Snowboard World Cup#Parallel Slalom, Men's slalom: Roland Fischnaller (snowboarder), Roland Fischnaller Aaron March Andreas Prommegger **2011–12 FIS Snowboard World Cup#Parallel Slalom 2, Women's slalom: Fränzi Mägert-Kohli Yekaterina Tudegesheva Marion Kreiner


Volleyball

*2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship, Men's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar: **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Semifinals, Semifinals: ***Jastrzębski Węgiel, Jastrzębski 3–2 SESI São Paulo, SESI ***Trentino Volley, Trentino 3–1 VC Zenit-Kazan, Zenit *2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship, Women's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar: **2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship#Semifinals, Semifinals: ***VakıfBank Türk Telekom, VakıfBank TT 3–0 Osasco Voleibol Clube, Sollys Osasco ***Rabita Baku 3–0 Mirador Volleyball, Mirador


October 12, 2011 (Wednesday)


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama: **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 3, Group 3: ***In Chitré: **** – — match postponed due to rain **** – — match postponed due to rain ***In Santiago de Veraguas: **** 1–1 — match suspended in the top of the seventh inning due to rain **** – — match postponed due to rain *****Standings: Cuba 4–0, Netherlands 3–1, Australia, Panama, Canada 2–2, Venezuela, South Korea, United States 1–3. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Championship Series, American League Championship Series Game 4 in Comerica Park, Detroit: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 7, 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 3 (
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). ''Rangers lead series 3–1.'' **2011 National League Championship Series, National League Championship Series Game 3 in Busch Stadium, St. Louis: St. Louis Cardinals 4, 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 3. ''Cardinals lead series 2–1.''


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*2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day, ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day: **8th Match in Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah: 221/8 (50 overs); 152 (44.4 overs). United Arab Emirates win by 69 runs. ***Standings (after 4 matches): , 8 points, United Arab Emirates 6, , Afghanistan 4, 2, , 0.


Fencing

*2011 World Fencing Championships, World Championships in Catania, Italy: **Men's épée at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Men's épée: Paolo Pizzo Bas Verwijlen Fabian Kauter & Park Kyoung-Doo **Women's sabre at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Women's sabre: Sofiya Velikaya Mariel Zagunis Julia Gavrilova & Olha Kharlan ***Velikaya wins her third world title.


Football (soccer)

*UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 4, UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying Group 4: 1–6 **Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): 6 points, Scotland 3 (1), 3, 0 (1), Israel 0. *2011 Copa Sudamericana final stages#Round of 16, Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente 1–0 (0–2) Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, LDU Quito. 3–3 on points; LDU Quito win 2–1 on aggregate.


Gymnastics

*2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: **2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Team all-around 2, Men's team: (Zou Kai, Teng Haibin, Chen Yibing, Zhang Chenglong, Feng Zhe, Yan Mingyong) 275.161 points (Kōhei Uchimura, Kazuhito Tanaka, Kenya Kobayashi, Koji Yamamuro, Makoto Okiguchi, Yūsuke Tanaka (gymnast), Yūsuke Tanaka) 273.093 (Jake Dalton, Jonathan Horton, Danell Leyva, Steven Legendre, Alex Naddour, John Orozco) 273.083 ***China win the men's team title for the fifth successive time. ***Chen wins his fourth team title and seventh world title overall. ***Zou and Teng both win their third team title and fourth world title overall.


Surfing

*2011 ASP World Tour#Men's World Tour, Men's World Tour: **Quiksilver Pro France in France: (1) Gabriel Medina (2) Julian Wilson (surfer), Julian Wilson (3) Taylor Knox & Jordy Smith ***2011 ASP World Tour#Current Standings, Standings (after 8 of 11 events): (1) Kelly Slater 50,150 points (2) Owen Wright (surfer), Owen Wright 43,900 (3) Joel Parkinson 35,900


Volleyball

*2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship, Men's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar (teams in bold qualify for semifinals): **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Pool B, Pool B: Trentino Volley, Trentino 3–1 SESI São Paulo, SESI ***Final standings: Trentino 9 points, SESI 6, Al-Arabi SC (Qatar), Al-Arabi 2, Al-Ahly S.C., Al-Ahly 1. *2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship, Women's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar (teams in bold qualify for semifinals): **2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship#Pool A, Pool A: Kenya Prisons (team), Kenya Prisons 0–3 VakıfBank Türk Telekom, VakıfBank TT ***Final standings: VakıfBank TT 6 points, Mirador Volleyball, Mirador 2, Kenya Prisons 1. **2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship#Pool B, Pool B: Rabita Baku 3–2 Osasco Voleibol Clube, Sollys Osasco ***Final standings: Rabita Baku 5 points, Sollys Osasco 4, Chang Volleyball, Chang 0.


October 11, 2011 (Tuesday)


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama: **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 3, Group 3: ***In Chitré: **** 5–1 **** 4–11 ***In Santiago de Veraguas: **** 0–7 **** 8–7 *****Standings: Cuba 4–0, Netherlands 3–1, Australia, Panama, Canada 2–2, Venezuela, South Korea, United States 1–3. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Championship Series, American League Championship Series Game 3 in Comerica Park, Detroit: 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 5, 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 2. ''Rangers lead series 2–1.''


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* West Indies in Bangladesh: **Only T20I in Dhaka: 132/8 (20 overs); 135/7 (19.5 overs). Bangladesh win by 3 wickets.


Fencing

*2011 World Fencing Championships, World Championships in Catania, Italy (ITA unless stated): **Women's foil at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Women's foil: Valentina Vezzali Elisa Di Francisca Lee Kiefer & Nam Hyun-Hee ***Vezzali wins her sixth individual world title and 13th overall. **Men's sabre at the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Men's sabre: Aldo Montano (fencer born 1978), Aldo Montano Nicolas Limbach Gu Bon-Gil & Luigi Tarantino


Football (soccer)

* UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, matchday 12 (teams in bold qualify for the UEFA Euro 2012, Finals, teams in ''italics'' advance to the play-offs): **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group A, Group A: *** 3–1 *** 0–0 ***' 1–0 ****Final standings: Germany 30 points, Turkey 17, Belgium 15, Austria 12, Azerbaijan 7, Kazakhstan 4. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B, Group B: *** 1–1 ***' 2–1 *** 6–0 ****Final standings: Russia 23 points, Republic of Ireland 21, Armenia 17, Slovakia 15, Macedonia 8, Andorra 0. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group C, Group C: *** 3–0 *** 1–0 ****Final standings: Italy 26 points, ' 16, Serbia 15, Slovenia 14, Northern Ireland 9, 4. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D, Group D: *** 1–1 *** 1–1 ' ****Final standings: France 21 points, Bosnia and Herzegovina 20, Romania 14, 13, Albania 9, 4. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group E, Group E: *** 0–0 *** 4–0 *** 3–2 ****Final standings: Netherlands 27 points, Sweden 24, Hungary 19, Finland 10, Moldova 9, San Marino 0. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F, Group F: ***' 2–0 *** 1–2 *** 0–2 ****Final standings: Greece 24 points, Croatia 22, Israel 16, Latvia 11, Georgia 10, Malta 1. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G, Group G: *** 0–1 *** 2–0 ' ****Final standings: 18 points, Montenegro 12, Switzerland 11, Wales 9, Bulgaria 5. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group H, Group H: *** 2–1 ' *** 3–1 ****Final standings: Denmark 19 points, Portugal, Norway 16, 4, Cyprus 2. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I, Group I: *** 1–4 ' *** 3–1 ****Final standings: Spain 24 points, Czech Republic 13, Scotland 11, Lithuania 5, 4. *2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONMEBOL, matchday 2: ** 1–2 ** 4–2 ** 1–1 ** 1–0 ***Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): Uruguay 4 points, Argentina 3, , Colombia 3 (1), Peru, Chile, Venezuela 3, Paraguay 1, Bolivia 0. *2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)#Third round, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round, matchday 3: **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Group A, Group A: *** 0–3 *** 0–1 ****Standings (after 3 matches): Jordan 9 points, Iraq 6, China PR 3, Singapore 0. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Group B, Group B: *** 2–1 *** 2–2 ****Standings (after 3 matches): South Korea 7 points, Kuwait 5, Lebanon 4, United Arab Emirates 0. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Group C, Group C: *** 0–1 *** 8–0 ****Standings (after 3 matches): Japan, Uzbekistan 7 points, North Korea 3, Tajikistan 0. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Group D, Group D: *** 3–0 *** 0–0 ****Standings (after 3 matches): Australia 9 points, Thailand 4, Saudi Arabia 2, Oman 1. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Group E, Group E: *** 2–3 *** 6–0 ****Standings (after 3 matches): Iran 7 points, Qatar 5, Bahrain 4, Indonesia 0. *2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)#Second round, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round, matchday 4 (teams in bold advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round, Third round): **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group A, Group A: *** 1–3 *** 4–0 ****Standings (after 4 matches): El Salvador 12 points, Suriname 7, Dominican Republic 4, Cayman Islands 0. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group B, Group B: *** 4–0 *** 1–1 ****Standings (after 4 matches): Guyana 10 points, Trinidad and Tobago 9, Bermuda 4, Barbados 0. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group C, Group C: 5–1 ***Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Panama 9 points, Nicaragua 3, 0 (2). **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group D, Group D: *** 0–0 *** 1–1 ****Standings (after 4 matches): Canada 10 points, Saint Kitts and Nevis 6, Puerto Rico 3, Saint Lucia 1. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group E, Group E: 3–1 ***Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): Guatemala 12 points, 3 (3), Belize 3, 3 (3). **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group F, Group F: *** 2–2 *** 10–0 ****Standings (after 4 matches): Antigua and Barbuda 12 points, Haiti 10, Curaçao 1, U.S. Virgin Islands 0. *Friendly international (top 10 in FIFA World Rankings): 1–2 (7) * Egypt Cup Final: Zamalek SC, Zamalek 1–2 ENPPI Club, ENPPI **ENPPI wins the Cup for the second time.


Gymnastics

*2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: **2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Team all-around, Women's team: (Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, Gabby Douglas, Sabrina Vega, Alicia Sacramone) 179.411 points (Ksenia Afanasyeva, Viktoria Komova, Tatiana Nabieva, Anna Dementyeva, Yulia Belokobylskaya, Yulia Inshina) 175.329 (Yao Jinnan, Tan Sixin, Sui Lu, Huang Qiushuang, Jiang Yuyuan, He Kexin) 172.820 ***The United States win the women's team title for the third time. ***Sacramone, who was retained on the USA roster despite getting injured in training just before the championships, wins her second team title and fourth title overall, and her tenth medal makes her the most decorated American gymnast in World Championships history.


Volleyball

*2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship, Men's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar (teams in bold qualify for semifinals): **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Pool A, Pool A: Jastrzębski Węgiel, Jastrzębski 3–0 Trinity Western Spartans, Spartans ***Final standings: Jastrzębski 8 points, VC Zenit-Kazan, Zenit 7, Spartans 2, Paykan Tehran VC, Paykan 1. **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Pool B, Pool B: Trentino Volley, Trentino 3–0 Al-Arabi SC (Qatar), Al-Arabi ***Standings: Trentino, SESI São Paulo, SESI 6 points (2 matches), Al-Arabi 2 (3), Al-Ahly S.C., Al-Ahly 1 (3). *2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship, Women's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar (teams in bold qualify for semifinals): **2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship#Pool B, Pool B: Rabita Baku 3–1 Chang Volleyball, Chang ***Standings: Rabita Baku, Osasco Voleibol Clube, Sollys Osasco 3 points (1 match), Chang 0 (2).


October 10, 2011 (Monday)


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*2011 AFL Draft#Trade Week, AFL Trade Week in Melbourne begins, the only opportunity for clubs to trade players before the 2012 AFL season commences.


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama (teams in bold qualify for second round): **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 1, Group 1: ***In Panama City: 0–5 ***In Aguadulce, Coclé, Aguadulce: 0–15 (Mercy rule, F/6) ****Final standings: , 6–1, Panama 5–2, United States 4–3, 3–4, , Chinese Taipei 2–5, Greece 0–7. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Championship Series, American League Championship Series Game 2 in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 7, 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 3 (
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). ''Rangers lead series 2–0.'' **2011 National League Championship Series, National League Championship Series Game 2 in Miller Park (Milwaukee), Milwaukee: St. Louis Cardinals 12, 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 3. ''Series tied 1–1.''


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*2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day, ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day: **7th Match in Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah: 198 (44.3 overs); 183 (48.3 overs). United Arab Emirates win by 15 runs. ***Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): , 8 points, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates 4 (3), 4, 2, , 0.


Volleyball

*2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship, Men's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar (teams in bold qualify for semifinals): **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Pool A, Pool A: ***Trinity Western Spartans, Spartans 3–2 Paykan Tehran VC, Paykan ***Jastrzębski Węgiel, Jastrzębski 3–2 VC Zenit-Kazan, Zenit ****Standings: Zenit 7 points (3 matches), Jastrzębski 5 (2), Spartans 2 (2), Paykan 1 (3). **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Pool B, Pool B: Al-Ahly S.C., Al-Ahly 1–3 SESI São Paulo, SESI ***Standings: SESI 6 points (2 matches), Trentino Volley, Trentino 3 (1), Al-Arabi SC (Qatar), Al-Arabi 2 (2), Al-Ahly 1 (3). *2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship, Women's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar: **2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship#Pool A, Pool A: Kenya Prisons (team), Kenya Prisons 2–3 Mirador Volleyball, Mirador ***Standings: VakıfBank Türk Telekom, VakıfBank TT 3 points (1 match), Mirador 2 (2), Kenya Prisons 1 (1).


October 9, 2011 (Sunday)


Sport of athletics, Athletics

*World Marathon Majors: **Chicago Marathon (KEN unless stated): ***Men: Moses Mosop 2:05:37 Wesley Korir 2:06:15 Bernard Kipyego 2:06:29 ****Standings (after 10 of 11 events): (1) Patrick Makau Musyoki 60 points (2) Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai 55 (3) Tsegaye Kebede 41 ***Women: Liliya Shobukhova 2:18:20 Ejegayehu Dibaba 2:22:09 Kayoko Fukushi 2:24:38 ****Standings (after 10 of 11 events): (1) Shobukhova 90 points (2) Edna Kiplagat 60 (3) Mary Jepkosgei Keitany 35 *****Shobukhova wins her second consecutive title.


