July 2008 in sports

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31 July 2008 (Thursday)

* Baseball:
** Trade deadline deals:
*** Manny Ramírez, increasingly alienated from his previous team, the Boston Red Sox, is sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-way deal. The Bosox receive Jason Bay from the Pittsburgh Pirates, who in turn receive four minor-leaguers, two from the Sox and two from the Dodgers. The Sox will also pay the remaining $7 million of Ramírez' salary.
*** Ken Griffey, Jr. goes from his hometown Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for two players.
*** The New York Yankees acquire catcher Iván Rodríguez from the Detroit Tigers for relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth. (" [http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=29a4166c-0f35-4fa4-8110-27455d0eb86c The Windsor Star] ")

30 July 2008 (Wednesday)

29 July 2008 (Tuesday)

* American football:
** Former Green Bay Packers quarterback and Brett Favre, who had announced his retirement after the 2008 season, faxes a letter seeking reinstatement to the NFL.

*Baseball:
** Seattle Mariners center fielder Ichiro Suzuki becomes the youngest player ever to amass 3,000 hits in his top-level professional career, reaching the milestone with a single on the first pitch he saw in the first inning of the Mariners' game against the Texas Rangers. The hit gave Ichiro 1,722 Major League Baseball hits to go with the 1,278 he amassed during his nine-year career with the Orix BlueWave in Japan.

28 July 2008 (Monday)

27 July 2008 (Sunday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 21 (Étampes > Paris Champs-Élysées):
***(1) flagicon|BEL Gert Steegmans (2) flagicon|GER Gerald Ciolek (3) flagicon|ESP Óscar Freire
**** Carlos Sastre flagicon|ESP wins the Tour de France, becoming the third successive Spanish rider to win the race, and the seventh in the history of the Tour. Cadel Evans flagicon|AUS is 58 seconds later in the General Classification, taking second place for the second year in succession. Bernhard Kohl flagicon|AUT finishes in 3rd place.
**** Óscar Freire wins the points (green jersey) competition.
**** Bernhard Kohl wins the King of the Mountain (polka dot jersey) competition, 48 points clear of Sastre.
**** Andy Schleck flagicon|LUX wins the youth (white jersey) competition. [http://www.letour.fr/ www.letour.fr]

*Auto racing:
**Sprint Cup:
***Allstate 400 at the Brickyard in Speedway, Indiana
****(1) Jimmie Johnson flagicon|California (2) Carl Edwards flagicon|Missouri (3) Denny Hamlin flagicon|Virginia
**World Touring Car Championship season: Brands Hatch at Kent, United Kingdom
***Race 1: (1) Jörg Müller flagicon|DEU (2) Yvan Muller flagicon|FRA (3) Andy Priaulx flagicon|UK
***Race 2: (1) Alain Menu flagicon|CHE (2) Félix Porteiro flagicon|ESP (3) Alex Zanardi flagicon|ITA
**Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: Round 7 at Nürburgring, Germany
***(1) Bernd Schneider flagicon|DEU (2) Paul di Resta flagicon|GBR (3) Jamie Green flagicon|GBR

*Golf:
**PGA Tour:
***RBC Canadian Open in Oakville, Ontario
**** PGA Tour rookie Chez Reavie flagicon|USA becomes the eighth golfer this season to win his first career PGA Tour event, cruising to a three-shot win over Billy Mayfair flagicon|USA.
**European Tour:
***Inteco Russian Open in Russia:
**: (1) Mikael Lundberg flagicon|SWE
**LPGA Tour:
***Evian Masters in Evian-les-Bains, France:
**** Helen Alfredsson flagicon|SWE wins her first LPGA event since 2003 in a sudden-death playoff, eliminating Angela Park flagicon|BRA on the first extra hole and besting Na Yeon Choi flagicon|KOR on the third extra hole.

