August 2009 in sports
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Deaths in August 2009:
Australian rules football
Auto racing
Baseball
Basketball
Canadian football
International clubs competitions:
Domestic (national) competitions:
Golf
Lacrosse
Motorcycle racing
Rugby league
Rugby union
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Cycling
} 0–2
} 1–1 (ET) . India win 5–4 in penalty shootout.
Tennis
Auto racing
Baseball
Basketball
Cricket
} 416 & 311/5d
; 234 & 397 (123.5 ov, Daniel Vettori
140). Sri Lanka win by 96 runs, Sri Lanka win the 2-match series 2–0.
} 145/4 (20/20 ov); 4/2 (1.1/20 ov). No result, 2-match series level 0–0.
} 188 (47 ov); 180 (49.5 ov). Netherlands win by 8 runs, Netherlands lead the 2-match series 1–0.
Cycling
Field hockey
} 5–4
} 7–0
} 6–1
} 5–3
Golf
Judo
Motorcycle racing
Rowing
Auto racing
Basketball
} 55–80
Cricket
} 416 & 311/5d
(Kumar Sangakkara
109); 234 & 182/6 (56.0 ov). New Zealand require another 312 runs with 4 wickets remaining.
Cycling
Field hockey
} 1–1
} 3–1
} 1–2
} 3–2
} 1–2
} 0–1
Judo
Rugby union
} 25–32 in Perth
Shooting
Tennis
Basketball
} 67–87
} 54–71
} 67–76
} 71–80
Cricket
} 416 & 157/2 (45.2 ov); 234. Sri Lanka lead by 339 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
} v in Edinburgh
:
} 345 (50 ov, David Hussey
111); 156 (39.3 ov). Australia win by 189 runs.
Field hockey
} 2–3
} 5–0
} 2–1(ET)
} 2–1
} 0–2
} 3–2
} 1–4
Judo
Basketball
} 95–40
} 87–100
} 87–67
} 70–66
Cricket
} 416 (Thilan Samaraweera
143); 159/5 (47.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 257 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
} 203/9 (50.0 ov); 113/9 (20.0/20 ov). England win by 2 runs (D/L method).
Field hockey
} 1–1
} 1–2
} 5–1
} 1–2(ET)
} 1–5
} 0–1
Judo
Shooting
Basketball
} 62–88
} 66–81
} 68–81
} 85–69
Cricket
} 262/3 (90.0 ov)
} v in Amstelveen
, day 3:
} 181 & 132; 107 & 209/9 (89.3 ov; Edgar Schiferli 5/57). Afghanistan win by 1 wicket.
Field hockey
} 2–8
} 0–6
} 1–2
} 1–2
} 3–1
Judo
Shooting
Basketball
Cricket
} v in Amstelveen
, day 2:
} 181 & 132; 107 & 39/2 (18.0 ov). Afghanistan require another 168 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
Cycling
Field hockey
} 1–4
} 1–4
} 1–2
} 3–0
} 1–1
Cricket
} v in Amstelveen
, day 1:
} 181; 107 (36.5 ov). Afghanistan trail by 74 runs after the 1st innings.
Cycling
Field hockey
} 3–0
} 4–4
} 2–3
} 0–3
} 4–0
} 1–3
} 4–0
Shooting
Auto racing
Basketball
} 84–77
Cricket
Cycling
Field hockey
} 5–0
} 3–1
} 1–1
} 0–0
} 0–2
} 1–0
} 2–1
Golf
Tennis
Volleyball
} 3–1
} 3–0
} 1–3
Auto racing
Cricket
} 452 & 259/4d
; 299 & 210 (71.5 ov). Sri Lanka win by 202 runs, lead 2-match series 1–0.
} 205/9 (50 ov); 109 (40.3 ov). Ireland win by 96 runs, lead 2-match series 1–0.
} 63/3 (17.1/33 ov). No result, Canada lead 3-match series 1–0.
Cycling
Field hockey
} 9–0
} 3–0
} 10–0
} 4–0
} 3–1
} 7–0
} 4–3
Golf
Rugby union
} 18–19 in Sydney
Volleyball
} 1–3
} 3–1
} 0–3
Auto racing
Cricket
} 452 & 259/4d
(Tillakaratne Dilshan
123*
); 299 & 30/1 (13.0 ov). New Zealand require another 383 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
Cycling
} – postponed to August 22 due to heavy rain.
Golf
Volleyball
} 1–3
} 3–0
} 3–0
Basketball
Cricket
} 452; 281/8 (105.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 171 runs with 2 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
} v in Aberdeen
, day 4:
Cycling
} 2–0
Golf
Volleyball
} 3–2
} 0–3
} 1–3
Cricket
} 452 (Mahela Jayawardene
114, Thilan Samaraweera
159); 87/2 (29.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 365 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
} 113 (33.1 ov); 117/1 (16.2 ov). Canada win by 9 wickets, lead 3-match series 1–0.
} XI v in Mutare
, day 4:
} XI 350 & 446/9d
(113.5 ov, Trevor Garwe
117); 427 & 211/4 (44.5 ov, Noor Ali
100*
). Match drawn.
} v in Aberdeen
, day 3:
} 202 & 303 (William Porterfield
118); 208 & 72/5 (31.0 ov). Scotland require another 226 runs with 5 wickets remaining.
Cycling
} 0–1
Volleyball
} 3–2
} 3–2
} 1–3
American football
Cricket
} 293/3 (78.0 ov, Mahela Jayawardene
108*
)
} 209 (46.4 ov); 212/5 (47.5 ov). Bangladesh win by 5 wickets, and win the 5-match series 4–1.
} XI v in Mutare
, day 3:
} XI 350 & 267/6 (74.2 ov, Tatenda Taibu
120); 427 (Mohammad Nabi
102). Zimbabwe XI lead by 190 runs with 4 wickets remaining.
} v in Aberdeen
, day 2:
} 202 & 102/3 (40.0 ov); 208 (Qasim Sheikh
100*
). Ireland lead by 96 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
Cycling
Basketball
Cricket
} v in King City, Ontario
, day 4:
} 317 & 362/3d
; 234 & 198 (65.3 ov). Kenya win by 247 runs.
} XI v in Mutare
, day 2:
} XI 350 (Tatenda Taibu
172); 358/7 (110.0 ov, Noor Ali
130). Afghanistan lead by 8 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
} v in Aberdeen
, day 1:
} 202; 76/2 (27.0 ov). Scotland trail by 126 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Auto racing
Badminton
Basketball
Cricket
} 312/8 (50 ov, Charles Coventry
194 *
); 313/6 (47.5 ov, Tamim Iqbal
154). Bangladesh win by 4 wickets, take unassailable 3–1 lead in the 5-match series.
} v in King City, Ontario
, day 3:
} 317 & 362/3d
(Seren Waters
157*
, Steve Tikolo
169); 234 & 61/2 (15.0 ov). Canada require another 385 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
} XI v in Mutare
, day 1:
Cycling
Field hockey
Golf
Motorcycle racing
Shooting
Tennis
Volleyball
Auto racing
Basketball
} 75–77
} 68–72
Cricket
} 317 & 12/0 (7.0 ov); 234. Kenya lead by 95 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
Fistball
Golf
Volleyball
American football
Basketball
} 79–69
} 61–68
} 81–70
} 65–75
} 83–101
} 65–68
Cricket
} 323/7 (50 ov, Hamilton Masakadza
102); 254 (44.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 69 runs. Bangladesh lead the 5-match series 2–1.
} v in King City, Ontario
, day 1:
} 317 (86.1 ov, Steve Tikolo
158); 14/2 (6.0 ov). Canada trail by 303 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Fistball
} 2–0
Catalonia
} 2–0
Italy
} 2–0 Italy
} 2–0 Catalonia
} 1–2
Austria
} 2–0 Catalonia
} 2–0
Germany
} 2–0 Catalonia
} 2–0 Germany
} 2–0 Italy
Golf
Volleyball
Basketball
} 84–63
} 73–74
} 80–84
} 84–78
Golf
Olympics
Shooting
Basketball
} 79–99
} 56–105
Cricket
} 172/5 (20.0/20 ov); 120 (18.1/20 ov). Pakistan win by 52 runs.
} 2–1
} 1–0
} 4–0
} 6–1
} 1–0
} 2–0
} 1–4
} 0–2
} 2–3
} 1–0
} 3–1
} 1–2
} 3–3
} 0–1
} 4–1
} 0–1
} 1–1
} 0–3
} 0–3
} 0–1
} 2–3
} 3–0
} 2–0
} 2–1
} 1–1
} 1–0
} 2–2
} 1–1
} 2–1
} 2–0
} 2–3
} 1–2
} 2–1
} 1–1
} 1–3
} 1–0
} 1–0
} 0–0
} 0–0
} 0–3
Auto racing
Basketball
} 64–80
} 73–81
} 82–69
} 51–78
} 70–72
} 56–84
} 68–71
Cricket
} 320/8 (50 ov, Shakib Al Hasan
104); 271 (46.1 ov). Bangladesh win by 49 runs, lead the 5-match series 2–0.
Shooting
Auto racing
Basketball
} 61–88
} 75–73
} 85–64
} 73–75
} 66–68
} 78–58
} 71–101
} 77–70
} 80–98
} 82–59
} 63–73
Auto racing
Basketball
} 71–58
} 91–58
} 77–87
} 54–80
} 72–59
} 76–75
Cricket
} 279/8 (50 ov); 147 (34.2 ov). Pakistan win by 132 runs. Sri Lanka win the 5-match series 3–2.
} 207 (47.5 ov); 211/2 (34.3 ov, Mohammad Ashraful
103*
). Bangladesh win by 8 wickets, lead 5-match series 1–0.
Golf
Shooting
Tennis
Volleyball
Auto racing
Basketball
} 45–148
} 78–102
} 72–74
} 36–123
Cricket
Cycling
Racquetball
} Víctor Montserrat Carlos Oviedo Eric Gordon Oliver Bertels
} Elisabet Consegal Yvonne Kortes Andrea Gordon Majella Haverty
} Adam Neary / Joe Farrell Eric Gordon / Oliver Bertels Joseph Dillon / Sean Kene Arne Schmitz / Bernd Dröge
} Antonia Neary Katie Kenny / Majella Haverty Yvonne Kortes / Andrea Gordon Daphne Wannee / Kathy Tritsmans /
Rugby union
} 29–17 in Cape Town
Volleyball
Basketball
} 61–113
} 83–86
} 69–78
} 73–51
} 56–74
} 108–38
Cricket
} 321/5 (50 ov, Umar Akmal 102*
); 175 (36.1 ov). Pakistan win by 146 runs. Sri Lanka lead the 5-match series 3–1.
Cycling
Volleyball
Basketball
} 73–64
} 49–97
} 56–70
} 69–82
} 77–67
} 98–79
} 115–31
} 95–74
} 71–67
} 69–64
} 62–77
} 49–121
} 63–68 (OT)
} 67–84
Cycling
Basketball
} 88–72
} 93–84
} 79–74
} 62–72
} 79–69
} 95–68
} 71–52
} 85–84
Cycling
Cycling
Racquetball
} 1–2 Catalonia
} 0–3 Germany
Auto racing
Cricket
} 288/8 (50 ov); 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
Racquetball
} 1–2 Catalonia
Auto racing
Cricket
} 118/9 (20/20 ov); 119/5 (16.5/20 ov). West Indies win by 5 wickets.
Cycling
Golf
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
Auto racing
Cricket
} 168 (47 ov); 169/4 (43.4 ov). Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets. Sri Lanka lead the 5-match series 2–0
Cycling
Golf
Rugby union
} 31–19 in Durban
Swimming
Volleyball
Water polo
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Deaths in August
Deaths in August 2009:- 8: Daniel JarqueDaniel JarqueDaniel Jarque i González was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.Jarque played his entire career with Espanyol, and was named team captain one month before his death from a heart attack, at the age of 26....
- 24: Toni SailerToni SailerAnton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer was an Austrian alpine ski racer, who is considered among the best the in the sport. He won three gold medals in alphine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, becoming the only triple gold medalist from that Games and thus the most successful athlete in 1956...
- 29: Frank GardnerFrank Gardner (driver)Frank Gardner OAM was a racing driver from Australia. He was best known as a Touring car racing and Sports car racing driver. He also participated in nine World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 July 1964. He scored no championship points...
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Deaths in August
Deaths in August 2009:
- 8: Daniel JarqueDaniel JarqueDaniel Jarque i González was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.Jarque played his entire career with Espanyol, and was named team captain one month before his death from a heart attack, at the age of 26....
- 24: Toni SailerToni SailerAnton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer was an Austrian alpine ski racer, who is considered among the best the in the sport. He won three gold medals in alphine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, becoming the only triple gold medalist from that Games and thus the most successful athlete in 1956...
- 29: Frank GardnerFrank Gardner (driver)Frank Gardner OAM was a racing driver from Australia. He was best known as a Touring car racing and Sports car racing driver. He also participated in nine World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 July 1964. He scored no championship points...
Current sporting seasons
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Deaths in August
Deaths in August 2009:
- 8: Daniel JarqueDaniel JarqueDaniel Jarque i González was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.Jarque played his entire career with Espanyol, and was named team captain one month before his death from a heart attack, at the age of 26....
- 24: Toni SailerToni SailerAnton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer was an Austrian alpine ski racer, who is considered among the best the in the sport. He won three gold medals in alphine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, becoming the only triple gold medalist from that Games and thus the most successful athlete in 1956...
- 29: Frank GardnerFrank Gardner (driver)Frank Gardner OAM was a racing driver from Australia. He was best known as a Touring car racing and Sports car racing driver. He also participated in nine World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 July 1964. He scored no championship points...
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- Germany
- Italy
- JapanJ. League 2009The 2009 J. League Division 1 season is the 45th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 17th season since the establishment of J1 League. The season started on March 7, 2009 and ended on December 5, 2009....
- NorwayNorwegian Premier League 2009The 2009 Norwegian Premier League season is the sixty-fifth season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen for sponsorship reasons, began on 15 March and end on 1 November. Stabæk are the defending champions, having won their first ever League Championship...
- RussiaRussian Premier League 2009The 2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 8th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 14 March 2009 with a goalless draw between Amkar Perm and Rostov. The last matches were...
- Scotland
- Spain
- Major League Soccer2009 Major League Soccer seasonThe 2009 Major League Soccer season was the 14th season of Major League Soccer. The season began on March 19 and ended with Real Salt Lake winning the MLS Cup 2009, on November 22 at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington-Changes from the 2008 season:...
(USA & Canada)
GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
2009
- European Tour
- PGA Tour
- LPGA Tour2009 LPGA TourThe 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association ....
- Champions Tour
LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
20092009 in sports-Alpine skiing:* Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 held at Val d'Isère, Savoy, France-American football:* The Florida Gators defeat the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 in front of a Dolphin Stadium record crowd of 78,468 to win the 2009 BCS National Championship Game...
- Major League Lacrosse2009 MLL seasonThe 2009 Major League Lacrosse season was the 9th season of the league. The season began on May 15, 2009 and concluded with the championship game on August 23, 2009.-Rule changes:...
Motorcycle racingMotorcycle racingMotorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all sporting aspects of motorcycling. The disciplines are not all "races" or timed-speed events, as several disciplines test a competitor's various riding skills.-Motorcycle racing:...
2009
- Superbike World Championship2009 Superbike World Championship seasonThe 2009 Superbike World Championship season was the 22nd season of the Superbike World Championship. It was the second season in which HANNspree had been the title sponsor of the championship...
- Supersport racing2009 Supersport World Championship seasonThe 2009 Supersport World Championship season is the 11th F.I.M. Supersport World Championship season. The season started on March 1 at Phillip Island and will finish on October 25 at Portimão after 14 rounds...
Rugby leagueRugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
2009
- Super LeagueSuper League XIVThe 2009 Super League season is the fourteenth season of rugby league since the Super League format was introduced in 1996...
- NRLNational Rugby League season 2009The 2009 NRL season was the 102nd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the twelfth run by the National Rugby League. For the third consecutive year, sixteen teams competed for the 2009 Telstra Premiership title. The season commenced with the first match...
Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
2009
- Top 142009–10 Top 14 seasonStade de France was listed as an alternate home for Stade Français because the club hosted five of their 13 home matches this season at the national stadium. Similarly, Stadium Municipal was listed as an alternate home for Toulouse, who normally play two Top 14 matches a year at that facility...
- Currie Cup2009 Currie Cup Premier Division-Round one:-Round One Summary:* The Boland Cavaliers held off the fast finishing Leopards to claim a 26-18 win in their Absa Currie Cup Premier Division match at Boland Stadium in Wellington on Friday 10 July....
- Air New Zealand Cup2009 Air New Zealand CupThe 2009 Air New Zealand Cup was the 33rd provincial rugby union competition, the fourth since the competition reconstruction in 2006, involving the top 14 provincial unions in New Zealand. It ran for 15 weeks from 30 July to 7 November...
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2009 in sports
-Alpine skiing:* Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 held at Val d'Isère, Savoy, France-American football:* The Florida Gators defeat the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 in front of a Dolphin Stadium record crowd of 78,468 to win the 2009 BCS National Championship Game...
, Portal:Sports and games
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- Vuelta a España2009 Vuelta a EspañaThe 2009 Vuelta a España was the 64th Vuelta a España. The event took place from 29 August to 20 September 2009. For only the second time in the race's history, it began away from Spanish soil, with the race not in fact reaching Spain until Stage 5....
:- Stage 3 – Zutphen (Netherlands) to VenloVenloVenlo is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands, next to the German border. It is situated in the province of Limburg.In 2001, the municipalities of Belfeld and Tegelen were merged into the municipality of Venlo. Tegelen was originally part of the Duchy of Jülich centuries ago,...
(Netherlands), 185 km: (1) Greg HendersonGreg HendersonGregory Henderson is a professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for , but who will ride for Lotto in 2012. His career includes winning the 15 km scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He...
(Team Columbia-HTC) 4h 41' 01" (2) Borut BožičBorut BožicBorut Božič is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for . Considered a sprinter in the mould of Óscar Freire, Božič's career highlights include winning the 2007 Tour de Wallonie, victory in the first stage of the 2009 Tour de Pologne , winning the sixth stage of the...
(Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team is a Dutch professional road race cycling team. They are a UCI ProTeam and compete in the UCI World Tour. The team was established in 2008, as the successor of P3 Transfer-Batavus, while also taking over many of the riders and staff of Cycle Collstrop, the former...
) s.t. (3) Óscar FreireÓscar FreireÓscar Freire Gómez is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, riding for the UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He is one of the top sprinters in road bicycle racing, having won the world championship a three times, equalling Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen and Eddy Merckx...
s.t. - General Classification: (1) Fabian CancellaraFabian CancellaraFabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist...
(Team Saxo Bank) 9h 29' 33" (2) Henderson + 6" (3) Gerald CiolekGerald CiolekGerald Michael Ciolek is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . In 2005, Ciolek won the German National Championship road race at age 18, the youngest ever rider to do so....
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- Stage 3 – Zutphen (Netherlands) to Venlo
Football (soccer)
- Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group C:
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- Standings: Sweden 7 points, Italy 6, England 4, Russia 0.
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- Nehru Cup Final in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
:
} 1–1 (ET) . India win 5–4 in penalty shootout.
TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- U.S. Open2009 US Open (tennis)The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
, day 1: (seeding in parentheses)- Men's Singles2009 US Open - Men's SinglesRoger Federer was the defending champion, but was defeated by Juan Martín del Potro in the final, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 2–6.-Seeds:# Roger Federer # Andy Murray # Rafael Nadal # Novak Djokovic ...
, first round:- Roger FedererRoger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
[1] def. Devin BrittonDevin BrittonDevin Britton is an American professional tennis player who formerly played for the University of Mississippi's men's tennis team. He is a native of Brandon, Mississippi.-Juniors:...
6–1, 6–3, 7–5 - Andy RoddickAndy RoddickAndrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
[5] def. Björn PhauBjorn PhauBjörn Phau is a German tennis player and the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father. He reached a singles ranking of 59 in the world on 19 June 2006. He defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis...
6–1 6–4 6–2 - Nikolay DavydenkoNikolay DavydenkoNikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
[8] def. Dieter KindlmannDieter KindlmannDieter Kindlmann is a professional German tennis player. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 26, 2004, when he became World number 130...
6–3, 6–4, 7–5
- Roger Federer
- Women's Singles2009 US Open - Women's SinglesSerena Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Kim Clijsters.Clijsters won in the final, defeating Caroline Wozniacki to win her 2nd US Open title...
, first round:- Serena WilliamsSerena WilliamsSerena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
[2] def. Alexa GlatchAlexa Glatch-Junior career:She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls 14s and Girls 18s divisions and the Orange Bowl in the Girls 16s division in 2004. She achieved a World Junior Ranking of #5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US...
6–4, 6–1 - Venus WilliamsVenus WilliamsVenus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
[3] def. Vera DushevinaVera DushevinaVera Yevgenyevna Dushevina is a Russian professional female tennis player. She was born in Moscow but now resides in Khimki, Russia. In 2006, she privately amended the presentation of her surname so as to be more English language friendly, adopting Dushevina in place of Douchevina which is a...
6–7(5) 7–5 6–3 - Vera ZvonarevaVera ZvonarevaVera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
[7] def. Nuria Llagostera VivesNuria Llagostera VivesNuria Llagostera Vives is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles...
6–0, 6–4 - Victoria AzarenkaVictoria AzarenkaVictoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high and current ranking is world no. 3, which she first achieved on 12 September 2011. She became the highest-ranked Belarusian player ever, surpassing Natasha Zvereva by two spots....
[8] def. Alexandra DulgheruAlexandra DulgheruAlexandra Dulgheru is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 26 on April 11, 2011. Her career high in doubles was World No. 47 on March 21, 2011.She is coached by Gabriel Urpi.-Biography:...
6–1, 6–1 - Flavia PennettaFlavia PennettaFlavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
[10] def. Edina GallovitsEdina GallovitsKlaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall is a Romanian female tennis player of Hungarian descent on her father's side. She is currently ranked 75th in the world and her career highest ranking of No. 54 was achieved on April 28, 2008...
