July 30, 2011 (Saturday) July 2011 in sports

1 july 30, 2011 (saturday)

1.1 auto racing
1.2 cricket
1.3 cycling
1.4 extreme sports
1.5 football (soccer)
1.6 golf
1.7 handball
1.8 mixed martial arts
1.9 rugby union
1.10 swimming
1.11 volleyball
1.12 water polo

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.