October 2011 in sports

Deaths in October[edit]

Sporting seasons[edit]

American football 2011[edit]

Australian rules football 2011[edit]

Australian Football League

Auto racing 2011[edit]

Baseball 2011[edit]

Basketball 2011[edit]

WNBA
Euroleague
EuroLeague Women
Eurocup
EuroChallenge
Australia
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Philippines professional:
- Philippine Cup
Philippines collegiate:
- NCAA
Russia
Spain
Turkey

Canadian football 2011[edit]

Cricket 2011[edit]

Australia:
- Sheffield Shield
- Ryobi One-Day Cup

Football (soccer) 2011[edit]

National teams competitions

International clubs competitions

Domestic (national) competitions

Argentina
Australia
Brazil
England
France
Germany
Iran
Italy
Japan
Norway
Portugal
Russia
Scotland
Spain
Major League Soccer (USA & Canada)
- MLS Cup Playoffs

Golf 2011[edit]

Ice hockey 2011[edit]

Motorcycle racing 2011[edit]

Moto GP

Rugby league 2011[edit]

Rugby union 2011[edit]

Tennis 2011[edit]

Volleyball 2011[edit]

International clubs competitions

Winter sports[edit]

Days of the month[edit]

October 31, 2011 (Monday)[edit]

- Gold medal match: Malaysia 3–0 South Korea
Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
- Central League First Stage Game 3 in Meiji Jingu: Yakult Swallows 3, Yomiuri Giants 1. Swallows win series 2–1.
Major League Baseball news: Tony La Russa, the manager of the World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals, announces his retirement with immediate effect after 33 years and 2,728 career victories as a manager.^[1]

Cricket[edit]

West Indies in Bangladesh:
- 2nd Test in Dhaka, day 3: West Indies 355 & 207/3 (71 overs, Darren Bravo 100*); Bangladesh 231 (68 overs). West Indies lead by 331 runs with 7 wickets remaining.

October 30, 2011 (Sunday)[edit]

Auto racing[edit]

Formula One:
- Indian Grand Prix in Greater Noida, India: (1) Sebastian Vettel (GER) (Red Bull–Renault) (2) Jenson Button (GBR) (McLaren–Mercedes) (3) Fernando Alonso (ESP) (Ferrari)
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 17 of 19 races): (1) Vettel 374 points (2) Button 240 (3) Alonso 227
Sprint Cup Series – Chase for the Sprint Cup:
- Tums Fast Relief 500 in Ridgeway, Virginia (all Chevrolet): (1) Tony Stewart (Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports)
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 33 of 36 races): (1) Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 2273 points (2) Stewart 2265 (3) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 2252

Badminton[edit]

BWF Super Series:
- French Super Series in Paris (CHN unless stated):
  - Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei (MAS) def. Kenichi Tago (JPN) 21–16, 21–11
  - Women's singles: Wang Xin def. Li Xuerui 21–15, 21–19
  - Men's doubles: Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae (KOR) def. Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng 14–21, 21–15, 21–11
  - Women's doubles: Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang def. Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei 26–24, 21–15
  - Mixed doubles: Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (DEN) def. Xu Chen/Ma Jin 21–17, 21–14

Baseball[edit]

Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
- Pacific League First Stage Game 2 in Sapporo: Saitama Seibu Lions 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1. Lions win series 2–0.
- Central League First Stage Game 2 in Tokyo: Yomiuri Giants 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2. Series tied 1–1.

