August 2008 in sports

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Deaths

• 3: Skip Caray
• 4: Craig Jones
• 7: Ralph Klein
• 8: Orville Moody
• 18: Genuine Risk
• 20: Gene Upshaw
• 28: Phil Hill

Current sporting seasons

• Australian rules football:
  • AFL
• Auto racing 2008:
  • Formula 1
  • Sprint Cup
  • Nationwide
  • Craftsman Truck
  • World Rally Championship
  • IndyCar Series
  • American Le Mans
  • GP2
  • Le Mans Series
  • Rolex Sports Car
  • FIA GT
  • WTCC
  • V8 Supercar
  • Superleague Formula
• Baseball 2008:
  • Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Major League Baseball
• Basketball 2008:
  • NCAA (Philippines)
  • University Athletic Association of the Philippines
  • Women's National Basketball Association
• Canadian football:
  • Canadian Football League
• Cycling
  • UCI ProTour
• Football (soccer) 2007–08:
  • Argentina
  • Ecuador
• Football (soccer) 2008:
  • Brazil
  • Japan
  • MLS
  • Norway
• Football (soccer) 2008–09:
  • England
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • France
  • UEFA Champions League
  • UEFA Cup
• Golf 2008:
  • PGA Tour
  • European Tour
  • LPGA Tour
• Lacrosse 2008
  • National Lacrosse League
• Motorcycle racing 2008:
  • Moto GP
  • Superbike
• Rugby league
  • Super League
  • NRL
• Rugby union 2007–08:
  • Currie Cup

31 August 2008 (Sunday)

• Auto racing:
  • World Rally Championship:
    • Rally New Zealand in Taupō, New Zealand
      • (1) Sébastien Loeb Template:Flagicon (2) Dani Sordo Template:Flagicon (3) Mikko Hirvonen Template:Flagicon
  • World Touring Car Championship season: Motorsport Arena Oschersleben at Oschersleben, Germany
    • Race 1: (1) Augusto Farfus Template:Flagicon (2) Robert Huff Template:Flagicon (3) Alain Menu Template:Flagicon
    • Race 2: (1) Félix Porteiro Template:Flagicon (2) Tom Coronel Template:Flagicon (3) Robert Huff Template:Flagicon
  • Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: Round 8 at Brands Hatch, Kent, United Kingdom
    • (1) Timo Scheider Template:Flagicon (2) Paul di Resta Template:Flagicon (3) Mattias Ekström Template:Flagicon
  • IndyCar:
    • Detroit Indy Grand Prix at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, United States:
      • (1) Justin Wilson Template:Flagicon (2) Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon (3) Tony Kanaan Template:Flagicon
  • NASCAR Sprint Cup:
    • Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, United States
      • (1) Jimmie Johnson Template:Flagicon (2) Greg Biffle Template:Flagicon (3) Denny Hamlin Template:Flagicon
        • Johnson not only wins, but becomes one of three drivers to clinch spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Burton will join Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards in the Chase. Biffle and Kevin Harvick effectively clinch spots in the Chase; both need only to start in next week's race at Richmond to make the Chase.
• Cricket
  • South African cricket team in England in 2008
    • 4th ODI:England 137/3 (17.4/20 ov) beat South Africa 183/6 (32.1 ov) by 7 wickets(D/L)
• Motorcycle racing:
  • Moto GP:
    • San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix at Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico, Italy:
      • (1) Valentino Rossi Template:Flagicon (2) Jorge Lorenzo Template:Flagicon (3) Toni Elías Template:Flagicon

30 August 2008 (Saturday)

• Cricket:
  • Bangladesh cricket team in Australia in 2008
    • 1st ODI:Australia 254/8 (50 ov) beat Bangladesh 74 (27.4 ov) by 180 runs
• Rugby union:
  • Tri Nations Series:
    • South Africa 53–8 Australia at Johannesburg
      • The Boks score their biggest win ever over the Wallabies. Jongi Nokwe becomes the first Springbok to score four tries against the Wallabies. Immediately after the match, Percy Montgomery, the all-time caps and points leader for South Africa, announces his retirement from international rugby.

