Days of the month July 2011 in sports

1 days of month

1.1 july 31, 2011 (sunday)

1.1.1 auto racing
1.1.2 basketball
1.1.3 cricket
1.1.4 cycling
1.1.5 equestrianism
1.1.6 extreme sports
1.1.7 football (soccer)
1.1.8 golf
1.1.9 motorcycle racing
1.1.10 swimming
1.1.11 tennis
1.1.12 volleyball


1.2 july 30, 2011 (saturday)

1.2.1 auto racing
1.2.2 cricket
1.2.3 cycling
1.2.4 extreme sports
1.2.5 football (soccer)
1.2.6 golf
1.2.7 handball
1.2.8 mixed martial arts
1.2.9 rugby union
1.2.10 swimming
1.2.11 volleyball
1.2.12 water polo


1.3 july 29, 2011 (friday)

1.3.1 athletics
1.3.2 cricket
1.3.3 cycling
1.3.4 equestrianism
1.3.5 extreme sports
1.3.6 football (soccer)
1.3.7 golf
1.3.8 swimming
1.3.9 water polo


1.4 july 28, 2011 (thursday)

1.4.1 athletics
1.4.2 cricket
1.4.3 extreme sports
1.4.4 football (soccer)
1.4.5 golf
1.4.6 swimming
1.4.7 water polo


1.5 july 27, 2011 (wednesday)

1.5.1 american football
1.5.2 baseball
1.5.3 football (soccer)
1.5.4 swimming
1.5.5 water polo


1.6 july 26, 2011 (tuesday)

1.6.1 cricket
1.6.2 football (soccer)
1.6.3 swimming
1.6.4 water polo


1.7 july 25, 2011 (monday)

1.7.1 cricket
1.7.2 swimming
1.7.3 water polo


1.8 july 24, 2011 (sunday)

1.8.1 athletics
1.8.2 auto racing
1.8.3 baseball
1.8.4 basketball
1.8.5 cricket
1.8.6 cycling
1.8.7 diving
1.8.8 football (soccer)
1.8.9 golf
1.8.10 motorcycle racing
1.8.11 snooker
1.8.12 surfing
1.8.13 swimming
1.8.14 tennis
1.8.15 water polo


1.9 july 23, 2011 (saturday)

1.9.1 athletics
1.9.2 auto racing
1.9.3 baseball
1.9.4 basketball
1.9.5 cricket
1.9.6 cycling
1.9.7 diving
1.9.8 equestrianism
1.9.9 football (soccer)
1.9.10 golf
1.9.11 open water swimming
1.9.12 rugby union
1.9.13 snooker
1.9.14 synchronized swimming
1.9.15 water polo


1.10 july 22, 2011 (friday)

1.10.1 athletics
1.10.2 baseball
1.10.3 cricket
1.10.4 cycling
1.10.5 diving
1.10.6 golf
1.10.7 open water swimming
1.10.8 snooker
1.10.9 synchronized swimming
1.10.10 water polo


1.11 july 21, 2011 (thursday)

1.11.1 athletics
1.11.2 cricket
1.11.3 cycling
1.11.4 diving
1.11.5 football (soccer)
1.11.6 golf
1.11.7 open water swimming
1.11.8 snooker
1.11.9 synchronized swimming
1.11.10 water polo


1.12 july 20, 2011 (wednesday)

1.12.1 cycling
1.12.2 football (soccer)
1.12.3 golf
1.12.4 open water swimming
1.12.5 snooker
1.12.6 synchronized swimming
1.12.7 water polo


1.13 july 19, 2011 (tuesday)

1.13.1 cycling
1.13.2 diving
1.13.3 fencing
1.13.4 football (soccer)
1.13.5 open water swimming
1.13.6 snooker
1.13.7 synchronized swimming
1.13.8 water polo


1.14 july 18, 2011 (monday)

1.14.1 diving
1.14.2 fencing
1.14.3 snooker
1.14.4 synchronized swimming
1.14.5 water polo


1.15 july 17, 2011 (sunday)

1.15.1 athletics
1.15.2 auto racing
1.15.3 basketball
1.15.4 cycling
1.15.5 diving
1.15.6 equestrianism
1.15.7 fencing
1.15.8 football (soccer)
1.15.9 golf
1.15.10 horse racing
1.15.11 motorcycle racing
1.15.12 synchronized swimming
1.15.13 snooker
1.15.14 tennis
1.15.15 triathlon
1.15.16 volleyball
1.15.17 water polo


1.16 july 16, 2011 (saturday)

1.16.1 american football
1.16.2 athletics
1.16.3 auto racing
1.16.4 cycling
1.16.5 diving
1.16.6 equestrianism
1.16.7 fencing
1.16.8 football (soccer)
1.16.9 golf
1.16.10 snooker
1.16.11 triathlon
1.16.12 volleyball


1.17 july 15, 2011 (friday)

1.17.1 american football
1.17.2 athletics
1.17.3 cycling
1.17.4 fencing
1.17.5 golf
1.17.6 snooker
1.17.7 surfing
1.17.8 volleyball


1.18 july 14, 2011 (thursday)

1.18.1 athletics
1.18.2 cycling
1.18.3 equestrianism
1.18.4 fencing
1.18.5 football (soccer)
1.18.6 golf
1.18.7 snooker


1.19 july 13, 2011 (wednesday)

1.19.1 american football
1.19.2 cricket
1.19.3 cycling
1.19.4 equestrianism
1.19.5 football (soccer)
1.19.6 rugby union
1.19.7 snooker


1.20 july 12, 2011 (tuesday)

1.20.1 american football
1.20.2 baseball
1.20.3 cricket
1.20.4 cycling
1.20.5 football (soccer)
1.20.6 snooker


1.21 july 11, 2011 (monday)

1.21.1 american football
1.21.2 baseball
1.21.3 cricket
1.21.4 football (soccer)
1.21.5 golf
1.21.6 snooker


1.22 july 10, 2011 (sunday)

1.22.1 american football
1.22.2 archery
1.22.3 athletics
1.22.4 auto racing
1.22.5 baseball
1.22.6 basketball
1.22.7 cricket
1.22.8 cycling
1.22.9 equestrianism
1.22.10 football (soccer)
1.22.11 golf
1.22.12 motorcycle racing
1.22.13 netball
1.22.14 snooker
1.22.15 tennis
1.22.16 volleyball


1.23 july 9, 2011 (saturday)

1.23.1 american football
1.23.2 archery
1.23.3 athletics
1.23.4 auto racing
1.23.5 baseball
1.23.6 beach handball
1.23.7 cricket
1.23.8 cycling
1.23.9 equestrianism
1.23.10 football (soccer)
1.23.11 golf
1.23.12 rugby union
1.23.13 snooker
1.23.14 tennis
1.23.15 volleyball


1.24 july 8, 2011 (friday)

1.24.1 american football
1.24.2 athletics
1.24.3 auto racing
1.24.4 cricket
1.24.5 cycling
1.24.6 equestrianism
1.24.7 football (soccer)
1.24.8 golf
1.24.9 snooker
1.24.10 tennis
1.24.11 volleyball


1.25 july 7, 2011 (thursday)

1.25.1 athletics
1.25.2 cricket
1.25.3 cycling
1.25.4 football (soccer)
1.25.5 golf
1.25.6 snooker
1.25.7 tennis
1.25.8 volleyball


1.26 july 6, 2011 (wednesday)

1.26.1 athletics
1.26.2 cricket
1.26.3 cycling
1.26.4 football (soccer)
1.26.5 olympic games
1.26.6 rugby league
1.26.7 volleyball


1.27 july 5, 2011 (tuesday)

1.27.1 cricket
1.27.2 cycling
1.27.3 football (soccer)
1.27.4 volleyball


1.28 july 4, 2011 (monday)

1.28.1 cricket
1.28.2 cycling
1.28.3 football (soccer)
1.28.4 volleyball


1.29 july 3, 2011 (sunday)

1.29.1 auto racing
1.29.2 basketball
1.29.3 cricket
1.29.4 cycling
1.29.5 field hockey
1.29.6 football (soccer)
1.29.7 golf
1.29.8 motorcycle racing
1.29.9 taekwondo
1.29.10 tennis
1.29.11 volleyball


1.30 july 2, 2011 (saturday)

1.30.1 auto racing
1.30.2 basketball
1.30.3 cricket
1.30.4 cycling
1.30.5 equestrianism
1.30.6 field hockey
1.30.7 football (soccer)
1.30.8 handball
1.30.9 mixed martial arts
1.30.10 rugby union
1.30.11 taekwondo
1.30.12 tennis
1.30.13 volleyball


1.31 july 1, 2011 (friday)

1.31.1 auto racing
1.31.2 basketball
1.31.3 cricket
1.31.4 field hockey
1.31.5 football (soccer)
1.31.6 taekwondo
1.31.7 tennis
1.31.8 volleyball

days of month

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.






july 30, 2011 (saturday)
auto racing

nationwide series:

kroger 200 in clermont, indiana: (1) brad keselowski (dodge; penske racing) (2) james buescher (chevrolet; turner motorsports) (3) ricky stenhouse, jr. (ford; roush fenway racing)

drivers championship standings (after 21 of 34 races): (1) stenhouse, jr. 740 points (2) reed sorenson (chevrolet; turner motorsports) 737 (3) elliott sadler (chevrolet; kevin harvick incorporated) 716




world rally championship:

rally finland in jyväskylä, finland: (1) sébastien loeb (fra)/daniel elena (mon) (citroën ds3 wrc) (2) jari-matti latvala (fin)/miikka anttila (fin) (ford fiesta rs wrc) (3) sébastien ogier (fra)/julien ingrassia (fra) (citroën ds3 wrc)

drivers championship standings (after 8 of 13 rallies): (1) loeb 171 points (2) mikko hirvonen (fin) (ford fiesta rs wrc) 144 (3) ogier 140





cricket

india in england:

2nd test in nottingham, day 2:  england 221 & 24/1 (11 overs);  india 288 (91.1 overs; rahul dravid 117, stuart broad 6/46). england trail 43 runs 9 wickets remaining.

broad bowls 39th hat-trick in test cricket, claiming wickets of mahendra singh dhoni, harbhajan singh , praveen kumar. broad becomes twelfth englishman achieve hat-trick , first since ryan sidebottom in 2008.




icc intercontinental cup, round 1:

in nairobi, day 3:  united arab emirates 213 & 439/8d (114.2 overs; saqib ali 153, khurram khan 113, amjad javed 100);  kenya 219 & 76/4 (25 overs). kenya require 358 runs 6 wickets remaining.



cycling

uci world tour:

clásica de san sebastián: 01 ! philippe gilbert (bel) (omega pharma–lotto) 5h 48 52 02 ! carlos barredo (esp) (rabobank) + 12 03 ! greg van avermaet (bel) (bmc racing team) + 14

uci world tour standings (after 18 of 27 races): (1) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) 574 points (2) gilbert 482 (3) alberto contador (esp) (saxo bank–sungard) 471





extreme sports

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

bmx park: 01 ! daniel dhers (ven) 81 02 ! dennis enarson 81 03 ! scotty cranmer 72
rally car racing: 01 ! liam doran (gbr) 02 ! marcus grönholm (fin) 03 ! david higgins (gbr)
skateboard street: 01 ! nyjah huston 91.66 02 ! luan oliveira (bra) 91.00 03 ! ryan sheckler 89.00
women s moto x racing: 01 ! vicki golden 3:43.258 02 ! tarah gieger (pur) 3:47.636 03 ! livia lancelot (fra) 3:54.441
skateboard vert: 01 ! shaun white 93.00 02 ! pierre-luc gagnon (can) 91.66 03 ! bucky lasek 87.66
moto x speed & style: 01 ! nate adams 90.00 02 ! mike mason 88.53 03 ! ronnie faisst 91.01



football (soccer)

fifa u-20 world cup in colombia:

group in bogotá:

mali  0–2  south korea
colombia  4–1  france


group b in cali:

cameroon  1–1  new zealand
portugal  0–0  uruguay




caf champions league group stage, matchday 2:

group a: coton sport 2–3 enyimba

standings (after 2 matches): enyimba, al-hilal 4 points, coton sport, raja casablanca 1.


group b:

wydad casablanca 4–0 mc alger
espérance st 1–0 al-ahly

standings (after 2 matches): wydad casablanca, espérance st 4 points, al-ahly, mc alger 1.







golf

women s majors:

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

leaderboard after third round: (1) caroline masson (ger) 201 (−15) (2) yani tseng (twn) 203 (−13) (t3) catriona matthew (sco) & inbee park (kor) 207 (−9)




senior majors:

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

leaderboard after third round (usa unless stated): (1) olin browne 198 (−15) (2) mark o meara 200 (−13) (t3) mark calcavecchia, peter senior (aus), joey sindelar & jeff sluman 204 (−9)





handball

men s junior world championship in thessaloniki, greece:

3rd place game: 03 ! tunisia  24–18  egypt
final: 01 ! germany  27–18 02 !  denmark

germany win title second successive time.





mixed martial arts

strikeforce: fedor vs. henderson in hoffman estates, illinois, united states:

heavyweight bout: dan henderson (usa) def. fedor emelianenko (rus) via tko (punches)
women s welterweight championship bout: miesha tate (usa) def. marloes coenen (ned) (c) via submission (arm triangle)
middleweight bout: tim kennedy (usa) def. robbie lawler (usa) via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
welterweight bout: tyron woodley (usa) def. paul daley (eng) via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
welterweight bout: tarec saffiedine (bel) def. scott smith (usa) via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–26)



rugby union

tri nations series:

new zealand  40–7  south africa in wellington

the blacks dan carter reclaims career lead in test points england s jonny wilkinson.
standings: new zealand,  australia 5 points (1 match), south africa 0 (2)





swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s 50m butterfly: 01 ! inge dekker (ned) 25.71 02 ! therese alshammar (swe) 25.76 03 ! mélanie henique (fra) 25.86

dekker wins second title of championships , third world title overall.


men s 50m freestyle: 01 ! césar cielo (bra) 21.52 02 ! luca dotto (ita) 21.90 03 ! alain bernard (fra) 21.92

cielo wins event second successive time, , second title of championships , fourth world title overall.


women s 200m backstroke: 01 ! missy franklin (usa) 2:05.10 (am) 02 ! belinda hocking (aus) 2:06.06 03 ! sharon van rouwendaal (ned) 2:07.78

franklin wins second title of championships.


men s 100m butterfly: 01 ! michael phelps (usa) 50.71 02 ! konrad czerniak (pol) 51.15 03 ! tyler mcgill (usa) 51.26

phelps wins event third successive time, , third title of championships , 25th world title overall.


women s 800m freestyle: 01 ! rebecca adlington (gbr) 8:17.51 02 ! lotte friis (den) 8:18.20 03 ! kate ziegler (usa) 8:23.36
women s 4 × 100 m medley relay: 01 !  united states (natalie coughlin, rebecca soni, dana vollmer, franklin) 3:52.36 02 !  china (zhao jing, ji liping, lu ying, tang yi) 3:55.61 03 !  australia (hocking, leisel jones, alicia coutts, merindah dingjan) 3:57.13

the united states win event first time since 1998.
coughlin wins sixth world title.
soni wins third title of championships , fourth world title overall.
vollmer wins second title of championships , third world title overall.
franklin wins third title of championships.





volleyball

asian men s club championship in palembang, indonesia:

3rd place match: osaka blazers sakai 0–3 03 ! shanghai tang dynasty
final: 02 ! almaty 0–3 01 ! paykan tehran

paykan tehran win title sixth successive time , seventh time overall.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s tournament:

7th place game: germany  5–8  montenegro
5th place game: united states  10–11  spain
bronze medal game: hungary  11–12 03 !  croatia
gold medal game: 02 ! serbia  7–8 01 !  italy

italy win title third time.








july 29, 2011 (friday)
athletics

samsung diamond league:

dn galan in stockholm, sweden:

men:

110m hurdles: jason richardson (usa) 13.17
200m: usain bolt (jam) 20.03
400m: jermaine gonzales (jam) 44.69
1500m: silas kiplagat (ken) 3:33.94
3000m steeplechase: paul kipsiele koech (ken) 8:05.92
discus throw: virgilijus alekna (ltu) 65.05m
high jump: ivan ukhov (rus) 2.34m
javelin throw: andreas thorkildsen (nor) 88.43m
long jump: mitchell watt (aus) 8.54m


women:

100m: carmelita jeter (usa) 11.15
400m hurdles: kaliese spencer (jam) 53.74
800m: kenia sinclair (jam) 1:58.21
5000m: vivian cheruiyot (ken) 14:20.87
pole vault: yelena isinbayeva (rus) 4.76m
triple jump: olha saladukha (ukr) 15.06m







cricket

india in england:

2nd test in nottingham, day 1:  england 221 (68.4 overs);  india 24/1 (15 overs). india trail 197 runs 9 wickets remaining in 1st innings.


icc intercontinental cup, round 1:

in nairobi, day 2:  united arab emirates 213 & 155/3 (46 overs);  kenya 219 (70.5 overs). united arab emirates lead 149 runs 7 wickets remaining.



cycling

uci women s road world cup:

open de suède vårgårda, team time trial: 01 ! | htc–highroad women ellen van dijk, judith arndt, charlotte becker, amber neben 02 ! aa-drink cycling team lucinda brand, linda melanie villumsen, kirsten wild, trixi worrack 03 ! garmin–cervélo elizabeth armitstead, noemi cantele, sharon laws, emma pooley, iris slapendel



equestrianism

royal international horse show in hickstead, united kingdom:

show jumping – fei nations cup:

nations cup of united kingdom (csio 5*): 01 !  germany (janne friederike meyer, holger wulschner, philipp weishaupt, marcus ehning) 02 !  france (olivier guillon, roger-yves bost, pénélope leprevost, kevin staut) 03 !  united states (christine mccrea, kent farrington, laura kraut, beezie madden)

standings (after 6 of 8 events): (1)  netherlands 42 points (2) germany 37 (3)  ireland 32.5







extreme sports

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

women s skateboard street: 01 ! marisa dal santo 88.00 02 ! alexis sablone 84.33 03 ! leticia bufoni (bra) 78.00
moto x freestyle: 01 ! nate adams 91 02 ! adam jones 86 03 ! dany torres (esp) 86
bmx vert: 01 ! jamie bestwick (gbr) 92 02 ! steve mccann (aus) 90 03 ! vince byron (aus) 79

bestwick wins gold fifth consecutive year.


skateboarding big air: 01 ! bob burnquist (bra) 92.66 02 ! adam taylor 89.66 03 ! edgard pereira (bra) 87.00



football (soccer)

fifa u-20 world cup in colombia:

group e:

austria  0–0  panama in cartagena
brazil  1–1  egypt in barranquilla


group f in medellín:

england  0–0  north korea
argentina  1–0  mexico




uefa european under-19 championship in romania:

semifinals:

czech republic  4–2  serbia in mogoşoaia
spain  5–0  republic of ireland in chiajna




caf champions league group stage, matchday 2:

group a: al-hilal 1–0 raja casablanca

standings: al-hilal 4 points (2 matches), enyimba, coton sport 1 (1), raja casablanca 1 (2).




caf confederation cup group stage, matchday 2:

group b: js kabylie 1–2 sunshine stars

standings: sunshine stars 6 points (2 matches), maghreb de fès 3 (1), js kabylie 0 (2), motema pembe 0 (1).





golf

women s majors:

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

leaderboard after second round: (1) caroline masson (ger) 133 (−11) (t2) meena lee (kor) & inbee park (kor) 134 (−10)




senior majors:

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

leaderboard after second round (all usa): (1) olin browne 133 (−9) (2) mark o meara 134 (−8) (t3) michael allen, mark calcavecchia & joey sindelar 135 (−7)





swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s 100m freestyle: 01 ! jeanette ottesen (den) & aleksandra gerasimenya (blr) 53.45 03 ! ranomi kromowidjojo (ned) 53.66
men s 200m backstroke: 01 ! ryan lochte (usa) 1:52.96 02 ! ryosuke irie (jpn) 1:54.11 03 ! tyler clary (usa) 1:54.69

lochte wins event second time, , third title of championships , tenth world title overall.


women s 200m breaststroke: 01 ! rebecca soni (usa) 2:21.47 02 ! yuliya yefimova (rus) 2:22.22 03 ! martha mccabe (can) 2:24.81

soni wins second title of championships, , third world title overall.


