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Daniel Jarque Daniel Jarque González (1 January 1983 – 8 August 2009) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a central defender and spent his entire career with Espanyol. He was named team captain one month before his death from a heart attac ...

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Toni Sailer Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer (17 November 1935 – 24 August 2009) was an Austrian alpine ski racer, considered among the best in the sport. At age 20, he won all three gold medals in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He nearly duplica ...

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Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

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Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

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Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

* Sprint Cup *

IRL IndyCar Series The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of ...

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

Formula Two Formula Two (F2 or Formula 2) is a type of open-wheel formula racing category first codified in 1948. It was replaced in 1985 by Formula 3000, but revived by the FIA from 2009–2012 in the form of the FIA Formula Two Championship. The name retur ...

Nationwide Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...

Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...

* GP2 * WTTC *

V8 Supercar The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

* American Le Mans *

Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...

Superleague Formula Superleague Formula was an open wheel single seater motor racing formula, which started in 2008, at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. The league introduced team sponsorship by association football clubs. It used the slogan 'The Beautiful ...

Rolex Sports Car Series The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...

FIA GT Championship The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout ...

Formula Three Formula Three, also called Formula 3, abbreviated as F3, is a third-tier class of open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One driv ...

World Series by Renault The Renault Sport Series (formerly known as World Series by Renault) is a motor racing series. The series latterly consisted of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and used to contain the Renault Sport Trophy and the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. T ...

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB-FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The ser ...

Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

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Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

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NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

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NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

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Canadian football Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's sco ...

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Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oce ...

;International clubs competitions: * UEFA (Europe) Champions League *

Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

* AFC (Asia) Champions League * CAF (Africa) Champions League * CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League ;Domestic (national) competitions: *

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

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Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

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European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also k ...

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...

Champions Tour PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour. History and format The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

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Major League Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's field lacrosse league in the United States. The league's inaugural season was in 2001. Teams played anywhere from ten to 16 games in a summertime regular season. This was followed by a four-team playoff f ...

Motorcycle racing Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Ot ...

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Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ...

Supersport racing Supersport or super sport may refer to: Broadcasting * SuperSport, a brand given to sports television channels operated or originally launched by MultiChoice in South Africa ** SuperSport (South African broadcaster), a pan-African group of sports ...

Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

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Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

NRL The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

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Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...

Air New Zealand Cup The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...

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Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...

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Zutphen Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some 30 km northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river Ijssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in the 1 ...

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Venlo Venlo () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg (Netherland ...

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Greg Henderson Gregory Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017. His career includes winning the scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in ...

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Borut Božič Borut Božič (born 8 August 1980) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2018 for the , , , , , and teams. Considered a sprinter in the mold of Óscar Freire, Božič's career highlight ...

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Óscar Freire Óscar Freire Gómez (born 15 February 1976) is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the top sprinters in road bicycle racing, having won the world championship three times, equalling Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbe ...

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Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Cancellara began r ...

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Gerald Ciolek Gerald Michael Ciolek (born 19 September 1986) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2016. He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Career Ciolek started racin ...

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Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

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New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

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penalty shootout The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

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Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, in ...

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Devin Britton Devin Britton (born March 17, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. He is a native of Brandon, Mississippi. He is currently an assistant coach for the Ole Miss Rebels men's tennis team. Tennis career Juniors Britton's most notable ...

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Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born 30 August 1982) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is a major champion, having won the 2003 US Open. Roddick reached four other major finals (Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and the US Open ...

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Björn Phau Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in June 2006. Career highlights include reaching five ATP tour semifinals ( Tokyo in 2005, Casablanca in 2006, Beiji ...

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Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...

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Dieter Kindlmann Dieter Kindlmann (born 3 June 1982) is a German former professional tennis player. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 26 July 2004, when he became World number 130. His best appearance at a Grand Slam came at the 2006 F ...

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Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

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Alexa Glatch Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions ...

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Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is ...

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Vera Dushevina Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina ( rus, Вера Евгеньевна Душевина; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. As a junior, she won the ...

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Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at ...

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Nuria Llagostera Vives Nuria Llagostera Vives (; born 16 May 1980) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In June 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. In November 2009, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings. Professional ca ...

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Victoria Azarenka Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former wo ...

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Alexandra Dulgheru Alexandra Dulgheru (; born 30 May 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. On 11 April 2011, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. Her best ranking in doubles is No. 41, reached on 4 July 2011. She is coached b ...

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Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. ...

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Edina Gallovits Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984) is a Romanian-born American tennis player. Her career-high ranking of No. 54 she achieved on April 28, 2008. She represented Romania until April 2015, then started playing fo ...

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Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

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Belgian Grand Prix The Belgian Grand Prix (French language, French: ''Grand Prix de Belgique''; Dutch language, Dutch: ''Grote Prijs van België''; German language, German: ''Großer Preis von Belgien'') is a motor racing event which forms part of the Formula O ...

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Kimi Räikkönen Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (; born 17 October 1979), nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021 for Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo. Räikkönen won the 2007 Formula One Wo ...

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Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988) in 1939 from the Alfa Romeo racing division as ''Auto Avio Costruzioni'', the company built its first car in ...

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Giancarlo Fisichella Giancarlo Fisichella (; born 14 January 1973), also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian professional racing driver, also captain of the official ''Nazionale Piloti'' association football team (composed of the racing drivers). He has d ...

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Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel (; born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022 for BMW Sauber, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Toro Rosso, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, and Aston Martin in Formula One ...

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Renault Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company produces a range of cars and vans, and in the past has manufactured ...

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Jenson Button Jenson Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a British racing driver. He won the 2009 Formula One World Championship when he drove for the Brawn GP team. After his F1 career, he became champion of the 2018 season of the Super GT ...

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Rubens Barrichello Rubens "Rubinho" Gonçalves Barrichello (, ; born 23 May 1972) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One between and . He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 111 Toy ...

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NAPA Auto Parts 200 The NAPA Auto Parts 200 Presented by Dodge (French title: ''NAPA Pièces d'auto 200 présenté par Dodge'') is a discontinued NASCAR Nationwide Series race that took place at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 2007 to ...

Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

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Carl Edwards Carl Michael Edwards II (born August 15, 1979) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. Prior to that, he drove the No. 9 ...

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Ford Ford commonly refers to: * Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford * Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river Ford may also refer to: Ford Motor Company * Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company * Ford F ...

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Toyota is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...

JTG Daugherty Racing JTG Daugherty Racing (formerly ST Motorsports and JTG Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team is owned by former advertising executive Tad Geschickter and his wife Jodi ...

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ZESCO United ZESCO United Football Club (simply often known as ZESCO) is a Zambian professional football club based in Ndola in Zambia, that competes in the Zambia Super League, Founded in 1974. The team plays its home matches at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. ...

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Al-Merreikh Al-Merrikh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي المريخ الرياضي) is a Sudanese football club based in Omdurman. Their home stadium is Al-Merrikh Stadium, which is locally known as The Red Castle. Founded in 1908, Al-Merrikh is one of the ol ...

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Peter Hedblom Peter Mikael Hedblom (born 20 January 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. Early years Hedblom was born in Gävle, Sweden. When he was just a few years old, he followed his father Olle, a former bandy player, who later became a golf club ...

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Maxim Rakov Maxim Rakov (born 7 February 1986) is a Kazakhstani judoka. Rakov won the 2009 World Championship in the men's half-heavyweight (−100 kg) division, beating Henk Grol in the final. He won the silver medal at the 2011 World Championship ...

Henk Grol Hindrik Harmannus Arnoldus "Henk" Grol (born 14 April 1985 in Veendam) is a retired Dutch judoka. Judo career Grol competed in the 2007 European Judo Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in the men's under 90 kg, as a replacement for Mark Hui ...

Ramadan Darwish Ramadan Darwish ( ar, رمضان درويش; born 29 January 1988) is an Egyptian judoka. Career Darwish won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships in Rotterdam -100 kg. In 2015 he also won the bronze medal during the World Masters ...

Takamasa Anai is a Japanese judoka. He began judo at the age of 5. He is Coached by former world champion and olympic silver medalist Shinichi Shinohara. He won the All-Japan Championships and took the bronze medal at the World Championships in 2009. His ...

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Teddy Riner Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner (, ; born 7 April 1989) is a French judoka. He has won ten World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and three Olympic gold medals (two individual, one team). He has also won ...

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Abdullo Tangriev Abdullo Tangriev (born 28 March 1981) is an Uzbek judoka. He won a silver medal in the +100 kg category of the 2008 Olympic Games. Early life Abdullo Tangriev was born on 28 March 1981, in Surxondaryo Region. He was engaged with judo fr ...

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Tong Wen Tong Wen (; born 1 February 1983 in Tianjin) is a PR China, Chinese judoka. Born in Tianjin, she began training in Judo when she was 13. In the 2008 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal. She also won gold medals at the world championships of ...

Karina Bryant Karina Bryant (born 27 January 1979) is a British retired elite judoka, who was active in elite senior competition in the 2000s and early 2010s. She represented Great Britain at four successive Olympics between 2000 and 2012, winning her first ...

Idalys Ortiz Idalys Ortiz Bocourt (born 27 September 1989) is a Cuban judoka. She competed in the over 78 kg division at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a medal on each occasion. She won the silver medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 ...

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Casey Stoner Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian retired professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and . During his MotoGP career, Stoner raced for the factory teams of Ducati and Honda, winning a titl ...

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Storm Uru Storm Uru (born 14 February 1985) is a New Zealand rower. He is from Ngāi Tahu tribe. Uru was born in 1985 in Invercargill. His younger brother, Jade Uru, is also a rower. The broadcaster Tui Uru (1926–2013) was their great-aunt. Tui Uru's ...

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Marcello Miani Marcello Miani (born 5 March 1984 in Faenza) is an Italian rower. References * * 1984 births Living people Italian male rowers Sportspeople from Faenza Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Row ...

Elia Luini Elia Luini (born 23 June 1979) is an Italian rower. A four-time world champion, once in the lightweight quadruple sculls and three times in the lightweight double sculls, he has also competed at four Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012), wi ...

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Christina Giazitzidou Christina Giazitzidou ( el, Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου; born 12 October 1989) is a Greek rower. She won the bronze medal (along with Alexandra Tsiavou) at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, in the Women's lightweight double scul ...

Alexandra Tsiavou Alexandra Tsiavou ( el, Αλεξάνδρα Τσιάβου; born 26 September 1985 in Igoumenitsa) is a Greek rower. She won the bronze medal (along with Christina Giazitzidou) at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London (Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olym ...

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Hester Goodsell Hester Goodsell (born 27 June 1984) is a British rower and music teacher. Rowing career Goodsell rowed in the Women's Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at th ...

Sophie Hosking Sophie Hannah Marguerite Hosking MBE (born 25 January 1986) is a retired British rower. Personal life Hosking was born in 1986. The lightweight rower David Hosking is her father. She attended Kingston Grammar School in London, before completi ...

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: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals) **Group A: *** 80–63 *** 69–71 ****Standings: Puerto Rico 6 points (3 games), Uruguay, Canada 5 (3), Mexico 4 (3), Virgin Islands 4 (4). **Group B: *** 78–73 *** 55–80 ****Standings: Brazil 6 points (3 matches), Dominican Republic 5 (3), Venezuela 5 (4), Argentina, Panama 4 (3).

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

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, Netherlands: **Fifth to eighth place classification: *** 1–1 *** 3–1 ****Standings: Ireland 5 points, Azerbaijan 4, Russia 3, Scotland 2. ****Russia and Scotland are relegated to EuroHockey Nations Trophy in 2011. **Third and fourth place: *** 1–2 **Final: *** 3–2 ****Netherlands win the title for the seventh time.

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TP Mazembe Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. History Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 ...

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Étoile du Sahel Étoile may refer to: Places ;France * Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, station of the Paris Métro * Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France * Étoile-sur-Rhône, commune in the Drôme department in France * L'Éto ...

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Heartland Heartland or Heartlands may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Heartland Bank, a New Zealand-based financial institution * Heartland Inn, a chain of hotels based in Iowa, United States * Heartland Alliance, an anti-poverty organization i ...

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Nehru Cup The Nehru Cup was an international association football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 to ...

: ** 0–1 ***Standings: Syria 12 points (4 matches), India 6 (4), Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon 4 (4), Sri Lanka 3 (4). ****Syria and India advance to the final.

Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

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Lee Kyu-Won Lee Kyu-Won (Korean: 이규원, Hanja: 李奎遠, born 14 February 1989) is a male judoka from South Korea, whose biggest success so far was winning the world title at the age of 19 at the 2009 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands ...

Kirill Denisov Kirill Georgiyevich Denisov (russian: Кири́лл Гео́ргиевич Дени́сов; born 25 January 1988) is a Russian judoka. Career He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -90 kg event and lost in the semifinals to Asley Gonz ...

Hesham Mesbah Hesham Mesbah ( ar, هشام مصباح; born 17 March 1982) is an Egyptian judoka. He won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's ...

Dilshod Choriev Dilshod Choriev (born 3 July 1985 in Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan) is an Uzbek judoka. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the –90 kg event. Choriev won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Judo Championships. At the Asian level, he also wo ...

**Women's 70 kg: Yuri Alvear Anett Meszaros

Mina Watanabe is a Japanese judoka. She is from Mito, Ibaraki. After graduation from high school, she worked for Komatsu Limited or () is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining, forestry and military equipment, as ...

& Houda Miled **Women's 78 kg: Marhinde Verkerk Marina Pryschepa

Heide Wollert Heide Wollert (born 16 May 1982 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German judoka. She competes in the 78 kg weight-class. She competed at the Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg, 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in 7th. At the Jud ...

& Yi Sun

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***Standings after 4 matches: South Africa 17 points, 8, Australia 3.