28 August 2008 (Thursday)

• American football:
  • After having been suspended by the NFL for the 2007 season, Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones is fully reinstated for the upcoming season. (ESPN.com)
• Tennis:
  • US Open in New York City:
    • Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon, the #1-ranked woman and top seed, becomes the first top seed in the open era to lose in the second round of the US Open, losing 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 to #188 Julie Coin Template:Flagicon.

24 August 2008 (Sunday)

• American football:
  • The New York Giants announce that defensive end Osi Umenyiora will miss the 2008 season with a knee injury. (AP via Yahoo)
• Auto racing:
  • Formula One:
    • European Grand Prix at the Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain:
      • (1) Felipe Massa Template:Flagicon (2) Lewis Hamilton Template:Flagicon (3) Robert Kubica Template:Flagicon
  • IndyCar:
    • Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California, United States:
      • (1) Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon (2) Ryan Briscoe Template:Flagicon (3) Tony Kanaan Template:Flagicon
  • FIA GT Championship:
    • Bucharest 2 Hours, at Bucharest Ring, Bucharest, Romania:
      • (1) Jean-Denis Délétraz Template:Flagicon & Marcel Fässler Template:Flagicon (2) Mike Hezemans Template:Flagicon & Fabrizio Gollin Template:Flagicon (3) Andrea Bertolini Template:Flagicon & Michael Bartels Template:Flagicon
• Baseball:
  • 2008 Little League World Series:
    • Template:Flagicon Waipahu, Hawaiʻi 12, Template:Flagicon Matamoros, Mexico 3
• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
  • Athletics
    • Men's Marathon
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Samuel Kamau Wanjiru 2:06:32, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Jaouad Gharib 2:07:16, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Tsegay Kebede 2:10:00
  • The olympics officially close with the conclusion of the closing ceremony.

23 August 2008 (Saturday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Athletics
    • Men's 4x400 metre relay
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon (LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner) 2:55.39, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown) 2:58.03, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frolov, Anton Kokorin, Denis Alexeev) 2:58.06
    • Men's 800 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Wilfred Bungei 1:44.65, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:44.70, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:44.82
    • Men's 5000 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Kenenisa Bekele 12:57.82, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Eliud Kipchoge 13:02.80, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 13:06.22
    • Men's javelin throw
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Andreas Thorkildsen 90.57 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Ainārs Kovals 86.64 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Tero Pitkämäki 86.16
    • Women's 4x400 metre relay
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards) 3:18.54, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Yulia Gushchina, Lyudmila Litvinova, Tatyana Firova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya) 3:18.82, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Novelene Williams, Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte, Shericka Williams) 3:20.40
    • Women's 1500 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Nancy Lagat 4:00.23, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Iryna Lishchynska 4:01.63, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Nataliya Tobias 4:01.78
    • Women's high jump
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Tia Hellebaut 2.05 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Blanka Vlašić 2.05 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Anna Chicherova 2.03 m
• Auto racing:
  • NASCAR Sprint Cup:
    • Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, United States
      • (1) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon (2) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (3) Denny Hamlin Template:Flagicon
• Rugby union:
  • Tri Nations Series:
    • South Africa 15–27 Australia at Durban

22 August 2008 (Friday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Athletics
    • Men's 4x100 metre relay
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell) 37.10, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson) 38.06, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara) 38.15
    • Men's 50 kilometre walk
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Alex Schwazer 3:37:09, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Jared Tallent 3:39:27, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Denis Nizhegorodov 3:40:14
    • Men's decathlon
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Bryan Clay 8791, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Andrei Krauchanka 8551, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Leonel Suárez 8527
    • Men's pole vault
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Steven Hooker 5.96 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Yevgeny Lukyanenko 5.85 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Denys Yurchenko 5.70 m
    • Women's 4x100 metre relay
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya) 42.31, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert) 42.54, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon (Franca Idoko, Gloria Kemasuode, Halimat Ismaila, Oludamola Osayomi) 43.04
    • Women's 5000 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Tirunesh Dibaba 15:41.40, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Elvan Abeylegesse 15:42.74, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Meseret Defar 15:44.12
    • Women's long jump
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Maurren Higa Maggi 7.04 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Tatyana Lebedeva 7.03 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Blessing Okagbare 6.01 m

