August 2009 in sports

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Deaths in August

• 8: Daniel Jarque
• 24: Toni Sailer
• 29: Frank Gardner

Current sporting seasons

Australian rules football 2009

• Australian Football League

Auto racing 2009

• Formula One
• Sprint Cup
• IRL IndyCar Series
• World Rally Championship
• Formula Two
• Nationwide Series
• Camping World Truck Series
• GP2
• WTTC
• V8 Supercar
• American Le Mans
• Le Mans Series
• Superleague Formula
• Rolex Sports Car Series
• FIA GT Championship
• Formula Three
• World Series by Renault
• Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
• Super GT

Baseball 2009

• Major League Baseball
• Nippon Professional Baseball

Basketball 2009

• WNBA
  • NBA
• NCAA Division I men
• NCAA Division I women
• Philippine collegiate:
  • NCAA
  • UAAP

Canadian football 2009

• Canadian Football League

Football (soccer) 2009

National teams competitions

• 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying

International clubs competitions

• UEFA (Europe) Champions League
• Europa League
• AFC (Asia) Champions League
• CAF (Africa) Champions League
• CONCACAF (North & Central America) Champions League

Domestic (national) competitions

• Argentina
• Australia
• Brazil
• England
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• Norway
• Russia
• Scotland
• Spain
• Major League Soccer (USA & Canada)

Golf 2009

• European Tour
• PGA Tour
• LPGA Tour
• Champions Tour

Lacrosse 2009

• Major League Lacrosse

Motorcycle racing 2009

• Superbike World Championship
• Supersport racing

Rugby league 2009

• Super League
• NRL

Rugby union 2009

• Top 14
• Currie Cup
• Air New Zealand Cup

Days of the month

August 31, 2009 (Monday)

Cycling

• Vuelta a España:
  • Stage 3 – Zutphen (Netherlands) to Venlo (Netherlands), 185 km: (1) Greg Henderson Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) 4h 41' 01" (2) Borut Božič Template:Cc3 (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) s.t. (3) Óscar Freire Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data RAB) s.t.
  • General Classification: (1) Fabian Cancellara Template:Cc3 (Team Saxo Bank) 9h 29' 33" (2) Henderson + 6" (3) Gerald Ciolek Template:Cc3 (Team Milram) + 8"

Football (soccer)

• Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group C:
    • Russia 0–2
    • Sweden 1–1
      • Standings: Sweden 7 points, Italy 6, England 4, Russia 0.
• Nehru Cup Final in New Delhi:
  • Syria 1–1 (ET) India. India win 5–4 in penalty shootout.

Tennis

• U.S. Open, day 1: (seeding in parentheses)
  • Men's singles, first round:
    • Roger Federer Template:Cc3 [1] def. Devin Britton Template:Cc3 6–1, 6–3, 7–5
    • Andy Roddick Template:Cc3 [5] def. Björn Phau Template:Cc3 6–1 6–4 6–2
    • Nikolay Davydenko Template:Cc3 [8] def. Dieter Kindlmann Template:Cc3 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
  • Women's singles, first round:
    • Serena Williams Template:Cc3 [2] def. Alexa Glatch Template:Cc3 6–4, 6–1
    • Venus Williams Template:Cc3 [3] def. Vera Dushevina Template:Cc3 6–7(5) 7–5 6–3
    • Vera Zvonareva Template:Cc3 [7] def. Nuria Llagostera Vives Template:Cc3 6–0, 6–4
    • Victoria Azarenka Template:Cc3 [8] def. Alexandra Dulgheru Template:Cc3 6–1, 6–1
    • Flavia Pennetta Template:Cc3 [10] def. Edina Gallovits Template:Cc3 6–0, 6–4

August 30, 2009 (Sunday)

Auto racing

• Formula One:
  • Belgian Grand Prix in Spa, Belgium:
    • (1) Kimi Räikkönen Template:Cc3 (Ferrari) 1:23:50.995 (2) Giancarlo Fisichella Template:Cc3 (Force India–Mercedes) +0.939 (3) Sebastian Vettel Template:Cc3 (Red Bull–Renault) +3.875
      • Drivers' standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Jenson Button Template:Cc3 (Brawn-Mercedes) 72 points (2) Rubens Barrichello Template:Cc3 (Brawn-Mercedes) 56 (3) Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) 53
      • Constructors' standings: (1) Brawn-Mercedes 128 (2) Red Bull-Renault 104.5 (3) Ferrari 56
• Nationwide Series:
  • NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Montreal, Quebec:
    • (1) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) (2) Marcos Ambrose Template:Flagicon (Toyota, JTG Daugherty Racing) (3) Andrew Ranger Template:Flagicon (Toyota, CJM Racing)

Baseball

• Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania:
  • Final: Chula Vista, California 6, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei 3

Basketball

• Americas Championship in San Juan, Puerto Rico: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Uruguay 54–49 Mexico
    • Puerto Rico 90–70 Canada
      • Standings: Puerto Rico 8 points, Uruguay 7, Canada 6, Mexico 5, Virgin Islands 4.
  • Group B:
    • Brazil 84–64 Panama
    • Argentina 89–87(OT) Dominican Republic
      • Standings: Brazil 8 points, Argentina, Dominican Republic 6, Panama, Venezuela 5.
• EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round, final series second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • France 92–54 (66–70) Belgium. France win 158–124 on aggregate.
    • France qualify for EuroBasket 2009.

Cricket

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka:
  • 2nd Test in Colombo, day 5:
    • Sri Lanka 416 & 311/5d; New Zealand 234 & 397 (123.5 ov, Daniel Vettori 140). Sri Lanka win by 96 runs, Sri Lanka win the 2-match series 2–0.
• Australia in England:
  • 1st Twenty20 in Manchester:
    • Australia 145/4 (20/20 ov); England 4/2 (1.1/20 ov). No result, 2-match series level 0–0.
• Afghanistan in Netherlands:
  • 1st ODI in Amstelveen:
    • Netherlands 188 (47 ov); Afghanistan 180 (49.5 ov). Netherlands win by 8 runs, Netherlands lead the 2-match series 1–0.

Cycling

• Vuelta a España:
  • Stage 2 – Assen (Netherlands) to Emmen (Netherlands), 202 km: (1) Gerald Ciolek Template:Cc3 (Team Milram) 4h 43' 12" (2) Fabio Sabatini Template:Cc3 (Liquigas) s.t. (3) Roger Hammond Template:Cc3 (Cervélo TestTeam) s.t.
  • General Classification: (1) Fabian Cancellara Template:Cc3 (Team Saxo Bank) 4h 48' 32" (2) Ciolek + 8" (3) Tom Boonen Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) + 9"

Field hockey

• Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands:
  • Fifth to eighth place classification:
    • Austria 5–4 Template:Fh
    • Belgium 7–0 Template:Fh
      • Standings: Belgium 9 points, France 6, Austria 3, Poland 0.
        • Austria and Poland are relegated to EuroHockey Nations Trophy in 2011.
  • Third and fourth place:
    • Netherlands 6–1 Template:Fh
  • Final:
    • England 5–3 Template:Fh
      • England win the title for the first time.

Football (soccer)

• Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group B:
    • Germany 1–0
    • Norway 1–1
      • Standings: Germany 9 points, France, Norway 4, Iceland 0.
• CAF Champions League group stage, round 4:
  • Group A:
    • ZESCO United Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Al-Merreikh
    • Kano Pillars Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Al-Hilal
      • Standings: Al-Hilal, Kano Pillars 7 points, ZESCO United 5, Al-Merreikh 2.

Golf

• PGA Tour:
  • FedEx Cup Playoffs:
    • The Barclays in Jersey City, New Jersey
      • Winner: Heath Slocum Template:Cc3 275 (−9)
• European Tour:
  • Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in Auchterarder, Scotland
    • Winner: Peter Hedblom Template:Cc3 275 (−13)
• LPGA Tour:
  • Safeway Classic in North Plains, Oregon
    • Winner: M. J. Hur Template:Cc3 203 (−13) PO
      • Hur wins her first LPGA tour title, eliminating Michele Redman Template:Cc3 on the first playoff hole and Suzann Pettersen Template:Cc3 on the second.
• U.S. Amateur in Tulsa, Oklahoma:
  • An Byeong-hun Template:Cc3 becomes the youngest person ever to win the event, at age 17.

Judo

• World Championships in Rotterdam:
  • Men's 100 kg: Maxim Rakov Template:Cc3 Henk Grol Template:Cc3 Ramadan Darwish Template:Cc3 & Takamasa Anai Template:Cc3
  • Men's +100 kg: Teddy Riner Template:Cc3 Óscar Brayson Template:Cc3 Abdullo Tangriev Template:Cc3 & Marius Paskevicius Template:Cc3
  • Women's +78 kg: Tong Wen Template:Cc3 Karina Bryant Template:Cc3 Idalys Ortiz Template:Cc3 & Maki Tsukada Template:Cc3

Motorcycle racing

• Moto GP:
  • Indianapolis Grand Prix in Speedway, Indiana, United States:
    • (1) Jorge Lorenzo Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 47:13.592 (2) Alex de Angelis Template:Cc3 (Honda) +9.435 (3) Nicky Hayden Template:Cc3 (Ducati) +12.947
      • Riders' standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Valentino Rossi Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 212 points (2) Lorenzo 187 (3) Casey Stoner Template:Cc3 (Ducati) 150
      • Manufacturers' standings: (1) Yamaha 280 points (2) Honda 204 (3) Ducati 182

Rowing

• World Championships in Lake Malta, Poznań, Poland:
  • Men:
    • Lightweight double sculls: Storm Uru/Peter Taylor Template:Cc3 6:10.62 Jérémie Azou/Frédéric Dufour Template:Cc3 6:12.57 Marcello Miani/Elia Luini Template:Cc3 6:15.08
    • Lightweight quad: Template:Flagu 5:50.77 5:51.02 Template:Flagu 5:52.70
    • Quadruple sculls: Template:Flagu 5:38.33 Template:Flagu 5:39.66 Template:Flagu 5:39.85
    • Eight: Template:Flagu 5:24.13 Template:Flagu 5:27.15 Template:Flagu 5:28.32
  • Women:
    • Lightweight double sculls: Christina Giazitzidou/Alexandra Tsiavou Template:Cc3 6:51.46 Magdalena Kemnitz/Agnieszka Renc Template:Cc3 6:56.65 Hester Goodsell/Sophie Hosking Template:Cc3 6:56.67
    • Quadruple sculls: 6:18.41 Template:Flagu 6:21.54 Template:Flagu 6:24.27
    • Eight: Template:Flagu 6:05.34 6:06.94 Template:Flagu 6:07.43

August 29, 2009 (Saturday)

Auto racing

• IndyCar Series:
  • Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 in Joliet, Illinois:
    • (1) Ryan Briscoe Template:Cc3 (Penske Racing) (2) Scott Dixon Template:Cc3 (Chip Ganassi Racing) (3) Mario Moraes Template:Cc3 (KV Racing)
      • Drivers' standings (after 15 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 550 points (2) Dario Franchitti Template:Cc3 (Chip Ganassi Racing) 525 (3) Dixon 517

Basketball

• Americas Championship in San Juan, Puerto Rico: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Mexico 80–63 Virgin Islands
    • Canada 69–71 Uruguay
      • Standings: Puerto Rico 6 points (3 games), Uruguay, Canada 5 (3), Mexico 4 (3), Virgin Islands 4 (4).
  • Group B:
    • Dominican Republic 78–73 Venezuela
    • Panama 55–80 Argentina
      • Standings: Brazil 6 points (3 matches), Dominican Republic 5 (3), Venezuela 5 (4), Argentina, Panama 4 (3).

Cricket

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka:
  • 2nd Test in Colombo, day 4:
    • Sri Lanka 416 & 311/5d (Kumar Sangakkara 109); New Zealand 234 & 182/6 (56.0 ov). New Zealand require another 312 runs with 4 wickets remaining.

Cycling

• Vuelta a España:
  • Stage 1 – Assen (Netherlands), 4.5 km (ITT): (1) Fabian Cancellara Template:Cc3 (Team Saxo Bank) 5' 28" (2) Tom Boonen Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) + 9" (3) Tyler Farrar Template:Cc3 (Garmin–Slipstream) + 12"

Field hockey

• Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands:
  • Fifth to eighth place classification:
    • Russia 1–1 Ireland
    • Azerbaijan 3–1 Scotland
      • Standings: Ireland 5 points, Azerbaijan 4, Russia 3, Scotland 2.
      • Russia and Scotland are relegated to EuroHockey Nations Trophy in 2011.
  • Third and fourth place:
    • Spain 1–2 England
  • Final:
    • Netherlands 3–2 Germany
      • Netherlands win the title for the seventh time.

Football (soccer)

• Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Finland 0–1
    • Denmark 1–2
      • Standings: Finland, Netherlands 6 points, Denmark, Ukraine 3.
• CAF Champions League group stage, round 4:
  • Group B:
    • Monomotapa United Template:Flagicon 0–2 Template:Flagicon TP Mazembe
    • Étoile du Sahel Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Heartland
      • Standings: TP Mazembe 9 points, Heartland 7, ES Sahel 4, Monomotapa 3.
• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • India 0–1 Syria
    • Standings: Syria 12 points (4 matches), India 6 (4), Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon 4 (4), Sri Lanka 3 (4).
      • Syria and India advance to the final.

Judo

• World Championships in Rotterdam:
  • Men's 90 kg: Lee Kyu-Won Template:Cc3 Kirill Denisov Template:Cc3 Hesham Mesbah Template:Cc3 & Dilshod Choriev Template:Cc3
  • Women's 70 kg: Yuri Alvear Template:Cc3 Anett Meszaros Template:Cc3 Mina Watanabe Template:Cc3 & Houda Miled Template:Cc3
  • Women's 78 kg: Marhinde Verkerk Template:Cc3 Marina Pryschepa Template:Cc3 Heide Wollert Template:Cc3 & Yi Sun Template:Cc3

Rugby union

• Tri Nations Series:
  • Australia 25–32 South Africa in Perth
    • Standings after 4 matches: South Africa 17 points, New Zealand 8, Australia 3.

Shooting

• World Running Target Championships in Heinola, Finland:
  • Men's 50 metre running target: Maxim Stepanov Template:Cc3 596 EWR Krister Holmberg Template:Cc3 590 Peter Pelach Template:Cc3 589

Tennis

• ATP World Tour:
  • Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, Connecticut, United States:
    • Fernando Verdasco Template:Cc3 def. Sam Querrey Template:Cc3 6–4, 7–6 (6)
      • Verdasco wins his first title of the year and third of his career.
• WTA Tour:
  • Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, Connecticut, United States:
    • Caroline Wozniacki Template:Cc3 def. Elena Vesnina Template:Cc3 6–2, 6–4
      • Wozniacki wins her second consecutive title at this tournament, for her third title of the year, and the sixth of her career.

