8 September 2007 (Saturday)
- Tennis:
- 2007 U.S. Open - Women's Singles
- Justine Henin def. Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1 6–3
- 2007 U.S. Open - Women's Singles
- American football:
- NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
- (2) LSU 48, (9) Virginia Tech 7
- (3) West Virginia 48, Marshall 23
- (4) Florida 59, Troy 31
- (5) Oklahoma 51, Miami (FL) 13
- (5) Wisconsin 20, UNLV 13
- (7) Texas 34, (19) TCU 13
- (10) California 34, Colorado State 28
- South Carolina 16, (11) Georgia 12
- (12) Ohio State 20, Akron 2
- Ohio State leads only 3–2 at halftime but goes on to win with defense. The Zips get only three first downs and are forced to punt a school-record 14 times.
- (13) UCLA 27, BYU 17
- (14) Penn State 31, Notre Dame 10
- (16) Nebraska 20, Wake Forest 17
- A late end-zone interception helps the Cornhuskers avoid a major upset.
- South Florida 26, (17) Auburn 23 (OT)
- (20) Hawaiʻi 45, Louisiana Tech 44 (OT)
- (21) Georgia Tech 69, Samford 14
- Washington 24, (22) Boise State 10
- The Huskies end the Broncos' 14-game winning streak, which had been the nation's longest.
- (23) Texas A&M 47, Fresno State 45 (3 OT)
- (24) Tennessee 39, Southern Miss 19
- (25) Clemson 49, UL-Monroe 26
- Other games:
- Oregon 39, Michigan 7
- The Ducks provide the Wolverines their most-lopsided loss since 1968. Ducks quarterback Dennis Dixon throws for three touchdowns and runs for a fourth.
- Oregon 39, Michigan 7
- NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR: Chevy Rock & Roll 400 near Richmond, Virginia.
- (1) Jimmie Johnson (2) Tony Stewart (3) David Ragan
- Johnson wins his sixth race of the season, and his second in a row. Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer clinch the last two spots in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup.
- Basketball:
- EuroBasket 2007 in Spain – qualifying phase; teams securing a quarterfinal berth are in bold
- Group F: France 78–66 Germany
- Group F: Lithuania 79–74 Italy
- Group F: Slovenia 66–51 Turkey
- EuroBasket 2007 in Spain – qualifying phase; teams securing a quarterfinal berth are in bold
- Figure skating:
- 2007 Junior Grand Prix Harghita Cup
- Ladies singles:
Gold: Chrissy Hughes
Silver: Alena Leonova
Bronze: Rumi Suizu
- Ladies singles:
- 2007 Junior Grand Prix Harghita Cup
- Football (soccer) 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
- Group A: Serbia 0 – 0 Finland
- Group A: Portugal 2 – 2 Poland
- Group B: Scotland 3 – 1 Lithuania
- Group B: Georgia 1 – 1 Ukraine
- Group B: Italy 0 – 0 France
- Group C: Hungary 1 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Group C: Malta 2 – 2 Turkey
- Group C: Moldova 0 – 1 Norway
- Group D: Wales 0 – 2 Germany
- Group D: San Marino 0 – 3 Czech Republic
- Group D: Slovakia 2 – 2 Republic of Ireland
- Group E: England 3 – 0 Israel
- Group E: Russia 3 – 0 Macedonia
- Group E: Croatia 2 – 0 Estonia
- Group F: Latvia 1 – 0 Northern Ireland
- Group F: Iceland 1 – 1 Spain
- Group F: Sweden 0 – 0 Denmark
- Group G: Luxembourg 0 – 3 Slovenia
- Group G: Belarus 1 – 3 Romania
- Group G: Netherlands 2 – 0 Bulgaria
- Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
- Pool A: England 28 – 10 United States at Lens
- Pool B: Australia 91 – 3 Japan at Lyon
- Pool C: New Zealand 76 – 14 Italy at Marseille
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- England 188/3 (36.2 ov.) beat India 187 (47.3 ov.) by 7 wickets
- England win the 7-match series 4–3.
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 2007 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa:
- 20,000 people attend the closing ceremony.
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