Cricket[edit]

West Indies in Bangladesh:
- 2nd Test in Dhaka, day 2: West Indies 355 (126.4 overs; Kirk Edwards 121, Shakib Al Hasan 5/63); Bangladesh 204/7 (51 overs; Fidel Edwards 5/58). Bangladesh trail by 151 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Equestrianism[edit]

Show jumping – World Cup:
- Western European League, 3rd competition in Lyon (CSI 5*-W): Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (SWE) on Casall Katharina Offel (UKR) on Cathleen Steve Guerdat (SUI) on Nino des Buissonnets
  - Standings (after 3 competitions): (1) Pius Schwizer (SUI) 40 points (2) Bengtsson 27 (3) Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) 26
- North American League – East Coast, 6th competition in Washington, D.C. (CSI 3*-W): Nick Skelton (GBR) on Carlo Brianne Goutal (USA) on Nice de Prissey Lucy Davis (USA) on Nemo

Figure skating[edit]

ISU Grand Prix:
- Skate Canada International in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada:
  - Ice dancing: Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) 178.34 points Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) 155.99 Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA) 154.87
    - Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Virtue/Moir & Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) 15 points (1 event), Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat (FRA) & Weaver/Poje 13 (1), Cappellini/Lanotte & Isabella Tobias/Deividas Stagniūnas (LTU) 11 (1).

Football (soccer)[edit]

CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Maghreb de Fès 1–0 (1–2) Inter Luanda. 2–2 on aggregate; Maghreb de Fès win on away goals.
OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 1:
- Group A: Ba 2–1 Mont-Dore
MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals, first leg:
- Western Conference: New York Red Bulls 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy
- Eastern Conference:
  - Colorado Rapids 0–2 Sporting Kansas City
  - Philadelphia Union 1–2 Houston Dynamo
Premier League, matchday 28 (team in bold qualify for Champions League):
- Molde 2–2 Strømsgodset
- Rosenborg 3–6 Brann
  - Standings: Molde 55 points, Tromsø 47, Rosenborg 46.
    - Molde win the title for the first time.

Golf[edit]

European Tour:
- Andalucía Masters in Sotogrande, Spain:
  - Winner: Sergio García (ESP) 278 (−6)
    - García wins for the second consecutive week, for his tenth European Tour title.

Multi-sport events[edit]

Pan American Games, day 17 in Guadalajara, Mexico:
- Athletics:
  - Men's marathon: Solonei da Silva (BRA) 2:16:37 Diego Colorado (COL) 2:17:13 Juan Carlos Cardona (COL) 2:18:20
- Basketball:
  - Men's tournament: Puerto Rico Mexico United States
- Rugby sevens:
  - Men's tournament: Canada Argentina United States

Short track speed skating[edit]

World Cup 2 in Saguenay, Canada:
- Women's 500m (2): Arianna Fontana (ITA) 44.279 Martina Valcepina (ITA) 44.353 Liu Qiuhong (CHN) 44.419
  - Standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Valcepina 2400 points (2) Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) 2000 (3) Liu 1608
- Women's 1000m: St-Gelais 1:30.710 Elise Christie (GBR) 1:30.900 Cho Ha-Ri (KOR) 1:30.908
  - Standings (after 2 of 8 events): (1) Yui Sakai (JPN) 1410 points (2) Christie 1128 (3) St-Gelais 1035
- Women's 3000m relay: China (Fan Kexin, Li Jianrou, Liu, Xiao Han) 4:13.559 Canada (Marie-Eve Drolet, Valérie Maltais, St-Gelais, Caroline Truchon) 4:13.728 Japan (Ayuko Ito, Sakai, Sayuri Shimizu, Marie Yoshida) 4:16.886
  - Standings (after 2 of 6 events): (1) China 2000 points (2) Canada 1312 (3) South Korea 1210
- Men's 500m (2): François-Louis Tremblay (CAN) 41.655 Guillaume Bastille (CAN) 41.746 Liang Wenhao (CHN) 41.801
  - Standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Jon Eley (GBR) 1840 points (2) Charles Hamelin (CAN) 1600 (3) Tremblay 1262
- Men's 1000m: Hamelin 1:28.748 Michael Gilday (CAN) 1:28.835 Olivier Jean (CAN) 1:28.979
  - Standings (after 2 of 8 events): (1) Kwak Yoon-Gy (KOR) 1512 points (2) Noh Jin-Kyu (KOR) 1128 (3) Hamelin 1000
- Men's 5000m relay: South Korea (Kwak, Lee Ho-Suk, Noh, Sin Da Woon) 6:48.401 Russia (Semen Elistratov, Vladimir Grigorev, Evgeny Kozulin, Viacheslav Kurginian) 6:49.808 Canada (Jean, Gilday, Hamelin, Tremblay) 6:55.598
  - Standings (after 2 of 6 events): (1) Korea & Canada 1640 points (3) Russia & Great Britain 1210