21 August 2008 (Thursday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Athletics
    • Men's 110 metre hurdles
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Dayron Robles 12.93, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon David Payne 13.17, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon David Oliver 13.18
    • Men's 400 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon LaShawn Merritt 43.75, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Jeremy Wariner 44.74, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon David Neville 44.80
    • Men's triple jump
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Nelson Évora 17.67 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Phillips Idowu 17.62 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Leevan Sands 17.59 m
    • Women's 20 kilometre walk
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Olga Kaniskina 1:26:31, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Kjersti Plätzer 1:27:07, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Elisa Rigaudo 1:27:12
    • Women's 200 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Veronica Campbell-Brown 21.74, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Allyson Felix 21.93, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Kerron Stewart 22.00
    • Women's javelin throw
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Barbora Špotáková 71.42 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Mariya Abakumova 70.78 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Christina Obergföll 66.13 m
• Cricket
  • 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada
    • West Indies 159/4 (39.5 ov) beat Bermuda 158/9 (50 ov) by 6 wickets

20 August 2008 (Wednesday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Athletics
    • Men's 200 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Usain Bolt 19.30, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Shawn Crawford 19.96, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Walter Dix 19.98
        • Usain Bolt sets a new world record in men's 200 metres.
    • Women's 400 metre hurdles
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Melaine Walker 52.64, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Sheena Tosta 53.70, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Tasha Danvers 53.84
    • Women's hammer throw
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Aksana Miankova 76.34 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Yipsi Moreno 75.20 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Zhang Wenxiu 74.32 m
  • Basketball:
    • Olympic men's tournament: Qualifying teams to the semifinals in bold.
      • Spain 72–59 Croatia
      • Lithuania 94–68 China
      • United States 116–85 Australia
      • Argentina 80–78 Greece
• Basketball
  • PBA Fiesta Conference Finals:
    • Barangay Ginebra Kings 97, Air21 Express 84, Ginebra wins series, 4–3.
• American football: National Football League
  • Gene Upshaw, a hall-of-fame guard and the long-time Executive Director of the National Football League Players Association, dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 63. He was diagnosed just on August 17.
• Cricket
  • Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008
    • India 143/7 (39.4 ov) beat Sri Lanka 142 (38.3 ov) by 3 wickets

19 August 2008 (Tuesday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Athletics
    • Men's 1500 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Rashid Ramzi 3:32.94, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Asbel Kipruto Kiprop 3:33.11, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Nicholas Willis 3:34.16
    • Men's discus throw
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Gerd Kanter 68.82 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Piotr Małachowski 67.82 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Virgilijus Alekna 67.79 m
    • Men's high jump
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Andrey Silnov 2.36 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Germaine Mason 2.34 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Yaroslav Rybakov 2.34 m
    • Women's 100 metre hurdles
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Dawn Harper 12.54, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Sally McLellan 12.64, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Priscilla Lopes-Schliep 12.64
    • Women's 400 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Christine Ohuruogu 49.62, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Shericka Williams 49.69, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Sanya Richards 49.93
  • Basketball
    • Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the semifinals in bold.
      • China 77–62 Belarus
      • Australia 79–46 Czech Republic
      • United States 104–60 South Korea
      • Mali 65–84 Spain

18 August 2008 (Monday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Athletics
    • Men's 400 metre hurdles
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Angelo Taylor 47.25, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Kerron Clement 47.98, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Bershawn Jackson 48.06
    • Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Brimin Kiprop Kipruto 8:10.34, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:10.49, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong 8:11.01
    • Men's long jump
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Irving Saladino 8.34 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Khotso Mokoena 8.24 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Ibrahim Camejo 8.20 m
    • Women's 800 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Pamela Jelimo 1:54.87, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Janeth Jepkosgei 1:56.07, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Hasna Benhassi 1:56.73
    • Women's discus throw
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Stephanie Brown-Trafton 64.74 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Yarelis Barrios 63.64 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Olena Antonova 62.59 m
    • Women's pole vault
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Yelena Isinbayeva 5.05 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Jennifer Stuczynski 4.80 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Svetlana Feofanova 4.75 m
        • Yelena Isinbayeva sets a new world record in women's pole vault.
  • Basketball
    • Men's tournament:
      • Group A: Iran 57–91 Croatia
      • Group A: Australia 106–65 Lithuania
      • Group A: Argentina 91–79 Russia
      • Group B: Greece 91–77 China
      • Group B: Angola 50–98 Spain
      • Group B: United States 106–57 Germany
• Cricket:
  • Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008
    • 1st ODI:Sri Lanka 147/2 (34.5 ov) beat India 146 (46 ov) by 8 wickets
  • English cricket team in Scotland in 2008
    • Only ODI:Scotland 156/9 (44/50 ov) vs England 10/0 (2.3/44 ov)-No result.
  • 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada
    • Canada 260/7 (50 ov) beat Bermuda 235/8 (50 ov) by 25 runs