August 28, 2009 (Friday)

Athletics

• Golden League:
  • Weltklasse Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland: (GL indicates Golden League event, athletes in bold are in contention for the US$1 million jackpot)
    • Men:
      • 100 Metres GL: Usain Bolt Template:Cc3 9.81
      • 400 Metres GL: LaShawn Merritt Template:Cc3 44.21
      • 800 Metres: David Rudisha Template:Cc3 1:43.52
      • 1500 Metres: Augustine Kiprono Choge Template:Cc3 3:33.38
      • 5000 Metres GL: Kenenisa Bekele Template:Cc3 12:52.32
      • 3000 Metres Steeplechase: Ezekiel Kemboi Template:Cc3 8:04.44
      • 110 Metres Hurdles GL: Dwight Thomas Template:Cc3 13.16
      • Triple Jump: Nelson Évora Template:Cc3 17.38
      • Javelin Throw GL: Andreas Thorkildsen Template:Cc3 91.28
      • 4x100 Metres Relay: 37.70
    • Women:
      • 100 Metres GL: Carmelita Jeter Template:Cc3 10.86
      • 400 Metres GL: Sanya Richards Template:Cc3 48.94
      • 1500 Metres: Maryam Yusuf Jamal Template:Cc3 3:59.15
      • 100 Metres Hurdles GL: Brigitte Foster-Hylton Template:Cc3 12.46
      • High Jump GL: Blanka Vlašić Template:Cc3 2.01
      • Pole Vault GL: Elena Isinbaeva Template:Cc3 5.06 (WR)
        • Isinbayeva sets a world record for the 17th time.

Basketball

• Americas Championship in San Juan, Puerto Rico: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Virgin Islands 67–87 Canada
    • Uruguay 54–71 Puerto Rico
      • Standings: Puerto Rico 6 points (3 games), Canada 4 (2), Uruguay 3 (2), Virgin Islands 3 (3), Mexico 2 (2)
  • Group B:
    • Argentina 67–76 Brazil
    • Venezuela 71–80 Panama
      • Standings: Brazil 6 points (3 matches), Venezuela 4 (3), Dominican Republic, Panama 3 (2), Argentina 2 (2).

Cricket

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka:
  • 2nd Test in Colombo, day 3:
    • Sri Lanka 416 & 157/2 (45.2 ov); New Zealand 234. Sri Lanka lead by 339 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
• Australia in England:
  • Scotland v Australia in Edinburgh:
    • Australia 345 (50 ov, David Hussey 111); Scotland 156 (39.3 ov). Australia win by 189 runs.

Field hockey

• Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands:
  • Fifth to eighth place classification:
    • Austria 2–3 Template:Fh
    • Belgium 5–0 Template:Fh
      • Standings: Belgium, France 6 points, Austria, Poland 0.
      • Austria and Poland are relegated to EuroHockey Nations Trophy in 2011.
  • Semifinals:
    • England 2–1(ET) Template:Fh
    • Germany 2–1 Template:Fh

Football (soccer)

• Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group C:
    • Italy 0–2
    • England 3–2
      • Standings: Sweden 6 points, Italy, England 3, Russia 0.
• UEFA Super Cup in Monaco:
  • Barcelona Template:Flagicon 1–0 (ET) Template:Flagicon Shakhtar Donetsk
    • Pedro scores the goal in the 115th minute.
• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • Sri Lanka 1–4 Kyrgyzstan
    • Standings: Syria 9 points (3 matches), India 6 (3), Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon 4 (4), Sri Lanka 3 (4).
    • Syria and India advance to the final.

Judo

• World Championships in Rotterdam:
  • Men's 81 kg: Ivan Nifontov Template:Cc3 Siarhei Shundzikau Template:Cc3 Kim Jae-Bum Template:Cc3 & Ole Bischof Template:Cc3
  • Women's 63 kg: Yoshie Ueno Template:Cc3 Elisabeth Willeboordse Template:Cc3 Claudia Malzahn Template:Cc3 & Alice Schlesinger Template:Cc3

August 27, 2009 (Thursday)

Basketball

• Americas Championship in San Juan, Puerto Rico: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Canada 95–40 Mexico
    • Puerto Rico 85–74 Virgin Islands
      • Standings: Puerto Rico 4 points (2 games), Canada, Uruguay 2 (1), Virgin Islands, Mexico 2 (2)
  • Group B:
    • Panama 87–100 Dominican Republic
    • Brazil 87–67 Venezuela
      • Standings: Brazil 4 points (2 games), Dominican Republic, Venezuela 3 (2), Panama, Argentina 1 (1).
• EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round, final series first leg:
  • Belgium 70–66 France

Cricket

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka:
  • 2nd Test in Colombo, day 2:
    • Sri Lanka 416 (Thilan Samaraweera 143); New Zealand 159/5 (47.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 257 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
• England in Ireland:
  • Only ODI in Belfast:
    • England 203/9 (50.0 ov); Ireland 113/9 (20.0/20 ov). England win by 2 runs (D/L method).

Field hockey

• Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands:
  • Fifth to eighth place classification:
    • Russia 1–1 Scotland
    • Azerbaijan 1–2 Ireland
      • Standings: Ireland 4 points, Russia, Scotland 2, Azerbaijan 1.
  • Semifinals:
    • Netherlands 5–1 Spain
    • England 1–2(ET) Germany

Football (soccer)

• Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group B:
    • France 1–5
    • Iceland 0–1
      • Standings: Germany 6 points, France, Norway 3, Iceland 0.
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Emelec Template:Flagicon 2–1 (1–0) Template:Flagicon Zamora. Emelec win 3–1 on aggregate.
  • River Plate Template:Flagicon 2–1 (3–0) Template:Flagicon Blooming. River Plate win 5–1 on aggregate.
• CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 2:
  • Group 4:
    • W Connection Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Comunicaciones
    • Real España Template:Flagicon 1–5 Template:Flagicon UNAM
• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • Syria 1–0 Lebanon
    • Standings: Syria 9 points (3 matches), India 6 (3), Lebanon 4 (4), Sri Lanka 3 (3), Kyrgyzstan 1 (3).
    • Syria advance to the final.

Judo

• World Championships in Rotterdam:
  • Men's 73 kg: Wang Ki-chun Template:Cc3 Kim Chol Su Template:Cc3 Mansur Isaev Template:Cc3 & Dirk Van Tichelt Template:Cc3
  • Women's 52 kg: Misato Nakamura Template:Cc3 Yanet Bermoy Template:Cc3 Ana Carrascosa Template:Cc3 & Romy Tarangul Template:Cc3
  • Women's 57 kg: Morgane Ribout Template:Cc3 Telma Monteiro Template:Cc3 Kifayat Gasimova Template:Cc3 Hedvig Karakas Template:Cc3

Shooting

• World Running Target Championships in Heinola, Finland:
  • Men's 50 metre running target mixed: Maxim Stepanov Template:Cc3 392+37 Staffan Holmström Template:Cc3 392+36 Niklas Bergström Template:Cc3 391

August 26, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball

• Americas Championship in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
  • Group A:
    • Virgin Islands 62–88 Uruguay
    • Mexico 66–81 Puerto Rico
  • Group B:
    • Dominican Republic 68–81 Brazil
    • Venezuela 85–69 Argentina

Cricket

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka:
  • 2nd Test in Colombo, day 1:
    • Sri Lanka 262/3 (90.0 ov)
      • Daniel Vettori gets his 300th Test wicket.
• ICC Intercontinental Cup:
  • Netherlands v Afghanistan in Amstelveen, day 3:
    • Netherlands 181 & 132; Afghanistan 107 & 209/9 (89.3 ov; Edgar Schiferli 5/57). Afghanistan win by 1 wicket.
      • Standings (2 matches unless stated otherwise): Scotland 29 points, Kenya, Afghanistan 23, Netherlands 15, Ireland 12, Zimbabwe XI 3 (1), Canada 3 (3).

Field hockey

• Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Pool A:
    • Belgium 2–8 Template:Fh
    • Germany 3–1 Template:Fh
      • Standings: England, Germany 7 points, Belgium 3, Austria 0.
  • Pool B:
    • Spain 6–1 Template:Fh
    • France 0–6 Template:Fh
      • Standings: Spain 9 points, Netherlands 6, France 3, Poland 0.

Football (soccer)

• Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group A:
    • Ukraine 1–2
    • Netherlands 1–2
      • Standings: Finland 6 points, Netherlands, Denmark 3, Ukraine 0.
• UEFA Champions League Play-off round, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses, the winners advance to the group stage, the losers go to Europa League group stage)
  • Champions Path:
    • Olympiacos Template:Flagicon 1–0 (2–0) Template:Flagicon Sheriff Tiraspol. Olympiacos win 3–0 on aggregate.
    • APOEL Template:Flagicon 3–1 (0–1) Template:Flagicon Copenhagen. APOEL win 3–2 on aggregate.
  • Non-Champions Path:
    • Arsenal Template:Flagicon 3–1 (2–0) Template:Flagicon Celtic. Arsenal win 5–1 on aggregate.
    • Stuttgart Template:Flagicon 0–0 (2–0) Template:Flagicon Timişoara. Stuttgart win 2–0 on aggregate.
    • Fiorentina Template:Flagicon 1–1 (2–2) Template:Flagicon Sporting CP. 3–3 on aggregate, Fiorentina win on away goals rule.
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg:
  • Atlético Mineiro Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Goiás
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Flamengo Template:Flagicon 1–1 (0–0) Template:Flagicon Fluminense 1–1 on aggregate, Fluminense win on away goals rule.
• CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 2:
  • Group 1:
    • Árabe Unido Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Houston Dynamo
  • Group 2:
    • D.C. United Template:Flagicon 1–3 Template:Flagicon Toluca
    • Marathón Template:Flagicon 3–1 Template:Flagicon San Juan Jabloteh
  • Group 3:
    • Cruz Azul Template:Flagicon 5–0 Template:Flagicon Columbus Crew
• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • India 3–1 Sri Lanka
    • Standings: Syria 6 points (2 matches), India 6 (3), Lebanon 4 (3), Sri Lanka 3 (3), Kyrgyzstan 1 (3).
• News:
  • The Italian football system will be shaken up as Serie A will break away from the system to form a new league akin to England's Premier League for the 2010–11 campaign, citing higher television rights as the main reason.

Judo

• World Championships in Rotterdam:
  • Men's 60 kg: Georgii Zantaraia Template:Cc3 Hiroaki Hiraoka Template:Cc3 Hovhannes Davtyan Template:Cc3 & Elio Verde Template:Cc3
  • Men's 66 kg: Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Template:Cc3 Sugoi Uriarte Template:Cc3 Miklós Ungvari Template:Cc3 & An Jeong-Hwan Template:Cc3
  • Women's 48 kg: Tomoko Fukumi Template:Cc3 Oiana Blanco Template:Cc3 Chung Jung-Yeon Template:Cc3 & Frédérique Jossinet Template:Cc3

Shooting

• World Running Target Championships in Heinola, Finland:
  • Men's 10 metre running target:
    • Gold medal match: Emil Martinsson Template:Cc3 def. Vladyslav Prianishnikov Template:Cc3 6–2
    • Bronze medal match: Dimitry Romanov Template:Cc3 def. Krister Holmberg Template:Cc3 6–3
  • Women's 10 metre running target:
    • Gold medal match: Galina Avramenko Template:Cc3 def. Tetyana Yevseyenko Template:Cc3 6–5
    • Bronze medal match: Viktoriya Zabolotna Template:Cc3 def. Olga Stepanova Template:Cc3 6–4

August 25, 2009 (Tuesday)

Basketball

• Oceanian Championship, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • New Zealand 100–78 (77–84) Australia. New Zealand win 177–162 on aggregate.
    • Both teams qualify for 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Cricket

• ICC Intercontinental Cup:
  • Netherlands v Afghanistan in Amstelveen, day 2:
    • Netherlands 181 & 132; Afghanistan 107 & 39/2 (18.0 ov). Afghanistan require another 168 runs with 8 wickets remaining.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour of Benelux:
    • Stage 7 (ITT): (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) 16' 07" (2) Sebastian Langeveld Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data RAB) + 4" (3) Maarten Tjallingii Template:Cc3 (Rabobank) + 5"
    • Final General classification: (1) Hagen 26h 49' 40" (2) Sylvain Chavanel Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) + 45" (3) Langeveld + 47"

Field hockey

• Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Pool A:
    • Azerbaijan 1–4 England
    • Netherlands 9–0 Russia
      • Standings: Netherlands 9 points, England 6, Russia, Azerbaijan 1.
  • Pool B:
    • Ireland 1–4 Spain
    • Germany 4–0 Scotland
      • Standings: Germany 9 points, Spain 6, Scotland, Ireland 1.

Football (soccer)

• Women's Euro in Finland:
  • Group C:
    • England 1–2
    • Sweden 3–0
• UEFA Champions League Play-off round, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses, the winners advance to the group stage, the losers go to Europa League group stage)
  • Champions Path:
    • Maccabi Haifa Template:Flagicon 3–0 (2–1) Template:Flagicon Red Bull Salzburg. Maccabi Haifa win 5–1 on aggrehate.
    • Zürich Template:Flagicon 2–1 (3–0) Template:Flagicon Ventspils. Zürich win 5–1 on aggregate.
    • Debrecen Template:Flagicon 2–0 (2–1) Template:Flagicon Levski Sofia. Debrecen win 4–1 on aggregate.
  • Non-Champions Path:
    • Anderlecht Template:Flagicon 1–3 (1–5) Template:Flagicon Lyon. Lyon win 8–2 on aggregate.
    • Atlético Madrid Template:Flagicon 2–0 (3–2) Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos. Atlético Madrid win 5–2 on aggregate.
• UEFA Europa League play-off round, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses, the winners advance to the group stage)
  • Shakhtar Donetsk Template:Flagicon 2–0 (3–0) Template:Flagicon Sivasspor. Shakhtar win 5–0 on aggregate.
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Unión Española Template:Flagicon 1–0 (2–2) Template:Flagicon La Equidad. Unión Española win 3–2 on aggregate.
  • Coritiba Template:Flagicon 2–0 (0–2) Template:Flagicon Vitória. 2–2 on aggregate, Vitória win 5–3 in penalty shootout.
  • Libertad Template:Flagicon 1–1 (0–1) Template:Flagicon LDU Quito. LDU Quito win 2–1 on aggregate.
• CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 2:
  • Group 1:
    • Pachuca Template:Flagicon 5–0 Template:Flagicon Isidro Metapán
  • Group 3:
    • Saprissa Template:Flagicon 3–1 Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico Islanders
• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • Kyrgyzstan 1–1 Lebanon
    • Standings: Syria 6 points (2 matches), Lebanon 4 (3), India, Sri Lanka 3 (2), Kyrgyzstan 1 (3).

August 24, 2009 (Monday)

Cricket

• ICC Intercontinental Cup:
  • Netherlands v Afghanistan in Amstelveen, day 1:
    • Netherlands 181; Afghanistan 107 (36.5 ov). Afghanistan trail by 74 runs after the 1st innings.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour of Benelux:
    • Stage 6: (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) 3h 28' 58" (2) Matthew Goss Template:Cc3 (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. (3) Tyler Farrar Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data GRM) s.t.
    • General classification: (1) Boasson Hagen 26h 33' 33" (2) Farrar + 21" (3) Lars Bak Template:Cc3 (Team Saxo Bank) + 25"

Field hockey

• Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands:
  • Pool A:
    • Belgium 3–0 Template:Fh
    • Germany 4–4 Template:Fh
      • Standings after 2 matches: Germany, England 4 points, Belgium 3, Austria 0.
  • Pool B:
    • Poland 2–3 Template:Fh
    • Netherlands 0–3 Template:Fh
      • Standings after 2 matches: Spain 6 points, Netherlands, France 3, Poland 0.