6–0, 6–4
- Serena Williams
- Men's Singles
Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Formula One2009 Formula One seasonThe 2009 Formula One season was the 60th FIA Formula One World Championship season. The season took place over 17 rounds, and started with the on 29 March 2009. It ended on 1 November 2009 with the inaugural ....
:- Belgian Grand Prix2009 Belgian Grand PrixThe 2009 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on August 30, 2009 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the town of Spa, Belgium. It was the 12th race of the 2009 Formula One season. The race was contested over 44 laps, with an overall race distance of 308.2 km...
in SpaCircuit de Spa-FrancorchampsThe Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It is also home to the all Volkswagen club event, 25 Hours of Spa, run by the Uniroyal Fun Cup. It is one of the most challenging race tracks in the world, mainly due to its...
, Belgium:- (1) Kimi RäikkönenKimi RäikkönenKimi Matias Räikkönen , nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish racing driver, who will drive in Formula One for Lotus in . After nine seasons racing in Formula One, in which he took the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, he competed in the World Rally Championship from 2009-2011.Räikkönen entered...
(FerrariScuderia FerrariScuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing....
) 1:23:50.995 (2) Giancarlo FisichellaGiancarlo FisichellaGiancarlo Fisichella , also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and Ferrari. Nowadays, he drives for AF Corse's GT2 Ferrari in various sportscar events...
(Force IndiaForce IndiaSahara Force India Formula One Team, the trading name of Force India Formula One Team Limited, is a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom which currently holds an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 2007 when a consortium led by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and...
–MercedesMercedes-Benz in motorsportThroughout its long history, Mercedes-Benz has been involved in a range of motorsport activities, including sportscar racing and rallying, and is currently active in Formula Three, DTM and Formula One.-Early history:...
) +0.939 (3) Sebastian VettelSebastian VettelSebastian Vettel is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won the championship in and ....
(Red BullRed Bull RacingRed Bull Racing is a Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England which currently holds an Austrian licence. It is, along with Scuderia Toro Rosso, one of two teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH. The team have won two Constructors' Championship titles, in and , becoming the...
–RenaultRenault F1Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking...
) +3.875- Drivers' standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Jenson ButtonJenson ButtonJenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE is a British Formula One driver currently signed to McLaren. He was the 2009 World Drivers' Champion.Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British...
(BrawnBrawn GPBrawn GP Formula One Team, the trading name of Brawn GP Limited, was a Formula One motor racing team and constructor, created by a management buyout of Honda Racing F1 Team. It only competed in the 2009 Formula One World Championship, with drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. The team...
-Mercedes) 72 points (2) Rubens BarrichelloRubens BarrichelloRubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He is currently racing for Williams F1.Barrichello has scored the seventh highest points total in Formula One history. Barrichello drove for Ferrari from to , as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable...
(Brawn-Mercedes) 56 (3) Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) 53 - Constructors' standings: (1) Brawn-Mercedes 128 (2) Red Bull-Renault 104.5 (3) Ferrari 56
- Drivers' standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Jenson Button
- (1) Kimi Räikkönen
- Belgian Grand Prix
- Nationwide Series2009 NASCAR Nationwide SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series began on February 14, 2009 at Daytona International Speedway with the Camping World 300. The season concluded on November 21, 2009 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 300. With 25 top-five finishes, Kyle Busch was the season champion...
:- NAPA Auto Parts 200NAPA Auto Parts 200The NAPA Auto Parts 200 Presented by Dodge is a NASCAR Nationwide Series race that takes place at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada since 2007. It takes place in August, replacing the Champ Car World Series and Atlantic Championship Grand Prix of Montreal...
in Montreal, QuebecCircuit Gilles VilleneuveThe Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a motor racing circuit, venue for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series....
:- (1) Carl EdwardsCarl EdwardsCarl Michael Edwards, II is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #99 Fastenal/Aflac Ford Fusion in the Sprint Cup Series and the #60 Ford in the Nationwide Series for Roush Fenway Racing...
(FordFord Motor CompanyFord Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
, Roush Fenway Racing) (2) Marcos AmbroseMarcos AmbroseMarcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...
(Toyota, JTG Daugherty RacingJTG Daugherty RacingJTG Daugherty Racing is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owned by former advertising executive Tad Geschickter and his wife Jodi, along with current ESPN analyst Brad Daugherty...
) (3) Andrew RangerAndrew RangerAndrew Ranger is a Canadian racing driver driving in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in the #27 Ford Fusion for Jacombs racing and the #35 Waste Management Chevy in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East...
(Toyota, CJM RacingCJM RacingCJM Racing was a NASCAR Nationwide Series team. They fielded the #11 car for a variety of drivers.-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:Victory Motorsports was formed in 2006 when two businessmen, Bryan and Tony Mullet, purchased the Sprint Cup equipment of Faith Motorsports from Morgan Shepherd...
)
- (1) Carl Edwards
- NAPA Auto Parts 200
BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- Little League World Series2009 Little League World Series-Pool play:The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each will meet on August 30 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage, while teams marked in red were eliminated.Ties are broken based on...
in South Williamsport, PennsylvaniaHoward J. Lamade StadiumHoward J. Lamade Stadium is a baseball stadium in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Each year, it hosts the Little League World Series, along with Little League Volunteer Stadium. Lamade Stadium was built in 1959 and holds 40,000 people, most of whom sit on the outfield berms...
:- Final: Chula Vista, CaliforniaChula Vista, CaliforniaChula Vista is the second largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh largest city in Southern California, the fourteenth largest city in the State of California, and the seventy seventh largest city in the U.S....
6, Taoyuan CityTaoyuan CityTaoyuan City is the county seat of Taoyuan County in Taiwan, located in the northwestern part of the island. Taoyuan city is the gateway of Taiwan: with the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in vicinity, and is a 30-minute ride to the capital, Taipei....
, Chinese TaipeiChinese TaipeiChinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
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- Final: Chula Vista, California
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Americas ChampionshipFIBA Americas Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Americas Championship was the continental championships held by FIBA Americas for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The championship served as a qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey...
in San JuanRoberto Clemente ColiseumThe Roberto Clemente Coliseum is a sporting events and concert arena in San Juan, Puerto Rico.It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and it continues being one of the largest....
, Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Group A:
- 54–49
- 90–70
- Standings: Puerto Rico 8 points, Uruguay 7, Canada 6, Mexico 5, Virgin Islands 4.
- Group B:
- 84–64
- 89–87(OT)
- Standings: Brazil 8 points, Argentina, Dominican Republic 6, Panama, Venezuela 5.
- Group A:
- EuroBasket qualification Additional Qualifying Round, final series second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
- 92–54 (66–70) . France win 158–124 on aggregate.
- France qualify for EuroBasket 2009EuroBasket 2009The EuroBasket 2009 was the 36th EuroBasket, the biennial regional basketball championship contested by European nations and held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Poland, began on 7 September 2009 and concluded with the final on 20 September 2009...
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- France qualify for EuroBasket 2009
- 92–54 (66–70) . France win 158–124 on aggregate.
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- New Zealand in Sri LankaNew Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time...
:- 2nd Test in ColomboSinhalese Sports Club GroundThe Sinhalese Sports Club is one of the most famous cricket grounds in Sri Lanka. It is theheadquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. The Ground often cited as the Lord's of Sri Lanka, hosting most domestic finals and one of preeminent international cricket...
, day 5:
- 2nd Test in Colombo
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Declaration and forfeiture
In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
; 234 & 397 (123.5 ov, Daniel Vettori
Daniel Vettori
Daniel Luca Vettori ONZM is a cricketer for the New Zealand cricket team. He is the eighth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score 3,000 runs. He is the youngest player to have represented New Zealand in Test cricket, having made his debut in 1996–97 at the age of 18...
140). Sri Lanka win by 96 runs, Sri Lanka win the 2-match series 2–0.
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:- 1st Twenty20 in Manchester:
} 145/4 (20/20 ov); 4/2 (1.1/20 ov). No result, 2-match series level 0–0.
- Afghanistan in NetherlandsAfghanistan cricket team in the Netherlands in 2009The Afghanistan cricket team toured the Netherlands in 2009. They played two One Day Internationals and an Intercontinental Cup match against the Netherlands. Afghanistan won the Intercontinental Cup match by 1 wicket, the countries first international first-class win...
:- 1st ODI in AmstelveenVRA Cricket GroundVRA Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. During the 1999 Cricket World Cup, it hosted a match between Kenya and South Africa...
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- 1st ODI in Amstelveen
} 188 (47 ov); 180 (49.5 ov). Netherlands win by 8 runs, Netherlands lead the 2-match series 1–0.
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- Vuelta a España2009 Vuelta a EspañaThe 2009 Vuelta a España was the 64th Vuelta a España. The event took place from 29 August to 20 September 2009. For only the second time in the race's history, it began away from Spanish soil, with the race not in fact reaching Spain until Stage 5....
:- Stage 2 – AssenAssenAssen is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen's main claim to fame is the TT Circuit Assen the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Saturday in June the Dutch TT is run...
(Netherlands) to Emmen (Netherlands), 202 km: (1) Gerald CiolekGerald CiolekGerald Michael Ciolek is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . In 2005, Ciolek won the German National Championship road race at age 18, the youngest ever rider to do so....
4h 43' 12" (2) Fabio SabatiniFabio SabatiniFabio Sabatini is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .- Palmares :20032005- External links :...
s.t. (3) Roger Hammond (Cervélo TestTeamCervélo TestTeamCervélo TestTeam is a former professional cycling team, whose license was held in Switzerland by the cycling management company Cycling United Racing. The team's title sponsor was Cervélo, a Canadian manufacturer of bicycle frames that previously exclusively supplied...
) s.t. - General Classification: (1) Fabian CancellaraFabian CancellaraFabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist...
(Team Saxo Bank) 4h 48' 32" (2) Ciolek + 8" (3) Tom BoonenTom BoonenTom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
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Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship-Semifinals:-----Third and fourth place:-Final:...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
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- Austria and Poland are relegated to EuroHockey Nations TrophyEuroHockey Nations TrophyThe EuroHockey Nations Trophy is a competition for European field hockey national teams. There exist Trophies for outdoor as well as indoor hockey and for both men and women. In every cases it is a kind of B-European Championship. Underneath the Trophies there exist at least one division of the...
in 2011.
- Austria and Poland are relegated to EuroHockey Nations Trophy
- Standings: Belgium 9 points, France 6, Austria 3, Poland 0.
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Football (soccer)
- Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group B:
- 1–0
- 1–1
- Standings: Germany 9 points, France, Norway 4, Iceland 0.
- Group B:
- CAF Champions League group stage, round 4:
- Group A:
- ZESCO UnitedZESCO United F.C.ZESCO United is a Zambian football club based in Ndola. They play in the top division in Zambian football. Their home stadium is Trade Fair Grounds.They were the first Zambian team to qualify for the group stages of the CAF Champions league.They with Zanaco FC are regarded as the two richest clubs...
0–0 
Al-Merreikh - Kano PillarsKano Pillars F.C.Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Kano. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium is Sani Abacha Stadium. Kano Pillars FC was founded in the year 1990, the year professional league was started in Nigeria...
2–1 Al-Hilal
- Standings: Al-Hilal, Kano Pillars 7 points, ZESCO United 5, Al-Merreikh 2.
- ZESCO United
- Group A:
GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- PGA Tour:
- FedEx Cup Playoffs2009 FedEx Cup PlayoffsThe 2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, began on August 27 and ended on September 27...
:- The Barclays in Jersey City, New JerseyLiberty National Golf ClubLiberty National Golf Club is a country club in Jersey City, New Jersey with a 7,346 yard course designed by Robert E. Cupp and Tom Kite. The club cost over $250 million to build, making it one of the most expensive golf courses in history. Club designers added amenities such as an on-site...
- Winner: Heath SlocumHeath SlocumTyler Heath Slocum is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years:Slocum was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He attended St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School in Bunkie, Louisiana from 1986 until 1987 . Slocum learned the game of golf from his father, Jack...
275 (−9)
- Winner: Heath Slocum
- The Barclays in Jersey City, New Jersey
- FedEx Cup Playoffs
- European Tour:
- Johnnie Walker Championship at GleneaglesJohnnie Walker Championship at GleneaglesThe Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles is a European Tour golf tournament which is played at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland. The tournament was founded in 1999 as the Scottish PGA Championship, and despite maintaining the same sponsor, has since changed name on several occasions, as Diageo...
in Auchterarder, ScotlandGleneagles HotelThe Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.- History :The hotel was built by the former Caledonian Railway Company and opened in 1924, originally with its own railway station...
- Winner: Peter HedblomPeter HedblomPeter Mikael Hedblom is a Swedish professional golfer.-Amateur career:Hedblom was born in Gävle, Sweden. He won the 1986 Swedish Boys Championship when he was 16. The following year he won the Doral Junior Classic in the United States and the Scandinavian Amateur Open...
275 (−13)
- Winner: Peter Hedblom
- Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
- LPGA Tour2009 LPGA TourThe 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association ....
:- Safeway ClassicSafeway ClassicThe Safeway Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. Founded in 1972, the 54-hole event takes place every year in the Portland, Oregon area and is the oldest continuous event on the LPGA Tour. Tournament Golf Foundation has managed the tournament since...
in North Plains, OregonPumpkin Ridge Golf ClubPumpkin Ridge Golf Club is a golf club near Portland, Oregon, located just north of North Plains in Washington County. The award-winning 36-hole club opened in 1992 and has hosted several major golf tournaments, including the U.S. Women's Open in both 1997 and 2003. Since 2009, it has hosted the...
- Winner: M. J. Hur 203 (−13) PO
- Hur wins her first LPGA tour title, eliminating Michele Redman on the first playoff hole and Suzann PettersenSuzann PettersenSuzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...
on the second.
- Hur wins her first LPGA tour title, eliminating Michele Redman on the first playoff hole and Suzann Pettersen
- Winner: M. J. Hur 203 (−13) PO
- Safeway Classic
- U.S. Amateur in Tulsa, OklahomaSouthern Hills Country ClubSouthern Hills Country Club is a private golf and country club in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the United States. It was established in 1936 from land donated by multimillionaire oilman Waite Phillips. The construction costs were raised by the founding members....
:- An Byeong-hunAn Byeong-hunAn Byeong-hun , or Byeong-Hun An, is an amateur golfer from Seoul, South Korea. In August 2009, he became the youngest-ever winner of the United States Amateur Championship.-Biography:...
becomes the youngest person ever to win the event, at age 17.
- An Byeong-hun
JudoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
- World Championships2009 World Judo ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Judo Championships was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 to 30 August.Women's heavyweight champion Tong Wen was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later reinstated....
in Rotterdam:- Men's 100 kg: Maxim RakovMaxim RakovMaxim Rakov is a Kazakh judoka.He won the silver medal in the middleweight category of the 2006 Asian Games, having lost the final match to Hwang Hee-Tae of South Korea.He currently resides in Karaganda....
Henk GrolHenk GrolHindrik Harmannus Arnoldus "Henk" Grol is a Dutch judoka.Grol competed in the 2007 European Judo Championships in Belgrade, Hungary in the men's under 90 kg, as a replacement for Mark Huizinga, who cancelled last minute due to personal problems.He won gold in the men's under 100-kilo class at...
Ramadan Darwish & Takamasa AnaiTakamasa Anaiis a Japanese judoka.He began judo at the age of 5.He is Coached by former world champion and olympic silver medalist Shinichi Shinohara. He won the All-Japan Championships and took the bronze medal...
- Men's +100 kg: Teddy RinerTeddy RinerTeddy Riner is a French judoka. He's and and has been given the nickames Teddy Bear and Teddy Winner. At 18 years and 5 months Teddy Riner became the youngest world champion of the history of his sport. To date, he holds an unmatched record of six world titles obtained in the +100kg, Men's Team...
Oscar Bryson Abdullo TangrievAbdullo TangrievAbdullo Tangriev is a Uzbek judoka. He won a silver medal in the +100 kg category of the 2008 Olympic Games.-External links:*...
& Marius Paskevicius - Women's +78 kg: Tong WenTong WenTong Wen is a Chinese judoka. Born in Tianjin she began training in Judo when she was 13.In 2008 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal...
Karina BryantKarina BryantKarina Bryant is a British judoka.Bryant is due to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Judo Heavyweight event.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
Idalis Ortiz Boucurt & Maki TsukadaMaki Tsukadaborn January 5, 1982 in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture) is a Japanese female judoka.She won the Women's +78 kg category gold medal at the Athens Olympic in 2004 and the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics....
- Men's 100 kg: Maxim Rakov
Motorcycle racingMotorcycle racingMotorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all sporting aspects of motorcycling. The disciplines are not all "races" or timed-speed events, as several disciplines test a competitor's various riding skills.-Motorcycle racing:...
- Moto GP2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasonThe 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 61st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Valentino Rossi won his sixth MotoGP title, seventh in the top class and ninth title in total after getting the better of team-mate Jorge Lorenzo in a season-long battle...
:- Indianapolis Grand Prix2009 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand PrixThe 2009 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 28–30, 2009 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The MotoGP race was won by Jorge Lorenzo....
in Speedway, IndianaIndianapolis Motor SpeedwayThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400....
, United States:- (1) Jorge LorenzoJorge LorenzoJorge Lorenzo Guerrero , is a Spanish professional motorcycle road racer. He is the 2006 and 2007 250cc World Champion, and the MotoGP World Champion...
(YamahaYamaha Motor Company, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...
) 47:13.592 (2) Alex de AngelisAlex de AngelisAlex de Angelis is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from San Marino.Alex made his debut at world championship level in 1999 in the 125 cc class; his first full season was in 2000, when his best results were two sixth places. He rode a total of four full seasons in the 125cc category...
(HondaHonda Racing CorporationHonda Racing Corporation is a division of the Honda Motor Company formed in 1982. The company combines participation in motorcycle races throughout the world with the development of high potential racing machines. Its racing activities are an important source for the creation of leading edge...
) +9.435 (3) Nicky HaydenNicky HaydenNicholas "Nicky" Patrick Hayden , nicknamed the The Kentucky Kid, is an American professional motorcycle racer, who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006.-Beginnings and AMA Championship:...
(Ducati) +12.947- Riders' standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Valentino RossiValentino RossiValentino Rossi, , is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name – seven of which are in the premier class.Following his father, Graziano Rossi,...
(YamahaYamaha Motor Company, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...
) 212 points (2) Lorenzo 187 (3) Casey StonerCasey StonerCasey Stoner is an Australian professional motorcycle racer. Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia and raised in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a racing career...
(DucatiDucati CorseDucati Corse S.r.l. is a subsidiary arm of Ducati that deals with the firm's involvement in motorcycle racing. It is directed by Claudio Domenicali and is based inside Bologna, in quartiere Borgo Panigale. More than one hundred people work in Ducati Corse...
) 150 - Manufacturers' standings: (1) Yamaha 280 points (2) Honda 204 (3) Ducati 182
- Riders' standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Valentino Rossi
- (1) Jorge Lorenzo
- Indianapolis Grand Prix
RowingRowing (sport)Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
- World Championships2009 World Rowing ChampionshipsThe 38th 2009 World Rowing Championships regatta was held at Lake Malta, Poznań, Poland between August 23 – August 30.The annual week long rowing regatta was organized by FISA , and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer...
in Lake MaltaLake MaltaLake Malta is an artificial lake in Poznań, Poland. It was formed in 1952 as a result of the damming of the Cybina River. It is about 2.2 km long, which makes the lake the biggest man-made lake of the city. The water is 3.1 m deep on average with a maximum about 5 m...
, PoznańPoznanPoznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, Poland:- Men:
- Lightweight double sculls: Storm UruStorm UruStorm Uru is a New Zealand rower.Uru competed for New Zealand in Beijing at the 2008 Olympics. Along with Peter Taylor he finished 7th in the Men's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
/Peter TaylorPeter Taylor (rower)Peter Taylor is a New Zealand rower.In 2006 along with Graham Oberlin-Brown he became the Under 23 World Champion in the men's lightweight double sculls, and in doing so set a new world under 23 best time....
6:10.62 Jeremie AzouJeremie AzouJeremie Azou is a French rower.- References :...
/Frederic DufourFrédéric DufourFrederic Dufour is a French rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
6:12.57 Marcello MianiMarcello MianiMarcello Miani is an Italian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
/Elia LuiniElia LuiniElia Luini is an Italian rower.-References:*...
6:15.08 - Lightweight quad: 5:50.77 5:51.02 5:52.70
- Quadruple sculls: 5:38.33 5:39.66 5:39.85
- Eight: 5:24.13 5:27.15 5:28.32
- Lightweight double sculls: Storm Uru
- Women:
- Lightweight double sculls: Christina GiazitzidouChristina GiazitzidouChristina Giazitzidou is a Greek rower.- External links :...
/Alexandra TsiavouAlexandra TsiavouAlexandra Tsiavou is a Greek rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...
6:51.46 Magdalena KemnitzMagdalena KemnitzMagdalena Kemnitz is a Polish rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...
/Agnieszka Renc 6:56.65 Hester Goodsell/Sophie HoskingSophie HoskingSophie Hosking is a British rower.- External links :* at britishrowing.org...
6:56.67 - Quadruple sculls: 6:18.41 6:21.54 6:24.27
- Eight: 6:05.34 6:06.94 6:07.43
- Lightweight double sculls: Christina Giazitzidou
- Men:
Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- IndyCar Series2009 IndyCar Series seasonThe 2009 IndyCar Series season was the 14th season of the IndyCar Series. The 17-race season began on April 5, and its premier event, the 93rd Indianapolis 500 was held May 24. All races were broadcast on ABC or Versus in high-definition...
:- Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 in Joliet, IllinoisChicagoland SpeedwayChicagoland Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, USA, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR racing including the opening event in the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IZOD IndyCar Series, recording...
:- (1) Ryan BriscoeRyan BriscoeRyan Briscoe is an Australian auto racing driver who has raced open wheel and sports cars in Europe and America.In addition to his native English, Briscoe speaks Italian and French...