*Tennis:
**ATP Tour:
***Canada Masters in Toronto, Canada:
**:Rafael Nadal flagicon|ESP beat Nicolas Kiefer flagicon|GER 6–3, 6–2
**WTA Tour:
***East West Bank Classic in Carson, California, United States:
**:Dinara Safina flagicon|RUS beat Flavia Pennetta flagicon|ITA 6–4, 6–2
***Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portoroz, Slovenia:
**:Sara Errani flagicon|ITA beat Anabel Medina Garrigues flagicon|ESP 6–3, 6–3

*Beach soccer:
**FIFA World Cup in Marseille, France:
***Final: Brazil flagicon|BRA 5–3 flagicon|ITA Italy.
**:Brazil beat Italy in the Plage du Prado to win the World Cup for the third time in a row. This was the first occasion that the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup has been held outside of Brazil.

26 July 2008 (Saturday)

*Auto racing:
**IRL:
***Rexall Edmonton Indy in Edmonton, Canada
****(1) Scott Dixon flagicon|NZL (2) Hélio Castroneves flagicon|BRA (3) Justin Wilson flagicon|UK

*Cricket
**India in Sri Lanka:
***1st Test in Colombo: cr|SRI 600/6d (162 ov) beat cr|IND 223 (72.5 ov) & 138 (45 ov) by an innings and 239 runs.

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 20 (Cérilly > Saint-Amand-Montrond) (Time trial):
***(1) flagicon|GER Stefan Schumacher (2) flagicon|SUI Fabian Cancellara (3) flagicon|LUX Kim Kirchen
**** Cadel Evans flagicon|AUS makes up 29 seconds on Carlos Sastre flagicon|ESP to take second place in the General Classification, but remains 1'05" behind Sastre, who seems likely to win the race in Paris tomorrow.

*Rugby union:
**Tri Nations Series:
***ru-rt|Australia 34–19 ru|New Zealand at Sydney
**** In the Bledisloe Cup opener, the Wallabies score a decisive win over the All Blacks to take pole position in the series.

25 July 2008 (Friday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 19 (Roanne > Montluçon):
***(1) flagicon|FRA Sylvain Chavanel (2) flagicon|FRA Jérémy Roy (3) flagicon|GER Gerald Ciolek
**** The top ten positions in the General Classification remain unchanged.

24 July 2008 (Thursday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 18 (Le Bourg-d'Oisans > Saint-Étienne):
***(1) flagicon|GER Marcus Burghardt (2) flagicon|ESP Carlos Barredo (3) flagicon|FRA Romain Feillu
**** All the leaders finish together in the peloton, so Carlos Sastre flagicon|ESP maintains his 1'24" lead in the general classification.

23 July 2008 (Wednesday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 17 (Embrun > Alpe d'Huez):
***(1) flagicon|ESP Carlos Sastre (2) flagicon|ESP Samuel Sánchez (3) flagicon|LUX Andy Schleck
**** Sastre takes the yellow jersey with a 1'24" lead over Fränk Schleck flagicon|LUX.

22 July 2008 (Tuesday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 16 (Cuneo flagicon|ITA > Jausiers):
***(1) flagicon|FRA Cyril Dessel (2) flagicon|FRA Sandy Casar (3) flagicon|ESP David Arroyo
**** Fränk Schleck flagicon|LUX still holds the yellow jersey.

21 July 2008 (Monday)

*American football
**The New York Giants trade tight end Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints for two draft picks. ( [http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AlqFHRV1ynkhVDs4zIv0uJxDubYF?slug=ap-giants-shockey&prov=ap&type=lgns AP via Yahoo] )

*Cricket
**South Africa in England:
***2nd Test at Headingley, Leeds: cr|RSA 522 (176.2 ov) & 9/0 (1.1 ov) beat cr|ENG 203 (52.3 ov) & 327 (107 ov) by 10 wickets.
**:South Africa lead 4-match series 1–0