Football (soccer)

• Women's Euro in Finland:
  • Group B:
    • Germany 4–0
    • Iceland 1–3
• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • Syria 4–0 Sri Lanka
    • Standings after 2 matches: Syria 6 points, Lebanon, India, Sri Lanka 3, Kyrgyzstan 0.

Shooting

• World Running Target Championships in Heinola, Finland:
  • Men's 10 metre running target mixed: Dimitry Romanov Template:Cc3 388 Miroslav Januš Template:Cc3 387 Maxim Stepanov Template:Cc3 384
  • Women's 10 metre running target mixed: Natalya Gurova Template:Cc3 376 Viktoriya Zabolotna Template:Cc3 375 Olga Stepanova Template:Cc3 373

August 23, 2009 (Sunday)

Athletics

• World Championships in Berlin, Germany:
  • Women's Marathon: Bai Xue Template:Cc3 2:25:15 Yoshimi Ozaki Template:Cc3 2:25:25 Aselefech Mergia Template:Cc3 2:25:32
  • Women's long jump: Brittney Reese Template:Cc3 7.10 Tatyana Lebedeva Template:Cc3 6.97 Karin Mey Melis Template:Cc3 6.80
  • Men's javelin throw: Andreas Thorkildsen Template:Cc3 89.59 Guillermo Martinez Template:Cc3 86.41 Yukifumi Murakami Template:Cc3 82.97
  • Men's 5000 metres: Kenenisa Bekele Template:Cc3 13:17.09 Bernard Lagat Template:Cc3 13:17.33 James Kwalia C'Kurui Template:Cc3 13:17.78
    • Bekele wins his second title of this championships and fifth overall.
  • Women's 1500 metres: Maryam Yusuf Jamal Template:Cc3 4:03.74 Lisa Dobriskey Template:Cc3 4:03.75 Shannon Rowbury Template:Cc3 4:04.18
    • Jamal wins her second 1500m title after the initial winner Natalia Rodríguez Template:Cc3 is disqualified.
  • Men's 800 metres: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Template:Cc3 1:45.29 Alfred Kirwa Yego Template:Cc3 1:45.35 Yusuf Saad Kamel Template:Cc3 1:45.35
  • Women's 4 × 400 metres relay: Template:Flagu 3:17.83 3:21.15 Template:Flagu 3:21.64
  • Men's 4 × 400 metres relay: Template:Flagu 2:57.86 Template:Flagu 3:00.53 Template:Flagu 3:00.90

Auto racing

• Formula One:
  • European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain
    • (1) Rubens Barrichello Template:Cc3 (Brawn–Mercedes) 1:35:51.289 (2) Lewis Hamilton Template:Cc3 (McLaren-Mercedes) +2.358 (3) Kimi Räikkönen Template:Cc3 (Ferrari) +15.994
      • Drivers' standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Jenson Button Template:Cc3 (Brawn-Mercedes) 72 points (2) Barrichello 54 (3) Mark Webber Template:Cc3 (Red Bull–Renault) 51.5
      • Constructors' standings: (1) Brawn-Mercedes 126 (2) Red Bull-Renault 98.5 (3) Ferrari 46
• IndyCar Series:
  • Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix in Sonoma, California
    • (1) Dario Franchitti Template:Cc3 (Chip Ganassi Racing) (2) Ryan Briscoe Template:Cc3 (Penske Racing) (3) Mike Conway Template:Cc3 (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)
      • Drivers' standings (after 14 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 497 points (2) Franchitti 493 (3) Scott Dixon Template:Cc3 (Chip Ganassi Racing) 477
• V8 Supercars:
  • Queensland House and Land.com 300 in Ipswich, Queensland
    • Round 16: (1) Will Davison Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) (2) Craig Lowndes Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) (3) Russell Ingall Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore)
      • Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Jamie Whincup Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) 2007 points (2) Davison 1824 (3) Garth Tander Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) 1479

Basketball

• Oceanian Championship, first leg:
  • Australia 84–77 New Zealand

Cricket

• Australia in England:
  • The Ashes Series:
    • 5th Test at The Oval, London, day 4:
      • England 332 & 373/9d; Australia 160 & 348 (102.2 ov, Michael Hussey 121). England win by 197 runs and win the 5-Test series 2–1.
• Kenya in Canada:
  • 3rd ODI in King City, Ontario:
    • Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Canada win the 3-match series 1–0.
• Ireland in Scotland:
  • 2nd ODI in Aberdeen:
    • Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Ireland win the 2-match series 1–0.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour of Benelux:
    • Stage 5: (1) Lars Bak Template:Cc3 (Team Saxo Bank) 5h 13' 16" (2) Edvald Boasson Hagen Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) + 2" (3) Francesco Gavazzi Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data LAM) s.t.
    • General classification: (1) Hagen 23h 04' 45" (2) Tyler Farrar Template:Cc3 (Garmin–Slipstream) + 15" (3) Bak + 15"
  • GP Ouest-France:
    • (1) Simon Gerrans Template:Cc3 (Cervelo Test Team) 5h 58' 53" (2) Pierrick Fédrigo Template:Cc3 (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) s.t. (3) Paul Martens Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data RAB) s.t.

Field hockey

• Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands:
  • Pool A:
    • England 5–0 Template:Fh
    • Germany 3–1 Template:Fh
• Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
  • Pool A:
    • Netherlands 5–0 England
    • Azerbaijan 1–1 Russia
  • Pool B:
    • Ireland 0–0 Scotland
    • Germany 2–1 Spain

Football (soccer)

• Women's Euro in Finland:
  • Group A:
    • Ukraine 0–2
    • Finland 1–0
• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • India 2–1 Kyrgyzstan
    • Standings: Syria, Sri Lanka 3 points (1 match), Lebanon, India 3 (2), Kyrgyzstan 0 (2)
• Spanish Super Cup, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Barcelona 3–0 (2–1) Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona win 5–1 on aggregate.

Golf

• LPGA Tour:
  • Solheim Cup in Sugar Grove, Illinois, day 3:
    • Final Round (singles):
      • Paula Creamer Template:Cc3 defeats Suzann Pettersen Template:Cc3 3 & 2
      • Angela Stanford Template:Cc3 defeats Becky Brewerton Template:Cc3 5 & 4
      • Michelle Wie Template:Cc3 defeats Helen Alfredsson Template:Cc3 1 up
      • Laura Davies Template:Cc3 and Brittany Lang Template:Cc3 halved
        • Lang comes back to halve the match after Davies was dormie with 2 holes left.
      • Gwladys Nocera Template:Cc3 and Juli Inkster Template:Cc3 halved
      • Catriona Matthew Template:Cc3 defeats Kristy McPherson Template:Cc3 3 & 2
      • Brittany Lincicome Template:Cc3 defeats Sophie Gustafson Template:Cc3 3 & 2
      • Diana Luna Template:Cc3 defeats Nicole Castrale Template:Cc3 3 & 2
      • Christina Kim Template:Cc3 defeats Tania Elósegui Template:Cc3 2 up
      • Maria Hjorth Template:Cc3 and Cristie Kerr Template:Cc3 halved
      • Morgan Pressel Template:Cc3 defeats Anna Nordqvist Template:Cc3 3 & 2
      • Janice Moodie Template:Cc3 and Natalie Gulbis Template:Cc3 halved
        • Gulbis comes back from 3 down after 13 holes to earn a half-point.
    • Final standings: Team USA Template:Flagicon 16–12 Template:Flagicon Team Europe
    • Team USA win the Cup for the third straight meeting, and eighth time overall.
• Senior majors:
  • JELD-WEN Tradition in Sunriver, Oregon
    • (1) Mike Reid Template:Cc3 272 (−16) PO (2) John Cook Template:Cc3 272 (−16) (3) Brad Bryant Template:Cc3 274 (−14)
      • Reid wins his second senior major on the first playoff hole.
• PGA Tour:
  • Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina
    • Winner: Ryan Moore Template:Cc3 264 (−16) PO
      • Moore wins his first title on the PGA Tour in a playoff, eliminating Jason Bohn Template:Cc3 on the first playoff hole and Kevin Stadler Template:Cc3 on the third.
• European Tour:
  • KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands
    • Winner: Simon Dyson Template:Cc3 265 (−15) PO
      • Dyson defeats Peter Hedblom Template:Cc3 and Peter Lawrie Template:Cc3 on the first playoff hole.

Tennis

• ATP World Tour:
  • Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Mason, Ohio, United States:
    • Final: Roger Federer Template:Cc3 def. Novak Djokovic Template:Cc3 6–1, 7–5
      • Federer wins this tournament for the third time, for his fourth title of the year and 61st overall.
• WTA Tour:
  • Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada:
    • Final: Elena Dementieva Template:Cc3 def. Maria Sharapova Template:Cc3 6–4, 6–3
      • Dementieva wins her third title of the year and 14th of her career.

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo, Japan:
  • Germany 3–1 Template:Vbw
  • Russia 3–0 Template:Vbw
  • Japan 1–3 Template:Vbw
    • Final standings: Brazil 10 points, Russia 9, Germany 7, Netherlands 7, China 6, Japan 6.
      • Brazil win the title for the eighth time.

August 22, 2009 (Saturday)

Athletics

• World Championships in Berlin, Germany:
  • Men's Marathon: Abel Kirui Template:Cc3 2:06:54 (CR) Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai Template:Cc3 2:07:48 Tsegay Kebede Template:Cc3 2:08:35
  • Men's long jump: Dwight Phillips Template:Cc3 8.54 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Template:Cc3 8.47 Mitchell Watt Template:Cc3 8.37
  • Men's pole vault: Steven Hooker Template:Cc3 5.90 Romain Mesnil Template:Cc3 5.85 Renaud Lavillenie Template:Cc3 5.80
  • Women's hammer throw: Anita Włodarczyk Template:Cc3 77.96 WR Betty Heidler Template:Cc3 77.12 NR Martina Hrašnová Template:Cc3 74.79
    • Włodarczyk betters Tatyana Lysenko's record by 16 cm, and twists her ankle while celebrating.
  • Women's 5000 metres: Vivian Cheruiyot Template:Cc3 14:57.97 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet Template:Cc3 14:58.33 Meseret Defar Template:Cc3 14:58.41
  • Women's 4 × 100 metres relay: 42.06 42.29 Template:Flagu 42.87
  • Men's 4 × 100 metres relay: 37.31 CR 37.62 NR Template:Flagu 38.02
    • Usain Bolt completes a hat-trick of world titles, but this time without a world record.

Auto racing

• Sprint Cup Series:
  • Sharpie 500 in Bristol, Tennessee
    • (1) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) Mark Martin Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Marcos Ambrose Template:Flagicon (Toyota, JTG Daugherty Racing)
      • Drivers' standings (after 24 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Tony Stewart Template:Flagicon 3564 points (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Jimmie Johnson Template:Flagicon 3344 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Jeff Gordon Template:Flagicon 3310 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports)
      • One week after Stewart clinched his spot in the 2009 Chase, Johnson and Gordon join him.
• V8 Supercars:
  • Queensland House and Land.com 300 in Ipswich, Queensland
    • Round 15: (1) Jamie Whincup Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) (2) James Courtney Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) (3) Mark Winterbottom Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon)
      • Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 1941 points (2) Will Davison Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) 1674 (3) Garth Tander Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) 1416

Cricket

• Australia in England:
  • The Ashes Series:
    • 5th Test at The Oval, London, day 3:
      • England 332 & 373/9d (Jonathan Trott 119); Australia 160 & 80/0 (20 ov). Australia require 466 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
• New Zealand in Sri Lanka:
  • 1st Test in Colombo, day 5:
    • Sri Lanka 452 & 259/4d; New Zealand 299 & 210 (71.5 ov). Sri Lanka win by 202 runs, lead 2-match series 1–0.
• Ireland in Scotland:
  • 1st ODI in Aberdeen:
    • Ireland 205/9 (50 ov); Scotland 109 (40.3 ov). Ireland win by 96 runs, lead 2-match series 1–0.
• Kenya in Canada:
  • 2nd ODI in King City, Ontario:
    • Canada 63/3 (17.1/33 ov). No result, Canada lead 3-match series 1–0.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour of Benelux:
    • Stage 4: (1) Tyler Farrar Template:Cc3 (Garmin–Slipstream) 5h 27' 01" (2) Edvald Boasson Hagen Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) s.t. (3) Francesco Gavazzi Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data LAM) s.t.
    • General classification: (1) Farrar 17h 51' 13" (2) Tom Boonen Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) + 20" (3) Hagen + 23"

Field hockey

• Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands:
  • Pool B:
    • Netherlands 9–0 Template:Fh
    • Spain 3–0 Template:Fh
• Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands:
  • Pool A:
    • Netherlands 10–0 Azerbaijan
    • England 4–0 Russia
  • Pool B:
    • Spain 3–1 Scotland
    • Germany 7–0 Ireland

Football (soccer)

• Women's Professional Soccer Final in Carson, California
  • Los Angeles Sol 0–1 Sky Blue FC
• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • Sri Lanka 4–3 Lebanon

Golf

• LPGA Tour:
  • Solheim Cup in Sugar Grove, Illinois, day 2:
    • Round 3 (Four-ball):
      • Christina Kim/Michelle Wie Template:Cc3 defeat Helen Alfredsson/Tania Elósegui Template:Cc3 5 & 4
      • Catriona Matthew/Diana Luna Template:Cc3 and Angela Stanford/Brittany Lang Template:Cc3 halved
        • Matthew and Luna salvage a tie after trailing by 2 with 2 holes to play.
      • Suzann Pettersen/Anna Nordqvist Template:Cc3 defeat Nicole Castrale/Cristie Kerr Template:Cc3 2 up
      • Gwladys Nocera/Maria Hjorth Template:Cc3 defeat Brittany Lincicome/Kristy McPherson Template:Cc3 1 up
    • Standings after Round 3: Team USA Template:Flagicon 6–6 Template:Flagicon Team Europe
    • Round 4 (Foursome):
      • Janice Moodie/Sophie Gustafson Template:Cc3 defeat Paula Creamer/Juli Inkster Template:Cc3 4 & 3
      • Kristy McPherson/Morgan Pressel Template:Cc3 defeat Helen Alfredsson/Suzann Pettersen Template:Cc3 2 up
      • Becky Brewerton/Gwladys Nocera Template:Cc3 defeat Natalie Gulbis/Christina Kim Template:Cc3 5 & 4
      • Cristie Kerr/Michelle Wie Template:Cc3 defeat Anna Nordqvist/Maria Hjorth Template:Cc3 1 up
    • Standings after Round 4: Team USA Template:Flagicon 8–8 Template:Flagicon Team Europe
• Senior majors:
  • JELD-WEN Tradition in Sunriver, Oregon, third round:
    • Leaderboard: (1) Brad Bryant Template:Cc3 201 (−15) (2) Mike Reid Template:Cc3 203 (−13) (3) John Cook Template:Cc3 204 (−12)

Rugby union

• Tri Nations Series:
  • Australia 18–19 New Zealand in Sydney
    • Standings: South Africa 12 points (3 matches), New Zealand 8 (4), Australia 2 (3).

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo, Japan:
  • Germany 1–3 Template:Vbw
  • Brazil 3–1 Template:Vbw
  • Japan 0–3 Template:Vbw
    • Standings after 4 matches: Brazil 8 points, Russia 7, Netherlands 6, China, Germany, Japan 5.