17 August 2008 (Sunday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Athletics
    • Men's Hammer Throw
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Primož Kozmus 82.02 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Vadim Devyatovskiy 81.61 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Ivan Tsikhan 81.51 m.
    • Men's 10000 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Kenenisa Bekele 27:01.17, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Sileshi Sihine 27:02.77, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Micah Kogo 27:04.11
    • Women's 100 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Shelly-Ann Fraser 10.78, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Sherone Simpson 10.98, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Kerron Stewart 10.98.
    • Women's 3000 metre steeplechase
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Gulnara Samitova-Galkina 8:51.8, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Eunice Jepkorir 9:07.41, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Yekaterina Volkova 9:07.64
        • Gulnara Samitova-Galkina sets a new world record in women's 3000 metre steeplechase.
    • Women's Marathon
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu 2:26:44, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Catherine Ndereba 2:27:06, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Chunxiu Zhou 2:27:07
    • Women's Triple Jump
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Françoise Mbango Etone 15.39 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Tatyana Lebedeva 15.32 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Hrysopiyí Devetzí 15.23 m
        • Françoise Mbango Etone sets a new olympic record in women's triple jump.
  • Basketball
    • Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold.
      • Group A: Australia 75–55 Russia
      • Group A: South Korea 72–68 Latvia
      • Group A: Brazil 68–53 Belarus
      • Group B: Mali 47–79 Spain
      • Group B: China 79–63 Czech Republic
      • Group B: New Zealand 60–96 United States
• Auto racing:
  • NASCAR Sprint Cup:
    • 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, United States
      • (1) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon (2) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (3) David Ragan Template:Flagicon
  • World Rally Championship:
    • Rallye Deutschland in Trier, Germany
      • (1) Sébastien Loeb Template:Flagicon (2) Dani Sordo Template:Flagicon (3) François Duval Template:Flagicon
• Motorcycle racing:
  • Moto GP:
    • Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix at Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic:
      • (1) Valentino Rossi Template:Flagicon (2) Toni Elías Template:Flagicon (3) Loris Capirossi Template:Flagicon

16 August 2008 (Saturday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Athletics
    • Men's 20 kilometre walk
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Valeriy Borchin 1:19:01, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Jefferson Pérez 1:19:15, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Jared Tallent 1:19:42.
    • Men's 100 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Usain Bolt 9.69, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Richard Thompson 9.89, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Walter Dix 9.91
        • Usain Bolt sets a new 100m world record.
    • Women's Heptathlon
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Nataliya Dobrynska 6733, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Hyleas Fountain 6619, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Tatyana Chernova 6591.
    • Women's shot put
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Valerie Vili 20.56 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Natallia Mikhnevich 20.28 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Nadzeya Astapchuk 19.86 m.
  • Badminton
    • Men's doubles
      • Semifinals
        • Template:Flagicon Markis Kido/Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan def Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske/Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen 21–19, 21–17
        • Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng/Template:Flagicon Cai Yun def Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin/Template:Flagicon Hwang Ji-man 22–20, 21–8
      • Finals
        • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Markis Kido/Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan def File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Fu Haifeng/Template:Flagicon Cai Yun 12–21, 21–11, 21–16
      • 3rd Place
        • File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin/Template:Flagicon Hwang Ji-man def Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske/Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen 13–21, 21–18, 21–17
    • Women's Singles
      • Semifinals
        • Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang def Template:Flagicon Lu Lan 7–21, 21–10, 21–12
        • Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning def Template:Flagicon Maria Kristin Yulianti 21–15, 21–15
      • Finals
        • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Zhang Ning def File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Xie Xingfang 21–12, 10–21, 21–18
      • 3rd Place
        • File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Maria Kristin Yulianti def Template:Flagicon Lu Lan 11–21, 21–13, 21–15
  • Basketball
    • Men's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold.
      • Group A: Russia 80–95 Australia
      • Group A: Croatia 76–86 Lithuania
      • Group A: Iran 82–97 Argentina
      • Group B: Greece 102–61 Angola
      • Group B: China 59–55 Germany
      • Group B: Spain 82–119 United States
• Rugby union:
  • Tri Nations Series:
    • South Africa 0–19 New Zealand at Cape Town
      • Springbok Percy Montgomery became the ninth player to make his 100th international appearance.