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, Finland: **Men's

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Sam Querrey Samuel Austin Querrey (; born October 7, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles. Known for his powerful serve ...

6–4, 7–6 (6) ****Verdasco wins his first title of the year and third of his career. *

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Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 71 weeks, including at the end of 2010 and 2011. She achieved the top ranking for the first time on 11 ...

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Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...

6–2, 6–4 ****Wozniacki wins her second consecutive title at this tournament, for her third title of the year, and the sixth of her career.

August 28, 2009 (Friday)

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* Golden League: **

Weltklasse Zürich Weltklasse Zürich ( en, World Class Zurich) is an annual, invitation-only, world-class track and field meeting at the Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland, generally held at the end of August or beginning of September. Previously one of the IAAF G ...

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, Switzerland: (GL indicates Golden League event, athletes in bold are in contention for the US$1 million jackpot) ***Men: ****100 Metres GL:

Usain Bolt Usain St. Leo Bolt, , (; born 21 August 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay. An eight- ...

9.81 ****400 Metres GL:

LaShawn Merritt LaShawn Merritt (born June 27, 1986) is an American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 metres. He is a former Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.65 seconds makes him th ...

44.21 ****800 Metres:

David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from t ...

1:43.52 ****1500 Metres:

Augustine Kiprono Choge Augustine Kiprono Choge (born 21 January 1987) is a Kenyan middle distance and long distance runner. He won world youth and junior titles on the track in 2003 and 2004, eventually going on to set a world junior record for the ...

3:33.38 ****5000 Metres GL:

Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele ( om, Qananiisaa baqqalaa; am, ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 (5,000m) and 2005 (10,000m) unti ...

12:52.32 ****3000 Metres Steeplechase:

Ezekiel Kemboi Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi (born 25 May 1982) is a Kenyan professional athlete, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships, the 2011 World Championships, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2013 W ...

8:04.44 ****110 Metres Hurdles GL:

Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas O.D (born 23 September 1980) is a Jamaican sprinter, mainly competing in the 100 metres event and more recently the 110 m hurdles. Career He won the bronze medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships in 1998 at the 100 m and ...

13.16 ****Triple Jump:

Nelson Évora Nelson Évora GCIH (born 20 April 1984) is an Ivory Coast-born Portuguese track and field athlete who specializes in the triple jump. Évora is a former outdoor Olympic, World, and European triple jump champion. He has also won a European ind ...

17.38 ****Javelin Throw GL:

Andreas Thorkildsen Andreas Thorkildsen (born 1 April 1982) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was the Olympic Champion in 2004 and 2008, European Champion in 2006 and 2010, and World Champion in 2009. He is the fir ...

91.28 ****4x100 Metres Relay: 37.70 ***Women: ****100 Metres GL:

Carmelita Jeter Carmelita Jeter ( , born November 24, 1979) is a retired American sprinter, who competed in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. For over a decade, between 2009 and 2021, Jeter held the title as "Fastest woman alive" after running a 100 m personal be ...

10.86 ****400 Metres GL:

Sanya Richards Sanya Richards-Ross (née Richards; born February 26, 1985) is a retired Jamaican-American track and field athlete, who competed internationally for the United States in the 400-meter sprint. Her notable accolades in this event include being th ...

48.94 ****1500 Metres:

Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal ( ar, مريم يوسف جمال; om, Maryam Yuusuf Jamaal) (born Zenebech Tola) (born 16 September 1984) is an Ethiopian-born Bahraini middle-distance runner. She is the first Bahraini athlete to win an Olympic medal, a gold ...

3:59.15 ****100 Metres Hurdles GL:

Brigitte Foster-Hylton Brigitte Foster-Hylton OD (born 7 November 1974 in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a Jamaican 100m hurdler. She was the World Champion over 100m hurdles in 2009. Like fellow Jamaican hurdler Delloreen Ennis-London she was not a successful hurdl ...

12.46 ****High Jump GL:

Blanka Vlašić Blanka Vlašić (; born 8 November 1983) is a Croatian former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump. She is a two-time world champion and double Olympic medallist who ranks as the joint second highest female jumper of all time ...

2.01 ****Pole Vault GL:

Elena Isinbaeva Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva ( rus, Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, p=jɪˈlʲɛnə gɐˈdʐɨjɪvnə ɪsʲɪnˈbajɪvə; born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 20 ...

5.06 ( WR) *****Isinbayeva sets a world record for the 17th time.

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: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals) **Group A: *** 67–87 *** 54–71 ****Standings: Puerto Rico 6 points (3 games), Canada 4 (2), Uruguay 3 (2), Virgin Islands 3 (3), Mexico 2 (2) **Group B: *** 67–76 *** 71–80 ****Standings: Brazil 6 points (3 matches), Venezuela 4 (3), Dominican Republic, Panama 3 (2), Argentina 2 (2).

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* New Zealand in Sri Lanka: **2nd Test in

, day 3: *** 416 & 157/2 (45.2 ov); 234. Sri Lanka lead by 339 runs with 8 wickets remaining. * Australia in England: ** v in

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: *** 345 (50 ov,

David Hussey David John Hussey (born 15 July 1977) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hussey is a right-handed batter and can also bowl right-arm off breaks. He is the younger brother of former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey. He was ...

111); 156 (39.3 ov). Australia win by 189 runs.

Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

* Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in

, Netherlands: **Fifth to eighth place classification: *** 2–3 *** 5–0 ****Standings: Belgium, France 6 points, Austria, Poland 0. ****Austria and Poland are relegated to EuroHockey Nations Trophy in 2011. **Semifinals: *** 2–1( ET) *** 2–1

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals) **Group C: *** 0–2 *** 3–2 ****Standings: Sweden 6 points, Italy, England 3, Russia 0. *

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...

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Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

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Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

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Pedro Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

scores the goal in the 115th minute. *

: ** 1–4 ***Standings: Syria 9 points (3 matches), India 6 (3), Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon 4 (4), Sri Lanka 3 (4). ***Syria and India advance to the final.

Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

: **Men's 81 kg:

Ivan Nifontov Ivan Vitaliyevich Nifontov (russian: Иван Витальевич Нифонтов; born 5 June 1987, in Pavlodar Pavlodar ( ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located 450 km northeast ...

Siarhei Shundzikau Siarhei Shundzikau (born 10 July 1981) is a Belarusian judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子� ...

Kim Jae-Bum Kim Jae-bum (김재범) (; born January 25, 1985 in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do) is a retired South Korean judoka. Despite being plagued with injuries throughout his career, Kim is known for dominating major competitions at the half-middleweight ...

Ole Bischof Ole Bischof (born 27 August 1979 in Reutlingen) is a German judoka. He is trained by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Frank Wieneke. Biography Bischof began in the TSG Reutlingen with judo. He became German champion at the age of 18 in 1997 in the a ...

**Women's 63 kg:

Yoshie Ueno is a Japanese judoka. She won the gold medal in the Half-middleweight (63 kg) division at the 2009 World Judo Championships and in 2010, in 2011 she lost the final to local hero Gévrise Émane. Her elder sister is Masae Ueno, who r ...

Elisabeth Willeboordse Elisabeth Willeboordse (born 14 September 1978 in Middelburg, Zeeland) is a female judoka from the Netherlands, who won the title in the women's –63 kg division at the 2005 European Championships. A year later, when Tampere, Finland ho ...

Claudia Malzahn & Alice Schlesinger

August 27, 2009 (Thursday)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals) **Group A: *** 95–40 *** 85–74 ****Standings: Puerto Rico 4 points (2 games), Canada, Uruguay 2 (1), Virgin Islands, Mexico 2 (2) **Group B: *** 87–100 *** 87–67 ****Standings: Brazil 4 points (2 games), Dominican Republic, Venezuela 3 (2), Panama, Argentina 1 (1). * EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round, final series first leg: ** 70–66

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* New Zealand in Sri Lanka: **2nd Test in

, day 2: *** 416 (

Thilan Samaraweera Thilan Thusara Samaraweera ( si, තිලාන් සමරවීර; born 22 September 1976) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer. Samaraweera played international cricket for Sri Lanka. Known as Sri Lanka's crisis man and for his sl ...

143); 159/5 (47.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 257 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. * England in Ireland: **Only ODI in

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: *** 203/9 (50.0 ov); 113/9 (20.0/20 ov). England win by 2 runs ( D/L method).

Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

, Netherlands: **Fifth to eighth place classification: *** 1–1 *** 1–2 ****Standings: Ireland 4 points, Russia, Scotland 2, Azerbaijan 1. **Semifinals: *** 5–1 *** 1–2( ET)

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals) **Group B: *** 1–5 *** 0–1 ****Standings: Germany 6 points, France, Norway 3, Iceland 0. * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses) ** Emelec 2–1 (1–0) Zamora. Emelec win 3–1 on aggregate. ** River Plate 2–1 (3–0)

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. River Plate win 5–1 on aggregate. * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 2: **Group 4: ***

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Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, are a football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. The most popular and successful footba ...

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UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

: ** 1–0 ***Standings: Syria 9 points (3 matches), India 6 (3), Lebanon 4 (4), Sri Lanka 3 (3), Kyrgyzstan 1 (3). ***Syria advance to the final.

Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

: **Men's 73 kg:

Wang Ki-chun Wang Ki-Chun (Hangul: 왕기춘, ; born September 13, 1988 in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do) is a former judoka from South Korea. He became known for beating the 2004 Olympic champion Lee Won-Hee in the qualification matches for the 2007 World Champ ...

Kim Chol Su Kim Chol-su (born 12 September 1982) is a North Korean judoka. He finished in joint fifth place in the lightweight (73 kg) division at the 2006 Asian Games, having lost to Rasul Boqiev of Tajikistan in the bronze medal match. At the 200 ...

Mansur Isaev Mansur Mustafaevich Isaev (russian: Мансур Мустафаевич Исаев; born 23 September 1986 in Kizilyurt, Dagestan) is a Russian judoka. In 2012, he won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -73 kg class against the ...

Dirk Van Tichelt Dirk Van Tichelt (born 10 June 1984) is a Belgian judoka. His biggest achievement was his European title in Lisbon. In the same year, at the Beijing Olympics he came fifth after losing in the first round to gold-medallist Elnur Mammadli and la ...

**Women's 52 kg:

Misato Nakamura is a Japanese judoka. She won the bronze medal in the -52 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the same weight class at the 2009 World Judo Championships The 2009 World Judo Champions ...

Yanet Bermoy Ana Carrascosa &

Romy Tarangul Romy Tarangul (born 19 October 1987 in Frankfurt (Oder)) is a German judoka. She currently competes in the -52 kg category for the JC 90 Frankfurt (Oder). In 2008, Tarangul won the silver medal at the European Championships. With this re ...

**Women's 57 kg: Morgane Ribout

Telma Monteiro Telma Alexandra Pinto Monteiro ComM (born 27 December 1985) is a Portuguese judoka who has won multiple medals in international competitions, such as the European and World Championships. She is a two times winner of the Paris Grand Slam, in ...

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Hedvig Karakas Hedvig Karakas (born 21 February 1990) is a Hungarian judoka. She is a World Championship bronze medalist, and multi-time European medalist (silver in 2015, and bronze in 2009 and 2010). She competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2012 ...

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

, Finland: **Men's

50 metre running target mixed 50 meter running target mixed is an ISSF shooting event, shot with a .22-calibre rifle at a target depicting a boar moving sideways across a 10-meter wide opening. A part of the ISSF World Shooting Championships since 1970, it differs from 50 meter ...

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August 26, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

: **Group A: *** 62–88 *** 66–81 **Group B: *** 68–81 *** 85–69

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* New Zealand in Sri Lanka: **2nd Test in

, day 1: *** 262/3 (90.0 ov) ****

gets his 300th Test wicket. *

ICC Intercontinental Cup The ICC Intercontinental Cup was a first-class cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as part of its cricket development programme. It was designed to allow Associate Members of the ICC the chance to play first ...

: ** v in

, day 3: *** 181 & 132; 107 & 209/9 (89.3 ov;

Edgar Schiferli Edgar Schiferli (born 17 May 1976) is a former Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-fast bowler. International career Schiferli was part of the Netherlands squad who were runners-up at the Denmark European Cup ...

5/57). Afghanistan win by 1 wicket. ****Standings (2 matches unless stated otherwise): Scotland 29 points, Kenya, Afghanistan 23, Netherlands 15, Ireland 12, Zimbabwe XI 3 (1), Canada 3 (3).

Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

* Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in

, Netherlands: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals) **Pool A: *** 2–8 *** 3–1 ****Standings: England, Germany 7 points, Belgium 3, Austria 0. **Pool B: *** 6–1 *** 0–6 ****Standings: Spain 9 points, Netherlands 6, France 3, Poland 0.

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals) **Group A: *** 1–2 *** 1–2 ****Standings: Finland 6 points, Netherlands, Denmark 3, Ukraine 0. * UEFA Champions League Play-off round, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses, the winners advance to the

group stage A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concent ...

, the losers go to Europa League group stage) **Champions Path: ***

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

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Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff (russian: ФК Шериф Тирасполь), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnist ...

