July 31, 2011 (Sunday) July 2011 in sports

1 july 31, 2011 (sunday)

1.1 auto racing
1.2 basketball
1.3 cricket
1.4 cycling
1.5 equestrianism
1.6 extreme sports
1.7 football (soccer)
1.8 golf
1.9 motorcycle racing
1.10 swimming
1.11 tennis
1.12 volleyball

july 31, 2011 (sunday)
auto racing

formula one:

hungarian grand prix in mogyoród, hungary: (1) jenson button (gbr) (mclaren-mercedes) (2) sebastian vettel (ger) (red bull-renault) (3) fernando alonso (esp) (ferrari)

drivers championship standings (after 11 of 19 races): (1) vettel 234 points (2) mark webber (aus) (red bull-renault) 149 (3) lewis hamilton (gbr) (mclaren-mercedes) 146




sprint cup series:

brickyard 400 in speedway, indiana: (1) paul menard (chevrolet; richard childress racing) (2) jeff gordon (chevrolet; hendrick motorsports) (3) regan smith (chevrolet; furniture row racing)

drivers championship standings (after 20 of 36 races): (1) carl edwards (ford; roush fenway racing) 682 points (2) jimmie johnson (chevrolet; hendrick motorsports) 671 (3) kevin harvick (chevrolet; richard childress racing) 670




world touring car championship:

race of germany in oschersleben:

race 1: (1) yvan muller (fra) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze) (2) robert huff (gbr) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze) (3) gabriele tarquini (ita) (lukoil – sunred; seat león)
race 2: (1) franz engstler (ger) (engstler motorsport; bmw 320 tc) (2) alain menu (sui) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze) (3) tarquini

drivers championship standings (after 8 of 12 rounds): (1) huff 289 points (2) muller 283 (3) menu 220







basketball

fiba under-19 world championship women in puerto montt, chile:

3rd place game: australia  67–70 03 !  brazil
final: 02 ! spain  46–69 01 !  united states

the united states win title fourth consecutive time, , fifth time overall.




fiba europe under-18 championship in wrocław, poland:

bronze medal game: italy  65–69 03 !  turkey
final: 01 ! spain  71–65 02 !  serbia

spain win title first time since 2004, , third time overall.





cricket

india in england:

2nd test in nottingham, day 3:  england 221 & 441/6 (101 overs; ian bell 159);  india 288. england lead 374 runs 4 wickets remaining.


icc intercontinental cup, round 1:

in nairobi, day 4:  united arab emirates 213 & 439/8d;  kenya 219 & 167 (61.1 overs). united arab emirates win 266 runs.



cycling

uci world tour:

tour de pologne, stage 1: 01 ! marcel kittel (ger) (skil–shimano) 2h 07 26 02 ! alexander kristoff (nor) (bmc racing team) s.t. 03 ! francesco chicchi (ita) (quick-step) s.t.

general classification (after stage 1): (1) kittel 2h 07 16 (2) kristoff + 4 (3) adrian kurek (pol) (team poland bgŻ) + 5




uci women s road world cup:

open de suède vårgårda, road race: 01 ! annemiek van vleuten (ned) (nederland bloeit) 3h 19 49 02 ! ellen van dijk (ned) (htc–highroad women) s.t. 03 ! nicole cooke (gbr) s.t.



equestrianism

royal international horse show in hickstead, united kingdom:

show jumping – king georges v gold cup (grand prix) (csio 5*): 01 ! kent farrington (usa) on uceko 02 ! robert smith (gbr) on talan 03 ! leon thijssen (ned) on tyson
dressage – world dressage masters (cdi 5*):

grand prix freestyle (a-final): 01 ! adelinde cornelissen (ned) on parzival 02 ! carl hester (gbr) on uthopia 03 ! emma hindle (gbr) on lancet
grand prix spécial (b-final): 01 ! charlotte dujardin (gbr) on valegro 02 ! leida collins-strijk (ned) on on top 03 ! sander marijnissen (ned) on moedwil





extreme sports

x games xvii in los angeles, california (usa unless stated):

hometown heroes amateur skateboard street: 01 ! julian christianson 88.33 02 ! brendon villanueva 86.66 03 ! dan coe 80.00
rallycross: 01 ! brian deegan 5:02.585 02 ! tanner foust 5:08.816 03 ! marcus grönholm (fin) 5:09.213
bmx street: 01 ! garrett reynolds 92 02 ! dennis enarson 85 03 ! dakota roche 84
skateboard game of sk8: 01 ! ryan decenzo (can) 02 ! brandon westgate 03 ! silas baxter-neal
men s moto x enduro: 01 ! taddy blazusiak (pol) 9:06.439 02 ! mike brown 9:20.930 03 ! justin soule 9:33.448
women s moto x enduro: 01 ! maria forsberg 8:31.375 02 ! tarah gieger (pur) 9:37.734 03 ! kacy martinez 10:01.286



football (soccer)

fifa u-20 world cup in colombia:

group c in manizales:

costa rica  1–4  spain
australia  1–1  ecuador


group d in armenia:

nigeria  5–0  guatemala
croatia  0–2  saudi arabia




uefa women s under-17 championship in nyon, switzerland:

third place match: iceland  2–8 03 !  germany
final: 01 ! spain  1–0 02 !  france

spain win title second successive time.




