16 September 2008 (Tuesday)
- Football (soccer):
- UEFA Champions League group stage, week 1:
- Group A: Chelsea 4 – 0 Bordeaux
- Group A: Roma 1 – 2 CFR Cluj
- Group B: Panathinaikos 0 – 2 Internazionale
- Group B: Werder Bremen 0 – 0 Anorthosis
- Group C: Basel 1 – 2 Shakhtar Donetsk
- Group C: Barcelona 3 – 1 Sporting CP
- Group D: PSV Eindhoven 0 – 3 Atlético Madrid
- Group D: Marseille 1 – 2 Liverpool
- UEFA Cup, First round, First leg:
- Hertha BSC 2 – 0 St. Patrick's Athletic
- APOEL 1 – 4 Schalke 04
- Nordsjælland 0 – 2 Olympiacos
- UEFA Champions League group stage, week 1:
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