15 August 2008 (Friday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Archery
    • Men's Individual
      • Quarterfinals
        • Juan René Serrano Template:Flagicon 113–106 Template:Flagicon Vic Wunderle
        • Park Kyung-Mo Template:Flagicon 108(+19)–108(+17) Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Stevens
        • Viktor Ruban Template:Flagicon 115–106 Template:Flagicon Moriya Ryuichi
        • Bair Badënov Template:Flagicon 109–104 Template:Flagicon Cheng Chu Sian
      • Semifinals
        • Park Kyung-Mo Template:Flagicon 115–112 Template:Flagicon Juan René Serrano
        • Viktor Ruban Template:Flagicon 112(+20)–112(+18) Template:Flagicon Bair Badënov
      • Finals
        • File:Med 1.pngViktor Ruban Template:Flagicon 113–112 File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Park Kyung-Mo
      • 3rd Place
        • File:Med 3.pngBair Badënov Template:Flagicon 115–110 Template:Flagicon Juan René Serrano
  • Athletics
    • Men's Shot Put
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Tomasz Majewski 21.51 m, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Christian Cantwell 21.09 m, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Andrei Mikhnevich 21.05 m.
    • Women's 10000 metres
      • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Tirunesh Dibaba 29:54.66, File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Elvan Abeylegesse 29:56.34, File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Shalane Flanagan 30:22.22.
        • Tirunesh Dibaba sets a new Olympic record beating the previous record of 30:17.49.
  • Badminton
    • Women's doubles
      • Semifinals
        • Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won/Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung def. Template:Flagicon Miyuki Maeda/Template:Flagicon Satoko Suetsuna 22–20, 21–15
        • Template:Flagicon Du Jing/Template:Flagicon Yu Yang def. Template:Flagicon Zhang Yawen/Template:Flagicon Wei Yili 21–19, 21–12
      • Finals
        • File:Med 1.pngTemplate:Flagicon Du Jing/Template:Flagicon Yu Yang def. File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won/Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung 21–15, 21–13
      • 3rd Place
        • File:Med 3.pngTemplate:Flagicon Zhang Yawen/Template:Flagicon Wei Yili def. Template:Flagicon Miyuki Maeda/Template:Flagicon Satoko Suetsuna 21–17, 21–10
  • Basketball
    • Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold.
      • Group A: Latvia 73–96 Australia
      • Group A: Russia 74–64 Brazil
      • Group A: South Korea 53–63 Belarus
      • Group B: Czech Republic 90–59 New Zealand
      • Group B: China 69–48 Mali
      • Group B: United States 93–55 Spain

14 August 2008 (Thursday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Archery
    • Women's Individual
      • Quarterfinals
        • Park Sung-hyun Template:Flagicon 112–103 Template:Flagicon Nami Hayakawa
        • Kwon Un Sil Template:Flagicon 105–99 Template:Flagicon Mariana Avitia
        • Zhang Juanjuan Template:Flagicon 106–101 Template:Flagicon Joo Hyun-Jung
        • Yun Ok-Hee Template:Flagicon 111–105 Template:Flagicon Khatuna Lorig
      • Semifinals
        • Park Sung-hyun Template:Flagicon 109–106 Template:Flagicon Kwon Un Sil
        • Zhang Juanjuan Template:Flagicon 115–109 Template:Flagicon Yun Ok-Hee
      • Finals
        • File:Med 1.pngZhang Juanjuan Template:Flagicon 110–109 File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Park Sung-hyun
      • 3rd Place
        • File:Med 3.pngYun Ok-Hee Template:Flagicon 109–106 Template:Flagicon Kwon Un Sil
  • Basketball
    • Men's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold.
      • Group A: Australia 106–68 Iran
      • Group A: Lithuania 86–79 Russia
      • Group A: Argentina 77–53 Croatia
      • Group B: Germany 55–72 Spain
      • Group B: Angola 68–85 China
      • Group B: United States 92–69 Greece