(Penske RacingPenske RacingPenske Racing is a racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, and Formula One. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
) (2) Scott DixonScott DixonScott Ronald Dixon, MNZM is a New Zealand motor racer who became the most successful all-time driver in the Indy Racing League championship in the United States when he won the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in August 2009. This took his total to 21 wins...
(Chip Ganassi RacingChip Ganassi RacingChip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. They have won 4 Champ Car, 3 Indy Racing League and 1 Grand-Am championships...
) (3) Mario MoraesMario MoraesMario Ermirio de Moraes Filho is a Brazilian professional race car driver. Moraes started his career in minor youth motorsports. In 2003 Moraes competed in American Formula Renault with and won races against some competition such as Marco Andretti. In 2005 he drove for the Bassan Motorsport team...
(KV Racing)- Drivers' standings (after 15 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 550 points (2) Dario FranchittiDario FranchittiGeorge Dario Marino Franchitti is a Scottish racing driver. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500. Franchitti is also a former NASCAR driver for Chip Ganassi Racing, competing...
(Chip Ganassi Racing) 525 (3) Dixon 517
- Drivers' standings (after 15 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 550 points (2) Dario Franchitti
- (1) Ryan Briscoe
- Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 in Joliet, Illinois
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Americas ChampionshipFIBA Americas Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Americas Championship was the continental championships held by FIBA Americas for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The championship served as a qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey...
in San JuanRoberto Clemente ColiseumThe Roberto Clemente Coliseum is a sporting events and concert arena in San Juan, Puerto Rico.It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and it continues being one of the largest....
, Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Group A:
- 80–63
- 69–71
- Standings: Puerto Rico 6 points (3 games), Uruguay, Canada 5 (3), Mexico 4 (3), Virgin Islands 4 (4).
- Group B:
- 78–73
- Group A:
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- New Zealand in Sri LankaNew Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time...
:- 2nd Test in ColomboSinhalese Sports Club GroundThe Sinhalese Sports Club is one of the most famous cricket grounds in Sri Lanka. It is theheadquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. The Ground often cited as the Lord's of Sri Lanka, hosting most domestic finals and one of preeminent international cricket...
, day 4:
- 2nd Test in Colombo
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Declaration and forfeiture
In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
(Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan, Sinhalese cricketer and the former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman...
109); 234 & 182/6 (56.0 ov). New Zealand require another 312 runs with 4 wickets remaining.
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- Vuelta a España2009 Vuelta a EspañaThe 2009 Vuelta a España was the 64th Vuelta a España. The event took place from 29 August to 20 September 2009. For only the second time in the race's history, it began away from Spanish soil, with the race not in fact reaching Spain until Stage 5....
:- Stage 1 – AssenAssenAssen is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen's main claim to fame is the TT Circuit Assen the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Saturday in June the Dutch TT is run...
(Netherlands), 4.5 km (ITTIndividual time trialAn individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...
): (1) Fabian CancellaraFabian CancellaraFabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist...
(Team Saxo Bank) 5' 28" (2) Tom BoonenTom BoonenTom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
+ 9" (3) Tyler FarrarTyler FarrarTyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...
(Garmin–Slipstream) + 12"
- Stage 1 – Assen
Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations ChampionshipThe 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship is the 9th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship for women. It will be held from August 22 to August 29, 2009 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.-Pool A:---------------------Pool B:----...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
, Netherlands:- Fifth to eighth place classification:
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- Russia and Scotland are relegated to EuroHockey Nations TrophyEuroHockey Nations TrophyThe EuroHockey Nations Trophy is a competition for European field hockey national teams. There exist Trophies for outdoor as well as indoor hockey and for both men and women. In every cases it is a kind of B-European Championship. Underneath the Trophies there exist at least one division of the...
in 2011.
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- Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group A:
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- CAF Champions League group stage, round 4:
- Group B:
- Monomotapa UnitedMonomotapa United F.C.Monomotapa United is a football club based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The club plays in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.-Squad:...
0–2 
TP MazembeTP MazembeTout Puissant Mazembe, formerly known as Englebert, are a Congolese football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Municipal de Lubumbashi. Its nickname is Les corbeaux despite having a crocodile with a ball in its mouth on the team crest... - Etoile du SahelÉtoile Sportive du SahelThe Étoile Sportive du Sahel is a sports club from Sousse in the Sahel region of Tunisia, known primarily for its football team. The club also has sections for handball, volleyball, basketball, judo and wrestling...
0–0 Heartland
- Standings: TP Mazembe 9 points, Heartland 7, ES Sahel 4, Monomotapa 3.
- Monomotapa United
- Group B:
- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
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- Standings: Syria 12 points (4 matches), India 6 (4), Kyrgystan, Lebanon 4 (4), Sri Lanka 3 (4).
- Syria and India advance to the final.
- Standings: Syria 12 points (4 matches), India 6 (4), Kyrgystan, Lebanon 4 (4), Sri Lanka 3 (4).
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JudoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
- World Championships2009 World Judo ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Judo Championships was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 to 30 August.Women's heavyweight champion Tong Wen was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later reinstated....
in Rotterdam:- Men's 90 kg: Lee Kyu-WonLee Kyu-WonLee Kyu-Won is a male judoka from South Korea, whose biggest success so far was winning the world title at the age of 19 at the 2009 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.-External links:*...
Kirill Denisov Hesham MesbahHesham MesbahHesham Mesbah is an Egyptian judoka. He won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Egypt's first judo medal in 24 years.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
& Dilshod Choriev - Women's 70 kg: Yuri AlvearYuri AlvearYuri Alvear Orejuela is a female judoka from Colombia.-Bio:Yuri was born in Jamundí what is suburb of third largest city in Colombia, Cali. Her father Arnuy is a builder and mother Miryam is a housewife...
Anett MeszarosAnett MészárosAnett Mészáros is a female judoka from Hungary.Mészáros claimed gold at the European Judo Championships in Vienna in August 2010.-External links: on judoinside.com...
Mina WatanabeMina Watanabeis a Japanese judoka.She is from Mito, Ibaraki. After graduation from high school, she worked for Komatsu Limited.She won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division at the 2009 World Judo Championships.- References :*...
& Houda Miled - Women's 78 kg: Marhinde Verkerk Marina Pryschepa Heide WollertHeide WollertHeide Wollert is a German judoka.-External links:* at sports-reference.com...
& Yi Sun
- Men's 90 kg: Lee Kyu-Won
Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- Tri Nations Series2009 Tri Nations SeriesThe 2009 Tri Nations Series was the fourteenth annual Tri Nations rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, respectively nicknamed the All Blacks, Wallabies, and Springboks...
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Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
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ShootingShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
- World Running Target Championships2009 World Running Target ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the running target events, held in August 2009 in Heinola, Finland. Russia dominated, winning 14 of the 20 gold medals.-Medal count:-Men:...
in HeinolaHeinolaHeinola is a town and a municipality of inhabitants located in the Province of Southern Finland. Heinola is perhaps best known for its summer activities such as the Sauna-sitting World Championships.-History:...
, Finland:- Men's 50 metre running target: Maxim Stepanov 596 EWR Krister Holmberg 590 Peter Pelach 589
TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- ATP World Tour2009 ATP World TourThe Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
:- Pilot Pen Tennis2009 Pilot Pen TennisThe 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis...
in New Haven, Connecticut, United States:- Fernando VerdascoFernando VerdascoFernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...
def. Sam QuerreySam QuerreySam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong...
6–4, 7–6 (6)- Verdasco wins his first title of the year and third of his career.
- Fernando Verdasco
- Pilot Pen Tennis
- WTA Tour2009 WTA TourThe 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events....
:- Pilot Pen Tennis2009 Pilot Pen TennisThe 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis...
in New Haven, Connecticut, United States:- Caroline WozniackiCaroline WozniackiCaroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
def. Elena VesninaElena VesninaElena Sergeevna Vesnina is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on 12 October 2009...
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.
- Caroline Wozniacki
- Pilot Pen Tennis
Athletics
- Golden League2009 IAAF Golden LeagueThe 2009 Golden League is the 12th edition of the IAAF's annual series of six athletics meets, held across Europe, with athletes having the chance to win the Golden League Jackpot of $1 million.-Programme:- Men :- Women :...
:- Weltklasse ZürichWeltklasse ZürichWeltklasse Zürich is an annual track and field meeting at the Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzerland. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the IAAF Diamond League. One of the first large-scale international athletics events , it is sometimes referred to as the one day...
in ZürichLetzigrundIn January 2005, UEFA approved plans to rebuild the stadium for use as a EURO 2008 venue. It hosted 3 matches in the 2008 European Football Championship....
, Switzerland: (GL indicates Golden League event, athletes in bold are in contention for the USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
1 million jackpot)- Men:
- 100 Metres GL: Usain BoltUsain BoltThe Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...
9.81 - 400 Metres GL: LaShawn MerrittLaShawn MerrittLaShawn Merritt is an American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 meters. He is the reigning Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.75 seconds makes him the fifth fastest of all time...
44.21 - 800 Metres: David Lekuta Rudisha 1:43.52
- 1500 Metres: Augustine Kiprono Choge 3:33.38
- 5000 Metres GL: Kenenisa BekeleKenenisa BekeleKenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...
12:52.32 - 3000 Metres Steeplechase: Ezekiel KemboiEzekiel KemboiEzekiel Kemboi Cheboi is a Kenyan athlete, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships and the 2011 World Championships. He became African Junior Champion in 2001 and came to prominence with a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games...
8:04.44 - 110 Metres Hurdles GL: Dwight ThomasDwight ThomasDwight Thomas O.D is a Jamaican sprinter mainly competing in the 100 metres event and more recently the 110m hurdles....
13.16 - Triple Jump: Nelson ÉvoraNelson ÉvoraNelson Évora is a Portuguese athlete, of Cape Verdean descent, who specializes in the triple jump and long jump. He is the current triple jump olympic and former world champion. Évora currently competes for Portuguese sports club S.L. Benfica...
17.38 - Javelin Throw GL: Andreas ThorkildsenAndreas ThorkildsenAndreas Thorkildsen is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion...
91.28 - 4x100 Metres Relay: 37.70
- 100 Metres GL: Usain Bolt
- Women:
- 100 Metres GL: Carmelita JeterCarmelita JeterCarmelita Jeter is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters. She is the 2011 IAAF World Champion in the 100 metres.She won the 100 m bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and a gold at the World Athletics Final. she won a second World Championship bronze...
10.86 - 400 Metres GL: Sanya RichardsSanya RichardsSanya Richards-Ross is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, an individual bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics for the 400 m, and a gold medal in the 2009...
48.94 - 1500 Metres: Maryam Yusuf JamalMaryam Yusuf JamalMaryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo...
3:59.15 - 100 Metres Hurdles GL: Brigitte Foster-HyltonBrigitte Foster-HyltonBrigitte Foster-Hylton O.D is a Jamaican 100m hurdler. She was the World Champion over 100m hurdles in 2009....
12.46 - High Jump GL: Blanka VlašićBlanka VlašicBlanka Vlašić is a Croatian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the current Croatian record holder in the event, and also the current indoorWorld Champion. The daughter of Croatian decathlon record holder Joško Vlašić, she was a talented junior athlete and attended her first Olympic...
2.01 - Pole Vault GL: Elena Isinbaeva 5.06 (WR)
- Isinbayeva sets a world record for the 17th time.
- 100 Metres GL: Carmelita Jeter
- Men:
- Weltklasse Zürich
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Americas ChampionshipFIBA Americas Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Americas Championship was the continental championships held by FIBA Americas for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The championship served as a qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey...
in San JuanRoberto Clemente ColiseumThe Roberto Clemente Coliseum is a sporting events and concert arena in San Juan, Puerto Rico.It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and it continues being one of the largest....
, Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Group A:
} 67–87
} 54–71
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- Standings: Puerto Rico 6 points (3 games), Canada 4 (2), Uruguay 3 (2), Virgin Islands 3 (3), Mexico 2 (2)
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- Group B:
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} 67–76
} 71–80
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- Standings: Brazil 6 points (3 matches), Venezuela 4 (3), Dominican Republic, Panama 3 (2), Argentina 2 (2).
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CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- New Zealand in Sri LankaNew Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time...
:- 2nd Test in ColomboSinhalese Sports Club GroundThe Sinhalese Sports Club is one of the most famous cricket grounds in Sri Lanka. It is theheadquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. The Ground often cited as the Lord's of Sri Lanka, hosting most domestic finals and one of preeminent international cricket...
, day 3:
- 2nd Test in Colombo
} 416 & 157/2 (45.2 ov); 234. Sri Lanka lead by 339 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:
} v in Edinburgh
Raeburn Place
Raeburn Place is the main street of Stockbridge, Edinburgh, and the name of the playing fields there.-Rugby:The first international rugby football game was played on the playing fields at Raeburn Place on 27 March 1871 between England and Scotland. It was won by Scotland, though England got revenge...
:
} 345 (50 ov, David Hussey
David Hussey
David John Hussey is an Australian cricketer. Hussey is a right-handed batsman and can also bowl right-arm offbreaks. He is the younger brother of Australian Test cricketer Michael Hussey.-Australian domestic career:...
111); 156 (39.3 ov). Australia win by 189 runs.
Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship-Semifinals:-----Third and fourth place:-Final:...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
, Netherlands:- Fifth to eighth place classification:
} 2–3
} 5–0
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- Standings: Belgium, France 6 points, Austria, Poland 0.
- Austria and Poland are relegated to EuroHockey Nations TrophyEuroHockey Nations TrophyThe EuroHockey Nations Trophy is a competition for European field hockey national teams. There exist Trophies for outdoor as well as indoor hockey and for both men and women. In every cases it is a kind of B-European Championship. Underneath the Trophies there exist at least one division of the...
in 2011.
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- Semifinals:
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} 2–1(ET)
} 2–1
Football (soccer)
- Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group C:
} 0–2
} 3–2
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- Standings: Sweden 6 points, Italy, England 3, Russia 0.
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- UEFA Super Cup2009 UEFA Super CupThe 2009 UEFA Super Cup was the 34th UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions...
in MonacoStade Louis IIThe Stade Louis II is a stadium located in the Fontvieille district of Monaco. It serves primarily as a venue for football, being the home of AS Monaco and the Monaco national football team, as well as the location of the annual UEFA Super Cup match...
:- BarcelonaFC BarcelonaFutbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
1–0 (ET) 
Shakhtar DonetskFC Shakhtar DonetskFC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...
- Pedro RodríguezPedro Rodríguez LedesmaPedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma , commonly known as Pedro or Pedrito, is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team, as a forward or winger....
scores the goal in the 115th minute.
- Pedro Rodríguez
- Barcelona
- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
:
} 1–4
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- Standings: Syria 9 points (3 matches), India 6 (3), Kyrgystan, Lebanon 4 (4), Sri Lanka 3 (4).
- Syria and India advance to the final.
-
JudoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
- World Championships2009 World Judo ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Judo Championships was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 to 30 August.Women's heavyweight champion Tong Wen was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later reinstated....
in Rotterdam:- Men's 81 kg: Ivan Nifontov Siarhei ShundzikauSiarhei Shundzikau-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
Kim Jae-BumKim Jae-BumKim Jae-Bum is a male South Korean judoka.Kim won a gold medal in the -73 kg class at the 2004 World Junior Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary....
& Ole BischofOle BischofOle Bischof is a German judoka. He is trained by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Frank Wieneke.-Biography:...
- Women's 63 kg: Yoshie UenoYoshie Uenois a female Japanese judoka.She won the gold medal in the Half-middleweight division at the 2009 World Judo Championships.Her elder sister is Masae Ueno, who retired in 2009 after winning gold at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic....
Elisabeth WilleboordseElisabeth WilleboordseElisabeth Willeboordse is a female judoka from the Netherlands, who won the title in the women's –63 kg division at the 2005 European Championships...
Claudia Malzahn & Alice SchlesingerAlice SchlesingerAlice Schlesinger is an Israeli Olympic judoka. She is a former World Judo Championships bronze medalist, and European junior champion.-Biography:...
- Men's 81 kg: Ivan Nifontov Siarhei Shundzikau
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Americas ChampionshipFIBA Americas Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Americas Championship was the continental championships held by FIBA Americas for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The championship served as a qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey...
in San JuanRoberto Clemente ColiseumThe Roberto Clemente Coliseum is a sporting events and concert arena in San Juan, Puerto Rico.It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and it continues being one of the largest....
, Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Group A:
} 95–40
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- 85–74
- Standings: Puerto Rico 4 points (2 games), Canada, Uruguay 2 (1), Virgin Islands, Mexico 2 (2)
- 85–74
- Group B:
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} 87–100
} 87–67
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- Standings: Brazil 4 points (2 games), Dominican Republic, Venezuela 3 (2), Panama, Argentina 1 (1).
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- EuroBasket qualification Additional Qualifying Round, final series first leg:
} 70–66
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- New Zealand in Sri LankaNew Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time...
:- 2nd Test in ColomboSinhalese Sports Club GroundThe Sinhalese Sports Club is one of the most famous cricket grounds in Sri Lanka. It is theheadquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. The Ground often cited as the Lord's of Sri Lanka, hosting most domestic finals and one of preeminent international cricket...
, day 2:
- 2nd Test in Colombo
} 416 (Thilan Samaraweera
Thilan Samaraweera
Thilan Thusara Samaraweera is a Sri Lankan cricketer, born September 22, 1976 in Colombo. Samaraweera plays international cricket for Sri Lanka and is in the side primarily for his solid right-handed batting but is also a capable Off spinner.-Personal life:...
143); 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 BelfastCivil Service Cricket ClubCivil Service Cricket Club is one of Ireland's oldest cricket clubs. Formed in 1863 in Dublin's Phoenix Park, the club currently has over 40 members and competes in league and cup competitions arranged by The Leinster Cricket Union....
:
- Only ODI in Belfast
} 203/9 (50.0 ov); 113/9 (20.0/20 ov). England win by 2 runs (D/L method).
Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations ChampionshipThe 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship is the 9th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship for women. It will be held from August 22 to August 29, 2009 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.-Pool A:---------------------Pool B:----...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
, Netherlands:- Fifth to eighth place classification:
} 1–1
} 1–2
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- Standings: Ireland 4 points, Russia, Scotland 2, Azerbaijan 1.
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- Semifinals:
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} 5–1
} 1–2(ET)
Football (soccer)
- Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group B:
} 1–5
} 0–1
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- Standings: Germany 6 points, France, Norway 3, Iceland 0.
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- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)- EmelecClub Sport EmelecClub Sport Emelec is a Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country....
2–1 (1–0) 
ZamoraZamora Fútbol ClubZamora Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football club.-History:Zamora Fútbol Club was founded on February 2, 1977. The club was promoted to the First Division after finishing as runners-up in the Second Division in the 2005/2006 season.-Titles:...
. Emelec win 3–1 on aggregate. - River PlateClub Atlético River Plate (Uruguay)Club Atlético River Plate is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club currently plays in the Primera División. River is the result of the merger of former clubs Olimpia and Capurro....
2–1 (3–0) 
BloomingClub BloomingClub Social, Cultural y Deportivo Blooming is a Bolivian football club from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, formed on May 1, 1946. Its home colours are sky blue, white and navy. They play at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera . Its main rival is Oriente Petrolero, also from Santa Cruz...
. River Plate win 5–1 on aggregate.
- Emelec
- CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, round 2:
- Group 4:
- W ConnectionW ConnectionVibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...
1–2 
Comunicaciones - Real EspañaReal C.D. EspañaReal Club Deportivo España, Real España, or simply España is a Honduran football club, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras.-History:...
1–5 
UNAMClub Universidad NacionalClub Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...
- W Connection
- Group 4:
- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
:- 1–0
- Standings: Syria 9 points (3 matches), India 6 (3), Lebanon 4 (4), Sri Lanka 3 (3), Kyrgystan 1 (3).
- Syria advance to the final.
- 1–0
JudoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
- World Championships2009 World Judo ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Judo Championships was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 to 30 August.Women's heavyweight champion Tong Wen was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later reinstated....
in Rotterdam:- Men's 73 kg: Wang Ki-ChunWang Ki-ChunWang Ki-Chun is a male judoka from South Korea.He became known for beating the 2004 Olympic champion Lee Won-Hee in the qualification matches for the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games.Wang won the world title at the age of 19 at the 2007 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro,...
Kim Chol Su Mansur Isaev & Dirk Van TicheltDirk Van TicheltDirk Van Tichelt is a Belgian judoka.His biggest achievement was his European title in Lisbon. In the same year at the Beijing Olympics he became fifht after losing in the first round to gold-medallist Elnur Mammadli....
- Women's 52 kg: Misato NakamuraMisato NakamuraNakamura Misato中村美里 is a female Japanese judoka. She won the bronze medal in the -52 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the same weight class at the 2009 World Judo Championships.- External links :* *...
Yanet BermoyYanet BermoyYanet Bermoy is a Cuban judoka. She won the silver medal in the Women's 48 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
Ana Carrascosa & Romy TarangulRomy TarangulRomy Tarangul is a German judoka. She currently competes in the -52 kg category for the JC 90 Frankfurt .-Career:In 2008 Tarangul won the silver medal at the European Championships....
- Women's 57 kg: Morgane Ribout Telma MonteiroTelma MonteiroTelma Monteiro is a Portuguese judoka from the city of Almada. She is currently in the number two spot on the world ranking list. She is also a multi-time medal winner in both World and European Championships and Cups. She won silver medals in the last European and World Championships.Since July...
Kifayat GasimovaKifayat GasimovaKifayat Gasimova is an Azerbaijani judoka....
Hedvig Karakas
- Men's 73 kg: Wang Ki-Chun
ShootingShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
- World Running Target Championships2009 World Running Target ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the running target events, held in August 2009 in Heinola, Finland. Russia dominated, winning 14 of the 20 gold medals.-Medal count:-Men:...
in HeinolaHeinolaHeinola is a town and a municipality of inhabitants located in the Province of Southern Finland. Heinola is perhaps best known for its summer activities such as the Sauna-sitting World Championships.-History:...
