July 29, 2011 (Friday) July 2011 in sports

1 july 29, 2011 (friday)

1.1 athletics
1.2 cricket
1.3 cycling
1.4 equestrianism
1.5 extreme sports
1.6 football (soccer)
1.7 golf
1.8 swimming
1.9 water polo

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.