Tennis[edit]

ATP World Tour:
- Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria:
  - Final: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) def. Juan Martín del Potro (ARG) 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4
    - Tsonga wins his second title of the year and seventh of his career.
- St. Petersburg Open in Saint Petersburg, Russia:
  - Final: Marin Čilić (CRO) def. Janko Tipsarević (SRB) 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
    - Čilić wins the sixth title of his career.
WTA Tour:
- WTA Tour Championships in Istanbul, Turkey:
  - Final: Petra Kvitová (CZE) def. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
    - Kvitová wins her sixth title of the year and seventh of her career.

October 29, 2011 (Saturday)[edit]

Baseball[edit]

Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series:
- Pacific League First Stage Game 1 in Sapporo: Saitama Seibu Lions 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 (F/11). Lions lead series 1–0.
- Central League First Stage Game 1 in Tokyo: Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3, Yomiuri Giants 2. Swallows lead series 1–0.

Cricket[edit]

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE:
- 2nd Test in Dubai, day 4: Sri Lanka 239 & 257 (109.5 overs; Saeed Ajmal 5/68); Pakistan 403 & 94/1 (24.1 overs). Pakistan win by 9 wickets; lead 3-match series 1–0.
West Indies in Bangladesh:
- 2nd Test in Dhaka, day 1: West Indies 253/5 (90 overs); Bangladesh.
England in India:
- Only T20I in Kolkata: India 120/9 (20 overs); England 121/4 (18.4 overs). England win by 6 wickets.

Figure skating[edit]

ISU Grand Prix:
- Skate Canada International in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada:
  - Ladies: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) 177.38 points Akiko Suzuki (JPN) 172.26 Ashley Wagner (USA) 165.48
    - Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Alissa Czisny (USA) & Tuktamysheva 15 points (1 event), Carolina Kostner (ITA) & Suzuki 13 (1), Viktoria Helgesson (SWE) & Wagner 11 (1).
  - Pairs: Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov (RUS) 201.38 points Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (CHN) 180.82 Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN) 174.84
    - Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER) & Volosozhar/Trankov 15 points (1 event), Zhang Hao/Zhang Dan (CHN) & Sui/Han 13 (1), Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch (CAN) & Duhamel/Radford 11 (1).
  - Men: Patrick Chan (CAN) 253.74 points Javier Fernández (ESP) 250.33 Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) 237.87
    - Standings (after 2 of 6 events): Kevin van der Perren (BEL) 16 points, Michal Březina (CZE) & Chan 15 (1), Denis Ten (KAZ) 14, Fernández 13 (1), Takahiko Kozuka (JPN) & Takahashi 11 (1).

Football (soccer)[edit]

CAF Confederation Cup Semifinals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Club Africain 0–0 (1–0) Sunshine Stars. Club Africain win 1–0 on aggregate.
AFC Cup Final in Qarshi, Uzbekistan: Nasaf Qarshi 2–1 Al-Kuwait
- Nasaf Qarshi win the title for the first time.
OFC Champions League group stage Matchday 1:
- Group A: Waitakere United 10–0 Tefana
- Group B:
  - Amicale 1–1 Hekari United
  - Koloale 1–4 Auckland City
MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals, first leg:
- Western Conference: Real Salt Lake 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC
Premier League, matchday 32 (team in bold qualify for Champions League):
- Shakhter 2–0 Astana
- Irtysh 2–1 Zhetysu
  - Standings: Shakhter 42 points, Zhetysu 38, Aktobe 34, Astana 33.
    - Shakhter win the title for the first time.