, Finland:- Men's 50 metre running target mixed50 metre running target mixed50 metre running target mixed is an ISSF shooting event, shot with a .22-calibre rifle at a target depicting a boar moving sideways across a 10 metre wide opening...
: Maxim Stepanov 392+37 Staffan Holmström 392+36 Niklas Bergström 391
- Men's 50 metre running target mixed
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Americas ChampionshipFIBA Americas Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Americas Championship was the continental championships held by FIBA Americas for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The championship served as a qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey...
in San JuanRoberto Clemente ColiseumThe Roberto Clemente Coliseum is a sporting events and concert arena in San Juan, Puerto Rico.It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and it continues being one of the largest....
, Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
:- Group A:
} 62–88
} 66–81
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- Group B:
} 68–81
} 85–69
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- New Zealand in Sri LankaNew Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time...
:- 2nd Test in ColomboSinhalese Sports Club GroundThe Sinhalese Sports Club is one of the most famous cricket grounds in Sri Lanka. It is theheadquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. The Ground often cited as the Lord's of Sri Lanka, hosting most domestic finals and one of preeminent international cricket...
, day 1:
- 2nd Test in Colombo
} 262/3 (90.0 ov)
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- Daniel VettoriDaniel VettoriDaniel Luca Vettori ONZM is a cricketer for the New Zealand cricket team. He is the eighth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score 3,000 runs. He is the youngest player to have represented New Zealand in Test cricket, having made his debut in 1996–97 at the age of 18...
gets his 300th Test wicket.
- Daniel Vettori
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- ICC Intercontinental Cup:
} v in Amstelveen
VRA Cricket Ground
VRA Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. During the 1999 Cricket World Cup, it hosted a match between Kenya and South Africa...
, day 3:
} 181 & 132; 107 & 209/9 (89.3 ov; Edgar Schiferli 5/57). Afghanistan win by 1 wicket.
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Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship-Semifinals:-----Third and fourth place:-Final:...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
, Netherlands: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)- Pool A:
} 2–8
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- Standings: England, Germany 7 points, Belgium 3, Austria 0.
- 3–1
- Pool B:
- 6–1
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- Women's Euro in Finland: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- Group A:
} 1–2
} 1–2
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- Standings: Finland 6 points, Netherlands, Denmark 3, Ukraine 0.
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- UEFA Champions League Play-off round, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses, the winners advance to the group stage2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stageThe 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 15 September and 9 December 2009. The draw for the eight groups took place on 27 August 2009, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco....
, the losers go to Europa League group stage2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stageThe 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009.The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round....
)- Champions Path:
- Olympiacos
1–0 (2–0) 
Sheriff TiraspolFC Sheriff TiraspolFC Sheriff Tiraspol is a football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol, a rival team based in the same city.-History:The club...
. Olympiacos win 3–0 on aggregate. - APOEL
3–1 (0–1) 
CopenhagenF.C. CopenhagenF.C. Copenhagen is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment....
. APOEL win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Olympiacos
- Non-Champions Path:
- ArsenalArsenal F.C.Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
3–1 (2–0) 
CelticCeltic F.C.Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
. Arsenal win 5–1 on aggregate. - StuttgartVfB StuttgartVerein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...
0–0 (2–0) 
Timişoara. Stuttgart win 2–0 on aggregate. - FiorentinaACF FiorentinaACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
1–1 (2–2) 
Sporting CP. 3–3 on aggregate, Fiorentina win on away goals ruleAway goals ruleThe away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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- Arsenal
- Champions Path:
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, first leg:- Atlético MineiroClube Atlético MineiroClube Atlético Mineiro , are a Brazilian football club based in Belo Horizonte, the oldest in the city. Founded in 1908, they play in the Campeonato Mineiro and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão. Atlético Mineiro have been Brazilian champions once, state winners a record 40 times and...
1–1 GoiásGoiás Esporte ClubeGoiás Esporte Clube, also known as Goiás, is a Brazilian football team in Goiânia, Goiás state. It is one of the largest clubs of the Central-Western part of Brazil and they won the 'Série B once.Its main rival is Vila Nova...
- Atlético Mineiro
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)- FlamengoClube de Regatas do FlamengoClube de Regatas do Flamengo , also known as Flamengo and familiarly as Mengão, is a Brazilian sports club based in the Flamengo bairro, Zona Sul, Rio de Janeiro, best known for its professional football team...
1–1 (0–0) FluminenseFluminense Football ClubFluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...
1–1 on aggregate, Fluminense win on away goals ruleAway goals ruleThe away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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- Flamengo
- CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, round 2:
- Group 1:
- Árabe Unido
1–1 
Houston DynamoHouston DynamoThe Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...
- Árabe Unido
- Group 2:
- D.C. UnitedD.C. UnitedD.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...
1–3 Toluca - Marathón 3–1 San Juan JablotehSan Juan JablotehSan Juan Jabloteh is a football club located in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago that currently plays in the country's Pro League. The team plays its home games in Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad.- History :...
- D.C. United
- Group 3:
- Cruz Azul 5–0 Columbus CrewColumbus CrewThe Columbus Crew is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...
- Cruz Azul
- Group 1:
- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
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- News:
- The Italian football system will be shaken up as Serie ASerie ASerie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
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.
- The Italian football system will be shaken up as Serie A
JudoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
- World Championships2009 World Judo ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Judo Championships was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 to 30 August.Women's heavyweight champion Tong Wen was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later reinstated....
in Rotterdam:- Men's 60 kg: Georgiy Zantaraya Hiroaki HiraokaHiroaki Hiraokais a Japanese judoka. He won silver at the 2009 World Judo Championships and bronze at the 2010 World Judo Championships.-External links:* at the judoinside.com....
Hovhannes DavtyanHovhannes DavtyanHovhannes Davtyan is an Armenian judoka. He fights in the under 60 kilo class, and is very tall compared to the other fighters in his weight division.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
& Elio Verde - Men's 66 kg: Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Sugoi Uriarte Miklós UngvariMiklós UngváriMiklós Ungvári is a Hungarian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
& An Jeong-Hwan - Women's 48 kg: Tomoko FukumiTomoko Fukumi; born June 26, 1985 in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki) is a female Japanese judoka.She is the only judoka who have beaten Ryoko Tani twice.She later won the gold medal in the extra-lightweight division at the 2009 World Judo Championships.-External links:...
Oriana Blanco Chung Jung-Yeon & Frédérique JossinetFrédérique JossinetFrédérique Jossinet is a French Olympic judoka in the lightest class.-Olympic games:*2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece:* Silver medal in the 48- kg class....
- Men's 60 kg: Georgiy Zantaraya Hiroaki Hiraoka
ShootingShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
- World Running Target Championships2009 World Running Target ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the running target events, held in August 2009 in Heinola, Finland. Russia dominated, winning 14 of the 20 gold medals.-Medal count:-Men:...
in HeinolaHeinolaHeinola is a town and a municipality of inhabitants located in the Province of Southern Finland. Heinola is perhaps best known for its summer activities such as the Sauna-sitting World Championships.-History:...
, Finland:- Men's 10 metre running target:
- Gold medal match: Emil AnderssonEmil AnderssonEmil Andersson is a Swedish running target shooter. He grew up close to the Småland-Skåne border, but now lives in Strömsund, Jämtland. His trainer is Claes Johansson....
def. Vladyslav Prianishnikov 6–2 - Bronze medal match: Dimitry Romanov def. Krister Holmberg 6–3
- Gold medal match: Emil Andersson
- Women's 10 metre running target:
- Gold medal match: Galina Avramenko def. Tetyana Yevseyenko 6–5
- Bronze medal match: Viktoriya Zabolotna def. Olga Stepanova 6–4
- Men's 10 metre running target:
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Oceanian ChampionshipFIBA Oceania Championship 2009The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2009 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. For the first time, the tournament featured a best-of-two, home-and-away series between Australia and New Zealand. Game one was held in Sydney, New South Wales...
, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)- 100–78 (77–84) . New Zealand win 177–162 on aggregate.
- Both teams qualify for 2010 FIBA World Championship2010 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 2010 FIBA World Championship, hosted by Turkey, was the international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from August 28 to September 12, 2010. It was co-organized by the International Basketball Federation , Turkish Basketball Federation and the...
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- Both teams qualify for 2010 FIBA World Championship
- 100–78 (77–84) . New Zealand win 177–162 on aggregate.
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- ICC Intercontinental Cup:
} v in Amstelveen
VRA Cricket Ground
VRA Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. During the 1999 Cricket World Cup, it hosted a match between Kenya and South Africa...
, day 2:
} 181 & 132; 107 & 39/2 (18.0 ov). Afghanistan require another 168 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour of Benelux:
- Stage 7 (ITTIndividual time trialAn individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...
): (1) Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
(Team Columbia-HTC) 16' 07" (2) Sebastian LangeveldSebastian LangeveldSebastian Langeveld is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Rabobank. His biggest win is Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2011. On the 17 of August 2011, Langeveld was confirmed to be riding for Australian team GreenEdge in 2012.- Palmarès :2006...
+ 4" (3) Maarten TjallingiiMaarten TjallingiiMaarten Tjallingii is a Dutch professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Rabobank. His biggest win was the 2006 Tour of Belgium.-Palmares:2001...
(Rabobank) + 5" - Final General classification: (1) Hagen 26h 49' 40" (2) Sylvain ChavanelSylvain ChavanelSylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003...
+ 45" (3) Langeveld + 47"
- Stage 7 (ITT
- Tour of Benelux:
Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations ChampionshipThe 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship is the 9th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship for women. It will be held from August 22 to August 29, 2009 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.-Pool A:---------------------Pool B:----...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
, Netherlands: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)- Pool A:
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- Women's Euro in Finland:
- Group C:
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- UEFA Champions League Play-off round, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses, the winners advance to the group stage2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stageThe 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 15 September and 9 December 2009. The draw for the eight groups took place on 27 August 2009, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco....
, the losers go to Europa League group stage2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stageThe 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009.The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round....
)- Champions Path:
- Maccabi HaifaMaccabi Haifa F.C.Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...
3–0 (2–1) Red Bull Salzburg. Maccabi Haifa win 5–1 on aggrehate. - Zürich
2–1 (3–0) 
VentspilsFK VentspilsFK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....
. Zürich win 5–1 on aggregate. - DebrecenDebreceni VSCDebreceni VSC or just Debrecen or DVSC is a football club from the city of Debrecen in Hungary. They are best known for reaching the group stages of the UEFA Champions League 2009–10 season. Debreceni VSC has been the most successful Hungarian club since 2000. The club has won the Hungarian...
2–0 (2–1) 
Levski SofiaPFC Levski Sofia"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...
. Debrecen win 4–1 on aggregate.
- Maccabi Haifa
- Non-Champions Path:
- AnderlechtR.S.C. AnderlechtRoyal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...
1–3 (1–5) 
LyonOlympique LyonnaisOlympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...
. Lyon win 8–2 on aggregate. - Atlético Madrid 2–0 (3–2) Panathinaikos. Atlético Madrid win 5–2 on aggregate.
- Anderlecht
- Champions Path:
- UEFA Europa League play-off round, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses, the winners advance to the group stage2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stageThe 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009.The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round....
)- Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 (3–0)
SivassporSivassporSivasspor is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas, Turkey formed in the year 1967. They play in the Turkish Süper Lig. Their manager is currently Riza Calimbay. They finished 15th in the 2010–11 Süper Lig. Their current captain is Hayrettin Yerlikaya....
. Shakhtar win 5–0 on aggregate.
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)- Unión EspañolaUnión EspañolaClub Unión Española S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by a Spanish immigrants on 18 May 1897, Unión Española have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence but two seasons in the late '90s .Unión Española...
1–0 (2–2) 
La EquidadLa EquidadClub Deportivo La Equidad Seguros, known simply as La Equidad, is a Colombian football club, based in Bogotá. The club was founded in 1990.-History:...
. Unión Española win 3–2 on aggregate. - CoritibaCoritiba Foot Ball ClubCoritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba, is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba, Paraná. It's the state's oldest football team and the best classified in the CBF and FIFA classifications. Coritiba has been champion in Paraná State for 35 times, more times than the sum of all the...
2–0 (0–2) VitóriaEsporte Clube VitóriaEsporte Clube Vitória, usually known simply as Vitória, is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia, founded on May 13, 1899.Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium . They play in red and black horizontal striped shirts, black shorts and black socks...
. 2–2 on aggregate, Vitória win 5–3 in penalty shootout. - LibertadClub LibertadClub Libertad is a sports club based in the District Tuyucuá of the city of Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. It was founded on July 30, 1905 and currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División...
1–1 (0–1) LDU Quito. LDU Quito win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Unión Española
- CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, round 2:
- Group 1:
- Pachuca 5–0
Isidro MetapánA.D. Isidro MetapánAsociación Deportiva Isidro Metapán, also known simply as Isidro Metapán, is a Salvadoran football club based in Metapán, El Salvador. The club currently plays in the Primera División, which is the top tier football league in the country...
- Pachuca
- Group 3:
- Saprissa
3–1 
Puerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
- Saprissa
- Group 1:
- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
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CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- ICC Intercontinental Cup:
} v in Amstelveen
VRA Cricket Ground
VRA Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. During the 1999 Cricket World Cup, it hosted a match between Kenya and South Africa...
, day 1:
} 181; 107 (36.5 ov). Afghanistan trail by 74 runs after the 1st innings.
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour of Benelux:
- Stage 6: (1) Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
3h 28' 58" (2) Matthew GossMatthew GossMatthew Harley Goss is an Australian professional road and track racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI ProTour outfit .-Career:Goss started in the business with track cycling...
s.t. (3) Tyler FarrarTyler FarrarTyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...
s.t. - General classification: (1) Boasson Hagen 26h 33' 33" (2) Farrar + 21" (3) Lars BakLars BakLars Ytting Bak is a Danish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He became a professional in 2002 for Team Fakta where he rode with fellow Dane Allan Johansen...
+ 25"
- Stage 6: (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Tour of Benelux:
Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship-Semifinals:-----Third and fourth place:-Final:...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
, Netherlands:- Pool A:
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- Women's Euro in Finland:
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- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
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ShootingShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
- World Running Target Championships2009 World Running Target ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Running Target Championships were separate ISSF World Shooting Championships for the running target events, held in August 2009 in Heinola, Finland. Russia dominated, winning 14 of the 20 gold medals.-Medal count:-Men:...
in HeinolaHeinolaHeinola is a town and a municipality of inhabitants located in the Province of Southern Finland. Heinola is perhaps best known for its summer activities such as the Sauna-sitting World Championships.-History:...
, Finland:- Men's 10 metre running target mixed10 metre running target mixed10 metre running target mixed is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot with an airgun at a target that moves sideways. The target is pulled across a two meter wide aisle at the range of 10 metres from the firing point. The target is pulled at either of two speeds, slow or fast, where it is visible...
: Dimitry Romanov 388 Miroslav Januš 387 Maxim Stepanov 384 - Women's 10 metre running target mixed10 metre running target mixed10 metre running target mixed is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot with an airgun at a target that moves sideways. The target is pulled across a two meter wide aisle at the range of 10 metres from the firing point. The target is pulled at either of two speeds, slow or fast, where it is visible...
: Natalya Gurova 376 Viktoriya Zabolotna 375 Olga Stepanova 373
- Men's 10 metre running target mixed
Athletics
- World Championships2009 World Championships in AthleticsThe 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
in BerlinOlympic Stadium (Berlin)The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
, Germany:- Women's Marathon2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's MarathonThe Women's Marathon event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 23, 2009 in the streets of Berlin, Germany. The race started at 11:15h local time.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:...
: Bai XueBai XueBai Xue is a female Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.-Career:Bai won both the 5000 and the 10,000 metres at the 2005 Asian Championships, and finished fourth in 10,000 m at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She finished twenty-first in the 10,000 metres at the...
2:25:15 Yoshimi OzakiYoshimi OzakiYoshimi Ozaki is a Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. She won the 2008 Tokyo Women's Marathon in a personal best time of 2:23:30 hours...
2:25:25 Aselefech MergiaAselefech MergiaAselefech Mergia Medessa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.She began taking part in professional road races in 2006, starting with a seventh place finish at the Delhi Half Marathon....
2:25:32 - Women's long jump2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jumpThe women's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 21 and 23 August.-Medalists:-Records:Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows....
: Brittney ReeseBrittney ReeseBrittney Reese is an American long jumper, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and is the current world champion.-Personal:...
7.10 Tatyana LebedevaTatyana LebedevaTatyana Romanovna Lebedeva is a Russian athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at Olympic, world and European levels...
6.97 Karin Mey Melis 6.80 - Men's javelin throw2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throwThe Men's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany on August 21 and August 23...
: Andreas ThorkildsenAndreas ThorkildsenAndreas Thorkildsen is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion...
89.59 Guillermo MartinezGuillermo MartínezGuillermo Martínez is an Argentine novelist and short story writer.Martínez was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He gained a PhD in mathematical logic at the University of Buenos Aires....
86.41 Yukifumi MurakamiYukifumi Murakamiis a Japanese javelin thrower. He was the first Japanese athlete to win a World Championship medal in the javelin, taking bronze at the 2009 edition with a throw of 82.97 metres....
82.97 - Men's 5000 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metresThe men's 5000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 23 August-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:-Heats:...
: Kenenisa BekeleKenenisa BekeleKenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...
13:17.09 Bernard LagatBernard LagatBernard Kipchirchir Lagat is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya...
13:17.33 James Kwalia C'Kurui 13:17.78- Bekele wins his second title of this championships and fifth overall.
- Women's 1500 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metresThe women's 1500 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium between 18–23 August.-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:-Heats:...
: Maryam Yusuf JamalMaryam Yusuf JamalMaryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo...
4:03.74 Lisa DobriskeyLisa DobriskeyLisa Jane Dobriskey is an English middle distance athlete. She was the Commonwealth champion in the 1500 m in 2006. More recently, she won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships....
4:03.75 Shannon RowburyShannon RowburyShannon Rowbury is an American middle distance runner under contract with Nike currently residing in San Francisco, California. Rowbury competed for the United States in the women's 1500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China...
4:04.18- Jamal wins her second 1500m title after the initial winner Natalia RodríguezNatalia Rodríguez (athlete)Natalia Rodríguez Martínez is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She represented Spain at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008....
is disqualified.
- Jamal wins her second 1500m title after the initial winner Natalia Rodríguez
- Men's 800 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metresThe men's 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20, 21 and 23 August.-Medalists:-Records:Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.-Qualification standards:-Schedule:...
: Mbulaeni MulaudziMbulaeni MulaudziMbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for his native country...
1:45.29 Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:45.35 Yusuf Saad Kamel 1:45.35 - Women's 4x400 metres relay: 3:17.83 3:21.15 3:21.64
- Men's 4x400 metres relay: 2:57.86 3:00.53 3:00.90
- Women's Marathon
Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
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in ValenciaValencia Street CircuitThe Valencia Street Circuit is a semi-permanent street circuit in Valencia, Spain which will host the Formula One European Grand Prix for seven years. The first race meeting on the circuit was held over the 23/24 August 2008 weekend, with Felipe Massa winning the main event, the European Grand...
, Spain- (1) Rubens BarrichelloRubens BarrichelloRubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He is currently racing for Williams F1.Barrichello has scored the seventh highest points total in Formula One history. Barrichello drove for Ferrari from to , as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable...
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) 1:35:51.289 (2) Lewis HamiltonLewis HamiltonLewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He was the Formula One World Champion.Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire...
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-Mercedes) +2.358 (3) Kimi RäikkönenKimi RäikkönenKimi Matias Räikkönen , nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish racing driver, who will drive in Formula One for Lotus in . After nine seasons racing in Formula One, in which he took the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, he competed in the World Rally Championship from 2009-2011.Räikkönen entered...
(FerrariScuderia FerrariScuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing....
) +15.994- Drivers' standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Jenson ButtonJenson ButtonJenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE is a British Formula One driver currently signed to McLaren. He was the 2009 World Drivers' Champion.Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British...
(Brawn-Mercedes) 72 points (2) Barrichello 54 (3) Mark WebberMark WebberMark Alan Webber is an Australian Formula One driver.After some racing success in Australia, Webber moved to the United Kingdom in 1995 to further his motorsport career...
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) 51.5 - Constructors' standings: (1) Brawn-Mercedes 126 (2) Red Bull-Renault 98.5 (3) Ferrari 46
- Drivers' standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Jenson Button
- (1) Rubens Barrichello
- European Grand Prix
- IndyCar Series2009 IndyCar Series seasonThe 2009 IndyCar Series season was the 14th season of the IndyCar Series. The 17-race season began on April 5, and its premier event, the 93rd Indianapolis 500 was held May 24. All races were broadcast on ABC or Versus in high-definition...
:- Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix in Sonoma, CaliforniaInfineon RacewayInfineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills...
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) (2) Ryan BriscoeRyan BriscoeRyan Briscoe is an Australian auto racing driver who has raced open wheel and sports cars in Europe and America.In addition to his native English, Briscoe speaks Italian and French...
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) (3) Mike ConwayMike ConwayMike Conway, born 19 August 1983, is a British racing driver. He lives in Sevenoaks, Kent and is currently competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series.- Biography :Conway who was born in Bromley, Kent, England attended Sevenoaks Prep School from 1986 to 1996....
(Dreyer & Reinbold RacingDreyer & Reinbold RacingDreyer & Reinbold Racing is an American motor racing team in the open wheel Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, with one series win by co-owner Robbie Buhl, who owns the team with Indianapolis BMW, Infiniti, Volkswagen and Maserati dealer Dennis Reinbold....
)- Drivers' standings (after 14 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 497 points (2) Franchitti 493 (3) Scott DixonScott DixonScott Ronald Dixon, MNZM is a New Zealand motor racer who became the most successful all-time driver in the Indy Racing League championship in the United States when he won the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in August 2009. This took his total to 21 wins...
(Chip Ganassi Racing) 477
- Drivers' standings (after 14 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 497 points (2) Franchitti 493 (3) Scott Dixon
- (1) Dario Franchitti
- Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix in Sonoma, California
- V8 Supercars2009 V8 Supercar Championship SeriesThe 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the eleventh V8 Supercar Championship Series and the thirteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title...