20 July 2008 (Sunday)

*American football:
**The Miami Dolphins trade six-time Pro Bowl defensive end Jason Taylor to the Washington Redskins for two draft picks ( [http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80967072&template=with-video&confirm=true NFL.com] )

*Auto racing:
**Formula One:
***German Grand Prix in Hockenheim, Germany:
****(1) Lewis Hamilton flagicon|GBR (2) Nelson Piquet Jr. flagicon|BRA (3) Felipe Massa flagicon|BRA
**IRL:
***Honda 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio:
****(1) Ryan Briscoe flagicon|AUS (2) Dan Wheldon flagicon|UK (3) Hélio Castroneves flagicon|BRA
**V8 Supercar:
***City of Ipswich 400 at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
****(1) Mark Winterbottom flagicon|AUS (2) Russell Ingall flagicon|AUS (3) James Courtney flagicon|AUS

*Basketball:
**World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece - 3rd place playoff:
***bk-rt|GER 96–82 bk|PUR
**:Germany qualifies for the Olympic tournament for the first time since 1992.

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 15 (Embrun > Prato Nevoso flagicon|ITA):
***(1) flagicon|AUS Simon Gerrans (2) flagicon|ESP Egoi Martinez (3) flagicon|USA Danny Pate
**** Fränk Schleck flagicon|LUX takes the yellow jersey as the Tour enters Italy, with a seven-second lead over Bernhard Kohl flagicon|AUT and eight seconds over Cadel Evans flagicon|AUS.
**** Four-stage winner Mark Cavendish flagicon|GBR withdraws before the start of the stage, citing fatigue and the need to prepare for the Beijing Olympics, while 2006 Tour de France winner Óscar Pereiro flagicon|ESP, crashes out of the race with a fractured shoulder on the descent from Col Agnel.

*Golf:
**PGA Tour and European Tour:
***The Open Championship in Southport, England
**** Defending champion Pádraig Harrington flagicon|IRL shakes off a wrist injury to shoot a 1-under par 69 to finish at 283 (+3), giving him a four-stroke victory over Ian Poulter flagicon|ENG and becoming the first European to win consecutive Opens since James Braid in 1905 and 1906. Third-round leader Greg Norman flagicon|AUS, attempting to become the oldest player ever to win a major, shoots 7-over 77 and finishes in a tie for third, six shots behind Harrington.
**PGA Tour:
***U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee in Brown Deer, Wisconsin
**** Richard S. Johnson flagicon|SWE becomes the seventh golfer to record his first career PGA Tour win this season, winning by one shot over Ken Duke flagicon|USA.
**LPGA Tour:
***State Farm Classic in Springfield, Illinois
**** Ji Young Oh flagicon|KOR wins her first career LPGA event, defeating Yani Tseng flagicon|TWN on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

*Motorcycle racing:
**Moto GP:
***United States motorcycle Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California, United States:
****(1) Valentino Rossi flagicon|ITA (2) Casey Stoner flagicon|AUS (3) Chris Vermeulen flagicon|AUS
**Superbike:
***Brno Superbike World Championship round at Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic:
***Race 1 (1) Troy Bayliss flagicon|AUS (2) Troy Corser flagicon|AUS (3) Michel Fabrizio flagicon|ITA
***Race 2 (1) Troy Bayliss flagicon|AUS (2) Michel Fabrizio flagicon|ITA (3) Max Biaggi flagicon|ITA