Mixed martial arts[edit]

UFC 137 in Las Vegas, United States (USA unless stated):
- Welterweight bout: Nick Diaz def. B.J. Penn via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–27, 29–28)
- Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo (FRA) def. Matt Mitrione via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–27, 29–28)
- Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson def. Mirko Filipović (CRO) via TKO (punches)
- Bantamweight bout: Scott Jorgensen def. Jeff Curran via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)
- Featherweight bout: Hatsu Hioki (JPN) def. George Roop via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)

Multi-sport events[edit]

Pan American Games, day 16 in Guadalajara, Mexico:
- Athletics:
  - Men's 50 kilometres walk: Horacio Nava (MEX) 3:48:58 José Ojeda (MEX) 3:49:16 Jaime Quiyuch (GUA) 3:50:33
- Boxing:
  - Men's Flyweight: Robeisy Ramírez (CUB) Dagoberto Agüero (DOM) Braulio Ávila (MEX) & Julião Henriques (BRA)
  - Men's Lightweight: Yasniel Toledo (CUB) Robson Conceição (BRA) Ángel Suárez (PUR) & Ángel Gutiérrez (MEX)
  - Men's Welterweight: Carlos Banteux (CUB) Óscar Molina (MEX) Mian Hussain (CAN) & Myke Carvalho (BRA)
  - Men's Light heavyweight: Julio la Cruz (CUB) Yamaguchi Florentino (BRA) Armando Pina (MEX) & Carlos Góngora (ECU)
  - Men's Super heavyweight: Ytalo Perea (ECU) Juan Hiracheta (MEX) Gerardo Bisbal (PUR) & Isaia Mena (COL)
  - Women's Flyweight: Mandy Bujold (CAN) Ingrit Valencia (COL) Karlha Magliocco (VEN) & Pamela Benavídez (ARG)
  - Women's Light welterweight: Kiria Tapia (PUR) Erika Cruz (MEX) Sandra Bizier (CAN) & Adela Peralta (ARG)
- Canoeing:
  - Men's K-1 200 metres: César de Cesare (ECU) 35.971 Miguel Correa (ARG) 36.349 Ryan Dolan (USA) 36.547
  - Men's C-1 200 metres: Richard Dalton (CAN) 40.333 Nivalter Jesus (BRA) 40.619 Roleysi Baez (CUB) 41.403
  - Men's K-2 200 metres: Ryan Cochrane/Hugues Fournel (CAN) 32.375 Correa/Ruben Resola (ARG) 32.494 Givago Ribeiro/Gilvan Ribeiro (BRA) 32.902
  - Women's K-2 500 metres: Dayexi Gandarela/Yulitza Meneses (CUB) 1:47.332 Sabrina Ameghino/Alexandra Keresztesi (ARG) 1:48.005 Margaret Hogan/Kaitlyn McElroy (USA) 1:48.718
  - Women's K-1 200 metres: Carrie Johnson (USA) 41.803 Darisleydis Amador (CUB) 41.840 Ameghino 42.685
- Diving:
  - Men's 10 metre platform: Iván García (MEX) 553.80 points Rommel Pacheco (MEX) 508.20 Sebastián Villa (COL) 471.05
  - Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard: Paola Espinosa/Laura Sánchez (MEX) 338.70 points Jennifer Abel/Émilie Heymans (CAN) 336.30 Kassidy Cook/Cassidy Krug (USA) 319.50
- Equestrian:
  - Individual jumping: Christine McCrea (USA) 0.88 penalties Beezie Madden (USA) 1.00 Bernardo Alves (BRA) 2.09
- Fencing:
  - Men's team sabre: United States Canada Brazil
  - Women's team épée: United States Canada Mexico
- Field hockey:
  - Men's tournament: Argentina Canada Chile
    - Argentina qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
- Judo:
  - Women's 48 kg: Paula Pareto (ARG) Dayaris Mestre (CUB) Angela Woosley (USA) & Sarah Menezes (BRA)
  - Women's 52 kg: Yanet Bermoy (CUB) Érika Miranda (BRA) Angelica Delgado (USA) & Yulieth Sánchez (COL)
  - Men's 60 kg: Felipe Kitadai (BRA) Nabor Castillo (MEX) Aaron Kunihiro (USA) & Juan Postigos (PER)
- Karate:
  - Men's 67 kg: Daniel Viveros (ECU) Dennis Novo (CUB) Daniel Carrillo (MEX) & Jean Carlos Peña (VEN)
  - Men's 75 kg: Dionicio Gustavo (DOM) Thomas Scott (USA) Lester Zamora (CUB) & David Dubó (CHI)
  - Women's 55 kg: Shannon Nishi (USA) Karina Díaz (DOM) Valéria Kumizaki (BRA) & Jessy Reyes (CHI)
  - Women's 61 kg: Bertha Gutiérrez (MEX) Alexandra Grande (PER) Daniela Suárez (VEN) & Marisca Verspaget (AHO)
- Volleyball:
  - Men's tournament: Brazil Cuba Argentina
- Water polo:
  - Men's tournament: United States Canada Brazil
    - United States qualify for the 2012 Olympics.