caf confederation cup, group stage, matchday 2:

group a:

inter luanda 1–0 asec mimosas
club africain 0–0 kaduna united

standings (after 2 matches): inter luanda 4 points, club africain, kaduna united 2, asec mimosas 1.




group b: motema pembe 1–1 maghreb de fès

standings (after 2 matches): sunshine stars 6 points, maghreb de fès 4, motema pembe 1, js kabylie 0.





golf

women s majors:

ricoh women s british open in carnoustie, angus, scotland:

leaderboard after final round: (1) yani tseng (twn) 272 (−16) (2) brittany lang (usa) 276 (−12) (3) sophie gustafson (swe) 277 (−11)

tseng wins second consecutive british open, second major of year, , fifth of career.






senior majors:

u.s. senior open championship in toledo, ohio:

leaderboard after final round (all usa): (1) olin browne 269 (−15) (2) mark o meara 272 (−12) (3) mark calcavecchia 273 (−11)

browne wins first senior major.






pga tour:

greenbrier classic in white sulphur springs, west virginia:

winner: scott stallings (usa) 270 (−10)

stallings defeats bob estes (usa) & bill haas (usa) on first playoff hole win first pga tour title.






european tour:

irish open in killarney, ireland:

winner: simon dyson (eng) 269 (−15)

dyson wins fifth european tour title.







motorcycle racing

superbike:

silverstone world championship round in silverstone, great britain:

race 1: (1) carlos checa (esp) (ducati 1098r) (2) eugene laverty (irl) (yamaha yzf-r1) (3) marco melandri (ita) (yamaha yzf-r1)
race 2: (1) checa (2) laverty (3) melandri

riders championship standings (after 9 of 13 rounds): (1) checa 343 points (2) max biaggi (ita) (aprilia rsv4) 281 (3) melandri 272






supersport:

silverstone world championship round in silverstone, great britain: (1) chaz davies (gbr) (yamaha yzf-r6) (2) david salom (esp) (kawasaki ninja zx-6r) (3) fabien foret (fra) (honda cbr600rr)

riders championship standings (after 8 of 12 rounds): (1) davies 146 points (2) salom 104 (3) foret 101





swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s 50m breaststroke: 01 ! jessica hardy (usa) 30.19 02 ! yuliya yefimova (rus) 30.49 03 ! rebecca soni (usa) 30.58

hardy wins event second time.


men s 400m individual medley: 01 ! ryan lochte (usa) 4:07.13 02 ! tyler clary (usa) 4:11.17 03 ! yuya horihata (jpn) 4:11.98

lochte wins event second successive time, , fifth title of championships , twelfth world title overall.


women s 50m freestyle: 01 ! therese alshammar (swe) 24.14 02 ! ranomi kromowidjojo (ned) 24.27 03 ! marleen veldhuis (ned) 24.49

alshammar wins second world title, , becomes oldest woman win individual title @ age of 33.


men s 50m backstroke: 01 ! liam tancock (gbr) 24.50 02 ! camille lacourt (fra) 24.57 03 ! gerhard zandberg (rsa) 24.66

tancock wins event second successive time.


men s 1500m freestyle: 01 ! sun yang (chn) 14:34.14 (wr) 02 ! ryan cochrane (can) 14:44.46 03 ! gergő kis (hun) 14:45.66

sun wins second title of championships.
sun breaks longest-standing long-course world record held grant hackett (aus) july 2001.


women s 400m individual medley: 01 ! elizabeth beisel (usa) 4:31.78 02 ! hannah miley (gbr) 4:34.22 03 ! stephanie rice (aus) 4:34.23
men s 4 × 100 m medley relay: 01 !  united states (nick thoman, mark gangloff, michael phelps, nathan adrian) 3:32.06 02 !  australia (hayden stoeckel, brenton rickard, geoff huegill, james magnussen) 3:32.26 03 !  germany (helge meeuw, hendrik feldwehr, benjamin starke, paul biedermann) 3:32.60

phelps wins event fourth time, , fourth title of championships , 26th world title overall.
gangloff wins event third time.
adrian wins event second successive time , third world title.





tennis

atp world tour:

credit agricole suisse open gstaad in gstaad, switzerland:

final: marcel granollers (esp) def. fernando verdasco (esp) 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

granollers wins second atp tour title, , first since 2008.




farmers classic in los angeles, united states:

final: ernests gulbis (lat) def. mardy fish (usa) 5–7, 6–4, 6–4

gulbis wins second atp tour title.




studena croatia open in umag, croatia:

final: alexandr dolgopolov (ukr) def. marin Čilić (cro) 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

dolgopolov wins first atp tour title.






wta tour:

bank of west classic in stanford, united states:

final: serena williams (usa) def. marion bartoli (fra) 7–5, 6–1

williams wins 38th career title.




citi open in washington, d.c., united states:

final: nadia petrova (rus) def. shahar pe er (isr) 7–5, 6–2

petrova wins tenth wta tour title, , first since 2008.







volleyball

fivb women s junior world championship in lima, peru:

3rd place match: 03 ! china  3–1  united states
final: 01 ! italy  3–1 02 !  brazil

italy win title first time.