Sport Events in September 2001Sept. 2: Sri Lanka wins the Coca-Cola cup Test series defeating India 2-1 in Sri Lanka. Michael Schumacher accumulates 52 titles overall in the Formula one Grand Prix, eclipsing Alan Prost's record for most number of Grand Prix wins. Sept. 8: Govind Rao Savant (68), hockey olympian passes away in Vadodara. Sept. 9: America's Venus Williams retains the women's US Open tennis championship. Sept. 10: Australia's Lleyton Hewitt wins the men's US Open tennis championship. Sept. 12: Li Roufan of China claims the Asian women's chess championship at Chennai. Sept. 13: Former Wimbledon champion and Olympic ice hockey medallist Jaroslav Drobny (79) of Czecholovaskia passes away at London. Sept. 16: Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya seals his maiden win in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Sept. 19: Punjab's Gurpreet Singh sets a new National record in the men's 110m hurdles (14.07s), in the National inter- state athletics at Lucknow. Sept. 22: Lanka Ravi wins the National rapid chess tournament at Tirur (Kerala). Sept. 23: India's Geet Sethi lifts the Rockpool IBSF world billiards championship at Christchurch. Sept. 30: Madavrao Scindia (56), former President, Board of Control for cricket in India, dies in a plane crash. |