July 16, 2011 (Saturday) July 2011 in sports

1 july 16, 2011 (saturday)

1.1 american football
1.2 athletics
1.3 auto racing
1.4 cycling
1.5 diving
1.6 equestrianism
1.7 fencing
1.8 football (soccer)
1.9 golf
1.10 snooker
1.11 triathlon
1.12 volleyball

july 16, 2011 (saturday)
american football

ifaf world championship in vienna, austria:

5th place match: france  17–21  germany
gold medal match: 02 ! canada  7–50 01 !  united states

the united states win title second successive time.





athletics

european u23 championships in ostrava, czech republic:

men s 200m: 01 ! lykourgos-stefanos tsakonas (gre) 20.56 02 ! james alaka (gbr) 20.60 03 ! pavel maslák (cze) 20.67
men s 400m: 01 ! nigel levine (gbr) 46.10 02 ! brian gregan (irl) 46.12 03 ! luke lennon-ford (gbr) 46.22
men s 5000m: 01 ! sindre buraas (nor) 14:22.69 02 ! ross millington (gbr) 14:22.78 03 ! jesper van der wielen (ned) 14:23.31
men s 110m hurdles: 01 ! sergey shubenkov (rus) 13.56 02 ! balázs baji (hun) 13.58 03 ! lawrence somerset clarke (gbr) 13.62
men s 400m hurdles: 01 ! jack green (gbr) 49.13 02 ! nathan woodward (gbr) 49.28 03 ! emir bekric (srb) 49.61
men s pole vault: 01 ! paweł wojciechowski (pol) 5.70m 02 ! karsten dilla (ger) 5.60m 03 ! dmitriy zhelyabin (rus) 5.55m
men s javelin throw: 01 ! till wöschler (ger) 84.38m 02 ! fatih avan (tur) 84.11m 03 ! dmitry tarabin (rus) 83.18m
women s 200m: 01 ! darya pizhankova (ukr) 23.20 02 ! anna kielbasinska (pol) 23.23 03 ! moa hjelmer (swe) 23.24
women s 400m: 01 ! olga topilskaya (rus) 51.45 02 ! yuliya terekhova (rus) 52.63 03 ! lena schmidt (ger) 52.66
women s 100m hurdles: 01 ! alina talay (blr) 12.91 02 ! lisa urech (sui) 13.00 03 ! cindy roleder (ger) 13.10
women s 400m hurdles: 01 ! hanna yaroshchuk (ukr) 54.77 02 ! hanna titimets (ukr) 54.91 03 ! meghan beesley (gbr) 55.69
women s 3000m steeplechase: 01 ! gülcan mıngır (tur) 9:47.83 02 ! jana sussmann (ger) 9:48.01 03 ! mariya shatalova (ukr) 9:48.22
women s high jump: 01 ! esthera petre (rom) 1.98m 02 ! oksana okuneva (ukr) 1.94m 03 ! burcu ayhan (tur) 1.94m
women s hammer throw: 01 ! bianca perie (rom) 71.59m 02 ! joanna fiodorow (pol) 70.06m 03 ! sophie hitchon (gbr) 69.59m
women s javelin throw: 01 ! sarah mayer (ger) 59.29m 02 ! vira rebryk (ukr) 58.95m 03 ! oona sormunen (fin) 58.54m


central american , caribbean championships in mayagüez, puerto rico:

men s 5000m: 01 ! josé uribe (mex) 14:08.10 02 ! luis orta (ven) 14:14.30 03 ! julio pérez (mex) 14:22.01
men s 3000m steeplechase: 01 ! luis enrique ibarra (mex) 8:55.86 02 ! fernando roman (pur) 8:58.95 03 ! aaron arias (mex) 9:01.35
men s 400m hurdles: 01 ! leford green (jam) 49.03 02 ! félix sánchez (dom) 49.41 03 ! jehue gordon (tri) 50.10
men s pole vault: 01 ! cristian sanchez (mex) 5.00m 02 ! alexander castillo (pur) 4.90m 03 ! césar gonzález (ven) 4.90m
men s long jump: 01 ! tyrone smith (ber) 8.06m 02 ! damar forbes (jam) 7.81m 03 ! raymond higgs (bah) 7.75m
men s hammer throw: 01 ! roberto janet (cub) 71.65m 02 ! roberto sawyer (crc) 65.96m 03 ! pedro muñoz (ven) 63.63m
men s javelin throw: 01 ! guillermo martínez (cub) 81.55m 02 ! arley ibarguen (col) 75.71m 03 ! jaime dayron marquez (col) 74.07m
men s decathlon: 01 ! marcos sanchez (pur) 7397 points 02 ! claston bernard (jam) 7299 03 ! jonathan davis (ven) 6766
men s 4 × 100 m relay: 01 !  jamaica (lerone clarke, dexter lee, jason young, oshane bailey) 38.81 02 !  trinidad , tobago (aaron armstrong, darrel brown, emmanuel callander, keston bledman) 38.89 03 !  saint kitts , nevis (jason rogers, kim collins, antoine adams, brijesh lawrence) 39.07
women s 5000m: 01 ! marisol romero (mex) 16:05.68 02 ! sandra lopez (mex) 16:06.83 03 ! johana rivero (col) 17:23.01
women s 400m hurdles: 01 ! andrea sutherland (jam) 56.75 02 ! yolanda osana (dom) 57.23 03 ! katrina seymour (bah) 57.24
women s high jump: 01 ! levern spencer (lca) 1.82m 02 ! marielys rojas (ven) 1.82m 03 ! fabiola ayala (mex) 1.79m
women s 4 × 100 m relay: 01 !  trinidad , tobago (magnolia howell, michelle-lee ayhe, ayanna hutchinson, semoy hackett) 43.47 02 !  jamaica (jura levy, anastasia le-roy, simone facey, patricia hall) 43.63 03 !  bahamas (v alonne robinson, nivea smith, cache armbrister, anthonique strachan) 43.74