. Olympiacos win 3–0 on aggregate. ***

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

3–1 (0–1)

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

. APOEL win 3–2 on aggregate. **Non-Champions Path: ***Arsenal F.C., Arsenal 3–1 (2–0) Celtic F.C., Celtic. Arsenal win 5–1 on aggregate. ***VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart 0–0 (2–0) FC Timişoara, Timişoara. Stuttgart win 2–0 on aggregate. ***ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina 1–1 (2–2) Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting CP. 3–3 on aggregate, Fiorentina win on away goals rule. * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg: **Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro 1–1 Goiás Esporte Clube, Goiás * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses) **Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo 1–1 (0–0) Fluminense Football Club, Fluminense 1–1 on aggregate, Fluminense win on away goals rule. * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 2: **Group 1: ***Club Deportivo Árabe Unido, Árabe Unido 1–1 Houston Dynamo **Group 2: ***D.C. United 1–3 Deportivo Toluca F.C., Toluca ***C.D. Marathón, Marathón 3–1 San Juan Jabloteh **Group 3: ***C.D.S.C. Cruz Azul, Cruz Azul 5–0 Columbus Crew *

: ** 3–1 ***Standings: Syria 6 points (2 matches), India 6 (3), Lebanon 4 (3), Sri Lanka 3 (3), Kyrgyzstan 1 (3). *News: **The Italian football system will be shaken up as Serie A will break away from the system to form a new league akin to England's Premier League for the 2010–11 campaign, citing higher television rights as the main reason.

Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

: **Men's 60 kg: Georgii Zantaraia Hiroaki Hiraoka Hovhannes Davtyan & Elio Verde **Men's 66 kg: Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Sugoi Uriarte Miklós Ungvari & An Jeong-Hwan (judo), An Jeong-Hwan **Women's 48 kg: Tomoko Fukumi Oiana Blanco Chung Jung-Yeon & Frédérique Jossinet

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

, Finland: **Men's 10 metre running target: ***Gold medal match: Emil Martinsson def. Vladyslav Prianishnikov 6–2 ***Bronze medal match: Dimitry Romanov def. Krister Holmberg 6–3 **Women's 10 metre running target: ***Gold medal match: Galina Avramenko def. Tetyana Yevseyenko 6–5 ***Bronze medal match: Viktoriya Zabolotna def. Olga Stepanova 6–4

August 25, 2009 (Tuesday)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Oceania Championship, Oceanian Championship, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses) ** 100–78 (77–84) . New Zealand win 177–162 on aggregate. ***Both teams qualify for 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

: ** v in

, day 2: *** 181 & 132; 107 & 39/2 (18.0 ov). Afghanistan require another 168 runs with 8 wickets remaining.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Eneco Tour of Benelux, Tour of Benelux: ***Stage 7 (

): (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Team Columbia–HTC) 16' 07" (2) Sebastian Langeveld () + 4" (3) Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) + 5" ***Final General classification: (1) Hagen 26h 49' 40" (2) Sylvain Chavanel () + 45" (3) Langeveld + 47"

Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

, Netherlands: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals) **Pool A: *** 1–4 *** 9–0 ****Standings: Netherlands 9 points, England 6, Russia, Azerbaijan 1. **Pool B: *** 1–4 *** 4–0 ****Standings: Germany 9 points, Spain 6, Scotland, Ireland 1.

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* Women's Euro in Finland: **Group C: *** 1–2 *** 3–0 * UEFA Champions League Play-off round, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses, the winners advance to the

, the losers go to Europa League group stage) **Champions Path: ***Maccabi Haifa F.C., Maccabi Haifa 3–0 (2–1) FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg. Maccabi Haifa win 5–1 on aggrehate. ***FC Zürich, Zürich 2–1 (3–0) FK Ventspils, Ventspils. Zürich win 5–1 on aggregate. ***Debreceni VSC, Debrecen 2–0 (2–1) PFC Levski Sofia, Levski Sofia. Debrecen win 4–1 on aggregate. **Non-Champions Path: ***R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht 1–3 (1–5) Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon. Lyon win 8–2 on aggregate. ***Atlético Madrid 2–0 (3–2) Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos. Atlético Madrid win 5–2 on aggregate. *2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round, UEFA Europa League play-off round, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses, the winners advance to the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage, group stage) **Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 (3–0) Sivasspor. Shakhtar win 5–0 on aggregate. * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses) **Unión Española 1–0 (2–2) La Equidad. Unión Española win 3–2 on aggregate. **Coritiba Foot Ball Club, Coritiba 2–0 (0–2) Esporte Clube Vitória, Vitória. 2–2 on aggregate, Vitória win 5–3 in

. **Club Libertad, Libertad 1–1 (0–1) Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, LDU Quito. LDU Quito win 2–1 on aggregate. * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 2: **Group 1: ***C.F. Pachuca, Pachuca 5–0 A.D. Isidro Metapán, Isidro Metapán **Group 3: ***Deportivo Saprissa, Saprissa 3–1 Puerto Rico Islanders *

: ** 1–1 ***Standings: Syria 6 points (2 matches), Lebanon 4 (3), India, Sri Lanka 3 (2), Kyrgyzstan 1 (3).

August 24, 2009 (Monday)

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

: ** v in

, day 1: *** 181; 107 (36.5 ov). Afghanistan trail by 74 runs after the 1st innings.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Eneco Tour of Benelux, Tour of Benelux: ***Stage 6: (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen () 3h 28' 58" (2) Matthew Goss () s.t. (3)

() s.t. ***General classification: (1) Boasson Hagen 26h 33' 33" (2) Farrar + 21" (3) Lars Bak () + 25"

Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

* Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in

, Netherlands: **Pool A: *** 3–0 *** 4–4 ****Standings after 2 matches: Germany, England 4 points, Belgium 3, Austria 0. **Pool B: *** 2–3 *** 0–3 ****Standings after 2 matches: Spain 6 points, Netherlands, France 3, Poland 0.

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* Women's Euro in Finland: **Group B: *** 4–0 *** 1–3 *

: ** 4–0 ***Standings after 2 matches: Syria 6 points, Lebanon, India, Sri Lanka 3, Kyrgyzstan 0.

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

, Finland: **Men's 10 metre running target mixed: Dimitry Romanov 388 Miroslav Januš 387

384 **Women's 10 metre running target mixed: Natalya Gurova 376 Viktoriya Zabolotna 375 Olga Stepanova 373

August 23, 2009 (Sunday)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

*2009 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany: **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon, Women's Marathon: Bai Xue 2:25:15 Yoshimi Ozaki 2:25:25 Aselefech Mergia 2:25:32 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Women's long jump: Brittney Reese 7.10 Tatyana Lebedeva 6.97 Karin Mey Melis 6.80 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, Men's javelin throw:

89.59 Guillermo Martínez (athlete), Guillermo Martinez 86.41 Yukifumi Murakami 82.97 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Men's 5000 metres:

13:17.09 Bernard Lagat 13:17.33 James Kwalia C'Kurui 13:17.78 ***Bekele wins his second title of this championships and fifth overall. **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Women's 1500 metres:

4:03.74 Lisa Dobriskey 4:03.75 Shannon Rowbury 4:04.18 ***Jamal wins her second 1500m title after the initial winner Natalia Rodríguez (athlete), Natalia Rodríguez is disqualified. **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Men's 800 metres: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:45.29 Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:45.35 Yusuf Saad Kamel 1:45.35 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Women's 4 × 400 metres relay: 3:17.83 3:21.15 3:21.64 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Men's 4 × 400 metres relay: 2:57.86 3:00.53 3:00.90

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

: **2009 European Grand Prix, European Grand Prix in Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain ***(1)

( Brawn–

) 1:35:51.289 (2) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) +2.358 (3)

(

) +15.994 ****Drivers' standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1)

(Brawn-Mercedes) 72 points (2) Barrichello 54 (3) Mark Webber (racing driver), Mark Webber (

–

) 51.5 ****Constructors' standings: (1) Brawn-Mercedes 126 (2) Red Bull-Renault 98.5 (3) Ferrari 46 *

: **2009 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix, Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix in Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California ***(1)

(

) (2)

(

) (3) Mike Conway (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) ****Drivers' standings (after 14 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 497 points (2) Franchitti 493 (3)

(Chip Ganassi Racing) 477 *2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series, V8 Supercars: **2009 Queensland House and Land.com 300, Queensland House and Land.com 300 in Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Queensland ***Round 16: (1) Will Davison (Holden Commodore) (2) Craig Lowndes (Ford Falcon (Australia), Ford Falcon) (3) Russell Ingall (Holden Commodore) ****Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Jamie Whincup (Ford Falcon) 2007 points (2) Davison 1824 (3) Garth Tander (Holden Commodore) 1479

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Oceania Championship, Oceanian Championship, first leg: ** 84–77

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Australia in England: **2009 Ashes series, The Ashes Series: ***2009 Ashes series#Fifth Test, 5th Test at The Oval, London, day 4: **** 332 & 373/9 d; 160 & 348 (102.2 ov, Michael Hussey 121). England win by 197 runs and win the 5-Test series 2–1. *Kenyan cricket team in Canada in 2009, Kenya in Canada: **3rd ODI in Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario: ***Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Canada win the 3-match series 1–0. *Irish cricket team in Scotland in 2009, Ireland in Scotland: **2nd ODI in Mannofield Park, Aberdeen: ***Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Ireland win the 2-match series 1–0.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Eneco Tour of Benelux, Tour of Benelux: ***Stage 5: (1) Lars Bak (

) 5h 13' 16" (2) Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Team Columbia–HTC) + 2" (3) Francesco Gavazzi () s.t. ***General classification: (1) Hagen 23h 04' 45" (2)

( Garmin–Slipstream) + 15" (3) Bak + 15" **2009 GP Ouest-France, GP Ouest-France: ***(1) Simon Gerrans (Cervelo Test Team) 5h 58' 53" (2) Pierrick Fédrigo (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) s.t. (3) Paul Martens () s.t.

Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

* Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in

, Netherlands: **Pool A: *** 5–0 *** 3–1 *

, Netherlands: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals) **Pool A: *** 5–0 *** 1–1 **Pool B: *** 0–0 *** 2–1

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* Women's Euro in Finland: **Group A: *** 0–2 *** 1–0 *

: ** 2–1 ***Standings: Syria, Sri Lanka 3 points (1 match), Lebanon, India 3 (2), Kyrgyzstan 0 (2) *2009 Supercopa de España, Spanish Super Cup, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses) **

3–0 (2–1) Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona win 5–1 on aggregate.

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

: **2009 Solheim Cup, Solheim Cup in Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Illinois, day 3: ***Final Round (singles): ****Paula Creamer defeats

3 & 2 ****Angela Stanford defeats Becky Brewerton 5 & 4 ****Michelle Wie defeats Helen Alfredsson 1 up ****Laura Davies and Brittany Lang halved *****Lang comes back to halve the match after Davies was dormie with 2 holes left. ****Gwladys Nocera and Juli Inkster halved ****Catriona Matthew defeats Kristy McPherson 3 & 2 ****Brittany Lincicome defeats Sophie Gustafson 3 & 2 ****Diana Luna defeats Nicole Castrale 3 & 2 ****Christina Kim defeats Tania Elósegui 2 up ****Maria Hjorth and Cristie Kerr halved ****Morgan Pressel defeats Anna Nordqvist 3 & 2 ****Janice Moodie and Natalie Gulbis halved *****Gulbis comes back from 3 down after 13 holes to earn a half-point. ***Final standings: Team USA 16–12 Team Europe ***Team USA win the Cup for the third straight meeting, and eighth time overall. *Senior major golf championships, Senior majors: **The Tradition, JELD-WEN Tradition in Crosswater Golf Club, Sunriver, Oregon *** (1) Mike Reid (golfer), Mike Reid 272 (−16) PO (2) John Cook (golfer), John Cook 272 (−16) (3) Brad Bryant 274 (−14) **** Reid wins his second senior major on the first playoff hole. *

: **Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina *** Winner: Ryan Moore (golfer), Ryan Moore 264 (−16) PO **** Moore wins his first title on the PGA Tour in a playoff, eliminating Jason Bohn on the first playoff hole and Kevin Stadler on the third. *

: **KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands *** Winner: Simon Dyson 265 (−15) PO **** Dyson defeats

and Peter Lawrie on the first playoff hole.

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

: **2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio, United States: ***Final:

def. Novak Djokovic 6–1, 7–5 ****Federer wins this tournament for the third time, for his fourth title of the year and 61st overall. *

: **2009 Rogers Cup, Rogers Cup in Rexall Centre, Toronto, Canada: ***Final: Elena Dementieva def. Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–3 ****Dementieva wins her third title of the year and 14th of her career.

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009#Final round, FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: ** 3–1 ** 3–0 ** 1–3 ***Final standings: Brazil 10 points, Russia 9, Germany 7, Netherlands 7, China 6, Japan 6. ****Brazil win the title for the eighth time.

August 22, 2009 (Saturday)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

*2009 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany: **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon, Men's Marathon: Abel Kirui 2:06:54 (List of World Championships in Athletics records, CR) Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai 2:07:48 Tsegay Kebede 2:08:35 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump, Men's long jump: Dwight Phillips 8.54 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena 8.47 Mitchell Watt 8.37 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, Men's pole vault: Steven Hooker 5.90 Romain Mesnil 5.85 Renaud Lavillenie 5.80 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw, Women's hammer throw: Anita Włodarczyk 77.96 WR Betty Heidler 77.12 German records in athletics, NR Martina Hrašnová 74.79 ***Włodarczyk betters Tatyana Lysenko's record by 16 cm, and twists her ankle while celebrating. **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres, Women's 5000 metres: Vivian Cheruiyot 14:57.97 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet 14:58.33 Meseret Defar 14:58.41 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Women's 4 × 100 metres relay: 42.06 42.29 42.87 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Men's 4 × 100 metres relay: 37.31 List of World Championships in Athletics records, CR 37.62 Trinidad and Tobago records in athletics, NR 38.02 ***

completes a hat-trick of world titles, but this time without a world record.

