July 2007 in sports
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- 30: Bill Walsh
- 26: Skip Prosser
- 22: Mike Coolbaugh
- 22: Rollie Stiles
- 14: John Ferguson Sr.
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- Basketball 2007:
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- Cricket 2007:
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- Speedway:
Days of the month
31 July 2007 (Tuesday)
- Baseball:
- The Boston Red Sox acquire former Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Éric Gagné from the Texas Rangers in exchange for pitcher Kason Gabbard and two minor-league outfielders. (AP via Yahoo)
- The Rangers also trade first baseman Mark Teixeira and pitcher Ron Mahay to the Atlanta Braves for rookie catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and four minor-leaguers. (AP via Yahoo)
- Basketball:
- National Basketball Association:
- The Boston Celtics trade seven players to the Minnesota Timberwolves for 10-time all-star Kevin Garnett. It is the first time in NBA history so many players have been traded for a single player. The Timberwolves will receive Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff, and 2 first-round daft picks. (AP via Yahoo)
- National Basketball Association:
- FIBA Asia Championship quarterfinals at Tokushima, Japan:
- Group E: File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 76–64 Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
- Group E: File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 90–68 Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg
- Group F: File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 70–65 Jordan File:Flag of Jordan.svg
- Group F: File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 93–85 Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 2nd Test-5th Day:File:Flag of India.svg India 481 & 73/3 (24.1 ov.) File:Flag of England.svg England 198 & 355 beat by 7 wickets
- File:Flag of India.svg India leads series 1–0.
- 2nd Test-5th Day:File:Flag of India.svg India 481 & 73/3 (24.1 ov.) File:Flag of England.svg England 198 & 355 beat by 7 wickets
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
30 July 2007 (Monday)
- Basketball: FIBA Asia Championship at Tokushima, Japan:
- Group A: File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 77–68 China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
- Group A: File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 84–76 Philippines File:Flag of the Philippines.svg
- Jordan advances to the quarterfinals.
- Group B: File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 105–64 United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
- Lebanon advances to the quarterfinals.
- Group B: File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 101–48 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
- Group C: File:Flag of India.svg India 72–66 Indonesia File:Flag of Indonesia.svg
- Group C: File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 76–69 Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
- Qatar wins Group C.
- Group D: File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 98–81 Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg
- Chinese Taipei advances to the quarterfinals.
- Group D: File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 89–79 Syria File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg
- American football
- Head coach Bill Walsh, who led the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowls in 10 seasons in the 1980s and created the modern West Coast offense, dies after a battle with leukemia at his home in Stanford, California, at the age of 75. (ESPN)
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 2nd Test-4th Day:File:Flag of England.svg England 198 & 355 lead File:Flag of India.svg India 481 & 10/0 (3 ov.) by 63 runs
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
29 July 2007 (Sunday)
- Baseball: July 29 – Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.[1]
- Auto racing:
- (1) Tony Stewart (2) Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon (3) Jeff Gordon
- Champ Car: San Jose Grand Prix in San Jose, California, USA.
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 20 – Marcoussis – Paris-Champs-Élysées (146 km)
- Alberto Contador Template:Flagicon (DSC) wins the Tour in 91 hours and 26 seconds, 23 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans Template:Flagicon and 31 seconds ahead of Levi Leipheimer Template:Flagicon. This was Contador's first attempt at the Tour. (leTour.fr)
- Basketball: FIBA Asia Championship at Tokushima, Japan:
- Group A: File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 79–74 China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
- China is eliminated from championship contention.
- Group A: File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 60–54 Jordan File:Flag of Jordan.svg
- Group B: File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 69–68 Kuwait File:Flag of Kuwait.svg – Rashid Alrabah's missed lay-up at the buzzer gave the game to UAE.
- Kuwait is eliminated from championship contention.
- Group B: File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 77–67 Lebanon File:Flag of Lebanon.svg
- Group C: File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 97–74 Indonesia File:Flag of Indonesia.svg
- Group C: File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 86–45 India File:Flag of India.svg
- India and Indonesia are eliminated from championship contention.
- Qatar and Kazakhstan advance to the quarterfinals.