:- Queensland House and Land.com 3002009 Queensland House and Land.com 300The 2009 Queensland House and Land.com 300 was the eighth race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Rounds 15 and 16 of the series and was held on the weekend of August 21 to 23 at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland....
in Ipswich, QueenslandQueensland RacewayQueensland Raceway nicknamed "the paperclip" is a motor racing circuit located near Ipswich in Queensland, Australia.The circuit plays host to V8 Supercars, the Australian Superbike Championship, Drifting as well as club level racing and ride days....
- Round 16: (1) Will DavisonWill DavisonWill Davison is an Australian racing driver. He currently competes with Ford Performance Racing in the #6 Trading Post FPR Falcon, in the premier Australian touring car class, V8 Supercar.-Early career:...
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) (2) Craig LowndesCraig LowndesCraig Lowndes is a multi-championship winning Australian racing driver. He is a three-time V8 Supercar champion and five-time winner of Australia's most famous motor race, the Bathurst 1000...
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) (3) Russell IngallRussell IngallRussell Ingall is an Australian V8 Supercar driver. Ingall won the V8 Supercar Championship for the first time in 2005, he was also the Championship runner up in 1998, 1999 and 2001. Ingall has also won the Bathurst 1000 motor race twice, in 1995 and 1997...
(Holden Commodore)- Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Jamie WhincupJamie WhincupJamie Whincup is Australian auto racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar, driving for TeamVodafone. He is a two-time V8 Supercars champion and three-time Bathurst 1000 winner.-Early career:...
(Ford Falcon) 2007 points (2) Davison 1824 (3) Garth TanderGarth TanderGarth Tander is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Since 1998 Tander has been a competitor in touring car racing series V8 Supercar Championship Series. Tander was the 2007 series champion for the HSV Dealer Team and is a three-time winner in Australia's most...
(Holden Commodore) 1479
- Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Jamie Whincup
- Round 16: (1) Will Davison
- Queensland House and Land.com 300
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
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, first leg:
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CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
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:- The Ashes Series2009 Ashes seriesThe 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests, with England winning the series 2–1...
:- 5th Test at The OvalThe OvalThe Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
, London, day 4:
- 5th Test at The Oval
- The Ashes Series
- } 332 & 373/9dDeclaration and forfeitureIn the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
; 160 & 348 (102.2 ov, Michael HusseyMichael HusseyMichael Edward Killeen Hussey is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective...
121). England win by 197 runs and win the 5-Test series 2–1. - Kenya in CanadaKenyan cricket team in Canada in 2009The Kenya cricket team toured Canada in 2009. They played three One Day Internationals and an Intercontinental Cup match against Canada.-Intercontinental Cup Match:-1st ODI:-2nd ODI:-3rd ODI:...
:- 3rd ODI in King City, OntarioMaple Leaf Cricket ClubThe Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket ground in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto. It was established in 1954 and operates a turf wicket facilitys. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals by the...
:- Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Canada win the 3-match series 1–0.
- 3rd ODI in King City, Ontario
- Ireland in ScotlandIrish cricket team in Scotland in 2009The Ireland cricket team toured Scotland in 2009. They played two One Day Internationals and an Intercontinental Cup match against Scotland.-Intercontinental Cup Match:-1st ODI:-2nd ODI:...
:- 2nd ODI in AberdeenMannofield ParkMannofield Park is a cricket ground Mannofield district of Aberdeen, Scotland. The cricket ground is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. It is also known as Citylets Mannofield for international fixtures....
:- Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Ireland win the 2-match series 1–0.
- 2nd ODI in Aberdeen
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
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:- Tour of Benelux:
- Stage 5: (1) Lars BakLars BakLars Ytting Bak is a Danish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He became a professional in 2002 for Team Fakta where he rode with fellow Dane Allan Johansen...
(Team Saxo Bank) 5h 13' 16" (2) Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
(Team Columbia-HTC) + 2" (3) Francesco GavazziFrancesco GavazziFrancesco Gavazzi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lampre-N.G.C..-Palmares:2011* 1st, Stage 18 2011 Vuelta a Espana* 1st, Stage 5, Tour of the Basque Country...
s.t. - General classification: (1) Hagen 23h 04' 45" (2) Tyler FarrarTyler FarrarTyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...
(Garmin-Slipstream) + 15" (3) Bak + 15"
- Stage 5: (1) Lars Bak
- GP Ouest-France2009 GP Ouest-FranceThe 2009 GP Ouest-France was a one-day road race which took place on 23 August 2009 in Plouay, France. The race was held over , which is 12 laps of a circuit. 2009 was the fifth time that the race has been part of the UCI ProTour, but the race can be dated back to 1931 at its present location. The...
:- (1) Simon GerransSimon GerransSimon Gerrans is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for the British UCI ProTour team, .-Biography:Gerrans was born in Melbourne, Victoria and grew up in Mansfield, Victoria....
(Cervelo Test Team) 5h 58' 53" (2) Pierrick FédrigoPierrick FédrigoPierrick Fédrigo is a French racing cyclist who rides for . He was the French national road champion in 2005 and won Stage 14 of the 2006 Tour de France in Gap, Stage 9 of the 2009 Tour de France in Tarbes, and Stage 16 of the 2010 Tour de France in Pau...
(Bbox Bouygues Telecom) s.t. (3) Paul MartensPaul MartensPaul Martens is a German professional road bicycle racer for .- Palmares :19992001200420052006Paul Martens is a German professional road bicycle racer for .- Palmares :1999...
s.t.
- (1) Simon Gerrans
- Tour of Benelux:
Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship-Semifinals:-----Third and fourth place:-Final:...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
, Netherlands:- Pool A:
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- Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations ChampionshipThe 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship is the 9th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship for women. It will be held from August 22 to August 29, 2009 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.-Pool A:---------------------Pool B:----...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
, Netherlands: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)- Pool A:
- 5–0
- Pool A:
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Football (soccer)
- Women's Euro in Finland:
- Group A:
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- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
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- Standings: Syria, Sri Lanka 3 points (1 match), Lebanon, India 3 (2), Kyrgyzstan 0 (2)
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- Spanish Super Cup2009 Supercopa de EspañaThe 2009 Supercopa de España was two-legged Spanish football match-up played on 16 August and 23 August 2009. It was contested by Athletic Bilbao, the 2008–09 Copa del Rey runners-up, and FC Barcelona, the 2008–09 Primera División Winners....
, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)- BarcelonaFC BarcelonaFutbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
3–0 (2–1) Athletic BilbaoAthletic BilbaoAthletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...
. Barcelona win 5–1 on aggregate.
- Barcelona
GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- LPGA Tour2009 LPGA TourThe 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association ....
:- Solheim Cup2009 Solheim CupThe 11th Solheim Cup Matches were held between August 21 and August 23, 2009 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois in the United States...
in Sugar Grove, Illinois, day 3:- Final Round (singles):
- Paula CreamerPaula CreamerPaula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...
defeats Suzann PettersenSuzann PettersenSuzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...
3 & 2 - Angela StanfordAngela StanfordAngela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas...
defeats Becky BrewertonBecky BrewertonRebecca Dawn Brewerton is a Welsh professional golfer and a member of the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...
5 & 4 - Michelle WieMichelle WieMichelle Sung Wie is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie would also become the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the youngest to qualify for a LPGA Tour event...
defeats Helen AlfredssonHelen AlfredssonHelen Christine Alfredsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
1 up - Laura DaviesLaura DaviesLaura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list...
and Brittany LangBrittany LangBrittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...
halved- Lang comes back to halve the match after Davies was dormie with 2 holes left.
- Gwladys NoceraGwladys NoceraGwladys Nocera is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.- Amateur career :Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career...
and Juli InksterJuli InksterJuli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...
halved - Catriona MatthewCatriona MatthewCatriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
defeats Kristy McPhersonKristy McPhersonKristy McPherson is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Early life and amateur career:A native of South Carolina, McPherson was diagnosed at age 11 with Still's disease, a form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis...
3 & 2 - Brittany LincicomeBrittany LincicomeBrittany Grace Lincicome is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Seminole, Florida....
defeats Sophie GustafsonSophie GustafsonSophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...
3 & 2 - Diana LunaDiana LunaDiana Luna is a professional golfer from Italy.Luna was born in Rome, Italy and turned professional in 2001. She won her first event on the Ladies European Tour in 2004 at the Tenerife Ladies Open, beating Becky Brewerton down the stretch.After winless years in 2005-2008, Luna won two events...
defeats Nicole CastraleNicole CastraleNicole Castrale is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Dalkas was born in Glendale, California. She started playing golf at the age of 10, and credits her husband Craig, her parents Anthony and Patricia Dalkas, golf instructors Bill Harmon and Dick...
3 & 2 - Christina KimChristina KimChristina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...
defeats Tania EloseguiTania EloseguiTania Elósegui is a professional golfer from Spain.Elósegui was born in San Sebastian, Spain. She started playing golf at age 9, and had a successful amateur career before turning professional....
2 up - Maria HjorthMaria HjorthMaria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year...
and Cristie KerrCristie KerrCristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...
halved - Morgan PresselMorgan PresselMorgan Pressel is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro at age 17 and is the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major championship. Pressel has reached as high as fourth in the world rankings....
defeats Anna NordqvistAnna NordqvistAnna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
3 & 2 - Janice MoodieJanice MoodieJanice C. Moodie is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.- Amateur career :...
and Natalie GulbisNatalie GulbisNatalie Anne Gulbis is an American professional golfer of Latvian descent who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Golf career:...
halved- Gulbis comes back from 3 down after 13 holes to earn a half-point.
- Paula Creamer
- Final standings: Team USA 16–12
Team Europe - Team USA win the Cup for the third straight meeting, and eighth time overall.
- Final Round (singles):
- Solheim Cup
- Senior majorsSenior major golf championshipsMen's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...
:- JELD-WEN TraditionThe TraditionThe Tradition is one of the five major championships recognized by the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading tour for professional golfers aged fifty and older. The inaugural event was staged in 1989.Unlike the U.S...
in Sunriver, Oregon- (1) Mike ReidMike Reid (golfer)Michael Daniel Reid is an American professional golfer.Reid was born in Bainbridge, Maryland. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1976 and turned professional the same year. During his collegiate golf career, Reid was selected for All-American honors from 1973-1976...
272 (−16) PO (2) John CookJohn Cook (golfer)John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
272 (−16) (3) Brad BryantBrad BryantBradley Dub Bryant is an American professional golfer.Bryant was born in Amarillo, Texas, the son of a Southern Baptist pastor. He moved with his family to Alamagordo, New Mexico during his youth...
274 (−14)- Reid wins his second senior major on the first playoff hole.
- (1) Mike Reid
- JELD-WEN Tradition
- PGA Tour:
- Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North CarolinaGreensboro, North CarolinaGreensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
- Winner: Ryan Moore 264 (−16) PO
- Moore wins his first title on the PGA Tour in a playoff, eliminating Jason BohnJason BohnJason Duehn Bohn is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Bohn was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1995 with a degree in Finance. In 1992, while a sophomore on the Alabama golf team, Bohn was playing in a charity...
on the first playoff hole and Kevin StadlerKevin StadlerKevin Stadler is an American professional golfer.Stadler was born in Reno, Nevada, and is the son of former Masters champion and 13-time winner on the PGA Tour, Craig Stadler. He moved with his family to Denver, Colorado, where he attended Kent Denver School, excelling on the school's golf team...
on the third.
- Moore wins his first title on the PGA Tour in a playoff, eliminating Jason Bohn
- Winner: Ryan Moore 264 (−16) PO
- Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina
- European Tour:
- KLM OpenKLM OpenThe KLM Open is an annual golf tournament played in The Netherlands, and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the Tour was inaugurated in 1972. Founded in 1912, the tournament was originally known as the Dutch Open, before a variety of sponsors resulted in numerous name changes over...
in ZandvoortZandvoortZandvoort is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.Zandvoort is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach, bordered by coastal dunes...
, Netherlands- Winner: Simon DysonSimon DysonSimon Dyson is an English professional golfer who is currently a member of the European Tour, having formerly played on the Asian Tour.-Amateur career:...
265 (−15) PO- Dyson defeats Peter HedblomPeter HedblomPeter Mikael Hedblom is a Swedish professional golfer.-Amateur career:Hedblom was born in Gävle, Sweden. He won the 1986 Swedish Boys Championship when he was 16. The following year he won the Doral Junior Classic in the United States and the Scandinavian Amateur Open...
and Peter LawriePeter LawriePeter Lawrie is an Irish professional golfer.Lawrie was born in Dublin and educated at University College Dublin where he took up a golf scholarship. He won the 1996 Irish Amateur Closed Championship and turned professional in 1997...
on the first playoff hole.
- Dyson defeats Peter Hedblom
- Winner: Simon Dyson
- KLM Open
TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- ATP World Tour2009 ATP World TourThe Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
:- Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Mason, OhioLindner Family Tennis CenterThe Lindner Family Tennis Center, in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, is the home for the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters & Women's Open. The tournaments are run by the United States Tennis Association and the Tennis Center is owned by Tennis for Charity, Inc...
, United States:- Final: Roger FedererRoger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
def. Novak DjokovicNovak DjokovicNovak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
6–1, 7–5- Federer wins this tournament for the third time, for his fourth title of the year and 61st overall.
- Final: Roger Federer
- Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Mason, Ohio
- WTA Tour2009 WTA TourThe 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events....
:- Rogers Cup2009 Rogers CupThe 2009 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier 5 of the 2009 WTA Tour...
in TorontoRexall CentreRexall Centre is a tennis stadium in Toronto, Ontario. Rexall Centre is the venue for the professional Canada Masters tournament, held annually. The facility also is a year-round tennis training facility. The main stadium is occasionally used for seasonal concerts...
, Canada:- Final: Elena DementievaElena DementievaElena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
def. Maria SharapovaMaria SharapovaMaria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
6–4, 6–3- Dementieva wins her third title of the year and 14th of her career.
- Final: Elena Dementieva
- Rogers Cup
VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in TokyoTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasiumis a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics events at the 1964 Summer Olympics...
, Japan:
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} 3–0
} 1–3
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- Final standings: Brazil 10 points, Russia 9, Germany 7, Netherlands 7, China 6, Japan 6.
- Brazil win the title for the eighth time.
- Final standings: Brazil 10 points, Russia 9, Germany 7, Netherlands 7, China 6, Japan 6.
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Athletics
- World Championships2009 World Championships in AthleticsThe 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
in BerlinOlympic Stadium (Berlin)The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
, Germany:- Men's Marathon2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's MarathonThe Men's Marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 22, 2009 in the streets of Berlin, Germany.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:-Qualification standard:...
: Abel KiruiAbel KiruiAbel Kirui is a male long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championships Marathon in 2009 and 2011...
2:06:54 (CR) Emmanuel Kipchirchir MutaiEmmanuel Kipchirchir MutaiEmmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai is a long distance runner from Kenya, who specialises in marathons. He is the sixth fastest man ever over the 42.195 km distance....
2:07:48 Tsegay Kebede 2:08:35 - Men's long jump2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jumpThe men's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 22 August. The season had seen a number of athletes performing to a high level before the championships, with reigning World and Olympic champion Irving Saladino. The other athlete to jump...
: Dwight PhillipsDwight PhillipsDwight Phillips is an American athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump...
8.54 Godfrey Khotso MokoenaGodfrey Khotso MokoenaGodfrey Khotso Mokoena is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump.-Early Life and Family:...
8.47 Mitchell WattMitchell WattMitchell Watt, is an Australian track & field athlete. His main event is the long jump and holds the current Oceania record for the long jump – 8.54m...
8.37 - Men's pole vault2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vaultThe Men's Pole Vault event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany will be held between 20 August and 22 August 2009.-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:-Qualification:...
: Steven HookerSteven HookerSteven Leslie "Steve" Hooker OAM is an Australian pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist. His personal best is 6.06 m, making him the second highest pole-vaulter in history behind only Sergey Bubka.-Career:...
5.90 Romain MesnilRomain MesnilRomain Mesnil is a French pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres...
5.85 Renaud LavillenieRenaud LavillenieRenaud Lavillenie is a French pole vaulter.He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, but without reaching the final...
5.80 - Women's hammer throw2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throwThe Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All results shown are in metres-Records:...
: Anita Włodarczyk 77.96 WR Betty HeidlerBetty HeidlerBetty Heidler is a German hammer thrower, a world record holder. She is living in Frankfurt now and member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletes team...
77.12 NRGerman records in athleticsThe following are the national records in athletics in Germany maintained by its national athletics federation, Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband ....
Martina HrašnováMartina HrašnováMartina Danišová-Hrašnová is a female hammer thrower from Slovakia. Her personal best throw is 76.90 metres, achieved in May 2009 in Trnava. She was suspended from the sport from August 2003 to August 2005, because a doping out-of-competition test found nandrolon in her body. She is taking...
74.79- Włodarczyk betters Tatyana LysenkoTatyana LysenkoTatyana Viktorovna Lysenko is a Russian hammer thrower. She used to hold the world record with 77.80 metres, achieved on 15 August 2006 in Tallinn....
's record by 16 cm, and twists her ankle while celebrating.
- Włodarczyk betters Tatyana Lysenko
- Women's 5000 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metresThe women's 5000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 19 and 22 August-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:-Heats:...
: Vivian CheruiyotVivian CheruiyotVivian Cheruiyot is an athlete from Kenya who specialises in long distance running. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics...
14:57.97 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet 14:58.33 Meseret DefarMeseret DefarMeseret Defar is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes chiefly in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres events. She has won medals at top-tier international competitions including Olympic and World Championship gold medals over 5000 metres...
14:58.41 - Women's 4x100 metres relay: 42.06 42.29 42.87
- Men's 4x100 metres relay: 37.31 CR 37.62 NRTrinidad and Tobago records in athleticsThe following are the national records in athletics in Trinidad and Tobago maintained by Trinidad and Tobago's national athletics federation: National Association of Athletic Administration of Trinidad and Tobago .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:...
38.02- Usain BoltUsain BoltThe Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...
completes a hat-trick of world titles, but this time without a world record.
- Usain Bolt
- Men's Marathon
Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Sprint Cup Series2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was the 61st season of professional stock car racing in the United States, which began at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, with the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona, a race for the top six teams of the four brands in the 2008...
:- Sharpie 5002009 Sharpie 500The 2009 Sharpie 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 22, 2009 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. The 500 lap race was the twenty-fourth in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kyle Busch, of the Joe Gibbs Racing team, won the race, with Mark Martin...
in Bristol, TennesseeBristol Motor SpeedwayBristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...
- (1) Kyle BuschKyle BuschKyle Thomas Busch, is an American NASCAR driver and team owner. He currently drives the No. 18 Mars/Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the No. 18 Z-Line Designs/NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs in the Nationwide Series, and the No...
(Toyota, Joe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son...
) (2) Mark Martin
(ChevroletChevroletChevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
, Hendrick MotorsportsHendrick MotorsportsHendrick Motorsports , originally named All Star Racing, is a current American auto racing team created in 1984 by Rick Hendrick. The team currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Chevrolet Impalas...
) (3) Marcos AmbroseMarcos AmbroseMarcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...
(Toyota, JTG Daugherty RacingJTG Daugherty RacingJTG Daugherty Racing is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owned by former advertising executive Tad Geschickter and his wife Jodi, along with current ESPN analyst Brad Daugherty...
)- Drivers' standings (after 24 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup2009 Chase for the Sprint CupThe 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup was the ten-race playoff that determined the champion of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, contested among the top twelve drivers following the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 on September 12 at Richmond International Raceway...
): (1) Tony StewartTony StewartAnthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart is an American auto racing driver and owner. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation."Stewart...
3564 points (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Jimmie JohnsonJimmie JohnsonJimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
3344 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Jeff GordonJeff GordonJeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is a professional NASCAR driver. He is the driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet Impala. He is a four-time Sprint Cup Series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner. He is third on the all-time wins list, with 85 career wins, and has the...
3310 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) - One week after Stewart clinched his spot in the 2009 Chase, Johnson and Gordon join him.
- Drivers' standings (after 24 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup
- (1) Kyle Busch
- Sharpie 500
- V8 Supercars2009 V8 Supercar Championship SeriesThe 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the eleventh V8 Supercar Championship Series and the thirteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title...
:- Queensland House and Land.com 3002009 Queensland House and Land.com 300The 2009 Queensland House and Land.com 300 was the eighth race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Rounds 15 and 16 of the series and was held on the weekend of August 21 to 23 at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland....
in Ipswich, QueenslandQueensland RacewayQueensland Raceway nicknamed "the paperclip" is a motor racing circuit located near Ipswich in Queensland, Australia.The circuit plays host to V8 Supercars, the Australian Superbike Championship, Drifting as well as club level racing and ride days....
- Round 15: (1) Jamie WhincupJamie WhincupJamie Whincup is Australian auto racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar, driving for TeamVodafone. He is a two-time V8 Supercars champion and three-time Bathurst 1000 winner.-Early career:...
(Ford FalconFord Falcon (Australia)The Ford Falcon is a full-size car which has been manufactured by Ford Australia since 1960. Each model from the XA series of 1972 onward has been designed, developed and built in Australia and/or New Zealand, following the phasing out of the American Falcon of 1960–71 which had been re-engineered...
) (2) James CourtneyJames CourtneyJames Courtney is an Australian racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar Championship. He is the current Australian Touring Car Champion after winning the 2010 title for Dick Johnson Racing....
(Ford Falcon) (3) Mark WinterbottomMark WinterbottomMark "Frosty" Winterbottom, is a racing driver who has competed in the V8 Supercar category since 2003. He currently drives for the Ford Performance Racing team...
(Ford Falcon)- Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 1941 points (2) Will DavisonWill DavisonWill Davison is an Australian racing driver. He currently competes with Ford Performance Racing in the #6 Trading Post FPR Falcon, in the premier Australian touring car class, V8 Supercar.-Early career:...