auto racing

nationwide series:

new england 200 in loudon, new hampshire: (1) kyle busch (toyota; joe gibbs racing) (2) kevin harvick (chevrolet; kevin harvick incorporated) (3) kasey kahne (chevrolet; jr motorsports)

busch wins 49th race in secondary class, tying mark martin s record. busch s victory 100th in nascar national series — sprint cup, nationwide series , camping world truck series — , becomes third person reach mark, after richard petty , david pearson.
drivers championship standings (after 19 of 34 races): (1) elliott sadler (chevrolet; kevin harvick incorporated) 673 points (2) reed sorenson (chevrolet; turner motorsports) 666 (3) ricky stenhouse, jr. (ford; roush fenway racing) 655





cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 14: 01 ! jelle vanendert (bel) (omega pharma–lotto) 5h 13 25 02 ! samuel sánchez (esp) (euskaltel–euskadi) + 21 03 ! andy schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 46

general classification (after stage 14): (1) thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) 61h 04 10 (2) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 1 49 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 2 06





diving

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s 3 m synchro springboard: 01 ! wu minxia/he zi (chn) 356.40 points 02 ! Émilie heymans/jennifer abel (can) 313.50 03 ! anabelle smith/sharleen stratton (aus) 306.90

wu wins event fifth time. wins first synchro springboard title , second world championship title.





equestrianism

chio aachen in aachen, germany:

dressage – grand prix spécial: 01 ! matthias alexander rath (ger) on totilas 02 ! adelinde cornelissen (nld) on parzival 03 ! isabell werth (ger) on el santo nrw
eventing – cico 3*:

team result: 01 !  great britain (william fox-pitt, mary king, polly stockton, nicola wilson) 02 !  new zealand clarke johnstone, caroline powell, andrew nicholson, jonathan paget) 03 !  sweden (sara algotsson-ostholt, christoffer forsberg, malin petersen, katrin norling)
individual result: 01 ! michael jung (ger) on sam fbw 02 ! stefano brecciaroli (ita) on apollo van de wendi kurt hoeve 03 ! fox-pitt on neuf des coeurs


show jumping – best of champions: 01 ! janne friederike meyer (ger) on holiday solitour 02 ! rolf-göran bengtsson (swe) on carusso 03 ! denis lynch (irl) on lord luis



fencing

european championships in sheffield, united kingdom:

men s sabre individual: 01 ! aleksey yakimenko (rus) 02 ! bolade apithy (fra) 03 ! max hartung (ger) & Áron szilágyi (hun)
women s épée individual: 01 ! tiffany geroudet (sui) 02 ! britta heidemann (ger) 03 ! ana maria brânză (rom) & nathalie möllhausen (ita)



football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany:

third place play-off in sinsheim: 03 ! sweden  2–1  france


copa américa in argentina:

quarterfinals:

colombia  0–2 (a.e.t.)  peru in córdoba
argentina  1–1 (4–5 pen.)  uruguay in santa fe




caf champions league group stage, matchday 1:

group a: raja casablanca 0–0 coton sport
group b: mc alger 1–1 espérance st


caf confederation cup group stage, matchday 1:

group a: kaduna united 1–1 inter luanda
group b:

sunshine stars 2–0 motema pembe
maghreb de fès 1–0 js kabylie





golf

men s majors:

the open championship in sandwich, kent, united kingdom:

leaderboard after third round: (1) darren clarke (nir) 205 (−5) (2) dustin johnson (usa) 206 (−4) (t3) thomas bjørn (den) & rickie fowler (usa) 208 (−2)





snooker

world cup in bangkok, thailand:

quarter-finals:

wales 4–2  australia
china 4–1  republic of ireland
england 3–4  hong kong
scotland 3–4  northern ireland





triathlon

itu world championships, leg 4 in hamburg, germany:

men: 01 ! brad kahlefeldt (aus) 1:44:08 02 ! william clarke (gbr) 1:44:09 03 ! david hauss (fra) 1:44:09

standings (after 4 of 6 events): (1) javier gómez (esp) 2027 points (2) clarke 1935 (3) hauss 1907





volleyball

women s european league final 4 in istanbul, turkey:

bronze medal match: czech republic  0–3 03 !  bulgaria
final: 01 ! serbia  3–0 02 !  turkey

serbia win title third successive time.




men s european league final 4 in košice, slovakia:

semifinals:

slovenia  2–3  spain
slovakia  3–0  romania