Rugby league[edit]

Four Nations in England and Wales:
- Round one in Leigh: England 42–4 Wales
Autumn International Series in Perpignan, France: France 44–10 Scotland

Rugby union[edit]

Currie Cup Final in Johannesburg: Golden Lions 42–16 Sharks
- The Golden Lions win the title for the tenth time.

Short track speed skating[edit]

World Cup 2 in Saguenay, Canada:
- Women's 500m (1): Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) 44.246 Martina Valcepina (ITA) 44.511 Liu Qiuhong (CHN) 44.548
  - Standings (after 2 of 8 events): (1) St-Gelais 2000 points (2) Valcepina 1600 (3) Liu 968
- Women's 1500m: Arianna Fontana (ITA) 2:27.806 Lee Eun-Byul (KOR) 2:28.896 Cho Ha-Ri (KOR) 2:28.932
  - Standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Lee 2240 points (2) Katherine Reutter (USA) 2000 (3) Valérie Maltais (CAN) 1312
- Men's 500m (1): Olivier Jean (CAN) 41.874 Charles Hamelin (CAN) 41.976 Vladimir Grigorev (RUS) 42.040
  - Standings (after 2 of 8 events): (1) Hamelin 1600 points (2) Jon Eley (GBR) 1512 (3) Jean 1000
- Men's 1500m: Noh Jin-Kyu (KOR) 2:17.925 Kwak Yoon-Gy (KOR) 2:18.008 Yuzo Takamido (JPN) 2:18.210
  - Standings (after 3 of 8 events): (1) Noh 2000 points (2) Kwak 1600 (3) Paul Herrmann (GER) 1056

Snowboarding[edit]

World Cup in London, United Kingdom:
- Big Air: Janne Korpi (FIN) 184.0 points Seppe Smits (BEL) 182.2 Joris Ouwerkerk (NED) 152.8
  - Freestyle Overall standings: (1) Korpi 2000 points (2) Dimi de Jong (NED) 860 (3) Zhang Yiwei (CHN) & Smits 800

October 28, 2011 (Friday)[edit]

Baseball[edit]

World Series:
- Game 7 in St. Louis: St. Louis Cardinals 6, Texas Rangers 2. Cardinals win series 4–3.
  - The Cardinals win the World Series for the first time since 2006, and the eleventh time overall.
  - The Rangers become the first team to lose consecutive World Series since the Atlanta Braves in 1991 and 1992.
  - Cardinals third baseman David Freese is named series MVP to become the sixth player to win World Series MVP and a League Championship Series MVP in the same postseason.