men s 200m breaststroke: 01 ! dániel gyurta (hun) 2:08.41 02 ! kosuke kitajima (jpn) 2:08.63 03 ! christian vom lehn (ger) 2:09.06

gyurta wins event second successive time.


men s 4 × 200 m freestyle relay: 01 !  united states (michael phelps, peter vanderkaay, ricky berens, lochte) 7:02.67 02 !  france (yannick agnel, grégory mallet, jérémy stravius, fabien gilot) 7:04.81 03 !  china (wang shun, zhang lin, li yunqi, sun yang) 7:05.67

the united states win event fourth successive time, phelps, lochte , vanderkaay among winning teams.
phelps wins second title of championships , 24th world title overall.
lochte wins fourth title of championships , 11th world title overall.
berens wins event second successive time , third world title overall.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s tournament:

7th place game: canada  7–8  netherlands
5th place game: united states  5–10  australia
bronze medal game: 03 ! russia  8–7  italy
gold medal game: 02 !china  8–9 01 !  greece

greece win title first time.








july 28, 2011 (thursday)
athletics

samsung diamond league:

dn galan in stockholm, sweden:

men s shot put: christian cantwell (usa) 21.70m
women s shot put: valerie adams (nzl) 20.57m





cricket

icc intercontinental cup, round 1:

in nairobi, day 1:  united arab emirates 213 (67.3 overs);  kenya 91/3 (22.5 overs). kenya trail 122 runs 7 wickets remaining in 1st innings.



extreme sports

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

moto x step up: 01 ! matt buyten 37 0 02 ! ronnie renner 35 6 03 ! myles richmond & brian deegan 35 6
skateboard park: 01 ! raven tershy 82 02 ! pedro barros (bra) 81 03 ! ben hatchell 75
moto x best whip: 01 ! jeremy stenberg 27% 02 ! todd potter 24% 03 ! jarryd mcneil (aus) 22%
moto x best trick: 01 ! jackson strong (aus) 95.66 02 ! cam sinclair (aus) 94.66 03 ! josh sheehan (aus) 93.33
bmx freestyle big air: 01 ! steve mccann (aus) 91.66 02 ! vince byron (aus) 90.66 03 ! chad kagy 89.33



football (soccer)

2014 fifa world cup qualification (afc) second round, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):

myanmar  0–2 (0–2)  oman — match abandoned after 40 minutes due crowd trouble.
nepal    1–1 (0–9)  jordan. jordan win 10–1 on aggregate.
laos  1–6 (2–7)  china pr. china pr win 13–3 on aggregate.
philippines  1–2 (0–3)  kuwait. kuwait win 5–1 on aggregate.
tajikistan  0–4 (1–2)  syria. syria win 6–1 on aggregate.
kyrgyzstan  0–3 (0–4)  uzbekistan. uzbekistan win 7–0 on aggregate.
bangladesh  2–0 (0–4)  lebanon. lebanon win 4–2 on aggregate.
indonesia  4–3 (1–1)  turkmenistan. indonesia win 5–4 on aggregate.
hong kong  0–5 (0–3)  saudi arabia. saudi arabia win 8–0 on aggregate.
vietnam  2–1 (0–3)  qatar. qatar win 4–2 on aggregate.
malaysia  1–1 (3–5)  singapore. singapore win 6–4 on aggregate.
india  2–2 (0–3)  united arab emirates. united arab emirates win 5–2 on aggregate.
palestine  2–2 (0–1)  thailand. thailand win 3–2 on aggregate.
maldives  0–1 (0–4)  iran. iran win 5–0 on aggregate.
yemen  0–0 (0–2)  iraq in al ain, united arab emirates. iraq win 2–0 on aggregate.


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

semifinals:

iceland  0–4  spain
germany  2–2 (5–6 pen.)  france




uefa europa league third qualifying round, first leg:

Śląsk wrocław 0–0 lokomotiv sofia !lokomotiv sofia
aek larnaca 3–0 mladá boleslav
ventspils 1–2 red star belgrade
alania vladikavkaz !alania vladikavkaz 1–1 aktobe
karpaty lviv 2–0 st patrick s athletic
olimpija ljubljana 1–1 austria wien
aalesund 4–0 elfsborg
metalurgist rustavi 2–5 rennes
red bull salzburg !red bull salzburg 1–0 senica
anorthosis 0–2 rabotnički
sparta prague 5–0 sarajevo
vorskla poltava !vorskla poltava 0–0 sligo rovers
vålerenga 0–2 paok
young boys 3–1 westerlo
bursaspor 2–1 gomel
hapoel tel aviv 4–0 vaduz
omonia 3–0 ado den haag
split 0–0 fulham
levski sofia !levski sofia 2–1 spartak trnava
az alkmaar 2–0 jablonec
gaziantepspor 0–1 legia warsaw
dinamo bucureşti 2–2 varaždin
differdange 03 0–3 olympiakos volou !olympiakos volou
paks 1–1 heart of midlothian
Željezničar !Željezničar 0–2 maccabi tel aviv
club brugge 4–1 qarabağ
mainz 05 1–1 gaz metan mediaș
palermo !palermo 2–2 thun
stoke city 1–0 hajduk split
nacional 3–0 häcken
atlético madrid 2–1 strømsgodset !strømsgodset
midtjylland 0–0 vitória guimarães
ried 2–0 brøndby
kr reykjavík 1–4 dinamo tbilisi


concacaf champions league preliminary round, first leg:

morelia 5–0 tempête
alianza 0–1 fc dallas
motagua 4–0 municipal



golf

women s majors:

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

leaderboard after first round: (1) meena lee (kor) 65 (−7) (2) brittany lincicome (usa) 67 (−5) (t3) sophie gustafson (swe), caroline masson (ger), angela stanford (usa) & amy yang (kor) 68 (−4)




senior majors:

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

leaderboard after first round (all usa): (1) olin browne 64 (−7) (t2) michael allen & mark o meara 66 (−5)





swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 200m individual medley: 01 ! ryan lochte (usa) 1:54.00 (wr) 02 ! michael phelps (usa) 1:54.16 03 ! lászló cseh (hun) 1:57.69

lochte wins event second successive time, , second title of championships , ninth world title overall.
lochte breaks own world record 0.10 seconds , sets first long-course world record since non-textile swimsuits outlawed @ end of 2009.


men s 100m freestyle: 01 ! james magnussen (aus) 47.63 02 ! brent hayden (can) 47.95 03 ! william meynard (fra) 48.00

magnussen wins second title of championships.


women s 200m butterfly: 01 ! jiao liuyang (chn) 2:05.55 02 ! ellen gandy (gbr) 2:05.59 03 ! liu zige (chn) 2:05.90

jiao wins second world championship title.


women s 50m backstroke: 01 ! anastasia zuyeva (rus) 27.79 02 ! aya terakawa (jpn) 27.93 03 ! missy franklin (usa) 28.01
women s 4 × 200 m freestyle relay: 01 !  united states (franklin, dagny knutson, katie hoff, allison schmitt) 7:46.14 02 !  australia (bronte barratt, blair evans, angie bainbridge, kylie palmer) 7:47.42 03 !  china (chen qian, pang jiaying, liu jing, tang yi) 7:47.66

hoff wins seventh world championship title.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s tournament:

semifinals:

hungary  14–15  serbia
croatia  8–9  italy


classification 5–8 semifinals:

united states  9–8  germany
montenegro  9–10  spain


11th place game: romania  15–18  japan
9th place game: canada  6–8  australia






july 27, 2011 (wednesday)
american football

the university of north carolina fires head coach butch davis after 4 seasons, in midst of ncaa investigation.

baseball

major league baseball: los angeles angels 3, cleveland indians 1

ervin santana pitches third no-hitter of season, first solo no-hitter angels pitcher since mike witt s perfect game in 1984 , first non-shutout no-hitter since darryl kile in 1993.



football (soccer)

uefa champions league third qualifying round, first leg:

hjk helsinki 1–2 dinamo zagreb
copenhagen 1–0 shamrock rovers
odense 1–1 panathinaikos
maccabi haifa 2–1 maribor
standard liège 1–1 zürich
rosenborg 0–1 viktoria plzeň
benfica 2–0 trabzonspor


concacaf champions league preliminary round, first leg:

toronto fc 2–1 real estelí
isidro metapán 2–0 puerto rico islanders
santos laguna 3–1 olimpia


2011 mls all-star game in harrison, new jersey: mls all-stars 0–4 manchester united
trophée des champions in tangier, morocco: lille 4–5 marseille

marseille win title second time.



swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 200m butterfly: 01 ! michael phelps (usa) 1:53.34 02 ! takeshi matsuda (jpn) 1:54.01 03 ! wu peng (chn) 1:54.67

phelps wins event record fifth time , 23rd world championship title.


women s 200m freestyle: 01 ! federica pellegrini (ita) 1:55.58 02 ! kylie palmer (aus) 1:56.04 03 ! camille muffat (fra) 1:56.10

pellegrini wins event second time , fourth world championship title.


men s 800m freestyle: 01 ! sun yang (chn) 7:38.47 02 ! ryan cochrane (can) 7:41.86 03 ! gergő kis (hun) 7:44.94
men s 50m breaststroke: 01 ! felipe frança silva (bra) 27.01 02 ! fabio scozzoli (ita) 27.17 03 ! cameron van der burgh (rsa) 27.19



water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s tournament:

semifinals:

greece  14–11  italy
russia  12–13  china

greece , china reach final first time.




classification 5–8 semifinals:

united states  8–4  canada
netherlands  7–12  australia


11th place game: new zealand  7–15  spain
9th place game: cuba  7–12  hungary






july 26, 2011 (tuesday)
cricket

icc intercontinental cup one-day, round 1:

4th match in nairobi:  kenya 230/9 (50 overs; rakep patel 124);  united arab emirates 233/6 (46.4 overs). united arab emirates win 4 wickets.



football (soccer)

uefa european under-19 championship in romania (teams in bold advance semifinals):

group a:

czech republic  1–0  greece in mogoşoaia
republic of ireland  0–0  romania in berceni

final standings: czech republic 9 points, republic of ireland 4, greece 3, romania 1.




group b:

turkey  3–0  spain in chiajna
belgium  1–1  serbia in buftea

final standings: spain 6 points, serbia, turkey 4, belgium 2.






uefa champions league third qualifying round, first leg:

zestafoni 1–1 sturm graz
ekranas 0–0 bate borisov
apoel 0–0 slovan bratislava
litex lovech 1–2 wisła kraków
dynamo kyiv 0–2 rubin kazan
genk 2–1 partizan
rangers 0–1 malmö ff
twente 2–0 vaslui


uefa europa league third qualifying round, first leg: bnei yehuda 1–0 helsingborg
concacaf champions league preliminary round, first leg:

san francisco 1–0 seattle sounders
herediano 8–0 alpha united



swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 200m freestyle: 01 ! ryan lochte (usa) 1:44.44 02 ! michael phelps (usa) 1:44.79 03 ! paul biedermann (ger) 1:44.88

lochte wins eighth world championship title.


women s 100m backstroke: 01 ! zhao jing (chn) 59.05 02 ! anastasia zuyeva (rus) 59.06 03 ! natalie coughlin (usa) 59.15

zhao wins third world championship title.


women s 1500m freestyle: 01 ! lotte friis (den) 15:49.59 02 ! kate ziegler (usa) 15:55.60 03 ! li xuanxu (chn) 15:58.02

friis wins second world championship title.


men s 100m backstroke: 01 ! camille lacourt (fra) & jérémy stravius (fra) 52.76 03 ! ryosuke irie (jpn) 52.98
women s 100m breaststroke: 01 ! rebecca soni (usa) 1:05.05 02 ! leisel jones (aus) 1:06.25 03 ! ji liping (chn) 1:06.52

soni wins event second successive time.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s tournament:

quarterfinals (winners qualify 2012 olympics):

hungary  9–8  united states
serbia  9–4  germany
croatia  9–6  montenegro
italy  10–6  spain


classification 9–12 semifinals:

romania  8–12  canada
australia  15–9  japan


13th place game: kazakhstan  9–7  brazil
15th place game: china  9–4  south africa






july 25, 2011 (monday)
cricket

india in england:

1st test in london, day 5:  england 474/8d & 269/6d;  india 286 & 261 (96.3 overs; james anderson 5/65). england win 196 runs; lead 4-match series 1–0.


icc intercontinental cup one-day, round 1:

3rd match in nairobi:  kenya 210 (49.3 overs; shoaib sarwar 5/23);  united arab emirates 119/8 (35/35 overs; rajesh bhudia 5/21). kenya win 66 runs (d/l).



swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s 100m butterfly: 01 ! dana vollmer (usa) 56.87 02 ! alicia coutts (aus) 56.94 03 ! lu ying (chn) 57.06

vollmer wins second world championship title.


men s 50m butterfly: 01 ! césar cielo (bra) 23.10 02 ! matt targett (aus) 23.28 03 ! geoff huegill (aus) 23.35

cielo wins third world championship title.


women s 200m individual medley: 01 ! ye shiwen (chn) 2:08.90 02 ! alicia coutts (aus) 2:09.00 03 ! ariana kukors (usa) 2:09.12
men s 100m breaststroke: 01 ! alexander dale oen (nor) 58.71 02 ! fabio scozzoli (ita) 59.42 03 ! cameron van der burgh (rsa) 59.49

dale oen becomes first norwegian world champion in swimming.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s tournament:

quarterfinals:

united states  7–9  russia
greece  12–10  netherlands
italy  14–12  australia
canada  7–9  china


classification 9–12 semifinals:

new zealand  10–11  cuba
hungary  17–13  spain


15th place game: uzbekistan  5–6  south africa
13th place game: kazakhstan  9–5  brazil






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








july 23, 2011 (saturday)
athletics

european junior championships in tallinn, estonia:

men s 200m: 01 ! david bolarinwa (gbr) 21.07 02 ! pierre vincent (fra) 21.22 03 ! jeffrey john (fra) 21.24
men s 1500m: 01 ! adam cotton (gbr) 3:43.98 02 ! thomas solberg eide (nor) 3:44.70 03 ! alexander schwab (ger) 3:44.82
men s 5000m: 01 ! gabriel navarro (esp) 14:07.06 02 ! bartosz kowalczyk (pol) 14:07.17 03 ! jonathan hay (gbr) 14:07.78
men s 110m hurdles: 01 ! jack meredith (gbr) 13.50 02 ! andy pozzi (gbr) 13.57 03 ! rahib mammadov (aze) 13.78
men s 10 km walk: 01 ! hagen pohle (ger) 40:43.73 02 ! ihor lyashchenko (ukr) 41:10.43 03 ! luís alberto amezcua (esp) 41:34.13
men s high jump: 01 ! nikita anishchenkov (rus) 2.27m 02 ! janick klausen (den) 2.25m 03 ! gianmarco tamberi (ita) 2.25m
men s javelin throw: 01 ! zigismunds sirmais (lat) 81.53m 02 ! marcin krukowski (pol) 79.19m 03 ! pavel mialeshka (blr) 76.59m
women s 200m: 01 ! jodie williams (gbr) 22.94 02 ! jamile samuel (ned) 23.31 03 ! jennifer galais (fra) 23.55
women s 800m: 01 ! anastasiya tkachuk (ukr) 2:02.73 02 ! rowena cole (gbr) 2:03.43 03 ! ayvika malanova (rus) 2:03.59
women s 3000m: 01 ! amela terzic (srb) 9:17.61 02 ! esma aydemir (tur) 9:19.61 03 ! lisa jäsert (ger) 9:30.23
women s 100m hurdles: 01 ! nooralotta neziri (fin) 13.34 02 ! isabelle pedersen (nor) 13.37 03 ! ekaterina bleskina (rus) 13.47
women s 3000m steeplechase: 01 ! gesa-felicitas krause (ger) 9:51.08 02 ! gulshat fazlitdinova (rus) 9:56.98 03 ! elena panaet (rom) 10:17.37
women s pole vault: 01 ! angelica bengtsson (swe) 4.57m 02 ! lilli schnitzerling (ger) 4.20m 03 ! natalia demidenko (rus) 4.20m
women s shot put: 01 ! lena urbaniak (ger) 16.31m 02 ! anna wloka (pol) 16.23m 03 ! anna rüh (ger) 16.01m
women s hammer throw: 01 ! barbara Špiler (slo) 67.06m 02 ! kıvılcım kaya (tur) 66.74m 03 ! alexia sedykh (fra) 65.02m



auto racing

nationwide series:

federated auto parts 300 in gladeville, tennessee: (1) carl edwards (ford; roush fenway racing) (2) ricky stenhouse, jr. (ford; roush fenway racing) (3) austin dillon (chevrolet; kevin harvick incorporated)

drivers championship standings (after 20 of 34 races): (1) reed sorenson (chevrolet; turner motorsports) 702 points (2) stenhouse, jr. 697 (3) elliott sadler (chevrolet; kevin harvick incorporated) 688





baseball

nippon professional baseball all-star series:

game 2 in chiba: pacific league 4, central league 3. series tied 1–1.

saitama seibu lions third baseman takeya nakamura wins game mvp after hitting 2 home runs.





basketball

wnba all-star game in san antonio: eastern conference 118, western conference 113

the eastern conference win first all-star game since 2007.



cricket

india in england:

1st test in london, day 3:  england 474/8d & 5/0 (5 overs);  india 286 (95.5 overs; rahul dravid 103*). england lead 193 runs 10 wickets remaining.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 20: 01 ! tony martin (ger) (htc–highroad) 55 33 02 ! cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 7 03 ! alberto contador (esp) (saxo bank–sungard) + 1 06

general classification (after stage 20): (1) evans 83h 45 20 (2) andy schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 1 34 (3) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 2 30





diving

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s 3 m springboard: 01 ! wu minxia (chn) 380.85 points 02 ! zi (chn) 379.15 03 ! jennifer abel (can) 365.10

wu wins second title of championships , sixth world title overall.





equestrianism

show jumping – global champions tour:

7th competition in chantilly, oise (csi 5*): 01 ! edwina alexander (aus) on itot du château 02 ! luciana diniz (por) on lennox 03 ! pénélope leprevost (fra) on mylord carthago

standings (after 7 of 10 competitions): (1) alexander 195 points (2) ludger beerbaum (ger) 186.5 (3) diniz 186





football (soccer)

2014 fifa world cup qualification (afc), second round, first leg:

thailand  1–0  palestine
lebanon  4–0  bangladesh
china pr  7–2  laos
turkmenistan  1–1  indonesia
kuwait  3–0  philippines
oman  2–0  myanmar
saudi arabia  3–0  hong kong
iran  4–0  maldives
syria  2–1  tajikistan in amman, jordan
qatar  3–0  vietnam
iraq  2–0  yemen
singapore  5–3  malaysia
uzbekistan  4–0  kyrgyzstan
united arab emirates  3–0  india
jordan  9–0    nepal


copa américa in argentina:

third-place match in la plata: 03 ! peru  4–1  venezuela


uefa european under-19 championship in romania (team in bold advances semifinals):

group a:

czech republic  2–1  republic of ireland in mogoşoaia
romania  0–1  greece in berceni

standings (after 2 matches): czech republic 6 points, republic of ireland, greece 3, romania 0.




group b:

turkey  1–1  belgium in buftea
serbia  0–4  spain in chiajna

standings (after 2 matches): spain 6 points, serbia 3, turkey, belgium 1.






dfl-supercup in gelsenkirchen: borussia dortmund 0–0 (3–4 pen.) fc schalke 04

schalke win cup first time.



golf

senior majors:

the senior open championship in surrey, england:

leaderboard after third round: (t1) mark calcavecchia (usa), russ cochran (usa) & david frost (rsa) 209 (−7)





open water swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 25 km: 01 ! petar stoychev (bul) 5:10:39.8 02 ! vladimir dyatchin (rus) 5:11:15.6 03 ! csaba gercsák (hun) 5:11:18.1
women s 25 km: 01 ! ana marcela cunha (bra) 5:29:22.9 02 ! angela maurer (ger) 5:29:25.0 03 ! alice franco (ita) 5:29:30.8



rugby union

tri nations series:

australia  39–20  south africa in sydney



snooker

australian goldfields open in bendigo, australia, semi-finals:

shaun murphy (eng) 2–6 stuart bingham (eng)

bingham reaches first ranking final.


