1 BASKETBALL Eurobasket qualifying: Great Britain v Albania
1-9 DARTS Utrecht, Holland: World Darts Trophy
2 CRICKET Headingley: Fifth One-Day Series International, England v India
2 MOTORCYCLING San Marino: MotoGP
3-9 CYCLING Fort William: Mountain Bike World Championships
5 CRICKET The Oval: Sixth One-Day Series International, England v India
5 BASKETBALL Eurobasket qualifying: Belarus v Great Britain
6-9 GOLF Crans-sur-Sierre: European Masters
6-9 GOLF Illinois: BMW Championship
6-9 SQUASH Nottingham: English Grand Prix
7-Oct 20 RUGBY UNION France: World Cup
7 ATHLETICS Zurich Outdoors
7-8 HORSE RACING Haydock Park: Sprint Cup meeting
8 FOOTBALL European Championship qualifiers: Scotland v Lithuania
8 CRICKET Lord's: Seventh One-Day Series International, England v India
8-9 GOLF Royal County Down: Walker Cup
9-15 CYCLING Tour of Britain
10 TENNIS Fed Cup final
10-30 FOOTBALL China: FIFA Women's World Cup
10-16 TENNIS Bucharest: BCR Open
10-16 TENNIS Beijing: China Open
12 FOOTBALL European Championship qualifiers: France v Scotland
12-15 HORSE RACING Doncaster: St Leger meeting
13-16 GOLF Cologne: Mercedes-Benz Championship
13-16 GOLF Georgia: Tour Championship
14-16 GOLF Halmstad: Solheim Cup
16 FORMULA 1 Spa: Belgian Grand Prix
16 MOTORCYCLING Portugal: MotoGP
17-23 TENNIS Beijing: China Women's Open
17-23 TENNIS Kolkata Women's Open
17-23 TENNIS Portoroz: Slovenia Women's Open
20-22 HORSE RACING Ayr: Western meeting
20-23 GOLF The Belfry: British Masters
22-23 ATHLETICS Stuttgart: IAAF World Final
23 MOTORCYCLING: Sep Japan: MotoGP
24-30 TENNIS Bangkok: Thailand Open
24-30 TENNIS Palermo: Sicily Championship
24-30 TENNIS Luxembourg: Fortis Women's Championships
24-30 TENNIS Seoul: Korea Women's Open
26-30 CYCLING Stuttgart: Road World Championships
27-30 GOLF Killenard: Seve Trophy
28-30 HORSE RACING Ascot: Festival meeting
30 FORMULA 1 Fuji: Japanese Grand Prix
30 ATHLETICS Gateshead: BUPA Great North Run
30 ATHLETICS Berlin Marathon