More than three decades after the Washington Senators were moved away from Washington, DC, city officials there announce that Major League Baseball will return to the city in 2005: the city's relocation bid for the Montreal Expos has been accepted, ending years of uncertainty about the future of that franchise. (5 pm EDT)
Sue Bird breaks her nose and requires a brief visit to a hospital, but her Seattle Storm win their first WNBA playoff series ever, beating the Minnesota Lynx 64-54 to win their opening round series, 2 games to 0. (ESPN) (http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/recap?gameId=240927014)
Formula 1: The inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai entertains the crowd of nearly 200,000 with an exciting race, won by BrazilianRubens Barrichello, separated by less than 1.5 seconds from second place BritonJenson Button and Finn Kimi Räikkönen in third place. (Guardian) (http://sport.guardian.co.uk/formulaone/story/0,10069,1313456,00.html)
The San Francisco 49ers are shut out for the first time since 1977 in a 34-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. (Yahoo/AP) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20040926026)
The Jacksonville Jaguars are 3-0 for the first time since 1998 after a last-second 15-12 win over the Tennessee Titans. (Yahoo/AP) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20040926010)
The Kansas City Chiefs likewise fall to 0-3 after being beat in the final seconds by the Houston Texans, 24-21. (Yahoo/AP) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20040926012)
Boxing: James Toney scores an eighth-round knockdown, on his way to a twelve-round unanimous decision win over Rydell Booker. (BoxingCentral) (http://www.boxing-central.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4990)
Football (soccer): Today's scheduled UEFA Cup First round, first leg, match between Maccabi Petach-Tikva and Heerenveen is cancelled when a general strike in Israel prevents the Dutch team from travelling to the match. The tie will be decided by one match in the Netherlands on September 30, when the away goals rule will not apply. (UEFA.com) (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/news/Kind=1/newsId=233589.html)
Golf: In the final day's play in the 2004 Ryder Cup, Lee Westwood sinks the putt that ensures that Europe retains the Ryder Cup, and Colin Montgomerie sinks the putt that gives Team Europe an outright victory, as the European team defeats the United States of America 18½ to 9½. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/3670968.stm)
Cricket, ICC Champions Trophy: In pool C, Pakistan beat India by three wickets at Edgbaston. In the held-over pool B match from yesterday, the West Indies beat South Africa by five wickets at The Oval. Both Pakistan and the West Indies now qualify for the semi-finals. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/3670542.stm)(BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/3666028.stm)
Boxing: Bernard Hopkins retains his IBF, WBA, and WBC world Middleweight titles, while adding the WBO one, knocking out Oscar De La Hoya in nine rounds at Las Vegas, Nevada. It is De La Hoya's first career knockout loss.
Golf: After the second day's play in the 2004 Ryder Cup, Europe leads the United States 11-5. The U.S. took the morning's fourballs 2½ to 1½, and Europe won the afternoon's foursomes 3-1. Europe needs just three points from Sunday's twelve singles matches to retain the trophy. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/3669748.stm)
Cricket, ICC Champions Trophy: In pool D, England beat Sri Lanka by 49 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method after rain caused the match to be abandoned before Sri Lanka's innings was complete. England now qualify for the semi-finals. The pool B match between South Africa and the West Indies is also interrupted by rain and will conclude tomorrow. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/3666882.stm)
Golf: Europe leads the United States 6½ to 1½ at the end of the first day of the 35th Ryder Cup Matches at Oakland Hills Country Club in suburban Detroit. Europe led the morning's fourball matches 3½ to ½ and extended the lead by taking the afternoon foursomes 3 matches to 1. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/leaderboard2/3666148.stm)(BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/3665078.stm)
Cricket, ICC Champions Trophy: In pool D, the match between England and Sri Lanka is interrupted by rain with England on 118-3 after 31 overs. The match will resume tomorrow. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/3666882.stm)
Baseball: Japanese Baseball players announce they will go on strike for the first time in history. The strike is made in protest of a proposed merger between the Orix Blue Wave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes. (ESPN.com) (http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=1883405)
Baseball: Frank Francisco of the Texas Rangers gets suspended for the rest of the season, stemming from an altercation where he hit a woman on her nose with a chair in a game against the Oakland A's.
Football (soccer): UEFA announce that their disciplinary panel will meet on 21 September to determine AS Roma's punishment for the violence which caused last night's UEFA Champions League match against Dynamo Kyiv to be abandoned at half time. When there was violence at Roma's ground two years ago at a Champions League match against Galatasaray, also refereed by Anders Frisk, Roma were fined about €350 thousand, leading to speculation that there will be a more severe punishment this time. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/3661010.stm)
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