- Group D: File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 104–100 File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria – Yi Ting Lo's freethrow gave the game out of reach for the Syrians.
- Syria is eliminated from championship contention.
- Group D: File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 85–70 Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
- Group A: File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 79–74 China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
- Football (soccer): 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals
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- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 2nd Test-3rd Day:File:Flag of India.svg India 481 lead File:Flag of England.svg England 198 & 43/0 (16 ov.) by 240 runs
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
28 July 2007 (Saturday)
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 19 – Cognac – Angoulême (55 km) Individual time trial
- Basketball: FIBA Asia Championship at Tokushima, Japan:
- Group A: File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 78–65 China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
- Group A: File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 75–69 Philippines File:Flag of the Philippines.svg – in the only non-blowout game on the first day, the Philippines cut the Iranian lead from 16 to one point but a technical foul on Philippine coach Chot Reyes after the two-minute warning turned the tide in favor of the Iranians.
- Group B: File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 109–66 United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
- Group B: File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 104–59 Kuwait File:Flag of Kuwait.svg
- Group C: File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 106–49 India File:Flag of India.svg
- Group C: File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 107–53 Indonesia File:Flag of Indonesia.svg
- Group D: File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 107–67 Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg
- Group D: File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 99–60 Syria File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 2nd Test-2nd Day:File:Flag of India.svg India 254/3 (79 ov.) lead File:Flag of England.svg England 198 by 55 runs
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- Football (soccer): 2007 AFC Asian Cup third-place match
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}} 0–0 (aet) Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg at Palembang
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}} won via penalties, 6–5.
27 July 2007 (Friday)
- Baseball: Barry Bonds hits his 754th career home run in the first inning against the Florida Marlins at AT&T Park.
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 18 – Cahors – Angoulême (211 km)
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 2nd Test-1st Day:File:Flag of England.svg England 169/7 (55 ov.) lead File:Flag of India.svg India by 169 runs
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
26 July 2007 (Thursday)
- College basketball: Wake Forest men's head coach Skip Prosser dies of an apparent heart attack. (AP via Yahoo)
- Cricket: Former Indian fast bowler Javagal Srinath's name is not included in the ICC match referees list for the upcoming Twenty20 World Championship to be contested in South Africa
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 17 – Pau – Castelsarrasin (188 km)
25 July 2007 (Wednesday)
- Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team Robert Yates Racing announces it will merge operations with Champ Car stalwart Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing.
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 16 – Orthez – Gourette–Col d'Aubisque (218 km)
- Yellow jersey wearer Michael Rasmussen Template:Flagicon wins the stage. (leTour.fr) Shortly afterwards, his Rabobank team announces it has withdrawn him from the Tour for violation of team rules, linked to his prior failure to notify the team's directeur sportif of his whereabouts and missing several doping tests. He had been previously kicked off the Danish national cycling team for the same reason. (ESPN)
- Italian rider Cristian Moreni is announced to have failed a doping test after Stage 11. At the end of Stage 16, he is led away for questioning by French police, who also conduct a raid on the hotel used that day by his Cofidis team. The team pulls out of the Tour.(Fox News)
- Football (soccer): 2007 AFC Asian Cup semifinals
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}} 0–0 (aet) South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg at Kuala Lumpur
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}} won via penalties, 4–3.
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}} 3–2 Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg at Hanoi
- Basketball: Philippine NCAA end of first round of eliminations:
- Colegio de San Juan de Letran 70, San Beda College 69
- José Rizal University 74, College of Saint Benilde 63
- Both Letran and San Beda finished on top of the standings with 5–1 records; host JRU and San Sebastian College – Recoletos finished tied for third at 3–3. Trailing are Mapua and University of Perpetual Help with 2–4 records and St. Benilde with 1–5.
- Cricket:
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- 3rd ODI:File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 196 (39.5/40 ov.) beat File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 157 (37.1/40 ov.) by 39 runs
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
24 July 2007 (Tuesday)
- Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup teams DEI and Ginn Racing officially merge with the #01 team with Mark Martin, Regan Smith and Aric Almirola joining DEI and the points earned by the #13 car transferred to the DEI #15 team driven by Paul Menard.