(Holden CommodoreHolden CommodoreThe Holden Commodore is an automobile manufactured since 1978 by the Holden subsidiary of General Motors in Australia, and, formerly, in New Zealand. In the mid-1970s, Holden established proposals to replace the long-serving Kingswood nameplate with a smaller, Opel-based model...
) 1674 (3) Garth TanderGarth TanderGarth Tander is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Since 1998 Tander has been a competitor in touring car racing series V8 Supercar Championship Series. Tander was the 2007 series champion for the HSV Dealer Team and is a three-time winner in Australia's most...
(Holden Commodore) 1416
- Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 1941 points (2) Will Davison
- Round 15: (1) Jamie Whincup
- Queensland House and Land.com 300
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:- The Ashes Series2009 Ashes seriesThe 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests, with England winning the series 2–1...
:- 5th Test at The OvalThe OvalThe Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
, London, day 3:
- 5th Test at The Oval
- The Ashes Series
- } 332 & 373/9dDeclaration and forfeitureIn the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
(Jonathan TrottJonathan TrottIan Jonathan Leonard Trott is a South African-born England Test cricketer. Domestically, he plays for Warwickshire and he has also played in South Africa and New Zealand...
119); 160 & 80/0 (20 ov). Australia require 466 runs with 10 wickets remaining. - New Zealand in Sri LankaNew Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time...
:- 1st Test in Colombo, day 5:
} 452 & 259/4d
Declaration and forfeiture
In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
; 299 & 210 (71.5 ov). Sri Lanka win by 202 runs, lead 2-match series 1–0.
- Ireland in ScotlandIrish cricket team in Scotland in 2009The Ireland cricket team toured Scotland in 2009. They played two One Day Internationals and an Intercontinental Cup match against Scotland.-Intercontinental Cup Match:-1st ODI:-2nd ODI:...
:- 1st ODI in AberdeenMannofield ParkMannofield Park is a cricket ground Mannofield district of Aberdeen, Scotland. The cricket ground is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. It is also known as Citylets Mannofield for international fixtures....
:
- 1st ODI in Aberdeen
} 205/9 (50 ov); 109 (40.3 ov). Ireland win by 96 runs, lead 2-match series 1–0.
- Kenya in CanadaKenyan cricket team in Canada in 2009The Kenya cricket team toured Canada in 2009. They played three One Day Internationals and an Intercontinental Cup match against Canada.-Intercontinental Cup Match:-1st ODI:-2nd ODI:-3rd ODI:...
:- 2nd ODI in King City, OntarioMaple Leaf Cricket ClubThe Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket ground in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto. It was established in 1954 and operates a turf wicket facilitys. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals by the...
:
- 2nd ODI in King City, Ontario
} 63/3 (17.1/33 ov). No result, Canada lead 3-match series 1–0.
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour of Benelux:
- Stage 4: (1) Tyler FarrarTyler FarrarTyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...
(Garmin-Slipstream) 5h 27' 01" (2) Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
(Team Columbia-HTC) s.t. (3) Francesco GavazziFrancesco GavazziFrancesco Gavazzi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lampre-N.G.C..-Palmares:2011* 1st, Stage 18 2011 Vuelta a Espana* 1st, Stage 5, Tour of the Basque Country...
s.t. - General classification: (1) Farrar 17h 51' 13" (2) Tom BoonenTom BoonenTom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
+ 20" (3) Hagen + 23"
- Stage 4: (1) Tyler Farrar
- Tour of Benelux:
Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship-Semifinals:-----Third and fourth place:-Final:...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
, Netherlands:- Pool B:
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} 3–0
- Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations ChampionshipThe 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship is the 9th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship for women. It will be held from August 22 to August 29, 2009 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.-Pool A:---------------------Pool B:----...
in AmstelveenWagener StadiumWagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 9,000 people....
, Netherlands:- Pool A:
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- Pool B:
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} 7–0
Football (soccer)
- Women's Professional Soccer Final in Carson, CaliforniaThe Home Depot CenterThe Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles. Its title sponsor is hardware retailer The Home Depot. The $150 million complex was...
- Los Angeles Sol 0–1 Sky Blue FCSky Blue FCSky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....
- Los Angeles Sol 0–1 Sky Blue FC
- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
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GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- LPGA Tour2009 LPGA TourThe 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association ....
:- Solheim Cup2009 Solheim CupThe 11th Solheim Cup Matches were held between August 21 and August 23, 2009 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois in the United States...
in Sugar Grove, Illinois, day 2:- Round 3 (Four-ball):
- Christina KimChristina KimChristina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...
/Michelle WieMichelle WieMichelle Sung Wie is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie would also become the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the youngest to qualify for a LPGA Tour event...
defeat Helen AlfredssonHelen AlfredssonHelen Christine Alfredsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
/Tania EloseguiTania EloseguiTania Elósegui is a professional golfer from Spain.Elósegui was born in San Sebastian, Spain. She started playing golf at age 9, and had a successful amateur career before turning professional....
5 & 4 - Catriona MatthewCatriona MatthewCatriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
/Diana LunaDiana LunaDiana Luna is a professional golfer from Italy.Luna was born in Rome, Italy and turned professional in 2001. She won her first event on the Ladies European Tour in 2004 at the Tenerife Ladies Open, beating Becky Brewerton down the stretch.After winless years in 2005-2008, Luna won two events...
and Angela StanfordAngela StanfordAngela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas...
/Brittany LangBrittany LangBrittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...
halved- Matthew and Luna salvage a tie after trailing by 2 with 2 holes to play.
- Suzann PettersenSuzann PettersenSuzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...
/Anna NordqvistAnna NordqvistAnna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
defeat Nicole CastraleNicole CastraleNicole Castrale is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Dalkas was born in Glendale, California. She started playing golf at the age of 10, and credits her husband Craig, her parents Anthony and Patricia Dalkas, golf instructors Bill Harmon and Dick...
/Cristie KerrCristie KerrCristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...
2 up - Gwladys NoceraGwladys NoceraGwladys Nocera is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.- Amateur career :Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career...
/Maria HjorthMaria HjorthMaria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year...
defeat Brittany LincicomeBrittany LincicomeBrittany Grace Lincicome is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Seminole, Florida....
/Kristy McPhersonKristy McPhersonKristy McPherson is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Early life and amateur career:A native of South Carolina, McPherson was diagnosed at age 11 with Still's disease, a form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis...
1 up
- Christina Kim
- Standings after Round 3: Team USA 6–6 Team Europe
- Round 4 (Foursome):
- Janice MoodieJanice MoodieJanice C. Moodie is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.- Amateur career :...
/Sophie GustafsonSophie GustafsonSophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...
defeat Paula CreamerPaula CreamerPaula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...
/Juli InksterJuli InksterJuli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...
4 & 3 - Kristy McPhersonKristy McPhersonKristy McPherson is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Early life and amateur career:A native of South Carolina, McPherson was diagnosed at age 11 with Still's disease, a form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis...
/Morgan PresselMorgan PresselMorgan Pressel is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro at age 17 and is the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major championship. Pressel has reached as high as fourth in the world rankings....
defeat Helen AlfredssonHelen AlfredssonHelen Christine Alfredsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
/Suzann PettersenSuzann PettersenSuzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...
2 up - Becky BrewertonBecky BrewertonRebecca Dawn Brewerton is a Welsh professional golfer and a member of the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...
/Gwladys NoceraGwladys NoceraGwladys Nocera is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.- Amateur career :Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career...
defeat Natalie GulbisNatalie GulbisNatalie Anne Gulbis is an American professional golfer of Latvian descent who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Golf career:...
/Christina KimChristina KimChristina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...
5 & 4 - Cristie KerrCristie KerrCristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...
/Michelle WieMichelle WieMichelle Sung Wie is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie would also become the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the youngest to qualify for a LPGA Tour event...
defeat Anna NordqvistAnna NordqvistAnna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
/Maria HjorthMaria HjorthMaria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year...
1 up
- Janice Moodie
- Standings after Round 4: Team USA 8–8 Team Europe
- Round 3 (Four-ball):
- Solheim Cup
- Senior majorsSenior major golf championshipsMen's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...
:- JELD-WEN TraditionThe TraditionThe Tradition is one of the five major championships recognized by the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading tour for professional golfers aged fifty and older. The inaugural event was staged in 1989.Unlike the U.S...
in Sunriver, Oregon, third round:- Leaderboard: (1) Brad BryantBrad BryantBradley Dub Bryant is an American professional golfer.Bryant was born in Amarillo, Texas, the son of a Southern Baptist pastor. He moved with his family to Alamagordo, New Mexico during his youth...
201 (−15) (2) Mike ReidMike Reid (golfer)Michael Daniel Reid is an American professional golfer.Reid was born in Bainbridge, Maryland. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1976 and turned professional the same year. During his collegiate golf career, Reid was selected for All-American honors from 1973-1976...
203 (−13) (3) John CookJohn Cook (golfer)John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
204 (−12)
- Leaderboard: (1) Brad Bryant
- JELD-WEN Tradition
Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- Tri Nations Series2009 Tri Nations SeriesThe 2009 Tri Nations Series was the fourteenth annual Tri Nations rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, respectively nicknamed the All Blacks, Wallabies, and Springboks...
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- Standings: South Africa 12 points (3 matches), New Zealand 8 (4), Australia 2 (3).
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VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in TokyoTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasiumis a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics events at the 1964 Summer Olympics...
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- World Championships2009 World Championships in AthleticsThe 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
in BerlinOlympic Stadium (Berlin)The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
, Germany:- Men's 50 kilometres walk2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walkThe men's 50 kilometre walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 21, 2009 on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The event started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
: Sergey KirdyapkinSergey KirdyapkinSergey Alexandrovich Kirdyapkin is a Russian race walker.He won the gold medal in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a personal best time of 3:38:08 hours. He won his second world title at the 2009 World Championships, finishing in 3:38:35, his second fastest ever time.He is married...
3:38:35 Trond NymarkTrond NymarkTrond Nymark is a Norwegian race walker. He was born in Bergen and represents TIF Viking.-Achievements:-External links:* Homepage of Trond Nymark....
3:41:16 Jesus Angel GarciaJesús Ángel GarcíaJesús Ángel García Bragado is a Spanish race walker. He is married to gymnast Carmen Acedo.-Achievements:-References:...
3:41:37 - Men's high jump2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jumpThe men's high jump event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany was held between 19 August and 21 August 2009.The 2008 Olympic gold and silver medallists, Andrey Silnov and Germaine Mason, did not compete at the Championships and the reigning world champion, Donald Thomas had been in...
: Yaroslav RybakovYaroslav RybakovYaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov is a Russian high jumper.He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Victor Moya of Cuba....
2.32 Kyriakos IoannouKyriakos IoannouKyriakos Ioannou is a Cypriot high jumper.His personal best jump and Cypriot national record is 2.35 metres, achieved at the 2007 World Championships held in Osaka where he won the bronze medal. He became the first World Championships medalist from Cyprus...
2.32 Sylwester BednarekSylwester BednarekSylwester Bednarek is a Polish high jumper.He was born in Głowno. His best achievement so far is the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin...
& Raul SpankRaúl SpankRaúl Roland Spank is a German athlete from Dresden who specialises in the high jump.He competed on the world stage for the first time at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Marrakesh. He finished in seventh in the final, jumping a personal best of 2.11 metres...
2.32 - Women's discus throw2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throwThe women's discus throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 19 and August 21.Reigning Olympic champion Stephanie Brown Trafton was the favourite for the gold. She had set a career best and had the four longest throws of any athlete that season,...
: Dani SamuelsDani SamuelsDani Samuels is an Australian discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event....
65.44 Yarelis BarriosYarelis BarriosYarelys Barrios Castañeda is a female discus thrower from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 66.13 metres, achieved in July 2008.-Achievements:-References:*...
65.31 Nicoleta GrasuNicoleta GrasuLenuţa Nicoleta Grasu is a Romanian discus thrower. She was born on 11 September 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu....
65.20 - Women's 200 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metresThe women's 200 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 August. Allyson Felix of USA won the race.-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:-Heats:...
: Allyson FelixAllyson FelixAllyson Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances...
22.02 Veronica Campbell-Brown 22.35 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 22.41 - Men's 400 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metresThe men's 400 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 18, 19 and 21 August.The United States had a strong tradition in the event, with an American topping the Olympic 400 m podium every time since the 1988 Olympics. Similar to the 2007 World...
: LaShawn MerrittLaShawn MerrittLaShawn Merritt is an American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 meters. He is the reigning Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.75 seconds makes him the fifth fastest of all time...
44.06 Jeremy WarinerJeremy WarinerJeremy Mathew Wariner is an American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals and six World Championships medals...
44.60 Renny QuowRenny QuowRenny Quow is a male track and field sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 400 metres. He was born in Tobago....
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Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Nationwide Series2009 NASCAR Nationwide SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series began on February 14, 2009 at Daytona International Speedway with the Camping World 300. The season concluded on November 21, 2009 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 300. With 25 top-five finishes, Kyle Busch was the season champion...
:- Food City 250Food City 250The Food City 250 is a NASCAR Nationwide Series stock car race that takes place each August under the lights at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. It is held the night before the Sprint Cup Series Sharpie 500...
in Bristol, TennesseeBristol Motor SpeedwayBristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...
- (1) David RaganDavid RaganDavid Ragan, , is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He has previously driven the #6 Roush Fenway Racing ford, but is currently looking for a ride for the 2012 season...
(FordFord Motor CompanyFord Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
, Roush Fenway Racing) (2) Carl EdwardsCarl EdwardsCarl Michael Edwards, II is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #99 Fastenal/Aflac Ford Fusion in the Sprint Cup Series and the #60 Ford in the Nationwide Series for Roush Fenway Racing...
(Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) (3) Brad KeselowskiBrad KeselowskiBradley Robert Keselowski is an American auto racing driver currently competing in the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series and the #22 Discount Tire Company/Ruby Tuesday Dodge Challenger in the Nationwide Series for Penske Racing...
(ChevroletChevroletChevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
, JR MotorsportsJR MotorsportsJR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, cousin and former crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the No...
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- (1) David Ragan
- Food City 250
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:- The Ashes Series2009 Ashes seriesThe 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests, with England winning the series 2–1...
:- 5th Test at The OvalThe OvalThe Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
, London, day 2:
- 5th Test at The Oval
- The Ashes Series
- } 332 & 58/3 (28 overs); 160 (52.5 overs; Stuart BroadStuart BroadStuart Christopher John Broad is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for England and is currently the captain of their Twenty20 team...
5/37). England lead by 230 runs with 7 wickets left in the 2nd innings. - New Zealand in Sri LankaNew Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time...
:- 1st Test in Colombo, day 4:
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Declaration and forfeiture
In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
(Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team since April 2011. He has been a member of the team since November 1999, and was also known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion...
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Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
); 299 & 30/1 (13.0 ov). New Zealand require another 383 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
- Kenya in CanadaKenyan cricket team in Canada in 2009The Kenya cricket team toured Canada in 2009. They played three One Day Internationals and an Intercontinental Cup match against Canada.-Intercontinental Cup Match:-1st ODI:-2nd ODI:-3rd ODI:...
:- 2nd ODI in King City, OntarioMaple Leaf Cricket ClubThe Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket ground in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto. It was established in 1954 and operates a turf wicket facilitys. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals by the...
:- Match abandoned without a ball bowled, and will be rescheduled for August 22.
- 2nd ODI in King City, Ontario
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour of Benelux:
- Stage 3: (1) Tom BoonenTom BoonenTom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
3h 43' 19" (2) Tyler FarrarTyler FarrarTyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...
(Garmin-Slipstream) s.t. (3) Francesco ChicchiFrancesco ChicchiFrancesco Chicchi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Pro Tour team .- Major results :200220052006...
s.t. - General classification: (1) Farrar 12h 24' 22" (2) Boonen + 10" (3) Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
(Team Columbia-HTC) + 19"
- Stage 3: (1) Tom Boonen
- Tour of Benelux:
Football (soccer)
- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
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GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- LPGA Tour2009 LPGA TourThe 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association ....
:- Solheim Cup2009 Solheim CupThe 11th Solheim Cup Matches were held between August 21 and August 23, 2009 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois in the United States...
in Sugar Grove, Illinois, day 1:- Round 1 (Four-ball):
- Paula CreamerPaula CreamerPaula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...
/Cristie KerrCristie KerrCristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...
defeat Suzann PettersenSuzann PettersenSuzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...
/Sophie GustafsonSophie GustafsonSophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...
1 up - Helen AlfredssonHelen AlfredssonHelen Christine Alfredsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
/Tania EloseguiTania EloseguiTania Elósegui is a professional golfer from Spain.Elósegui was born in San Sebastian, Spain. She started playing golf at age 9, and had a successful amateur career before turning professional....
defeat Angela StanfordAngela StanfordAngela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas...
/Juli InksterJuli InksterJuli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...
1 up - Brittany LangBrittany LangBrittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...
/Brittany LincicomeBrittany LincicomeBrittany Grace Lincicome is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Seminole, Florida....
defeat Laura DaviesLaura DaviesLaura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list...
/Becky BrewertonBecky BrewertonRebecca Dawn Brewerton is a Welsh professional golfer and a member of the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...
5 & 4 - Catriona MatthewCatriona MatthewCatriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
/Maria HjorthMaria HjorthMaria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year...
and Morgan PresselMorgan PresselMorgan Pressel is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro at age 17 and is the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major championship. Pressel has reached as high as fourth in the world rankings....
/Michelle WieMichelle WieMichelle Sung Wie is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie would also become the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the youngest to qualify for a LPGA Tour event...
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- Paula Creamer
- Standings after Round 1: Team USA 2½–1½ Team Europe
- Round 2 (Foursome):
- Christina KimChristina KimChristina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...
/Natalie GulbisNatalie GulbisNatalie Anne Gulbis is an American professional golfer of Latvian descent who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Golf career:...
defeat Suzann PettersenSuzann PettersenSuzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...
/Sophie GustafsonSophie GustafsonSophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...
3 & 2 - Becky BrewertonBecky BrewertonRebecca Dawn Brewerton is a Welsh professional golfer and a member of the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...
/Gwladys NoceraGwladys NoceraGwladys Nocera is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.- Amateur career :Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career...
defeat Angela StanfordAngela StanfordAngela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas...
/Nicole CastraleNicole CastraleNicole Castrale is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Dalkas was born in Glendale, California. She started playing golf at the age of 10, and credits her husband Craig, her parents Anthony and Patricia Dalkas, golf instructors Bill Harmon and Dick...
3 & 1 - Maria HjorthMaria HjorthMaria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year...
/Anna NordqvistAnna NordqvistAnna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
defeat Kristy McPhersonKristy McPhersonKristy McPherson is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Early life and amateur career:A native of South Carolina, McPherson was diagnosed at age 11 with Still's disease, a form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis...
/Brittany LincicomeBrittany LincicomeBrittany Grace Lincicome is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Seminole, Florida....
3 & 2 - Paula CreamerPaula CreamerPaula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...
/Juli InksterJuli InksterJuli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...
defeat Catriona MatthewCatriona MatthewCatriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
/Janice MoodieJanice MoodieJanice C. Moodie is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.- Amateur career :...
2 & 1
- Christina Kim
- Standings after Round 2: Team USA 4½–3½ Team Europe
- Round 1 (Four-ball):
- Solheim Cup
- Senior majorsSenior major golf championshipsMen's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...
::- JELD-WEN TraditionThe TraditionThe Tradition is one of the five major championships recognized by the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading tour for professional golfers aged fifty and older. The inaugural event was staged in 1989.Unlike the U.S...
in Sunriver, Oregon, second round:- Leaderboard: (1) Brad BryantBrad BryantBradley Dub Bryant is an American professional golfer.Bryant was born in Amarillo, Texas, the son of a Southern Baptist pastor. He moved with his family to Alamagordo, New Mexico during his youth...
134 (−10) (2) Fred FunkFred FunkFrederick Funk is an American professional golfer.Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 with a degree in law enforcement. He turned professional in 1981, but worked as a golf coach at his alma mater from 1982 to 1988; he did not...
135 (−9) (3) John CookJohn Cook (golfer)John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
, Larry MizeLarry MizeLawrence Hogan "Larry" Mize is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour...
& Loren RobertsLoren RobertsLoren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...
(all United States) 136 (−8)
- Leaderboard: (1) Brad Bryant
- JELD-WEN Tradition
VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in TokyoTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasiumis a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics events at the 1964 Summer Olympics...
, Japan:
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- World Championships2009 World Championships in AthleticsThe 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
in BerlinOlympic Stadium (Berlin)The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
, Germany:- Women's high jump2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jumpThe women's high jump event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany was held between 18 August and 20 August 2009.Reigning champion Blanka Vlašić had spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons largely unbeaten, but high profile losses in the Olympic high jump final and the 2008 IAAF Golden League...
: Blanka VlašićBlanka VlašicBlanka Vlašić is a Croatian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the current Croatian record holder in the event, and also the current indoorWorld Champion. The daughter of Croatian decathlon record holder Joško Vlašić, she was a talented junior athlete and attended her first Olympic...
2.04 Anna ChicherovaAnna ChicherovaAnna Vladimirovna Chicherova is a Russian high jumper. She was the gold medalist at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
2.02 Ariane FriedrichAriane FriedrichAriane Friedrich, born Tempel is a German high jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
2.02 - Women's 400 metres hurdles2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdlesThe women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 17, 18 and 20 August.In the four major championships between 2004 and 2008, the twelve available medals were won by eleven different athletes...
: Melaine WalkerMelaine WalkerMelaine Walker O.D is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdler. Walker is the reigning World and Olympic 400 m hurdles champion...
52.42 CR Lashinda DemusLashinda DemusLashinda Demus is an American hurdler who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles.Her personal best time over 400m hurdles is 52.47 seconds in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011, which is currently the women's 3rd fastest time ever. Also she is the American Record holder in 400m Hurdles...
52.96 Josanne LucasJosanne LucasJosanne Lucas is a track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles.Born in Scarborough, Tobago, Lucas' first success was a win at the national championships in the 400 metres in 2005, but she focused on hurdling instead...