ken doherty (irl) 2–6 mark williams (wal)



synchronized swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

team free routine: 01 !  russia (anastasia davydova, natalia ishchenko, elvira khasyanova, svetlana kolesnichenko, daria korobova, aleksandra patskevich, alla shishkina, angelika timanina) 98.620 points 02 !  china (chang si, fan jiachen, huang xuechen, jiang tingting, jiang wenwen, liu ou, luo xi, wu yiwen) 96.580 03 !  spain (clara basiana, alba maría cabello, ona carbonell, margalida crespí, andrea fuentes, thaïs henríquez, paula klamburg, irene montrucchio) 96.150

russia win 7 events contested.
ishchenko wins sixth title of championships , 15th world title overall.
khasyanova wins third title of championships , eighth world title overall.
davydova wins third title of championships , fifth world title overall.
kolesnichenko, korobova, patskevich, shishkina , timanina win third title of championships.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s tournament:

playoff round:

netherlands  14–6  new zealand
hungary  9–10  australia
russia  26–4  cuba
spain  6–15  china


classification 13–16 semifinals:

kazakhstan  14–13  uzbekistan
brazil  10–9  south africa








july 22, 2011 (friday)
athletics

samsung diamond league:

herculis in fontvieille, monaco:

men:

100m: usain bolt (jam) 9.88
800m: david rudisha (ken) 1:42.61
1500m: silas kiplagat (ken) 3:30.47
5000m: mo farah (gbr) 12:53.11
400m hurdles: angelo taylor (usa) 47.97
3000m steeplechase: brimin kipruto (ken) 7:53.64
triple jump: phillips idowu (gbr) 17.36m
pole vault: renaud lavillenie (fra) 5.90m
shot put: reese hoffa (usa) 21.25m


women:

200m: carmelita jeter (usa) 22.20
400m: amantle montsho (bot) 49.71
1500m: maryam yusuf jamal (bhr) 4:00.59
100m hurdles: sally pearson (aus) 12.51
long jump: brittney reese (usa) 6.82m
high jump: blanka vlašić (cro) 1.97m
discus throw: nadine müller (ger) 65.90m
javelin throw: barbora Špotáková (cze) 69.45m






european junior championships in tallinn, estonia:

men s 100m: 01 ! jimmy vicaut (fra) 10.07 02 ! adam gemili (gbr) 10.41 03 ! david bolarinwa (gbr) 10.46
men s 400m: 01 ! marcell deák-nagy (hun) 45.42 02 ! nikita uglov (rus) 46.01 03 ! michele tricca (ita) 46.09
men s long jump: 01 ! sergey morgunov (rus) 8.18m 02 ! tomasz jaszczuk (pol) 8.11m 03 ! evgeny antonov (rus) 7.83m
men s hammer throw: 01 ! quentin bigot (fra) 78.45m 02 ! serghei marghiev (mda) 76.60m 03 ! elias håkansson (swe) 74.99m
women s 100m: 01 ! jodie williams (gbr) 11.18 02 ! jamile samuel (ned) 11.43 03 ! tatjana lofamakanda pinto (ger) 11.48
women s 400m: 01 ! bianca razor (rom) 51.96 02 ! yulia yurenya (blr) 53.03 03 ! madiea ghafoor (ned) 53.73
women s triple jump: 01 ! yana borodina (rus) 14.00m 02 ! kristiina mäkelä (fin) 13.67m 03 ! ganna aleksandrova (ukr) 13.14m
women s discus throw: 01 ! shanice craft (ger) 58.65m 02 ! anna rüh (ger) 58.10m 03 ! viktoriya klochko (ukr) 54.03m
women s heptathlon: 01 ! dafne schippers (ned) 6153 points 02 ! sara gambetta (ger) 6108 03 ! laura ikauniece (lat) 6063



baseball

nippon professional baseball all-star series:

game 1 in nagoya: central league 9, pacific league 4. central league lead series 1–0.

tokyo yakult swallows first baseman kazuhiro hatakeyama named game mvp after hitting game-winning three-run home run in 5th inning.





cricket

india in england:

1st test in london, day 2:  england 474/8d (131.4 overs; kevin pietersen 202*, praveen kumar 5/106);  india 17/0 (6 overs). india trail 457 runs 10 wickets remaining in 1st innings.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 19: 01 ! pierre rolland (fra) (team europcar) 3h 13 25 02 ! samuel sánchez (esp) (euskaltel–euskadi) + 14 03 ! alberto contador (esp) (saxo bank–sungard) + 23

general classification (after stage 19): (1) andy schleck (lux) (leopard trek) 82h 48 43 (2) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 53 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 57





diving

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 3 m springboard: 01 ! chong (chn) 554.30 02 ! ilya zakharov (rus) 508.95 03 ! evgeny kuznetsov (rus) 493.55

he wins event second successive time, , third world title overall.





golf

senior majors:

the senior open championship in surrey, england:

leaderboard after second round: (t1) mark calcavecchia (usa), lee rinker (usa) & rod spittle (can) 137 (−7)





open water swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 5 km: 01 ! thomas lurz (ger) 56:16.2 02 ! spyridon gianniotis (gre) 56:17.4 03 ! evgeny drattsev (rus) 56:18.5

lurz wins event fourth successive time, , fifth world title overall.


women s 5 km: 01 ! swann oberson (sui) 1:00:39.7 02 ! aurélie muller (fra) 1:00:40.1 03 ! ashley twichell (usa) 1:00:40.2

switzerland wins first ever gold medal @ world aquatics championships.





snooker

australian goldfields open in bendigo, australia, quarter-finals:

matthew selt (eng) 3–5 shaun murphy (eng)
mark allen (nir) 3–5 stuart bingham (eng)
mark selby (eng) 3–5 ken doherty (irl)
dominic dale (wal) 4–5 mark williams (wal)



synchronized swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

duet free routine: 01 ! natalia ishchenko/svetlana romashina (rus) 98.200 points 02 ! jiang tingting/jiang wenwen (chn) 96.810 03 ! ona carbonell/andrea fuentes (esp) 96.500

ishchenko wins event second successive time, , fifth title of championships , 14th world title overall.
romashina wins event second successive time, , third title of championships , 10th world title overall.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china (teams in bold advance quarterfinals, teams in italic advance playoff round):

men s tournament:

group a:

hungary  12–11  spain
kazakhstan  5–16  montenegro

final standings: hungary 6 points, montenegro 4, spain 2, kazakhstan 0.




group b:

serbia  12–9  australia
romania  14–10  china

final standings: serbia 6 points, australia 4, romania 2, china 0.




group c:

brazil  9–13  canada
japan  7–18  croatia

final standings: croatia 6 points, canada 4, japan 2, brazil 0.




group d:

united states  20–3  south africa
italy  7–6  germany

final standings: italy 6 points, germany 4, united states 2, south africa 0.










july 21, 2011 (thursday)
athletics

european junior championships in tallinn, estonia:

men s 10,000m: 01 ! gabriel navarro (esp) 30:02.18 02 ! emmanuel lejeune (bel) 31:35.19 03 ! szymon kulka (pol) 31:50.13
men s shot put: 01 ! krzysztof brzozowski (pol) 20.92m 02 ! daniele secci (ita) 20.45m 03 ! christian jagusch (ger) 19.80m
women s 10 km walk (all rus): 01 ! elena lashmanova 42:59.48 (wjr) 02 ! svetlana vasileva 44:52.98 03 ! anna ermin 46:49.00



cricket

india in england:

1st test in london, day 1:  england 127/2 (49.2 overs);  india.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 18: 01 ! andy schleck (lux) (leopard trek) 6h 07 56 02 ! fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 2 07 03 ! cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 2 15

general classification (after stage 18): (1) thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) 79h 34 06 (2) andy schleck + 15 (3) fränk schleck + 1 08





diving

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s 10 m platform: 01 ! chen ruolin (chn) 405.30 02 ! hu yadan (chn) 394.00 03 ! paola espinosa (mex) 377.15

chen wins second title of championships , fourth world title overall.





football (soccer)

uefa european under-19 championship in romania:

group b: spain  4–1  belgium in mogoşoaia


uefa europa league second qualifying round, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):

irtysh pavlodar 0–2 (1–1) metalurgist rustavi. metalurgist rustavi win 3–1 on aggregate.
mika 0–1 (0–1) vålerenga. vålerenga win 2–0 on aggregate.
gaz metan mediaș 2–0 (0–1) kups. gaz metan mediaș win 2–1 on aggregate.
vojvodina 1–3 (2–0) vaduz. 3–3 on aggregate; vaduz win on away goals.
ventspils 3–2 (1–0) shakhtsyor salihorsk. ventspils win 4–2 on aggregate.
khazar lankaran 0–0 (1–3) maccabi tel aviv. maccabi tel aviv win 3–1 on aggregate.
levadia tallinn 0–1 (0–0) differdange 03. differdange 03 win 1–0 on aggregate.
elfsborg 3–0 (1–1) sūduva marijampolė. elfsborg win 4–1 on aggregate.
sheriff tiraspol 0–0 (0–1) Željezničar. Željezničar win 1–0 on aggregate.
aktobe 0–0 (1–1) kecskemét. 1–1 on aggregate; aktobe win on away goals.
honka 0–2 (0–1) häcken. häcken win 3–0 on aggregate.
qarabağ 0–0 (1–1) eb/streymur. 1–1 on aggregate; qarabağ win on away goals.
bnei yehuda 2–0 (2–0) sant julià. bnei yehuda win 4–0 on aggregate.
varaždin 3–1 (1–1) iskra-stal. varaždin win 4–2 on aggregate.
vorskla poltava !vorskla poltava 3–0 (2–0) glentoran. vorskla poltava win 5–0 on aggregate.
sarajevo 2–0 (0–0) Örebro. sarajevo win 2–0 on aggregate.
dinamo tbilisi 5–0 (1–2) llanelli. dinamo tbilisi win 6–2 on aggregate.
aek larnaca 1–0 (8–0) floriana. aek larnaca win 9–0 on aggregate.
spartak trnava 3–1 (0–0) tirana. spartak trnava win 3–1 on aggregate.
aalesund 3–1 (a.e.t.) (1–2) ferencváros. aalesund win 4–3 on aggregate.
red bull salzburg !red bull salzburg 0–0 (4–1) liepājas metalurgs. red bull salzburg win 4–1 on aggregate.
gagra 2–0 (0–3) anorthosis. anorthosis win 3–2 on aggregate.
tromsø 0–3 (1–1) paks. paks win 4–1 on aggregate.
midtjylland 5–2 (3–1) new saints. midtjylland win 8–3 on aggregate.
lokomotiv sofia 3–2 (0–0) metalurg skopje. lokomotiv sofia win 3–2 on aggregate.
Žilina 2–0 (0–3) kr reykjavík. kr reykjavík win 3–2 on aggregate.
thun 2–1 (0–0) vllaznia shkodër. thun win 2–1 on aggregate.
gaziantepspor 4–1 (1–1) minsk. gaziantepspor win 5–2 on aggregate.
ado den haag 2–0 (3–2) tauras tauragė. ado den haag win 5–2 on aggregate.
rabotnički 3–0 (1–0) juvenes/dogana. rabotnički win 4–0 on aggregate.
jablonec 5–1 (2–0) flamurtari vlorë. jablonec win 7–1 on aggregate.
olympiakos volou 1–1 (1–0) rad. olympiakos volou win 2–1 on aggregate.
westerlo 0–0 (1–0) tps. westerlo win 1–0 on aggregate.
fulham 4–0 (3–1) crusaders. fulham win 7–1 on aggregate.
split 3–1 (2–1) domžale. split win 5–2 on aggregate.
bohemians 1–1 (0–2) olimpija ljubljana. olimpija ljubljana win 3–1 on aggregate.
dundee united 3–2 (0–1) Śląsk wrocław. 3–3 on aggregate, Śląsk wrocław win on away goals.
st patrick s athletic 2–0 (1–2) shakhter karagandy. st patrick s athletic win 3–2 on aggregate.
nacional 2–0 (1–1) fh. nacional win 3–1 on aggregate.
austria wien 2–0 (3–0) rudar pljevlja. austria wien win 5–0 on aggregate.



golf

senior majors:

the senior open championship in surrey, england:

leaderboard after first round: (t1) mark calcavecchia (usa), mike harwood (aus) & mark mcnulty (irl) 68 (−4)





open water swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

team: 01 ! andrew gemmell, ashley twichell, sean ryan (usa) 57:00.6 02 ! melissa gorman, ky hurst, rhys mainstone (aus) 57:01.8 03 ! isabelle härle, thomas lurz, jan wolfgarten (ger) 57:44.2



snooker

australian goldfields open in bendigo, australia, last 16:

david gilbert (eng) 2–5 mark williams (wal)
marcus campbell (sco) 1–5 mark allen (nir)
mark selby (eng) 5–3 mark davis (eng)
tom ford (eng) 0–5 stuart bingham (eng)
neil robertson (aus) 4–5 dominic dale (wal)
liang wenbo (chn) 4–5 ken doherty (irl)



synchronized swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

free routine combination: 01 !  russia (anastasia davydova, mariya gromova, natalia ishchenko, elvira khasyanova, svetlana kolesnichenko, daria korobova, aleksandra patskevich, svetlana romashina, alla shishkina, angelika timanina) 98.470 02 !  china (chang si, chen xiaojun, fan jiachen, guo li, huang xuechen, liu ou, luo xi, sun wenyan, wu yiwen, yu lele) 96.390 03 !  canada (genevieve belanger, marie-pier boudreau gagnon, stéphanie durocher, jo-annie fortin, chloé isaac, stéphanie leclair, tracy little, Élise marcotte, karine thomas, valerie welsh) 96.150

ishchenko wins fourth title of championships , 13th world title overall.
romashina wins second title of championships , ninth world title overall.
khasyanova wins second title of championships , eighth world title overall.
davydova wins second title of championships , fourth world title overall.
gromova, kolesnichenko, korobova, patskevich, shishkina , timanina win second title of championships.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china (teams in bold advance quarterfinals, teams in italic advance playoff round):

women s tournament:

group a:

netherlands  9–9  hungary
kazakhstan  4–14  united states

final standings: united states 5 points, netherlands 4, hungary 3, kazakhstan 0.




group b:

australia  27–2  uzbekistan
new zealand  4–11  canada

final standings: canada 6 points, australia 4, new zealand 2, uzbekistan 0.




group c:

brazil  4–12  spain
greece  6–5  russia

final standings: greece 6 points, russia 4, spain 2, brazil 0.




group d:

south africa  9–9  cuba
italy  10–9  china

final standings: italy 6 points, china 4, cuba, south africa 1.










july 20, 2011 (wednesday)
cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 17: 01 ! edvald boasson hagen (nor) (team sky) 4h 18 00 02 ! bauke mollema (ned) (rabobank) + 40 03 ! sandy casar (fra) (fdj) + 50

general classification (after stage 17): (1) thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) 73h 23 49 (2) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 1 18 (3) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 1 22





football (soccer)

copa américa in argentina:

semifinals in mendoza: paraguay  0–0 (5–3 pen.)  venezuela

paraguay reach final first time since 1979.




uefa european under-19 championship in romania:

group a:

greece  1–2  republic of ireland in buftea
romania  1–3  czech republic in chiajna


group b:

serbia  2–0  turkey in berceni
spain  1–0  belgium in mogoşoaia — match abandoned after 15 minutes; rescheduled 21 july.




uefa champions league second qualifying round, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):

apoel 4–0 (2–0) skënderbeu korçë. apoel win 6–0 on aggregate.
dacia chişinău 2–0 (0–3) zestafoni. zestafoni win 3–2 on aggregate.
videoton 3–2 (0–2) sturm graz. sturm graz win 4–3 on aggregate.
borac banja luka 3–2 (1–5) maccabi haifa. maccabi haifa win 7–4 on aggregate.
breiðablik 2–0 (0–5) rosenborg. rosenborg win 5–2 on aggregate.



golf

the lpga announces evian masters become tour s fifth major championship effective in 2013. event, ladies european tour major, renamed evian championship when becomes lpga major.

open water swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 10 km: 01 ! spyridon gianniotis (gre) 1:54:24.7 02 ! thomas lurz (ger) 1:54:27.2 03 ! sergey bolshakov (rus) 1:54:31.8



snooker

australian goldfields open in bendigo, australia:

last 32:

stephen maguire (sco) 2–5 ken doherty (irl)
mark williams (wal) 5–2 barry pinches (eng)
mark selby (eng) 5–3 joe perry (eng)
matthew stevens (wal) 4–5 liang wenbo (chn)
ding junhui (chn) 2–5 stuart bingham (eng)


last 16: matthew selt (eng) 5–1 stephen hendry (sco)



synchronized swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

solo free routine: 01 ! natalia ishchenko (rus) 98.550 points 02 ! andrea fuentes (esp) 96.520 03 ! sun wenyan (chn) 95.840

ishchenko wins event second successive time, , third title of championships , 12th world title overall.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s tournament:

group a:

spain  7–9  montenegro
hungary  16–5  kazakhstan

standings (after 2 games): hungary 4 points, spain, montenegro 2, kazakhstan 0.




group b:

serbia  12–5  romania
australia  12–7  china

standings (after 2 games): serbia, australia 4 points, romania, china 0.




group c:

canada  4–11  croatia
brazil  11–13  japan

standings (after 2 games): croatia 4 points, canada, japan 2, brazil 0.




group d:

south africa  8–16  germany
united states  5–8  italy

standings (after 2 games): italy, germany 4 points, united states, south africa 0.










july 19, 2011 (tuesday)
cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 16: 01 ! thor hushovd (nor) (garmin–cervélo) 3h 31 38 02 ! edvald boasson hagen (nor) (team sky) s.t. 03 ! ryder hesjedal (can) (garmin–cervélo) + 2

general classification (after stage 16): (1) thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) 69h 00 56 (2) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 1 45 (3) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 1 49





diving

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s 1 m springboard: 01 ! shi tingmao (chn) 318.65 points 02 ! wang han (chn) 310.20 03 ! tania cagnotto (ita) 295.45
men s 3 m synchro springboard: 01 ! qin kai / luo yutong (chn) 463.98 points 02 ! ilya zakharov / evgeny kuznetsov (rus) 451.89 03 ! yahel castillo / julián sánchez (mex) 437.61

qin wins event third successive time , fifth world championship title.
luo wins second world championship title.





fencing

european championships in sheffield, united kingdom:

men s sabre team: 01 !  italy (aldo montano, diego occhuizzi, gianpiero pastore, luigi tarantino) 02 !  germany (max hartung, björn hübner, nicolas limbach, benedikt wagner) 03 !  russia (pavel bykov, nikolay kovalev, veniamin reshetnikov, aleksey yakimenko)
women s épée team: 01 !  romania (simona alexandru, ana maria brânză, loredana iordăchioiu, anca măroiu) 02 !  russia (violetta kolobova, tatiana logunova, lyubov shutova, anna sivkova) 03 !  france (sarah daninthe, laura flessel-colovic, joséphine jacques-andré-coquin, maureen nisima)



football (soccer)

copa américa in argentina:

semifinals in la plata: peru  0–2  uruguay

uruguay reach final first time since 1999.




uefa champions league second qualifying round, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):

flora tallinn 0–0 (0–1) shamrock rovers. shamrock rovers win 1–0 on aggregate.
f91 dudelange 1–3 (0–2) maribor. maribor win 5–1 on aggregate.
tobol kostanay 1–1 (0–2) slovan bratislava. slovan bratislava win 3–1 on aggregate.
neftchi baku 0–0 (0–3) dinamo zagreb. dinamo zagreb win 3–0 on aggregate.
ekranas 1–0 (3–2) valletta. ekranas win 4–2 on aggregate.
hjk helsinki 10–0 (3–0) bangor city. hjk helsinki win 13–0 on aggregate.
bate borisov 2–0 (1–1) linfield. bate borisov win 3–1 on aggregate.
litex lovech 3–0 (2–1) mogren. litex lovech win 5–1 on aggregate.
hb tórshavn 1–1 (0–2) malmö ff. malmö ff win 3–1 on aggregate.
viktoria plzeň 5–1 (4–0) pyunik. viktoria plzeň win 9–1 on aggregate.
wisła kraków 2–0 (1–0) skonto. wisła kraków win 3–0 on aggregate.
Škendija 0–1 (0–4) partizan. partizan win 5–0 on aggregate.



open water swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s 10 km: 01 ! keri-anne payne (gbr) 2:01:58.1 02 ! martina grimaldi (ita) 2:01:59.9 03 ! marianna lymperta (gre) 2:02:01.8

payne wins title second successive time.