- Basketball: NBA commissioner David Stern says the scandal involving former official Tim Donaghy is an isolated incident. (AP via Yahoo)
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France:
- On the final rest day, it was announced that Template:Cycling data AST has withdrawn their entire team after it was discovered that two-time stage winner Alexander Vinokourov Template:Flagicon had been found guilty of blood doping after a test. (letour.fr)
- Baseball:
- Houston Astros second baseman Craig Biggio, who had collected his 3,000th hit on June 28, announces that he will retire at the end of the 2007 MLB season. (MLB.com)
23 July 2007 (Monday)
- Baseball: In his first game since being diagnosed with lymphoma last year, Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester gives up two runs on five hits in six innings in Boston's 6–2 win over the Cleveland Indians. (Ticker via Yahoo)
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 15 – Foix – Loudenvielle (196 km)
- American football: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell orders Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick not to report to training camp while he continues to face charges of illegal dog fighting and animal abuse. (AP via Yahoo)
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 1st Test-5th Day:File:Flag of England.svg England 298 & 282 drew File:Flag of India.svg India 201 & 282/9 (96 ov.)
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
22 July 2007 (Sunday)
- Baseball: Mike Coolbaugh, first-base coach with the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Texas League, dies after getting hit in the head with a line drive at a game in North Little Rock, Arkansas. (AP via Yahoo)
- Auto racing:
- Formula One: European Grand Prix at Nürburg, Germany.
- (1) Fernando Alonso Template:Flagicon (2) Felipe Massa Template:Flagicon (3) Mark Webber Template:Flagicon
- (1) Scott Dixon Template:Flagicon (2) Dario Franchitti Template:Flagicon (3) Hélio Castroneves Template:Flagicon
- Champ Car: West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 14 – Mazamet – Plateau-de-Beille (197 km)
- Golf: 2007 Open Championship
- Pádraig Harrington Template:Flagicon defeats Sergio García Template:Flagicon in a four-hole playoff to win the Open Championship in Carnoustie, Scotland. Harrington becomes the first European-based player to win the claret jug since Paul Lawrie won in 1999, also in a playoff at Carnoustie Golf Links.
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 1st Test-4th Day:File:Flag of England.svg England 298 & 282 leads File:Flag of India.svg India 201 & 137/3 (41 ov.) by 243 runs
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- Football (soccer): 2007 AFC Asian Cup quarterfinals
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}} won via penalties, 4–2.
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}} 2–1 Uzbekistan File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg at Jakarta
- Basketball: FIBA Under-19 World Championship at Serbia
- Final: File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 74–69 United States File:Flag of the United States.svg
- Third-place: File:Flag of France.svg France 75–67 Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg
- English billiards: World Professional Billiards Championship in England:
21 July 2007 (Saturday)
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 13 – Albi (54 km) Individual time trial
- Rugby union:
- 2007 Tri Nations
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 26–12 Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg at Eden Park, Auckland — Dan Carter's seven penalties lead the All Blacks to their third consecutive Tri Nations crown. They also retain the Bledisloe Cup.
- 2007 Tri Nations
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 1st Test-3rd Day:File:Flag of England.svg England 298 & 77/2 (27 ov.) leads File:Flag of India.svg India 201 by 174 runs
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- Football (soccer): 2007 AFC Asian Cup quarterfinals
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}} 1–1 (aet) Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg at Hanoi
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}} won via penalties, 4–3.
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}} 2–0 Vietnam File:Flag of Vietnam.svg at Bangkok
20 July 2007 (Friday)
- Basketball:
- The National Basketball Association acknowledges that the FBI is investigating whether referee Tim Donaghy bet on NBA games, including those he officiated.(AP via Yahoo!)
- Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Conference Finals at the Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay:
- Alaska Aces 99, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 96, Alaska wins series, 4–3
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 12 – Montpellier – Castres (179 km)
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 1st Test-2nd Day:File:Flag of England.svg England 298 lead File:Flag of India.svg India 145/4 (57 ov.) by 153 runs
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 234/6 (50 ov.) beat File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 164 (40.3 ov.) by 70 runs
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
19 July 2007 (Thursday)
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 11 – Marseille – Montpellier (182.5 km)
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 1st Test-1st Day:File:Flag of England.svg England 268/4 lead File:Flag of India.svg India by 268 runs
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- Baseball:
- Barry Bonds hits two home runs, but his San Francisco Giants lose to the Chicago Cubs, 9–8. The two home runs give Bonds 71 multi-home run games in his career, one behind the record of 72 hit by Babe Ruth, and gives him 753 home runs for his career, two behind the record of Henry Aaron. Bonds's season total of 19 home runs also surpasses the record of 18 home runs hit by Carlton Fisk in a year in which the player turned at least 43 years old. He is two home runs behind Fisk's record of 70 home runs hit by a player after he turned 40.
- Poker: 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event:
- Jerry Yang defeats Tuan Lam in the final hand of the Main Event with a miracle Six of Hearts on the river to complete a five-through-nine straight and overcome Lam's pair of Queens to claim the $8.25 million (US) first prize.
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 10 – Tallard – Marseille (229 km)
18 July 2007 (Wednesday)
17 July 2007 (Tuesday)
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team Ginn Racing makes a major shakeup:
- They release drivers Sterling Marlin and Joe Nemechek;
- Closes down the shop for their #13 car due to a lack of sponsorship;
- Announced Regan Smith will move into the #14 car for the rest of the 2007 season;
- Sign former Joe Gibbs Racing driver Aric Almirola to drive part-time for the rest of the season with Mark Martin in the #01 car. Ginn Racing Press Release
- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team Ginn Racing makes a major shakeup:
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 9 – Val-d'Isère – Briançon (159.5 km)
- National Football League
- A federal grand jury indicts Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three other men on charges of running a dogfighting operation. (AP via Yahoo)
- The Miami Dolphins release quarterback Daunte Culpepper. (AP via Yahoo)
16 July 2007 (Monday)
- Cricket
- File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe has been dropped out of the ICC Test Championship because they only played 8 Tests in the last 3 years. The annual update of the Test Championship that gets rid of all results that happened before the last three years to make the table reflect current form which usually happens every August 1 happened now because there are no Test Series to be completed ahead of that date. Revised Standings and Full Story
15 July 2007 (Sunday)
- Football (soccer): 2007 Copa América final at Venezuela:
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}} at Maracaibo
- Auto racing:
- IRL: Firestone Indy 200 at Gladeville, Tennessee (postponed from July 14).
- (1) Scott Dixon Template:Flagicon (2) Dario Franchitti Template:Flagicon (3) Danica Patrick Template:Flagicon
- (1) Tony Stewart (2) Matt Kenseth (3) Carl Edwards
- Stewart breaks his 20-race losing streak with the win.
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 8 – Le Grand-Bornand – Tignes (165 km)
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) wins the stage in 4:49:40 and takes the lead both in the general classification and the mountains classification, finishing the stage ahead of Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval–Prodir) (+2'47") and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne). In the GC, Rasmussen leads in 39:37:42, 43 seconds ahead of Linus Gerdemann, 2'39" ahead of Mayo, and 2'51" ahead of Valverde. Rest day tomorrow. (leTour.fr)
- Basketball: Manila Invitational at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
- Final: File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 87–81 Lebanon File:Flag of Lebanon.svg
- Third-place game: File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria 90–85 China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
- American football
- World Cup – Kawasaki, Japan:
- Final: Template:Flagicon USA 23–20 Japan Template:Flagicon (OT)
- World Cup – Kawasaki, Japan:
- Cricket:
- Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007
- 6th ODI:File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland 222/7 (50 ov.) beat File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 199 (49.3 ov.) by 23 runs
- File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies won the quadrangular series by 1 point.
- 6th ODI:File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland 222/7 (50 ov.) beat File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 199 (49.3 ov.) by 23 runs
- Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007
- Baseball:
- The Philadelphia Phillies become the first MLB franchise to lose 10,000 games, falling to the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 10–2.
