July 24, 2011 (Sunday) July 2011 in sports

1 july 24, 2011 (sunday)

1.1 athletics
1.2 auto racing
1.3 baseball
1.4 basketball
1.5 cricket
1.6 cycling
1.7 diving
1.8 football (soccer)
1.9 golf
1.10 motorcycle racing
1.11 snooker
1.12 surfing
1.13 swimming
1.14 tennis
1.15 water polo

july 24, 2011 (sunday)
athletics

european junior championships in tallinn, estonia:

men s 800m: 01 ! pierre-ambroise bossé (fra) 1:47.14 02 ! zan rudolf (slo) 1:47.73 03 ! johan rogestedt (swe) 1:47.88
men s 400m hurdles: 01 ! varg königsmark (ger) 49.70 02 ! stef vanhaeren (bel) 50.01 03 ! josé reynaldo bencosme (ita) 50.30
men s 3000m steeplechase: 01 ! ilgizar safiullin (rus) 8:37.94 02 ! muhammet emin tan (tur) 8:46.74 03 ! martin grau (ger) 8:48.79
men s 4 × 100 m relay: 01 !  france (vincent michalet, jimmy vicaut, jeffrey john, ken romain) 39.35 02 !  great britain (dannish walker-khan, sam watts, adam gemili, david bolarinwa) 39.48 03 !  poland (konrad donczew, kamil supiński, kamil bijowski, tomasz kluczynski) 40.42
men s 4 × 400 m relay: 01 !  italy (michele tricca, paolo danesini, alberto rontini, marco lorenzi) 3:06.46 02 !  russia (evgeny khokhlov, radel kashefrazov, denis nesmashnyy, nikita uglov) 3:07.47 03 !  germany (königsmark, lukas schmitz, lukas hamich, johannes trefz) 3:08.56
men s pole vault: 01 ! emile denecker (fra) 5.50m 02 ! kévin ménaldo (fra) 5.50m 03 ! didac salas (esp) 5.40m
men s triple jump: 01 ! alexander yurchenko (rus) 16.31m 02 ! murad ibadullayev (aze) 16.25m 03 ! georgi tsonov (bul) 15.90m
men s discus throw: 01 ! lukas weisshaidinger (aut) 63.83m 02 ! danijel furtula (mne) 63.54m 03 ! benedikt stienen (ger) 62.33m
men s decathlon: 01 ! kevin mayer (fra) 8124 points 02 ! matthias brugger (ger) 7853 03 ! johannes hock (ger) 7806
women s 1500m: 01 ! amela terzic (srb) 4:15.40 02 ! ciara mageean (irl) 4:16.82 03 ! ioana doaga (rom) 4:20.73
women s 5000m: 01 ! esma aydemir (tur) 16:12.16 02 ! emelia gorecka (gbr) 16:13.04 03 ! annabel gummow (gbr) 16:14.62
women s 400m hurdles: 01 ! vera rudakova (rus) 57.24 02 ! aurelie chaboudez (fra) 57.35 03 ! maeva contion (fra) 58.03
women s 4 × 100 m relay: 01 !  germany (alexandra burghardt, katharina grompe, tatjana lofamakanda pinto, anna-lena freese) 43.42 02 !  italy (oriana de fazio, irene siragusa, anna bongiorni, gloria hooper) 44.52 03 !  great britain (marylyn nwawulor, bianca williams, jennie batten, jodie williams) 45.00
women s 4 × 400 m relay: 01 !  great britain (katie kirk, lucy james, amelia clifford, kirsten mcaslan) 3:35.29 02 !  poland (patrycja wyciszkiewicz, malgorzata holub, justyna swiety, magdalena gorzkowska) 3:35.35 03 !  germany (sabrina häfele, stefanie gotzhein, kim carina schmidt, christina zwirner) 3:36.26
women s high jump: 01 ! mariya kuchina (rus) 1.95m 02 ! airinė palšytė (ltu) 1.91m 03 ! nadja kampschulte (ger) 1.88m
women s long jump: 01 ! lena malkus (ger) 6.40m 02 ! alina rotaru (rom) 6.36m 03 ! polina yurchenko (rus) 6.11m
women s javelin throw: 01 ! liina laasma (est) 55.99m 02 ! līna mūze (lat) 55.83m 03 ! laura henkel (ger) 55.37m



auto racing

formula one:

german grand prix in nürburg, germany: (1) lewis hamilton (gbr) (mclaren-mercedes) (2) fernando alonso (esp) (ferrari) (3) mark webber (aus) (red bull-renault)

drivers championship standings (after 10 of 19 races): (1) sebastian vettel (ger) (red bull-renault) 216 points (2) webber 139 (3) hamilton 134




indycar series:

honda indy edmonton in edmonton: (1) power (aus) (team penske) (2) hélio castroneves (bra) (team penske) (3) dario franchitti (gbr) (chip ganassi racing)

drivers championship standings (after 11 of 18 races): (1) franchitti 388 points (2) power 350 (3) scott dixon (nzl) (chip ganassi racing) 282





baseball

nippon professional baseball all-star series:

game 3 in sendai: pacific league 5, central league 0. pacific league win series 2–1.