snooker

australian goldfields open in bendigo, australia:

last 32:

dominic dale (wal) 5–2 steve mifsud (aus)
john higgins (sco) 4–5 matthew selt (eng)
ali carter (eng) 3–5 marcus campbell (sco)
neil robertson (aus) 5–2 nigel bond (eng)
mark allen (nir) 5–3 ryan day (wal)


last 16: rory mcleod (eng) 1–5 shaun murphy (eng)



synchronized swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

team technical routine: 01 !  russia (anastasia davydova, mariya gromova, elvira khasyanova, svetlana kolesnichenko, daria korobova, aleksandra patskevich, alla shishkina, angelika timanina) 98.300 points 02 !  china (chang si, huang xuechen, jiang tingting, jiang wenwen, liu ou, luo xi, sun wenyan, wu yiwen) 96.800 03 !  spain (clara basiana, alba maría cabello, ona carbonell, margalida crespí, andrea fuentes, thaïs henríquez, paula klamburg, cristina salvador) 96.000



water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s tournament:

group a:

hungary  7–16  united states
netherlands  13–3  kazakhstan

standings (after 2 games): netherlands, united states 3 points, hungary 2, kazakhstan 0.




group b:

uzbekistan  6–22  canada
australia  12–4  new zealand

standings (after 2 games): canada 4 points, australia, new zealand 2, uzbekistan 0.




group c:

spain  8–18  russia
brazil  8–11  greece

standings (after 2 games): russia, greece 4 points, spain, brazil 0.




group d:

italy  18–2  south africa
china  19–6  cuba

standings (after 2 games): china, italy 4 points, cuba, south africa 0.










july 18, 2011 (monday)
diving

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 1 m springboard: 01 ! li shixin (chn) 463.90 points 02 ! min (chn) 444.00 03 ! pavlo rozenberg (ger) 436.50
women s 10 m synchro platform: 01 ! wang hao/chen ruolin (chn) 362.58 points 02 ! alex croak/melissa wu (aus) 325.92 03 ! christin steuer/nora subschinski (ger) 316.29

chen wins event third successive time.





fencing

european championships in sheffield, united kingdom:

men s épée team: 01 !  france (yannick borel, gauthier grumier, ronan gustin, jean-michel lucenay) 02 !  hungary (gábor boczkó, géza imre, andrás rédli, péter somfai) 03 !  russia (anton avdeev, sergey khodos, pavel sukhov, alexey tikhomirov)
women s foil team: 01 !  italy (elisa di francisca, arianna errigo, ilaria salvatori, valentina vezzali) 02 !  russia (inna deriglazova, larisa korobeynikova, yevgeniya lamonova, aida shanaeva) 03 !  germany (sandra bingenheimer, carolin golubytskyi, anja schache, katja wächter)



snooker

australian goldfields open in bendigo, australia, last 32:

david gilbert (eng) 5–1 james mifsud (aus)
shaun murphy (eng) 5–3 andrew higginson (eng)
jamie cope (eng) 3–5 tom ford (eng)
judd trump (eng) 3–5 mark davis (eng)
stephen hendry (sco) 5–3 martin gould (eng)
peter ebdon (eng) 3–5 rory mcleod (eng)



synchronized swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

duet technical routine: 01 ! natalia ishchenko/svetlana romashina (rus) 98.200 points 02 ! huang xuechen/liu ou (chn) 96.500 03 ! ona carbonell/andrea fuentes (esp) 95.400

ishchenko wins second title of championships , eleventh world title overall.
romashina wins event second successive time , eighth world title overall.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s tournament:

group a:

hungary  11–10  montenegro
kazakhstan  5–18  spain


group b:

romania  8–9  australia
serbia  17–5  china


group c:

brazil  5–14  croatia
japan  5–11  canada


group d:

united states  7–9  germany
italy  17–1  south africa








july 17, 2011 (sunday)
athletics

european u23 championships in ostrava, czech republic:

men s 1500m: 01 ! florian carvalho (fra) 3:50.42 02 ! james shane (gbr) 3:50.58 03 ! david bustos (esp) 3:50.59
men s 3000m steeplechase: 01 ! sebastián martos (esp) 8:35.35 02 ! abdelaziz merzougui (esp) 8:36.21 03 ! alexandru ghinea (rom) 8:38.51
men s 4×100 metres relay: 01 !  italy (michael tumi, francesco basciani, davide manenti, delmas obou) 39.05 02 !  great britain (andrew robertson, kieran showler-davis, richard kilty, daniel talbot) 39.10 03 !  germany (florian hübner, maximilian kessler, robin erewa, felix göltl) 39.19
men s 4×400 metres relay: 01 !  great britain (nigel levine, thomas phillips, jamie bowie, luke lennon-ford) 3:03.53 02 !  poland (michal pietrzak, jakub krzewina, lukasz krawczuk, mateusz fórmanski) 3:03.62 03 !  russia (aleksey kenig, anton volobuev, artem vazhov, vladimir krasnov) 3:04.01
men s 20km walk: 01 ! petr bogatyrev (rus) 1:24:20 02 ! dawid tomala (pol) 1:24:21 03 ! denis strelkov (rus) 1:24:25
men s discus throw: 01 ! lawrence okoye (gbr) 60.70m 02 ! mykyta nesterenko (ukr) 59.67m 03 ! fredrik amundgård (nor) 59.42m
men s hammer throw: 01 ! paweł fajdek (pol) 78.54m 02 ! javier cienfuegos (esp) 73.03m 03 ! aleh dubitski (blr) 72.52m
men s high jump: 01 ! bohdan bondarenko (ukr) 2.30m 02 ! sergey mudrov (rus) 2.30m 03 ! miguel Ángel sancho (esp) 2.21m
men s triple jump: 01 ! sheryf el-sheryf (ukr) 17.72m 02 ! aleksey fyodorov (rus) 16.85m 03 ! yuriy kovalyov (rus) 16.82m
women s 1500m: 01 ! elena arzhakova (rus) 4:20.55 02 ! tuğba karakaya (tur) 4:20.80 03 ! corinna harrer (ger) 4:21.52
women s 5000m: 01 ! layes abdullayeva (aze) 15:29.47 02 ! yekaterina gorbunova (rus) 15:45.14 03 ! stevie stockton (gbr) 15:58.51
women s 4×100 metres relay: 01 !  ukraine (olena yanovska, darya pizhankova, viktoriya pyatachenko, ulyana lepska) 44.00 02 !  russia (yekaterina filatova, alena tamkova, yekaterina kuzina, nina argunova) 44.14 03 !  france (yariatou toure, sarah goujon, orlann ombissa, cornnelly calydon) 44.26
women s 4×400 metres relay: 01 !  russia (yevgeniya subbotina, yekaterina yefimova, yuliya terekhova, olga topilskaya) 3:27.72 02 !  ukraine (kateryna plyashechuk, alina lohvynenko, hanna yaroshchuk, yuilya olishevska) 3:30.13 03 !  france (clemence sorgnard, marie gayot, elea mariama diarra, florie guei) 3:31.73
women s 20km walk: 01 ! tatyana mineyeva (rus) 1:31:42 02 ! nina okhotnikova (rus) 1:31:51 03 ! julia takacs (esp) 1:31:55
women s long jump: 01 ! darya klishina (rus) 7.05m 02 ! ivana Španović (srb) 6.74m 03 ! sosthene moguenara (ger) 6.74m
women s pole vault: 01 ! holly bleasdale (gbr) 4.55m 02 ! katerina stefanidi (gre) 4.45m 03 ! annika roloff (ger) 4.40m
women s heptathlon: 01 ! grit Šadeiko (est) 6134 points 02 ! kateřina cachová (cze) 6123 03 ! yana maksimava (blr) 6075


central american , caribbean championships in mayagüez, puerto rico:

men s 110m hurdles: 01 ! eric keddo (jam) 13.49 02 ! hector cotto (pur) 13.54 03 ! paulo villar (col) 13.60
men s 200m: 01 ! michael mathieu (bah) 20.60 02 ! rondel sorrillo (tri) 20.64 03 ! jason young (jam) 20.78
men s 800m: 01 ! andy gonzález (cub) 1:48.15 02 ! moise joseph (hai) 1:48.94 03 ! joel mejia (dom) 1:49.67
men s 4×400 metres relay: 01 !  bahamas (latoya williams, avard moncur, mathieu, ramon miller) 3:01.33 02 !  trinidad , tobago (lalonde gordon, jarrin solomon, deon lendore, renny quow) 3:01.65 03 !  jamaica (dwight mullings, riker hylton, dawayne barrett, leford green) 3:02.00
men s 20 km walk: 01 ! allan segura (crc) 1:28:56.08 02 ! joe bonilla (pur) 1:40:18.94 03 ! luis lópez (pur) 1:40:34.16
men s half-marathon: 01 ! luis collazo (pur) 1:07:08 02 ! luis rivera (pur) 1:08:38 03 ! oscar ceron (mex) 1:09:17
men s high jump: 01 ! trevor barry (bah) 2.28m 02 ! james grayman (atg) 2.25m 03 ! darwin edwards (lca) 2.25m
men s triple jump: 01 ! samir layne (hai) 17.09m 02 ! osniel tosca (cub) 16.22m 03 ! wilbert walker (jam) 16.01m
women s 100m hurdles: 01 ! vonette dixon (jam) 12.77 02 ! brigitte merlano (col) 12.89 03 ! lina flórez (col) 12.94
women s 200m: 01 ! nivea smith (bah) 22.80 02 ! anthonique strachan (bah) 22.90 03 ! anastasia le-roy (jam) 23.13
women s 800m: 01 ! gabriela medina (mex) 2:01.50 02 ! rosemary almanza (cub) 2:02.23 03 ! natoya goule (jam) 2:02.83
women s 3000m steeplechase: 01 ! korene hinds (jam) 9:54.67 02 ! beverly ramos (pur) 9:58.11 03 ! sara prieto (mex) 10:42.65
women s 4×400 metres relay: 01 !  jamaica (andrea sutherland, shereefa lloyd, natoya goule, patricia hall) 3:29.86 02 !  dominican republic (raysa sanchez, diana taylor, rosa fabian, yolanda osana) 3:34.73 03 !  trinidad , tobago (alena harriman, magnolia howell, josanne lucas, afiya walker) 3:34.84
women s 10 km walk: 01 ! milanggela rosales (ven) 47:19.91 02 ! sandra galvis (col) 48:23.59 03 ! wilane cuebas (pur) 55:52.53
women s half-marathon: 01 ! michelle coira (pur) 1:21:07 02 ! maria del pilar diaz (pur) 1:21:45 03 ! maria montilla (ven) 1:22:20
women s javelin throw: 01 ! fresa nuñez (dom) 54.29m 02 ! flor ruiz (col) 54.02m 03 ! abigail gomez (mex) 53.13m
women s long jump: 01 ! bianca stuart (bah) 6.81m 02 ! arantxa king (ber) 6.47m 03 ! yvonne trevino (mex) 6.30m
women s shot put: 01 ! cleopatra borel-brown (tri) 19.00m 02 ! angela rivas (col) 17.12m 03 ! annie alexander (tri) 17.05m
women s heptathlon: 01 ! gretchen quintana (cub) 5704 points 02 ! francia manzanillo (dom) 5601 03 ! peaches roach (jam) 5589



auto racing

sprint cup series:

lenox industrial tools 301 in loudon, new hampshire: (1) ryan newman (chevrolet; stewart haas racing) (2) tony stewart (chevrolet; stewart haas racing) (3) denny hamlin (toyota; joe gibbs racing)

drivers championship standings (after 19 of 36 races): (1) carl edwards (ford; roush fenway racing) 652 points (2) jimmie johnson (chevrolet; hendrick motorsports) 645 (3) kurt busch (dodge; penske racing) 641




world touring car championship:

race of uk in castle donington, leicestershire:

race 1: (1) yvan muller (fra) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze) (2) robert huff (gbr) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze) (3) alain menu (sui) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze)
race 2: (1) muller (2) huff (3) franz engstler (ger) (liqui moly team engstler; bmw 320 tc)

drivers championship standings (after 7 of 12 rounds): (1) huff 263 points (2) muller 248 (3) menu 192







basketball

fiba europe under-20 championship women in novi sad, serbia:

bronze medal game: 03 ! poland  67–65  serbia
final: 02 ! russia  53–62 01 !  spain

spain win title second time.





cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 15: 01 ! mark cavendish (gbr) (htc–highroad) 4h 20 24 02 ! tyler farrar (usa) (garmin–cervélo) s.t. 03 ! alessandro petacchi (ita) (lampre–isd) s.t.

general classification (after stage 15): (1) thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) 65h 24 34 (2) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 1 49 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 2 06





diving

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

men s 10 m synchro platform: 01 ! qiu bo/huo liang (chn) 480.03 points 02 ! patrick hausding/sascha klein (ger) 443.01 03 ! oleksandr gorshkovozov/oleksandr bondar (ukr) 435.36

huo wins event third successive time.





equestrianism

chio aachen in aachen, germany:

dressage – grand prix freestyle (cdio 5*): 01 ! matthias alexander rath (ger) on totilas 02 ! steffen peters (usa) on ravel 03 ! adelinde cornelissen (ned) on parzival
show jumping – grand prix (csio 5*): 01 ! janne friederike meyer (ger) on lambrasco 02 ! kevin staut (fra) on silvana 03 ! andreas kreuzer (ned) on chacco-blue



fencing

european championships in sheffield, united kingdom:

men s foil team: 01 !  italy (valerio aspromonte, giorgio avola, andrea baldini, andrea cassarà) 02 !  france (brice guyart, erwann le péchoux, marcel marcilloux, victor sintès) 03 !  russia (aleksey cheremisinov, renal ganeev, dmitry rigin, artem sedov)
women s sabre team: 01 !  italy (ilaria bianco, paola guarneri, gioia marzocca, irene vecchi) 02 !  ukraine (olha kharlan, olena khomrova, halyna pundyk, olha zhovnir) 03 !  russia (yekaterina dyachenko, dina galiakbarova, yuliya gavrilova, sofiya velikaya)



football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany:

final in frankfurt: 01 ! japan  2–2 (3–1 pen.) 02 !  united states

japan become first asian team win world cup.




2014 fifa world cup qualification (concacaf) first round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):

belize  3–1 (5–2)  montserrat. belize win 8–3 on aggregate.


copa américa in argentina:

quarterfinals:

brazil  0–0 (0–2 pen.)  paraguay in la plata
chile  1–2  venezuela in san juan




caf champions league group stage, matchday 1:

group a: enyimba 2–2 al-hilal
group b: al-ahly 3–3 wydad casablanca


caf confederation cup group stage, matchday 1:

group a: asec mimosas 1–1 club africain



golf

men s majors:

the open championship in sandwich, kent, united kingdom:

leaderboard after final round: (1) darren clarke (nir) 275 (−5) (t2) dustin johnson (usa) & phil mickelson (usa) 278 (−2)

clarke becomes fourth northern irish player win major, after fred daly @ 1947 open championship, graeme mcdowell @ 2010 u.s. open & rory mcilroy @ 2011 u.s. open.






pga tour:

viking classic in madison, mississippi:

winner: chris kirk (usa) 266 (−22)

kirk wins first pga tour title.







horse racing

canadian thoroughbred triple crown:

prince of wales stakes in fort erie, ontario: 01 ! pender harbour (trainer: mike de paulo; jockey: luis contreras) 02 ! bowman s causeway (trainer: chad brown; jockey: eurico rosa da silva) 03 ! oh canada (trainer: bob tiller; jockey: krista carignan)



motorcycle racing

moto gp:

german grand prix in hohenstein-ernstthal, germany:

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

riders championship standings (after 9 of 18 races): (1) stoner 168 points (2) lorenzo 153 (3) andrea dovizioso (ita) (honda) 132


moto2: (1) marc márquez (esp) (suter) (2) stefan bradl (ger) (kalex) (3) alex de angelis (smr) (motobi)

riders championship standings (after 9 of 17 races): (1) bradl 167 points (2) márquez 120 (3) simone corsi (ita) (ftr) 84


125cc: (1) héctor faubel (esp) (aprilia) (2) johann zarco (fra) (derbi) (3) maverick viñales (esp) (aprilia)

faubel , zarco finish race in dead heat, faubel awarded victory virtue of having set faster race lap zarco.
riders championship standings (after 9 of 17 races): (1) nicolás terol (esp) (aprilia) 166 points (2) zarco 134 (3) viñales 122







synchronized swimming

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

solo technical routine: 01 ! natalia ishchenko (rus) 98.300 points 02 ! huang xuechen (chn) 96.500 03 ! andrea fuentes (esp) 95.300

ishchenko wins event third successive time, , tenth world title overall.





snooker

world cup in bangkok, thailand:

semi-finals:

wales 1–4  china
hong kong 3–4  northern ireland


final: china 4–2  northern ireland

china win title first time.





tennis

atp world tour:

mercedescup in stuttgart, germany:

final: juan carlos ferrero (esp) def. pablo andújar (esp) 6–4, 6–0

ferrero wins 16th career title.




skistar swedish open in båstad, sweden:

final: robin söderling (swe) def. david ferrer (esp) 6–2, 6–2

söderling wins title second time in 3 years, winning fourth title of year , tenth of career.






wta tour:

internazionali femminili di palermo in palermo, italy:

final: anabel medina garrigues (esp) def. polona hercog (slo) 6–3, 6–2.

medina garrigues wins second title of year , 11th of career. wins event fifth time.




gastein ladies in bad gastein, austria:

final: maría josé martínez sánchez (esp) def. patricia mayr-achleitner (aut) 6–0, 7–5

martínez sánchez wins fourth career title.







triathlon

itu world championships, leg 4 in hamburg, germany:

women (all aus): 01 ! emma moffatt 1:53:37 02 ! emma jackson 1:53.44 03 ! emma snowsill 1:53:44

standings (after 4 of 6 events): (1) bárbara riveros díaz (chi) 2498 points (2) paula findlay (can) 2400 (3) andrea hewitt (nzl) 2318





volleyball

men s european league final 4 in košice, slovakia:

bronze medal match: 03 ! slovenia  3–0  romania
final: 02 ! spain  2–3 01 !  slovakia

slovakia win title second time.





water polo

world aquatics championships in shanghai, china:

women s tournament:

group a:

netherlands  7–7  united states
kazakhstan  6–21  hungary


group b:

australia  7–10  canada
new zealand  19–6  uzbekistan


group c:

brazil  4–15  russia
greece  10–9  spain


group d:

italy  12–4  cuba
south africa  5–22  china








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






july 15, 2011 (friday)
american football

ifaf world championship in vienna, austria:

7th place match: australia  10–48  austria
bronze medal match: mexico  14–17 03 !  japan



athletics

european u23 championships in ostrava, czech republic:

men s 100m: 01 ! james alaka (gbr) 10.45 02 ! michael tumi (ita) 10.47 03 ! andrew robertson (gbr) 10.52
men s 800m: 01 ! adam kszczot (pol) 1:46.71 02 ! kevin lópez (esp) 1:46.93 03 ! mukhtar mohammed (gbr) 1:48.01
men s long jump: 01 ! aleksandr menkov (rus) 8.08m 02 ! marcos chuva (por) 7.94m 03 ! guillaume victorin (fra) 7.86m
men s decathlon: 01 ! thomas van der plaetsen (bel) 8157 points 02 ! eduard mikhan (blr) 8152 03 ! mihail dudas (srb) 8117
women s discus throw: 01 ! julia fischer (ger) 59.60m 02 ! nastassia kashtanava (blr) 56.25m 03 ! anita márton (hun) 54.14m
women s triple jump: 01 ! paraskevi papahristou (gre) 14.40m 02 ! carmen toma (rom) 13.92m 03 ! anna jagaciak (pol) 13.86m
women s 100m: 01 ! andreea ograzeanu (rom) 11.65 02 ! darya pizhankova (ukr) 11.69 03 ! leena günther (ger) 11.75
women s 800m: 01 ! elena arzhakova (rus) 1:59.41 02 ! merve aydın (tur) 2:00.46 03 ! lynsey sharp (gbr) 2:00.65
women s 10,000m: 01 ! layesh abdullayeva (aze) 32:18.05 02 ! lyudmyla kovalenko (ukr) 33:35.36 03 ! catarina ribeiro (por) 34:10.39
women s shot put: 01 ! yevgeniya kolodko (rus) 18.87m 02 ! sophie kleeberg (ger) 17.92m 03 ! melissa boekelman (ned) 17.88m


central american , caribbean championships in mayagüez, puerto rico:

men s 100m: 01 ! keston bledman (tri) 10.05 02 ! daniel bailey (atg) 10.11 03 ! dexter lee (jam) 10.18
men s 400m: 01 ! renny quow (tri) 45.44 02 ! ramon miller (bah) 45.56 03 ! erison hurtault (dma) 45.93
men s 1500m: 01 ! nico herrera (ven) 3:44.92 02 ! jose esparza (mex) 3:45.78 03 ! jon rankin (cay) 3:46.09
men s 10,000m: 01 ! juan romero (mex) 28:54.06 02 ! alejandro suárez (mex) 29:15.49 03 ! milton ayala (col) 30:55.71
men s shot put: 01 ! o dayne richards (jam) 19.16m 02 ! stephen saenz (mex) 18.66m 03 ! edder moreno (col) 18.52m
men s discus throw: 01 ! jason morgan (jam) 60.20m 02 ! mario cota (mex) 58.80m 03 ! quincy wilson (tri) 56.85m
women s 100m: 01 ! semoy hackett (tri) 11.27 02 ! jura levy (jam) 11.36 03 ! simone facey (jam) 11.39
women s 400m: 01 ! shereefa lloyd (jam) 51.69 02 ! patricia hall (jam) 51.85 03 ! norma gonzalez (col) 51.90
women s 1500m: 01 ! sandra lopez (mex) 4:22.65 02 ! korene hinds (jam) 4:23.78 03 ! pilar mcshine (tri) 4:24.93
women s triple jump: 01 ! ayanna alexander (tri) 13.50m 02 ! aida villareal (mex) 13.40m 03 ! ana josé (dom) 13.11m
women s pole vault: 01 ! keisa monterola (ven) 4.00m 02 ! milena agudelo (col) 3.95m 03 ! andrea zambrana (pur) 3.80m
women s discus throw: 01 ! denia caballero (cub) 62.06m 02 ! brittany borrero (pur) 54.03m 03 ! allison randall (jam) 52.75m
women s hammer throw: 01 ! johana moreno (col) 67.97m 02 ! rosa rodríguez (ven) 65.74m 03 ! natalie grant (jam) 62.46m



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 13: 01 ! thor hushovd (nor) (garmin–cervélo) 3h 47 36 02 ! david moncoutié (fra) (cofidis) + 10 03 ! jérémy roy (fra) (fdj) + 26

general classification (after stage 13): (1) thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) 55h 49 57 (2) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 1 49 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 2 06





fencing

european championships in sheffield, united kingdom:

men s épée individual: 01 ! jörg fiedler (ger) 02 ! bas verwijlen (ned) 03 ! max heinzer (sui) & tomasz motyka (pol)
women s foil individual: 01 ! elisa di francisca (ita) 02 ! valentina vezzali (ita) 03 ! edina knapek (hun) & yevgeniya lamonova (rus)



golf

men s majors:

the open championship in sandwich, kent, united kingdom:

leaderboard after second round: (t1) darren clarke (nir) & lucas glover (usa) 136 (−4) (t3) thomas bjørn (den), chad campbell (usa), martin kaymer (ger) & miguel Ángel jiménez (esp) 137 (−3)





snooker

world cup in bangkok, thailand (teams in bold advance quarter-finals):

group a:

egypt 2–3  pakistan
wales 3–2  republic of ireland

final standings: wales 14 points, republic of ireland 11, pakistan 10,  germany 9, egypt 6.




group b:

united arab emirates 1–4  australia
thailand 1 1–4  china

final standings: china, australia 13 points,  malta 12, thailand 1 8, united arab emirates 4.




group c:

brazil 1–4  india
england 3–2  northern ireland

final standings: england 14 points, northern ireland 13 points, india 9,  belgium 8, brazil 6.




group d:

thailand 2 4–1  poland
scotland 3–2  hong kong

final standings: scotland 13 points, hong kong 11, thailand 2 10,  afghanistan 9, poland 7.







surfing

women s world tour:

roxy pro in biarritz, france: (1) stephanie gilmore (usa) (2) carissa moore (usa) (3) sally fitzgibbons (aus) & pauline ado (fra)

standings (after 6 of 7 events): (1) moore 55,000 points (2) fitzgibbons 48,150 (3) gilmore 39,350





volleyball

women s european league final 4 in istanbul, turkey:

semifinals:

serbia  3–0  czech republic
turkey  3–0  bulgaria






july 14, 2011 (thursday)
athletics

european u23 championships in ostrava, czech republic:

men s shot put: 01 ! david storl (ger) 20.45m 02 ! dmytro savytskyy (ukr) 19.18m 03 ! marin premeru (cro) 18.83m
men s 10,000m: 01 ! sondre nordstad moen (nor) 28:41.66 02 ! ahmed el mazoury (ita) 28:46.97 03 ! musa roba-kinkal (ger) 28:57.91



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 12: 01 ! samuel sánchez (esp) (euskaltel–euskadi) 6h 01 15 02 ! jelle vanendert (bel) (omega pharma–lotto) + 7 03 ! fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 10

general classification (after stage 12): (1) thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) 51h 54 44 (2) schleck + 1 49 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 2 06





equestrianism

chio aachen in aachen, germany:

dressage – grand prix de dressage (cdio 5*):

team result (nations cup of germany): 01 !  germany (anabel balkenhol, christoph koschel, isabell werth, matthias alexander rath) 02 !  great britain (richard davison, charlotte dujardin, emile faurie, laura bechtolsheimer) 03 !  netherlands (marlies van baalen, hans peter minderhoud, edward gal, adelinde cornelissen)
individual result: 01 ! rath on totilas 02 ! bechtolsheimer on mistral hojris 03 ! werth on el santo nrw


show jumping – fei nations cup:

nations cup of germany (csio 5*): 01 !  netherlands (eric van der vleuten, jur vrieling, gerco schröder, jeroen dubbeldam) 02 !  ireland (shane breen, shane sweetnam, denis lynch, billy twomey),  great britain (guy williams, nick skelton, scott brash, michael whitaker) &  germany (christian ahlmann, janne friederike meyer, carsten-otto nagel, ludger beerbaum)

standings (after 5 of 8 events): (1) netherlands 39.5 points (2) ireland 30 (3) germany 27







fencing

european championships in sheffield, united kingdom:

women s sabre individual: 01 ! olha kharlan (ukr) 02 ! aleksandra socha (pol) 03 ! julia gavrilova (rus) & halyna pundyk (ukr)
men s foil individual (ita unless stated): 01 ! giorgio avola 02 ! andrea cassarà 03 ! andrea baldini & alexey cheremisinov (rus)



football (soccer)

uefa europa league second qualifying round, first leg:

shakhter karagandy 2–1 st patrick s athletic
metalurgist rustavi 1–1 irtysh pavlodar
Śląsk wrocław 1–0 dundee united
rad 0–1 olympiakos volou
kups 1–0 gaz metan mediaș
flamurtari vlorë 0–2 jablonec
iskra-stal 1–1 varaždin
tauras tauragė 2–3 ado den haag
rudar pljevlja 0–3 austria wien
tps 0–1 westerlo
sant julià 0–2 bnei yehuda
minsk 1–1 gaziantepspor
Örebro 0–0 sarajevo
shakhtsyor salihorsk 0–1 ventspils
vålerenga 1–0 mika
ferencváros 2–1 aalesund
häcken 1–0 honka
anorthosis 3–0 gagra
floriana 0–8 aek larnaca
maccabi tel aviv 3–1 khazar lankaran
llanelli 2–1 dinamo tbilisi
sūduva marijampolė 1–1 elfsborg
olimpija ljubljana 2–0 bohemians
differdange 03 0–0 levadia tallinn
tirana 0–0 spartak trnava
the new saints 1–3 midtjylland
vaduz 0–2 vojvodina
eb/streymur 1–1 qarabağ
paks 1–1 tromsø
kecskemét 1–1 aktobe
Željezničar 1–0 sheriff tiraspol
juvenes/dogana 0–1 rabotnički
liepājas metalurgs 1–4 red bull salzburg !red bull salzburg
vllaznia shkodër 0–0 thun
metalurg skopje 0–0 lokomotiv sofia
glentoran 0–2 vorskla poltava !vorskla poltava
crusaders 1–3 fulham
domžale 1–2 split
kr reykjavík 3–0 Žilina
fh 1–1 nacional



golf

men s majors:

the open championship in sandwich, kent, united kingdom:

leaderboard after first round: (t1) thomas bjørn (den) & tom lewis (eng) (a) 65 (−5) (t3) lucas glover (usa), miguel Ángel jiménez (esp) & webb simpson (usa) 66 (−4)

lewis records lowest score amateur @ open, , becomes first amateur hold lead of open since michael bonallack (eng) in 1968. first amateur lead major since mike reid (usa) led after first round of 1976 u.s. open.







snooker

world cup in bangkok, thailand (teams in bold advance quarter-finals):

group a:

wales 3–2  pakistan
germany 2–3  republic of ireland

standings: wales 11 points (3 matches), republic of ireland 9 (3), germany 9 (4), pakistan 7 (3),  egypt 4 (3).




group b:

united arab emirates 0–5  malta
china 3–2  australia

standings: malta 12 points (4 matches), china, australia 9 (3),  thailand 1 7 (3), united arab emirates 3 (3).




group c:

belgium 2–3  northern ireland
england 4–1  india

standings: england, northern ireland 11 points (3 matches), belgium 8 (4),  brazil, india 5 (3).




group d:

poland 1–4  afghanistan
scotland 3–2  thailand 2

standings: scotland 10 points (3 matches),  hong kong 9 (3), afghanistan 9 (4), poland, thailand 2 6 (3).








july 13, 2011 (wednesday)
american football

ifaf world championship in austria (team in bold advances final):

group 2 in graz:

japan  27–31  canada
austria  16–24  france

final standings: canada 3–0, japan 2–1, france 1–2, austria 0–3.







cricket

tri-nation series in scotland in edinburgh:  sri lanka 284/7 (50 overs);  scotland 101 (32.4 overs; lasith malinga 5/30). sri lanka win 183 runs.

final standings: sri lanka 7 points, scotland 4,  ireland 2.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 11: 01 ! mark cavendish (gbr) (htc–highroad) 3h 46 07 02 ! andré greipel (ger) (omega pharma–lotto) s.t. 03 ! tyler farrar (usa) (garmin–cervélo) s.t.

general classification (after stage 11): (1) thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) 45h 52 39 (2) luis león sánchez (esp) (rabobank) + 1 49 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 2 26





equestrianism

chio aachen in aachen, germany:

show jumping – prize of europe (csio 5*): 01 ! meredith michaels-beerbaum (ger) on shutterfly 02 ! ludger beerbaum (ger) on chaman 03 ! laura kraut (usa) on teirra



football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany:

semifinals:

france  1–3  united states in mönchengladbach

the united states reach final record-equalling third time.


japan  3–1  sweden in frankfurt

japan reach final first time.






copa américa in argentina (teams in bold advance quarterfinals):

group b:

paraguay  3–3  venezuela in salta
brazil  4–2  ecuador in córdoba

final standings: brazil, venezuela 5 points, paraguay 3, ecuador 1.






uefa champions league second qualifying round, first leg:

zestafoni 3–0 dacia chişinău
maccabi haifa 5–1 borac banja luka
malmö ff 2–0 hb tórshavn
bangor city 0–3 hjk helsinki
skënderbeu korçë 0–2 apoel
dinamo zagreb 3–0 neftchi baku
sturm graz 2–0 videoton
skonto 0–1 wisła kraków
partizan 4–0 Škendija
rosenborg 5–0 breiðablik
linfield 1–1 bate borisov



rugby union

irb pacific nations cup, round 3 in lautoka, fiji:

tonga  29–19  samoa
japan  24–13  fiji

final standings: japan, tonga 10 points, fiji, samoa 5.

japan win title first time.







snooker

world cup in bangkok, thailand:

group a:

egypt 1–4  republic of ireland
wales 3–2  germany

standings: wales 8 points (2 matches), germany 7 (3), republic of ireland 6 (2),  pakistan 5 (2), egypt 4 (3).




group b:

thailand 1 2–3  malta
china 3–2  united arab emirates

standings:  australia 7 points (2 matches), malta, thailand 1 7 (3), china 6 (2), united arab emirates 3 (2).




group c:

brazil 1–4  northern ireland
england 3–2  belgium

standings: northern ireland 8 points (2 matches), england 7 (2), belgium 6 (3), brazil 5 (3),  india 4 (2).




group d:

scotland 4–1  afghanistan
thailand 2 1–4  hong kong

standings: hong kong 9 points (3 matches), scotland 7 (2),  poland, afghanistan 5 (3), thailand 2 4 (2).








july 12, 2011 (tuesday)
american football

ifaf world championship in austria (team in bold advances final):

group 1 in innsbruck:

germany  30–20  australia
mexico  7–17  united states

final standings: united states 3–0, mexico 2–1, germany 1–2, australia 0–3.







baseball

major league baseball all-star game in phoenix: national league 5, american league 1.

the national league win back-to-back all-star games first time since winning 3 in succession between 1994 , 1996. milwaukee brewers first baseman prince fielder named valuable player, after three-run go-ahead home run in fourth inning.



cricket

tri-nation series in scotland in edinburgh:  ireland 320/8 (50 overs; paul stirling 113);  scotland 323/5 (48.3 overs). scotland win 5 wickets.

standings: scotland 4 points (1 match), ireland 2 (2),  sri lanka 2 (1).



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 10: 01 ! andré greipel (ger) (omega pharma–lotto) 3h 31 21 02 ! mark cavendish (gbr) (htc–highroad) s.t. 03 ! josé joaquín rojas (esp) (movistar team) s.t.

general classification (after stage 10): (1) thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) 42h 06 32 (2) luis león sánchez (esp) (rabobank) + 1 49 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 2 26





football (soccer)

2014 fifa world cup qualification (concacaf) first round, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):

saint lucia  4–2 (2–4)  aruba. 6–6 on aggregate; saint lucia win 5–4 on penalties.


copa américa in argentina:

group c (teams in bold advance quarterfinals):

chile  1–0  peru in mendoza
uruguay  1–0  mexico in la plata

final standings: chile 7 points, uruguay 5, peru 4, mexico 0.






uefa champions league second qualifying round, first leg:

pyunik 0–4 viktoria plzeň
valletta 2–3 ekranas
mogren 1–2 litex lovech
maribor 2–0 f91 dudelange
slovan bratislava 2–0 tobol kostanay
shamrock rovers 1–0 flora tallinn



snooker

world cup in bangkok, thailand:

group a:

pakistan 2–3  germany
wales 5–0  egypt

standings: wales 5 points (1 match), germany, pakistan 5 (2), egypt 3 (2),  republic of ireland 2 (1).




group b:

malta 2–3  australia
thailand 1 4–1  united arab emirates

standings: australia 7 points (2 matches), thailand 1 5 (2), malta 4 (2),  china 3 (1), united arab emirates 1 (1).




group c:

india 3–2  belgium
england 4–1  brazil

standings: england,  northern ireland 4 points (1 match), india, brazil, belgium 4 (2).




group d:

scotland 3–2  poland
afghanistan 2–3  hong kong

standings: poland, hong kong 5 points (2 matches), afghanistan 4 (2), scotland,  thailand 2 3 (1).








july 11, 2011 (monday)
american football

ifaf world championship in austria:

group 2 in graz:

france  10–35  japan
austria  14–36  canada

standings: japan, canada 2–0, austria, france 0–2.







baseball

major league baseball home run derby in phoenix: new york yankees second baseman robinson canó defeats boston red sox first baseman adrian gonzalez in finals, 12–11, win event.

cricket

tri-nation series in scotland in edinburgh:  ireland vs.  sri lanka. match abandoned without ball bowled.

football (soccer)

copa américa in argentina (team in bold advances quarterfinals):

group in córdoba: argentina  3–0  costa rica

final standings:  colombia 7 points, argentina 5, costa rica 3,  bolivia 1.





golf

women s majors:

u.s. women s open in colorado springs, colorado:

leaderboard after final round: (t1) hee kyung seo (kor) & yeon ryu (kor) 281 (−3) (3) cristie kerr (usa) 283 (−1)
3 holes playoff: ryu 10 (−2) def. seo 13 (+1)

ryu wins first major title.







snooker

world cup in bangkok, thailand:

group a:

pakistan 3–2  republic of ireland
egypt 3–2  germany


group b:

thailand 1 1–4  australia
china 3–2  malta


group c:

brazil 3–2  belgium
india 1–4  northern ireland


group d:

thailand 2 3–2  afghanistan
hong kong 2–3  poland






july 10, 2011 (sunday)
american football

ifaf world championship in austria:

group 1 in innsbruck:

australia  0–65  mexico
united states  48–7  germany

standings: united states, mexico 2–0, germany, australia 0–2.







archery

world championships in turin, italy:

men s individual recurve: 01 ! kim woojin (kor) 02 ! oh jin-hyek (kor) 03 ! brady ellison (usa)
women s individual recurve: 01 ! denissé van lamoen (chi) 02 ! kristine esebua (geo) 03 ! fang yuting (chn)
men s team recurve: 01 !  south korea (oh, kim, im dong-hyun) 02 !  france (gaël prévost, jean-charles valladont, romain girouille) 03 !  italy (michele frangilli, marco galiazzo, mauro nespoli)
women s team recurve: 01 !  italy (natalia valeeva, guendalina sartori, jessica tomasi) 02 !  india (deepika kumari, bombayala devi, chekrovolu swuro) 03 !  south korea (han gyeonghee, jung dasomi, ki bo-bee)
mixed team recurve: 01 !  south korea (im, ki bo-bae) 02 !  mexico (juan rené serrano, aida román) 03 !  great britain (laurence godfrey, amy oliver)



athletics

samsung diamond league:

aviva birmingham grand prix in birmingham, united kingdom:

men:

100m: asafa powell (jam) 9.91
400m hurdles: dai greene (gbr) 48.20
800m: abubaker kaki khamis (sud) 1:44.54
5000m: mo farah (gbr) 13:06.14
triple jump: phillips idowu (gbr) 17.54m
shot put: dylan armstrong (can) 21.55m
javelin throw: andreas thorkildsen (nor) 88.30m


women:

100m hurdles: sally pearson (aus) 12.48
200m: bianca knight (usa) 22.59
400m: amantle montsho (bot) 50.20
800m: jenny meadows (gbr) 2:02.06
1500m: morgan uceny (usa) 4:05.64
3000m steeplechase: sofia assefa (eth) 9:25.87
long jump: janay deloach (usa) 6.78m
high jump: blanka vlašić (cro) 1.99m
pole vault: silke spiegelburg (ger) 4.66m
discus throw: nadine müller (ger) 65.75m






world youth championships in lille métropole, france:

boys 200m: 01 ! stephen newbold (bah) 20.89 02 ! odail todd (jam) 21.00 03 ! ronald darby (usa) 21.08
boys 1500m: 01 ! teshome dirirsa (eth) 3:39.13 02 ! vincent mutai (ken) 3:39.17 03 ! jonathan kiplimo (ken) 3:39.54
boys 3000m: 01 ! william malel sitonik (ken) 7:40.10 02 ! patrick mutunga mwikya (ken) 7:40.47 03 ! abrar osman adem (eri) 7:40.89
boys medley relay: 01 !  united states (darby, aldrich bailey, najee glass, arman hall) 1:49.47 02 !  japan (kazuma oseto, akiyuki hashimoto, shotaro aikyo, takuya fukunaga) 1:50.69 03 !  france (wilhem belocian, mickaël zézé, jordan geenen, thomas jordier) 1:51.81
boys javelin throw: 01 ! reinhard van zyl (rsa) 82.96m 02 ! morné moolman (rsa) 80.99m 03 ! guisheng zhang (chn) 77.62m
boys pole vault: 01 ! robert renner (slo) 5.25m 02 ! melker svärd jacobsson (swe) 5.15m 03 ! jacob blankenship (usa) 5.05m
girls 200m: 01 ! desiree henry (gbr) 23.25 02 ! christian brennan (can) 23.47 03 ! shericka jackson (jam) 23.62
girls 800m: 01 ! ajee wilson (usa) 2:02.64 02 ! chunyu wang (chn) 2:03.23 03 ! jessica judd (gbr) 2:03.43
girls 2000m steeplechase: 01 ! norah jeruto tanui (ken) 6:16.41 02 ! fadwa sidi madane (mar) 6:20.98 03 ! lilian jepkorir chemweno (ken) 6:21.85
girls medley relay: 01 !  jamaica (christania williams, jackson, chrisann gordon, olivia james) 2:03.42 02 !  united states (jennifer madu, bealoved brown, kendall baisden, robin reynolds) 2:03.92 03 !  canada (shamelle pless, khamica bingham, brennan, sage watson) 2:05.72
girls long jump: 01 ! chanice porter (jam) 6.22m 02 ! anastassia angioi (ita) 6.17m 03 ! marina buchelnikova (rus) 6.11m


asian championships in kobe, japan:

men s 110m hurdles: 01 ! liu xiang (chn) 13.22 02 ! shi dongpeng (chn) 13.56 03 ! park tae-kyong (kor) 13.66
men s 200m: 01 ! femi seun ogunode (qat) 20.41 02 ! hitoshi saito (jpn) 20.75 03 ! omar jouma al-salfa (uae) 20.97
men s 4 × 100 m relay: 01 !  japan (sota kawatsura, masashi eriguchi, shinji takahira, saito) 39.18 02 !  hong kong (tang yik chun, lai chun ho, ng ka fung, chi ho tsui) 39.26 03 !  chinese taipei (wang wen-tang, liu yuan-kai, tsai meng-lin, yi wei-che) 39.30
men s 800m: 01 ! mohammad al-azemi (kuw) 1:46.14 02 ! sajjad moradi (irn) 1:46.35 03 ! ghamnda ram (ind) 1:46.46
men s 4 × 400 m relay: 01 !  japan (yusuke ishitsuka, kei takase, hideyuki hirose, yuzo kanemaru) 3:04.72 02 !  saudi arabia (mohammed ali albishi, hamed al-bishi, y. i. alhezam, yousef ahmed masrahi) 3:08.03 03 !  iran (peyman rajabi, a. ghelichizokhanou, ehsan mohajer shojaei, sajjad hashemiahangari) 3:08.58
men s long jump: 01 ! su xiongfeng (chn) 8.19m 02 ! supanara sukhasvasti (tha) 8.05m 03 ! rikiya saruyama (jpn) 8.05m
men s javelin throw: 01 ! yukifumi murakami (jpn) 83.27m 02 ! park jae-myong (kor) 80.19m 03 ! ivan zaitcev (uzb) 79.22m
women s 100m hurdles: 01 ! sun yawei (chn) 13.04 02 ! jung hye-lim (kor) 13.11 03 ! natalya ivoninskaya (kaz) 13.15
women s 200m: 01 ! chisato fukushima (jpn) 23.49 02 ! gretta taslakian (lib) 24.01 03 ! saori imai (jpn) 24.06
women s 4 × 100 m relay: 01 !  japan (nao okabe, momoko takahashi, fukushima, saori imai) 44.05 02 !  china (tao yujia, liang qiuping, jiang lan, wei yongli) 44.23 03 !  thailand (phatsorn jaksuninkorn, orranut klomdee, laphassaporn tawoncharoen, nongnuch sanrat) 44.62
women s 800m: 01 ! truong thanh hang (vie) 2:01.41 02 ! margarita matsko (kaz) 2:02.46 03 ! tintu luka (ind) 2:02.55
women s 4 × 400 m relay: 01 !  japan (sayaka aoki, chisato tanaka, satomi kubokura, miho shingu) 3:35.00 02 !  kazakhstan (tatyana roslanova, matsko, alexandra kuzina, olga tereshkova) 3:36.61 03 !  iraq (alaa al-qaysi, inam al sudani, gulustan ieso, danah abdulrazzaq) 3:41.91
women s 3000m steeplechase: 01 ! minori hayakari (jpn) 9:52.42 02 ! sudha singh (ind) 10:08.52 03 ! thi phuong nguyen (vie) 10:14.94
women s high jump: 01 ! zheng xingjuan (chn) 1.92m 02 ! svetlana radzivil (uzb) 1.92m 03 ! marina aitova (kaz) 1.89m
women s shot put: 01 ! meng qianqian (chn) 18.31m 02 ! liu xiangrong (chn) 18.30m 03 ! leila rajabi (iri) 16.60m



auto racing

formula one:

british grand prix in silverstone, great britain: (1) fernando alonso (esp) (ferrari) (2) sebastian vettel (ger) (red bull-renault) (3) mark webber (aus) (red bull-renault)

drivers championship standings (after 9 of 19 races): (1) vettel 204 points (2) webber 124 (3) alonso 112




indycar series:

honda indy toronto in toronto: (1) dario franchitti (gbr) (chip ganassi racing) (2) scott dixon (nzl) (chip ganassi racing) (3) ryan hunter-reay (usa) (andretti autosport)

drivers championship standings (after 10 of 18 races): (1) franchitti 353 points (2) power (aus) (team penske) 298 (3) dixon 270




v8 supercars:

sucrogen townsville 400 in townsville, queensland:

race 15: (1) jamie whincup (aus) (triple 8 race engineering; holden ve commodore) (2) craig lowndes (aus) (triple 8 race engineering; holden ve commodore) (3) mark winterbottom (aus) (ford performance racing; ford fg falcon)

drivers championship standings (after 15 of 28 races): (1) whincup 1683 points (2) lowndes 1497 (3) shane van gisbergen (nzl) (stone brothers racing; ford fg falcon) 1317







baseball

all-star futures game in phoenix: u.s. futures 6, world futures 4.

u.s. win game second successive year , seventh time overall. oakland athletics shortstop grant green named game mvp.



basketball

fiba under-19 world championship in riga, latvia:

bronze medal game: argentina  72–77 03 !  russia
final: 02 ! serbia  67–85 01 !  lithuania

lithuania win title first time.





cricket

india in west indies:

3rd test in roseau, dominica; day 5:  west indies 204 & 322 (131.3 overs; shivnarine chanderpaul 116*);  india 347 & 94/3 (32 overs). match drawn; india win 3-match series 1–0.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 9: 01 ! luis león sánchez (esp) (rabobank) 5h 27 09 02 ! thomas voeckler (fra) (team europcar) + 5 03 ! sandy casar (fra) (fdj) + 13

general classification (after stage 9): (1) voeckler 38h 35 11 (2) sánchez + 1 49 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 2 26





equestrianism

falsterbo horse show in skanör med falsterbo, sweden:

show jumping – grand prix (csio 5*): 01 ! patrice delaveau (fra) on orient express 02 ! angelica augustsson (swe) on mic mac du tillard 03 ! maikel van der vleuten (ned) on verdi


chio aachen in aachen, germany:

show jumping – olympic qualification central , eastern europe, asia , oceania (csi 2*):

best team:  ukraine (cassio rivetti, björn nagel, oleg krasyuk, katharina offel)
best south east asia or oceania competitor: taizo sugitani (jpn)


vaulting – nations cup of germany (combined competition): 01 !  germany (pia engelberty, jannik heiland, rsv neuss grimlinghausen) 02 ! germany ii 03 !  austria



football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany:

quarterfinals:

sweden  3–1  australia in augsburg

sweden qualify 2012 olympic tournament.


brazil  2–2 (3–5 pen.)  united states in dresden

the united states advance semifinals sixth successive time.






2014 fifa world cup qualification (concacaf) first round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):

british virgin islands  1–2 (0–2)  u.s. virgin islands. u.s. virgin islands win 4–1 on aggregate.
dominican republic  4–0 (2–0)  anguilla. dominican republic win 6–0 on aggregate.


fifa u-17 world cup in mexico city, mexico:

third-place match: brazil  3–4 03 !  germany
final: 02 ! uruguay  0–2 01 !  mexico

mexico win title second time.




copa américa in argentina (team in bold advances quarterfinals):

group in santa fe: colombia  2–0  bolivia

standings: colombia 7 points (3 matches),  costa rica 3 (2),  argentina 2 (2), bolivia 1 (3).




international friendly:

south sudan  1–3 tusker

south sudan plays first football fixture during independence celebration.





golf

women s majors:

u.s. women s open in colorado springs, colorado:

leaderboard after third round (usa unless indicated): (t1) cristie kerr, yeon ryu (kor) & angela stanford 212 (−1)
leaderboard after fourth day: (1) hee kyung seo (kor) 281 (−3) (2) ryu −2 after 69 holes (3) kerr −1 after 70 holes

30 players complete rounds tomorrow.






pga tour:

john deere classic in silvis, illinois:

winner: steve stricker (usa) 262 (−22)

stricker wins tournament third consecutive year, eleventh pga tour title.






european tour:

barclays scottish open in inverness, scotland:

winner: luke donald (eng) 197 (−19)

donald wins third european tour title of season , sixth of career.






champions tour:

nature valley first tee open @ pebble beach in pebble beach, california:

winner: jeff sluman (usa) 206 (−10)

sluman wins tournament third time in 4 years, fourth champions tour title.







motorcycle racing

superbike:

brno world championship round in brno, czech republic:

race 1: (1) marco melandri (ita) (yamaha yzf-r1) (2) max biaggi (ita) (aprilia rsv4) (3) carlos checa (esp) (ducati 1098r)
race 2: (1) biaggi (2) melandri (3) checa

riders championship standings (after 8 of 13 rounds): (1) checa 293 points (2) biaggi 263 (3) melandri 240






supersport:

brno world championship round in brno, czech republic: (1) gino rea (gbr) (honda cbr600rr) (2) fabien foret (fra) (honda cbr600rr) (3) chaz davies (gbr) (yamaha yzf-r6)

riders championship standings (after 7 of 12 rounds): (1) davies 121 points (2) broc parkes (aus) (kawasaki ninja zx-6r) & foret 85





netball

world championships in singapore:

bronze medal match: 03 ! england  70–49  jamaica
gold medal match: 02 ! new zealand  57–58 01 !  australia

australia win title second successive time , tenth time overall.





snooker

wuxi classic in wuxi, china:

final: ali carter (eng) 7–9 mark selby (eng)

selby wins fifth professional title.





tennis

davis cup world group quarterfinals:

 sweden 1–4  serbia

janko tipsarević (srb) def. michael ryderstedt (swe) 6–2, 7–5, 6–3
viktor troicki (srb) def. robert lindstedt (swe) 3–6, 6–4 retired


 united states 1–3  spain

david ferrer (esp) def. mardy fish (usa) 7–5, 7–6(3), 5–7, 7–6(5)


 germany 1–4  france

philipp petzschner (ger) def. michaël llodra (fra) 6–3, 6–4
jo-wilfried tsonga (fra) def. philipp kohlschreiber (ger) 7–6(3), 7–6(5)




atp world tour:

campbell s hall of fame tennis championships in newport, united states:

final: john isner (usa) def. olivier rochus (bel) 6–3, 7–6(6)

isner wins second career title.






wta tour:

poli-farbe grand prix in budapest, hungary:

final: roberta vinci (ita) def. irina-camelia begu (rou) 6–4, 1–6, 6–4

vinci wins third title of year , sixth of career.







volleyball

fivb world league final 4 in gdańsk , sopot, poland:

bronze medal match: argentina  0–3 03 !  poland
final: 02 ! brazil  2–3 01 !  russia

russia win title second time.




men s european league, leg 6 (teams in bold advance final four):

pool a:

slovenia  0–3  belgium
croatia  3–2  great britain

final standings: slovenia 26 points, belgium 18, croatia 16, great britain 12.




pool b:

netherlands  0–3  spain
greece  0–3  austria

final standings: spain 30 points, netherlands 24, greece 11, austria 7.




pool c: slovakia  3–2  turkey

final standings:  romania 24 points, slovakia 23,  belarus 17, turkey 8.




women s european league, leg 6 (teams in bold advance final four):

pool a: greece  0–3  serbia

final standings: serbia 35 points,  france 21,  spain 14, greece 2.






july 9, 2011 (saturday)
american football

ifaf world championship in austria:

group 2 in graz:

japan  24–6  austria
canada  45–10  france





archery

world championships in turin, italy:

men s individual compound: 01 ! christopher perkins (can) 02 ! jesse broadwater (usa) 03 ! reo wilde (usa)
women s individual compound: 01 ! albina loginova (rus) 02 ! pascale lebecque (fra) 03 ! erika anschutz (usa)
men s team compound: 01 !  united states (broadwater, braden gellenthien, wilde) 02 !  denmark (martin damsbo, torben johannessen, patrick laursen) 03 !  canada (perkins, simon rousseau, dietmar trillus)
women s team compound: 01 !  united states (anschutz, christie colin, jamie van natta), 02 !  iran (vida halimian, mahtab parsamehr, shabnam sarlak) 03 !  venezuela (olga bosh, luzmary guédez, ana mendoza)
mixed team compound: 01 !  italy (sergio pagni, marcella tonioli) 02 !  netherlands (peter elzinga, inge van caspel) 03 !  south korea (choi yong-hee, seok ji-hyun)



athletics

world youth championships in lille métropole, france:

boys 400m hurdles: 01 ! egor kuznetsov (rus) 50.97 02 ! ibrahim mohammed saleh (ksa) 51.14 03 ! takahiro matsumoto (jpn) 51.26
boys 800m: 01 ! leonard kirwa kosencha (ken) 1:44.08 02 ! mohammed aman (eth) 1:44.68 03 ! timothy kitum (ken) 1:44.98
boys 10000m walk: 01 ! pavel parshin (rus) 40:51.31 02 ! kenny martín pérez (col) 40:59.25 03 ! erwin gonzález (mex) 41:09.60
boys triple jump: 01 ! latario collie-minns (bah) 16.06m 02 ! albert janki (rsa) 15.95m 03 ! lathone collie-minns (bah) 15.51m
boys high jump: 01 ! gaël levécque (fra) 2.13m 02 ! usman usmanov (rus) 2.13m 03 ! justin fondren (usa) 2.13m
girls 400m hurdles: 01 ! nnenya hailey (usa) 57.93 02 ! sarah carli (aus) 58.05 03 ! surian hechavarría (cub) 58.37
girls 1500m: 01 ! faith chepngetich kipyegon (ken) 4:09.48 02 ! senbere teferi (eth) 4:10.54 03 ! genet tibieso (eth) 4:11.56
girls pole vault: 01 ! desiree singh (ger) 4.25m 02 ! liz parnov (aus) 4.20m 03 ! lucy bryan (gbr) 4.10m
girls discus throw: 01 ! rosalía vázquez (cub) 53.51m 02 ! yan liang (chn) 52.89m 03 ! shelbi vaughan (usa) 52.58m
girls hammer throw: 01 ! louisa james (gbr) 57.13m 02 ! malwina kopron (pol) 57.03m 03 ! roxana perie (rom) 56.75m
girls heptathlon: 01 ! yusleidys mendieta (cub) 5697 points 02 ! yorgelis rodríguez (cub) 5671 03 ! marjolein lindemans (bel) 5532


asian championships in kobe, japan:

men s 400m hurdles: 01 ! takatoshi abe (jpn) 49.64 02 ! yuta imazeki (jpn) 50.22 03 ! chieh chen (tpe) 50.39
men s 5000m: 01 ! dejenee mootumaa (bhr) 13:40.78 02 ! yuki sato (jpn) 13:41.93 03 ! alemu bekele gebre (bhr) 13:48.81
men s high jump: 01 ! mutaz essa barshim (qat) 2.35m 02 ! majd eddin ghazal (syr) 2.28m 03 ! wang chen (chn) 2.26m
men s shot put: 01 ! chang ming-huang (tpe) 20.14m 02 ! zhang jun (chn) 19.77m 03 ! om prakash karhana (ind) 19.47m
women s 400m hurdles: 01 ! satomi kubokura (jpn) 56.52 02 ! qi yang (chn) 56.69 03 ! christine merrill (sri) 57.30
women s 5000m: 01 ! tejitu daba chalchissa (bhr) 15:22.48 02 ! hitomi niiya (jpn) 15:34.19 03 ! 03 ! yuriko kobayashi (jpn) 15:42.59
women s pole vault: 01 ! wu sha (chn) 4.35m 02 ! li ling (chn) 4.30m 03 ! choi yun-hee (kor) 4.00m
women s triple jump: 01 ! xie limei (chn) 14.58m 02 ! valeriya kanatova (uzb) 14.14m 03 ! mayookha johny (ind) 14.11m
women s heptathlon: 01 ! wassana winatho (tha) 5710 points 02 ! humie takehara (jpn) 5491 03 ! chie kiriyama (jpn) 5442



auto racing

sprint cup series:

quaker state 400 in sparta, kentucky: (1) kyle busch (toyota; joe gibbs racing) (2) david reutimann (toyota; michael waltrip racing) (3) jimmie johnson (chevrolet; hendrick motorsports)

drivers championship standings (after 18 of 36 races): (1) busch 624 points (2) carl edwards (ford; roush fenway racing) 620 (3) kevin harvick (chevrolet; richard childress racing) 614




v8 supercars:

sucrogen townsville 400 in townsville, queensland:

race 14: (1) garth tander (aus) (holden racing team; holden ve commodore) (2) jamie whincup (aus) (triple 8 race engineering; holden ve commodore) (3) davison (aus) (ford performance racing; ford fg falcon)

drivers championship standings (after 14 of 28 races): (1) whincup 1533 points (2) craig lowndes (aus) (triple 8 race engineering; holden ve commodore) 1359 (3) shane van gisbergen (nzl) (stone brothers racing; ford fg falcon) 1206







baseball

derek jeter becomes 28th player in major league baseball history 3,000 career hits, , first reach mark new york yankees. entered club home run off david price in third inning of yankees game against tampa bay rays.

beach handball

european championship in umag, croatia:

men s:

3rd place game: ukraine 1–2 03 ! spain
final: 01 ! croatia 2–0 02 ! russia

croatia win title second successive time.




women s:

3rd place game: 03 ! italy 2–1 norway
final: 02 ! denmark 1–2 01 ! croatia

croatia win title second time.







cricket

india in west indies:

3rd test in roseau, dominica; day 4:  west indies 204 & 224/6 (83 overs; kirk edwards 110);  india 347 (108.2 overs; fidel edwards 5/103). west indies lead 81 runs 4 wickets remaining.


sri lanka in england:

5th odi in manchester:  england 268/9 (50 overs; suraj randiv 5/42);  sri lanka 252 (48.2 overs). england win 16 runs; win 5-match series 3–2.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 8: 01 ! rui costa (por) (movistar team) 4h 36 46 02 ! philippe gilbert (bel) (omega pharma–lotto) + 12 03 ! cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 15

general classification (after stage 8): (1) thor hushovd (nor) (garmin–cervélo) 33h 06 28 (2) evans + 1 (3) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 4





equestrianism

falsterbo horse show in skanör med falsterbo, sweden:

dressage – world dressage masters (cdi 5*):

grand prix freestyle (a-final): 01 ! patrik kittel (swe) on scandic 02 ! anky van grunsven (ned) on salinero 03 ! tinne vilhelmson-silfven (swe) on don auriello
grand prix spécial (b-final): 01 ! michal rapcewicz (pol) on randon 02 ! jenny schreven (ned) on krawall 03 ! siril helljesen (nor) on dorina


show jumping – falsterbo derby (csio 5*): 01 ! patrice delaveau (fra) on ornella mail 02 ! shane breen (irl) on gold rain 03 ! erika lickhammer (swe) on hip hop



football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany:

quarterfinals:

england  1–1 (3–4 pen.)  france in leverkusen

france qualify 2012 olympic tournament.


germany  0–1 (a.e.t.)  japan in wolfsburg

two times defending champion germany suffer first defeat after 15 world cup matches.