13 August 2008 (Wednesday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Basketball – Olympics:
    • Women's tournament:
      • Group A: Belarus 65–71 Russia
      • Group A: Brazil 78–79 Latvia
      • Group A: Australia 90–62 South Korea
      • Group B: Spain 74–55 Czech Republic
      • Group B: China 80–63 New Zealand
      • Group B: Mali 41–97 United States

12 August 2008 (Tuesday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Basketball
    • Men's tournament:
      • Group A: Iran 67–99 Lithuania
      • Group A: Croatia 85–78 Russia
      • Group A: Argentina 85–68 Australia
      • Group B: Greece 84–67 Germany
      • Group B: China 75–85 Spain (OT)
        • With Yao Ming fouling out and Spain's Ricky Rubio's pesky defense against the Chinese backcourt, the world champions survive the hosts in overtime.
      • Group B: Angola 76–97 United States

11 August 2008 (Monday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Archery
    • Men's Team
      • Quarterfinals
        • South Korea Template:Flagicon 224–222 Template:Flagicon Poland
        • China Template:Flagicon 217–219 Template:Flagicon Russia
        • Italy Template:Flagicon 218–213 Template:Flagicon Malaysia
        • Ukraine Template:Flagicon 214–211 Template:Flagicon Chinese Taipei
      • Semifinals
        • South Korea Template:Flagicon 221–218 Template:Flagicon China
        • Italy Template:Flagicon 223–221 Template:Flagicon Ukraine
      • Finals
        • File:Med 1.pngSouth Korea Template:Flagicon 227–225 File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon Italy
      • 3rd Place
        • File:Med 3.pngChina Template:Flagicon 222–219 Template:Flagicon Ukraine
  • Basketball
    • Women's tournament:
      • Group A: New Zealand 62–85 Spain
      • Group A: Czech Republic 81–47 Mali
      • Group B: South Korea 72–77 Russia
      • Group B: Latvia 57–79 Belarus
      • Group B: China 63–108 United States
      • Group A: Australia 80–65 Brazil
• Cricket
  • Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008
    • 3rd Test:Sri Lanka 396 (134.2 ov) & 123/2 (23.1 ov) beat India 249 (80 ov) & 268 (87.5 ov) by 8 wickets
      • Sri Lanka wins the three test series 2–1.
  • South African cricket team in England in 2008
    • 4th Test:England 316 (95.2 ov) & 198/4 (52.5 ov) beat South Africa 194 (64.5 ov) & 318 (99.2 ov) by 6 wickets
      • South Africa wins the four test series 2–1.

10 August 2008 (Sunday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Archery
    • Women's Team
      • Quarterfinals
        • South Korea Template:Flagicon 231–217 Template:Flagicon Italy
        • France Template:Flagicon 218–211 Template:Flagicon Poland
        • China Template:Flagicon 211–206 Template:Flagicon India
        • Great Britain Template:Flagicon 201–196 Template:Flagicon Japan
      • Semifinals
        • South Korea Template:Flagicon 213–184 Template:Flagicon France
        • China Template:Flagicon 208–202 Template:Flagicon Great Britain
      • Finals
        • File:Med 1.pngSouth Korea Template:Flagicon 224–215 File:Med 2.pngTemplate:Flagicon China
      • 3rd Place
        • File:Med 3.pngFrance Template:Flagicon 203–201 Template:Flagicon Great Britain
  • Basketball
    • Men's tournament:
      • Group A: Russia 71–49 Iran
      • Group B: Germany 95–66 Angola
      • Group B: Spain 81–66 Greece
      • Group A: Lithuania 79–75 Argentina
        • Linas Kleiza's three-pointer with 2.1 seconds left clinched the victory for the Lithuanians.
      • Group A: Australia 82–97 Croatia
      • Group B: United States 101–70 China
• Auto racing:
  • NASCAR Sprint Cup:
    • Centurion Boats at the Glen at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York, United States
      • (1) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (2) Tony Stewart Template:Flagicon (3) Marcos Ambrose Template:Flagicon
        • Busch clinches the top seed for the Chase for the Sprint Cup with four races remaining before the Chase. He also becomes the first driver in NASCAR history to win three road course races in a single season (two in the Sprint Cup and one in the Nationwide Series).
• Golf:
  • PGA Tour and European Tour – PGA Championship in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan:
    • In the last major of the year, Pádraig Harrington Template:Flagicon shoots 4-under-par 66 to finish at 277 (−3), giving him a two-shot win over Ben Curtis Template:Flagicon and Sergio García Template:Flagicon. The win gives Harrington his second consecutive major and third overall, and also makes him the first European to win the PGA Championship since 1930 and the first ever to win while residing outside the U.S.