14 July 2007 (Saturday)
- Football (soccer): 2007 Copa América third place match at Venezuela:
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}} at Caracas
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 7 – Bourg-en-Bresse – Le Grand-Bornand (197 km)
- In the first mountain stage of this year's tour, Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) wins the stage and becomes the new leader of the general classification with a stage time of 4:53:13, followed today by Iñigo Landaluze (Template:Cycling data Euskaltel) in +40" and David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval–Prodir) in +1'39". In the GC, Gerdemann leads in 34:43:40, ahead of Landaluze (+1'24") and de la Fuente (+2'45"). Previous leader Fabian Cancellara goes down to 108th place. (leTour.fr)
- Cricket:
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- 3rd Test-4th Day: File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 500/4 (dec) beat File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 131 & 176 (59 ov.) by an innings and 193 runs. Sri Lankan off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan becomes the second bowler in history, after Shane Warne, to collect 700 Test wickets.
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- Rugby union:
- 2007 Tri Nations
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 33–6 South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg at Jade Stadium, Christchurch — The All Blacks score three tries in the last 12 minutes to pull away from what was widely considered a Springboks "B" side. This sets up a winner-take-all showdown between the All Blacks and the File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Wallabies on July 21 in Auckland, with the Tri Nations crown and the Bledisloe Cup at stake.
- 2007 Tri Nations
- American football:
- World Cup – Kawasaki, Japan:
- 5th Place Game: Template:Flagu 0–3 South Korea Template:Flagicon
- 3rd Place Game: Template:Flagu 0–7 Germany Template:Flagicon
- World Cup – Kawasaki, Japan:
13 July 2007 (Friday)
- The Fifteenth Pan American Games begin in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Official Website)
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 6 – Semur-en-Auxois – Bourg-en-Bresse (200 km)
- In the last stage before the tour will enter the Alps, Tom Boonen (Quick-Step–Innergetic) sprints to his first stagewin of the Tour in two years. He finished in 5h 20'29" followed by Óscar Freire (Rabobank) and Erik Zabel (Team Milram). Boonen takes over the lead in the Points classification and the top 5 of the General classification remains unchanged. (leTour.fr)
12 July 2007 (Thursday)
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 5 – Chablis – Autun (182.5 km)
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) won the stage in a time of 4:39:01 followed by Óscar Freire (Rabobank) and Daniele Bennati (Lampre–Fondital) in the same time. In the GC Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) keeps wearing the yellow jersey with a total time of 24h 28'66", followed by Andreas Klöden (Astana Team) and Pozatto takes 3rd place. Alexander Vinokourov crashed before the final climb of the day and lost precious time in his attempt to win the Tour this year. (leTour.fr)
- Cricket:
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- 3rd Test-2nd Day:File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 131 lead File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 30/0 (8.4 ov.) by 101 runs
- Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007
- File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 165/6 (29.5/30 ov.) beat File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 152/7 (30/30 ov.) by 4 wickets (D/L)
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- American Football:
- World Cup – Kawasaki, Japan:
- Template:Flagicon Sweden 0–48 Japan Template:Flagicon
- Template:Flagicon USA 33–7 Germany Template:Flagicon
- World Cup – Kawasaki, Japan:
11 July 2007 (Wednesday)
- Football (soccer): 2007 Copa América semifinals at Venezuela:
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}} at Puerto Ordaz
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 4 – Villers-Cotterêts – Joigny (193 km)
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) wins the stage in 4:37:47, followed by Robert Hunter (Barloworld), and Óscar Freire (Rabobank) in the same time. In the GC, Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) retains the yellow jersey for another day, in 19:49:55, followed by Hushovd (+29"), Andreas Klöden (Astana Team) (+33") and David Millar (Saunier Duval–Prodir) in +41".(leTour.fr)
- Cricket:
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- 3rd Test-1st Day:File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 72/4 (29 ov.) lead File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka by 72 runs
- Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007
- File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland 210/8 (50 ov.) beat File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 209/6 (50 ov.) by 1 run
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
10 July 2007 (Tuesday)
- Football (soccer): 2007 Copa América semifinals at Venezuela:
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}} at Maracaibo
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}} won via penalties, 4–5.