*Tennis:
**ATP Tour:
***Priority Telecom Open in Amersfoort, Netherlands:
**:Final: Albert Montanes flagicon|ESP beat Steve Darcis flagicon|BEL 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
***Indianapolis Tennis Championships in Indianapolis, United States:
**:Final: Gilles Simon flagicon|FRA beat Dmitry Tursunov flagicon|RUS 6-4, 6-4
***Austrian Open in Kitzbühel, Austria:
**:Final: Juan Martin del Potro flagicon|ARG beat Jurgen Melzer flagicon|AUT 6–2, 6–1
***Croatia Open Umag in Umag, Croatia:
**:Final: Fernando Verdasco flagicon|ESP beat Igor Andreevflagicon|RUS 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)
**WTA Tour:
***Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, United States:
**:Final: Aleksandra Wozniak flagicon|CAN beat Marion Bartoli flagicon|FRA 7–5, 6–3
***Gastein Ladies in Bad Gastein, Austria:
**:Final: Pauline Parmentier flagicon|FRA beat Lucie Hradecka flagicon|CZE 6–4, 6–4

19 July 2008 (Saturday)

*Basketball:
**World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece - Semifinals:
***bk-rt|GRE 88–63 bk|PUR
***bk-rt|CRO 76–70 bk|GER
****Greece and Croatia qualify to the Olympic tournament. Puerto Rico and Germany will contest the last qualifying spot on Sunday.

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 14 (Nîmes > Digne-les-Bains):
***(1) flagicon|ESP Óscar Freire (2) flagicon|COL Leonardo Duque (3) flagicon|GER Erik Zabel
****Cadel Evans flagicon|AUS retains his slender advantage of one second over Fränk Schleck flagicon|LUX as the race enters the Alps tomorrow.

*Rugby union:
**Tri Nations Series:
***ru-rt|Australia 16–9 ru|South Africa in Perth

18 July 2008 (Friday)

*Basketball:
**World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece - Quarterfinals:
***bk-rt|GRE 75–48 bk|NZL
***bk-rt|GER 78–65 bk|BRA
***bk-rt|PUR 81–70 bk|SLO
***bk-rt|CRO 83–62 bk|CAN

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 13 (Narbonne > Nîmes):
***(1) Mark Cavendish flagicon|GBR (2) Robbie McEwen flagicon|AUS (3) Romain Feillu flagicon|FRA
****Cavendish wins his fourth stage of this Tour. Cadel Evans flagicon|AUS retains the yellow jersey.

17 July 2008 (Thursday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 12 (Lavelanet > Narbonne):
***(1) Mark Cavendish flagicon|GBR (2) Sebastien Chavanel flagicon|FRA (3) Gert Steegmans flagicon|BEL
****Mark Cavendish becomes the first British cyclist ever to win three stages of the same Tour de France.
****Cadel Evans flagicon|AUS continues to wear the yellow jersey.
***Following the expulsion of Riccardo Riccò from the race after he tested positive for EPO, his Saunier Duval-Scott team withdraws from the Tour before the start of Stage 12. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7511518.stm]

16 July 2008 (Wednesday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 11 (Lannemezan > Foix):
***(1) Kurt-Asle Arvesen flagicon|NOR (2) Martin Elmiger flagicon|SUI (3) Alessandro Ballan flagicon|ITA
****Cadel Evans flagicon|AUS retains the yellow jersey.

*Basketball:
**World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece:
***Group A: bk-rt|GRE 89–69 bk|BRA
***Group B: bk-rt|GER 89–71 bk|NZL
***Group C: bk-rt|CAN 79–77 bk|KOR
****Canada overturns 12-pts deficit in the last 3 minutes to secure its place in the quarter-finals.
***Group D: bk-rt|CRO 95–81 bk|PUR

15 July 2008 (Tuesday)

*Baseball:
**MLB All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York:
***American League 4, National League 3, 15 innings.
****A base hit by Texas' Michael Young ends the longest All-Star Game in time (4 hours and 50 minutes) and tied for longest game innings played (with the 1967 game in Anaheim, California) and gives the AL home field advantage for the sixth straight year in the 2008 World Series.

*Basketball:
**World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece
***Group A: bk-rt|BRA 94 – 54 bk|LIB
***Group B: bk-rt|GER 104 – 68 bk|CPV
***Group C: bk-rt|SLO 86 – 70 bk|CAN
***Group D: bk-rt|PUR 81 – 72 bk|CMR
****Greece, Brazil, Germany, New Zealand, Slovenia, Croatia and Puerto Rico qualify to the quarterfinals. The last spot will be contested on Wednesday between Canada and Korea.