9 August 2008 (Saturday)

• Auto racing:
  • IRL:
    • Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky:
      • (1) Scott Dixon Template:Flagicon (2) Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon (3) Marco Andretti Template:Flagicon
• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Basketball
    • Women's tournament:
      • Group A: Belarus 64–83 Australia
      • Group B: Mali 72–76 New Zealand
      • Group B: China 67–64 Spain
      • Group A: South Korea 68–62 Brazil (OT)
      • Group B: Czech Republic 57–97 United States
      • Group A: Latvia 57–62 Russia
• Rugby union:
  • South Africa 63–9 Argentina in Johannesburg
    • In a one-off Test, part of ongoing celebrations of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, the Pumas take an early 9–0 lead, but the Boks take over from there, running in nine tries, seven in the second half. The second-half onslaught is paced by JP Pietersen and Joe van Niekerk with two tries each.

8 August 2008 (Friday)

• Cricket
  • Bermudian cricket team in the Netherlands in 2008
    • 1st ODI:Bermuda vs Netherlands-Match abandoned without a ball bowled.
• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
  • The Olympics officially starts with the lighting of the Olympic torch.

7 August 2008 (Thursday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China:
  • Football (soccer):
    • Men:
      • Group A: Australia 1–1 Serbia
      • Group A: Ivory Coast 1–2 Argentina
      • Group B: Japan 0–1 United States
      • Group B: Netherlands 0–0 Nigeria
      • Group C: Brazil 1–0 Belgium
      • Group C: China 1–1 New Zealand
      • Group D: Honduras 0–3 Italy
      • Group D: South Korea 1–1 Cameroon
• Lacrosse:
  • The sport's new unified governing body, the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL), holds its first meeting. The FIL was formed by the merger of the former governing bodies for men's and women's lacrosse, respectively the International Lacrosse Federation and International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations.

6 August 2008 (Wednesday)

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China:
  • Football (soccer):
    • Women:
      • Group E: Argentina 1–2
      • Group E: China 2–1
      • Group F: Germany 0–0
      • Group F: North Korea 1–0
      • Group G: Japan 2–2
      • Group G: Norway 2–0
• American football:
  • Quarterback Brett Favre was traded from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets for a draft pick that will increase in value depending on the Jets' results in 2008. (Fox Sports (USA))

5 August 2008 (Tuesday)

• American football:
  • After several hours of closed-door talks on Monday, Brett Favre leaves the Green Bay Packers' training camp today, and Packers coach Mike McCarthy says at a news conference that Favre's future is not with the team. Reportedly, the Packers have rejected a trade to another NFC North team, but a source indicates that Favre may be open to a trade to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (ESPN)
• Cricket
  • 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
    • 5th Place Final:Canada 71/2 (10.3 ov) beat Bermuda 70 (20 ov) by 8 wickets
    • 1st Place Final:Ireland vs Netherlands- Match abandoned with a toss. Ireland and the Netherlands share the trophy.

4 August 2008 (Monday)

• Cricket:
  • 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
    • 1st Semifinal:Ireland 72/6 (19.1 ov) beat Kenya 67 (17.2 ov) by 4 wickets
    • 2nd Semifinal:Netherlands 110/5 (18 ov) beat Scotland 107/8 (20 ov) by 5 wickets
    • 3rd Place Final:Scotland 107/1 (18.1 ov) beat Kenya 106/9 (20 ov) by 9 wickets

