September 2007 in Sports - 20 September 2007 (Thursday)

20 September 2007 (Thursday)

• American football:
  • NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
    • Miami (FL) 34, (20) Texas A&M 17

• Cycling:
  • Floyd Landis is officially stripped of his win in the 2006 Tour de France and banned from competition for two years after an arbitration panel finds him guilty of doping during the 2006 Tour. He has 30 days to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. (AP via ESPN.com)

• Football (soccer):
  • José Mourinho resigns as manager of Chelsea "by mutual consent" after a breakdown in his relations with the club hierarchy. The club and Mourinho agree to a £20 million buyout of the remaining three years of his contract. (ESPNSoccernet)
  • 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China
    • Group C: Canada 2–2 Australia, Chengdu
    • Group C: Ghana 2–7 Norway, Hangzhou
    • Group D: New Zealand 0–2 China PR, Tianjin
    • Group D: Denmark 0–1 Brazil, Hangzhou
      • Norway and Australia advance to the knockout rounds from Group C, while Brazil and China advance from Group D.

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
  • Pool B: Wales 72 – 18 Japan at Cardiff, Wales

• Cricket
  • 2007 Twenty20 World Championship
    • Super Eights
      • Group E
        • India 153/5 (20 ov.) beat South Africa 116/9 (20 ov.) by 37 runs
          • India and New Zealand go on to the semifinals while South Africa and England are knocked out
      • Group F
        • Australia 102/0 (10.2 ov.) beat Sri Lanka 101 (19.3 ov.) by 10 wickets
        • Pakistan 141/6 (19 ov.) beat Bangladesh 140 (19.4 ov.) by 4 wickets
          • Pakistan and Australia go on to the semifinals while Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are knocked out