August 21, 2009 (Friday)

Athletics

• World Championships in Berlin, Germany:
  • Men's 50 kilometres walk: Sergey Kirdyapkin Template:Cc3 3:38:35 Trond Nymark Template:Cc3 3:41:16 Jesus Angel Garcia Template:Cc3 3:41:37
  • Men's high jump: Yaroslav Rybakov Template:Cc3 2.32 Kyriakos Ioannou Template:Cc3 2.32 Sylwester Bednarek Template:Cc3 & Raul Spank Template:Cc3 2.32
  • Women's discus throw: Dani Samuels Template:Cc3 65.44 Yarelis Barrios Template:Cc3 65.31 Nicoleta Grasu Template:Cc3 65.20
  • Women's 200 metres: Allyson Felix Template:Cc3 22.02 Veronica Campbell Brown Template:Cc3 22.35 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Template:Cc3 22.41
  • Men's 400 metres: LaShawn Merritt Template:Cc3 44.06 Jeremy Wariner Template:Cc3 44.60 Renny Quow Template:Cc3 45.02

Auto racing

• Nationwide Series:
  • Food City 250 in Bristol, Tennessee
    • (1) David Ragan Template:Flagicon (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) (2) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) (3) Brad Keselowski Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, JR Motorsports)

Cricket

• Australia in England:
  • The Ashes Series:
    • 5th Test at The Oval, London, day 2:
      • England 332 & 58/3 (28 overs); Australia 160 (52.5 overs; Stuart Broad 5/37). England lead by 230 runs with 7 wickets left in the 2nd innings.
• New Zealand in Sri Lanka:
  • 1st Test in Colombo, day 4:
    • Sri Lanka 452 & 259/4d (Tillakaratne Dilshan 123*); New Zealand 299 & 30/1 (13.0 ov). New Zealand require another 383 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
• Kenya in Canada:
  • 2nd ODI in King City, Ontario:
    • Match abandoned without a ball bowled, and will be rescheduled for August 22.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour of Benelux:
    • Stage 3: (1) Tom Boonen Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) 3h 43' 19" (2) Tyler Farrar Template:Cc3 (Garmin–Slipstream) s.t. (3) Francesco Chicchi Template:Cc3 (Liquigas) s.t.
    • General classification: (1) Farrar 12h 24' 22" (2) Boonen + 10" (3) Edvald Boasson Hagen Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) + 19"

Football (soccer)

• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • Sri Lanka – Lebanon postponed to August 22 due to heavy rain.

Golf

• LPGA Tour:
  • Solheim Cup in Sugar Grove, Illinois, day 1:
    • Round 1 (Four-ball):
      • Paula Creamer/Cristie Kerr Template:Cc3 defeat Suzann Pettersen/Sophie Gustafson Template:Cc3 1 up
      • Helen Alfredsson/Tania Elósegui Template:Cc3 defeat Angela Stanford/Juli Inkster Template:Cc3 1 up
      • Brittany Lang/Brittany Lincicome Template:Cc3 defeat Laura Davies/Becky Brewerton Template:Cc3 5 & 4
      • Catriona Matthew/Maria Hjorth Template:Cc3 and Morgan Pressel/Michelle Wie Template:Cc3 halved
    • Standings after Round 1: Team USA Template:Flagicon 2½–1½ Template:Flagicon Team Europe
    • Round 2 (Foursome):
      • Christina Kim/Natalie Gulbis Template:Cc3 defeat Suzann Pettersen/Sophie Gustafson Template:Cc3 3 & 2
      • Becky Brewerton/Gwladys Nocera Template:Cc3 defeat Angela Stanford/Nicole Castrale Template:Cc3 3 & 1
      • Maria Hjorth/Anna Nordqvist Template:Cc3 defeat Kristy McPherson/Brittany Lincicome Template:Cc3 3 & 2
      • Paula Creamer/Juli Inkster Template:Cc3 defeat Catriona Matthew/Janice Moodie Template:Cc3 2 & 1
    • Standings after Round 2: Team USA Template:Flagicon 4½–3½ Template:Flagicon Team Europe
• Senior majors::
  • JELD-WEN Tradition in Sunriver, Oregon, second round:
    • Leaderboard: (1) Brad Bryant Template:Cc3 134 (−10) (2) Fred Funk Template:Cc3 135 (−9) (3) John Cook, Larry Mize & Loren Roberts (all United States) 136 (−8)

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo, Japan:
  • China 1–3 Template:Vbw
  • Brazil 3–0 Template:Vbw
  • Japan 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Standings after 3 matches: Brazil 6 points, Russia, Netherlands 5, Japan, Germany 4, China 3.

August 20, 2009 (Thursday)

Athletics

• World Championships in Berlin, Germany:
  • Women's high jump: Blanka Vlašić Template:Cc3 2.04 Anna Chicherova Template:Cc3 2.02 Ariane Friedrich Template:Cc3 2.02
  • Women's 400 metres hurdles: Melaine Walker Template:Cc3 52.42 CR Lashinda Demus Template:Cc3 52.96 Josanne Lucas Template:Cc3 53.20 NR
    • Walker's time is the second fastest in history, just 0.08 off the world record.
  • Men's 200 metres: Usain Bolt Template:Cc3 19.19 WR Alonso Edward Template:Cc3 19.81 AR Wallace Spearmon Template:Cc3 19.85
    • Bolt gets his second world record, both by 0.11 seconds.
  • Men's 110 metres hurdles: Ryan Brathwaite Template:Cc3 13.14 NR Terrence Trammell Template:Cc3 13.15 David Payne Template:Cc3 13.15
  • Men's decathlon: Trey Hardee Template:Cc3 8790 points Leonel Suárez Template:Cc3 8640 Aleksandr Pogorelov Template:Cc3 8528

Basketball

• EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round:
  • Group A: Portugal 58–60 Belgium
    • Standings: Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 points, Portugal 4.
  • Group B: Italy 89–95 Finland
    • Standings: France 7 points, Finland 6, Italy 5.
    • Belgium and France advance to the final series.

Cricket

• Australia in England:
  • The Ashes Series:
    • 5th Test at The Oval, London, day 1:
      • England 307/8 (85.3 ov)
• New Zealand in Sri Lanka:
  • 1st Test in Colombo, day 3:
    • Sri Lanka 452; New Zealand 281/8 (105.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 171 runs with 2 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
• ICC Intercontinental Cup:
  • Scotland v Ireland in Aberdeen, day 4:
    • No play due to rain. Ireland 202 and 303; Scotland 208 and 72/5. Match drawn.
      • Standings: Scotland 29 points (2 matches), Kenya 23 (2), Ireland 12 (2), Afghanistan, Netherlands 9 (1), Zimbabwe XI 3 (1), Canada 3 (3).

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour of Benelux:
    • Stage 2: (1) Tyler Farrar Template:Cc3 (Garmin–Slipstream) 4hr 17' 53" (2) Yauheni Hutarovich Template:Cc3 (Française des Jeux) s.t. (3) Edvald Boasson Hagen Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) s.t.
    • General classification: (1) Farrar 8hr 41' 09" (2) Hagen + 13" (3) Tom Boonen Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) + 14"

Football (soccer)

• CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 1:
  • Group B:
    • San Juan Jabloteh Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Toluca
  • Group D:
    • Real España Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon W Connection
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg:
  • Boca Juniors Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Vélez Sarsfield
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Cienciano Template:Flagicon 2–0 (0–0) Template:Flagicon Liverpool. Cienciano win 2–0 on aggregate.
  • La Paz Template:Flagicon 1–2 (0–2) Template:Flagicon Cerro Porteño. Cerro Porteño win 4–1 on aggregate.
• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • Syria 2–0 Kyrgyzstan

Golf

• Senior majors::
  • JELD-WEN Tradition in Sunriver, Oregon, first round:
    • Leaderboard: (1) Brad Bryant Template:Cc3 62 (−10) (2) Loren Roberts Template:Cc3 65 (−5) (3) Tom Lehman & Tom Watson (both United States) 67 (−3)

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo, Japan:
  • Netherlands 3–2 Template:Vbw
  • China 0–3 Template:Vbw
  • Japan 1–3 Template:Vbw
    • Standings after 2 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 4 points, Russia, Germany 3, China, Japan 2.

August 19, 2009 (Wednesday)

Athletics

• World Championships in Berlin, Germany:
  • Men's discus throw: Robert Harting Template:Cc3 69.43 Piotr Małachowski Template:Cc3 69.15 NR Gerd Kanter Template:Cc3 66.88
    • Harting wins the title with his final throw.
  • Men's 1500 metres: Yusuf Saad Kamel Template:Cc3 3:35.93 Deresse Mekonnen Template:Cc3 3:36.01 Bernard Lagat Template:Cc3 3:36.20
    • Kamel's father Billy Konchellah is a two-times world champion.
  • Women's 100 metres hurdles: Brigitte Foster-Hylton Template:Cc3 12.51 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Template:Cc3 12.54 Delloreen Ennis-London Template:Cc3 12.55
  • Women's 800 metres: Caster Semenya Template:Cc3 1:55.45 Janeth Jepkosgei Template:Cc3 1:57.90 Jennifer Meadows Template:Cc3 1:57.93
  • Men's decathlon (standings after 5 events): (1) Oleksiy Kasyanov Template:Cc3 4555 points (2) Yunior Díaz Template:Cc3 4512 (3) Trey Hardee Template:Cc3 4511

Cricket

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka:
  • 1st Test in Colombo, day 2:
    • Template:Cc3 452 (Mahela Jayawardene 114, Thilan Samaraweera 159); New Zealand 87/2 (29.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 365 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
• Kenya in Canada:
  • 1st ODI in King City, Ontario:
    • Kenya 113 (33.1 ov); Canada 117/1 (16.2 ov). Canada win by 9 wickets, lead 3-match series 1–0.
• ICC Intercontinental Cup:
  • Zimbabwe XI v Afghanistan in Mutare, day 4:
    • Zimbabwe XI 350 & 446/9d (113.5 ov, Trevor Garwe 117); Afghanistan 427 & 211/4 (44.5 ov, Noor Ali 100*). Match drawn.
  • Scotland v Ireland in Aberdeen, day 3:
    • Ireland 202 & 303 (William Porterfield 118); Scotland 208 & 72/5 (31.0 ov). Scotland require another 226 runs with 5 wickets remaining.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour of Benelux:
    • Stage 1: (1) Tyler Farrar Template:Cc3 (Garmin–Slipstream) 4h 18' 30" (2) Tom Boonen Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) s.t. (3) Edvald Boasson Hagen Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) s.t
    • General classification: (1) Farrar 4h 23' 26" (2) Boonen + 4" (3) Sylvain Chavanel Template:Cc3 (Quick-Step) + 9"

Football (soccer)

• UEFA Champions League Play-off round, first leg:
  • Champions Path:
    • Red Bull Salzburg Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Maccabi Haifa
    • Ventspils Template:Flagicon 0–3 Template:Flagicon Zürich
    • Levski Sofia Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Debrecen
  • Non-Champions Path:
    • Lyon Template:Flagicon 5–1 Template:Flagicon Anderlecht
    • Panathinaikos Template:Flagicon 2–3 Template:Flagicon Atlético Madrid
• CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 1:
  • Group A:
    • Houston Dynamo Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Isidro Metapán
    • Árabe Unido Template:Flagicon 4–1 Template:Flagicon Pachuca
  • Group C:
    • Cruz Azul Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Saprissa
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg:
  • River Plate Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Lanús
• Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs Super Semifinal in Fenton, Missouri:
  • Saint Louis Athletica 0–1 Sky Blue FC
• Nehru Cup in New Delhi:
  • India 0–1 Lebanon

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo, Japan:
  • Netherlands 3–2 Template:Vbw
  • Brazil 3–2 Template:Vbw
  • Japan 1–3 Template:Vbw

August 18, 2009 (Tuesday)

American football

• After saying last month that he would probably retire, quarterback Brett Favre signs a two-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings for US$25 million. (ESPN)

Athletics

• World Championships in Berlin, Germany:
  • Men's triple jump: Phillips Idowu Template:Cc3 17.73 Nelson Évora Template:Cc3 17.55 Alexis Copello Template:Cc3 17.36
  • Women's javelin throw: Steffi Nerius Template:Cc3 67.30 Barbora Špotáková Template:Cc3 66.42 Maria Abakumova Template:Cc3 66.06
    • Thirty-seven-year-old Nerius becomes the oldest world champion in history.
  • Women's 400 metres: Sanya Richards Template:Cc3 49.00 Shericka Williams Template:Cc3 49.32 Antonina Krivoshapka Template:Cc3 49.71
  • Men's 3000 metres steeplechase: Ezekiel Kemboi Template:Cc3 8:00.43 CR Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong Template:Cc3 8:00.89 Bouabdellah Tahri Template:Cc3 8:01.18 ER
  • Men's 400 metres hurdles: Kerron Clement Template:Cc3 47.91 Javier Culson Template:Cc3 48.09 Bershawn Jackson Template:Cc3 48.23

Cricket

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka:
  • 1st Test in Colombo, day 1:
    • Sri Lanka 293/3 (78.0 ov, Mahela Jayawardene 108*)
• Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
  • 5th ODI in Bulawayo:
    • Zimbabwe 209 (46.4 ov); Bangladesh 212/5 (47.5 ov). Bangladesh win by 5 wickets, and win the 5-match series 4–1.
• ICC Intercontinental Cup:
  • Zimbabwe XI v Afghanistan in Mutare, day 3:
    • Zimbabwe XI 350 & 267/6 (74.2 ov, Tatenda Taibu 120); Afghanistan 427 (Mohammad Nabi 102). Zimbabwe XI lead by 190 runs with 4 wickets remaining.
  • Scotland v Ireland in Aberdeen, day 2:
    • Ireland 202 & 102/3 (40.0 ov); Scotland 208 (Qasim Sheikh 100*). Ireland lead by 96 runs with 7 wickets remaining.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour of Benelux:
    • Prologue: (1) Sylvain Chavanel Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) 4' 55" (2) Tyler Farrar Template:Cc3 (Garmin–Slipstream) + 1" (3) Tom Boonen Template:Cc3 (Quick-Step) + 1"

Football (soccer)

• UEFA Champions League Play-off round, first leg:
  • Champions Path:
    • Sheriff Tiraspol Template:Flagicon 0–2 Template:Flagicon Olympiacos
    • Copenhagen Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon APOEL
  • Non-Champions Path:
    • Celtic Template:Flagicon 0–2 Template:Flagicon Arsenal
    • Timişoara Template:Flagicon 0–2 Template:Flagicon Stuttgart
    • Sporting CP 2–2 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Fiorentina
• CONCACAF Champions League group stage, round 1:
  • Group B:
    • Marathón Template:Flagicon 3–1 Template:Flagicon D.C. United
  • Group C:
    • Columbus Crew Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico Islanders
  • Group D:
    • UNAM Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Comunicaciones
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg:
  • Tigre Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon San Lorenzo
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
  • Deportivo Cali Template:Flagicon 0–1 (1–2) Template:Flagicon Universidad de Chile. Universidad de Chile win 3–1 on aggregate.

