September 2007 in Sports - 2 September 2007 (Sunday)

2 September 2007 (Sunday)

• Auto racing:
  • NASCAR: Sharp Aquos 500 in Fontana, California.

  (1) Jimmie Johnson (2) Carl Edwards (3) Kyle Busch

  Johnson wins his fifth race of the season, and clinches a spot in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. Busch and Jeff Burton also clinch spots in the Chase.

  • Champ Car: Dutch Champ Car Grand Prix in Assen, Netherlands.

  (1) Justin Wilson (2) Jan Heylen (3) Bruno Junqueira

  • IRL: Detroit Indy Grand Prix in Sparta, Kentucky.

  (1) Tony Kanaan (2) Danica Patrick (3) Dan Wheldon

• Basketball:
  • FIBA Americas Championship 2007 at Las Vegas
    • Championship: United States 118–81 Argentina
    • Third place: Puerto Rico 111–107 Brazil

• Cricket:
  • Indian cricket team in England in 2007
    • 5th ODI: India 324/6 (50 ov.) beat England 242/8 (39 ov.) by 38 runs (D/L)

• Figure skating:
  • 2007 Junior Grand Prix Lake Placid
    • Ice dancing:
      Gold: Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
      Silver: Joanna Lenko / Mitchell Islam
      Bronze: Pilar Bosley / John Corona
    • Pairs:
      Gold: Olivia Jones / Donald Jackson
      Silver: Carolyn MacCuish / Andrew Evans
      Bronze: Anastaisa Khodkova / Pavel Sliusarenko
    • Ladies singles:
      Gold: Mirai Nagasu
      Silver: Alexe Gilles
      Bronze: Angela Maxwell
      This is the third consecutive United States sweep of the Junior Ladies medals at an ISU-organized event.