Cricket[edit]

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE:
- 2nd Test in Dubai, day 3: Sri Lanka 239 & 88/1 (45 overs); Pakistan 403 (141.1 overs). Sri Lanka trail by 76 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
Australia in South Africa:
- 3rd ODI in Durban: South Africa 222/6 (50 overs); Australia 227/7 (47.3 overs). Australia win by 3 wickets; win 3-match series 2–1.

Multi-sport events[edit]

Pan American Games, day 15 in Guadalajara, Mexico:
- Athletics:
  - Women's 3000 metres steeplechase: Sara Hall (USA) 10:03.16 Ángela Figueroa (COL) 10:10.14 Sabine Heitling (BRA) 10:10.98
  - Women's 4 × 100 metres relay: Brazil (Ana Cláudia Lemos, Vanda Gomes, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos) 42.85 United States (Kenyanna Wilson, Barbara Pierre, Yvette Lewis, Chastity Riggien) 43.10 Colombia (Lina Flórez, Jennifer Padilla, Yomara Hinestroza, Norma González) 43.44
  - Women's 4 × 400 metres relay: Cuba (Aymée Martínez, Diosmely Peña, Susana Clement, Daisurami Bonne) 3:28.09 Brazil (Joelma Sousa, Geisa Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Jailma de Lima) 3:29.59 Colombia (Princesa Oliveros, Norma González, Evelis Aguilar, Jennifer Padilla) 3:29.94
  - Women's discus throw: Yarelys Barrios (CUB) 66.40m Aretha Thurmond (USA) 59.53m Denia Caballero (CUB) 58.63m
  - Women's triple jump: Caterine Ibargüen (COL) 14.92m Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 14.36m Mabel Gay (CUB) 14.28m
  - Men's 110 metres hurdles: Dayron Robles (CUB) 13.10 Paulo Villar (COL) 13.27 Orlando Ortega (CUB) 13.30
  - Men's 800 metres: Andy González (CUB) 1:45.58 Kléberson Davide (BRA) 1:45.75 Raidel Acea (CUB) 1:46.23
  - Men's 3000 metres steeplechase: José Peña (VEN) 8:48.19 Hudson de Souza (BRA) 8:48.75 José Alberto Sánchez (CUB) 8:49.75
  - Men's 4 × 100 metres relay: Brazil (Ailson Feitosa, Sandro Viana, Nilson André, Bruno de Barros) 38.18 Saint Kitts and Nevis (Jason Rogers, Antoine Adams, Delwayne Delaney, Brijesh Lawrence) 38.81 United States (Calesio Newman, Jeremy Dodson, Rubin Williams, Monzavous Edwards) 39.17
  - Men's 4 × 400 metres relay: Cuba (Noel Ruiz, Yoandri Betanzos, Omar Cisneros, William Collazo) 2:59.43 Dominican Republic (Arismendy Peguero, Luguelín Santos, Yoel Tapia, Gustavo Cuesta) 3:00.44 Venezuela (Arturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Acevedo, Omar Longart) 3:00.82
  - Men's javelin throw: Guillermo Martínez (CUB) 87.20m Cyrus Hostetler (USA) 82.24m Braian Toledo (ARG) 79.53m
  - Men's pole vault: Lázaro Borges (CUB) 5.80m Jeremy Scott (USA) 5.60m Giovanni Lanaro (MEX) 5.50m
- Boxing:
  - Men's Light flyweight: Joselito Velázquez (MEX) Yosbany Veitia (CUB) Jantony Ortiz (PUR) & Juan Medina Herrad (DOM)
  - Men's Bantamweight: Lázaro Alvárez (CUB) Óscar Valdez (MEX) Ángel Rodríguez (VEN) & Robenílson Vieira de Jesus (BRA)
  - Men's Light welterweight: Roniel Iglesias (CUB) Valentino Knowles (BAH) Éverton Lopes (BRA) & Joelvis Hernández (VEN)
  - Men's Middleweight: Emilio Correa (CUB) Jaime Cortez (ECU) Juan Carlos Rodríguez (VEN) & Brody Blair (CAN)