Auto racing

* Formula One: ** in Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan: (1) Jenson Button (
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) (2) Kasey Kahne (Toyota; Red Bull Racing Team) (3) Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 30 of 36 races): (1) Carl Edwards ( Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 2161 points (2) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet;
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) 2160 (3) Johnson 2157 *2011 International V8 Supercars Championship, V8 Supercars: **2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 in Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales (AUS unless stated): (1) Garth Tander/Nick Percat (Holden Racing Team; Holden VE Commodore) (2) Craig Lowndes/Mark Skaife (Triple Eight Race Engineering (V8 Supercars), Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (3) Greg Murphy /Allan Simonsen (racing driver), Allan Simonsen (Kelly Racing; Holden VE Commodore) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 20 of 28 races): (1) Lowndes 2329 points (2) Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) 2229 (3) Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon) 1920


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama (teams in bold qualify for second round): **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 1, Group 1: ***In Panama City: **** 1–6 **** 3–7 ***In Aguadulce, Coclé, Aguadulce: **** 4–9 **** 3–1 *****Standings: Canada, Netherlands 6–1, Panama 5–1, United States 3–3, Puerto Rico 3–4, Japan 2–5, Chinese Taipei 1–5, Greece 0–6. **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 2, Group 2: ***In Chitre: **** 9–6 **** 4–5 (Extra innings, F/10) ***In Santiago de Veraguas: **** 7–6 (Extra innings, F/10) **** 0–6 *****Final standings: Cuba 7–0, Venezuela, South Korea 5–2, Australia 4–3, Dominican Republic, Italy 3–4, Nicaragua 1–6, Germany 0–7. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Championship Series, American League Championship Series Game 2 in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers vs. 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers — postponed to October 10 due to inclement weather. **2011 National League Championship Series, National League Championship Series Game 1 in Miller Park (Milwaukee), Milwaukee: 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 9, St. Louis Cardinals 6. ''Brewers lead series 1–0.''


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*2011 Champions League Twenty20#Final, Champions League Twenty20 Final in M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai: Mumbai Indians 139 (20 overs); Royal Challengers Bangalore 108 (19.2 overs). Mumbai Indians win by 31 runs.


Bicycle racing, Cycling

*2011 UCI World Tour, UCI World Tour: **2011 Tour of Beijing#Stage 5, Tour of Beijing, Stage 5: Denis Galimzyanov () 2h 19' 44" Juan José Haedo () s.t. Elia Viviani () s.t. ***Final general classification: (1) Tony Martin (cyclist), Tony Martin () 13h 39' 11" (2) David Millar () + 17" (3) Chris Froome () + 26" ***World Tour standings (after 25 of 26 races): (1) Philippe Gilbert () 698 points (2) Cadel Evans () 574 (3) Alberto Contador () 471


Field hockey

*2011 Oceania Cup, Oceania Cup in Hobart, Australia: **2011 Oceania Cup#Men's tournament, Men's Game 3: 6–1 . Series tied 1–1; Australia win on goal difference. ***Australia win the Cup for the seventh successive time. ***Both teams qualify for the Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics. **2011 Oceania Cup#Women's tournament, Women's Game 3: 2–4 . Series tied 1–1; New Zealand win on goal difference. ***New Zealand win the Cup for the third successive time. ***Both teams qualify for the Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics.


Football (soccer)

*
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, matchday 6 (teams in bold qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, Finals): **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group D, Group D: *** 3–1 *** 2–0 ****Final standings: Morocco 11 points, Central African Republic, Algeria 8, Tanzania 5. **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group E, Group E: 0–2 ***Final standings: Senegal 16 points, 11, 7, Mauritius 0. **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group H, Group H: *** 0–1 *** 2–1 ****Final standings: Côte d'Ivoire 18 points, Rwanda 6, Burundi, Benin 5.


Golf

* PGA Tour – PGA Tour Fall Series, Fall Series: **Safeway Open, Frys.com Open in CordeValle Golf Club, San Martin, California: ***Winner: Bryce Molder 267 (−17)PO ****Molder defeats Briny Baird on the sixth playoff hole, to win his first PGA Tour title. * European Tour: **Madrid Masters (golf), Madrid Masters in Madrid, Spain: ***Winner: Lee Slattery 273 (−15) ****Slattery wins his first European Tour title. *2011 LPGA Tour, LPGA Tour: **LPGA Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, South Korea: ***Winner: Yani Tseng 202 (−14) ****Tseng wins her sixth title of the year, and eleventh of her career. *
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: **Insperity Championship in The Woodlands, Texas: ***Winner: Brad Faxon 134 (−10) ****Faxon wins his first Champions Tour title.


Rugby union

*2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, World Cup knockout stage in New Zealand: **2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage#Quarter-finals, Quarter-finals: ***In Westpac Stadium, Wellington: 9–11 ***In Eden Park, Auckland: 33–10


Snooker

*Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 7, Players Tour Championship – Event 7: Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy in Gloucester, England: **Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 7#Finals, Final: Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Matthew Stevens ***O'Sullivan wins his 47th professional title. ***Players Tour Championship 2011/2012#Order of Merit, Order of Merit (after 7 of 12 events): (1) O'Sullivan 24,400 (2) Neil Robertson 15,600 (3) Judd Trump 13,900


Tennis

* ATP World Tour: **2011 China Open (tennis), China Open in Beijing, China: ***Final: Tomáš Berdych def. Marin Čilić 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 ****Berdych wins his sixth ATP Tour title. **2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Japan: ***Final: Andy Murray def. Rafael Nadal 3–6, 6–2, 6–0 ****Murray wins his fourth title of the year, and 20th of his career. * WTA Tour: **2011 China Open (tennis), China Open in Beijing, China: ***Final: Agnieszka Radwańska def. Andrea Petkovic 7–5, 0–6, 6–4 ****Radwańska wins her third title of the year, and seventh of her career.


Volleyball

*2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship, Men's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar: **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Pool A, Pool A: Paykan Tehran VC, Paykan 0–3 VC Zenit-Kazan, Zenit ***Standings: Zenit 6 points (2 matches), Jastrzębski Węgiel, Jastrzębski 3 (1), Trinity Western Spartans, Spartans 0 (1), Paykan 0 (2). **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Pool B, Pool B: ***Trentino Volley, Trentino 3–0 Al-Ahly S.C., Al-Ahly ***SESI São Paulo, SESI 3–0 Al-Arabi SC (Qatar), Al-Arabi ****Standings: Trentino, SESI 3 points (1 match), Al-Arabi 2 (2), Al-Ahly 1 (2). *2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship, Women's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar: **2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship#Pool B, Pool B: Osasco Voleibol Clube, Sollys Osasco 3–1 Chang Volleyball, Chang


October 8, 2011 (Saturday)


Auto racing

* Nationwide Series: **Kansas Lottery 300 in Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas: (1) Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (2) Carl Edwards ( Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (3) Elliott Sadler (
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; Kevin Harvick Incorporated) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 30 of 34 races): (1) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 1064 points (2) Sadler 1044 (3) Reed Sorenson (Dodge; MacDonald Motorsports) 994


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama (teams in bold qualify for second round): **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 1, Group 1: ***In Panama City: **** 4–5 (
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) **** – — match postponed due to rain ***In Aguadulce, Coclé, Aguadulce: **** – — match postponed due to rain **** 6–0 *****Standings: Panama 5–0, Canada, Netherlands 5–1, United States 3–2, Puerto Rico 3–3, Japan 1–5, Chinese Taipei, Greece 0–5. **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 2, Group 2: ***In Chitre: **** 15–0 (Mercy rule, F/5) **** 4–0 ***In Santiago de Veraguas: **** 8–2 **** 16–1 (Mercy rule, F/6) *****Standings: Cuba 6–0, Venezuela, South Korea 4–2, Dominican Republic, Italy, Australia 3–3, Nicaragua 1–5, Germany 0–6. *2011 Major League Baseball season, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Championship Series, American League Championship Series Game 1 in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 3, 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 2. ''Rangers lead series 1–0.''


