July 20, 2011 (Wednesday) July 2011 in sports

1 july 20, 2011 (wednesday)

1.1 cycling
1.2 football (soccer)
1.3 golf
1.4 open water swimming
1.5 snooker
1.6 synchronized swimming
1.7 water polo

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.