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 3 – Waregem – Compiègne (236 km)
- The longest stage in this year's Tour is won by Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) in 6:36:15, who retains the yellow jersey with a total time of 15:12:08 in the GC. Erik Zabel (Team Milram) and Danilo Napolitano (Lampre–Fondital) finished the stage in the same time. In the GC, Cancellara is pursued by Andreas Klöden (Astana Team) in +33", David Millar (Saunier Duval–Prodir) in +41", George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) in +43", and Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis), also in +43". (leTour.fr)
- Baseball:
- Major League Baseball All-Star Game at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
- American League 5, National League 4. Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners earns MVP honors with a 3-for-3 performance, capped off with the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history.
- Major League Baseball All-Star Game at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
- Basketball:
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Template:Flagicon Universiade team 102–101 (OT) File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 85–77 Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg – Lebanon takes second place honors
- File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 107–90 Philippines File:Flag of the Philippines.svg – Despite losing the game, the Philippines takes third place honors after a logjam of teams with 5–4 records since the Philippines beat all of their opponents with 5–4 records
- File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 91–74 Athletes in Action Template:Flagicon
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg Korea 82–59 Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg – Korea gave the Taiwanese a taste of what will happen at the Asian Championships in which they're bracketed at the same group.
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Cricket:
- Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007:
- 1st ODI:File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 82/0 (14.3 ov.) beat File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 80 (31.2 ov.) by 10 wickets
- Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007:
- American Football:
- World Cup – Kawasaki, Japan:
- Template:Flagicon Sweden 16–14 France Template:Flagicon
- Template:Flagicon USA 77–0 South Korea Template:Flagicon
- World Cup – Kawasaki, Japan:
9 July 2007 (Monday)
- Baseball:
- 2007 State Farm Home Run Derby: Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels wins, defeating Alex Ríos of the Toronto Blue Jays in the final round.
- Basketball:
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 82–74 Universiade team Template:Flagicon
- File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 72–71 Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg – Jordan clinch their first William Jones Cup championship.
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 88–80 Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 81–78 Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
- File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 83–72 Athletes in Action Template:Flagicon
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 2 – Dunkerque – Ghent (168.5 km)
- Gert Steegmans (QSI) outsprints his teammate Tom Boonen to win the stage finishing in their native Belgium in 3:48:22. A massive pile-up involving some 170 of the riders 2 km from the finish line means that the whole peloton get the same time, as allowed by the rules as they were within 3 km of the finish. In the GC, Fabian Cancellara retains the yellow jersey for the third day, with a time of 8:36:13. (leTour.fr)
8 July 2007 (Sunday)
- Football (soccer): 2007 Copa América quarterfinals at Venezuela:
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}} at Barquisimeto
- Auto racing:
- Formula One: British Grand Prix at Silverstone, England.
- (1) Kimi Räikkönen Template:Flagicon (2) Fernando Alonso Template:Flagicon (3) Lewis Hamilton Template:Flagicon
- Champ Car: Grand Prix of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 1 – London – Canterbury (203 km)
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto), at the back of the peloton with 5 km to go, surges through in the last 100 metres to win the stage in 4:39:01, followed by Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) and Tom Boonen (QSI). In the GC, Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) retains the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 4:47:51, followed by Andreas Klöden (Astana Team) in +13", David Millar (Saunier Duval–Prodir) in +21" (leading the King of the Mountains competition), George Hincapie (Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) in +23", and Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) in +23". (leTour.fr)
- Basketball:
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Template:Flagicon Athletes in Action 108–83 Universiade team Template:Flagicon
- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 73–69 Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg
- File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 82–60 Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 82–64 Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg – ESPN Star Sports' coverage being produced by its Taiwanese unit was cut off to give way to the British Grand Prix when Chinese Taipei was trailing by 20 points with 3 minutes to go in the fourth quarter.
- File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 91–85 Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Major League Baseball:
- The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Colorado Rockies, 6–5, to temporarily avoid becoming the first MLB team to lose 10,000 games in its history before the 2007 All-Star Break. During the game, the Phillies players all came out and assisted the grounds crew at Coors Field in placing the tarp over the infield when high winds whipped the tarp out of control, lifting many of the groundskeepers off the ground, some as high as Script error: No such module "convert".. No one was hurt.