Boxing

*2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, World Championships in Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex, Baku, Azerbaijan: **Light flyweight: Zou Shiming Shin Jong-Hun Pürevdorjiin Serdamba & David Ayrapetyan **Flyweight: Misha Aloyan Andrew Selby Jasurbek Latipov & Rau'shee Warren **Bantamweight: Lázaro Álvarez Luke Campbell (boxer), Luke Campbell John Joe Nevin & Anvar Yunusov **Lightweight: Vasyl Lomachenko Yasniel Toledo Gani Zhailauov & Domenico Valentino **Light welterweight: Éverton Lopes Denys Berinchyk Vincenzo Mangiacapre & Tom Stalker **Welterweight: Taras Shelestyuk Serik Sapiyev Egidijus Kavaliauskas & Vikas Krishan Yadav **Middleweight: Evhen Khytrov Ryota Murata Esquiva Florentino & Bogdan Juratoni **Light heavyweight: Julio César la Cruz Adilbek Niyazymbetov Egor Mekhontsev & Elshod Rasulov **Heavyweight: Oleksandr Usyk Teymur Mammadov Siarhei Karneyeu & Wang Xuanxuan **Super heavyweight: Magomedrasul Majidov Anthony Joshua Erik Pfeifer & Ivan Dychko


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*2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup, ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 4 in Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah: 462 & 228 (73 overs); 328 & 131/7 (80 overs). Match drawn. **Standings (after 2 matches): 40 points, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan 23, 17, , 16, 3, 0. *2011 Champions League Twenty20#Semi-finals, Champions League Twenty20 Semifinals in M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai: Mumbai Indians 160/5 (20 overs); Somerset County Cricket Club, Somerset 150/7 (20 overs). Mumbai Indians win by 10 runs.


Bicycle racing, Cycling

*2011 UCI World Tour, UCI World Tour: **2011 Tour of Beijing#Stage 4, Tour of Beijing, Stage 4: Elia Viviani () 4h 09' 08" Peter Sagan () s.t. Juan José Haedo () s.t. ***General classification (after stage 4): (1) Tony Martin (cyclist), Tony Martin () 11h 19' 27" (2) David Millar () + 17" (3) Chris Froome () + 26"


Field hockey

*2011 Oceania Cup, Oceania Cup in Hobart, Australia: **2011 Oceania Cup#Men's tournament, Men's Game 2: 3–3 . ''New Zealand lead series 1–0.'' **2011 Oceania Cup#Women's tournament, Women's Game 2: 3–3 . ''Australia lead series 1–0.''


Figure skating

* ISU Junior Grand Prix: **JGP Trofeo Walter Lombardi in Milan, Italy (RUS unless stated): ***Ice Dance: Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin 149.98 points Valeria Zenkova/Valerie Sinitsin 130.58 Lauri Bonacorsi/Travis Mager 129.63 ****Standings (after 6 of 7 events): Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhiganshin & Stepanova/Bukin 30 points (2 events), Maria Nosulia/Evgen Kholoniuk & Anastasia Galyeta/Alexei Shumski 26 (2), Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton (figure skater), Daniel Eaton , Bonacorsi/Mager & Zenkova/Sinitsin 24 (2), Nicole Orford/Thomas Williams (figure skater), Thomas Williams 20 (2), Shari Koch/Christian Nüchtern 18 (2) ***Ladies: Yulia Lipnitskaya 183.05 points Anna Shershak 150.21 Hannah Miller 146.74 ****Standings (after 6 of 7 events): Lipnitskaia & Polina Shelepen 30 points (2 events), Vanessa Lam & Li Zijun 26 (2), Polina Korobeynikova & Polina Agafonova 22 (2), Satoko Miyahara 20 (2), Kim Hae-jin & Miu Sato 18 (2)


Football (soccer)

* UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, matchday 11 (team in bold qualifies for the UEFA Euro 2012, Finals): **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I, Group I: 0–1 ***Standings (after 7 matches unless stated): 21 points, Scotland 11, 10, 5, Liechtenstein 4 (8). *
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, matchday 6 (teams in bold qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, Finals): **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group A, Group A: *** 2–2 *** 2–1 ****Final standings: Mali, Cape Verde 10 points, Zimbabwe 8, Liberia 5. **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group B, Group B: *** 4–2 *** 2–2 ****Final standings: Guinea 14 points, Nigeria 11, Ethiopia 7, Madagascar 1. **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group C, Group C: *** 0–0 *** 3–0 ****Final standings: Zambia 13 points, Libya 12, Mozambique 7, Comoros 1. **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group F, Group F: 1–1 ***Final standings: Burkina Faso 10 points, Gambia 4, 3. **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group G, Group G: *** 3–0 *** 0–0 ****Final standings: Niger, South Africa, Sierra Leone 9 points, Egypt 5. **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group I, Group I: *** 0–0 *** 0–2 ****Final standings: Ghana 16 points, Sudan 13, Congo 4, Swaziland 1. **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group J, Group J: *** 0–0 *** 0–2 ****Final standings: Angola 12 points, Uganda 11, Kenya 8, Guinea-Bissau 3. **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group K, Group K: *** 2–2 *** 2–0 ****Final standings: 17 points, Tunisia 14, Malawi 12, Togo 6, Chad 3.


Mixed martial arts

*UFC 136 in Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, United States (USA unless stated): **UFC Lightweight Championship, Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar (c) def. Gray Maynard via TKO (punches) **UFC Featherweight Championship, Featherweight Championship bout: José Aldo (c) def. Kenny Florian via unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) **Middleweight bout: Chael Sonnen def. Brian Stann via submission (arm triangle choke) **Featherweight bout: Nam Phan def. Leonard Garcia via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) **Lightweight bout: Joe Lauzon def. Melvin Guillard via submission (rear naked choke)


Rugby league

*Super League XVI#Play-offs, Super League Play-offs: **2011 Super League Grand Final, Grand Final in Old Trafford, Manchester: Leeds Rhinos 32–16 St Helens R.F.C., St. Helens ***Leeds win the Grand Final for a record fifth time.


Rugby union

*2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, World Cup knockout stage in New Zealand: **2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage#Quarter-finals, Quarter-finals: ***In Westpac Stadium, Wellington: 10–22 ***In Eden Park, Auckland: 12–19


Volleyball

*2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship, Men's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar: **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Pool A, Pool A: ***Trinity Western Spartans, Spartans 0–3 VC Zenit-Kazan, Zenit ***Jastrzębski Węgiel, Jastrzębski 3–0 Paykan Tehran VC, Paykan **2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship#Pool B, Pool B: Al-Ahly S.C., Al-Ahly 2–3 Al-Arabi SC (Qatar), Al-Arabi *2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship, Women's Club World Championship in Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar: **2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship#Pool A, Pool A: VakıfBank Türk Telekom, VakıfBank TT 3–0 Mirador Volleyball, Mirador


October 7, 2011 (Friday)


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama (teams in bold qualify for second round): **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 1, Group 1: ***In Panama City: **** 3–1 **** 3–12 ***In Aguadulce, Coclé, Aguadulce: **** 10–1 **** 5–7 *****Standings: Netherlands, Panama 5–0, Canada 4–1, United States 3–2, Puerto Rico 2–3, Japan 1–4, Chinese Taipei, Greece 0–5. **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 2, Group 2: ***In Chitre: **** 5–10 **** 1–5 ***In Santiago de Veraguas: **** 9–11 (
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) **** 6–4 *****Standings: Cuba 5–0, Venezuela 4–1, South Korea, Italy 3–2, Dominican Republic, Australia 2–3, Nicaragua 1–4, Germany 0–5. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 National League Division Series, National League Division Series: ***Game 5 in Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia: St. Louis Cardinals 1, 2011 Philadelphia Phillies season, Philadelphia Phillies 0. Cardinals win series 3–2. ***Game 5 in Miller Park (Milwaukee), Milwaukee: 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 3, 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Arizona Diamondbacks 2 (Extra innings, F/10). Brewers win series 3–2.