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

*2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Sprint Cup Series: **2009 Sharpie 500, Sharpie 500 in Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee *** (1) Kyle Busch (

, Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) Mark Martin (racecar driver), Mark Martin (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3)

(Toyota,

) ****Drivers' standings (after 24 of 26 races leading to the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup, Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Tony Stewart 3564 points (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Jimmie Johnson 3344 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Jeff Gordon 3310 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) **** One week after Stewart clinched his spot in the 2009 Chase, Johnson and Gordon join him. *2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series, V8 Supercars: **2009 Queensland House and Land.com 300, Queensland House and Land.com 300 in Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Queensland ***Round 15: (1) Jamie Whincup (Ford Falcon (Australia), Ford Falcon) (2) James Courtney (Ford Falcon) (3) Mark Winterbottom (Ford Falcon) ****Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 1941 points (2) Will Davison (Holden Commodore) 1674 (3) Garth Tander (Holden Commodore) 1416

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Australia in England: **2009 Ashes series, The Ashes Series: ***2009 Ashes series#Fifth Test, 5th Test at The Oval, London, day 3: **** 332 & 373/9 d (Jonathan Trott 119); 160 & 80/0 (20 ov). Australia require 466 runs with 10 wickets remaining. * New Zealand in Sri Lanka: **1st Test in Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, day 5: *** 452 & 259/4 d; 299 & 210 (71.5 ov). Sri Lanka win by 202 runs, lead 2-match series 1–0. *Irish cricket team in Scotland in 2009, Ireland in Scotland: **1st ODI in Mannofield Park, Aberdeen: *** 205/9 (50 ov); 109 (40.3 ov). Ireland win by 96 runs, lead 2-match series 1–0. *Kenyan cricket team in Canada in 2009, Kenya in Canada: **2nd ODI in Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario: *** 63/3 (17.1/33 ov). No result, Canada lead 3-match series 1–0.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Eneco Tour of Benelux, Tour of Benelux: ***Stage 4: (1)

( Garmin–Slipstream) 5h 27' 01" (2) Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Team Columbia–HTC) s.t. (3) Francesco Gavazzi () s.t. ***General classification: (1) Farrar 17h 51' 13" (2)

() + 20" (3) Hagen + 23"

Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

* Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in

, Netherlands: **Pool B: *** 9–0 *** 3–0 *

, Netherlands: **Pool A: *** 10–0 *** 4–0 **Pool B: *** 3–1 *** 7–0

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

*2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs#Final, Women's Professional Soccer Final in The Home Depot Center, Carson, California **Los Angeles Sol 0–1 Sky Blue FC *

: ** 4–3

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

: **2009 Solheim Cup, Solheim Cup in Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Illinois, day 2: ***Round 3 (Four-ball): ****Christina Kim/Michelle Wie defeat Helen Alfredsson/Tania Elósegui 5 & 4 ****Catriona Matthew/Diana Luna and Angela Stanford/Brittany Lang halved *****Matthew and Luna salvage a tie after trailing by 2 with 2 holes to play. ****

/Anna Nordqvist defeat Nicole Castrale/Cristie Kerr 2 up ****Gwladys Nocera/Maria Hjorth defeat Brittany Lincicome/Kristy McPherson 1 up ***Standings after Round 3: Team USA 6–6 Team Europe ***Round 4 (Foursome): ****Janice Moodie/Sophie Gustafson defeat Paula Creamer/Juli Inkster 4 & 3 ****Kristy McPherson/Morgan Pressel defeat Helen Alfredsson/

2 up ****Becky Brewerton/Gwladys Nocera defeat Natalie Gulbis/Christina Kim 5 & 4 ****Cristie Kerr/Michelle Wie defeat Anna Nordqvist/Maria Hjorth 1 up ***Standings after Round 4: Team USA 8–8 Team Europe *Senior major golf championships, Senior majors: **The Tradition, JELD-WEN Tradition in Crosswater Golf Club, Sunriver, Oregon, third round: ***Leaderboard: (1) Brad Bryant 201 (−15) (2) Mike Reid (golfer), Mike Reid 203 (−13) (3) John Cook (golfer), John Cook 204 (−12)

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

: ** 18–19 in Stadium Australia, Sydney ***Standings: South Africa 12 points (3 matches), New Zealand 8 (4), Australia 2 (3).

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009#Final round, FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: ** 1–3 ** 3–1 ** 0–3 ***Standings after 4 matches: Brazil 8 points, Russia 7, Netherlands 6, China, Germany, Japan 5.

August 21, 2009 (Friday)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

*2009 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany: **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Men's 50 kilometres walk: Sergey Kirdyapkin 3:38:35 Trond Nymark 3:41:16 Jesus Angel Garcia 3:41:37 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Men's high jump: Yaroslav Rybakov 2.32 Kyriakos Ioannou 2.32 Sylwester Bednarek & Raul Spank 2.32 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw, Women's discus throw: Dani Samuels 65.44 Yarelis Barrios 65.31 Nicoleta Grasu 65.20 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Women's 200 metres: Allyson Felix 22.02 Veronica Campbell Brown 22.35 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 22.41 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Men's 400 metres:

44.06 Jeremy Wariner 44.60 Renny Quow 45.02

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

: **Food City 250 in Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee *** (1) David Ragan (

) (2)

(Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) (3) Brad Keselowski (Chevrolet, JR Motorsports)

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Australia in England: **2009 Ashes series, The Ashes Series: ***2009 Ashes series#Fifth Test, 5th Test at The Oval, London, day 2: **** 332 & 58/3 (28 overs); 160 (52.5 overs; Stuart Broad 5/37). England lead by 230 runs with 7 wickets left in the 2nd innings. * New Zealand in Sri Lanka: **1st Test in Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, day 4: *** 452 & 259/4 d (Tillakaratne Dilshan 123Not out, *); 299 & 30/1 (13.0 ov). New Zealand require another 383 runs with 9 wickets remaining. *Kenyan cricket team in Canada in 2009, Kenya in Canada: **2nd ODI in Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario: ***Match abandoned without a ball bowled, and will be rescheduled for August 22.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Eneco Tour of Benelux, Tour of Benelux: ***Stage 3: (1)

() 3h 43' 19" (2)

( Garmin–Slipstream) s.t. (3) Francesco Chicchi () s.t. ***General classification: (1) Farrar 12h 24' 22" (2) Boonen + 10" (3) Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Team Columbia–HTC) + 19"

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

: ** – postponed to August 22 due to heavy rain.

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

: **2009 Solheim Cup, Solheim Cup in Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Illinois, day 1: ***Round 1 (Four-ball): ****Paula Creamer/Cristie Kerr defeat

/Sophie Gustafson 1 up ****Helen Alfredsson/Tania Elósegui defeat Angela Stanford/Juli Inkster 1 up ****Brittany Lang/Brittany Lincicome defeat Laura Davies/Becky Brewerton 5 & 4 ****Catriona Matthew/Maria Hjorth and Morgan Pressel/Michelle Wie halved ***Standings after Round 1: Team USA 2½–1½ Team Europe ***Round 2 (Foursome): ****Christina Kim/Natalie Gulbis defeat

/Sophie Gustafson 3 & 2 ****Becky Brewerton/Gwladys Nocera defeat Angela Stanford/Nicole Castrale 3 & 1 ****Maria Hjorth/Anna Nordqvist defeat Kristy McPherson/Brittany Lincicome 3 & 2 ****Paula Creamer/Juli Inkster defeat Catriona Matthew/Janice Moodie 2 & 1 ***Standings after Round 2: Team USA 4½–3½ Team Europe *Senior major golf championships, Senior majors:: **The Tradition, JELD-WEN Tradition in Crosswater Golf Club, Sunriver, Oregon, second round: ***Leaderboard: (1) Brad Bryant 134 (−10) (2) Fred Funk 135 (−9) (3) John Cook (golfer), John Cook, Larry Mize & Loren Roberts (all United States) 136 (−8)

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009#Final round, FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: ** 1–3 ** 3–0 ** 3–0 ***Standings after 3 matches: Brazil 6 points, Russia, Netherlands 5, Japan, Germany 4, China 3.

August 20, 2009 (Thursday)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

*2009 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany: **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump, Women's high jump:

2.04 Anna Chicherova 2.02 Ariane Friedrich 2.02 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Women's 400 metres hurdles: Melaine Walker 52.42 List of World Championships in Athletics records, CR Lashinda Demus 52.96 Josanne Lucas 53.20 Trinidad and Tobago records in athletics, NR ***Walker's time is the second fastest in history, just 0.08 off the world record. **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Men's 200 metres:

19.19 WR Alonso Edward 19.81 AR Wallace Spearmon 19.85 ***Bolt gets his second world record, both by 0.11 seconds. **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Men's 110 metres hurdles: Ryan Brathwaite 13.14 NR Terrence Trammell 13.15 David Payne (hurdler), David Payne 13.15 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Men's decathlon: Trey Hardee 8790 points Leonel Suárez 8640 Aleksandr Pogorelov (athlete), Aleksandr Pogorelov 8528

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

* EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round: **Group A: 58–60 ***Standings: Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 points, Portugal 4. **Group B: 89–95 ***Standings: France 7 points, Finland 6, Italy 5. ***Belgium and France advance to the final series.

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Australia in England: **2009 Ashes series, The Ashes Series: ***2009 Ashes series#Fifth Test, 5th Test at The Oval, London, day 1: **** 307/8 (85.3 ov) * New Zealand in Sri Lanka: **1st Test in Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, day 3: *** 452; 281/8 (105.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 171 runs with 2 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. *

: ** v in Mannofield Park, Aberdeen, day 4: ***No play due to rain. 202 and 303; 208 and 72/5. Match drawn. ****Standings: Scotland 29 points (2 matches), Kenya 23 (2), Ireland 12 (2), Afghanistan, Netherlands 9 (1), Zimbabwe XI 3 (1), Canada 3 (3).

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Eneco Tour of Benelux, Tour of Benelux: ***Stage 2: (1)

( Garmin–Slipstream) 4hr 17' 53" (2) Yauheni Hutarovich () s.t. (3) Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Team Columbia–HTC) s.t. ***General classification: (1) Farrar 8hr 41' 09" (2) Hagen + 13" (3)

() + 14"

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 1: **Group B: ***San Juan Jabloteh 0–1 Deportivo Toluca F.C., Toluca **Group D: ***

1–0

* Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg: **Boca Juniors 1–1 Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Vélez Sarsfield * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses) **Club Cienciano del Cusco, Cienciano 2–0 (0–0) Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo), Liverpool. Cienciano win 2–0 on aggregate. **La Paz F.C., La Paz 1–2 (0–2) Cerro Porteño. Cerro Porteño win 4–1 on aggregate. *

: ** 2–0

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

*Senior major golf championships, Senior majors:: **The Tradition, JELD-WEN Tradition in Crosswater Golf Club, Sunriver, Oregon, first round: ***Leaderboard: (1) Brad Bryant 62 (−10) (2) Loren Roberts 65 (−5) (3) Tom Lehman & Tom Watson (golfer), Tom Watson (both United States) 67 (−3)

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009#Final round, FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: ** 3–2 ** 0–3 ** 1–3 ***Standings after 2 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 4 points, Russia, Germany 3, China, Japan 2.

August 19, 2009 (Wednesday)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

*2009 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany: **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw, Men's discus throw: Robert Harting 69.43 Piotr Małachowski 69.15 List of Polish records in athletics, NR Gerd Kanter 66.88 ***Harting wins the title with his final throw. **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Men's 1500 metres: Yusuf Saad Kamel 3:35.93 Deresse Mekonnen 3:36.01 Bernard Lagat 3:36.20 ***Kamel's father Billy Konchellah is a two-times world champion. **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Women's 100 metres hurdles:

12.51 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep 12.54 Delloreen Ennis-London 12.55 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Women's 800 metres: Caster Semenya 1:55.45 Janeth Jepkosgei 1:57.90 Jennifer Meadows 1:57.93 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Men's decathlon (standings after 5 events): (1) Oleksiy Kasyanov 4555 points (2) Yunior Díaz 4512 (3) Trey Hardee 4511

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* New Zealand in Sri Lanka: **1st Test in Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, day 2: *** 452 (Mahela Jayawardene 114,

159); 87/2 (29.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 365 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. *Kenyan cricket team in Canada in 2009, Kenya in Canada: **1st ODI in Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario: *** 113 (33.1 ov); 117/1 (16.2 ov). Canada win by 9 wickets, lead 3-match series 1–0. *

: ** XI v in Mutare Sports Club, Mutare, day 4: *** XI 350 & 446/9 d (113.5 ov, Trevor Garwe 117); 427 & 211/4 (44.5 ov, Noor Ali 100Not out, *). Match drawn. ** v in Mannofield Park, Aberdeen, day 3: *** 202 & 303 (William Porterfield 118); 208 & 72/5 (31.0 ov). Scotland require another 226 runs with 5 wickets remaining.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Eneco Tour of Benelux, Tour of Benelux: ***Stage 1: (1)

( Garmin–Slipstream) 4h 18' 30" (2)

() s.t. (3) Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Team Columbia–HTC) s.t ***General classification: (1) Farrar 4h 23' 26" (2) Boonen + 4" (3) Sylvain Chavanel (Quick-Step) + 9"