August 17, 2009 (Monday)

Athletics

• World Championships in Berlin, Germany:
  • Men's hammer throw: Primož Kozmus Template:Cc3 80.84 Szymon Ziółkowski Template:Cc3 79.30 Aleksey Zagornyi Template:Cc3 78.09
  • Women's pole vault: Anna Rogowska Template:Cc3 4.75 Chelsea Johnson Template:Cc3 & Monika Pyrek Template:Cc3 4.65
    • Four-time world champion Yelena Isinbayeva fails to clear any height.
  • Women's triple jump: Yargelis Savigne Template:Cc3 14.95 Mabel Gay Template:Cc3 14.61 Anna Pyatykh Template:Cc3 14.58
  • Women's 3000 metres steeplechase: Marta Domínguez Template:Cc3 9:07.32 Yuliya Zarudneva Template:Cc3 9:08.39 Milcah Chemos Cheywa Template:Cc3 9:08.57
  • Men's 10,000 metres: Kenenisa Bekele Template:Cc3 26:46.31 CR Zersenay Tadese Template:Cc3 26:50.12 Moses Ndiema Masai Template:Cc3 26:57.39
    • Bekele wins his fourth straight title at this event.
  • Women's 100 metres:
    • Semifinals, heat 1: (1) Shelly-Ann Fraser Template:Cc3 10.79
    • Semifinals, heat 2: (1) Carmelita Jeter Template:Cc3 10.83
    • Final: Fraser 10.73 Kerron Stewart Template:Cc3 10.75 Jeter 10.90
      • Fraser becomes the joint-third fastest woman in history and clocks the fastest time in more than 10 years.

Basketball

• EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round: (teams in bold advance to the final series)
  • Group A: Belgium 102–79 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Standings: Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 points (4 games), Belgium 5 (3), Portugal 3 (3).
    • Belgium will advance to the final series if they beat Portugal; otherwise Bosnia & Herzegovina advance.
  • Group B: Finland 77–73 France
    • Standings: France 7 points (4 games), Italy, Finland 4 (3).

Cricket

• ICC Intercontinental Cup:
  • Canada v Kenya in King City, Ontario, day 4:
    • Kenya 317 & 362/3d; Canada 234 & 198 (65.3 ov). Kenya win by 247 runs.
      • Kenya goes to the top of the standings with 23 points from 2 matches, ahead of Scotland with 20 points from one match.
  • Zimbabwe XI v Afghanistan in Mutare, day 2:
    • Zimbabwe XI 350 (Tatenda Taibu 172); Afghanistan 358/7 (110.0 ov, Noor Ali 130). Afghanistan lead by 8 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
  • Scotland v Ireland in Aberdeen, day 1:
    • Ireland 202; Scotland 76/2 (27.0 ov). Scotland trail by 126 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

August 16, 2009 (Sunday)

Athletics

• World Championships in Berlin, Germany:
  • Women's 20 kilometres walk: Olga Kaniskina Template:Cc3 1:28:09 Olive Loughnane Template:Cc3 1:28:58 Liu Hong Template:Cc3 1:29:10
  • Women's shot put: Valerie Vili Template:Cc3 20.44 Nadine Kleinert Template:Cc3 20.20 Gong Lijiao Template:Cc3 19.89
  • Women's heptathlon: Jessica Ennis Template:Cc3 6731 points Jennifer Oeser Template:Cc3 6493 Kamila Chudzik Template:Cc3 6471
  • Men's 100 metres:
    • Semifinals, heat 1: (1) Usain Bolt Template:Cc3 9.89
    • Semifinals, heat 2: (1) Tyson Gay Template:Cc3 9.93
    • Final: Bolt 9.58 WR Gay 9.71 NR Asafa Powell Template:Cc3 9.84
      • Bolt improves his own record by 0.11 second, the biggest improvement of the world record in 100 metres dash since the introduction of electronic measurement.

Auto racing

• Sprint Cup Series:
  • CARFAX 400 in Brooklyn, Michigan:
    • (1) Brian Vickers Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Red Bull Racing Team) (2) Jeff Gordon Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Dale Earnhardt Jr. Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports)
      • Drivers' standings (after 23 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Tony Stewart Template:Flagicon 3500 points (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Gordon 3216 (3) Jimmie Johnson Template:Flagicon 3197 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports)
      • Stewart becomes the first driver to secure his spot in the 2009 Chase.

Badminton

• BWF World Championships in Hyderabad, India: (seeding in parentheses)
  • Men's singles: Lin Dan Template:Cc3 (5) bt Chen Jin Template:Cc3 (2) 21–18, 21–16
  • Women's singles: Lu Lan Template:Cc3 (7) bt Xie Xingfang Template:Cc3 (5) 23–21, 21–12
  • Men's doubles: Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng Template:Cc3 (5) bt Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae Template:Cc3 (4) 21–18, 16–21, 28–26
  • Women's doubles: Zhang Yawen/Zhao Tingting Template:Cc3 (8) bt Cheng Shu/Zhao Yunlei Template:Cc3 (2) 17–21, 21–17, 21–16
  • Mixed doubles: Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl Template:Cc3 (7) bt Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir Template:Cc3 (2) 21–13, 21–17

Basketball

• Asian Championship in Tianjin, China:
  • Final: Iran 70–52 China
    • Iran win the title for the second straight time.
  • 3rd place: Jordan 80–66 Lebanon
    • Jordan qualify for 2010 World Championship.

Cricket

• Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
  • 4th ODI in Bulawayo:
    • Zimbabwe 312/8 (50 ov, Charles Coventry 194 *); Bangladesh 313/6 (47.5 ov, Tamim Iqbal 154). Bangladesh win by 4 wickets, take unassailable 3–1 lead in the 5-match series.
• ICC Intercontinental Cup:
  • Canada v Kenya in King City, Ontario, day 3:
    • Kenya 317 & 362/3d (Seren Waters 157*, Steve Tikolo 169); Canada 234 & 61/2 (15.0 ov). Canada require another 385 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
  • Zimbabwe XI v Afghanistan in Mutare, day 1:

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Vattenfall Cyclassics:
    • (1) Tyler Farrar Template:Cc3 (Garmin–Slipstream) 5h 30' 38" (2) Matti Breschel Template:Cc3 (Saxo Bank) (3) Gerald Ciolek Template:Cc3 (Team Milram)

Field hockey

• Women's Junior World Cup in Boston, USA:
  • Third place: South Korea 2–1 England
  • Final: Netherlands 3–0 Argentina

Football (soccer)

• CAF Champions League group stage, round 3:
  • Group B:
    • Heartland Template:Flagicon 3–0 Template:Flagicon Étoile du Sahel
      • Standings: TP Mazembe, Heartland 6 points, Étoile du Sahel, Monomotapa United 3.
• Spanish Super Cup, first leg:
  • Athletic Bilbao 1–2 Barcelona

Golf

• Men's majors:
  • PGA Championship in Chaska, Minnesota, final round:
    • (1) Y.E. Yang Template:Cc3 280 (−8) (2) Tiger Woods Template:Cc3 283 (−5) (3) Lee Westwood Template:Cc3 & Rory McIlroy Template:Cc3 285 (−3)
      • Yang becomes the first Asian-born winner of a men's major championship, and also ends Woods' previous record of winning every major in which he led after the third round.

Motorcycle racing

• Moto GP:
  • Czech Republic Grand Prix in Brno, Czech Republic:
    • (1) Valentino Rossi Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 43:08.991 (2) Dani Pedrosa Template:Cc3 (Honda) +11.766 (3) Toni Elias Template:Cc3 (Honda) +20.756
      • Riders' standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Rossi 212 points (2) Jorge Lorenzo Template:Cc3 (Yamaha) 162 (3) Casey Stoner Template:Cc3 (Ducati) 150
      • Manufacturers' standings: (1) Yamaha 230 points (2) Honda 164 (3) Ducati 156

Shooting

• World Shotgun Championships in Maribor, Slovenia:
  • Men's skeet: Vincent Hancock Template:Cc3 149 (124) Georgios Achilleos Template:Cc3 148 (123) Ennio Falco Template:Cc3 147 (122)

Tennis

• ATP World Tour:
  • Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada:
    • Final: Andy Murray Template:Cc3 def. Juan Martín del Potro Template:Cc3 6–7(4), 7–6(3), 6–1
      • Murray wins his 5th title of the year and 13th of his career. He advances to #2 in the ATP ranking.
• WTA Tour:
  • Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Mason, Ohio, United States:
    • Final: Jelena Janković Template:Cc3 def. Dinara Safina Template:Cc3 6–4, 6–2
      • Janković wins her second title of the year and 11th overall.

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix:
  • 3rd Preliminary round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
    • Pool G in Hong Kong:
      • Dominican Republic 2–3 Template:Vbw
      • China 3–1 Template:Vbw
    • Pool H in Mokpo, South Korea:
      • Germany 2–3 Template:Vbw
      • South Korea 1–3 Template:Vbw
    • Pool I in Bangkok, Thailand:
      • United States 2–3 Template:Vbw
      • Puerto Rico 0–3 Template:Vbw
    • Final standings: Brazil 18 points, Netherlands 17, China 16, Russia 15, Japan, Germany 14, Poland, Thailand 13, USA 12, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Korea 10.

August 15, 2009 (Saturday)

Athletics

• World Championships in Berlin, Germany:
  • Men's 20 kilometres walk: Valeriy Borchin Template:Cc3 1:18:41 Wang Hao Template:Cc3 1:19:06 Eder Sanchez Template:Cc3 1:19:22
  • Women's 10,000 metres: Linet Masai Template:Cc3 30:51.24 Meselech Melkamu Template:Cc3 30:51.34 Wude Ayalew Template:Cc3 30:51.95
  • Men's shot put: Christian Cantwell Template:Cc3 22.03 Tomasz Majewski Template:Cc3 21.91 Ralf Bartels Template:Cc3 21.37
  • Women's heptathlon (standings after 4 events): (1) Jessica Ennis Template:Cc3 4124 points (2) Nataliya Dobrynska Template:Cc3 3817 (3) Jennifer Oeser Template:Cc3 3814

Auto racing

• Nationwide Series:
  • CARFAX 250 in Brooklyn, Michigan:
    • (1) Brad Keselowski Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, JR Motorsports) (2) Brian Vickers Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Braun Racing) (3) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing)

Basketball

• African Championship in Tripoli, Libya:
  • Final: Angola 82–72 Ivory Coast
    • Angola win the title for the sixth successive time and 10th of the last 11 tournaments.
  • 3rd place: Tunisia 83–68 Cameroon
    • Tunisia qualify for the 2010 World Championship.
• Asian Championship in Tianjin, China:
  • Semi-finals:
    • Jordan 75–77 Iran
    • Lebanon 68–72 China
      • Iran and China qualify for the 2010 World Championship.

Cricket

• ICC Intercontinental Cup in King City, Ontario, day 2:
  • Kenya 317 & 12/0 (7.0 ov); Canada 234. Kenya lead by 95 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
• Twenty20 Cup Final in Birmingham:
  • Sussex Sharks 172/7 (20/20 ov); Somerset Sabres 109 (17.2/20 ov). Sussex win by 63 runs.

Fistball

• European Women's Championship in Zofingen, Switzerland:
  • 3rd place: Template:Flagu 3–0 Template:Flagu
  • Final: Template:Flagu 3–1

Football (soccer)

• CAF Champions League group stage, round 3:
  • Group A:
    • Al-Merreikh Template:Flagicon 2–3 Template:Flagicon ZESCO United
      • Standings: Al-Hilal 7 points, ZESCO United, Kano Pillars 4, Al-Merreikh 1.
  • Group B:
    • TP Mazembe Template:Flagicon 5–0 Template:Flagicon Monomotapa United
      • Standings: TP Mazembe 6 points (3 matches), Étoile du Sahel, Heartland 3 (2), Monomotapa United 3 (3).
• Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs First round in Germantown, Maryland:
  • Washington Freedom 1–2 Sky Blue FC

Golf

• Men's majors:
  • PGA Championship in Chaska, Minnesota, third round:
    • Leaderboard: (1) Tiger Woods Template:Cc3 208 (−8) (2) Y.E. Yang Template:Cc3 & Pádraig Harrington Template:Cc3 210 (−6)

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix:
  • 3rd Preliminary round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
    • Pool G in Hong Kong:
      • Dominican Republic 0–3 Template:Vbw
      • China 2–3 Template:Vbw
    • Pool H in Mokpo, South Korea:
      • Brazil 3–2 Template:Vbw
      • South Korea 0–3 Template:Vbw
    • Pool I in Bangkok, Thailand:
      • Russia 3–1 Template:Vbw
      • Puerto Rico 0–3 Template:Vbw
    • Standings after 8 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 16 points, China 14, Russia, Germany 13, Japan 12, Poland, USA, Thailand 11, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Korea 9.

August 14, 2009 (Friday)

American football

• The Philadelphia Eagles sign former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, recently released from federal prison after serving over two years for his dog fighting activities. The deal is for one year at US$1.6 million, with a team option for a second year at $5.2 million. (ESPN)

Basketball

• African Championship in Tripoli, Libya:
  • Semifinals:
    • Angola 79–69 Tunisia
    • Cameroon 61–68 Ivory Coast
      • Angola and Côte d'Ivoire qualify for 2010 World Championship.
• Asian Championship in Tianjin, China:
  • Quarter-finals:
    • Jordan 81–70 Philippines
    • Qatar 65–75 Iran
    • Chinese Taipei 83–101 China
    • South Korea 65–68 Lebanon
• EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round:
  • Group A: Bosnia and Herzegovina 73–61 Portugal
    • Standings: Bosnia & Herzegovina 6 points (3 games), Belgium 3 (2), Portugal 3 (3).
  • Group B: France 81–61 Italy
    • Standings: France 6 points (3 games), Italy 4 (3), Finland 2 (2).
    • France advance to the final series.

Cricket

• Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
  • 3rd ODI in Bulawayo:
    • Zimbabwe 323/7 (50 ov, Hamilton Masakadza 102); Bangladesh 254 (44.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 69 runs. Bangladesh lead the 5-match series 2–1.
• ICC Intercontinental Cup:
  • Canada v Kenya in King City, Ontario, day 1:
    • Kenya 317 (86.1 ov, Steve Tikolo 158); Canada 14/2 (6.0 ov). Canada trail by 303 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Fistball

• European Women's Championship in Zofingen, Switzerland:
  • First round:
    • Template:Flagu 2–0 Catalonia
    • Template:Flagu 2–0 Template:Flagu
    • Template:Flagu 2–0 Template:Flagu
    • Austria 2–0 Catalonia
    • Template:Flagu 1–2 Austria
    • Template:Flagu 2–0 Catalonia
    • Austria 2–0 Template:Flagu
    • Template:Flagu 2–0 Catalonia
    • Template:Flagu 2–0 Template:Flagu
    • Austria 2–0 Template:Flagu
      • Standings: Austria 4–0, Switzerland 3–1, Germany 2–2, Italy 1–3, Catalonia 0–4.

Football (soccer)

• CAF Champions League group stage, round 3:
  • Group A:
    • Al-Hilal Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Kano Pillars
      • Standings: Al-Hilal 7 points (3 matches), Kano Pillars 4 (3), ZESCO United, Al-Merreikh 1 (2).

Golf

• Men's majors:
  • PGA Championship in Chaska, Minnesota, second round:
    • Leaderboard: (1) Tiger Woods Template:Cc3 137 (−7) (2) Ross Fisher Template:Cc3, Lucas Glover Template:Cc3, Pádraig Harrington Template:Cc3, Brendan Jones Template:Cc3, & Vijay Singh Template:Cc3 141 (−3)

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix:
  • 3rd Preliminary round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
    • Pool G in Hong Kong:
      • Poland 0–3 Template:Vbw
      • China 3–1 Template:Vbw
    • Pool H in Mokpo, South Korea:
      • South Korea 1–3 Template:Vbw
      • Japan 1–3 Template:Vbw
    • Pool I in Bangkok, Thailand:
      • Puerto Rico 0–3 Template:Vbw
      • United States 1–3 Template:Vbw
    • Standings after 7 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 14 points, China 13, Germany 12, Russia 11, Japan, Thailand 10, Poland, USA 9, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Korea 8.