hokkaido nippon-ham fighters first baseman atsunori inaba named game mvp 3 hits , 3 rbis.





basketball

fiba europe under-20 championship in bilbao, spain:

bronze medal game: 03 ! france  66–50  russia
final: 02 ! italy  70–82 01 !  spain

spain win title first time.





cricket

india in england:

1st test in london, day 4:  england 474/8d & 269/6d (71 overs; matt prior 103*);  india 286 & 80/1 (27 overs). india require 378 runs 9 wickets remaining.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 21: 01 ! mark cavendish (gbr) (htc–highroad) 2h 27 02 02 ! edvald boasson hagen (nor) (team sky) s.t. 03 ! andré greipel (ger) (omega pharma–lotto) s.t.

cavendish wins champs-Élysées stage third straight year, further extending record. victory secures points classification first time.
final general classification: (1) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) 86h 12 22 (2) andy schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 1 34 (3) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 2 30

evans becomes first australian win grand tour.


uci world tour standings (after 17 of 27 races): (1) evans 574 points (2) alberto contador (esp) (saxo bank–sungard) 471 (3) philippe gilbert (bel) (omega pharma–lotto) 402





diving

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 10 m platform: 01 ! qiu bo (chn) 585.45 02 ! david boudia (usa) 544.25 03 ! sascha klein (ger) 534.50

china win ten titles.
qiu wins second title of championships.





football (soccer)

copa américa in argentina:

final in buenos aires: uruguay  3–0  paraguay

uruguay win title record 15th time.





golf

senior majors:

the senior open championship in surrey, england:

leaderboard after final round (all usa): (1) russ cochran 276 (−12) (2) mark calcavecchia 278 (−10) (t3) corey pavin & tom watson 279 (−9)

cochran wins first senior major title.






pga tour:

rbc canadian open in vancouver:

winner: sean o hair (usa) 276 (−4)

o hair defeats kris blanks (usa) on first playoff hole, win fourth pga tour title.






european tour:

nordea scandinavian masters in upplands-bro, sweden:

winner: alexander norén (swe) 273 (−15)

norén wins second title of year, , third of career.






lpga tour:

evian masters in Évian-les-bains, france:

winner: ai miyazato (jpn) 273 (−15)

miyazato wins seventh lpga tour title.







motorcycle racing

moto gp:

united states grand prix in laguna seca, united states:

motogp: (1) casey stoner (aus) (honda) (2) jorge lorenzo (esp) (yamaha) (3) dani pedrosa (esp) (honda)

riders championship standings (after 10 of 18 races): (1) stoner 193 points (2) lorenzo 173 (3) andrea dovizioso (ita) (honda) 143







snooker

australian goldfields open in bendigo, australia:

final: stuart bingham (eng) 9–8 mark williams (wal)

bingham wins first ranking title.





surfing

men s world tour:

billabong pro in jeffreys bay, south africa: (1) jordy smith (rsa) (2) mick fanning (aus) (3) adrian buchan (aus) & joel parkinson (aus)

standings (after 4 of 11 events): (1) parkinson 25,700 points (2) smith 24,750 (3) adriano de souza (bra) 22,250





swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 400m freestyle: 01 ! park tae-hwan (kor) 3:42.04 02 ! sun yang (chn) 3:43.24 03 ! paul biedermann (ger) 3:44.14

park wins event second time.


women s 400m freestyle: 01 ! federica pellegrini (ita) 4:01.97 02 ! rebecca adlington (gbr) 4:04.01 03 ! camille muffat (fra) 4:04.06

pellegrini wins event second time , third world championships title.


women s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay: 01 !  netherlands (inge dekker, ranomi kromowidjojo, marleen veldhuis, femke heemskerk) 3:33.96 02 !  united states (natalie coughlin, missy franklin, jessica hardy, dana vollmer) 3:34.47 03 !  germany (britta steffen, silke lippok, lisa vitting, daniela schreiber) 3:36.05

the dutch quartet win event second successive time.


men s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay: 01 !  australia (james magnussen, matt targett, matthew abood, eamon sullivan) 3:11.00 02 !  france (alain bernard, jérémy stravius, william meynard, fabien gilot) 3:11.14 03 !  united states (michael phelps, garrett weber-gale, jason lezak, nathan adrian) 3:11.96

sullivan wins second world championship title.





tennis

atp world tour:

international german open in hamburg, germany:

final: gilles simon (fra) def. nicolás almagro (esp) 6–4, 4–6, 6–4

simon wins second title of year, , ninth of career.




atlanta championships in atlanta, united states:

final: mardy fish (usa) def. john isner (usa) 3–6, 7–6(6), 6–2

fish defeats isner in final second consecutive year, win sixth atp tour title.






wta tour:

baku cup in baku, azerbaijan:

final: vera zvonareva (rus) def. ksenia pervak (rus) 6–1, 6–4

zvonareva wins second title of year, , twelfth of career.







water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s tournament:

playoff round:

montenegro  8–4  romania
spain  9–8  australia
canada  4–17  united states
japan  6–8  germany


classification 13–16 semifinals:

kazakhstan  8–7  china
brazil  7–4  south africa