  - Men's Heavyweight: Lenier Pero (CUB) Julio Castillo (ECU) Yamil Peralta (ARG) & Anderson Emmanuel (BRB)
  - Women's Flyweight: Mary Spencer (CAN) Yenebier Guillén (DOM) Pamela Benavídez (ARG) & Karlha Magliocco (VEN)
- Canoeing:
  - Men's K-1 1000 metres: Jorge García (CUB) 3:41.257 Daniel Dal Bo (ARG) 3:43.038 Philippe Duchesneau (CAN) 3:44.504
  - Men's C-1 1000 metres: Everardo Cristóbal (MEX) 4:03.288 Reydel Ramos (CUB) 4:03.973 Johnnathan Tafra (CHI) 4:05.323
  - Men's K-2 1000 metres: Steven Jorens/Richard Dessureault-Dober (CAN) 3:17.230 Reinier Torres/García (CUB) 3:19.158 Pablo de Torres/Roberto Sallette (ARG) 3:19.599
  - Men's C-2 1000 metres: Karel Aguilar Chacón/Serguey Torres (CUB) 3:39.280 Erlon Silva/Ronilson Oliveira (BRA) 3:40.482 Ronny Ratia/Anderson Ramos (VEN) 3:40.990
  - Women's K-1 500 metres: Carrie Johnson (USA) 1:54.243 Émilie Fournel (CAN) 1:54.900 Alexandra Keresztesi (ARG) 1:55.764
- Diving:
  - Men's synchronized 10 metre platform: Iván García/Germán Sánchez (MEX) 479.88 points Jeinkler Aguirre/José Guerra (CUB) 447.57 Kevin Geyson/Eric Sehn (CAN) 399.93
  - Women's 3 metre springboard: Laura Sánchez (MEX) 374.60 points Cassidy Krug (USA) 372.65 Paola Espinosa (MEX) 356.20
- Fencing:
  - Men's team foil: United States Canada Brazil
  - Women's team sabre: United States Mexico Venezuela
- Field hockey:
  - Women's tournament: United States Argentina Chile
    - United States qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
- Football:
  - Men's tournament: Mexico Argentina Uruguay
- Gymnastics:
  - Men's horizontal bar: Paul Ruggeri (USA) 15.650 points Jossimar Calvo (COL) 14.825 Ángel Ramos (PUR) 14.625
  - Men's parallel bars: Daniel Corral (MEX) 15.525 points Jorge Giraldo (COL), Luis Vargas (PUR) & Ruggeri 14.825
  - Men's vault: Diego Hypólito (BRA) 15.875 points Tomás González (CHI) 15.587 Hugh Smith (CAN) 15.575
  - Women's balance beam: Ana Sofía Gómez (GUA) 14.175 points Kristina Vaculik (CAN) 13.925 Daniele Hypólito (BRA) 13.750
  - Women's floor: Ana Lago (MEX) 13.800 points Mikaela Gerber (CAN) 13.775 Hypólito 13.750
- Judo:
  - Women's 57 kg: Yurisleidy Lupetey (CUB) Rafaela Silva (judoka) (BRA) Joliane Melançon (CAN) & Hana Carmichael (USA)
  - Women's 63 kg: Yaritza Abel (CUB) Karina Acosta (MEX) Christal Ransom (USA) & Stéfanie Tremblay (CAN)
  - Men's 66 kg: Leandro Cunha (BRA) Kenneth Hashimoto (USA) Anyelo Gómez (CUB) & Ricardo Valderrama (VEN)
  - Men's 73 kg: Bruno Silva (BRA) Alejandro Clara (ARG) Ronald Girones (CUB) & Nick Tritton (CAN)
- Karate:
  - Men's 60 kg: Andrés Rendón (COL) Norberto Sosa (DOM) Douglas Brose (BRA) & Miguel Soffia (CHI)
  - Men's 84 kg: César Herrera (VEN) Jorge Pérez (DOM) Homero Morales (MEX) & Alexandru Sorin (CAN)
  - Women's 50 kg: Ana Villanueva (DOM) Gabriela Bruna (CHI) Jéssica Cândido (BRA) & Cheili González (GUA)
  - Women's 68 kg: Lucélia Ribeiro (BRA) Yadira Lira (MEX) Yoly Guillén (VEN) & Yoandra Moreno (CUB)
- Water polo:
  - Women's tournament: United States Canada Brazil
    - United States qualify for the 2012 Olympics.