53.20 NRTrinidad and Tobago records in athleticsThe following are the national records in athletics in Trinidad and Tobago maintained by Trinidad and Tobago's national athletics federation: National Association of Athletic Administration of Trinidad and Tobago .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:...
- Walker's time is the second fastest in history, just 0.08 off the world record.
- Men's 200 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metresThe men's 200 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 18 and August 20.The race favourites were Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt. Gay entered the competition as the reigning world champion, championship record holder, and 200 m world leader with...
: Usain BoltUsain BoltThe Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...
19.19 WR Alonso EdwardAlonso EdwardAlonso Edward is a Panamanian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.He set a South American junior record in the 100 m in 2007 and he attended his first World Junior Championships in 2008, finishing in sixth place...
19.81 AR Wallace SpearmonWallace SpearmonWallace Spearmon, Jr., is a sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics...
19.85- Bolt gets his second world record, both by 0.11 seconds.
- Men's 110 metres hurdles2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdlesThe men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium 19 and 20 August.Just as he had done at the 2008 Olympic final, former world record holder Liu Xiang missed the competition through injury, leaving the reigning Olympic champion and world...
: Ryan BrathwaiteRyan BrathwaiteRyan Brathwaite is a track and field athlete from Barbados who won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin...
13.14 NR Terrence TrammellTerrence TrammellTerrence R. Trammell is a track and field athlete who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as three silver medals at the World Championships.The 1997 Track & Field News Male High School Athlete of the Year attended the University of...
13.15 David PayneDavid PayneProfessor David Neil Payne, CBE FRS FREng is a professor of photonics. He has made several contributions in areas of optical fibre communications over the last forty years and his work has had an impact on telecommunications and laser technology...
13.15 - Men's decathlon2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlonThe men's decathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 19 and August 20.-Medalists:-Records:Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.-Qualification standards:-Schedule:...
: Trey HardeeTrey HardeeJames Edward Hardee III is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the decathlon.-Career:...
8790 points Leonel SuárezLeonel SuárezLeonel Suárez is a male decathlete from Cuba. He was the bronze medalist in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and improved to the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships...
8640 Aleksandr PogorelovAleksandr PogorelovAleksandr Gennadiyevich Pogorelov is a Russian decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
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- Women's high jump
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- EuroBasket qualification Additional Qualifying Round:
- Group A: 58–60
- Standings: Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 points, Portugal 4.
- Group B: 89–95
- Standings: France 7 points, Finland 6, Italy 5.
- Belgium and France advance to the final series.
- Group A: 58–60
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:- The Ashes Series2009 Ashes seriesThe 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests, with England winning the series 2–1...
:- 5th Test at The OvalThe OvalThe Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
, London, day 1:
- 5th Test at The Oval
- The Ashes Series
- } 307/8 (85.3 ov)
- New Zealand in Sri LankaNew Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time...
:- 1st Test in Colombo, day 3:
} 452; 281/8 (105.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 171 runs with 2 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- ICC Intercontinental Cup:
} v in Aberdeen
Mannofield Park
Mannofield Park is a cricket ground Mannofield district of Aberdeen, Scotland. The cricket ground is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. It is also known as Citylets Mannofield for international fixtures....
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- No play due to rain. 202 and 303; 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).
- No play due to rain. 202 and 303; 208 and 72/5. Match drawn.
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CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour of Benelux:
- Stage 2: (1) Tyler FarrarTyler FarrarTyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...
(Garmin-Slipstream) 4hr 17' 53" (2) Yauheni HutarovichYauheni HutarovichYauheni Hutarovich is a Belarusian road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .In the 2009 Tour de France, Hutarovich was the lanterne rouge, or the last placed overall rider in the general classification ....
s.t. (3) Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
(Team Columbia-HTC) s.t. - General classification: (1) Farrar 8hr 41' 09" (2) Hagen + 13" (3) Tom BoonenTom BoonenTom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
+ 14"
- Stage 2: (1) Tyler Farrar
- Tour of Benelux:
Football (soccer)
- CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, round 1:
- Group B:
- San Juan JablotehSan Juan JablotehSan Juan Jabloteh is a football club located in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago that currently plays in the country's Pro League. The team plays its home games in Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad.- History :...
0–1 Toluca
- San Juan Jabloteh
- Group D:
- Real EspañaReal C.D. EspañaReal Club Deportivo España, Real España, or simply España is a Honduran football club, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras.-History:...
1–0 W ConnectionW ConnectionVibe CT 105 Williams Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Pro League. The club plays its home games in Manny Ramjohn Stadium...
- Real España
- Group B:
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, first leg:- Boca JuniorsBoca JuniorsClub Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
1–1 Vélez SársfieldClub Atlético Vélez SársfieldClub Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...
- Boca Juniors
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)- Cienciano
2–0 (0–0) LiverpoolLiverpool FC (Montevideo)Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club joined the first division for the first time in 1919.- History :...
. Cienciano win 2–0 on aggregate. - La PazLa Paz F.C.La Paz Fútbol Club, also known as La Paz F.C., is a professional football team from La Paz, currently playing in the Bolivian First Division Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. Formerly known as Atlético González, the team gained promotion to the First Division in 2003 .-History:La Paz F.C...
1–2 (0–2) Cerro PorteñoCerro PorteñoClub Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 28 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football club in Paraguay...
. Cerro Porteño win 4–1 on aggregate.
- Cienciano
- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
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GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Senior majorsSenior major golf championshipsMen's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...
::- JELD-WEN TraditionThe TraditionThe Tradition is one of the five major championships recognized by the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading tour for professional golfers aged fifty and older. The inaugural event was staged in 1989.Unlike the U.S...
in Sunriver, Oregon, first round:- Leaderboard: (1) Brad BryantBrad BryantBradley Dub Bryant is an American professional golfer.Bryant was born in Amarillo, Texas, the son of a Southern Baptist pastor. He moved with his family to Alamagordo, New Mexico during his youth...
62 (−10) (2) Loren RobertsLoren RobertsLoren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...
65 (−5) (3) Tom LehmanTom LehmanThomas Edward Lehman is an American professional golfer.Lehman was born in Austin, Minnesota, but Alexandria, Minnesota is credited as his official Minnesota hometown. He attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree in Business/Accounting and turned professional in 1982. It took...
& Tom WatsonTom Watson (golfer)Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
(both United States) 67 (−3)
- Leaderboard: (1) Brad Bryant
- JELD-WEN Tradition
VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in TokyoTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasiumis a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics events at the 1964 Summer Olympics...
, Japan:
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- Standings after 2 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 4 points, Russia, Germany 3, China, Japan 2.
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Athletics
- World Championships2009 World Championships in AthleticsThe 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
in BerlinOlympic Stadium (Berlin)The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
, Germany:- Men's discus throw2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throwThe Men's Discus Throw event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 18 and August 19.As the only man to throw in excess of seventy metres that season, reigning world and Olympic champion Gerd Kanter of Estonia was the event favourite...
: Robert HartingRobert HartingRobert Harting is a German discus thrower.He won a silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships. He was less successful at subsequent championships and finished in eighth in the qualifiers 2002 World Junior Championships...
69.43 Piotr Małachowski 69.15 NR Gerd KanterGerd KanterGerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
66.88- Harting wins the title with his final throw.
- Men's 1500 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metresThe men's 1500 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium between 15–19 August. Among the favoured athletes in the event were defending champion Bernard Lagat, European champion Mehdi Baala, and the Kenyan season leaders Asbel Kiprop, Haron Keitany and...
: Yusuf Saad Kamel 3:35.93 Deresse MekonnenDeresse MekonnenDeresse Mekonnen Tsigu is an Ethiopian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 metres. He is a two-time World Indoor champion and was the silver medallist at the 2009 World Championships...
3:36.01 Bernard LagatBernard LagatBernard Kipchirchir Lagat is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya...
3:36.20- Kamel's father Billy KonchellahBilly KonchellahBilly Komintai Konchellah is a former 800 m runner who won two World Championship gold medals in Rome 1987 and Tokyo 1991.-Career:...
is a two-times world champion.
- Kamel's father Billy Konchellah
- Women's 100 metres hurdles2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdlesThe women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium 18 and 19 August.The world leader Lolo Jones had not qualified for the championships, but a number of athletes had also posted fast times and scored major victories on the World Athletics...
: Brigitte Foster-HyltonBrigitte Foster-HyltonBrigitte Foster-Hylton O.D is a Jamaican 100m hurdler. She was the World Champion over 100m hurdles in 2009....
12.51 Priscilla Lopes-SchliepPriscilla Lopes-SchliepPriscilla Lopes-Schliep is a Canadian hurdler in track and field athletic competition. She was born in Scarborough, Ontario and currently lives in Whitby. Lopes-Schliep is the first cousin of soccer player Dwayne De Rosario. She attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.Lopes-Schliep won a...
12.54 Delloreen Ennis-LondonDelloreen Ennis-LondonDelloreen Ennis-London is a Jamaican hurdling athlete who won the silver medal in the 100 metre hurdles at the 2005 World Championships....
12.55 - Women's 800 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metresThe women's 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 August. Prior to the championships, there was no clear favourite for the race – the twenty fastest times of the season had been run by seventeen different athletes...
: Caster SemenyaCaster SemenyaMokgadi Caster Semenya is a South African middle-distance runner and world champion. Semenya won gold in the women's 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships with a time of 1:55.45 in the final....
1:55.45 Janeth JepkosgeiJaneth JepkosgeiJaneth Jepkosgei is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world champion.- Early career :Janeth, nicknamed "Eldoret Express" is from Kabirirsang, near Kapsabet. Famous athletes Wilson Kipketer and Wilfred Bungei are also from the same village. She started athletics while at Kapsumbeiywo Primary...
1:57.90 Jennifer Meadows 1:57.93 - Men's decathlon2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlonThe men's decathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 19 and August 20.-Medalists:-Records:Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.-Qualification standards:-Schedule:...
(standings after 5 events): (1) Oleksiy KasyanovOleksiy KasyanovOleksiy Kasyanov is a Ukrainian decathlete. His personal best score is 8479 points, achieved at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany. He won the 2010 TNT-Fortuna Meeting in Kladno with a total of 8381 points, leading from the first day onwards with the help of a 14.24 seconds...
4555 points (2) Yunior DíazYunior DíazYunior Díaz is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the decathlon. He represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics and also at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...
4512 (3) Trey HardeeTrey HardeeJames Edward Hardee III is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the decathlon.-Career:...
4511
- Men's discus throw
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- New Zealand in Sri LankaNew Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time...
:- 1st Test in Colombo, day 2:
} 452 (Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene
Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene , known as Mahela Jayawardene, is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s...
114, Thilan Samaraweera
Thilan Samaraweera
Thilan Thusara Samaraweera is a Sri Lankan cricketer, born September 22, 1976 in Colombo. Samaraweera plays international cricket for Sri Lanka and is in the side primarily for his solid right-handed batting but is also a capable Off spinner.-Personal life:...
159); 87/2 (29.0 ov). New Zealand trail by 365 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- Kenya in CanadaKenyan cricket team in Canada in 2009The Kenya cricket team toured Canada in 2009. They played three One Day Internationals and an Intercontinental Cup match against Canada.-Intercontinental Cup Match:-1st ODI:-2nd ODI:-3rd ODI:...
:- 1st ODI in King City, OntarioMaple Leaf Cricket ClubThe Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket ground in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto. It was established in 1954 and operates a turf wicket facilitys. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals by the...
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- 1st ODI in King City, Ontario
} 113 (33.1 ov); 117/1 (16.2 ov). Canada win by 9 wickets, lead 3-match series 1–0.
- ICC Intercontinental Cup:
} XI v in Mutare
Mutare Sports Club
Mutare Sports Club was formerly known as Umtali Sports Club and is the home ground to the Manicaland province cricket team which hosts first class cricket. The venue is more famous for its off-field controversy, The Sourav Ganguly/Greg Chappell spat....
, day 4:
} XI 350 & 446/9d
Declaration and forfeiture
In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
(113.5 ov, Trevor Garwe
Trevor Garwe
Trevor Nyasha Garwe is a Zimbabwean international cricketer. He plays domestic cricket for the Mashonaland Eagles. Garwe made his One Day International debut for Zimbabwe in October 2009 against Kenya. He is currently playing as an overseas professional in the Cornwall Cricket League for Newquay...
117); 427 & 211/4 (44.5 ov, Noor Ali
Noor Ali
Noor Ali Zadran is an Afghan cricketer. Ali is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team...
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Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
). Match drawn.
} v in Aberdeen
Mannofield Park
Mannofield Park is a cricket ground Mannofield district of Aberdeen, Scotland. The cricket ground is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. It is also known as Citylets Mannofield for international fixtures....
, day 3:
} 202 & 303 (William Porterfield
William Porterfield
William Thomas Stuart Porterfield in Donemana, Northern Ireland, is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and the captain of the Ireland cricket team. He has played for the senior Ireland since 2006 and the Under-19s since 2003...
118); 208 & 72/5 (31.0 ov). Scotland require another 226 runs with 5 wickets remaining.
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour of Benelux:
- Stage 1: (1) Tyler FarrarTyler FarrarTyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...
(Garmin-Slipstream) 4h 18' 30" (2) Tom BoonenTom BoonenTom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
s.t. (3) Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
(Team Columbia-HTC) s.t - General classification: (1) Farrar 4h 23' 26" (2) Boonen + 4" (3) Sylvain ChavanelSylvain ChavanelSylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003...
(Quick Step) + 9"
- Stage 1: (1) Tyler Farrar
- Tour of Benelux:
Football (soccer)
- UEFA Champions League Play-off round, first leg:
- Champions Path:
- Red Bull Salzburg 1–2 Maccabi HaifaMaccabi Haifa F.C.Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...
- VentspilsFK VentspilsFK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....
0–3 Zürich - Levski SofiaPFC Levski Sofia"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...
1–2 DebrecenDebreceni VSCDebreceni VSC or just Debrecen or DVSC is a football club from the city of Debrecen in Hungary. They are best known for reaching the group stages of the UEFA Champions League 2009–10 season. Debreceni VSC has been the most successful Hungarian club since 2000. The club has won the Hungarian...
- Red Bull Salzburg
- Non-Champions Path:
- LyonOlympique LyonnaisOlympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...
5–1 AnderlechtR.S.C. AnderlechtRoyal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the... - Panathinaikos 2–3 Atlético Madrid
- Lyon
- Champions Path:
- CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, round 1:
- Group A:
- Houston DynamoHouston DynamoThe Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...
1–0 Isidro MetapánA.D. Isidro MetapánAsociación Deportiva Isidro Metapán, also known simply as Isidro Metapán, is a Salvadoran football club based in Metapán, El Salvador. The club currently plays in the Primera División, which is the top tier football league in the country... - Árabe Unido 4–1 Pachuca
- Houston Dynamo
- Group C:
- Cruz Azul 2–0 Saprissa
- Cruz Azul
- Group A:
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, first leg:- River PlateClub Atlético River PlateClub Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
1–2 LanúsClub Atlético LanúsClub Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...
- River Plate
- Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs Super Semifinal in Fenton, MissouriAnheuser-Busch CenterThe Anheuser-Busch Center, also known as Soccer Park, is located in Fenton, Missouri, a suburb southwest of downtown St. Louis. It was the home field of A.C. St. Louis. Opening in 1982 as the St. Louis Soccer Park, the Anheuser-Busch Center has been the home to regional sporting events at the...
:- Saint Louis Athletica 0–1 Sky Blue FCSky Blue FCSky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....
- Saint Louis Athletica 0–1 Sky Blue FC
- Nehru Cup in New DelhiAmbedkar StadiumAmbedkar Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named in honour of B. R. Ambedkar, the famous dalit leader and chairman of the Indian constituent assembly. It opened in 2007 and has a listed capacity of 20,000. It is currently used for football matches...
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VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in TokyoTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasiumis a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics events at the 1964 Summer Olympics...
, Japan:
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American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- After saying last month that he would probably retire, quarterbackQuarterbackQuarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
Brett FavreBrett FavreBrett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons , Green Bay Packers , New York Jets and Minnesota...
signs a two-year deal with the Minnesota VikingsMinnesota VikingsThe Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
for US$25 million. (ESPN)
Athletics
- World Championships2009 World Championships in AthleticsThe 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
in BerlinOlympic Stadium (Berlin)The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
, Germany:- Men's triple jump2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jumpThe men's triple jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held t the Olympic Stadium on 16 and 18 August. The season had seen a number of athletes performing to a high level before the championships, with reigning World and Olympic champion Nelson Évora leading with 17.66 metres...
: Phillips IdowuPhillips IdowuPhillips Olaosebikan Idowu MBE is a Nigerian-English triple jumper...
17.73 Nelson ÉvoraNelson ÉvoraNelson Évora is a Portuguese athlete, of Cape Verdean descent, who specializes in the triple jump and long jump. He is the current triple jump olympic and former world champion. Évora currently competes for Portuguese sports club S.L. Benfica...
17.55 Alexis CopelloAlexis CopelloAlexis Copello born is a Cuban triple jumper with a personal best triple jump of . He is a World Championship medalist, having won the bronze at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...
17.36 - Women's javelin throw2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throwThe Women's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 18. The event featured four athletes whose ability was so much better than the opposition that Mirko Jalava of the IAAF said it would be a "major surprise" should...
: Steffi NeriusSteffi NeriusSteffi Nerius is a German athlete competing in the javelin throw. She won silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and is the reigning World Champion; she is also a three-time bronze medalist at that level.Initially playing volleyball in school, she was too short for a career in this sport and...
67.30 Barbora ŠpotákováBarbora ŠpotákováBarbora Špotáková is a Czech javelin thrower. She is the current Olympic champion, as well as the world record holder....
66.42 Maria Abakumova 66.06- 37-years-old Nerius becomes the oldest world champion in history.
- Women's 400 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metresThe women's 400 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15, 16 and 18 August. The world-leader prior to the competition, Sanya Richards, was regarded as the favourite in the event, although her previous failure to convert circuit dominance to major...
: Sanya RichardsSanya RichardsSanya Richards-Ross is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, an individual bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics for the 400 m, and a gold medal in the 2009...
49.00 Shericka WilliamsShericka WilliamsShericka Williams is a Jamaican sprinter and former student of St. Elizabeth Technical High School....
49.32 Antonina KrivoshapkaAntonina KrivoshapkaAntonina Vladimirovna Krivoshapka is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres...
49.71 - Men's 3000 metres steeplechase2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechaseThe Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 18...
: Ezekiel KemboiEzekiel KemboiEzekiel Kemboi Cheboi is a Kenyan athlete, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships and the 2011 World Championships. He became African Junior Champion in 2001 and came to prominence with a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games...
8:00.43 CR Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong 8:00.89 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:01.18 ER - Men's 400 metres hurdles2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdlesThe men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15, 16 and 18 August.The United States hurdling team was by far the strongest entered by any country, comprising defending champion Kerron Clement, two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor,...
: Kerron ClementKerron ClementKerron Stephon Clement is Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represents the United States and specializes in the 400-meter hurdles...
47.91 Javier CulsonJavier CulsonJavier Culson Pérez is a Puerto Rican athlete who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles.-Athletic career:Born in Ponce, Culson Pérez won his first international gold medal in his home town at the 2006 Ibero-American Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade with a time of...
48.09 Bershawn JacksonBershawn JacksonBershawn Jackson is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but is also a capable 400 m runner.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles...
48.23
- Men's triple jump
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- New Zealand in Sri LankaNew Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time...
:- 1st Test in Colombo, day 1:
} 293/3 (78.0 ov, Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene
Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene , known as Mahela Jayawardene, is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s...
108*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
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- Bangladesh in ZimbabweBangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2009The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe in 2009. They played five One Day Internationals against Zimbabwe. Due to Zimbabwe's self-imposed suspension from Test cricket, no Test matches were scheduled; instead, Zimbabwe have entered a team in the ICC Intercontinental Cup...
:- 5th ODI in BulawayoQueens Sports ClubQueens Sports Club is a multi-purpose stadium in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium holds 13,000. The club is one of two homegrounds for the Matabeleland Cricket Team, which up until recently was captained by the Zimbabwean international opening pace bowler...
:
- 5th ODI in Bulawayo
} 209 (46.4 ov); 212/5 (47.5 ov). Bangladesh win by 5 wickets, and win the 5-match series 4–1.
- ICC Intercontinental Cup:
} XI v in Mutare
Mutare Sports Club
Mutare Sports Club was formerly known as Umtali Sports Club and is the home ground to the Manicaland province cricket team which hosts first class cricket. The venue is more famous for its off-field controversy, The Sourav Ganguly/Greg Chappell spat....
, day 3:
} XI 350 & 267/6 (74.2 ov, Tatenda Taibu
Tatenda Taibu
Tatenda Taibu is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a wicketkeeper and batsman, and can also bowl right arm off spin. On 6 May 2004, he became the youngest Test captain in history, when he captained his team against Sri Lanka....
120); 427 (Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi Pashto:محمد نبي عيسی خېل is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler who plays for and captains Afghanistan...
102). Zimbabwe XI lead by 190 runs with 4 wickets remaining.
} v in Aberdeen
Mannofield Park
Mannofield Park is a cricket ground Mannofield district of Aberdeen, Scotland. The cricket ground is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. It is also known as Citylets Mannofield for international fixtures....
, day 2:
} 202 & 102/3 (40.0 ov); 208 (Qasim Sheikh
Qasim Sheikh
Mohammad Qasim Sheikh is a Scottish cricketer.A left-handed batsman, he made his debut for Scotland in a game against the Netherlands in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup...
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Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
). Ireland lead by 96 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour of Benelux:
- Prologue: (1) Sylvain ChavanelSylvain ChavanelSylvain Chavanel Albira is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003...
4' 55" (2) Tyler FarrarTyler FarrarTyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...
(Garmin-Slipstream) + 1" (3) Tom BoonenTom BoonenTom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
(Quick Step) + 1"
- Prologue: (1) Sylvain Chavanel
- Tour of Benelux:
Football (soccer)
- UEFA Champions League Play-off round, first leg:
- Champions Path:
- Sheriff TiraspolFC Sheriff TiraspolFC Sheriff Tiraspol is a football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol, a rival team based in the same city.-History:The club...
