September 2008 in Sports - 6 September 2008 (Saturday)

6 September 2008 (Saturday)

• American college football:
  • NCAA AP Top 10:
    • (2) Georgia 56, Central Michigan 17
    • (3) Ohio State 26, Ohio 14
    • (4) Oklahoma 52, Cincinnati 26
    • (5) Florida 26, Miami 3
    • (6) Missouri 52, Southeast Missouri 3
    • Troy at (7) LSU — postponed to November 15 due to aftereffects of Hurricane Gustav
    • East Carolina 24, (8) West Virginia 3
    • (9) Auburn 27, Southern Miss 13
    • (10) Texas 42, UTEP 13
  • Other games:
    • Vanderbilt 24, (24) South Carolina 17

• Australian rules football:
  • AFL finals series
    • Elimination Final 1 at Adelaide
      • Adelaide 14.10 (94) – Collingwood 19.11 (125)
    • Elimination Final 2 at Sydney
      • Sydney Swans 17.8 (110) – North Melbourne 11.9 (75)

• Cricket:
  • Bangladesh in Australia:
    • 3rd ODI: Australia 198/5 (50 ov) beat Bangladesh 125 (29.5 ov) by 73 runs at Marrara Stadium, Darwin, Australia

    Australia win the series 3–0.

• Cycling - Track:
  • 2008 European Track Championships
    • Women's points race (U23): (1) Ellen van Dijk, (2) Elizabeth Armitstead, (3) Aksana Papko
    • Women's individual pursuit (U23): (1) Vilija Sereikaitė, (2) Ellen van Dijk, (3) Joanna Rowsell

• Football (soccer):
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA):
    • Group 1: Hungary 0 – 0 Denmark
    • Group 1: Malta 0 – 4 Portugal
    • Group 1: Albania 0 – 0 Sweden
    • Group 2: Moldova 1 – 2 Latvia
    • Group 2: Israel 2 – 2 Switzerland
    • Group 2: Luxembourg 0 – 3 Greece
    • Group 3: Poland 1 – 1 Slovenia
    • Group 3: Slovakia 2 – 1 Northern Ireland
    • Group 4: Wales 1 – 0 Azerbaijan
    • Group 4: Liechtenstein 0 – 6 Germany
    • Group 5: Armenia 0 – 2 Turkey
    • Group 5: Belgium 3 – 2 Estonia
    • Group 5: Spain 1 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Group 6: Ukraine 1 – 0 Belarus
    • Group 6: Andorra 0 – 2 England
    • Group 6: Croatia 3 – 0 Kazakhstan
    • Group 7: Romania 0 – 3 Lithuania
    • Group 7: Serbia 2 – 0 Faroe Islands
    • Group 7: Austria 3 – 1 France
    • Group 8: Georgia 1 – 2 Republic of Ireland
      • Match played in Mainz, Germany, because of the political situation in Georgia.
    • Group 8: Cyprus 1 – 2 Italy
    • Group 8: Montenegro 2 – 2 Bulgaria
    • Group 9: Macedonia 1 – 0 Scotland
    • Group 9: Norway 2 – 2 Iceland
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL):
    • Argentina 1 – 1 Paraguay
    • Colombia 0 – 1 Uruguay
    • Ecuador 3 – 1 Bolivia
    • Peru 1 – 0 Venezuela
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF):
    (teams in bold qualify to the third round)
    • Group 1: Mauritius 1 – 4 Tanzania
    • Group 1: Cape Verde 1 – 2 Cameroon
    • Group 2: Kenya 1 – 0 Namibia
    • Group 4: Sierra Leone 2 – 1 Equatorial Guinea
    • Group 4: South Africa 0 – 1 Nigeria
    • Group 6: Gambia 3 – 0 Liberia
    • Group 8: Mauritania 0 – 1 Rwanda
    • Group 9: Burkina Faso 0 – 0 Tunisia
    • Group 9: Seychelles 1 – 2 Burundi
    • Group 10: Sudan 1 – 2 Chad
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF):
    • Group 1: Trinidad and Tobago 1 – 1 Guatemala
    • Group 1: Cuba 0 – 1 United States
    • Group 2: Mexico 3 – 0 Jamaica
    • Group 2: Canada 1 – 2 Honduras
    • Group 3: El Salvador 5 – 0 Haiti
    • Group 3: Costa Rica 7 – 0 Suriname
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC):
    • Group A: Bahrain 2 – 3 Japan
    • Group A: Qatar 3 – 0 Uzbekistan
    • Group B: Saudi Arabia 1 – 1 Iran
    • Group B: United Arab Emirates 1 – 2 North Korea
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC):
    • New Caledonia 1 – 3 New Zealand
    • Fiji 2 – 0 Vanuatu

    New Zealand win the Oceania group and advance to a play off match against the 5th ranked team in AFC. (fifa.com)