Basketball

*2011 WNBA Playoffs, WNBA Playoffs: **2011 WNBA Finals, WNBA Finals Game 3 in Philips Arena, Atlanta: 2011 Minnesota Lynx season, Minnesota Lynx 73, 2011 Atlanta Dream season, Atlanta Dream 67. Lynx win series 3–0. ***The Lynx win their first WNBA title.


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

*2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup, ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 3 in Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah: 462 & 212/5 (55 overs); 328 (112.4 overs; Mohammad Nabi 117, Arshad Ali (cricketer), Arshad Ali 6/45). ''United Arab Emirates lead by 346 runs with 5 wickets remaining.'' *2011 Champions League Twenty20#Semi-finals, Champions League Twenty20 Semifinals in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore: New South Wales cricket team, New South Wales Blues 203/2 (20 overs; David Warner (cricketer), David Warner 123 *); Royal Challengers Bangalore 204/4 (18.3 overs). Royal Challengers Bangalore win by 6 wickets.


Bicycle racing, Cycling

*2011 UCI World Tour, UCI World Tour: **2011 Tour of Beijing#Stage 3, Tour of Beijing, Stage 3: Nicolas Roche () 3h 53' 15" Philip Deignan () s.t. Chris Froome () + 1" ***General classification (after stage 3): (1) Tony Martin (cyclist), Tony Martin () 7h 10' 19" (2) David Millar () + 17" (3) Froome + 26"


Figure skating

* ISU Junior Grand Prix: **JGP Trofeo Walter Lombardi in Milan, Italy: ***Men: Yan Han (figure skater), Yan Han 219.37 points Jason Brown (figure skater), Jason Brown 194.28 Lee June-hyoung 176.48 ****Standings (after 6 of 7 events): Yan 30 points (2 events), Brown, Ryuju Hino 28 (2), Keiji Tanaka 24 (2), Artur Dmitriev Jr. 22 (2), Zhang He (figure skater), Zhang He, Lee & Timothy Dolensky 20 (2).


Football (soccer)

* UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, matchday 11 (teams in bold qualify for the UEFA Euro 2012, Finals, teams in ''italics'' qualify for the play-offs): **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group A, Group A: *** 1–4 *** 1–3 *** 4–1 ****Standings (after 9 matches): Germany 27 points, Belgium 15, Turkey 14, Austria 11, Azerbaijan 7, Kazakhstan 3. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B, Group B: *** 4–1 *** 0–1 *** 0–2 ****Standings (after 9 matches): Russia 20 points, Republic of Ireland 18, Armenia 17, Slovakia 14, Macedonia 7, Andorra 0. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group C, Group C: *** 1–1 *** 1–2 ****Standings (after 9 matches unless stated): Italy 23 points, Estonia 16 (10), Serbia 15, 11, Northern Ireland 9, 4 (10). **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D, Group D: *** 5–0 *** 2–2 *** 3–0 ****Standings (after 9 matches unless stated): France 20 points, Bosnia and Herzegovina 19, Romania 13, Belarus 13 (10), Albania 8, Luxembourg 4 (10). **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group E, Group E: *** 1–2 ' *** 1–0 ****Standings (after 9 matches): Netherlands 27 points, Sweden 21, 18, Finland 9, Moldova 6, 0. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F, Group F: *** 2–0 *** 2–0 ****Standings (after 9 matches): Greece 21 points, Croatia 19, 13, Latvia 11, 10, Malta 1. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G, Group G: *** 2–0 ***' 2–2 ****Standings (after 7 matches unless stated): England 18 points (8 matches), Montenegro 12, Switzerland 8, Wales 6, 5. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group H, Group H: *** 1–4 *** 5–3 ****Standings (after 7 matches unless stated): Portugal, Denmark 16 points, 13, Iceland 4 (8), Cyprus 2. **UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I, Group I: 0–2 ***Standings (after 7 matches unless stated): Spain 21 points, Czech Republic 10, 8 (6), 5, 4. *2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round, matchday 3: **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group A, Group A: *** 1–2 *** 0–1 ****Standings (after 3 matches): El Salvador 9 points, Suriname 7, Dominican Republic 1, Cayman Islands 0. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group B, Group B: *** 0–2 *** 2–1 ****Standings (after 3 matches): Guyana 9 points, Trinidad and Tobago 6, Bermuda 3, Barbados 0. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group C, Group C: 0–5 ***Standings (after 2 matches): Panama 6 points, 3, Dominica 0. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group D, Group D: *** 0–7 *** 1–1 ****Standings (after 3 matches): Canada 9 points, Saint Kitts and Nevis 5, Puerto Rico 2, Saint Lucia 0. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group E, Group E: *** 0–3 *** 1–4 ****Standings (after 3 matches): Guatemala 9 points, Grenada, Belize, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3. **2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round#Group F, Group F: *** 0–7 *** 0–1 ****Standings (after 3 matches): Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda 9 points, Curaçao, U.S. Virgin Islands 0. *2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONMEBOL, matchday 1: ** 4–2 ** 2–0 ** 4–1 ** 2–0 *
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, matchday 6 (team in bold qualifies for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, Finals): **2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification#Group E, Group E: 2–3 ***Standings: 13 points (5 matches), Cameroon 11 (6), Congo DR 7 (6), 0 (5). *Friendly internationals (top 10 in FIFA World Rankings): ** 0–1 (7)


October 6, 2011 (Thursday)


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama (teams in bold qualify for second round): **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 1, Group 1: ***In Panama City: **** 5–0 **** 2–6 ***In Aguadulce, Coclé, Aguadulce: **** 3–0 **** 4–0 *****Standings: Netherlands, Canada, Panama 4–0, United States 3–1, Puerto Rico 1–3, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Greece 0–4. **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 2, Group 2: ***In Chitre: **** 3–4 **** 7–2 ***In Santiago de Veraguas: **** 6–3 **** 4–1 *****Standings: Cuba 4–0, Italy, Venezuela 3–1, Dominican Republic, South Korea 2–2, Nicaragua, Australia 1–3, Germany 0–4. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Division Series, American League Division Series Game 5 in Yankee Stadium, New York: 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 3, 2011 New York Yankees season, New York Yankees 2. Tigers win series 3–2.


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*2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup, ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 2 in Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah: 462 (117.1 overs); 242/3 (74 overs; Mohammad Nabi 108 *). ''Afghanistan trail by 220 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.''