14 July 2008 (Monday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 10 (Pau > Hautacam):
***(1) Leonardo Piepoli flagicon|ITA (2) Juan José Cobo flagicon|ESP (3) Fränk Schleck flagicon|LUX
****Cadel Evans flagicon|AUS takes the yellow jersey, with one second lead over Schleck.

*Cricket:
**South Africa in England:
***1st Test at Lord's, London: cr|ENG 593/8dec (156.2 ov) drew cr|RSA 247 (93.3 ov) & 393/3dec (167 ov).

*Basketball:
**World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece
***Group A: bk-rt|GRE 119–62 bk|LIB
***Group B: bk-rt|NZL 77–50 bk|CPV
***Group C: bk-rt|SLO 88–76 bk|KOR
***Group D: bk-rt|CRO 93–79 bk|CMR

13 July 2008 (Sunday)

*Auto racing:
**World Touring Car Championship season: Autódromo do Estoril at Estoril, Portugal
***Race 1: (1) Rickard Rydell flagicon|SWE (2) Nicola Larini flagicon|ITA (3) Yvan Muller flagicon|FRA
***Race 2: (1) Tiago Monteiro flagicon|POR (2) Yvan Muller flagicon|FRA (3) Andy Priaulx flagicon|UK
**Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: Round 6 at Zandvoort, Netherlands
***(1) Mattias Ekström flagicon|SWE (2) Timo Scheider flagicon|DEU (3) Tom Kristensen flagicon|DEN

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 9 (Toulouse > Bagneres-de-Bigorre):
***(1) Riccardo Riccò flagicon|ITA (2) Vladimir Efimkin flagicon|RUS (3) Cyril Dessel flagicon|FRA
****Kim Kirchen flagicon|LUX continues to wear the yellow jersey.

*Motorcycle racing:
**Moto GP:
***German motorcycle Grand Prix at Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany:
****(1) Casey Stoner flagicon|AUS (2) Valentino Rossi flagicon|ITA (3) Chris Vermeulen flagicon|AUS

12 July 2008 (Saturday)

*Auto racing:
**Sprint Cup:
***LifeLock.com 400 in Joliet, Illinois
****(1) Kyle Busch flagicon|Nevada (2) Jimmie Johnson flagicon|California (3) Kevin Harvick flagicon|California
**IRL:
***Firestone Indy 200 in Lebanon, Tennessee
****(1) Scott Dixon flagicon|NZL (2) Dan Wheldon flagicon|GBR (3) Hélio Castroneves flagicon|BRA

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 8 (Figeac > Toulouse):
***(1) Mark Cavendish flagicon|GBR (2) Gerald Ciolek flagicon|DEU (3) Jimmy Casper flagicon|FRA
*** The last stage before the Tour enters the Pyrenees ends in a mass sprint, with Kim Kirchen flagicon|LUX retaining the yellow jersey.

*Rugby union:
**Tri Nations Series:
***ru-rt|NZL (15) 28 - (17) 30 ru|RSA in Dunedin
**** The Springboks defeat the All Blacks two tries to one to break an historic 30 match-unbeaten home record for the All Blacks. It marks the Boks' first win in New Zealand in ten years, and will also return the rugby world champions to the top spot in the IRB World Rankings, which they had lost to the All Blacks last week.

11 July 2008 (Friday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 7 (Brioude > Aurillac):
***(1) Luis León Sánchez flagicon|ESP (2) Stefan Schumacher flagicon|GER (3) Filippo Pozzatoflagicon|ITA
***Kim Kirchen flagicon|LUX retains the yellow jersey.
****At stage's end, news broke of a failed drugs test by Spanish rider Manuel Beltrán. He was ejected from the tour.

