September 2005 in Sports - 3 September 2005

3 September 2005

• Football World Cup 2006 Qualifying Matches (FIFAWorldCup.com)
  • Africa
    • Zambia 0–1 Senegal
    • Morocco 1–0 Botswana
    • Mali 2–0 Congo
    • Kenya 0–2 Tunisia
    • Burkina Faso 3–1 South Africa
  • Asia
    • Uzbekistan 1–0 Bahrain
  • Europe
    • Romania 2–0 (1–0) Czech Republic
    • Armenia 0–1 (0–0) Netherlands
    • Andorra 0–0 Finland
    • Albania 2–1 (0–0) Kazakhstan
    • Turkey 2–2 (0–1) Denmark
    • Georgia 1–1 (0–1) Ukraine Ukraine assured its place as a World Cup qualifier.
    • Russia 2–0 (1–0) Liechtenstein
    • Portugal 6–0 (3–0) Luxembourg
    • Estonia 2–1 (1–0) Latvia
    • France 3–0 (2–0) Faroe Islands
    • Switzerland 1–1 (0–0) Israel
    • Scotland 1–1 (1–0) Italy
    • Slovenia 2–3 (1–2) Norway Morten Gamst Pedersen scored the winning goal in the 92nd minute, lobbing over the Slovenian keeper after the hosts had equalised 10 minutes earlier
    • Moldova 2–0 (1–0) Belarus
    • Wales 0–1 (0–0) England
    • Poland 3–2 (2–0) Austria
    • Northern Ireland 2–0 (0–0) Azerbaijan
    • Serbia and Montenegro 2–0 (1–0) Lithuania
    • Bosnia-Herzegovina 1–0 (0–0) Belgium
    • Hungary 4–0 (1–0) Malta
    • Iceland 1–3 (1–0) Croatia
    • Sweden 3–0 (0–0) Bulgaria
  • CONCACAF
    • USA 2–0 (0–0) Mexico The USA becomes the first CONCACAF team to assure its World Cup place.
    • Panama 1–3 (0–1) Costa Rica
    • Trinidad and Tobago 3–2 (0–1) Guatemala
  • Oceania
    • Australia 7–0 Solomon Islands
  • South America
    • Venezuela 4–1 Peru
    • Bolivia 1–2 Ecuador
    • Paraguay 1–0 Argentina
• Auto racing:
  • Formula One: Although Kimi Räikkönen was the fastest during the qualifying session of the 2005 Italian Grand Prix Juan Pablo Montoya tomorrow will start in the pole position ahead of Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button since the Finn pilot did have an engine change after the practice session. (Formula1.com)
• Rugby union: The New Zealand All Blacks defeat Australia's Wallabies 34–24 in the final match of the 2005 Tri Nations Series, and win the title for the sixth time. (SMH)
• Rowing: The New Zealand team wins four gold medals in the five events they entered in the World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan. (TVNZ)