Bicycle racing, Cycling

*2011 UCI World Tour, UCI World Tour: **2011 Tour of Beijing#Stage 2, Tour of Beijing, Stage 2: Heinrich Haussler () 3h 03' 30" Denis Galimzyanov () s.t. Theo Bos () s.t. ***General classification (after stage 2): (1) Tony Martin (cyclist), Tony Martin () 3h 17' 03" (2) David Millar () + 17" (3) Alex Dowsett () + 24"


Field hockey

*2011 Oceania Cup, Oceania Cup in Hobart, Australia: **2011 Oceania Cup#Men's tournament, Men's Game 1: 0–3 . ''New Zealand lead series 1–0.'' **2011 Oceania Cup#Women's tournament, Women's Game 1: 2–1 . ''Australia lead series 1–0.''


Football (soccer)

*2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League#Round of 32, UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses): **WFC Rossiyanka, Rossiyanka 1–0 (2–0) FC Twente, Twente. Rossiyanka win 3–0 on aggregate. **Valur women's football, Valur 0–3 (1–1) Glasgow City L.F.C., Glasgow City. Glasgow City win 4–1 on aggregate. **Brøndby IF (women), Brøndby 3–4 (2–0) Standard Liège (women), Standard Liège. Brøndby win 5–4 on aggregate. **Rayo Vallecano (women), Rayo Vallecano 3–0 (4–1) PK-35 Vantaa (men), PK-35. Rayo Vallecano win 7–1 on aggregate. **FC Rosengård, LdB Malmö 5–0 (1–2) UPC Tavagnacco, Tavagnacco. LdB Malmö win 6–2 on aggregate. **Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, Göteborg 7–0 (4–0) ŽNK Osijek, Osijek. Göteborg win 11–0 on aggregate.


October 5, 2011 (Wednesday)


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama: **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 1, Group 1 in Panama City: 3–7 ***Standings: , , 3–0, United States 2–1, 1–2, Japan, , 0–3. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 National League Division Series, National League Division Series: ***Game 4 in Busch Stadium, St. Louis: St. Louis Cardinals 5, 2011 Philadelphia Phillies season, Philadelphia Phillies 3. ''Series tied 2–2.'' ***Game 4 in Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona: 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Arizona Diamondbacks 10, 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 6. ''Series tied 2–2.''


Basketball

*2011 WNBA Playoffs, WNBA Playoffs: **2011 WNBA Finals, WNBA Finals Game 2 in Target Center, Minneapolis: 2011 Minnesota Lynx season, Minnesota Lynx 101, 2011 Atlanta Dream season, Atlanta Dream 95. ''Lynx lead series 2–0.''


Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

*2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup, ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 1 in Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah: 361/8 (96 overs); .


Bicycle racing, Cycling

*2011 UCI World Tour, UCI World Tour: **2011 Tour of Beijing#Stage 1, Tour of Beijing, Stage 1: Tony Martin (cyclist), Tony Martin () 13' 33" David Millar () + 17" Alex Dowsett () + 24"


Football (soccer)

*2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League#Round of 32, UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses): **Torres Calcio Femminile, Torres 3–2 (2–0) ASA Tel Aviv University, ASA Tel Aviv. Torres win 5–2 on aggregate. **1. FFC Frankfurt, Frankfurt 4–1 (0–1) Stabæk Fotball, Stabæk. Frankfurt win 4–2 on aggregate. **AC Sparta Praha (women), Sparta Prague 2–1 (2–2) Apollon Limassol (women), Apollon Limassol. Sparta Prague win 4–3 on aggregate. **Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (Ladies), Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 (2–0) Peamount United. Paris Saint-Germain win 5–0 on aggregate. **FC Energy Voronezh, Energiya Voronezh 4–2 (1–1) Bristol Academy W.F.C., Bristol Academy. Energiya Voronezh win 5–3 on aggregate. **Arsenal L.F.C., Arsenal 6–0 (4–0) Bobruichanka Bobruisk, Bobruichanka. Arsenal win 10–0 on aggregate. **Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies), Lyon 3–0 (9–0) CFF Olimpia Cluj, Olimpia Cluj. Lyon win 12–0 on aggregate. **Fortuna Hjørring 2–1 (3–0) BSC Young Boys, YB Frauen. Fortuna Hjørring win 5–1 on aggregate. **1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, Turbine Potsdam 8–2 (6–0) Þór Akureyri, Þór/KA. Turbine Potsdam win 14–2 on aggregate. **SV Neulengbach, Neulengbach 5–0 (1–2) CSHVSM, SShVSM-Kairat Almaty. Neulengbach win 6–2 on aggregate. *2011 Copa Sudamericana final stages#Round of 16, Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 first leg: **Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica 0–2 Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Vélez Sarsfield **Club Aurora, Aurora 3–1 CR Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama


October 4, 2011 (Tuesday)


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama: **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 1, Group 1: ***In Panama City: **** 2–5 **** 4–2 ***In Aguadulce, Coclé, Aguadulce: **** 2–12 **** 1–15 (Mercy rule, F/7) *****Standings: Netherlands, Canada, Panama 3–0, United States 1–1, Puerto Rico 1–2, Japan 0–2, Chinese Taipei, Greece 0–3. **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 2, Group 2: ***In Chitre: **** 6–3 **** 8–0 ***In Santiago de Veraguas: **** 2–13 (Mercy rule, F/7) **** 14–2 (Mercy rule, F/7) *****Standings: Cuba 3–0, Dominican Republic, South Korea, Italy, Venezuela 2–1, Nicaragua 1–2, Germany, Australia 0–3. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Division Series, American League Division Series: ***Game 4 in Comerica Park, Detroit: 2011 New York Yankees season, New York Yankees 10, 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 1. ''Series tied 2–2.'' ***Game 4 in Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 4, 2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Tampa Bay Rays 3. Rangers win series 3–1. ****Rangers third baseman Adrián Beltré becomes only the seventh player to hit three home runs in a playoff game. **2011 National League Division Series, National League Division Series: ***Game 3 in Busch Stadium, St. Louis: 2011 Philadelphia Phillies season, Philadelphia Phillies 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2. ''Phillies lead series 2–1.'' ***Game 3 in Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona: 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Arizona Diamondbacks 8, 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 1. ''Brewers lead series 2–1.''


Football (soccer)

*2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Semi-finals, AFC Cup Semi-finals first leg: ** Nasaf Qarshi 1–0 Al-Wehdat SC (Amman), Al-Wehdat **Arbil SC, Arbil 0–2
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* 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final in CenturyLink Field, Seattle:
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2–0 Chicago Fire Soccer Club, Chicago Fire **Seattle win the Cup for the third successive year and become the first U.S. team to qualify for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.


October 3, 2011 (Monday)


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama: **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 1, Group 1: ***In Panama City: **** 1–3 **** 8–4 (Extra innings, F/10) ***In Aguadulce, Coclé, Aguadulce: **** 19–0 (Mercy rule, F/5) **** 8–14 *****Standings: Netherlands, Panama, Canada 2–0, Puerto Rico 1–1, Japan, United States 0–1, Chinese Taipei, Greece 0–2. **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 2, Group 2: ***In Chitre: **** 0–7 **** 5–6 (Extra innings, F/10) ***In Santiago de Veraguas: **** 3–0 **** 2–5 *****Standings: Cuba, Venezuela 2–0, Dominican Republic, South Korea, Italy, Nicaragua 1–1, Germany, Australia 0–2. *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Division Series, American League Division Series: ***Game 3 in Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 4, 2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Tampa Bay Rays 3. ''Rangers lead series 2–1.'' ***Game 3 in Comerica Park, Detroit: 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 5, 2011 New York Yankees season, New York Yankees 4. ''Tigers lead series 2–1.''