- Tennis: 2007 Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Final:
- Template:Flagicon Roger Federer def. Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal 7–6(7), 4–6, 7–6(3), 2–6, 6–2
7 July 2007 (Saturday)
- Football (soccer): 2007 Copa América quarterfinals at Venezuela:
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}} at San Cristóbal
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}} at Puerto la Cruz
- Baseball:
- Pitcher Érik Bédard of the Baltimore Orioles faces the minimum 27 batters and strikes out 15 in a 3–0 win over the Texas Rangers. Bédard gives up two hits, both of which are followed by double plays. (AP via Yahoo)
- Auto racing:
- (1) Jamie McMurray (2) Kyle Busch (3) Kurt Busch
- The photo finish (0.05 seconds) is the second closest in NASCAR history.
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Prologue – London (7.9 km) Individual time trial
- GC: 1. Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) 8'50"; 2. Andreas Klöden (Astana Team) +13"; 3. George Hincapie (Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) +23"; 4. Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) +23" (leTour.fr)
- Basketball:
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 72–68 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
- Template:Flagicon Athletes in Action 92–78 Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 89–79 Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg Korea 102–58 Universiade team Template:Flagicon
- File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 75–70 Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Cricket:
- West Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 3rd ODI:File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 289/5 (50 ov.) beat File:Flag of England.svg England 196 (44.2 ov.) by 93 runs
- Chris Gayle goes past 6000 career ODI runs.
- File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies win the series 2–1 with none to play.
- 3rd ODI:File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 289/5 (50 ov.) beat File:Flag of England.svg England 196 (44.2 ov.) by 93 runs
- West Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- Rugby union:
- 2007 Tri Nations
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 25–17 South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg at Telstra Stadium, Sydney — The Springboks, fielding what was widely thought to be a "B team", score two tries in the first seven minutes and take a 17–0 lead after 16 minutes. The Wallabies come back to give longtime icons George Gregan and Stephen Larkham a win in their last game for the Wallabies on Australian soil.
- 2007 Tri Nations
- Tennis: 2007 Wimbledon, London, England
- Ladies' Singles Final:
- (23) Template:Flagicon Venus Williams def. (18) Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli, 6–4, 6–1
- Men's Singles Semifinals:
- (1) Template:Flagicon Roger Federer def. (12) Template:Flagicon Richard Gasquet, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
- (2) Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal def. (4) Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic, 3–6, 6–1, 4–1 ret. (inj)
- Ladies' Singles Final:
6 July 2007 (Friday)
- Baseball:
- The Minnesota Twins sweep a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox, 20–14 and 12–0. Minnesota's 32 runs are the most scored by a team in a doubleheader since 1939. Justin Morneau hits three home runs in Game 2. (AP via Yahoo)
- Basketball:
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 86–68 Universiade team Template:Flagicon
- Template:Flagicon Athletes in Action 81–70 Lebanon File:Flag of Lebanon.svg
- File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 74–70 Philippines File:Flag of the Philippines.svg
- File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 68–61 Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg
- File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 72–64 Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Tennis: 2007 Wimbledon, London, England
- Ladies' Singles Semifinals:
- (23) Template:Flagicon Venus Williams def. (6) Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic, 6–2, 6–4
- (18) Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli def. (1) Template:Flagicon Justine Henin, 1–6, 7–5, 6–1
- Ladies' Singles Semifinals:
5 July 2007 (Thursday)
- Basketball:
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 80–70 Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
- File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 86–59 Universiade team Template:Flagicon
- File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 69–66 Athletes in Action Template:Flagicon
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 88–84 Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg
- File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 78–77 (OT) Lebanon File:Flag of Lebanon.svg – Lebanon's Fadi El Khatib missed two freethrows at the end of regulation to set up a three-pointer by Lin Chih-jay at the buzzer. At the end of OT, a put-back by Tsun Wen-Din after a missed three-pointer by Chen Hsin-an put them ahead 78–77; Rony Fahed missed a field-goal to win the game for the Taiwanese.