2014 fifa world cup qualification (concacaf) first round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):

bahamas  6–0 (4–0)  turks , caicos islands. bahamas win 10–0 on aggregate.


copa américa in argentina:

group b:

brazil  2–2  paraguay in córdoba
venezuela  1–0  ecuador in salta

standings (after 2 matches): venezuela 4 points, brazil, paraguay 2, ecuador 1.







golf

women s majors:

u.s. women s open in colorado springs, colorado:

leaderboard after second round , after third day: (1) mika miyazato (jpn) 137 (−5) (2) ai miyazato (jpn) 138 (−4) (3) i.k. kim (kor) 139 (−3)

with 19 of 72 players made cut having begun third round, usga attempt complete tournament 2 rounds on sunday.







rugby union

super rugby final in brisbane: reds 18–13 crusaders

the reds win first championship in competition s professional era, , third time including 1994 , 1995 titles in amateur super 10.


irb pacific nations cup, round 2 in suva, fiji:

japan  28–27  tonga
fiji  36–18  samoa

standings (after 2 games): tonga 6 points, samoa, fiji, japan 5.





snooker

wuxi classic in wuxi, china, semi-finals:

shaun murphy (eng) 3–6 ali carter (eng)
ding junhui (chn) 5–6 mark selby (eng)



tennis

davis cup world group quarterfinals:

 sweden 1–2  serbia

simon aspelin/robert lindstedt (swe) def. novak djokovic/nenad zimonjić (srb) 6–4, 7–6(5), 7–5


 argentina 5–0  kazakhstan

juan ignacio chela (arg) def. evgeny korolev (kaz) 2–6, 6–2, 6–0
juan mónaco (arg) def. mikhail kukushkin (kaz) 6–4, 6–1


 united states 1–2  spain

bob bryan/mike bryan (usa) def. marcel granollers/fernando verdasco (esp) 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–4, 6–4


 germany 0–3  france

michaël llodra/jo-wilfried tsonga (fra) def. christopher kas/philipp petzschner (ger) 7–6(4), 6–4, 6–4




wta tour:

swedish open in båstad, sweden:

final: polona hercog (slo) def. johanna larsson (swe) 6–4, 7–5

hercog wins first career title.







volleyball

fivb world league final 4 in gdańsk , sopot, poland:

semifinals:

argentina  0–3  brazil
russia  3–1  poland




men s european league, leg 6 (teams in bold advance final four):

pool a:

slovenia  3–1  belgium
croatia  3–0  great britain

standings (after 11 matches): slovenia 26 points, belgium 15, croatia 14, great britain 11.




pool b:

netherlands  3–2  spain
greece  3–0  austria

standings (after 11 matches): spain 27 points, netherlands 24, greece 11, austria 4.




pool c:

romania  0–3  belarus
slovakia  3–0  turkey

standings: romania 24 points (12 matches), slovakia 21 (11), belarus 17 (12), turkey 7 (11).






women s european league, leg 6 (teams in bold advance final four):

pool a:

greece  0–3  serbia
france  3–0  spain

standings: serbia 32 points (11 matches), france 21 (12), spain 14 (12), greece 2 (11).




pool b:

bulgaria  3–1  czech republic
hungary  3–2  israel

final standings: bulgaria 29, czech republic 27, hungary 10, israel 6.




pool c:

turkey  3–0  croatia
romania  3–1  belarus

final standings: turkey 30 points, romania 22, belarus 16, croatia 4.






women s pan-american cup in ciudad juárez, mexico:

seventh place match: peru  0–3  canada
fifth place match: argentina  2–3  puerto rico
bronze medal match: cuba  0–3 03 !  united states
final: 01 ! brazil  3–0 02 !  dominican republic

brazil win cup third time.






july 8, 2011 (friday)
american football

ifaf world championship in austria:

group 1 in innsbruck:

australia  0–61  united states
mexico  22–15  germany





athletics

samsung diamond league:

meeting areva in saint-denis, france:

men:

200m: usain bolt (jam) 20.03
400m: chris brown (bah) 44.94
1500m: amine laâlou (mar) 3:32.15
110m hurdles: dayron robles (cub) 13.09
3000m steeplechase: mahiedine mekhissi-benabbad (fra) 8:02.09
discus throw: robert harting (ger) 67.32m
high jump: jaroslav bába (cze) & aleksey dmitrik (rus) 2.32m
long jump: irving saladino (pan) 8.40m
pole vault: renaud lavillenie (fra) 5.73m


women:

100m: kelly-ann baptiste (tri) 10.91
800m: caster semenya (rsa) 2:00.18
5000m: meseret defar (eth) 14:29.52
400m hurdles: zuzana hejnová (cze) 53.29
javelin throw: christina obergföll (ger) 68.01m
shot put: valerie adams (nzl) 20.78m
triple jump: yargelis savigne (cub) 14.99m






world youth championships in lille métropole, france:

boys 2000m steeplechase: 01 ! conseslus kipruto (ken) 5:28.65 02 ! gilbert kirui (ken) 5:30.49 03 ! zacharia kiprotich (uga) 5:37.98
boys hammer throw: 01 ! bence pásztor (hun) 82.60m 02 ! Özkan baltaci (tur) 78.63m 03 ! serhiy reheda (ukr) 74.06m
boys 400m: 01 ! arman hall (usa) 46.01 02 ! alphas leken kishoyan (ken) 46.58 03 ! patryk dobek (pol) 46.67
boys 110m hurdles: 01 ! andries van der merwe (rsa) 13.41 02 ! joshua hawkins (nzl) 13.44 03 ! wilhem belocian (fra) 13.51
girls high jump: 01 ! ligia grozav (rom) 1.87m 02 ! iryna herashchenko (ukr) 1.87m 03 ! chanice porter (jam) 1.82m
girls 5000m walk: 01 ! kate veale (irl) 21:45.59 02 ! yanxue mao (chn) 22:00.15 03 ! nadezhda leontyeva (rus) 22:00.84
girls triple jump: 01 ! sokhna galle (fra) 13.62m 02 ! jingyu li (chn) 13.57m 03 ! ana peleteiro (esp) 12.92m
girls 400m: 01 ! shaunae miller (bah) 51.84 02 ! christian brennan (can) 52.12 03 ! olivia james (jam) 52.14


asian championships in kobe, japan:

men s 100m: 01 ! su bingtian (chn) 10.21 02 ! masashi eriguchi (jpn) 10.28 03 ! sota kawatsura (jpn) 10.30
men s 400m: 01 ! yousef ahmed masrahi (ksa) 45.79 02 ! hideyuki hirose (jpn) 46.03 03 ! yuzo kanemaru (jpn) 46.38
men s 1500m: 01 ! mohammad al-azemi (kuw) 3:42.49 02 ! sajjad moradi (iri) 3:43.30 03 ! chaminda wijekoon (sri) 3:44.01
men s 3000m steeplechase: 01 ! abubaker ali kamal (qat) 8:30.23 02 ! artem kossinov (kaz) 8:35.11 03 ! tareq mubarak taher (bhr) 8:45.47
men s pole vault: 01 ! daichi sawano (jpn) 5.50m 02 ! hiroki ogita (jpn) 5.40m 03 ! yang yansheng (chn) 5.40m
men s triple jump: 01 ! yevgeniy ektov (kaz) 16.91m 02 ! li yanxi (chn) 16.70m 03 ! roman valiyev (kaz) 16.62m
men s decathlon: 01 ! hadi sepehrzad (irn) 7506 points, 02 ! akihiko nakamura (jpn) 7478 03 ! bharatinder singh (ind) 7358
women s 100m: 01 ! guzel khubbieva (uzb) 11.39 02 ! wei yongli (chn) 11.70 03 ! tao yujia (chn) 11.74
women s 400m: 01 ! olga tereshkova (kaz) 52.37 02 ! gulustan ieso (irq) 52.80 03 ! chen jingwen (chn) 52.89
women s 1500m: 01 ! genzeb shumi regasa (bhr) 4:15.91 02 ! truong thanh hang (vie) 4:18.40 03 ! o. p. jaisha (ind) 4:21.41
women s discus throw: 01 ! sun taifeng (chn) 60.89m 02 ! ma xuejun (chn) 59.67m 03 ! harwant kaur (ind) 57.99m



auto racing

nationwide series:

feed children 300 in sparta, kentucky: (1) brad keselowski (dodge; penske racing) (2) kevin harvick (chevrolet; kevin harvick incorporated) (3) kyle busch (toyota; joe gibbs racing)

drivers championship standings (after 18 of 34 races): (1) elliott sadler (chevrolet; kevin harvick incorporated) 641 points (2) reed sorenson (chevrolet; turner motorsports) 637 (3) ricky stenhouse, jr. (ford; roush fenway racing) 614





cricket

india in west indies:

3rd test in roseau, dominica; day 3:  west indies 204;  india 308/6 (98 overs). india lead 104 runs 4 wickets remaining in 1st innings.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 7: 01 ! mark cavendish (gbr) (htc–highroad) 5h 38 53 02 ! alessandro petacchi (ita) (lampre–isd) s.t. 03 ! andré greipel (ger) (omega pharma–lotto) s.t.

general classification (after stage 7): (1) thor hushovd (nor) (garmin–cervélo) 28h 29 27 (2) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 1 (3) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 4





equestrianism

fei nations cup show jumping:

nations cup of sweden in skanör med falsterbo (csio 5*): 01 !  germany (marco kutscher, thomas voß, carsten-otto nagel, ludger beerbaum) 02 !  france (pénélope leprevost, simon delestre, kevin staut, michel robert) &  sweden (malin baryard-johnsson, angelica augustsson, peder fredricson, rolf-göran bengtsson)

standings (after 4 of 8 events): (1)  netherlands 29.5 points (2)  ireland 24 (3) germany 21





football (soccer)

2014 fifa world cup qualification (concacaf) first round, first leg:

anguilla  0–2  dominican republic in san cristóbal, dominican republic
aruba  4–2  saint lucia


copa américa in argentina:

group c in mendoza:

uruguay  1–1  chile
peru  1–0  mexico

standings (after 2 matches): chile, peru 4 points, uruguay 2, mexico 0.







golf

women s majors:

u.s. women s open in colorado springs, colorado:

leaderboard after first round (all usa): (1) stacy lewis 68 (−3) (t2) amy anderson (a), ryann o toole & lizette salas 69 (−2)
leaderboard after second day (usa unless indicated): (1) i.k. kim (kor) −4 after 32 holes (t2) anderson (a; after 18 holes), lewis (after 34 holes) & wendy ward (after 33 holes) −2

weather delays continue, 66 players yet begin second round, , 57 on course. second round resumes tomorrow.







snooker

wuxi classic in wuxi, china, quarter-finals:

shaun murphy (eng) 5–1 peter ebdon (eng)
ali carter (eng) 5–3 yu delu (chn)
ding junhui (chn) 5–4 stephen maguire (sco)
mark selby (eng) 5–0 graeme dott (sco)



tennis

davis cup world group quarterfinals:

 sweden 0–2  serbia

viktor troicki (srb) def. michael ryderstedt (swe) 6–3, 6–1, 6–7(6), 7–5
janko tipsarević (srb) def. ervin eleskovic (swe) 6–2, 1–0 retired


 argentina 3–0  kazakhstan

juan ignacio chela/eduardo schwank (arg) def. evgeny korolev/yuri schukin (kaz) 6–3, 6–2, 7–5


 united states 0–2  spain

feliciano lópez (esp) def. mardy fish (usa) 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(2), 8–6
david ferrer (esp) def. andy roddick (usa) 7–6(9), 7–5, 6–3


 germany 0–2  france

richard gasquet (fra) def. florian mayer (ger) 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–3
gaël monfils (fra) def. philipp kohlschreiber (ger) 7–6(3), 7–6(5), 6–4





volleyball

fivb world league final round in gdańsk , sopot, poland (teams in bold advance final four):

pool e:

italy  0–3  bulgaria
poland  3–2  argentina

final standings: argentina 7 points, poland, bulgaria 4, italy 3.




pool f:

united states  3–2  cuba
brazil  0–3  russia

final standings: russia 9 points, brazil 5, united states, cuba 2.






men s european league, leg 6 (teams in bold advance final four):

pool c: romania  3–1  belarus

standings: romania 24 points (11 matches),  slovakia 18 (10), belarus 14 (11),  turkey 7 (10).




women s european league, leg 6 (teams in bold advance final four):

pool a: france  3–2  spain

standings:  serbia 29 points (10 matches), france 18 (11), spain 14 (11),  greece 2 (10).


pool b:

bulgaria  1–3  czech republic
hungary  3–2  israel

standings (after 11 matches): czech republic 27 points, bulgaria 26, hungary 8, israel 5.




pool c:

turkey  3–0  croatia
romania  3–2  belarus

standings (after 11 matches): turkey 27 points, romania 19, belarus 16, croatia 4.






women s pan-american cup in ciudad juárez, mexico:

ninth place match: trinidad , tobago  1–3  mexico
classification 5–8:

puerto rico  3–1  canada
argentina  3–2  peru


semifinals:

brazil  3–1  cuba
dominican republic  3–1  united states






july 7, 2011 (thursday)
athletics

world youth championships in lille métropole, france:

boys 100m: 01 ! odail todd (jam) 10.51 02 !kazuma oseto (jpn) 10.52 03 ! mickaël zézé (fra) 10.57
boys shot put: 01 ! jacko gill (nzl) 24.35m 02 ! tyler schultz (usa) 20.35m 03 ! braheme days, jr. (usa) 20.14m
boys long jump: 01 ! qing lin (chn) 7.83m 02 ! johan taléus (swe) 7.44m 03 ! stefano braga (ita) 7.42m
boys octathlon: 01 ! jake stein (aus) 6491 points 02 ! fredrick ekholm (swe) 6127 03 ! felipe dos santos (bra) 5966
girls 100m: 01 ! jennifer madu (usa) 11.57 02 ! myasia jacobs (usa) 11.61 03 ! christania williams (jam) 11.63
girls 100m hurdles: 01 ! trinity wilson (usa) 13.11 02 ! noemi zbären (sui) 13.17 03 ! kendell williams (usa) 13.28
girls javelin throw: 01 ! christin hussong (ger) 59.74m 02 ! sofi flinck (swe) 54.62m 03 ! monique cilione (aus) 52.77m


asian championships in kobe, japan:

men s 10,000 metres: 01 ! ali hasan mahboob (bhr) 28:35.49 02 ! bilisuma shugi gelassa (bhr) 28:36.30 03 ! akinobu murasawa (jpn) 28:40.63
men s discus throw: 01 ! ehsan haddadi (iri) 62.27m 02 ! vikas gowda (ind) 61.58m 03 ! wu jian (chn) 56.61
women s 10,000 metres: 01 ! shitaye eshete (bhr) 32:47.80 02 ! kareema saleh jasim (bhr) 32:50.70 03 ! preeja sreedharan (ind) 33:15.55
women s long jump: 01 ! mayookha johny (ind) 6.56m 02 ! lu minjia (chn) 6.52m 03 ! saeko okayama (jpn) 6.51m
women s hammer throw: 01 ! masumi aya (jpn) 67.19m 02 ! liu tingting (chn) 65.42m 03 ! yuka murofushi (jpn) 62.50m
women s javelin throw: 01 ! liu chunhua (chn) 58.05m 02 ! wang ping (chn) 55.80m 03 ! yuka sato (jpn) 54.16m



cricket

india in west indies:

3rd test in roseau, dominica; day 2:  west indies 204 (76.3 overs; ishant sharma 5/77);  india 8/0 (4 overs). india trail 196 runs 10 wickets remaining in 1st innings.

india s harbhajan singh, dismissal of carlton baugh, becomes eleventh bowler claim 400 test wickets.





cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 6: 01 ! edvald boasson hagen (nor) (team sky) 5h 13 37 02 ! matthew goss (aus) (htc–highroad) s.t. 03 ! thor hushovd (nor) (garmin–cervélo) s.t.

general classification (after stage 6): (1) hushovd 22h 50 34 (2) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 1 (3) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 4





football (soccer)

copa américa in argentina:

group in jujuy: bolivia  0–2  costa rica

standings (after 2 matches):  colombia 4 points, costa rica 3,  argentina 2, bolivia 1.




fifa u-17 world cup in mexico:

semifinals:

uruguay  3–0  brazil in guadalajara
germany  2–3  mexico in torreón




uefa europa league first qualifying round, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):

shakhter karagandy 2–1 (1–1) koper. shakhter karagandy win 3–2 on aggregate.
metalurgist rustavi 1–1 (1–0) banants. metalurgist rustavi win 2–1 on aggregate.
irtysh pavlodar 2–0 (0–1) jagiellonia białystok. irtysh pavlodar win 2–1 on aggregate.
ulisses 0–2 (0–3) ferencváros. ferencváros win 5–0 on aggregate.
flamurtari vlorë 1–2 (3–1) budućnost podgorica. flamurtari vlorë win 4–3 on aggregate.
milsami orhei 1–3 (0–2) dinamo tbilisi. dinamo tbilisi win 5–1 on aggregate.
zeta 2–1 (0–3) spartak trnava. spartak trnava win 4–2 on aggregate.
qarabağ 3–0 (4–0) banga gargždai. qarabağ win 7–0 on aggregate.
fola esch 1–1 (0–4) elfsborg. elfsborg win 5–1 on aggregate.
nõmme kalju 0–2 (0–0) honka. honka win 2–0 on aggregate.
lusitanos 0–1 (1–5) varaždin. varaždin win 6–1 on aggregate.
tromsø 2–1 (5–0) daugava daugavpils. tromsø win 7–1 on aggregate.
häcken 5–1 (1–1) käerjéng 97. häcken win 6–2 on aggregate.
vllaznia shkodër 1–1 (1–0) birkirkara. vllaznia shkodër win 2–1 on aggregate.
minsk 2–1 (1–1) azal baku. minsk win 3–2 on aggregate.
nsÍ runavík 0–0 (0–3) fulham. fulham win 3–0 on aggregate.
paks 4–0 (1–0) ue santa coloma. paks win 5–0 on aggregate.
neath 0–2 (1–4) aalesund. aalesund win 6–1 on aggregate.
rabotnički 3–0 (4–1) narva trans. rabotnički win 7–1 on aggregate.
olimpija ljubljana 3–0 (0–0) Široki brijeg. olimpija ljubljana win 3–0 on aggregate.
tre penne 1–3 (0–6) rad. rad win 9–1 on aggregate.
st patrick s athletic 2–0 (0–1) Íbv vestmannaeyar. st patrick s athletic win 2–1 on aggregate.
cliftonville 0–1 (1–1) new saints. new saints win 2–1 on aggregate.
glentoran 2–1 (a.e.t.) (1–2) renova. 3–3 on aggregate; glentoran win 3–2 on penalties.
kr reykjavík 5–1 (3–1) Íf fuglafjørður. kr reykjavík win 8–2 on aggregate.



golf

women s majors:

u.s. women s open in colorado springs, colorado:

leaderboard after first day: (t1) cristie kerr (usa) −2 after 15 holes & amy anderson (usa) −2 after 12 (t3) inbee park (kor) −1 after 17, ai miyazato (jpn) −1 after 15 & silvia cavalleri (ita) −1 after 1

131 players complete first rounds on july 8.







snooker

wuxi classic in wuxi, china, round 1:

peter ebdon (eng) 5–3 rouzi maimaiti (chn)
matthew stevens (wal) 4–5 yu delu (chn)
stephen maguire (sco) 5–2 liang wenbo (chn)
graeme dott (sco) 5–2 cao yupeng (chn)



tennis

davis cup world group quarterfinals:

 argentina 2–0  kazakhstan

juan mónaco (arg) def. andrey golubev (kaz) 6–3, 6–0, 6–4
juan martín del potro (arg) def. mikhail kukushkin (kaz) 6–2, 6–1, 6–2





volleyball

fivb world league final round in gdańsk , sopot, poland (teams in bold advance final four):

pool e:

bulgaria  0–3  argentina
italy  3–0  poland

standings (after 2 matches): argentina 6 points, italy 3, poland 2, bulgaria 1.




pool f:

cuba  0–3  russia
united states  1–3  brazil

standings (after 2 matches): russia 6 points, brazil 5, cuba 1, united states 0.






women s pan-american cup in ciudad juárez, mexico:

eleventh place match: chile  0–3  costa rica
classification 7–10:

canada  3–0  trinidad , tobago
peru  3–0  mexico


quarterfinals:

cuba  3–0  puerto rico
united states  3–0  argentina






july 6, 2011 (wednesday)
athletics

world youth championships in lille métropole, france:

boys discus throw: 01 ! fedrick dacres (jam) 67.05m 02 ! ethan cochran (usa) 61.37m 03 ! gerhard de beer (rsa) 60.63m
girls 3000m: 01 ! gotytom gebreslase (eth) 8:56.36 02 ! ziporah wanjiru kngori (ken) 8:56.82 03 ! caroline chepkoech kipkirui (ken) 8:58.63
girls shot put: 01 ! tiangian guo (chn) 15.24m 02 ! sophie mckinna (gbr) 14.90m 03 ! katinka urbaniak (ger) 14.71m



cricket

sri lanka in england:

4th odi in nottingham:  sri lanka 174 (43.4 overs);  england 171/0 (23.5/48 overs). england win 10 wickets (d/l); 5-match series tied 2–2.


india in west indies:

3rd test in roseau, dominica; day 1:  west indies 75/3 (31.1 overs);  india



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 5: 01 ! mark cavendish (gbr) (htc–highroad) 3h 38 32 02 ! philippe gilbert (bel) (omega pharma–lotto) s.t. 03 ! josé joaquín rojas (esp) (movistar team) s.t.