October 2, 2011 (Sunday)


Auto racing

* Sprint Cup Series – Chase for the Sprint Cup: **2011 AAA 400, AAA 400 in Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware: (1) Kurt Busch (Dodge; Penske Racing) (2) Jimmie Johnson (
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;
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) (3) Carl Edwards ( Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 29 of 36 races): (1) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet;
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) 2122 points (4 wins) (2) Edwards 2122 (1 win) (3) Tony Stewart (Chevrolet;
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) 2113 *2011 IndyCar Series season, IndyCar Series: **Kentucky Indy 300 in Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky: (1) Ed Carpenter (racing driver), Ed Carpenter (Sarah Fisher Racing) (2) Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) (3) Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 17 of 18 races): (1) Franchitti 573 points (2) Will Power (Team Penske) 555 (3) Dixon 518 * World Rally Championship: **2011 Rallye de France, Rallye de France in Strasbourg, France: (1) Sébastien Ogier /Julien Ingrassia (Citroën DS3 WRC) (2) Dani Sordo /Carlos Del Barrio (Mini John Cooper Works WRC) (3) Mikko Hirvonen /Jarmo Lehtinen (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 11 of 13 rallies): (1) Sébastien Loeb (Citroën DS3 WRC) & Hirvonen 196 points (3) Ogier 193


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama: **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 1, Group 1: ***In Panama City: **** 1–9 **** – — match postponed due to rain ***In Aguadulce, Coclé, Aguadulce: 2–1 **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 2, Group 2: ***In Chitre: **** 0–14 (Mercy rule, F/7) **** 5–4 ***In Santiago de Veraguas: **** 4–5 **** 7–0 *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Division Series, American League Division Series: ***Game 2 in Yankee Stadium, New York: 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 5, 2011 New York Yankees season, New York Yankees 3. ''Series tied 1–1.'' **2011 National League Division Series, National League Division Series: ***Game 2 in Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia: St. Louis Cardinals 5, 2011 Philadelphia Phillies season, Philadelphia Phillies 4. ''Series tied 1–1.'' ***Game 2 in Miller Park (Milwaukee), Milwaukee: 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 9, 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Arizona Diamondbacks 4. ''Brewers lead series 2–0.''


Basketball

*2011 WNBA Playoffs, WNBA Playoffs: **2011 WNBA Finals, WNBA Finals Game 1 in Target Center, Minneapolis: 2011 Minnesota Lynx season, Minnesota Lynx 88, 2011 Atlanta Dream season, Atlanta Dream 74. ''Lynx lead series 1–0.'' *2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women, FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali: **2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women#Bronze medal game, Bronze medal game: 71–62 **2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women#Final, Final: 62–54 ***Angola win the title for the first time, and qualify for the Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Olympics. ***Mali and Senegal qualify for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. *UAAP Season 74 basketball tournaments, UAAP in Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan, Philippines: **UAAP Season 73 basketball tournaments#Finals 3, Women's Finals: FEU Tamaraws, Far Eastern University 68, Adamson Falcons, Adamson University 57. FEU win best-of-3 series 2–1. ***FEU win their 20th UAAP women's championship.


Football (soccer)

*2011 CAF Champions League knock-out stage#Semifinals, CAF Champions League Semifinals first leg: Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman), Al-Hilal 0–1 Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Espérance ST * 2011 Veikkausliiga, Veikkausliiga, matchday 28 (team in bold qualify for Champions League): IFK Mariehamn, Mariehamn 0–2 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, HJK **Standings: HJK 70 points (28 matches), FC Inter Turku, Inter Turku 49 (27), JJK Jyväskylä, JJK 47 (28). ***HJK win the title for the third successive time, and 24th time overall.


Golf

* PGA Tour PGA Tour Fall Series, Fall Series: **Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in TPC at Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada: ***Winner: Kevin Na 261 (−23) ****Na wins his first PGA Tour title. * European Tour: **Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Angus, Scotland, Angus and Fife, Scotland: ***Winner: Michael Hoey (golfer), Michael Hoey 266 (−22) ****Hoey wins his third European Tour title. *
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: **SAS Championship in Prestonwood Country Club, Cary, North Carolina: ***Winner: Kenny Perry 205 (−11) ****Perry wins his first Champions Tour title.


Horse racing

*2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Longchamp Racecourse, Paris: Danedream (trainer: Peter Schiergen, jockey: Andrasch Starke) Shareta (trainer: Alain de Royer-Dupré, jockey: Thierry Jarnet) Snow Fairy (trainer: Ed Dunlop, jockey: Frankie Dettori)


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* Moto GP: **2011 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Japanese Grand Prix in Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan (ESP unless stated): ***MotoGP: (1) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) (2) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Motor Company, Yamaha) (3) Casey Stoner (Honda) ****Riders' championship standings (after 15 of 18 rounds): (1) Stoner 300 points (2) Lorenzo 260 (3) Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 196 ***Moto2 (all Eskil Suter, Suter): (1) Andrea Iannone (2) Marc Márquez (3) Thomas Lüthi ****Riders' championship standings (after 14 of 17 rounds): (1) Márquez 235 points (2) Stefan Bradl (Kalex) 234 (3) Iannone 157 ***125cc: (1) Johann Zarco (Derbi) (2) Nicolás Terol (Aprilia) (3) Héctor Faubel (Aprilia) ****Riders' championship standings (after 14 of 17 rounds): (1) Terol 261 points (2) Zarco 230 (3) Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) 190 *2011 Superbike World Championship season, Superbike: **2011 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round, Magny-Cours World Championship round in Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France: ***Race 1: (1) Carlos Checa (Ducati 1198, Ducati 1098R) (2) Marco Melandri (Yamaha YZF-R1) (3) Leon Haslam (BMW S1000RR) ***Race 2: (1) Checa (2) Melandri (3) Eugene Laverty (Yamaha YZF-R1) ****Riders' championship standings (after 12 of 13 rounds): (1) Checa 467 points (2) Melandri 360 (3) Laverty 283 *2011 Supersport World Championship season, Supersport: **2011 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round, Magny-Cours World Championship round in Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France: (1) Luca Scassa (Yamaha YZF-R6) (2) Sam Lowes (Honda CBR600RR) (3) Broc Parkes (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) ***Riders' championship standings (after 11 of 12 rounds): (1) Chaz Davies (Yamaha YZF-R6) 181 points (2) Fabien Foret (Honda CBR600RR) 144 (3) Parkes & David Salom (Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R) 136


Rugby league

*2011 NRL Grand Final, NRL Grand Final in Stadium Australia, Sydney: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24–10 New Zealand Warriors **Manly-Warringah win the title for the eighth time.


Rugby union

*2011 Rugby World Cup, World Cup in New Zealand (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in ''italics'' qualify for 2015 Rugby World Cup, 2015 World Cup): **2011 Rugby World Cup Pool A, Pool A in Westpac Stadium, Wellington: 79–15 ***Final standings: New Zealand 20 points, 11, ' 9, Canada 6, 2. **2011 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Pool B in Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North: 25–7 ***Final standings: 18 points, Argentina 14, ' 11, Georgia 4, 0. **2011 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Pool C in Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin: 36–6 ' ***Final standings: Ireland 17 points, 15, Italy 10, 4, 1. **2011 Rugby World Cup Pool D, Pool D in Waikato Stadium, Hamilton: 66–0 ***Final standings: 18 points, Wales 15, ' 10, Fiji 5, 0.