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* UEFA Champions League Play-off round, first leg: **Champions Path: ***FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg 1–2 Maccabi Haifa F.C., Maccabi Haifa ***FK Ventspils, Ventspils 0–3 FC Zürich, Zürich ***PFC Levski Sofia, Levski Sofia 1–2 Debreceni VSC, Debrecen **Non-Champions Path: ***Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon 5–1 R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht ***Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos 2–3 Atlético Madrid * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 1: **Group A: ***Houston Dynamo 1–0 A.D. Isidro Metapán, Isidro Metapán ***Club Deportivo Árabe Unido, Árabe Unido 4–1 C.F. Pachuca, Pachuca **Group C: ***C.D.S.C. Cruz Azul, Cruz Azul 2–0 Deportivo Saprissa, Saprissa * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg: **Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate 1–2 Club Atlético Lanús, Lanús *2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs#Super Semifinal, Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs Super Semifinal in Anheuser-Busch Center, Fenton, Missouri: **Saint Louis Athletica 0–1 Sky Blue FC *

: ** 0–1

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009#Final round, FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan: ** 3–2 ** 3–2 ** 1–3

August 18, 2009 (Tuesday)

American football

*After saying last month that he would probably retire, quarterback Brett Favre signs a two-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings for US$25 million
(ESPN)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

*2009 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany: **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump, Men's triple jump: Phillips Idowu 17.73

17.55 Alexis Copello 17.36 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw, Women's javelin throw: Steffi Nerius 67.30 Barbora Špotáková 66.42 Maria Abakumova 66.06 ***Thirty-seven-year-old Nerius becomes the oldest world champion in history. **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Women's 400 metres:

49.00 Shericka Williams 49.32 Antonina Krivoshapka 49.71 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Men's 3000 metres steeplechase:

8:00.43 List of World Championships in Athletics records, CR Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong 8:00.89 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:01.18 List of European records in athletics, ER **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Men's 400 metres hurdles: Kerron Clement 47.91 Javier Culson 48.09 Bershawn Jackson 48.23

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* New Zealand in Sri Lanka: **1st Test in Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, day 1: *** 293/3 (78.0 ov, Mahela Jayawardene 108Not out, *) *Bangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2009, Bangladesh in Zimbabwe: **5th ODI in Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo: *** 209 (46.4 ov); 212/5 (47.5 ov). Bangladesh win by 5 wickets, and win the 5-match series 4–1. *

: ** XI v in Mutare Sports Club, Mutare, day 3: *** XI 350 & 267/6 (74.2 ov, Tatenda Taibu 120); 427 (Mohammad Nabi 102). Zimbabwe XI lead by 190 runs with 4 wickets remaining. ** v in Mannofield Park, Aberdeen, day 2: *** 202 & 102/3 (40.0 ov); 208 (Qasim Sheikh 100Not out, *). Ireland lead by 96 runs with 7 wickets remaining.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Eneco Tour of Benelux, Tour of Benelux: ***Prologue: (1) Sylvain Chavanel () 4' 55" (2)

( Garmin–Slipstream) + 1" (3)

(Quick-Step) + 1"

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* UEFA Champions League Play-off round, first leg: **Champions Path: ***

0–2

***

1–0

**Non-Champions Path: ***Celtic F.C., Celtic 0–2 Arsenal F.C., Arsenal ***FC Timişoara, Timişoara 0–2 VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart ***Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting CP 2–2 ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina * CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 1: **Group B: ***C.D. Marathón, Marathón 3–1 D.C. United **Group C: ***Columbus Crew 2–0 Puerto Rico Islanders **Group D: ***

1–0

* Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg: **Club Atlético Tigre, Tigre 2–1 San Lorenzo de Almagro, San Lorenzo * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses) **Deportivo Cali 0–1 (1–2) C.F. Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Chile. Universidad de Chile win 3–1 on aggregate.

August 17, 2009 (Monday)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

*2009 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany: **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw, Men's hammer throw: Primož Kozmus 80.84 Szymon Ziółkowski 79.30 Aleksey Zagornyi 78.09 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault, Women's pole vault: Anna Rogowska 4.75 Chelsea Johnson & Monika Pyrek 4.65 ***Four-time world champion Yelena Isinbayeva fails to clear any height. **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump, Women's triple jump: Yargelis Savigne 14.95 Mabel Gay 14.61 Anna Pyatykh 14.58 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Women's 3000 metres steeplechase: Marta Domínguez 9:07.32 Yuliya Zarudneva 9:08.39 Milcah Chemos Cheywa 9:08.57 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres, Men's 10,000 metres:

26:46.31 List of World Championships in Athletics records, CR Zersenay Tadese 26:50.12 Moses Ndiema Masai 26:57.39 ***Bekele wins his fourth straight title at this event. **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Women's 100 metres: ***Semifinals, heat 1: (1) Shelly-Ann Fraser 10.79 ***Semifinals, heat 2: (1)

10.83 ***Final: Fraser 10.73 Kerron Stewart 10.75 Jeter 10.90 ****Fraser becomes the joint-third fastest woman in history and clocks the fastest time in more than 10 years.

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

* EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round: (teams in bold advance to the final series) **Group A: 102–79 ***Standings: Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 points (4 games), Belgium 5 (3), 3 (3). ***Belgium will advance to the final series if they beat Portugal; otherwise Bosnia & Herzegovina advance. **Group B: 77–73 ***Standings: France 7 points (4 games), Italy, Finland 4 (3).

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

: ** v in Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario, day 4: *** 317 & 362/3 d; 234 & 198 (65.3 ov). Kenya win by 247 runs. ****Kenya goes to the top of the standings with 23 points from 2 matches, ahead of Scotland with 20 points from one match. ** XI v in Mutare Sports Club, Mutare, day 2: *** XI 350 (Tatenda Taibu 172); 358/7 (110.0 ov, Noor Ali 130). Afghanistan lead by 8 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. ** v in Mannofield Park, Aberdeen, day 1: *** 202; 76/2 (27.0 ov). Scotland trail by 126 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

August 16, 2009 (Sunday)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

*2009 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany: **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk, Women's 20 kilometres walk: Olga Kaniskina 1:28:09 Olive Loughnane 1:28:58 Liu Hong (racewalker), Liu Hong 1:29:10 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put, Women's shot put: Valerie Vili 20.44 Nadine Kleinert 20.20 Gong Lijiao 19.89 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, Women's heptathlon: Jessica Ennis 6731 points Jennifer Oeser 6493 Kamila Chudzik 6471 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Men's 100 metres: ***Semifinals, heat 1: (1)

9.89 ***Semifinals, heat 2: (1) Tyson Gay 9.93 ***Final: Bolt 9.58 WR Gay 9.71 United States records in track and field, NR Asafa Powell 9.84 ****Bolt improves his own record by 0.11 second, the biggest improvement of the world record in 100 metres dash since the introduction of electronic measurement.

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

*2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Sprint Cup Series: **2009 Carfax 400, CARFAX 400 in Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan: *** (1) Brian Vickers (

, Red Bull Racing Team) (2) Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) ****Drivers' standings (after 23 of 26 races leading to the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup, Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Tony Stewart 3500 points (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Gordon 3216 (3) Jimmie Johnson 3197 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) ****Stewart becomes the first driver to secure his spot in the 2009 Chase.

Badminton

*2009 BWF World Championships, BWF World Championships in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India: (seeding in parentheses) **Men's singles: Lin Dan (5) bt Chen Jin (badminton), Chen Jin (2) 21–18, 21–16 **Women's singles: Lu Lan (7) bt Xie Xingfang (5) 23–21, 21–12 **Men's doubles: Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (5) bt Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae (4) 21–18, 16–21, 28–26 **Women's doubles: Zhang Yawen/Zhao Tingting (8) bt Cheng Shu/Zhao Yunlei (2) 17–21, 21–17, 21–16 **Mixed doubles: Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (7) bt Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir (2) 21–13, 21–17

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Asia Championship, Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: **Final: 70–52 ***Iran win the title for the second straight time. **3rd place: 80–66 ***Jordan qualify for 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2010 World Championship.

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

*Bangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2009, Bangladesh in Zimbabwe: **4th ODI in Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo: *** 312/8 (50 ov, Charles Coventry (Zimbabwean cricketer), Charles Coventry 194 Not out, *); 313/6 (47.5 ov, Tamim Iqbal 154). Bangladesh win by 4 wickets, take unassailable 3–1 lead in the 5-match series. *

: ** v in Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario, day 3: *** 317 & 362/3 d (Seren Waters 157Not out, *, Steve Tikolo 169); 234 & 61/2 (15.0 ov). Canada require another 385 runs with 8 wickets remaining. ** XI v in Mutare Sports Club, Mutare, day 1:

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Vattenfall Cyclassics, Vattenfall Cyclassics: ***(1)

( Garmin–Slipstream) 5h 30' 38" (2) Matti Breschel (Team Saxo Bank, Saxo Bank) (3)

()

Field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

*2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Women's Junior World Cup in Boston, USA: **Third place: 2–1 **Final: 3–0

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* CAF Champions League group stage, round 3: **Group B: ***

3–0

****Standings:

, Heartland 6 points, Étoile du Sahel, Monomotapa United 3. *2009 Supercopa de España, Spanish Super Cup, first leg: **Athletic Bilbao 1–2

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

*Men's major golf championships, Men's majors: **2009 PGA Championship, PGA Championship in Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota, final round: ***(1) Yang Yong-eun, Y.E. Yang 280 (−8) (2) Tiger Woods 283 (−5) (3) Lee Westwood & Rory McIlroy 285 (−3) ****Yang becomes the first Asian-born winner of a men's major championship, and also ends Woods' previous record of winning every major in which he led after the third round.

Motorcycle racing Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Ot ...

: **2009 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix, Czech Republic Grand Prix in Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic: ***(1)

(Yamaha Motor Racing, Yamaha) 43:08.991 (2) Dani Pedrosa (

) +11.766 (3) Toni Elias (Honda) +20.756 ****Riders' standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Rossi 212 points (2)

(Yamaha) 162 (3)

(

) 150 ****Manufacturers' standings: (1) Yamaha 230 points (2) Honda 164 (3) Ducati 156

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

*2009 World Shotgun Championships, World Shotgun Championships in Maribor, Slovenia: **Men's Olympic skeet, skeet: Vincent Hancock 149 (124) Georgios Achilleos 148 (123) Ennio Falco 147 (122)

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

: **2009 Rogers Cup, Rogers Cup in Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Canada: ***Final: Andy Murray def. Juan Martín del Potro 6–7(4), 7–6(3), 6–1 ****Murray wins his 5th title of the year and 13th of his career. He advances to #2 in the ATP ranking. *

: **2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio, United States: ***Final: Jelena Janković def. Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2 ****Janković wins her second title of the year and 11th overall.

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, FIVB World Grand Prix: **3rd Preliminary round: (teams in bold advance to the final round) ***Pool G in Hong Kong: **** 2–3 **** 3–1 ***Pool H in Mokpo, South Korea: **** 2–3 **** 1–3 ***Pool I in Bangkok, Thailand: **** 2–3 **** 0–3 ***Final standings: Brazil 18 points, Netherlands 17, China 16, Russia 15, Japan, Germany 14, Poland, Thailand 13, USA 12, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Korea 10.

August 15, 2009 (Saturday)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

*2009 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany: **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk, Men's 20 kilometres walk: Valeriy Borchin 1:18:41 Wang Hao (racewalker), Wang Hao 1:19:06 Eder Sanchez 1:19:22 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres, Women's 10,000 metres: Linet Masai 30:51.24 Meselech Melkamu 30:51.34 Wude Ayalew 30:51.95 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put, Men's shot put: Christian Cantwell 22.03 Tomasz Majewski 21.91 Ralf Bartels 21.37 **2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, Women's heptathlon (standings after 4 events): (1) Jessica Ennis 4124 points (2) Nataliya Dobrynska 3817 (3) Jennifer Oeser 3814

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

: **CARFAX 250 in Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan: *** (1) Brad Keselowski (Chevrolet, JR Motorsports) (2) Brian Vickers (

, Braun Racing) (3) Kyle Busch (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Africa Championship, African Championship in Tripoli, Libya: **Final: 82–72 ***Angola win the title for the sixth successive time and 10th of the last 11 tournaments. **3rd place: 83–68 ***Tunisia qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2010 World Championship. *2009 FIBA Asia Championship, Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: **Semi-finals: *** 75–77 *** 68–72 ****Iran and China qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2010 World Championship.

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

in Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario, day 2: ** 317 & 12/0 (7.0 ov); 234. Kenya lead by 95 runs with 10 wickets remaining. *2009 Twenty20 Cup#Final, Twenty20 Cup Final in Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham: **Sussex County Cricket Club, Sussex Sharks 172/7 (20/20 ov); Somerset County Cricket Club, Somerset Sabres 109 (17.2/20 ov). Sussex win by 63 runs.

Fistball

*2009 European Women's Fistball Championship, European Women's Championship in Zofingen, Switzerland: **3rd place: 3–0 **Final: 3–1

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* CAF Champions League group stage, round 3: **Group A: ***

2–3

****Standings: Al-Hilal 7 points, ZESCO United,

4, Al-Merreikh 1. **Group B: ***

5–0 Monomotapa United ****Standings: TP Mazembe 6 points (3 matches),

, Heartland F.C., Heartland 3 (2), Monomotapa United 3 (3). *2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs#First round, Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs First round in Maryland SoccerPlex, Germantown, Maryland: **Washington Freedom 1–2 Sky Blue FC

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

*Men's major golf championships, Men's majors: **2009 PGA Championship, PGA Championship in Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota, third round: *** Leaderboard: (1) Tiger Woods 208 (−8) (2) Yang Yong-eun, Y.E. Yang & Pádraig Harrington 210 (−6)

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, FIVB World Grand Prix: **3rd Preliminary round: (teams in bold advance to the final round) ***Pool G in Hong Kong: **** 0–3 **** 2–3 ***Pool H in Mokpo, South Korea: **** 3–2 **** 0–3 ***Pool I in Bangkok, Thailand: **** 3–1 **** 0–3 ***Standings after 8 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 16 points, China 14, Russia, Germany 13, Japan 12, Poland, USA, Thailand 11, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Korea 9.