August 13, 2009 (Thursday)

Basketball

• African Championship in Tripoli, Libya:
  • Quarterfinals:
    • Angola 84–63 Central African Republic
    • Mali 73–74 Tunisia
    • Nigeria 80–84 Cameroon
    • Ivory Coast 84–78 Senegal

Football (soccer)

• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg:
  • Vitória Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Coritiba
  • Liverpool Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Cienciano

Golf

• Men's majors:
  • PGA Championship in Chaska, Minnesota, first round:
    • Leaderboard: (1) Tiger Woods Template:Cc3 67 (−5) (2) Pádraig Harrington Template:Cc3 68 (−4) (3) Six players at 69 (−3)

Olympics

• At a meeting in Berlin, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee recommends golf and rugby sevens for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympics program. The choices must still be ratified by the full IOC at its October meeting in Copenhagen. The board also decide to include women's boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (ESPN)

Shooting

• World Shotgun Championships in Maribor, Slovenia:
  • Men's double trap: Francesco D'Aniello Template:Cc3 190 (146) Jeffrey Holguín Template:Cc3 186+2 (144) Wang Nan Template:Cc3 186+0 (144)

August 12, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball

• Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group E:
    • Philippines 85–71 Kuwait
    • Japan 79–99 Chinese Taipei
    • South Korea 66–82 Iran
      • Standings: Iran 10 points, Korea 9, Philippines 8, Chinese Taipei 7, Japan 6, Kuwait 5.
  • Group F:
    • Qatar 91–45 United Arab Emirates
    • Kazakhstan 56–105 Lebanon
    • China 89–83 Jordan
      • Standings: China 10 points, Jordan 9, Lebanon 8, Qatar 7, Kazakhstan 6, UAE 5.

Cricket

• Pakistan in Sri Lanka:
  • Only T20I in Colombo:
    • Pakistan 172/5 (20.0/20 ov); Sri Lanka 120 (18.1/20 ov). Pakistan win by 52 runs.

Football (soccer)

• 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA):
    • Group 3:
      • Slovenia 5–0 San Marino
        • Standings: Slovakia 15 points (6 matches), Northern Ireland 13 (7), Slovenia 11 (7).
    • Group 4:
      • Azerbaijan 0–2 Germany
        • Standings: Germany 19 points (7 matches), Russia 15 (6), Finland 10 (6).
    • Group 6:
      • Belarus 1–3 Croatia
        • Standings: England 21 points (7 matches), Croatia 14 (7), Ukraine 11 (6).
    • Group 7:
      • Faroe Islands 0–1 France
        • Standings: Serbia 18 points (7 matches), France 13 (6), Lithuania 9 (7).
    • Group 9:
      • Norway 4–0 Scotland
        • Standings: Netherlands 21 points (7 matches), Macedonia, Scotland 7 (6), Norway 6 (4).
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF), matchday 6: (All times UTC)
    • Mexico 2–1 United States
    • Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 El Salvador
    • Honduras 4–0 Costa Rica
      • Standings: Costa Rica 12 points, Honduras, USA 10, Mexico 9, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago 5.
  • Friendly internationals:
    • Albania 6–1 Cyprus
    • Algeria 1–0 Uruguay
    • Angola 2–0 Togo
    • Armenia 1–4 Moldova
    • Austria 0–2 Cameroon
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–3 Iran
    • Bulgaria 1–0 Latvia
    • Czech Republic 3–1 Belgium
    • Denmark 1–2 Chile
    • Egypt 3–3 Guinea
    • Estonia 0–1 Brazil
    • Ghana 4–1 Zambia
    • Hungary 0–1 Romania
    • Iceland 1–1 Slovakia
    • Republic of Ireland 0–3 Australia
    • Liechtenstein 0–3 Portugal
    • Luxembourg 0–1 Lithuania

1. REDIRECT Template:Country data North Macedonia 2–3 Spain

• • • Mali 3–0 Burkina Faso
    • Malta 2–0 Georgia
    • Montenegro 2–1 Wales
    • Morocco 1–1 Congo
    • Mozambique 1–0 Swaziland
    • Netherlands 2–2 England
    • Northern Ireland 1–1 Israel
    • Oman 2–1 Saudi Arabia
    • Poland 2–0 Greece
    • Russia 2–3 Argentina
    • Rwanda 1–2 Tanzania
    • Senegal 2–1 DR Congo
    • Singapore 1–1 China
    • South Africa 1–3 Serbia
    • South Korea 1–0 Paraguay
    • Sweden 1–0 Finland
    • Switzerland 0–0 Italy
    • Tunisia 0–0 Ivory Coast
    • Ukraine 0–3 Turkey
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg:
  • Fluminense Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Flamengo
  • Cerro Porteño Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon La Paz

August 11, 2009 (Tuesday)

Auto racing

• Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher calls off his comeback to F1 racing as a substitute driver for the injured Felipe Massa, citing lingering effects of injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash in February. Massa's Ferrari ride will instead be taken over by Luca Badoer. (AP via ESPN)

Basketball

• African Championship in Libya: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group E in Benghazi:
    • Egypt 64–80 Ivory Coast
    • Mali 95–73 Libya
    • Angola 93–85 Nigeria
      • Standings: Angola 12 points, Nigeria 11, Mali 10, Côte d'Ivoire 9, Libya 8, Egypt 7.
  • Group F in Tripoli:
    • Morocco 73–81 Central African Republic
    • Rwanda 82–69 Cameroon
    • Tunisia 65–73 Senegal
      • Standings: Senegal, Tunisia 10 points, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Morocco, Rwanda 9.
• Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group E:
    • Iran 88–78 Philippines
    • Kuwait 51–78 Japan
    • Chinese Taipei 70–72 South Korea
      • Standings: Iran, Korea 8 points, Philippines 6, Chinese Taipei, Japan 5, Kuwait 4.
  • Group F:
    • United Arab Emirates 56–84 Kazakhstan
    • Lebanon 68–71 China
    • Jordan 74–60 Qatar
      • Standings: China, Jordan 8 points, Lebanon 6, Qatar, Kazakhstan 5, UAE 4.
• EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round:
  • Group A: Belgium 64–58 Portugal
    • Standings: Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 points, Belgium 3, Portugal 2.
  • Group B: Finland 75–77 Italy
    • Standings: France 4 points, Italy 3, Finland 2.

Cricket

• Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
  • 2nd ODI in Bulawayo:
    • Bangladesh 320/8 (50 ov, Shakib Al Hasan 104); Zimbabwe 271 (46.1 ov). Bangladesh win by 49 runs, lead the 5-match series 2–0.

Football (soccer)

• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg:
  • LDU Quito Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Libertad
  • Blooming Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon River Plate
    • Match abandoned after 66 minutes due to incident involving a spectator and a River Plate player. River Plate is awarded a 3–0 win.

Shooting

• World Shotgun Championships in Maribor, Slovenia:
  • Women's skeet: Christine Brinker Template:Cc3 95 (72) Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit Template:Cc3 94 (73) Katiuscia Spada Template:Cc3 93 (72)
  • Women's trap: Jessica Rossi Template:Cc3 92 (71) Irina Laricheva Template:Cc3 90 (73) Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Template:Cc3 89 (74 EWR)

August 10, 2009 (Monday)

Auto racing

• Sprint Cup Series:
  • Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen in Watkins Glen, New York
    • (1) Tony Stewart Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Marcos Ambrose Template:Flagicon (Toyota, JTG Daugherty Racing) (3) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing)
      • Drivers' standings (after 22 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Stewart 3383 points (2) Jimmie Johnson Template:Flagicon 3123 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Jeff Gordon Template:Flagicon 3041 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports)
      • Stewart needs only to start next weekend's race at Michigan to become the first driver to secure a spot in the Chase.

Basketball

• African Championship in Libya: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  • Group E in Benghazi:
    • Ivory Coast 61–88 Angola
    • Libya 75–73 Egypt
    • Nigeria 74–70 Mali
      • Standings: Angola, Nigeria 10 points, Mali 8, Côte d'Ivoire, Libya 7, Egypt 6.
  • Group F in Tripoli:
    • Central African Republic 85–64 Rwanda
    • Senegal 73–75 Morocco
    • Cameroon 66–68 Tunisia
      • Standings: Tunisia 9 points, Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco 8, Central African Republic, Rwanda 7.
• Asian Championship in Tianjin, China:
  • Group E:
    • South Korea 78–58 Kuwait
    • Japan 71–101 Iran
    • Philippines 77–70 Chinese Taipei
      • Standings: Iran, Korea 6 points, Philippines 5, Chinese Taipei 4, Japan, Quwait 3.
  • Group F:
    • Kazakhstan 80–98 Jordan
    • China 82–59 United Arab Emirates
    • Qatar 63–73 Lebanon
      • Standings: China, Jordan 6 points, Lebanon 5, Qatar 4, Kazakhstan, UAE 3.

August 9, 2009 (Sunday)

Auto racing

• Sprint Cup Series:
  • Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen in Watkins Glen, New York
    • Postponed to Monday due to rain.
• IndyCar Series:
  • Honda 200 in Lexington, Ohio
    • (1) Scott Dixon Template:Cc3 (Chip Ganassi Racing) (2) Ryan Briscoe Template:Cc3 (Penske Racing) (3) Dario Franchitti Template:Cc3 (Chip Ganassi Racing)
      • Drivers' standings (after 13 of 17 races): (1) Dixon 460 points (2) Briscoe 457 (3) Franchitti 440

Basketball

• African Championship in Libya:
  • Group E in Benghazi:
    • Mali 71–58 Ivory Coast
    • Angola 91–58 Libya
    • Egypt 77–87 Nigeria
      • Standings: Angola, Nigeria 8 points, Mali 7, Côte d'Ivoire 6, Egypt, Libya 5.
  • Group F in Tripoli:
    • Morocco 54–80 Cameroon
    • Rwanda 72–59 Senegal
    • Tunisia 76–75 Central African Republic
      • Standings: Senegal, Cameroon, Tunisia 7 points, Morocco, Rwanda 6, Central African Republic 5.

Cricket

• Australia in England:
  • The Ashes Series:
    • 4th Test in Leeds, day 3:
      • England 102 & 263 (61.3 ov, Mitchell Johnson 5/69); Australia 445. Australia win by an innings and 80 runs. 5-match series level 1–1.
• Pakistan in Sri Lanka:
  • 5th ODI in Colombo:
    • Pakistan 279/8 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 147 (34.2 ov). Pakistan win by 132 runs. Sri Lanka win the 5-match series 3–2.
• Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
  • 1st ODI in Bulawayo:
    • Zimbabwe 207 (47.5 ov); Bangladesh 211/2 (34.3 ov, Mohammad Ashraful 103*). Bangladesh win by 8 wickets, lead 5-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)

• Community Shield at Wembley Stadium, London:
  • Manchester United 2–2 Chelsea. Chelsea win 4–1 in penalty shootout.

Golf

• World Golf Championships:
  • Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio
    • Winner: Tiger Woods Template:Cc3 268 (−12)
      • Woods wins for the second straight week, helped greatly by a four-shot swing on the 16th hole where he birdied and Pádraig Harrington Template:Cc3 triple-bogeyed.
• PGA Tour:
  • Legends Reno-Tahoe Open in Reno, Nevada
    • Winner: John Rollins Template:Cc3 271 (−17)

Shooting

• World Shotgun Championships in Maribor, Slovenia: (Qualification scores in parentheses)
  • Men's trap: Marian Kovacocy Template:Cc3 146 (122) Massimo Fabbrizi Template:Cc3 145+1 (123) Oguzhan Tuzun Template:Cc3 145+0 (123)

Tennis

• ATP World Tour:
  • Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C., United States
    • Final: Juan Martín del Potro Template:Cc3 def. Andy Roddick Template:Cc3 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(6)
      • Del Potro wins this tournament for the second consecutive year for his second title of the year and sixth of his career.
• WTA Tour:
  • LA Women's Tennis Championships in Carson, California, United States
    • Final: Flavia Pennetta Template:Cc3 def. Samantha Stosur Template:Cc3 6–4, 6–3
      • Pennetta wins her second title of the year and eighth of her career.

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix:
  • 2nd Preliminary round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
    • Pool D in Miaoli, Chinese Taipei
      • Netherlands 3–0 Template:Vbw
      • Germany 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Pool E in Macau
      • Thailand 0–3 Template:Vbw
      • China 2–3 Template:Vbw
    • Pool F in Osaka, Japan
      • South Korea 3–2 Template:Vbw
      • Japan 3–1 Template:Vbw
    • Standings after 6 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 12 points, China 11, Germany 10, Japan, Russia 9, Poland, USA, Thailand 8, Puerto Rico, Korea, Dominican Republic 7.

August 8, 2009 (Saturday)

Auto racing

• Nationwide Series:
  • Zippo 200 at the Glen in Watkins Glen, New York
    • (1) Marcos Ambrose Template:Flagicon (Toyota, JTG Daugherty Racing) (2) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon (Ford, Roush Fenway Racing)

Basketball

• Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: (teams in bold advance to the second round)
  • Group A:
    • Sri Lanka 45–148 Japan
    • Philippines 56–69 South Korea
      • Standings: Korea 6 points, Philippines 5, Japan 4, Sri Lanka 3.
  • Group B:
    • Uzbekistan 78–102 Chinese Taipei
    • Kuwait 46–94 Iran
      • Standings: Iran 6 points, Chinese Taipei 5, Kuwait 4, Uzbekistan 3.
  • Group C:
    • China 92–61 Qatar
    • India 72–74 Kazakhstan
      • Standings: China 6 points, Qatar 5, Kazakhstan 4, India 3.
  • Group D:
    • United Arab Emirates 67–79 Jordan
    • Indonesia 36–123 Lebanon
      • Standings: Jordan 6 points, Lebanon 5, UAE 4, Indonesia 3.
• EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round:
  • Group A: Bosnia and Herzegovina 82–77 Belgium
    • Standings: Bosnia & Herzegovina 4 points (2 games), Belgium, Portugal 1(1).
  • Group B: France 82–72 Finland
    • Standings: France 4 points (2 games), Italy, Finland 1(1).