Rugby league[edit]

Four Nations in England and Wales:
- Round one in Warrington: Australia 26–12 New Zealand

October 27, 2011 (Thursday)[edit]

Baseball[edit]

World Series:
- Game 6 in St. Louis: St. Louis Cardinals 10, Texas Rangers 9 (F/11). Series tied 3–3.

Basketball[edit]

Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 2:
- Group A:
  - Olympiacos 81–74 Fenerbahçe Ülker
  - SLUC Nancy 87–73 Bilbao Basket
    - Standings: Caja Laboral 2–0, SLUC Nancy, Bilbao Basket, Bennet Cantù, Olympiacos 1–1, Fenerbahçe Ülker 0–2.
- Group C:
  - Real Madrid 85–78 EA7 Emporio Armani
  - Maccabi Tel Aviv 70–66 Partizan Mt:s Belgrade
    - Standings: Real Madrid 2–0, EA7 Emporio Armani, Anadolu Efes, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Spirou Charleroi 1–1, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 0–2.
- Group D:
  - Galatasaray Medical Park 64–68 UNICS Kazan
  - Montepaschi Siena 79–57 Union Olimpija Ljubljana
  - FC Barcelona Regal 88–61 Asseco Prokom Gdynia
    - Standings: FC Barcelona Regal, Montepaschi Siena 2–0, Galatasaray Medical Park, UNICS Kazan 1–1, Asseco Prokom Gdynia, Union Olimpija Ljubljana 0–2.

Cricket[edit]

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE:
- 2nd Test in Dubai, day 2: Sri Lanka 239; Pakistan 281/4 (99 overs; Azhar Ali 100). Pakistan lead by 42 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Football (soccer)[edit]

UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying Matchday 4:
- Group 2:
  - Kazakhstan 0–4 Spain
  - Romania 7–1 Turkey
    - Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): Spain 9 points (3 matches), Germany 6 (2), Romania 6, Kazakhstan 4, Switzerland 3 (3), Turkey 1.
- Group 3: Bulgaria 0–4 Hungary
  - Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Iceland 13 points (5 matches), Norway 6, Belgium 4, Northern Ireland 3 (2), Hungary 3 (4), Bulgaria 0.
- Group 4: Scotland 2–2 Wales
  - Standings (after 4 matches unless stated): France 12 points, Republic of Ireland 6 (3), Scotland 4 (2), Wales 1 (3), Israel 0.
- Group 5: Belarus 2–2 Finland
  - Standings (after 2 matches unless stated): Finland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus 4 points, Estonia 0 (4).
- Group 6:
  - Croatia 3–3 Slovenia
  - Netherlands 0–0 England
    - Standings (after 3 matches unless stated): Netherlands 7 points, England 5, Serbia 4, Croatia 1 (2), Slovenia 1.
MLS Cup Playoffs Play-in round: Colorado Rapids 1–0 Columbus Crew