Events in Sport
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 11 US Open Women's Tennis: Belgian defending champion Kim Clijsters beats Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-2, 6-1 for her third US singles crown
Kim Clijsters
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 13 US Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal wins his first US crown; beats Novak Đoković 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; first Spanish man to win US title since Manuel Orantes 1975
Rafael Nadal
Novak Đoković
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Sep 8 Grammy nominated singer Jenni Rivera (41) weds MLB pitcher Esteban Loaiza (38) at the Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Simi Valley, California
Jenni Rivera
Divorces in Sport
- Sep 3 Pop singer Cheryl Cole (27) divorces England soccer player Ashley Cole (29) due to unreasonable behavior after 3 and a half years of marriage
Deaths in Sport
- Sep 1 Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928)
- Sep 5 Shoya Tomizawa Japanese MotoGP Racer (b. 1990)
- Sep 7 Amar Garibović, Serbian Cross Country Skier (b. 1991)
- Sep 12 Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
- Sep 20 Kenny McKinley, American football player (b. 1987)
- Sep 23 Bob Shaw, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), dies at 77
- Sep 27 George Blanda, American NFL kicker and quarterback (Bears, Oilers, Raiders), dies at 83