Cricket

• Australia in England:
  • The Ashes Series:
    • 4th Test in Leeds, day 2:
      • England 102 & 82/5 (32.0 ov); Australia 445 (Marcus North 110, Stuart Broad 6/91). England trail by 261 runs with 5 wickets remaining.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour de Pologne:
    • Stage 7: (1) André Greipel Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) 2h 55' 39" (2) Christopher Sutton Template:Cc3 (Garmin–Slipstream) s.t. (3) Wouter Weylandt Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) s.t.
    • Final general classification: (1) Alessandro Ballan Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data LAM) 28h 46' 13" (2) Daniel Moreno Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data MOV) + 10' (3) Edvald Boasson Hagen Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) + 11"

Football (soccer)

• Italian Supercup in Beijing, China:
  • Internazionale 1–2 Lazio

Racquetball

• European Championships in Paris:
  • Men's singles:
    • Víctor Montserrat Template:Cc3 Carlos Oviedo Template:Cc3 Eric Gordon Template:Cc3 Oliver Bertels Template:Cc3
  • Women's singles:
    • Elisabet Consegal Template:Cc3 Yvonne Kortes Template:Cc3 Andrea Gordon Template:Cc3 Majella Haverty Template:Cc3
  • Men's doubles:
    • Adam Neary / Joe Farrell Template:Cc3 Eric Gordon / Oliver Bertels Template:Cc3 Joseph Dillon / Sean Kene Template:Cc3 Arne Schmitz / Bernd Dröge Template:Cc3
  • Women's doubles:
    • Antonia Neary Template:Cc3 Katie Kenny / Majella Haverty Template:Cc3 Yvonne Kortes / Andrea Gordon Template:Cc3 Daphne Wannee / Kathy Tritsmans Template:Cc3 / Template:Cc3

Rugby union

• Tri Nations Series:
  • South Africa 29–17 Australia in Cape Town
    • Standings: South Africa 12 points (3 matches), New Zealand 4 (3 matches), Australia 1 (2 matches)

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix:
  • 2nd Preliminary round:
    • Pool D in Miaoli, Chinese Taipei:
      • United States 2–3 Template:Vbw
      • Dominican Republic 0–3 Template:Vbw
    • Pool E in Macau:
      • Brazil 3–1 Template:Vbw
      • China 3–1 Template:Vbw
    • Pool F in Osaka, Japan:
      • Russia 1–3 Template:Vbw
      • Japan 3–1 Template:Vbw
    • Standing after 5 matches: Brazil, China, Netherlands 10 points, Germany, Russia 8, Japan, USA, Thailand 7, Poland, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic 6, South Korea 5.

August 7, 2009 (Friday)

Basketball

• African Championship in Libya: (teams in bold advance to the second round)
  • Group A in Benghazi:
    • Libya 81–97 Nigeria
    • Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire 94–57 South Africa
      • Standings: Nigeria 6 points, Côte d'Ivoire 5, Libya 4, South Africa 3.
  • Group B in Benghazi:
    • Angola 93–50 Mozambique
    • Egypt 47–67 Mali
      • Standings: Angola 6 points, Mali 5, Egypt 4, Mozambique 3.
  • Group C in Tripoli:
    • Cameroon 65–67 Senegal
    • Congo 61–113 Central African Republic
      • Standings: Senegal 6 points, Cameroon 5, Central African Republic 4, Congo 3.
  • Group D in Tripoli:
    • Cape Verde 83–86 Morocco
    • Rwanda 57–74 Tunisia
      • Standings: Tunisia, Morocco 5 points, Rwanda, Cape Verde 4.
• Asian Championship in Tianjin, China: (teams in bold advance to the second round)
  • Group A:
    • South Korea 122–54 Sri Lanka
    • Japan 69–78 Philippines
  • Group B:
    • Chinese Taipei 73–51 Kuwait
    • Iran 82–61 Uzbekistan
  • Group C:
    • Kazakhstan 56–74 China
    • Qatar 95–70 India
  • Group D:
    • Jordan 105–47 Indonesia
    • Lebanon 108–38 United Arab Emirates

Cricket

• Australia in England:
  • The Ashes Series:
    • 4th Test in Leeds, day 1:
      • England 102 (Peter Siddle 5/21); Australia 196/4. Australia lead by 94 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
• Pakistan in Sri Lanka:
  • 4th ODI in Colombo:
    • Pakistan 321/5 (50 ov, Umar Akmal 102*); Sri Lanka 175 (36.1 ov). Pakistan win by 146 runs. Sri Lanka lead the 5-match series 3–1.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour de Pologne:
    • Stage 6: (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) 4h 03' 40" (2) Alessandro Ballan Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data LAM) same time (3) Marco Marcato Template:Cc3 (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
    • General classification: (1) Ballan 25h 50' 34" (2) Daniel Moreno Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data MOV) + 10" (3) Hagen + 11"

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix:
  • 2nd Preliminary round:
    • Pool D in Miaoli, Chinese Taipei:
      • United States 3–2 Template:Vbw
      • Netherlands 3–1 Template:Vbw
    • Pool E in Macau:
      • Brazil 3–0 Template:Vbw
      • China 3–2 Template:Vbw
    • Pool F in Osaka, Japan:
      • South Korea 2–3 Template:Vbw
      • Japan 3–0 Template:Vbw
    • Standing after 4 matches: Brazil, China, Netherlands 8 points, Russia 7, Germany, USA, Thailand 6, Poland, Japan, Dominican Republic 5, Puerto Rico, Korea 4.

August 6, 2009 (Thursday)

Basketball

• African Championship in Libya: (teams in bold advance to the second round)
  • Group A in Benghazi:
    • Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire 73–64 Libya
    • South Africa 49–97 Nigeria
  • Group B in Benghazi:
    • Egypt 69–79 Angola
    • Mali 67–54 Mozambique
  • Group C in Tripoli:
    • Congo 56–70 Cameroon
    • Central African Republic 69–82 Senegal
  • Group D in Tripoli:
    • Rwanda 77–67 Cape Verde
    • Tunisia 98–79 Morocco
• Asian Championship in Tianjin, China:
  • Group A:
    • Philippines 115–31 Sri Lanka
    • South Korea 95–74 Japan
  • Group B:
    • Iran 71–67 Chinese Taipei
    • Kuwait 69–64 Uzbekistan
  • Group C:
    • Kazakhstan 62–77 Qatar
    • India 49–121 China
  • Group D:
    • Indonesia 63–68 (OT) United Arab Emirates
    • Lebanon 67–84 Jordan

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour de Pologne:
    • Stage 5: (1) Alessandro Ballan Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data LAM) 3h 48' 23" (2) Daniel Moreno Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data MOV) same time (3) Pieter Weening Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data RAB) s.t.
    • General classification: (1) Ballan 21h 47' 00" (2) Moreno + 4" (3) Weening + 6"

Football (soccer)

• UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round, second leg: (teams in bold advance to the Play-off Round, first leg result in parentheses)
  • Krylia Sovetov Template:Flagicon 3–2 (0–1) Template:Flagicon St Patrick's Athletic. 3–3 on aggregate; St Patrick's Athletic win on away goals.
  • Karabakh Template:Flagicon 2–1 (1–0) Template:Flagicon Honka. Karabakh win 3–1 on aggregate.
  • Košice Template:Flagicon 3–1 (2–0) Template:Flagicon Slavija. Košice win 5–1 on aggregate.
  • Slovan Liberec Template:Flagicon 2–0 (1–0) Template:Flagicon Vaduz. Slovan Liberec win 3–0 on aggregate.
  • Cherno More Template:Flagicon 0–1 (0–1) Template:Flagicon PSV Eindhoven. PSV Eindhoven win 2–0 on aggregate.
  • Lech Poznań Template:Flagicon 1–2 (6–1) Template:Flagicon Fredrikstad. Lech Poznań win 7–3 on aggregate.
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv Template:Flagicon 1–1 (3–1) Template:Flagicon IFK Göteborg. Hapoel Tel Aviv win 4–2 on aggregate.
  • Slaven Belupo Template:Flagicon 0–2 (1–2) Template:Flagicon Tromsø. Tromsø win 4–1 on aggregate.
  • Lahti Template:Flagicon 1–1 (2–3) Template:Flagicon Club Brugge. Club Brugge win 4–3 on aggregate.
  • Lille Template:Flagicon 2–0 (2–0) Template:Flagicon Sevojno. Lille win 4–0 on aggregate.
  • Sturm Graz Template:Flagicon 5–0 (2–1) Template:Flagicon Petrovac. Sturm Graz win 7–1 on aggregate.
  • APOP Template:Flagicon 2–2 (ET) (1–2) Template:Flagicon Rapid Wien. Rapid Wien win 4–3 on aggregate.
  • Austria Wien Template:Flagicon 4–2 (1–1) Template:Flagicon Vojvodina. Austria Wien win 5–3 on aggregate.
  • Basel Template:Flagicon 3–1 (2–2) Template:Flagicon KR. Basel win 5–3 on aggregate.
  • Young Boys Template:Flagicon 1–2 (1–0) Template:Flagicon Athletic Bilbao. 2–2 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao win on away goals.
  • Galatasaray Template:Flagicon 6–0 (4–1) Template:Flagicon Maccabi Netanya. Galatasaray win 10–1 on aggregate.
  • Legia Warsaw Template:Flagicon 2–2 (1–1) Template:Flagicon Brøndby. 3–3 on aggregate; Brøndby win on away goals.
  • Derry City Template:Flagicon 1–1 (0–1) Template:Flagicon CSKA Sofia. CSKA Sofia win 2–1 on aggregate.
  • Interblock Ljubljana Template:Flagicon 0–3 (0–2) Template:Flagicon Metalurh Donetsk. Metalurh Donetsk win 5–0 on aggregate.
  • NAC Breda Template:Flagicon 3–1 (1–0) Template:Flagicon Polonia Warsaw. NAC Breda win 4–1 on aggregate.
  • Budapest Honvéd Template:Flagicon 1–1 (1–5) Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe win 6–2 on aggregate.
  • Sigma Olomouc Template:Flagicon 3–0 (5–1) Template:Flagicon Aberdeen. Sigma Olomouc win 8–1 on aggregate.
  • Metalist Kharkiv Template:Flagicon 2–0 (2–1) Template:Flagicon Rijeka. Metalist Kharkiv win 4–1 on aggregate.
  • Elfsborg Template:Flagicon 2–0 (2–1) Template:Flagicon Braga. Elfsborg win 4–1 on aggregate.
  • Odense Template:Flagicon 3–0 (4–3) Template:Flagicon Rabotnički. Odense win 7–3 on aggregate.
  • Sarajevo Template:Flagicon 2–1 (ET) Template:Flagicon Helsingborg. 3–3 on aggregate; Sarajevo win 5–4 in penalty shootout.
  • Hamburg Template:Flagicon 0–1 (4–0) Template:Flagicon Randers. Hamburg win 4–1 on aggregate.
  • Gent Template:Flagicon 1–7 (1–3) Template:Flagicon Roma. Roma win 10–2 on aggregate.
  • PAOK Template:Flagicon 0–1 (2–1) Template:Flagicon Vålerenga. 2–2 on aggregate; PAOK win on away goals.
  • Motherwell Template:Flagicon 1–3 (0–3) Template:Flagicon Steaua București. Steaua București win 6–1 on aggregate.
  • Red Star Belgrade Template:Flagicon 5–2 (0–2) Template:Flagicon Dinamo Tbilisi. Red Star Belgrade win 5–4 on aggregate.
  • Hajduk Split Template:Flagicon 0–1 (1–1) Template:Flagicon MŠK Žilina. MŠK Žilina win 2–1 on aggregate.
  • Fulham Template:Flagicon 3–0 (3–0) Template:Flagicon Vėtra. Fulham win 6–0 on aggregate.
  • Paços de Ferreira Template:Flagicon 0–1 (0–1) Template:Flagicon Bnei Yehuda. Bnei Yehuda win 2–0 on aggregate.
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg:
  • Alianza Atlético Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Deportivo Anzoátegui

August 5, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball

• African Championship in Libya:
  • Group A in Benghazi:
    • Libya 88–72 South Africa
    • Nigeria 93–84 Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire
  • Group B in Benghazi:
    • Angola 79–74 Mali
    • Mozambique 62–72 Egypt
  • Group C in Tripoli:
    • Cameroon 79–69 Central African Republic
    • Senegal 95–68 Congo
  • Group D in Tripoli:
    • Cape Verde 71–52 Tunisia
    • Morocco 85–84 Rwanda
• EuroBasket qualification additional qualifying round:
  • Group A: Portugal 56–62 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Group B: Italy 77–80 (OT) France

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour de Pologne:
    • Stage 4: (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) 5h 25' 55" (2) Jürgen Roelandts Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data OLO) same time (3) Danilo Napolitano Template:Cc3 (Team Katusha) s.t.
    • General classification: (1) Roelandts 17h 58' 31" (2) Borut Božič Template:Cc3 (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) + 6" (3) Jacopo Guarnieri Template:Cc3 (Liquigas) s.t.

Football (soccer)

• UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round, second leg: (teams in bold advance to the Play-off Round, first leg result in parentheses)
  • Champions path:
    • BATE Borisov Template:Flagicon 2–1 (0–1) Template:Flagicon Ventspils. 2–2 on aggregate, Ventspils win on away goals rule.
    • Levski Sofia Template:Flagicon 2–0 (0–0) Template:Flagicon Baku. Levski win 2–0 on aggregate.
    • Debrecen Template:Flagicon 1–0 (1–0) Template:Flagicon Levadia. Debrecen win 2–0 on aggregate.
    • Slavia Prague Template:Flagicon 1–1 (0–0) Template:Flagicon Sheriff Tiraspol. 1–1 on aggregate, Tiraspol win on away goals rule.
    • Maribor Template:Flagicon 0–3 (3–2) Template:Flagicon Zürich. Zürich win 5–3 on aggregate.
    • Partizan Template:Flagicon 1–0 (0–2) Template:Flagicon APOEL. APOEL win 2–1 on aggregate.
    • Olympiacos Template:Flagicon 2–0 (2–0) Template:Flagicon Slovan Bratislava. Olympiacos win 4–0 on aggregate.
    • Stabæk Template:Flagicon 0–0 (1–3) Template:Flagicon Copenhagen. Copenhagen win 3–1 on aggregate.
  • Non-champions path:
    • Dynamo Moscow Template:Flagicon 0–2 (1–0) Template:Flagicon Celtic. Celtic win 2–1 on aggregate.
    • Timişoara Template:Flagicon 0–0 (2–2) Template:Flagicon Shakhtar Donetsk. 2–2 on aggregate, Timişoara win on away goals rule.
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg:
  • La Equidad Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Unión Española
  • Zamora Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Emelec
• North American SuperLiga Final in Bridgeview, Illinois:
  • Chicago Fire Template:Flagicon 1–1 (ET) Template:Flagicon UANL. UANL win 4–3 in penalty shootout.
• Copa Chile Fourth round:
  • Selección Rapa Nui 0–4 Colo-Colo
    • This is the first professional match on Easter Island. (MercoPress)

August 4, 2009 (Tuesday)

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour de Pologne:
    • Stage 3: (1) Jacopo Guarnieri Template:Cc3 (Liquigas) 5h 22' 31" (2) Allan Davis Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) s.t. (3) André Greipel Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) s.t.
    • General classification: (1) Greipel 12h 32' 42" (2) Guarnieri s.t. (3) Borut Božič Template:Cc3 (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) s.t.