general classification (after stage 5): (1) thor hushovd (nor) (garmin–cervélo) 17h 36 57 (2) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 1 (3) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 4





football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany (teams in bold advance quarterfinals):

group c:

sweden  2–1  united states in wolfsburg
north korea  0–0  colombia in bochum

final standings: sweden 9 points, united states 6, north korea, colombia 1.




group d:

equatorial guinea  0–3  brazil in frankfurt
australia  2–1  norway in leverkusen

final standings: brazil 9 points, australia 6, norway 3, equatorial guinea 0.






copa américa in argentina:

group in santa fe: argentina  0–0  colombia

standings: colombia 4 points (2 matches), argentina 2 (2),  bolivia 1 (1),  costa rica 0 (1).




uefa champions league first qualifying round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):

valletta 2–1 (3–0) tre fiori. valletta win 5–1 on aggregate.



olympic games

pyeongchang, south korea selected host of 2018 winter olympics @ 123rd ioc session in durban.

rugby league

state of origin series:

game iii in brisbane: queensland 34–24 new south wales. queensland win series 2–1.

queensland win series sixth successive time , 18th time overall.





volleyball

fivb world league final round in gdańsk , sopot, poland:

pool e:

argentina  3–1  italy
poland  3–2  bulgaria


pool f:

russia  3–1  united states
brazil  3–2  cuba






july 5, 2011 (tuesday)
cricket

icc intercontinental cup one-day:

2nd match in belfast:  namibia 175 (36/38 overs);  ireland 176/2 (30.2 overs). ireland win 8 wickets.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 4: 01 ! cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) 4h 11 39 02 ! alberto contador (esp) (saxo bank–sungard) s.t. 03 ! alexander vinokourov (kaz) (astana) s.t.

general classification (after stage 4): (1) thor hushovd (nor) (garmin–cervélo) 13h 58 25 (2) evans + 1 (3) fränk schleck (lux) (leopard trek) + 4





football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany (teams in bold advance quarterfinals):

group a:

france  2–4  germany in mönchengladbach
canada  0–1  nigeria in dresden

final standings: germany 9 points, france 6, nigeria 3, canada 0.




group b:

england  2–0  japan in augsburg
new zealand  2–2  mexico in sinsheim

final standings: england 7 points, japan 6, mexico 2, new zealand 1.






uefa champions league first qualifying round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):

f91 dudelange 2–0 (2–0) fc santa coloma. f91 dudelange win 4–0 on aggregate.



volleyball

women s pan-american cup in ciudad juárez, mexico (teams in bold advance semifinals, teams in italics advance quarterfinals):

group a:

canada  3–0  chile
cuba  1–3  dominican republic
mexico  0–3  argentina

final standings: dominican republic 15 points, cuba 12, argentina 9, canada 6, mexico 3, chile 0.




group b:

costa rica  0–3  trinidad , tobago
peru  1–3  puerto rico
brazil  3–2  united states

final standings: brazil 14 points, united states 13, puerto rico 9, peru 6, trinidad , tobago 3, costa rica 0.








july 4, 2011 (monday)
cricket

icc intercontinental cup one-day:

1st match in belfast:  ireland 241 (49.5 overs);  namibia 215 (48.4 overs). ireland win 26 runs.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 3: 01 ! tyler farrar (usa) (garmin–cervélo) 4h 40 21 02 ! romain feillu (fra) (vacansoleil–dcm) s.t. 03 ! josé joaquín rojas (esp) (movistar team) s.t.

general classification (after stage 3): (1) thor hushovd (nor) (garmin–cervélo) 9h 46 46 (2) david millar (gbr) (garmin–cervélo) + 0 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 1





football (soccer)

fifa u-17 world cup in mexico:

quarterfinals:

germany  3–2  england in morelia
france  1–2  mexico in pachuca




copa américa in argentina:

group c in san juan:

uruguay  1–1  peru
chile  2–1  mexico





volleyball

women s pan-american cup in ciudad juárez, mexico:

group a:

argentina  3–0  chile
cuba  3–0  canada
dominican republic  3–0  mexico

standings (after 4 matches): cuba, dominican republic 12 points, argentina 6, canada, mexico 3, chile 0.




group b:

puerto rico  3–0  trinidad , tobago
brazil  3–0  peru
united states  3–0  costa rica

standings (after 4 matches): united states, brazil 12 points, puerto rico, peru 6, trinidad , tobago, costa rica 0.








july 3, 2011 (sunday)
auto racing

world touring car championship:

race of portugal in porto:

race 1: (1) alain menu (sui) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze) (2) yvan muller (fra) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze) (3) robert huff (gbr) (chevrolet; chevrolet cruze)
race 2: (1) huff (2) muller (3) tiago monteiro (por) (sunred engineering; seat león)

drivers championship standings (after 6 of 12 rounds): (1) huff 227 points (2) muller 198 (3) menu 167






intercontinental le mans cup

6 hours of imola in imola, italy: 01 !  france #7 peugeot sport total (sébastien bourdais (fra), anthony davidson (gbr)) 02 !  france #8 peugeot sport total (franck montagny (fra), stéphane sarrazin (fra)) 03 !  germany #1 audi sport team joest (timo bernhard (deu), marcel fässler (sui))



basketball

eurobasket women in Łódź, poland:

bronze medal game: czech republic  56–63 03 !  france
final: 01 ! russia  59–42 02 !  turkey

russia win title third time , qualify 2012 olympic tournament.
turkey, france, czech republic ,  croatia qualify 2012 fiba olympic qualifying tournament.





cricket

sri lanka in england:

3rd odi in london:  england 246/7 (50 overs; alastair cook 119);  sri lanka 249/4 (48.2 overs; dinesh chandimal 105*). sri lanka win 6 wickets; lead 5-match series 2–1.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 2: 01 ! garmin–cervélo 24 48 02 ! bmc racing team + 4 03 ! team sky + 4

general classification (after stage 2): (1) thor hushovd (nor) (garmin–cervélo) 5h 06 25 (2) david millar (gbr) (garmin–cervélo) + 0 (3) cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 1





field hockey

women s champions trophy in amsterdam, netherlands:

7th place match: germany  3–5  china
5th place match: england  2–0  australia
3rd place match: south korea  2–3 03 !  new zealand
final: 01 ! netherlands  3–3 (3–2 pen.) 02 !  argentina

netherlands win title sixth time.





football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany:

group d (team in bold advances quarterfinals):

australia  3–2  equatorial guinea in bochum
brazil  3–0  norway in wolfsburg

standings (after 2 matches): brazil 6 points, australia, norway 3, equatorial guinea 0.






2014 fifa world cup qualification (afc) first round, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):

chinese taipei  3–2 (1–2)  malaysia. 4–4 on aggregate, malaysia win on away goals.
pakistan  0–0 (0–3)  bangladesh. bangladesh win 3–0 on aggregate.
laos  6–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4)  cambodia. laos win 8–6 on aggregate.
philippines  4–0 (1–1)  sri lanka. philippines win 5–1 on aggregate.
palestine  1–1 (2–0)  afghanistan. palestine win 3–1 on aggregate.
macau  1–7 (0–6)  vietnam. vietnam win 13–1 on aggregate.
myanmar  2–0 (0–1)  mongolia. myanmar win 2–1 on aggregate.


2014 fifa world cup qualification (concacaf) first round, first leg: u.s. virgin islands  2–0  british virgin islands
fifa u-17 world cup in mexico:

quarterfinals:

uruguay  2–0  uzbekistan in monterrey
japan  2–3  brazil in querétaro




copa américa in argentina:

group b:

brazil  0–0  venezuela in la plata
paraguay  0–0  ecuador in santa fe





golf

pga tour:

at&t national in newtown square, pennsylvania:

winner: nick watney (usa) 267 (−13)

watney wins second pga tour title of season , fourth of career.






european tour:

alstom open de france in guyancourt, france:

winner: thomas levet (fra) 277 (−7)

levet wins sixth european tour title.






champions tour:

montreal championship in blainville, quebec, canada:

winner: john cook (usa) 195 (−21)

cook wins third champions tour title of season, , eighth of career.







motorcycle racing

moto gp:

italian grand prix in mugello, italy:

motogp: (1) jorge lorenzo (esp) (yamaha) (2) andrea dovizioso (ita) (honda) (3) casey stoner (aus) (honda)

riders championship standings (after 8 of 18 races): (1) stoner 152 points (2) lorenzo 133 (3) dovizioso 119


moto2: (1) marc márquez (esp) (suter) (2) stefan bradl (ger) (kalex) (3) bradley smith (gbr) (tech 3)

riders championship standings (after 8 of 17 races): (1) bradl 147 points (2) márquez 95 (3) smith 79


125cc: (1) nicolás terol (esp) (aprilia) (2) johann zarco (fra) (derbi) (3) maverick viñales (esp) (aprilia)

riders championship standings (after 8 of 17 races): (1) terol 153 points (2) zarco 114 (3) viñales 106







taekwondo

world olympic qualification tournament in baku, azerbaijan (top 3 qualify 2012 olympics):

men s +80 kg: 01 ! cha dong-min (kor) 02 ! gadzhi umarov (rus) 03 ! alexandros nikolaidis (gre)
women s 57 kg: 01 ! tseng pei-hua (tpe) 02 ! hou yuzhuo (chn) 03 ! ana zaninović (cro)



tennis

grand slams:

wimbledon championships in london, england, day 13:

men s singles final: novak djokovic (srb) [2] def. rafael nadal (esp) [1] 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3

djokovic wins first wimbledon title, , second grand slam title of year , third overall.


mixed doubles final: jürgen melzer (aut) / iveta benešová (cze) [9] def. mahesh bhupathi (ind) / elena vesnina (rus) [4] 6–3, 6–2

melzer , benešová win first grand slam title in mixed doubles.


girls singles final: ashleigh barty (aus) [12] def. irina khromacheva (rus) [3] 7–5, 7–6(3)

barty wins first girls grand slam title.


boys doubles final: george morgan (gbr) / mate pavić (cro) [2] def. oliver golding (gbr) / jiří veselý (cze) [1] 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
girls doubles final: eugenie bouchard (can) / grace min (usa) [2] def. demi schuurs (ned) / tang haochen (chn) 5–7, 6–2, 7–5
gentlemen s invitation doubles final: jacco eltingh (ned) / paul haarhuis (ned) def. jonas björkman (swe) / todd woodbridge (aus) 3–6, 6–3, [13–11]
ladies invitation doubles final: lindsay davenport (usa) / martina hingis (sui) def. martina navratilova (usa) / jana novotná (cze) 6–4, 6–4
senior gentlemen s invitation doubles final: pat cash (aus) / mark woodforde (aus) def. jeremy bates (gbr) / anders järryd (swe) 6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
wheelchair men s doubles final: maikel scheffers (ned) / ronald vink (ned) [1] def. stéphane houdet (fra) / michael jeremiasz (fra) 7–5, 6–2
wheelchair women s doubles final: esther vergeer (ned) / sharon walraven (ned) [1] def. jiske griffioen (ned) / aniek van koot (ned) [2] 6–4, 3–6, 7–5





volleyball

women s pan-american cup in ciudad juárez, mexico:

group a:

cuba  3–0  chile
dominican republic  3–0  argentina
canada  3–0  mexico

standings (after 3 matches): dominican republic, cuba 9 points, canada, argentina, mexico 3, chile 0.




group b:

peru  3–0  costa rica
united states  3–0  trinidad , tobago
brazil  3–0  puerto rico

standings (after 3 matches): brazil, united states 9 points, peru 6, puerto rico 3, trinidad , tobago, costa rica 0.








july 2, 2011 (saturday)
auto racing

sprint cup series:

coke 0 400 in daytona beach, florida: (1) david ragan (ford; roush fenway racing) (2) matt kenseth (ford; roush fenway racing) (3) joey logano (toyota; joe gibbs racing)

drivers championship standings (after 17 of 36 races): (1) kevin harvick (chevrolet; richard childress racing) 586 points (2) carl edwards (ford; roush fenway racing) 581 (3) kyle busch (toyota; joe gibbs racing) 576





basketball

eurobasket women in Łódź, poland:

7th place game: latvia  56–75  lithuania
5th place game (winner qualifies 2012 fiba olympic qualifying tournament): croatia  73–59  montenegro



cricket

india in west indies:

2nd test in bridgetown, barbados, day 5:  india 201 & 269/6d (102 overs; fidel edwards 5/76);  west indies 190 & 202/7 (71.3 overs). match drawn; india lead 3-match series 1–0.



cycling

grand tours:

tour de france, stage 1: 01 ! philippe gilbert (bel) (omega pharma–lotto) 4h 41 31 02 ! cadel evans (aus) (bmc racing team) + 3 03 ! thor hushovd (nor) (garmin–cervélo) + 6



equestrianism

show jumping – global champions tour:

6th competition in cascais (csi 5*): 01 ! christian ahlmann (ger) on taloubet z 02 ! luciana diniz (por) on winningmood 03 ! ludger beerbaum (ger) on chaman

standings (after 6 of 10 competitions): (1) beerbaum 186.5 points (2) edwina alexander (aus) 155 (3) diniz 149





field hockey

women s champions trophy in amsterdam, netherlands (teams in bold advance final):

pool c:

argentina  3–2  new zealand
south korea  0–2  netherlands

final standings: netherlands 7 points, argentina, korea 4, new zealand 1.







football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany:

group c (teams in bold advance quarterfinals):

north korea  0–1  sweden in leverkusen
united states  3–0  colombia in sinsheim

standings (after 2 matches): united states, sweden 6 points, north korea, colombia 0.






2014 fifa world cup qualification (afc) first round, second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):

timor-leste  0–5 (1–2)    nepal in kathmandu. nepal win 7–1 on aggregate.


2014 fifa world cup qualification (concacaf) first round, first leg: turks , caicos islands  0–4  bahamas
copa américa in argentina:

group in jujuy: colombia  1–0  costa rica


canadian championship final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):

toronto fc 2–1 (1–1) vancouver whitecaps. toronto win 3–2 on aggregate.

toronto win title third successive time.





handball

pan american women s championship in são bernardo campo, brazil:

bronze medal game: 03 ! cuba  37–27  uruguay
gold medal match: 02 ! argentina  16–35 01 !  brazil

brazil win title seventh time. argentina, cuba , uruguay qualify world championship, along hosts brazil.





mixed martial arts

ufc 132 in las vegas, united states:

bantamweight championship bout: dominick cruz (usa) (c) def. urijah faber (usa) via unanimous decision (50–45, 49–46, 48–47)
middleweight bout: chris leben (usa) def. wanderlei silva (bra) via ko (punches)
light heavyweight bout: tito ortiz (usa) def. ryan bader (usa) via submission (guillotine choke)
welterweight bout: carlos condit (usa) def. kim dong-hyun (rok) via tko (flying knee , punches)
lightweight bout: dennis siver (ger) def. matt wiman (usa) via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)



rugby union

super rugby finals:

semi-finals:

in brisbane: reds 30–13 blues
in cape town: stormers 10–29 crusaders




irb pacific nations cup, round 1:

tonga  45–21  fiji in lautoka, fiji
samoa  34–15  japan in tokyo, japan



taekwondo

world olympic qualification tournament in baku, azerbaijan (top 3 qualify 2012 olympics):

men s 80 kg: 01 ! ramin azizov (aze) 02 ! yousef karami (iri) 03 ! mauro sarmiento (ita)
women s 49 kg: 01 ! wu jingyu (chn) 02 ! lucija zaninović (cro) 03 ! yang shu-chun (tpe)



tennis

grand slams:

wimbledon championships in london, england, day 12:

women s singles final: petra kvitová (cze) [8] def. maria sharapova (rus) [5] 6–3, 6–4

kvitová wins first grand slam title, , becomes first czech woman since jana novotná @ 1998 wimbledon championships win grand slam singles title.


men s doubles final: bob bryan (usa) / mike bryan (usa) [1] def. robert lindstedt (swe) / horia tecău (rom) [8] 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(2)

the bryans win second wimbledon title , record-equalling11th grand slam title in men s doubles, tying all-time record of todd woodbridge , mark woodforde.


women s doubles final: květa peschke (cze) / katarina srebotnik (slo) [2] def. sabine lisicki (ger) / samantha stosur (aus) 6–3, 6–1

peschke , srebotnik win first women s doubles grand slam title.


boys singles final: luke saville (aus) [16] def. liam broady (gbr) [15] 2–6, 6–4, 6–2

saville wins first boys grand slam title.







volleyball

fivb world league, week 6 (teams in bold advance final round):

pool a: united states  3–0  puerto rico

final standings:  brazil 30 points, united states 23,  poland 18, puerto rico 1.




women s pan-american cup in ciudad juárez, mexico:

group a:

dominican republic  3–0  chile
canada  1–3  argentina
cuba  3–0  mexico

standings (after 2 matches): dominican republic, cuba 6 points, mexico, argentina 3, canada, chile 0.




group b:

peru  3–0  trinidad , tobago
brazil  3–0  costa rica
united states  3–0  puerto rico

standings (after 2 matches): brazil, united states 6 points, puerto rico, peru 3, trinidad , tobago, costa rica 0.








july 1, 2011 (friday)
auto racing

nationwide series:

subway jalapeño 250 in daytona beach, florida: (1) joey logano (toyota; joe gibbs racing) (2) jason leffler (chevrolet; turner motorsports) (3) reed sorenson (chevrolet; turner motorsports)

drivers championship standings (after 17 of 34 races): (1) sorenson 610 points (2) elliott sadler (chevrolet; kevin harvick incorporated) 603 (3) ricky stenhouse, jr. (ford; roush fenway racing) 579





basketball

eurobasket women in Łódź, poland:

classification round: montenegro  68–59  lithuania
semifinals:

russia  85–53  czech republic
turkey  68–62 (ot)  france





cricket

sri lanka in england:

2nd odi in leeds:  sri lanka 309/5 (50 overs; mahela jayawardene 144);  england 240 (45.5 overs). sri lanka win 69 runs; 5-match series tied 1–1.


india in west indies:

2nd test in bridgetown, barbados, day 4:  india 201 & 229/3 (89 overs);  west indies 190. india lead 240 runs 7 wickets remaining.



field hockey

women s champions trophy in amsterdam, netherlands:

pool d:

china  1–4  germany
england  3–2  australia

final standings: england 7 points, australia 4, germany 3, china 2.







football (soccer)

fifa women s world cup in germany:

group b (team in bold advances quarterfinals):

japan  4–0  mexico in leverkusen
new zealand  1–2  england in dresden

standings (after 2 matches): japan 6 points, england 4, mexico 1, new zealand 0.






copa américa in argentina:

group in la plata: argentina  1–1  bolivia



taekwondo

world olympic qualification tournament in baku, azerbaijan (top 3 qualify 2012 olympics):

men s 68 kg: 01 ! servet tazegül (tur) 02 ! mohammad bagheri motamed (irn) 03 ! diogo silva (bra)
women s +67 kg: 01 ! gwladys Épangue (fra) 02 ! sae-bom (kor) 03 ! anastasia baryshnikova (rus)



tennis

grand slams:

wimbledon championships in london, england, day 11:

men s singles semi-finals:

rafael nadal (esp) [1] def. andy murray (gbr) [4] 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4

nadal reaches fifth wimbledon final in 6 years, , 13th grand slam final overall.


novak djokovic (srb) [2] def. jo-wilfried tsonga (fra) [12] 7–6(4), 6–2, 6–7(9), 6–3

djokovic reaches first wimbledon final, , fifth grand slam final overall. in doing so, djokovic becomes world number 1 player in atp rankings.









volleyball

fivb world league, week 6 (teams in bold advance final round):

pool a: united states  3–2  puerto rico

standings:  brazil 30 points (12 matches), united states 20 (11),  poland 18 (12), puerto rico 1 (11).


pool b:

bulgaria  2–3  russia
germany  3–0  japan

final standings: russia 31 points, bulgaria 22, germany 15, japan 4.




pool c: finland  3–0  portugal

final standings:  argentina 25 points,  serbia 21, finland 17, portugal 9.


pool d:

italy  0–3  cuba
france  3–0  south korea

final standings: italy 28 points, cuba 23, france 11, korea 10.






women s pan-american cup in ciudad juárez, mexico:

group a:

cuba  3–1  argentina
dominican republic  3–0  canada
chile  0–3  mexico


group b:

puerto rico  3–0  costa rica
brazil  3–0  trinidad , tobago
united states  3–0  peru








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