Snooker

*Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 6, Players Tour Championship – Event 6: Warsaw Classic in Warsaw, Poland: **Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 6#Finals, Final: Ricky Walden 1–4 Neil Robertson ***Robertson wins his eighth professional title. ***Players Tour Championship 2011/2012#Order of Merit, Order of Merit (after 6 of 12 events): (1) Robertson 15,600 (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan 14,400 (3) Judd Trump 13,300


Tennis

* ATP World Tour: **2011 PTT Thailand Open, PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok, Thailand: ***Final: Andy Murray def. Donald Young (tennis), Donald Young 6–2, 6–0 ****Murray wins his third title of the year, and 19th of his career. **2011 Proton Malaysian Open, Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: ***Final: Janko Tipsarević def. Marcos Baghdatis 6–4, 7–5 ****Tipsarević wins his first ATP Tour title.


Volleyball

*2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Women's European Championship in Belgrade, Serbia: **2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship#Bronze medal match, Bronze medal match: 2–3 **2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship#Final, Final: 2–3 ***Serbia win the title for the first time, and completes a rare "double" with the men's team also winning the European title last month. ***Serbia and Germany already qualified for the 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup, World Cup. *2011 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Women's South American Championship in Callao, Peru: **2011 Women's South American Volleyball Championship#Bronze medal match, Bronze medal match: 1–3 **2011 Women's South American Volleyball Championship#Final, Final: 3–0 ***Brazil win the title for the 17th time and qualify for the 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup, World Cup.


October 1, 2011 (Saturday)


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*2011 AFL Grand Final, AFL Grand Final in Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne: 12.9 (81)–18.11 (119) **Geelong win the title for the ninth time.


Auto racing

* Nationwide Series: **OneMain Financial 200 in Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware: (1) Carl Edwards ( Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (2) Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (3) Clint Bowyer (
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; Kevin Harvick Incorporated) ***Drivers' championship standings (after 29 of 34 races): (1) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 1025 points (2) Elliott Sadler (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Incorporated) 1003 (3) Reed Sorenson (Chevrolet; Turner Motorsports (NASCAR), Turner Motorsports) 976


Baseball

*2011 Baseball World Cup, World Cup in Panama: **2011 Baseball World Cup#Group 1, Group 1 in Panama City: 3–8 *2011 Major League Baseball season#Postseason, Major League Baseball postseason: **2011 American League Division Series, American League Division Series: ***Game 2 in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas: 2011 Texas Rangers season, Texas Rangers 8, 2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Tampa Bay Rays 6. ''Series tied 1–1.'' ***Game 1 in Yankee Stadium, New York: 2011 New York Yankees season, New York Yankees 9, 2011 Detroit Tigers season, Detroit Tigers 3. ''Yankees lead series 1–0.'' **2011 National League Division Series, National League Division Series: ***Game 1 in Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia: 2011 Philadelphia Phillies season, Philadelphia Phillies 11, St. Louis Cardinals 6. ''Phillies lead series 1–0.'' ***Game 1 in Miller Park (Milwaukee), Milwaukee: 2011 Milwaukee Brewers season, Milwaukee Brewers 4, 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Arizona Diamondbacks 1. ''Brewers lead series 1–0.'' * Nippon Professional Baseball news: The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks clinch their second consecutive Pacific League title with a 3–0 win over the Saitama Seibu Lions, and earn a one-win and home field advantage for Climax Series Final Stage.


Basketball

*2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women, FIBA Africa Championship for Women in Bamako, Mali: **2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women#Semifinals, Semifinals: *** 51–56 *** 89–63 *2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva, Neiva, Colombia: **2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women#Third place game, Third place game: 59–46 **2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women#Final, Final: 33–74 ***Brazil win the title for the fifth time, and qualify for the Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics. ***Argentina, Canada and Cuba qualify for 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. *UAAP Season 74 basketball tournaments, UAAP in Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines: **UAAP Season 74 basketball tournaments#Finals, Men's Finals: Ateneo Blue Eagles, Ateneo de Manila University 82, FEU Tamaraws, Far Eastern University 69. Ateneo win best-of-3 series 2–0. ***Ateneo win their fourth consecutive, seventh UAAP and 21st men's championship.


Figure skating

* ISU Junior Grand Prix: **JGP Cup of Austria in Innsbruck, Austria: ***Men: Yan Han (figure skater), Yan Han 205.86 points Gordei Gorshkov 180.25 Keiji Tanaka 173.98 ****Standings (after 5 of 7 events): Ryuju Hino 28 points (2 events), Tanaka 24 (2), Zhang He (figure skater), Zhang He & Timothy Dolensky 20 (2), Yan, Joshua Farris , Jason Brown (figure skater), Jason Brown & Maxim Kovtun 15 (1). ***Ice Dance: Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhiganshin 151.10 points Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton (figure skater), Daniel Eaton 136.85 Maria Nosulia/Evgen Kholoniuk 128.34 ****Standings (after 5 of 7 events): Sinitsina/Zhiganshin 30 points (2 events), Nosulia/Kholoniuk & Anastasia Galyeta/Alexei Shumski 26 (2), Aldridge/Eaton 24 (2), Nicole Orford/Thomas Williams (figure skater), Thomas Williams 20 (2).


Football (soccer)

*2011 CAF Champions League knock-out stage#Semifinals, CAF Champions League Semifinals first leg: Wydad Casablanca 1–0 Enyimba International F.C., Enyimba


Mixed martial arts

*UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson in Capital One Arena, Washington, D.C., United States (USA unless stated): **UFC Bantamweight Championship, Bantamweight Championship bout: Dominick Cruz (c) def. Demetrious Johnson (fighter), Demetrious Johnson via unanimous decision (50–45, 49–46, 50–45) **Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve def. Patrick Barry (martial artist), Pat Barry via submission (triangle choke) **Welterweight bout: Anthony Johnson (fighter), Anthony Johnson def. Charlie Brenneman via TKO (head kick) **Lightweight bout: Matt Wiman def. Mac Danzig via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)


Rugby league

*Super League XVI#Play-offs, Super League Play-offs: **Semi-finals: St Helens R.F.C., St. Helens 26–18 Wigan Warriors


Rugby union

*2011 Rugby World Cup, World Cup in New Zealand (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in ''italics'' qualify for 2015 Rugby World Cup, 2015 World Cup): **2011 Rugby World Cup Pool A, Pool A in Westpac Stadium, Wellington: 14–19 ***Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): 15 points (3 matches), France 11, Tonga 9, 6 (3), 2. **2011 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Pool B in Eden Park, Auckland: 16–12 ' ***Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): England 18 points, Scotland 11, ' 10 (3), 4 (3), 0. **2011 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Pool C in Trafalgar Park, Nelson, Nelson: 68–22 ***Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): Australia 15 points, ' 13 (3), ' 10 (3), 4, Russia 1.


Tennis

* WTA Tour: **2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan: ***Final: Agnieszka Radwańska def. Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2 ****Radwańska wins her sixth WTA Tour title.


Volleyball

*2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Women's European Championship in Belgrade, Serbia: **2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship#Semifinals, Semifinals: *** 3–0 *** 3–2 ****Germany and Serbia qualify for the 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup, FIVB World Cup. *2011 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Women's South American Championship in Callao, Peru: **2011 Women's South American Volleyball Championship#Semifinals, Semifinals: *** 0–3 *** 3–0 ****Brazil qualify for the 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup, FIVB World Cup.


References

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