* At the World Weightlifting Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (through October 7):
- Nadezhda Evstyukhina won silver in the women's 75kg category with a total of 267kg (122kg in the snatch and 145kg in the clean and jerk), and her teammate Zarema Kasaeva took bronze with 246kg (110 + 136). Lei Cao (China) won gold with 268kg (118 + 150).
- Aslambek Ediyev won silver in the men's 85kg category with a total of 373kg (172kg in the snatch and 201kg in the clean and jerk). Andrei Rybakov (Belarus) won gold with 383kg (180 + 203) and Tigran Martirosyan (Armenia) took bronze with 370kg (172 + 198)
* At the World Fencing Championship in Turin, Italy (through October 7):
- Russia won gold in the women's foil team competition, defeating Italy 23-22 in the final. South Korea took bronze, beating Poland 43-28 in the bronze-medal match
* At the 12-game match for the World Chess Champion title between the world champion in classical chess Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in Elista, Russia:
- Kramnik lost with Topalov, playing White. The match tied 4-4 after the eight games.
* At the $940,000 AIG Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo (through October 8):
Women's singles:
- Vera Dushevina failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to top-seed Marion Bartoli (France) 2-6, 4-6
Men's singles:
- No.6-seed Dmitry Tursunov failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to Hyung-Taik Lee (S. Korea) 4-6, 6-2, 4-6
* At the $650,000 Porsche Grand Prix WTA tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany (through October 8):
Singles:
- No.4-seed Nadezhda Petrova advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles:
- No.3-seed pair Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) advanced to the semifinals, beating compatriot Yekaterina Bychkova and MartinaMuller (Germany) 6-1, 6-2
- Yelena Likhovtseva and Janette Husarova (Slovakia) lost to No.2-seed duo Cara Black (Zimbabwe) and Rennae Stubbs (Australia) 3-6, 7-6, 6-7 in the quarterfinals
* At the $410,000 Moselle Open ATP tennis tournament in Metz, France (through October 8):
Singles:
- Marat Safin failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 6-4, 2-6, 6-7
* At the $145,000 Tashkent Open WTA tennis tournament in Uzbekistan (through October 8):
Singles:
- Anastasia Rodionova failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to Tiantian Sun (China) 1-6, 3-6
