September 2007 in Sports - 11 September 2007 (Tuesday)

11 September 2007 (Tuesday)

• American football:
  • Doctors say injured Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett has moved his arms and legs and, contrary to earlier predictions, is likely to recover his ability to walk. (AP via WHAM-TV)
  • The Cleveland Browns trade starting quarterback Charlie Frye to the Seattle Seahawks for a sixth-round draft pick and re-sign QB Ken Dorsey. Rookie QB Brady Quinn moves up to second on the depth chart behind Derek Anderson (Clevelandbrowns.com).

• Basketball:
  • EuroBasket 2007 in Spain – qualifying phase; teams advancing to the quarterfinals are in bold
    • Group E: Russia 83–70 Croatia
    • Group E: Greece 85–67 Portugal
    • Group E: Spain 99–73 Israel

• Football (soccer): 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China
  • Group B: United States 2–2 North Korea, Chengdu
    • Heather O'Reilly scores in the 69th minute to tie the game for the US, who needed a critical save by Hope Solo in extra time to preserve the point against North Korea.
  • Group A: England 2–2 Japan, Shanghai
    • Aya Miyama scores both goals for her team on free kicks, one in the final minute of extra time to steal a point for Japan. Kelly Smith scores both goals for England in the final ten minutes of regulation play.
  • Group B: Sweden 1–1 Nigeria, Chengdu
    • Cynthia Uwak scores the equalizer in the 82nd minute and earns the underdog Nigeria a critical point in Group B, considered by most to be the Cup's Group of Death.

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
  • Pool D: Argentina 33–3 Georgia at Lyon

• Cricket
  • 2007 Twenty20 World Championship
    • Group A
      • South Africa 208/2 (17.4 ov.) beat West Indies 205/6 (20 ov.) by 8 wickets
        • Chris Gayle becomes the first person to score a century in an official International Twenty20.

• Swimming:
  • Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli was stripped of his 2007 world championship title for doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was also given an 18-month suspension, made retroactive to 30 November 2006. This means, that while he loses two worlds championship medals from 2007 World Aquatics Championships held in Melbourne in March 2007, he will be eligible to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
    With his 2007 results vacated, he loses the historic distinction of having become the first Arab competitor to win a world swimming championship (800 m freestyle). Przemysław Stańczyk (pl:Przemysław Stańczyk) of Poland takes over as reigning world champion. The other affected Melbourne result is 400 m freestyle. In sum, two Australians move up from bronze to silver, and an Italian and a Russian gain bronze medals instead of 4. places.