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Cricket:
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- 2nd Test, 3rd Day: File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 451/6 (dec) beat File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 62 & 299 (86.2 ov.) by an innings and 90 runs
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
4 July 2007 (Wednesday)
- Competitive eating:
- 92nd Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, New York City:
- Joey Chestnut of San Jose, California upsets six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi by downing a record 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. (AP via Forbes)
- 92nd Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, New York City:
- Basketball:
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 90–77 Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
- File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 74–72 Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg
- Template:Flagicon Universiade team 86–84 Philippines File:Flag of the Philippines.svg – The Philippines had another collapse at the end game as Yusuke Otada converted a layup via a fastbreak after a turnover with a second remaining.
- Template:Flagicon Athletes in Action 79–65 Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg
- File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 81–62 Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Cricket:
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- 2nd Test, 2nd Day: File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 451/6 (dec) lead File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 62 & 69/4 (14 ov.) by 320 runs
- File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh collapse to their lowest ever test score in the first innings
- 2nd Test, 2nd Day: File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 451/6 (dec) lead File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 62 & 69/4 (14 ov.) by 320 runs
- West Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 278/5 (50 ov.) beat File:Flag of England.svg England 217 (46 ov.) by 61 runs
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- Rugby league:
- In the final match of the 2007 State of Origin, New South Wales avoid a series whitewash by defeating Queensland 18–4 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Queensland had already secured the series win with victories in the first two matches.
- Winter Olympic Games
- Sochi, Russia is awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics.
3 July 2007 (Tuesday)
- 2007 America's Cup:
- America's Cup holders Template:Flagicon Alinghi (SUI-100) retain the Cup in Valencia, Spain, defeating Template:Flagicon Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL-92) by 1 second to secure a 5–2 victory in the best-of-nine final.
- Baseball:
- Barry Bonds home run record chase:
- Bonds hits career home run No. 751, a two-run shot off Aaron Harang, in the first inning of the San Francisco Giants' 7–3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. He is now four homers shy of Hank Aaron.
- Barry Bonds home run record chase:
- Basketball:
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Template:Flagicon Athletes in Action 106–68 Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg
- File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 96–61 Universiade team Template:Flagicon
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg Korea 71–65 Jordan File:Flag of Jordan.svg
- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 65–62 Philippines File:Flag of the Philippines.svg
- File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 85–69 Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
2 July 2007 (Monday)
- Baseball:
- MLB::
- New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens achieves his 350th win in a 5–1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
- MLB::
- Basketball:
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 63–61 Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 80–71 Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg Korea 70–69 Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg – Kim Min-soo tipped in Yang Dong-guen's missed layup as the buzzer sounded to give Korea the come-from-behind win.
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 72–67 Athletes in Action Template:Flagicon
- File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 90–77 Universiade team Template:Flagicon
- William Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
1 July 2007 (Sunday)
- Golf
- U.S. Women's Open
- Cristie Kerr won her first major championship with a two-stroke victory over Angela Park and Lorena Ochoa.
- U.S. Women's Open
- Auto racing:
- (1) Kimi Räikkönen Template:Flagicon (2) Felipe Massa Template:Flagicon (3) Lewis Hamilton Template:Flagicon
- Champ Car: Grand Prix of Mont-Tremblant in Saint-Jovite, Quebec, Canada.
- (1) Robert Doornbos Template:Flagicon (2) Sébastien Bourdais Template:Flagicon (3) Will Power Template:Flagicon
- (1) Denny Hamlin (2) Jeff Gordon (3) Martin Truex Jr.
- Cricket:
- Pakistan in Scotland
- Match abandoned without a ball bowled
- 2007 Future Cup
- File:Flag of India.svg India 152/4 (30.2/31 ov.) beat File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 148/7 (31/31 ov.) by 6 wickets
- West Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- File:Flag of England.svg England 225 (49.5 ov.) beat File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 146 (39.5 ov.) by 79 runs
- 2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 297 & 310 beat File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 337/9 (dec) & 225 (70 ov.) by 45 runs
- Pakistan in Scotland
- Ice hockey
- NHL
- Beginning of free agency, allowing teams to offer contracts, and sign free agents.
- NHL
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