Deaths in August
15: Rick Rypien
17: Pierre Quinon
28: Len Ganley
Current sporting seasons
Australian rules football 2011
Australian Football League
Auto racing 2011
Formula One
Sprint Cup
Nationwide Series
Camping World Truck Series
IRL IndyCar Series
World Rally Championship
WTTC
V8 Supercar
Formula Two
GP2 Series
GP3 Series
American Le Mans
Le Mans Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
FIA GT1 World Championship
Auto GP
World Series by Renault
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Super GT
Baseball 2011
Major League Baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball
Basketball 2011
WNBA
Philippines collegiate: NCAA UAAP
Canadian football 2011
Canadian Football League
Cricket 2011
England: County Championship Clydesdale Bank 40 Friends Life t20
Football (soccer) 2011
National teams competitions
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
International clubs competitions
UEFA (Europe) Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Women's Champions League
Copa Sudamericana
AFC (Asia) Champions League
AFC Cup
CAF (Africa) Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League
Domestic (national) competitions
Argentina
Brazil
England
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Norway
Portugal
Russia
Scotland
Spain
Major League Soccer (USA & Canada) Women's Professional Soccer (USA)
Golf 2011
PGA Tour
European Tour
LPGA Tour
Champions Tour
Motorcycle racing 2011
Moto GP
Superbike World Championship
Supersport World Championship
Rugby league 2011
Super League
NRL
Rugby union 2011
Top 14
Currie Cup
ITM Cup
Tennis 2011
ATP World Tour
WTA Tour
Volleyball 2011
National teams competitions
World Grand Prix
Winter sports
ISU Junior Grand Prix
Days of the month
August 31, 2011 (Wednesday)
Athletics
World Championships in Daegu, South Korea: Women's 20 kilometres walk: Olga Kaniskina 1:29:42 Liu Hong 1:30:00 Anisya Kirdyapkina 1:30:12 Kaniskina wins the event for the third successive time.
Basketball
EuroBasket in Lithuania: Group A in Panevėžys: 83–78 79–56 80–69 Group B in Šiauliai: 80–68 89–78 91–64 Group C in Alytus: 70–65 (OT) 76–67 84–79 Group D in Klaipėda: 59–81 67–59 73–64 FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina: Group A: 89–92 57–69 Standings: Dominican Republic, Brazil 4 points (2 games), Venezuela 2 (2), , Canada 1 (1). Group B: 101–55 86–51 Standings: Puerto Rico, Argentina 4 points (2 games), Paraguay 2 (2), , Uruguay 1 (1).
Cricket
Australia in Sri Lanka: 1st Test in Galle, day 1: 273 (86.4 overs); . India in England: Only T20 in Manchester: 165 (19.4/20 overs); 169/4 (19.3/20 overs). England win by 6 wickets.
Cycling
Grand Tours: Vuelta a España, Stage 11: David Moncoutié () 4h 38' 00" Beñat Intxausti () + 1' 18" Luis León Sánchez () + 1' 18" General classification (after stage 11): (1) Bradley Wiggins () 42h 50' 41" (2) Chris Froome () + 7" (3) Vincenzo Nibali () + 11"
Football (soccer) Copa Sudamericana Second stage, first leg: Lanús 2–2 Godoy Cruz
Tennis
Grand Slams: US Open in New York City, United States, day 3: Men's singles, first round: Andy Murray [4] def. Somdev Devvarman 7–6(5), 6–2, 6–3 Julien Benneteau def. Nicolás Almagro [10] 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 Women's singles, second round: Vera Zvonareva [2] def. Kateryna Bondarenko 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 Maria Sharapova [3] def. Anastasiya Yakimova 6–1, 6–1 Christina McHale def. Marion Bartoli [8] 7–6(2), 6–2 Samantha Stosur [9] def. CoCo Vandeweghe 6–3, 6–4
August 30, 2011 (Tuesday)