September 2006 in Sports - 26 September 2006 (Tuesday)

26 September 2006 (Tuesday)

• World Chess Championship
  • A draw leaves Vladimir Kramnik with a 2½ – ½ lead over Veselin Topalov

• Football (soccer): 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, group stage, matchday 2
  • Group E: Real Madrid 5 – 1 Dynamo Kyiv
    • Ruud van Nistelrooy and Raúl each score two goals for Real.
  • Group E: Steaua Bucharest 0 – 3 Lyon
  • Group F: Benfica 0 – 1 Manchester United
  • Group F: Celtic 1 – 0 Copenhagen
  • Group G: CSKA Moscow 1 – 0 Hamburg
  • Group G: Arsenal 2 – 0 F.C. Porto
  • Group H: AEK 1 – 1 Anderlecht
  • Group H: Lille 0 – 0 Milan

• Major League Baseball playoff races:
  • American League:
    • Detroit Tigers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3
    • Minnesota Twins 3, Kansas City Royals 2: The Twins stay a game behind the Tigers in the AL Central.
    • Texas Rangers 5, Los Angeles Angels 2
    • Oakland Athletics 12, Seattle Mariners 3: The A's clinch the AL West. The AL playoff teams are now determined, with the Tigers and Twins still battling for the AL Central crown.
  • National League:
    • San Diego Padres 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5: In this matchup between the leaders of the NL West and Central, the Padres maintain their two-game lead over the Dodgers while sending the Redbirds to their seventh straight loss.
    • Houston Astros 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 4: The Astros meanwhile win their seventh straight, closing to within 1½ games of the Cardinals.
    • Cincinnati Reds 5, Florida Marlins 3: Florida is mathematically eliminated from the NL wild card race, while the Reds stay 1 game behind the Astros.
    • Washington Nationals 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3
    • Los Angeles Dodgers 11, Colorado Rockies 4: The Dodgers take a one-game lead over Philly for the NL wild card. Greg Maddux throws only 76 pitches in six innings of work, prompting Dodgers manager Grady Little to announce that Maddux can start if needed against the San Francisco Giants in their season-closing weekend series.