10 July 2008 (Thursday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 6 (Aigurande > Super-Besse Sancy):
***(1) Riccardo Riccò flagicon|ITA (2) Alejandro Valverde flagicon|ESP (3) Cadel Evans flagicon|AUS
**** The first mountain stage of the Tour, an intermediate climbing stage in the Massif Central, sees Kim Kirchen flagicon|LUX take over the yellow jersey after previous race leader Stefan Schumacher flagicon|DEU crashes near the finish.

9 July 2008 (Wednesday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 5 (Cholet > Châteauroux):
***(1) Mark Cavendish flagicon|GBR (2) Óscar Freire flagicon|ESP (3) Erik Zabel flagicon|DEU

8 July 2008 (Tuesday)

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 4, ITT (Cholet):
***(1) Stefan Schumacher flagicon|DEU (2) Kim Kirchen flagicon|LUX (3) David Millar flagicon|GBR
**** The first time trial of the Tour causes the expected shakeup in the general classification, with the top five finishers in the stage taking over the top five places, in the same order, in the GC. Schumacher becomes the third different rider in four days to don the yellow jersey.

7 July 2008 (Monday)

*Basketball:
**Former Los Angeles Clippers swingman and free agent Corey Maggette signs with the Golden State Warriors.

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 3 (St-Malo > Nantes):
***(1) Samuel Dumoulin flagicon|FRA (2) William Frischkorn flagicon|USA (3) Romain Feillu flagicon|FRA

6 July 2008 (Sunday)

*Auto racing:
**Formula One:
***British Grand Prix, at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, Great Britain:
****(1) Lewis Hamilton flagicon|UK (2) Nick Heidfeld flagicon|GER (3) Rubens Barrichello flagicon|BRA
**FIA GT Championship:
***Oschersleben 2 Hours, at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany:
****(1) Karl Wendlinger flagicon|AUT & Ryan Sharp flagicon|UK (2) Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer flagicon|AUT & Alex Müller flagicon|DEU (3) Jean-Denis Délétraz flagicon|SUI & Marcel Fässler flagicon|SUI
**IRL:
***Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix, at Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York
****(1) Ryan Hunter-Reay flagicon|USA (2) Darren Manning flagicon|GBR (3) Tony Kanaan flagicon|BRA
**V8 Supercar:
***Skycity Triple Crown, at Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin, Australia:
****(1) Steven Richards flagicon|NZL (2) Mark Winterbottom flagicon|AUS (3) Garth Tander flagicon|AUS

*Baseball:
**The Cleveland Indians trade three-time All-Star pitcher CC Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for four minor leaguers. ( [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AiXCDCOvrxnWxNgPvBgttAYRvLYF?slug=jp-brewerssabathia070608&prov=yhoo&type=lgns Yahoo Sports] )
**Seven players from the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox are named to the rosters for next week's 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

*Cricket:
**Asia Cup - Final:
***cr|SRI 273 (49.5 ov) beat cr|IND 173 (39.3 ov) by 100 runs
**Australia in the West Indies:
***5th ODI at Basseterre: cr|AUS 341/8 (50 ov) beat cr|WIN 172 (39.5 ov) by 169 runs
****AUS win the series 5-0

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 2 (Auray > Saint-Brieuc):
***(1) Thor Hushovd flagicon|NOR (2) Kim Kirchen flagicon|LUX (3) Gerald Ciolek flagicon|DEU

*Tennis:
**2008 Wimbledon Championships - Gentlemen's Singles Final:
***flagicon|ESP Rafael Nadal def. flagicon|SUI Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7

5 July 2008 (Saturday)

*Auto racing:
**NASCAR Sprint Cup:
***Coke Zero 400 in Daytona Beach, Florida:::*(1) Kyle Busch flagicon|Nevada (2) Carl Edwards flagicon|Missouri (3) Matt Kenseth flagicon|Wisconsin