Football (soccer)

• UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round, second leg: (teams in bold advance to the Play-off Round, first leg result in parentheses)
  • Champions path:
    • Maccabi Haifa Template:Flagicon 4–3 (0–0) Template:Flagicon Aktobe. Haifa rally from 3 goals down to win 4–3 on aggregate.
    • Dinamo Zagreb Template:Flagicon 1–2 (1–1) Template:Flagicon Red Bull Salzburg. Salzburg win 3–2 on aggregate.
  • Non-champions path:
    • Sivasspor Template:Flagicon 3–1 (0–5) Template:Flagicon Anderlecht. Anderlecht win 6–3 on aggregate.
    • Panathinaikos Template:Flagicon 3–0 (1–3) Template:Flagicon Sparta Prague. Panathinaikos win 4–3 on aggregate.
    • Twente Template:Flagicon 1–1 (0–0) Template:Flagicon Sporting CP. Aggregate 1–1, Sporting win on away goals rule.
• UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round, second leg: (teams in bold advance to the Play-off Round, first leg result in parentheses)
  • Omonia Template:Flagicon 1–1 (0–2) Template:Flagicon Vaslui. Vaslui win 3–1 on aggregate.
• Copa Sudamericana First Stage, first leg:
  • Universidad de Chile Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Deportivo Cali

Racquetball

• European Championships in Paris:
  • Men:
    • Semifinals:
      • Ireland 0–3 Template:Flagu
      • Catalonia 2–1 Template:Flagu
    • 3rd place:
      • Ireland 2–1 Template:Flagu
    • Final:
      • Catalonia 2–1 Template:Flagu
  • Women:
    • Template:Flagu 1–2 Catalonia
    • Ireland 0–3 Template:Flagu
      • Final standing: Catalonia Template:Flagu Ireland

August 3, 2009 (Monday)

Auto racing

• Sprint Cup Series:
  • Pennsylvania 500 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania:
    • (1) Denny Hamlin Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) (3) Clint Bowyer Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing)
      • Drivers' standings (after 21 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Tony Stewart Template:Flagicon 3188 points (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Jimmie Johnson Template:Flagicon 2991 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Jeff Gordon Template:Flagicon 2989 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports)

Cricket

• Australia in England:
  • The Ashes Series:
    • 3rd Test in Birmingham, day 5:
      • Australia 263 & 375/5d (112.2 overs, Michael Clarke 103*); England 376. Match drawn. England lead 5-match series 1–0.
• Pakistan in Sri Lanka:
  • 3rd ODI in Dambulla:
    • Pakistan 288/8 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 289/4 (46.3 ov, Mahela Jayawardene 123). Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets, and take an unassailable 3–0 lead in the 5-match series.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour de Pologne:
    • Stage 2: (1) Angelo Furlan Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data LAM) 4h 57' 25" (2) Jürgen Roelandts Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data OLO) s.t. (3) Juan José Haedo Template:Cc3 (Team Saxo Bank) s.t.
    • General classification: (1) Borut Božič Template:Cc3 (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) 7h 10' 11" (2) Furlan s.t. (3) David Loosli Template:Cc3 (Lampre–N.G.C.) + 1"

Racquetball

• European Championships in Paris:
  • Men: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
    • Group A:
      • Ireland 3–0 Template:Flagu
      • Template:Flagu 3–0 Template:Flagu
      • Ireland 2–1 Template:Flagu
        • Standings: Ireland 2–0, Netherlands 1–1, Belgium 0–2.
    • Group B:
      • Template:Flagu 3–0 Template:Flagu
      • Catalonia 3–0 Template:Flagu
      • Template:Flagu 3–0 Template:Flagu
      • Catalonia 3–0 Template:Flagu
      • Catalonia 2–1 Template:Flagu
      • Template:Flagu 1–2 Template:Flagu
        • Standings: Catalonia 3–0, Germany 2–1, Italy 1–2, France 0–3.
  • Women:
    • Ireland 1–2 Catalonia

August 2, 2009 (Sunday)

Auto racing

• Sprint Cup Series:
  • Pennsylvania 500 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania:
    • Postponed to Monday due to rain.
• World Rally Championship:
  • Rally Finland:
    • (1) Mikko Hirvonen Finland (Ford Focus RS WRC 09) 2:50:40.9 (2) Sébastien Loeb Template:Cc3 (Citroën C4 WRC) 2:51:06.0 (3) Jari-Matti Latvala Template:Cc3 (Ford Focus RS WRC 09) 2:51:30.8
      • Drivers' standings (after 9 of 12 races): (1) Hirvonen 68 points (2) Loeb 65 (3) Dani Sordo Template:Cc3 (Citroën C4 WRC) 44
      • Manufacturers' standings: (1) Citroën Total World Rally Team 119 points (2) BP Ford World Rally Team 105 (3) Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 64
• V8 Supercars:
  • Norton 360 Sandown Challenge in Melbourne, Victoria:
    • Round 14: (1) Garth Tander Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) (2) Will Davison Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) (3) Craig Lowndes Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon)
      • Standings (after 14 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 1791 points (2) Davison 1674 (3) Tander 1416

Cricket

• Australia in England:
  • The Ashes Series:
    • 3rd Test in Birmingham, day 4:
      • Australia 263 & 88/2 (28.0 ov); England 376. Australia trail by 25 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
• Bangladesh in West Indies:
  • Only T20I in Basseterre, St Kitts:
    • Bangladesh 118/9 (20/20 ov); West Indies 119/5 (16.5/20 ov). West Indies win by 5 wickets.
      • This is Bangladesh only loss of the tour.

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Tour de Pologne:
    • Stage 1: (1) Borut Božič Template:Cc3 (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) 2h 12' 56" (2) André Greipel Template:Cc3 (Team Columbia–HTC) s.t. (3) Francesco Gavazzi Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data LAM) s.t.

Football (soccer)

• UEFA Under-19 Championship in Ukraine:
  • Final: England 0–2 Ukraine
    • Ukraine win their first ever football trophy.
• CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 2:
  • Group B:
    • Heartland Template:Flagicon 3–1 Template:Flagicon Monomotapa United

Golf

• Women's majors:
  • Women's British Open in Lytham St Annes, England:
    • (1) Catriona Matthew Template:Cc3 285 (−3) (2) Karrie Webb Template:Cc3 288 (E) (3) Paula Creamer, Christina Kim (both United States), Hee-Won Han Template:Cc3 & Ai Miyazato Template:Cc3 289 (+1)
      • Matthew becomes the first Scot ever to win a women's major.
• Senior majors:
  • U.S. Senior Open in Carmel, Indiana:
    • (1) Fred Funk Template:Cc3 268 (−20) (2) Joey Sindelar Template:Cc3 274 (−14) (3) Russ Cochran Template:Cc3 276 (−12)
      • Funk wins his second senior major, and sets a new to-par scoring record for the event.
• PGA Tour:
  • Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Michigan:
    • Winner: Tiger Woods Template:Cc3 268 (−20)
      • Woods bounces back from missing the cut at the Open Championship, cruising to his fourth win of the year by three shots.
• European Tour:
  • Czech Golf Open in Prague, Czech Republic:
    • Winner: Oskar Henningsson Template:Cc3 275 (−13)
      • Henningsson collects his first career European Tour win.

Swimming

• World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy:
  • Men's 50m backstroke: Liam Tancock Template:Cc3 24.04 WR Junya Koga Template:Cc3 24.24 Gerhard Zandberg Template:Cc3 24.34
  • Women's 50m breaststroke: Yuliya Yefimova Template:Cc3 30.09 WR Rebecca Soni Template:Cc3 30.11 Sarah Katsoulis Template:Cc3 30.16
  • Men's 400m individual medley: Ryan Lochte Template:Cc3 4:07.01 Tyler Clary Template:Cc3 4:07.31 László Cseh Template:Cc3 4:07.37
  • Women's 50m freestyle: Britta Steffen Template:Cc3 23.73 WR Therese Alshammar Template:Cc3 23.88 Cate Campbell Template:Cc3 & Marleen Veldhuis Template:Cc3 23.99
  • Men's 1500m freestyle: Oussama Mellouli Template:Cc3 14:37.28 Ryan Cochrane Template:Cc3 14:41.38 Sun Yang Template:Cc3 14:46.84
  • Women's 400m individual medley: Katinka Hosszú Template:Cc3 4:30.31 Kirsty Coventry Template:Cc3 4:32.12 Stephanie Rice Template:Cc3 4:32.29
  • Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay: Template:Flagu (Aaron Peirsol 52.19 CR, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps, David Walters) 3:27.28 WR Template:Flagu (Helge Meeuw 52.27 ER, Hendrik Feldwehr, Benjamin Starke, Paul Biedermann) 3:28.58 Template:Flagu (Ashley Delaney, Brenton Rickard, Andrew Lauterstein, Matt Targett) 3:28.64
    • The world championships conclude with a total of 43 world records, the most in any swimming event in history.

Tennis

• ATP World Tour:
  • Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad in Gstaad, Switzerland:
    • Final: Thomaz Bellucci Template:Cc3 bt Andreas Beck Template:Cc3 6–4, 7–6 (2)
      • Bellucci wins his first ATP Tour title.
  • LA Tennis Open in Los Angeles, United States:
    • Final: Sam Querrey Template:Cc3 bt Carsten Ball Template:Cc3 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
      • Querrey wins his first title of the year and second of his career.
  • ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag in Umag, Croatia
    • Final: Nikolay Davydenko Template:Cc3 bt Juan Carlos Ferrero Template:Cc3 6–3, 6–0
      • Davydenko wins his second title of the year and 16th of his career.
• WTA Tour:
  • Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, United States:
    • Final: Marion Bartoli Template:Cc3 bt Venus Williams Template:Cc3 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
      • Bartoli wins her second title of the year and fifth of her career.
  • İstanbul Cup in Istanbul, Turkey:
    • Final: Vera Dushevina Template:Cc3 bt Lucie Hradecká Template:Cc3 6–0, 6–1
      • Dushevina wins her first WTA Tour title.

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix:
  • 1st Preliminary round:
    • Pool A in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
      • Brazil 3–0 Template:Vbw
      • Puerto Rico 2–3 Template:Vbw
    • Pool B in Kielce, Poland:
      • Poland 3–0 Template:Vbw
      • Netherlands 3–1 Template:Vbw
    • Pool C in Ningbo, China:
      • South Korea 2–3 Template:Vbw
      • China 3–2 Template:Vbw
    • Standings after 3 matches: Brazil, China, Netherlands 6 points, Russia, Germany, Thailand 5, Poland, Dominican Republic, USA 4, Puerto Rico, Japan, Korea 3.

August 1, 2009 (Saturday)

Auto racing

• IndyCar Series:
  • Meijer Indy 300 in Sparta, Kentucky:
    • (1) Ryan Briscoe Template:Cc3 (Penske Racing) 1:28:24.3246 (2) Ed Carpenter Template:Cc3 (Vision Racing) + 0.0162* (3) Tony Kanaan Template:Cc3 (Andretti Green Racing)
      • Drivers' standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 416 points (2) Scott Dixon Template:Cc3 (Chip Ganassi Racing) 408 (3) Dario Franchitti Template:Cc3 (Chip Ganassi Racing) 405
• Nationwide Series:
  • U.S. Cellular 250 in Newton, Iowa:
    • (1) Brad Keselowski Template:Flagicon (Chevrolet, JR Motorsports) (2) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) Jason Leffler Template:Flagicon (Toyota, Braun Racing)
• V8 Supercars:
  • Norton 360 Sandown Challenge in Melbourne, Victoria:
    • Round 13: (1) Will Davison Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) (2) James Courtney Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) (3) Craig Lowndes Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon)
      • Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Jamie Whincup Template:Cc3 (Ford Falcon) 1662 points (2) Davison 1536 (3) Garth Tander Template:Cc3 (Holden Commodore) 1266

Cricket

• Australia in England:
  • The Ashes Series:
    • 3rd Test in Birmingham, day 3:
      • No play due to rain.
• Pakistan in Sri Lanka:
  • 2nd ODI in Dambulla:
    • Pakistan 168 (47 ov); Sri Lanka 169/4 (43.4 ov). Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets. Sri Lanka lead the 5-match series 2–0

Cycling

• UCI ProTour:
  • Clásica de San Sebastián:
    • (1) Carlos Barredo Template:Cc3 (Template:Cycling data QST) 5h 37' 00" (2) Roman Kreuziger Template:Cc3 (Liquigas) s.t. (3) Mickaël Delage Template:Cc3 (Silence–Lotto) + 7"

Football (soccer)

• CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 2:
  • Group A:
    • Kano Pillars Template:Flagicon 3–1 Template:Flagicon Al-Merreikh
  • Group B:
    • Étoile du Sahel Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon TP Mazembe

Golf

• Women's majors:
  • Women's British Open in Lytham St Annes, England, third round:
    • Leaderboard: (1) Catriona Matthew Template:Cc3 212 (−4) (2) Christina Kim Template:Cc3 215 (−1) (3) Jiyai Shin Template:Cc3 & Ai Miyazato Template:Cc3 216 (E)
• Senior majors:
  • U.S. Senior Open in Carmel, Indiana, third round:
    • Leaderboard: (1) Fred Funk Template:Cc3 203 (−13) (2) Greg Norman Template:Cc3 & Joey Sindelar Template:Cc3 204 (−12)

Rugby union

• Tri Nations Series:
  • South Africa 31–19 New Zealand in Durban
    • Morné Steyn scores all of the Springboks' points, breaking the record of former All Black Andrew Mehrtens for most individual points in a Tri Nations match. Also, the Boks' John Smit makes his 60th appearance as a Test captain, giving him sole possession of the all-time lead.
    • Standings: South Africa 8 points (2 matches), New Zealand 4 (3 matches), Australia 1 (1 match).

Swimming

• World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy:
  • Women's 50m butterfly: Marieke Guehrer Template:Cc3 25.48 Zhou Yafei Template:Cc3 25.57 Ingvild Snildal Template:Cc3 25.58
  • Men's 50m freestyle: César Cielo Filho Template:Cc3 21.08 CR AM Frédérick Bousquet Template:Cc3 21.21 Amaury Leveaux Template:Cc3 21.25
  • Women's 200m backstroke: Kirsty Coventry Template:Cc3 2:04.81 WR Anastasia Zuyeva Template:Cc3 2:04.94 Elisabeth Beisel Template:Cc3 2:06.39
  • Men's 100m butterfly: Michael Phelps Template:Cc3 49.82 WR Milorad Čavić Template:Cc3 49.95 Rafael Muñoz Template:Cc3 50.41
  • Women's 800m freestyle: Lotte Friis Template:Cc3 8:15.92 CR Joanne Jackson Template:Cc3 8:16.66 Alessia Filippi Template:Cc3 8:17.21
  • Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay: Template:Flagu (Zhao Jing, Chen Huijia, Jiao Liuyang, Li Zhesi) 3:52.19 WR Template:Flagu (Emily Seebohm, Sarah Katsoulis, Jessicah Schipper, Lisbeth Trickett) 3:52.58 Template:Flagu (Daniela Samulski, Sarah Poewe, Annika Mehlhorn, Britta Steffen) 3:55.79 ER
  • Men's 50m backstroke semifinals: (1) Liam Tancock Template:Cc3 24.08 WR
  • Women's 50m breaststroke semifinals: (1) Sarah Katsoulis Template:Cc3 30.33
  • Women's 50m freestyle semifinals: (1) Cate Campbell Template:Cc3 24.08

Volleyball

• FIVB World Grand Prix:
  • 1st Preliminary round:
    • Pool A in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
      • Brazil 3–0 Template:Vbw
      • Puerto Rico 2–3 Template:Vbw
    • Pool B in Kielce, Poland:
      • Poland 0–3 Template:Vbw
      • Thailand 3–2 Template:Vbw
    • Pool C in Ningbo, China:
      • Dominican Republic 2–3 Template:Vbw
      • China 3–0 Template:Vbw
        • China, Brazil, Netherlands, Russia and Thailand all win their two opening matches.

Water polo

• World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy:
  • Men:
    • Bronze Medal Match: Template:Wp-rt 8–6 Template:Wp
    • Gold Medal Match: Template:Wp-rt 7–7 (Pen 7–6) Template:Wp