August 14, 2009 (Friday)

American football

* The Philadelphia Eagles sign former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, recently released from federal prison after serving over two years for Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation, his dog fighting activities. The deal is for one year at US$1.6 million, with a team option for a second year at $5.2 million
(ESPN)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Africa Championship, African Championship in Tripoli, Libya: **Semifinals: *** 79–69 *** 61–68 ****Angola and Côte d'Ivoire qualify for 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2010 World Championship. *2009 FIBA Asia Championship, Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: **Quarter-finals: *** 81–70 *** 65–75 *** 83–101 *** 65–68 * EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round: **Group A: 73–61 ***Standings: Bosnia & Herzegovina 6 points (3 games), 3 (2), Portugal 3 (3). **Group B: 81–61 ***Standings: France 6 points (3 games), Italy 4 (3), 2 (2). ***France advance to the EuroBasket 2009 qualification#Additional qualifying round final match, final series.

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

*Bangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2009, Bangladesh in Zimbabwe: **3rd ODI in Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo: *** 323/7 (50 ov, Hamilton Masakadza 102); 254 (44.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 69 runs. Bangladesh lead the 5-match series 2–1. *

: ** v in Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario, day 1: *** 317 (86.1 ov, Steve Tikolo 158); 14/2 (6.0 ov). Canada trail by 303 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Fistball

*2009 European Women's Fistball Championship, European Women's Championship in Zofingen, Switzerland: **First round: *** 2–0 *** 2–0 *** 2–0 *** 2–0 *** 1–2 *** 2–0 *** 2–0 *** 2–0 *** 2–0 *** 2–0 ****Standings: Austria 4–0, Switzerland 3–1, Germany 2–2, Italy 1–3, Catalonia 0–4.

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* CAF Champions League group stage, round 3: **Group A: *** Al-Hilal 2–0

****Standings: Al-Hilal 7 points (3 matches), Kano Pillars 4 (3), ZESCO United,

1 (2).

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

*Men's major golf championships, Men's majors: **2009 PGA Championship, PGA Championship in Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota, second round: ***Leaderboard: (1) Tiger Woods 137 (−7) (2) Ross Fisher , Lucas Glover , Pádraig Harrington , Brendan Jones (golfer), Brendan Jones , & Vijay Singh 141 (−3)

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, FIVB World Grand Prix: **3rd Preliminary round: (teams in bold advance to the final round) ***Pool G in Hong Kong: **** 0–3 **** 3–1 ***Pool H in Mokpo, South Korea: **** 1–3 **** 1–3 ***Pool I in Bangkok, Thailand: **** 0–3 **** 1–3 ***Standings after 7 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 14 points, China 13, Germany 12, Russia 11, Japan, Thailand 10, Poland, USA 9, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Korea 8.

August 13, 2009 (Thursday)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Africa Championship, African Championship in Tripoli, Libya: **Quarterfinals: *** 84–63 *** 73–74 *** 80–84 *** 84–78

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg: **Esporte Clube Vitória, Vitória 2–0 Coritiba Foot Ball Club, Coritiba **Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo), Liverpool 0–0 Cienciano del Cuzco, Cienciano

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

*Men's major golf championships, Men's majors: **2009 PGA Championship, PGA Championship in Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota, first round: ***Leaderboard: (1) Tiger Woods 67 (−5) (2) Pádraig Harrington 68 (−4) (3) Six players at 69 (−3)

Olympic Games, Olympics

*At a meeting in Berlin, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee recommends golf and rugby sevens for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympics program. The choices must still be ratified by the full IOC at its October meeting in Copenhagen. The board also decide to include women's boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
(ESPN)

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

*2009 World Shotgun Championships, World Shotgun Championships in Maribor, Slovenia: **Men's double trap: Francesco D'Aniello 190 (146) Jeffrey Holguín 186+2 (144) Wang Nan (sport shooter), Wang Nan 186+0 (144)

August 12, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Asia Championship, Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals) **Group E: *** 85–71 *** 79–99 *** 66–82 ****Standings: Iran 10 points, Korea 9, Philippines 8, Chinese Taipei 7, Japan 6, Kuwait 5. **Group F: *** 91–45 *** 56–105 *** 89–83 ****Standings: China 10 points, Jordan 9, Lebanon 8, Qatar 7, Kazakhstan 6, UAE 5.

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

*Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009, Pakistan in Sri Lanka: **Only T20I in R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo: *** 172/5 (20.0/20 ov); 120 (18.1/20 ov). Pakistan win by 52 runs.

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

: **2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA): ***Group 3: **** 5–0 *****Standings: Slovakia 15 points (6 matches), Northern Ireland 13 (7), Slovenia 11 (7). ***Group 4: **** 0–2 *****Standings: Germany 19 points (7 matches), Russia 15 (6), Finland 10 (6). ***Group 6: **** 1–3 *****Standings: England 21 points (7 matches), Croatia 14 (7), Ukraine 11 (6). ***Group 7: **** 0–1 *****Standings: Serbia 18 points (7 matches), France 13 (6), Lithuania 9 (7). ***Group 9: **** 4–0 *****Standings: Netherlands 21 points (7 matches), Macedonia, Scotland 7 (6), Norway 6 (4). **2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round, 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF), matchday 6: (All times UTC) *** 2–1 *** 1–0 *** 4–0 ****Standings: Costa Rica 12 points, Honduras, USA 10, Mexico 9, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago 5. **Friendly internationals: *** 6–1 *** 1–0 *** 2–0 *** 1–4 *** 0–2 *** 2–3 *** 1–0 *** 3–1 *** 1–2 *** 3–3 *** 0–1 *** 4–1 *** 0–1 *** 1–1 *** 0–3 *** 0–3 *** 0–1 *** 2–3 *** 3–0 *** 2–0 *** 2–1 *** 1–1 *** 1–0 *** 2–2 *** 1–1 *** 2–1 *** 2–0 *** 2–3 *** 1–2 *** 2–1 *** 1–1 *** 1–3 *** 1–0 *** 1–0 *** 0–0 *** 0–0 *** 0–3 * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg: **Fluminense Football Club, Fluminense 0–0 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo **Cerro Porteño 2–0 La Paz F.C., La Paz

August 11, 2009 (Tuesday)

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

* Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher calls off his comeback to F1 racing as a substitute driver for the injured Felipe Massa, citing lingering effects of injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash in February. Massa's

ride will instead be taken over by Luca Badoer
(AP via ESPN)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Africa Championship, African Championship in Libya: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals) **Group E in Benghazi: *** 64–80 *** 95–73 *** 93–85 ****Standings: Angola 12 points, Nigeria 11, Mali 10, Côte d'Ivoire 9, Libya 8, Egypt 7. **Group F in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli: *** 73–81 *** 82–69 *** 65–73 ****Standings: Senegal, Tunisia 10 points, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Morocco, Rwanda 9. *2009 FIBA Asia Championship, Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals) **Group E: *** 88–78 *** 51–78 *** 70–72 ****Standings: Iran, Korea 8 points, Philippines 6, Chinese Taipei, Japan 5, Kuwait 4. **Group F: *** 56–84 *** 68–71 *** 74–60 ****Standings: China, Jordan 8 points, Lebanon 6, Qatar, Kazakhstan 5, UAE 4. * EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round: **Group A: 64–58 ***Standings: 4 points, Belgium 3, Portugal 2. **Group B: 75–77 ***Standings: 4 points, Italy 3, Finland 2.

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

*Bangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2009, Bangladesh in Zimbabwe: **2nd ODI in Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo: *** 320/8 (50 ov, Shakib Al Hasan 104); 271 (46.1 ov). Bangladesh win by 49 runs, lead the 5-match series 2–0.

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg: **Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, LDU Quito 1–0 Club Libertad, Libertad **

0–1 River Plate ***Match abandoned after 66 minutes due to incident involving a spectator and a River Plate player. River Plate is awarded a 3–0 win.

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

*2009 World Shotgun Championships, World Shotgun Championships in Maribor, Slovenia: **Women's Olympic skeet, skeet: Christine Brinker 95 (72) Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit 94 (73) Katiuscia Spada 93 (72) **Women's Olympic trap, trap: Jessica Rossi 92 (71) Irina Laricheva (shooter), Irina Laricheva 90 (73) Satu Mäkelä-Nummela 89 (74 EWR)

August 10, 2009 (Monday)

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

*2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Sprint Cup Series: **2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen in Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York *** (1) Tony Stewart (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2)

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) (3)

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) ****Drivers' standings (after 22 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Stewart 3383 points (2) Jimmie Johnson 3123 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Jeff Gordon 3041 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) **** Stewart needs only to start 2009 CARFAX 400, next weekend's race at Michigan International Speedway, Michigan to become the first driver to secure a spot in the Chase.

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Africa Championship, African Championship in Libya: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals) **Group E in Benghazi: *** 61–88 *** 75–73 *** 74–70 ****Standings: Angola, Nigeria 10 points, Mali 8, Côte d'Ivoire, Libya 7, Egypt 6. **Group F in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli: *** 85–64 *** 73–75 *** 66–68 ****Standings: Tunisia 9 points, Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco 8, Central African Republic, Rwanda 7. *2009 FIBA Asia Championship, Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: **Group E: *** 78–58 *** 71–101 *** 77–70 ****Standings: Iran, Korea 6 points, Philippines 5, Chinese Taipei 4, Japan, Quwait 3. **Group F: *** 80–98 *** 82–59 *** 63–73 ****Standings: China, Jordan 6 points, Lebanon 5, Qatar 4, Kazakhstan, UAE 3.

August 9, 2009 (Sunday)

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

: **2009 Honda 200, Honda 200 in Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio ***(1)

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) (2)

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) (3)

(Chip Ganassi Racing) ****Drivers' standings (after 13 of 17 races): (1) Dixon 460 points (2) Briscoe 457 (3) Franchitti 440

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Africa Championship, African Championship in Libya: **Group E in Benghazi: *** 71–58 *** 91–58 *** 77–87 ****Standings: Angola, Nigeria 8 points, Mali 7, Côte d'Ivoire 6, Egypt, Libya 5. **Group F in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli: *** 54–80 *** 72–59 *** 76–75 ****Standings: Senegal, Cameroon, Tunisia 7 points, Morocco, Rwanda 6, Central African Republic 5.

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Australia in England: **2009 Ashes series, The Ashes Series: ***2009 Ashes series#Fourth Test, 4th Test in Headingley Stadium, Leeds, day 3: **** 102 & 263 (61.3 ov, Mitchell Johnson (cricketer), Mitchell Johnson 5/69); 445. Australia win by an innings and 80 runs. 5-match series level 1–1. *Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009, Pakistan in Sri Lanka: **5th ODI in R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo: *** 279/8 (50 ov); 147 (34.2 ov). Pakistan win by 132 runs. Sri Lanka win the 5-match series 3–2. *Bangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2009, Bangladesh in Zimbabwe: **1st ODI in Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo: *** 207 (47.5 ov); 211/2 (34.3 ov, Mohammad Ashraful 103Not out, *). Bangladesh win by 8 wickets, lead 5-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

*2009 FA Community Shield, Community Shield at Wembley Stadium, London: **Manchester United F.C., Manchester United 2–2 Chelsea F.C., Chelsea. Chelsea win 4–1 in

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

*World Golf Championships: **WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Bridgestone Invitational in Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio *** Winner: Tiger Woods 268 (−12) **** Woods wins for the second straight week, helped greatly by a four-shot swing on the 16th hole where he birdied and Pádraig Harrington triple-bogeyed. *

: **Legends Reno-Tahoe Open in Reno, Nevada *** Winner: John Rollins (golfer), John Rollins 271 (−17)

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

*2009 World Shotgun Championships, World Shotgun Championships in Maribor, Slovenia: (Qualification scores in parentheses) **Men's Olympic trap, trap: Marian Kovacocy 146 (122) Massimo Fabbrizi 145+1 (123) Oguzhan Tuzun 145+0 (123)

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

: **2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Legg Mason Tennis Classic in William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, D.C., United States ***Final: Juan Martín del Potro def.

3–6, 7–5, 7–6(6) ****Del Potro wins this tournament for the second consecutive year for his second title of the year and sixth of his career. *

: **2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships, LA Women's Tennis Championships in The Home Depot Center, Carson, California, United States ***Final:

def. Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–3 ****Pennetta wins her second title of the year and eighth of her career.

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, FIVB World Grand Prix: **2nd Preliminary round: (teams in bold advance to the final round) ***Pool D in Miaoli City, Miaoli,

**** 3–0 **** 3–0 ***Pool E in Macau **** 0–3 **** 2–3 ***Pool F in Osaka, Japan **** 3–2 **** 3–1 ***Standings after 6 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 12 points, China 11, Germany 10, Japan, Russia 9, Poland, USA, Thailand 8, Puerto Rico, Korea, Dominican Republic 7.

August 8, 2009 (Saturday)

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

: **Zippo 200 at the Glen in Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York ***(1)

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) (2) Kyle Busch (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (3)

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Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Asia Championship, Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: (teams in bold advance to the second round) **Group A: *** 45–148 *** 56–69 ****Standings: Korea 6 points, Philippines 5, Japan 4, Sri Lanka 3. **Group B: *** 78–102 *** 46–94 ****Standings: Iran 6 points, Chinese Taipei 5, Kuwait 4, Uzbekistan 3. **Group C: *** 92–61 *** 72–74 ****Standings: China 6 points, Qatar 5, Kazakhstan 4, India 3. **Group D: *** 67–79 *** 36–123 ****Standings: Jordan 6 points, Lebanon 5, UAE 4, Indonesia 3. * EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round: **Group A: 82–77 ***Standings: Bosnia & Herzegovina 4 points (2 games), Belgium, Portugal 1(1). **Group B: 82–72 ***Standings: France 4 points (2 games), Italy, Finland 1(1).

