Sport Events in September 1998
6th Sep
Cuba claims top spot in the World women's Grand Prix volleyball championship in Chennai.
8th Sep
Sebastian Xavier equals Asian championship record in the 50m freestyle (22.89 s) in the National aquatic championship in Bangalore.
9th Sep
Karnataka claims overall championship while Richa Misra (Delhi) and Kailash Nath (Services) the women's and men's individual titles in the senior National aquatic championships in Bangalore.
12th Sep
Lindsay Davenport wins her maiden Grand Slam title, beating defending champion Martina Hingis in the U.S. Open.
13th Sep
Patrick Rafter retains the U.S. Open men's singles title, beating Mark Philippoussis in the final.
20th Sep
India loses the fifth and final match of the Sahara Cup by five wickets and Pakistan wins the series 4-1 at Toronto.
21st Sep
American sprinter, Olympic star and 100m & 200m women's world record holder Florence Griffith Joyner dies of a seizure in Los Angeles. She was 38. India, with seven gold, 10 silver and eight bronze medals, came seventh in the final medal standings of the 16th Commonwealth Games which concluded at Kuala Lumpur.
26th Sep
Sachin Tendulkar's 127 not out against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo makes him the world record holder for the highest number of centuries (18) in limited overs internationals.
27th Sep
Britain beats India 3-2 in the Davis Cup World Group qualifying tie at Nottingham.
30th Sep
Geet Sethi wins his fourth World Professional billiards title, beating Mike Russell in Ahmedabad. Zimbabwe wins the final one-day match at Harare, but India triumphs 2-1 in the three- match Hero Honda Cup series.