3 August 2008 (Sunday)

• American football:
  • The National Football League officially reinstates Brett Favre, who will end his brief retirement when he reports to the Green Bay Packers' training camp Monday.
• Auto racing:
  • Formula One:
    • Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary:
      • (1) Heikki Kovalainen Template:Flagicon (2) Timo Glock Template:Flagicon (3) Kimi Räikkönen Template:Flagicon
  • FIA GT Championship:
    • Spa 24 Hours, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium:
      • (1) Andrea Bertolini Template:Flagicon, Michael Bartels Template:Flagicon, Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Flagicon & Eric van de Poele Template:Flagicon (2) Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Template:Flagicon, Miguel Ramos Template:Flagicon, Stéphane Lemeret Template:Flagicon & Alessandro Pier Guidi Template:Flagicon (3) Darren Turner Template:Flagicon, Allan Simonsen Template:Flagicon, Philipp Peter Template:Flagicon & Andrew Thompson Template:Flagicon
  • NASCAR Sprint Cup:
    • Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, United States
      • (1) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon (2) Tony Stewart Template:Flagicon (3) Jimmie Johnson Template:Flagicon
  • V8 Supercar:
    • Round 8 at Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria, Australia
      • (1) Garth Tander Template:Flagicon (2) Jamie Whincup Template:Flagicon (3) Will Davison Template:Flagicon
  • World Rally Championship:
    • Rally Finland in Jyväskylä, Finland
      • (1) Sébastien Loeb Template:Flagicon (2) Mikko Hirvonen Template:Flagicon (3) Chris Atkinson Template:Flagicon
• Cricket:
  • India in Sri Lanka
    • 2nd Test:India 326 (82 ov) & 269 (76.2 ov) beat Sri Lanka 292 (93.3 ov) & 136 (47.3 ov) by 170 runs
      • India levels the 3-match series 1–1
  • 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
    • Group A
      • Scotland 100/2 (17.4 ov) beat Bermuda 99/7 (20 ov) by 8 wickets
      • Ireland 43/7 (9/20 ov) beat Bermuda 41/8 (9/20 ov) by 4 runs (D/L)
        • Rain reduced match to 9 overs per side.
    • Group B
      • Kenya 92/6 (17.5 ov) beat Canada 91 (19.4 ov) by 4 wickets
    • Ireland, Kenya, Scotland, and the Netherlands qualify for the Semifinals. The two finalists automatically qualify for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. The 3rd Place finisher may qualify if Zimbabwe's withdrawal from the tournament is confirmed.
• Golf:
  • PGA Tour and European Tour: Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, USA
    • Vijay Singh Template:Flagicon holds off Stuart Appleby Template:Flagicon and Lee Westwood Template:Flagicon to defeat both by one shot, winning his first World Golf Championships individual event. Singh's 32nd career PGA Tour win gives him the all-time record for PGA Tour wins by a player born outside the U.S., surpassing English-born American Harry Cooper.
  • LPGA: Women's British Open in Sunningdale, England
    • In the final major of the LPGA season, Jiyai Shin Template:Flagicon cruises to a three-shot win over Yani Tseng Template:Flagicon. Shin becomes the third golfer this year to collect her first LPGA win in a major.
• Motorcycle racing:
  • Superbike:
    • Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round at Brands Hatch, Kent, United Kingdom:
    • Race 1 (1) Ryuichi Kiyonari Template:Flagicon (2) Troy Bayliss Template:Flagicon (3) Max Biaggi Template:Flagicon
    • Race 2 (1) Ryuichi Kiyonari Template:Flagicon (2) Noriyuki Haga Template:Flagicon (3) Troy Corser Template:Flagicon
      • The meeting is marred by the death of 23-year-old British rider Craig Jones during the ninth round of the 2008 Supersport World Championship season.

2 August 2008 (Saturday)

• Cricket:
  • South Africa in England
    • 3rd Test:South Africa 314 (90.2 ov) & 283/5 (80 ov) beat England 231 (77 ov) & 363 (98.2 ov) by 5 wickets
      • South Africa lead 2–0 and secures victory in the 4-match series
  • 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
    • Group A
      • Ireland 118/6 (19.5 ov) beat Scotland 117 (20 ov) by 4 wickets
    • Group B
      • Netherlands 153/5 (20 ov) beat Kenya 134/9 (20 ov) by 19 runs
      • Canada 98/6 (19.3 ov) beat Netherlands 97 (18.4 ov) by 4 wickets
• Rugby union:
  • Tri Nations Series:
    • New Zealand 39–10 Australia at Auckland
      • The All Blacks secure a bonus-point win against the Wallabies to level the Bledisloe Cup series at one win apiece.