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Australia in England: **2009 Ashes series, The Ashes Series: ***2009 Ashes series#Fourth Test, 4th Test in Headingley Stadium, Leeds, day 2: **** 102 & 82/5 (32.0 ov); 445 (Marcus North 110, Stuart Broad 6/91). England trail by 261 runs with 5 wickets remaining.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne: ***Stage 7: (1) André Greipel ( Team Columbia–HTC) 2h 55' 39" (2) Christopher Sutton (cyclist), Christopher Sutton ( Garmin–Slipstream) s.t. (3) Wouter Weylandt () s.t. ***Final general classification: (1) Alessandro Ballan () 28h 46' 13" (2) Daniel Moreno () + 10' (3) Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia–HTC) + 11"

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

*2009 Supercoppa Italiana, Italian Supercup in Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, PR China, China: **F.C. Internazionale Milano, Internazionale 1–2 S.S. Lazio, Lazio

Racquetball

*2009 European Racquetball Championships, European Championships in Paris: **Men's singles: *** Víctor Montserrat Carlos Oviedo Eric Gordon Oliver Bertels **Women's singles: *** Elisabet Consegal Yvonne Kortes Andrea Gordon Majella Haverty **Men's doubles: *** Adam Neary / Joe Farrell Eric Gordon / Oliver Bertels Joseph Dillon / Sean Kene Arne Schmitz / Bernd Dröge **Women's doubles: *** Antonia Neary Katie Kenny / Majella Haverty Yvonne Kortes / Andrea Gordon Daphne Wannee / Kathy Tritsmans /

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

: ** 29–17 in Newlands Stadium, Cape Town *** ''Standings:'' South Africa 12 points (3 matches), 4 (3 matches), Australia 1 (2 matches)

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, FIVB World Grand Prix: **2nd Preliminary round: ***Pool D in Miaoli City, Miaoli,

: **** 2–3 **** 0–3 ***Pool E in Macau: **** 3–1 **** 3–1 ***Pool F in Osaka, Japan: **** 1–3 **** 3–1 ***Standing after 5 matches: Brazil, China, Netherlands 10 points, Germany, Russia 8, Japan, USA, Thailand 7, Poland, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic 6, South Korea 5.

August 7, 2009 (Friday)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Africa Championship, African Championship in Libya: (teams in bold advance to the second round) **Group A in Benghazi: *** 81–97 *** 94–57 ****Standings: Nigeria 6 points, Côte d'Ivoire 5, Libya 4, South Africa 3. **Group B in Benghazi: *** 93–50 *** 47–67 ****Standings: Angola 6 points, Mali 5, Egypt 4, Mozambique 3. **Group C in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli: *** 65–67 *** 61–113 ****Standings: Senegal 6 points, Cameroon 5, Central African Republic 4, Congo 3. **Group D in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli: *** 83–86 *** 57–74 ****Standings: Tunisia, Morocco 5 points, Rwanda, Cape Verde 4. *2009 FIBA Asia Championship, Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: (teams in bold advance to the second round) **Group A: *** 122–54 *** 69–78 **Group B: *** 73–51 *** 82–61 **Group C: *** 56–74 *** 95–70 **Group D: *** 105–47 *** 108–38

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Australia in England: **2009 Ashes series, The Ashes Series: ***2009 Ashes series#Fourth Test, 4th Test in Headingley Stadium, Leeds, day 1: **** 102 (Peter Siddle 5/21); 196/4. Australia lead by 94 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. *Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009, Pakistan in Sri Lanka: **4th ODI in R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo: *** 321/5 (50 ov, Umar Akmal 102Not out, *); 175 (36.1 ov). Pakistan win by 146 runs. Sri Lanka lead the 5-match series 3–1.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne: ***Stage 6: (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Team Columbia–HTC) 4h 03' 40" (2) Alessandro Ballan () same time (3) Marco Marcato ( Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) s.t. ***General classification: (1) Ballan 25h 50' 34" (2) Daniel Moreno () + 10" (3) Hagen + 11"

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, FIVB World Grand Prix: **2nd Preliminary round: ***Pool D in Miaoli City, Miaoli,

: **** 3–2 **** 3–1 ***Pool E in Macau: **** 3–0 **** 3–2 ***Pool F in Osaka, Japan: **** 2–3 **** 3–0 ***Standing after 4 matches: Brazil, China, Netherlands 8 points, Russia 7, Germany, USA, Thailand 6, Poland, Japan, Dominican Republic 5, Puerto Rico, Korea 4.

August 6, 2009 (Thursday)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Africa Championship, African Championship in Libya: (teams in bold advance to the second round) **Group A in Benghazi: *** 73–64 *** 49–97 **Group B in Benghazi: *** 69–79 *** 67–54 **Group C in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli: *** 56–70 *** 69–82 **Group D in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli: *** 77–67 *** 98–79 *2009 FIBA Asia Championship, Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: **Group A: *** 115–31 *** 95–74 **Group B: *** 71–67 *** 69–64 **Group C: *** 62–77 *** 49–121 **Group D: *** 63–68 ( OT) *** 67–84

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne: ***Stage 5: (1) Alessandro Ballan () 3h 48' 23" (2) Daniel Moreno () same time (3) Pieter Weening () s.t. ***General classification: (1) Ballan 21h 47' 00" (2) Moreno + 4" (3) Weening + 6"

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

*2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round#Third qualifying round, UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round, second leg: (teams in bold advance to the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round, Play-off Round, first leg result in parentheses) **FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, Krylia Sovetov 3–2 (0–1) St Patrick's Athletic F.C., St Patrick's Athletic. 3–3 on aggregate; St Patrick's Athletic win on Away goals rule, away goals. **FK Karabakh, Karabakh 2–1 (1–0) FC Honka, Honka. Karabakh win 3–1 on aggregate. **MFK Košice, Košice 3–1 (2–0) FK Slavija Sarajevo, Slavija. Košice win 5–1 on aggregate. **FC Slovan Liberec, Slovan Liberec 2–0 (1–0) FC Vaduz, Vaduz. Slovan Liberec win 3–0 on aggregate. **PFC Cherno More Varna, Cherno More 0–1 (0–1) PSV Eindhoven. PSV Eindhoven win 2–0 on aggregate. **Lech Poznań 1–2 (6–1) Fredrikstad FK, Fredrikstad. Lech Poznań win 7–3 on aggregate. **Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 (3–1) IFK Göteborg. Hapoel Tel Aviv win 4–2 on aggregate. **NK Slaven Belupo, Slaven Belupo 0–2 (1–2) Tromsø IL, Tromsø. Tromsø win 4–1 on aggregate. **FC Lahti, Lahti 1–1 (2–3) Club Brugge K.V., Club Brugge. Club Brugge win 4–3 on aggregate. **Lille OSC, Lille 2–0 (2–0) FK Sevojno, Sevojno. Lille win 4–0 on aggregate. **SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz 5–0 (2–1) OFK Petrovac, Petrovac. Sturm Graz win 7–1 on aggregate. **APOP Kinyras Peyias FC, APOP 2–2 ( ET) (1–2) SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien. Rapid Wien win 4–3 on aggregate. **FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien 4–2 (1–1) FK Vojvodina, Vojvodina. Austria Wien win 5–3 on aggregate. **FC Basel, Basel 3–1 (2–2) Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR. Basel win 5–3 on aggregate. **BSC Young Boys, Young Boys 1–2 (1–0) Athletic Bilbao. 2–2 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao win on Away goals rule, away goals. **Galatasaray S.K. (football team), Galatasaray 6–0 (4–1) Maccabi Netanya F.C., Maccabi Netanya. Galatasaray win 10–1 on aggregate. **Legia Warszawa, Legia Warsaw 2–2 (1–1) Brøndby IF, Brøndby. 3–3 on aggregate; Brøndby win on Away goals rule, away goals. **Derry City FC, Derry City 1–1 (0–1) PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia. CSKA Sofia win 2–1 on aggregate. **Interblock Ljubljana 0–3 (0–2) FC Metalurh Donetsk, Metalurh Donetsk. Metalurh Donetsk win 5–0 on aggregate. **NAC Breda 3–1 (1–0) Polonia Warsaw. NAC Breda win 4–1 on aggregate. **Budapest Honvéd FC, Budapest Honvéd 1–1 (1–5) Fenerbahçe S.K., Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe win 6–2 on aggregate. **SK Sigma Olomouc, Sigma Olomouc 3–0 (5–1) Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen. Sigma Olomouc win 8–1 on aggregate. **FC Metalist Kharkiv, Metalist Kharkiv 2–0 (2–1) NK Rijeka, Rijeka. Metalist Kharkiv win 4–1 on aggregate. **IF Elfsborg, Elfsborg 2–0 (2–1) S.C Braga, Braga. Elfsborg win 4–1 on aggregate. **Odense Boldklub, Odense 3–0 (4–3) FK Rabotnički, Rabotnički. Odense win 7–3 on aggregate. **FK Sarajevo, Sarajevo 2–1 ( ET) Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg. 3–3 on aggregate; Sarajevo win 5–4 in

. **Hamburger SV, Hamburg 0–1 (4–0) Randers FC, Randers. Hamburg win 4–1 on aggregate. **K.A.A. Gent, Gent 1–7 (1–3) A.S. Roma, Roma. Roma win 10–2 on aggregate. **PAOK FC, PAOK 0–1 (2–1) Vålerenga IF Fotball, Vålerenga. 2–2 on aggregate; PAOK win on Away goals rule, away goals. **Motherwell F.C., Motherwell 1–3 (0–3) FC Steaua București, Steaua București. Steaua București win 6–1 on aggregate. **Red Star Belgrade 5–2 (0–2) FC Dinamo Tbilisi, Dinamo Tbilisi. Red Star Belgrade win 5–4 on aggregate. **HNK Hajduk Split, Hajduk Split 0–1 (1–1) MŠK Žilina. MŠK Žilina win 2–1 on aggregate. **Fulham F.C., Fulham 3–0 (3–0) FK Vėtra, Vėtra. Fulham win 6–0 on aggregate. **F.C. Paços de Ferreira, Paços de Ferreira 0–1 (0–1) Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C., Bnei Yehuda. Bnei Yehuda win 2–0 on aggregate. * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg: **Alianza Atlético 0–0 Deportivo Anzoátegui S.C., Deportivo Anzoátegui

August 5, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

*2009 FIBA Africa Championship, African Championship in Libya: **Group A in Benghazi: *** 88–72 *** 93–84 **Group B in Benghazi: *** 79–74 *** 62–72 **Group C in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli: *** 79–69 *** 95–68 **Group D in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli: *** 71–52 *** 85–84 * EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round: **Group A: 56–62 **Group B: 77–80 ( OT)

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne: ***Stage 4: (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Team Columbia–HTC) 5h 25' 55" (2) Jürgen Roelandts () same time (3) Danilo Napolitano (Team Katusha) s.t. ***General classification: (1) Roelandts 17h 58' 31" (2)

( Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) + 6" (3) Jacopo Guarnieri () s.t.

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

. 1–1 on aggregate, Tiraspol win on away goals rule. ***NK Maribor, Maribor 0–3 (3–2) FC Zürich, Zürich. Zürich win 5–3 on aggregate. ***FK Partizan, Partizan 1–0 (0–2)

. APOEL win 2–1 on aggregate. ***

2–0 (2–0) ŠK Slovan Bratislava, Slovan Bratislava. Olympiacos win 4–0 on aggregate. ***Stabæk Fotball, Stabæk 0–0 (1–3)

. Copenhagen win 3–1 on aggregate. **Non-champions path: ***FC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow 0–2 (1–0) Celtic F.C., Celtic. Celtic win 2–1 on aggregate. ***FC Timişoara, Timişoara 0–0 (2–2)

. 2–2 on aggregate, Timişoara win on away goals rule. * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg: **La Equidad 2–2 Unión Española ** Zamora 0–1 Emelec *North American SuperLiga 2009#Final, North American SuperLiga Final in Toyota Park (Bridgeview), Bridgeview, Illinois: **Chicago Fire (soccer), Chicago Fire 1–1 ( ET) Tigres de la UANL, UANL. UANL win 4–3 in

. *Copa Chile 2009#Fourth round, Copa Chile Fourth round: **Selección Rapa Nui 0–4 Colo-Colo ***This is the first professional match on Easter Island
(MercoPress)

August 4, 2009 (Tuesday)

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne: ***Stage 3: (1) Jacopo Guarnieri () 5h 22' 31" (2) Allan Davis (cyclist), Allan Davis () s.t. (3) André Greipel ( Team Columbia–HTC) s.t. ***General classification: (1) Greipel 12h 32' 42" (2) Guarnieri s.t. (3)

( Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) s.t.