*Cycling:
**Tour de France - Stage 1 (Brest > Plumelec):
***(1) Alejandro Valverde flagicon|ESP (2) Philippe Gilbert flagicon|BEL (3) Jérôme Pineau flagicon|FRA
*Mixed martial arts:
**UFC 86 in Las Vegas:

*Rugby union:
**Tri Nations Series:
***ru-rt|NZL 19–8 ru|RSA at Wellington
**Mid-year Tests:
***ru-rt|AUS 40–10 ru|FRA at Brisbane

*Tennis:
**2008 Wimbledon Championships - Ladies' Singles Final:
***flagicon|USA Venus Williams def. flagicon|USA Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4

4 July 2008 (Friday)

*Cricket:
**Australia in the West Indies:
***4th ODI at Basseterre: cr|AUS 282/8 (50 overs) beat cr|WIN 281/6 (50 overs) by 1 run.
****cr|AUS lead 5-match series 4-0.
**Asia Cup - Super Fours:
***cr|PAK 116/0 (19.4 overs) beat cr|BAN 115/10 (38.2 overs) by 10 wickets (with 182 balls remaining).
****India and Sri Lanka reach the final

3 July 2008 (Thursday)

*Cricket:
**Asia Cup - Super Fours:
***cr|IND 310/4 (46.5 ov) beat cr|SRI 308/8 (50 ov) by 6 wickets
****"cr|IND qualify for the finals"
**Tri-Series in Scotland:
***cr|NZ 102/2 (14.4 ov) beat cr|SCO 101 (33.2 ov) by 8 wickets
****"cr|NZ win the tri-series."

2 July 2008 (Wednesday)

*Association football:
** Copa Libertadores 2008 Final, Second Leg
***Fluminense flagicon|BRA 3–1 (5-5 Agg.) flagicon|ECU LDU Quito (1-3 penalty shootout)
****The Second Leg of the Copa Libertadores finals was played at a packed Estádio do Maracanã to crown the champions. Luis Bolaños of LDU Quito scored first in the 6th minute to put LDU Quito up 1-0 in the game, and 5-2 on aggregate. Fluminense answered back with a hat-trick by Thiago Neves with goals on the 12th, 28th, and 56th, minute. The score at the end of regulation was 3-1, leaving the aggregate at 5-5; extra-time was needed. After a scoreless extra-time, the game went on to a penalty shootout. LDU Quito goalkeeper José Francisco Cevallos blocked three of four penalty kicks, while his teammate put in three of four to give LDU Quito their first Copa Libertadores title.

*Basketball:
** Clay Bennett and the city of Seattle announce a settlement in the city's lawsuit that attempted to keep the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics in the city. Bennett agrees to pay the city $45 million immediately, with an additional $30 million possible if other conditions are met. The team is now free to move to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season, while the Sonics' name and colors will remain with Seattle, and the Sonics' history will be shared between the Oklahoma City team and any future Seattle team. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3471503 (ESPN)]

*Cricket:
**Asia Cup - Super Fours:
***cr|PAK 309/2 (45.3 ov) beat cr|IND 308/7 (50 ov) by 8 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)
**Tri-Series in Scotland:
***2nd Match: cr|SCO 211/5 (47.3 ov) beat cr|IRE 210/8 (50 ov) by 5 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

1 July 2008 (Tuesday)

*Cricket:
**Associates Tri-Series in Scotland:
***1st ODI: cr|NZ 402/2 (50 ov) beat cr|IRE 112 (28.4 ov) by 290 runs
****New Zealand's 290 run win over Ireland is a new world record for the biggest margin of victory by runs. The previous world record was India's 257 run drubbing of Bermuda in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
**Bermuda in Canada:
***3rd ODI: cr|CAN 276/9 (50 ov) beat cr|BER 199/7 (50 ov) by 77 runs
****"cr|BER wins the 3 match series 2-1."