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

*2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Third qualifying round, UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round, second leg: (teams in bold advance to the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round, Play-off Round, first leg result in parentheses) **Champions path: ***Maccabi Haifa F.C., Maccabi Haifa 4–3 (0–0) FC Aktobe, Aktobe. Haifa rally from 3 goals down to win 4–3 on aggregate. ***NK Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 (1–1) FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg. Salzburg win 3–2 on aggregate. **Non-champions path: ***Sivasspor 3–1 (0–5) R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht. Anderlecht win 6–3 on aggregate. ***Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos 3–0 (1–3) Sparta Prague. Panathinaikos win 4–3 on aggregate. ***FC Twente, Twente 1–1 (0–0) Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting CP. Aggregate 1–1, Sporting win on away goals rule. *2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round#Third qualifying round, UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round, second leg: (teams in bold advance to the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round, Play-off Round, first leg result in parentheses) **AC Omonia, Omonia 1–1 (0–2) SC Vaslui, Vaslui. Vaslui win 3–1 on aggregate. * Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg: **C.F. Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Chile 2–1 Deportivo Cali

Racquetball

*2009 European Racquetball Championships, European Championships in Paris: **Men: ***Semifinals: **** 0–3 **** 2–1 ***3rd place: **** 2–1 ***Final: **** 2–1 **Women: *** 1–2 *** 0–3 ****Final standing:

August 3, 2009 (Monday)

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

*2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Sprint Cup Series: **Pennsylvania 500 in Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania: *** (1) Denny Hamlin (

, Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) Juan Pablo Montoya (Chevrolet, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) (3) Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing) ****Drivers' standings (after 21 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Tony Stewart 3188 points (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Jimmie Johnson 2991 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Jeff Gordon 2989 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports)

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Australia in England: **2009 Ashes series, The Ashes Series: ***2009 Ashes series#Third Test, 3rd Test in Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, day 5: **** 263 & 375/5 d (112.2 overs, Michael Clarke (cricketer), Michael Clarke 103not out, *); 376. Match drawn. England lead 5-match series 1–0. *Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009, Pakistan in Sri Lanka: **3rd ODI in Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla: *** 288/8 (50 ov); 289/4 (46.3 ov, Mahela Jayawardene 123). Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets, and take an unassailable 3–0 lead in the 5-match series.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne: ***Stage 2: (1) Angelo Furlan () 4h 57' 25" (2) Jürgen Roelandts () s.t. (3) Juan José Haedo (

) s.t. ***General classification: (1)

( Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) 7h 10' 11" (2) Furlan s.t. (3) David Loosli (Lampre–N.G.C.) + 1"

Racquetball

*2009 European Racquetball Championships, European Championships in Paris: **Men: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals) ***Group A: **** 3–0 **** 3–0 **** 2–1 *****Standings: Ireland 2–0, Netherlands 1–1, Belgium 0–2. ***Group B: **** 3–0 **** 3–0 **** 3–0 **** 3–0 **** 2–1 **** 1–2 *****Standings: Catalonia 3–0, Germany 2–1, Italy 1–2, France 0–3. **Women: *** 1–2

August 2, 2009 (Sunday)

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

*2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Sprint Cup Series: **2009 Pennsylvania 500, Pennsylvania 500 in Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania: *** Postponed to Monday due to rain. *

: **2009 Rally Finland, Rally Finland: ***(1) Mikko Hirvonen (Ford Focus RS WRC 09) 2:50:40.9 (2) Sébastien Loeb (Citroën C4 WRC) 2:51:06.0 (3) Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford Focus RS WRC 09) 2:51:30.8 ****Drivers' standings (after 9 of 12 races): (1) Hirvonen 68 points (2) Loeb 65 (3) Dani Sordo (Citroën C4 WRC) 44 ****Manufacturers' standings: (1) Citroën Total World Rally Team 119 points (2) BP Ford World Rally Team 105 (3) Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 64 *2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series, V8 Supercars: **2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge, Norton 360 Sandown Challenge in Sandown Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria: ***Round 14: (1) Garth Tander (Holden Commodore) (2) Will Davison (Holden Commodore) (3) Craig Lowndes (Ford Falcon (Australia), Ford Falcon) ****Standings (after 14 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 1791 points (2) Davison 1674 (3) Tander 1416

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Australia in England: **2009 Ashes series, The Ashes Series: ***2009 Ashes series#Third Test, 3rd Test in Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, day 4: **** 263 & 88/2 (28.0 ov); 376. Australia trail by 25 runs with 8 wickets remaining. *Bangladeshi cricket team in West Indies in 2009, Bangladesh in West Indies: **Only T20I in Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre, St Kitts: *** 118/9 (20/20 ov); 119/5 (16.5/20 ov). West Indies win by 5 wickets. ****This is Bangladesh only loss of the tour.

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne: ***Stage 1: (1)

( Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) 2h 12' 56" (2) André Greipel ( Team Columbia–HTC) s.t. (3) Francesco Gavazzi () s.t.

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

*2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA Under-19 Championship in Ukraine: **Final: 0–2 ***Ukraine win their first ever football trophy. * CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 2: **Group B: ***

3–1 Monomotapa United

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

*Women's major golf championships, Women's majors: **Women's British Open in Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England: *** (1) Catriona Matthew 285 (−3) (2) Karrie Webb 288 (E) (3) Paula Creamer, Christina Kim (both United States), Hee-Won Han & Ai Miyazato 289 (+1) **** Matthew becomes the first Scot ever to win a women's major. *Senior major golf championships, Senior majors: **United States Senior Open, U.S. Senior Open in Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana: *** (1) Fred Funk 268 (−20) (2) Joey Sindelar 274 (−14) (3) Russ Cochran 276 (−12) **** Funk wins his second senior major, and sets a new to-par scoring record for the event. *

: **Buick Open in Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan: *** Winner: Tiger Woods 268 (−20) **** Woods bounces back from missing the cut at the 2009 Open Championship, Open Championship, cruising to his fourth win of the year by three shots. *

: **Czech Open (golf), Czech Golf Open in Prague, Czech Republic: *** Winner: Oskar Henningsson 275 (−13) **** Henningsson collects his first career European Tour win.

Swimming (sport), Swimming

*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy: **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke#Final, Men's 50m backstroke: Liam Tancock 24.04 List of world records in swimming, WR Junya Koga 24.24 Gerhard Zandberg 24.34 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke#Final, Women's 50m breaststroke: Yuliya Yefimova 30.09 List of world records in swimming, WR Rebecca Soni 30.11 Sarah Katsoulis 30.16 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley#Final, Men's 400m individual medley: Ryan Lochte 4:07.01 Tyler Clary 4:07.31 László Cseh 4:07.37 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle#Final, Women's 50m freestyle: Britta Steffen 23.73 List of world records in swimming, WR Therese Alshammar 23.88 Cate Campbell & Marleen Veldhuis 23.99 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle#Final, Men's 1500m freestyle: Oussama Mellouli 14:37.28 Ryan Cochrane (swimmer), Ryan Cochrane 14:41.38 Sun Yang 14:46.84 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley#Finals, Women's 400m individual medley: Katinka Hosszú 4:30.31 Kirsty Coventry 4:32.12 Stephanie Rice 4:32.29 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay#Final, Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay: (Aaron Peirsol 52.19 List of World Championships records in swimming, CR, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps, David Walters (swimmer), David Walters) 3:27.28 List of world records in swimming, WR (Helge Meeuw 52.27 List of European records in swimming, ER, Hendrik Feldwehr, Benjamin Starke, Paul Biedermann) 3:28.58 (Ashley Delaney, Brenton Rickard, Andrew Lauterstein, Matt Targett (swimmer), Matt Targett) 3:28.64 ***The world championships conclude with a total of 43 world records, the most in any swimming event in history.

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

: **2009 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad in Roy Emerson Arena, Gstaad, Switzerland: ***Final: Thomaz Bellucci bt Andreas Beck (tennis), Andreas Beck 6–4, 7–6 (2) ****Bellucci wins his first ATP Tour title. **2009 LA Tennis Open, LA Tennis Open in Los Angeles Tennis Center, Los Angeles, United States: ***Final:

bt Carsten Ball 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 ****Querrey wins his first title of the year and second of his career. **2009 Croatia Open Umag, ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag in Umag, Croatia ***Final:

bt Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 6–0 ****Davydenko wins his second title of the year and 16th of his career. *

: **2009 Bank of the West Classic, Bank of the West Classic in Taube Tennis Center, Stanford, California, United States: ***Final: Marion Bartoli bt

6–2, 5–7, 6–4 ****Bartoli wins her second title of the year and fifth of her career. **2009 İstanbul Cup, İstanbul Cup in Istanbul, Turkey: ***Final:

bt Lucie Hradecká 6–0, 6–1 ****Dushevina wins her first WTA Tour title.

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, FIVB World Grand Prix: **1st Preliminary round: ***Pool A in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: **** 3–0 **** 2–3 ***Pool B in Kielce, Poland: **** 3–0 **** 3–1 ***Pool C in Ningbo, China: **** 2–3 **** 3–2 ***Standings after 3 matches: Brazil, China, Netherlands 6 points, Russia, Germany, Thailand 5, Poland, Dominican Republic, USA 4, Puerto Rico, Japan, Korea 3.

August 1, 2009 (Saturday)

Auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

: **2009 Meijer Indy 300, Meijer Indy 300 in Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky: ***(1)

(

) 1:28:24.3246 (2) Ed Carpenter (racecar driver), Ed Carpenter (Vision Racing) + 0.0162* (3) Tony Kanaan (Andretti Green Racing) ****Drivers' standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 416 points (2)

(

) 408 (3)

(Chip Ganassi Racing) 405 *

: **U.S. Cellular 250 in Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa: ***(1) Brad Keselowski (Chevrolet, JR Motorsports) (2) Kyle Busch (

, Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) Jason Leffler (Toyota, Braun Racing) *2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series, V8 Supercars: **2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge, Norton 360 Sandown Challenge in Sandown Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria: ***Round 13: (1) Will Davison (Holden Commodore) (2) James Courtney (Ford Falcon (Australia), Ford Falcon) (3) Craig Lowndes (Ford Falcon) ****Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Jamie Whincup (Ford Falcon) 1662 points (2) Davison 1536 (3) Garth Tander (Holden Commodore) 1266

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* Australia in England: **2009 Ashes series, The Ashes Series: ***2009 Ashes series#Third Test, 3rd Test in Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, day 3: ****No play due to rain. *Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009, Pakistan in Sri Lanka: **2nd ODI in Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla: *** 168 (47 ov); 169/4 (43.4 ov). Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets. Sri Lanka lead the 5-match series 2–0

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*2009 UCI ProTour, UCI ProTour: **2009 Clásica de San Sebastián, Clásica de San Sebastián: ***(1) Carlos Barredo () 5h 37' 00" (2) Roman Kreuziger () s.t. (3) Mickaël Delage () + 7"

Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 2: **Group A: ***

3–1

**Group B: ***

2–1

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

*Women's major golf championships, Women's majors: **Women's British Open in Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England, third round: ***Leaderboard: (1) Catriona Matthew 212 (−4) (2) Christina Kim 215 (−1) (3) Jiyai Shin & Ai Miyazato 216 (E) *Senior major golf championships, Senior majors: **United States Senior Open, U.S. Senior Open in Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana, third round: ***Leaderboard: (1) Fred Funk 203 (−13) (2) Greg Norman & Joey Sindelar 204 (−12)

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

: ** 31–19 in Kings Park Stadium, Durban *** Morné Steyn scores all of the Springboks' points, breaking the record of former All Black Andrew Mehrtens for most individual points in a Tri Nations match. Also, the Boks' John Smit makes his 60th appearance as a Test captain, giving him sole possession of the all-time lead. *** ''Standings:'' South Africa 8 points (2 matches), New Zealand 4 (3 matches), 1 (1 match).

Swimming (sport), Swimming

*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy: **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly#Final, Women's 50m butterfly: Marieke Guehrer 25.48 Zhou Yafei 25.57 Ingvild Snildal 25.58 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle#Final, Men's 50m freestyle: César Cielo Filho 21.08 List of World Championships records in swimming, CR List of Americas records in swimming, AM Frédérick Bousquet 21.21 Amaury Leveaux 21.25 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke#Final, Women's 200m backstroke: Kirsty Coventry 2:04.81 List of world records in swimming, WR Anastasia Valeryevna Zuyeva, Anastasia Zuyeva 2:04.94 Elisabeth Beisel 2:06.39 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly#Final, Men's 100m butterfly: Michael Phelps 49.82 List of world records in swimming, WR Milorad Čavić 49.95 Rafael Muñoz (swimmer), Rafael Muñoz 50.41 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle#Final, Women's 800m freestyle: Lotte Friis 8:15.92 List of World Championships records in swimming, CR Joanne Jackson (swimmer), Joanne Jackson 8:16.66 Alessia Filippi 8:17.21 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay#Final, Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay: (Zhao Jing (swimmer), Zhao Jing, Chen Huijia, Jiao Liuyang, Li Zhesi) 3:52.19 List of world records in swimming, WR (Emily Seebohm, Sarah Katsoulis, Jessicah Schipper, Lisbeth Trickett) 3:52.58 (Daniela Samulski, Sarah Poewe, Annika Mehlhorn, Britta Steffen) 3:55.79 List of European records in swimming, ER **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke#Semifinals, Men's 50m backstroke semifinals: (1) Liam Tancock 24.08 List of world records in swimming, WR **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke#Semifinals, Women's 50m breaststroke semifinals: (1) Sarah Katsoulis 30.33 **Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle#Semifinals, Women's 50m freestyle semifinals: (1) Cate Campbell 24.08

Volleyball

*FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, FIVB World Grand Prix: **1st Preliminary round: ***Pool A in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: **** 3–0 **** 2–3 ***Pool B in Kielce, Poland: **** 0–3 **** 3–2 ***Pool C in Ningbo, China: **** 2–3 **** 3–0 *****China, Brazil, Netherlands, Russia and Thailand all win their two opening matches.

Water polo

*Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy: **Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament, Men: ***Bronze Medal Match: 8–6 ***Gold Medal Match: 7–7 (Penalty shootout (association football), Pen 7–6)

References

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