0–2 Olympiacos - CopenhagenF.C. CopenhagenF.C. Copenhagen is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment....
1–0 APOEL
- Sheriff Tiraspol
- Non-Champions Path:
- CelticCeltic F.C.Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
0–2 ArsenalArsenal F.C.Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... - Timişoara 0–2 StuttgartVfB StuttgartVerein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...
- Sporting CP 2–2 FiorentinaACF FiorentinaACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
- Celtic
- Champions Path:
- CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, round 1:
- Group B:
- Marathón 3–1 D.C. UnitedD.C. UnitedD.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...
- Marathón
- Group C:
- Columbus CrewColumbus CrewThe Columbus Crew is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...
2–0 Puerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
- Columbus Crew
- Group D:
- UNAMClub Universidad NacionalClub Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...
1–0 Comunicaciones
- UNAM
- Group B:
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, first leg:- TigreClub Atlético TigreClub Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina...
2–1 San Lorenzo
- Tigre
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)- Deportivo CaliDeportivo CaliAsociación Deportivo Cali is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, Colombia. Mostly known for its football team, it also sponsors basketball, volleyball and swimming...
0–1 (1–2) Universidad de Chile. Universidad de Chile win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Deportivo Cali
Athletics
- World Championships2009 World Championships in AthleticsThe 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
in BerlinOlympic Stadium (Berlin)The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
, Germany:- Men's hammer throw2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throwThe Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 17. With reigning champion Ivan Tsikhan banned from competition for doping offences, the 2008 Olympic gold and silver medallists Primož Kozmus and Krisztián Pars were...
: Primož KozmusPrimož KozmusPrimož Kozmus is a Slovenian hammer thrower and the current Olympic champion. His gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin made him the first ever Slovenian athlete to win both titles.His personal best throw and Slovenian record is 82.58 metres,...
80.84 Szymon Ziółkowski 79.30 Aleksey ZagornyiAleksey ZagornyiAleksey Zagornyi is a Russian hammer thrower. His personal best is 83.43 metres, achieved in February 2002 in Adler.-Achievements:-References:*...
78.09 - Women's pole vault: Anna RogowskaAnna RogowskaAnna Rogowska is a Polish pole vaulter, current reigning World Champion.-Career:Born in Gdynia, she won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, narrowly beating Monika Pyrek, another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia. Early 2005 brought success as she won the silver medal in the European Indoor...
4.75 Chelsea JohnsonChelsea JohnsonChelsea Johnson is a former American pole vaulter. She is the daughter of Jan Johnson, who won a bronze medal in the pole vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics...
& Monika PyrekMonika PyrekMonika Pyrek is a Polish pole vaulter.Born in Gdynia, competing at the 2004 Olympics, she placed fourth with 4.55 metres, just behind another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia, Anna Rogowska. Monika Pyrek won a silver medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with the result 4.60 m...
4.65- Four-time world champion Yelena IsinbayevaYelena IsinbayevaYelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist , five-times a World Champion, and the current world record holder in the event...
fails to clear any height.
- Four-time world champion Yelena Isinbayeva
- Women's triple jump2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jumpThe Women's Triple Jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 17. Cuban Yargelis Savigne had registered nine of the ten farthest jumps pre-championships and was seen as a strong favourite. The twice world gold medallist Tatyana...
: Yargelis SavigneYargelis SavigneYargelis Savigne Herrera is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump events at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal and finished fourth, respectively...
14.95 Mabel GayMabel GayMabel Gay Tamayo is a Cuban triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.66 metres, achieved in March 2007 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:...
14.61 Anna PyatykhAnna PyatykhAnna Viktorovna Pyatykh is a professional Russian triple jumper. She has won the SPAR European Cup four consecutive times, won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and has also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics.In 2006 she finished second at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor...
14.58 - Women's 3000 metres steeplechase2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechaseThe Women's 3,000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 17...
: Marta DomínguezMarta DomínguezMarta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...
9:07.32 Yuliya ZarudnevaYuliya ZarudnevaYuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova is a Russian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.Her first continental medals came at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, where she won the bronze medal and silver team medal with Russia in the women's under-23 race...
9:08.39 Milcah Chemos CheywaMilcah Chemos CheywaMilcah Chemos Cheywa is a runner from Kenya who specialises in 3000 metres steeplechase. She won bronze medals at the distance at both the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics....
9:08.57 - Men's 10,000 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metresThe Men's 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 17 August. A large field of 31 athletes from 15 countries was set to participate in the final, although Irishman Martin Fagan did not start the competition.Kenenisa Bekele was the favourite...
: Kenenisa BekeleKenenisa BekeleKenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...
26:46.31 CR Zersenay Tadese 26:50.12 Moses Ndiema MasaiMoses Ndiema MasaiMoses Ndiema Masai is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.Masai is from Bugaa village, four kilometres to Kapsokwony town. Born to John Barasa Masai and Leonida Cherop, he is the first born out of ten children. He started running while at Kapsogom Primary School. Later he joined ...
26:57.39- Bekele wins his fourth straight title at this event.
- Women's 100 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metresThe women's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. The Jamaican team had three strong contenders for the 100 m title in reigning champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, and Kerron Stewart...
:- Semifinals, heat 1: (1) Shelly-Ann FraserShelly-Ann FraserShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, OD is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 100 m. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Fraser is the reigning Olympic champion over 100 m, clocking a time of 10.78...
10.79 - Semifinals, heat 2: (1) Carmelita JeterCarmelita JeterCarmelita Jeter is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters. She is the 2011 IAAF World Champion in the 100 metres.She won the 100 m bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and a gold at the World Athletics Final. she won a second World Championship bronze...
10.83 - Final: Fraser 10.73 Kerron StewartKerron StewartKerron Stewart is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is the 2008 Jamaican national champion in the 100 m clocking 10.80s. She defeated World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in the process and now is the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medalist after she...
10.75 Jeter 10.90- Fraser becomes the joint-third fastest woman in history and clocks the fastest time in more than 10 years.
- Semifinals, heat 1: (1) Shelly-Ann Fraser
- Men's hammer throw
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- EuroBasket qualification Additional Qualifying Round: (teams in bold advance to the final series)
- Group A: 102–79
- Standings: Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 points (4 games), Belgium 5 (3), 3 (3).
- Belgium will advance to the final series if they beat Portugal; otherwise Bosnia & Herzegovina advance.
- Group B: 77–73
- Standings: France 7 points (4 games), Italy, Finland 4 (3).
- Group A: 102–79
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- ICC Intercontinental Cup:
} v in King City, Ontario
Maple Leaf Cricket Club
The Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket ground in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto. It was established in 1954 and operates a turf wicket facilitys. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals by the...
, day 4:
} 317 & 362/3d
Declaration and forfeiture
In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
; 234 & 198 (65.3 ov). Kenya win by 247 runs.
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} XI v in Mutare
Mutare Sports Club
Mutare Sports Club was formerly known as Umtali Sports Club and is the home ground to the Manicaland province cricket team which hosts first class cricket. The venue is more famous for its off-field controversy, The Sourav Ganguly/Greg Chappell spat....
, day 2:
} XI 350 (Tatenda Taibu
Tatenda Taibu
Tatenda Taibu is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a wicketkeeper and batsman, and can also bowl right arm off spin. On 6 May 2004, he became the youngest Test captain in history, when he captained his team against Sri Lanka....
172); 358/7 (110.0 ov, Noor Ali
Noor Ali
Noor Ali Zadran is an Afghan cricketer. Ali is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team...
130). Afghanistan lead by 8 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
} v in Aberdeen
Mannofield Park
Mannofield Park is a cricket ground Mannofield district of Aberdeen, Scotland. The cricket ground is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. It is also known as Citylets Mannofield for international fixtures....
, day 1:
} 202; 76/2 (27.0 ov). Scotland trail by 126 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Athletics
- World Championships2009 World Championships in AthleticsThe 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
in BerlinOlympic Stadium (Berlin)The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
, Germany:- Women's 20 kilometres walk2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walkThe Women's 20 km Walk event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held throughout the city of Berlin on August 16, beginning and ending at the Brandenburg Gate....
: Olga KaniskinaOlga KaniskinaOlga Nikolayevna Kaniskina is a Russian race walker. She won the silver medal in the 20 km walk at the 2006 European Championships and gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
1:28:09 Olive LoughnaneOlive LoughnaneOlive Loughnane is an Irish race walker. She has competed in three Olympic Games . Loughnane has represented Ireland at five consecutive editions of the World Championships in Athletics and she won a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships. Loughnane earned $30,000 in prize money from the...
1:28:58 Liu HongLiu Hong (athlete)Liu Hong is a Chinese race walker.She first came to prominence by winning the World Junior and Asian Games titles in 2006. After a poor global debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics , she rebounded with a fourth place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
1:29:10 - Women's shot put2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot putThe women's shot put at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16. Having set a world-leading and Oceanian record of 20.69 m in May, Valerie Vili was a strong favourite and defending champion...
: Valerie ViliValerie ViliValerie Kasanita Adams , ONZM is a shot putter from New Zealand. She is the reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion...
20.44 Nadine KleinertNadine Kleinert', since 1999 married Schmitt is a German shot putter.Her personal best throw is 20.20 metres, achieved in August 2009 in Berlin.-Achievements:-References:...
20.20 Gong LijiaoGong LijiaoGong Lijiao is a Chinese shot putter.-Career:She finished seventh at the 2007 World Championships, her international debut...
19.89 - Women's heptathlon2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlonThe Women's Heptathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. A number of high profile heptathletes did not feature at the competition, including defending champion Carolina Klüft and 2007 bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton, who were...
: Jessica EnnisJessica EnnisJessica Ennis, MBE is a British track and field athlete specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100m hurdles...
6731 points Jennifer OeserJennifer OeserJennifer Oeser is a German heptathlete.Her first international championships was the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics and she finished in eighth place with a score of 5405 points. She improved her personal best to 5901 points to win the gold medal at the 2003 European Athletics U23...
6493 Kamila ChudzikKamila ChudzikKamila Chudzik is a Polish athlete. She won the bronze medal in heptathlon at the Berlin World Championship in August 2009.For her sport achievements, she received: Golden Cross of Merit in 2009.-External links:...
6471 - Men's 100 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metresThe men's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 16. The two main contenders for the event were the reigning World Champion Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt, the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder...
:- Semifinals, heat 1: (1) Usain BoltUsain BoltThe Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...
9.89 - Semifinals, heat 2: (1) Tyson GayTyson GayTyson Gay is an American track and field sprinter. His primary events are the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal bests establish him as the second fastest athlete in the 100 meters and the fifth fastest athlete in the history of the 200 meters, with times of 9.69 and...
9.93 - Final: Bolt 9.58 WR Gay 9.71 NRUnited States records in track and fieldThe following are the national records in track & field in the United States maintained by USA Track & Field .Key:-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceA = affected by altitude# = not officially ratified by IAAF...
Asafa PowellAsafa PowellAsafa Powell C.D is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 m world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of...
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.
- Semifinals, heat 1: (1) Usain Bolt
- Women's 20 kilometres walk
Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Sprint Cup Series2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was the 61st season of professional stock car racing in the United States, which began at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, with the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona, a race for the top six teams of the four brands in the 2008...
:- CARFAX 4002009 Carfax 400The 2009 Carfax 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that took place on August 16, 2009 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Out of the 43 races, there were 42 Americans and 2 foreigners . There were seven cautions for 36 laps and the race lasted 3 hours and 2 minutes...
in Brooklyn, MichiganMichigan International SpeedwayMichigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than in Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas...
:- (1) Brian VickersBrian VickersBrian Lee Vickers is a American NASCAR driver. He was the 2003 Busch Series champion, and at age 20, became the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series...
(Toyota, Red Bull Racing Team) (2) Jeff GordonJeff GordonJeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is a professional NASCAR driver. He is the driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet Impala. He is a four-time Sprint Cup Series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner. He is third on the all-time wins list, with 85 career wins, and has the...
(ChevroletChevroletChevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
, Hendrick MotorsportsHendrick MotorsportsHendrick Motorsports , originally named All Star Racing, is a current American auto racing team created in 1984 by Rick Hendrick. The team currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Chevrolet Impalas...
) (3) Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Jr.* NOTE: References to "Earnhardt", "he", and "him" refer to the subject of this article, unless otherwise specified. References to his father will include "Sr."...
(Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports)
- Drivers' standings (after 23 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup2009 Chase for the Sprint CupThe 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup was the ten-race playoff that determined the champion of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, contested among the top twelve drivers following the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 on September 12 at Richmond International Raceway...
): (1) Tony StewartTony StewartAnthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart is an American auto racing driver and owner. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation."Stewart...
3500 points (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing (2) Gordon 3216 (3) Jimmie JohnsonJimmie JohnsonJimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
3197 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) - Stewart becomes the first driver to secure his spot in the 2009 Chase.
- Drivers' standings (after 23 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup
- (1) Brian Vickers
- CARFAX 400
BadmintonBadmintonBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
- BWF World Championships2009 BWF World ChampionshipsThe 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the BWF World Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, from August 10 to August 16, 2009...
in Hyderabad, India: (seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles: Lin DanLin DanLin Dan is a professional badminton player from China. He is a four-time world champion and the reigning Olympic champion. Widely considered to be the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 27 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won all major titles in world badminton:...
(5) bt Chen JinChen JinChen Jin is a male badminton player from China. He is currently rank 6 in world singles men, after defeating Taufik Hidayat in the final of the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris.-2004–2008:...
(2) 21–18, 21–16 - Women's singles: Lu LanLu LanLu Lan is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:In 2004 she won the Polish Open. In 2006 she won the Korea Open and finished the year in the 5th position in the BWF World Ranking....
(7) bt Xie XingfangXie XingfangXie Xingfang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China who has twice won women's singles at the BWF World Championships....
(5) 23–21, 21–12 - Men's doubles: Cai YunCai YunCai Yun is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Cai Yun's impressive speed with his regular partner Fu Haifeng's impressive power, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They have won numerous top tier events on the...
/Fu HaifengFu HaifengFu Haifeng born August 23, 1983 in Jieyang, Guangdong, China) is a Chinese badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams...
(5) bt Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (4) 21–18, 16–21, 28–26 - Women's doubles: Zhang YawenZhang YawenZhang Yawen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events...
/Zhao TingtingZhao TingtingZhao Tingting is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Zhao has often been a "utility player" on China's national team, winning international tournaments with a variety of compatriots who typically partner someone else...
(8) bt Cheng Shu/Zhao YunleiZhao YunleiZhao Yunlei is a women's and mixed doubles badminton player from China.-Career:Zhao played with Tian Qing in the women's doubles and with Zhang Nan in the mixed doubles. Currently, she and Zhang Nan are ranked world number one...
(2) 17–21, 21–17, 21–16 - Mixed doubles: Thomas LaybournThomas LaybournThomas Laybourn is a male badminton player from Denmark.Laybourn won the 2006 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with partner Kamilla Rytter Juhl...
/Kamilla Rytter JuhlKamilla Rytter JuhlKamilla Rytter Juhl is a female badminton player from Denmark.Juhl won the 2006 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with partner Thomas Laybourn, and a bronze medal in women's doubles with Lena Frier Kristiansen...
(7) bt Nova WidiantoNova WidiantoNova Widianto is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :Nova Widianto is one of the greatest doubles player in Indonesia National Team. Even though his best career come from the mixed doubles, but he also played well in men doubles. Widianto has specialized in mixed doubles...
/Lilyana NatsirLilyana NatsirLilyana Natsir is a female badminton player from Indonesia who specializes in doubles. She is listed as one of the best mixed doubles player in the world. In Indonesia, she is often considered as the queen of mixed doubles sector thanks to her achievements with her two different pairs...
(2) 21–13, 21–17
- Men's singles: Lin Dan
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Asian ChampionshipFIBA Asia Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....
in TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, China:- Final: 70–52
- Iran win the title for the second straight time.
- 3rd Place: 80–66
- Jordan qualify for 2010 World Championship2010 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 2010 FIBA World Championship, hosted by Turkey, was the international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from August 28 to September 12, 2010. It was co-organized by the International Basketball Federation , Turkish Basketball Federation and the...
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- Jordan qualify for 2010 World Championship
- Final: 70–52
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Bangladesh in ZimbabweBangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2009The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe in 2009. They played five One Day Internationals against Zimbabwe. Due to Zimbabwe's self-imposed suspension from Test cricket, no Test matches were scheduled; instead, Zimbabwe have entered a team in the ICC Intercontinental Cup...
:- 4th ODI in BulawayoQueens Sports ClubQueens Sports Club is a multi-purpose stadium in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium holds 13,000. The club is one of two homegrounds for the Matabeleland Cricket Team, which up until recently was captained by the Zimbabwean international opening pace bowler...
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- 4th ODI in Bulawayo
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Charles Coventry (Zimbabwean cricketer)
Charles Kevin Coventry is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. Within Zimbabwe he is known as "Chappie" Coventry. He previously held the record of the highest individual score in a One Day International, 194 runs not out. This was surpassed by Sachin...
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Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
); 313/6 (47.5 ov, Tamim Iqbal
Tamim Iqbal
Tamim Iqbal Khan is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. Tamim made his One Day International debut in 2007 and played his first Test the following year. Between December 2010 and September 2011 he was vice-captain of the national side. He plays his...
154). Bangladesh win by 4 wickets, take unassailable 3–1 lead in the 5-match series.
- ICC Intercontinental Cup:
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Maple Leaf Cricket Club
The Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket ground in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto. It was established in 1954 and operates a turf wicket facilitys. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals by the...
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Declaration and forfeiture
In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
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Seren Waters
Seren Robert Waters is a cricketer who plays for Surrey and Kenya. He was born and lives in Kenya but has British nationality. Moreover, since Kenya is only an associate member of the ICC, Waters is also eligible to play for England...
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Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
, Steve Tikolo
Steve Tikolo
- Career :He is a right-handed middle order batsman and part time right-arm medium pace bowler. He bowls quite effective offspin in the shorter form of the game. Tikolo has previously represented Border in South African domestic cricket and has also spent time playing in England and Bangladesh...
169); 234 & 61/2 (15.0 ov). Canada require another 385 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
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Mutare Sports Club
Mutare Sports Club was formerly known as Umtali Sports Club and is the home ground to the Manicaland province cricket team which hosts first class cricket. The venue is more famous for its off-field controversy, The Sourav Ganguly/Greg Chappell spat....
, day 1:
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Vattenfall Cyclassics2009 Vattenfall CyclassicsThe 2009 Vattenfall Cyclassics is a one day road race, which is part of the 2009 UCI ProTour, took place on 16 August 2009. The race covered a total of and took place in Hamburg, Germany.-Results:-External links:*...
:- (1) Tyler FarrarTyler FarrarTyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season...
(Garmin-Slipstream) 5h 30' 38" (2) Matti BreschelMatti BreschelMatti Breschel is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .-Career:He got his breakthrough with small Danish Team PH, finishing 6th at the U/23 Cycling World Championship in Verona in 2004 where he helped fellow Dane Mads Christensen finish 3rd...
(Saxo Bank) (3) Gerald CiolekGerald CiolekGerald Michael Ciolek is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . In 2005, Ciolek won the German National Championship road race at age 18, the youngest ever rider to do so....
- (1) Tyler Farrar
- Vattenfall Cyclassics
Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Women's Junior World Cup2009 Women's Hockey Junior World CupThe 2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the sixth tournament of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from August 3 to August 16, 2009 in Boston, United States.-Teams:...
in BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, USA:- Third place: 2–1
- Final: 3–0
Football (soccer)
- CAF Champions League group stage, round 3:
- Group B:
- Heartland 3–0 Etoile du SahelÉtoile Sportive du SahelThe Étoile Sportive du Sahel is a sports club from Sousse in the Sahel region of Tunisia, known primarily for its football team. The club also has sections for handball, volleyball, basketball, judo and wrestling...
- Standings: TP MazembeTP MazembeTout Puissant Mazembe, formerly known as Englebert, are a Congolese football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Municipal de Lubumbashi. Its nickname is Les corbeaux despite having a crocodile with a ball in its mouth on the team crest...
, Heartland 6 points, Etoile du Sahel, Monomotapa UnitedMonomotapa United F.C.Monomotapa United is a football club based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The club plays in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.-Squad:...
3.
- Standings: TP Mazembe
- Heartland
- Group B:
- Spanish Super Cup2009 Supercopa de EspañaThe 2009 Supercopa de España was two-legged Spanish football match-up played on 16 August and 23 August 2009. It was contested by Athletic Bilbao, the 2008–09 Copa del Rey runners-up, and FC Barcelona, the 2008–09 Primera División Winners....
, first leg:- Athletic BilbaoAthletic BilbaoAthletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...
1–2 BarcelonaFC BarcelonaFutbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
- Athletic Bilbao
GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Men's majorsMen's major golf championshipsThe men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
:- PGA Championship2009 PGA ChampionshipThe 2009 PGA Championship was the 91st PGA Championship and was played from August 13–16 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. Prior to 2009 the last major played at Hazeltine was the 2002 PGA Championship, won by Rich Beem. The 2009 course is notable for having a greater length...
in Chaska, MinnesotaHazeltine National Golf ClubHazeltine National Golf Club is a golf club located in Chaska, Minnesota. It is a private club and therefore closed to guests not accompanied by a member. The golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones and opened in 1962....
, final round:- (1) Y.E. YangYang Yong-eunYang Yong-eun , or Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour, where he has won twice, including most notably the 2009 PGA Championship where he held off the challenge of Tiger Woods during the final round....
280 (−8) (2) Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
283 (−5) (3) Lee WestwoodLee WestwoodLee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons...
& Rory McIlroyRory McIlroyRory McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer from Holywood in County Down. He has represented Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, and Ireland as both an amateur and a professional. He had a successful amateur career, topping the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week as a 17-year-old in 2007...
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.
- (1) Y.E. Yang
- PGA Championship
Motorcycle racingMotorcycle racingMotorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all sporting aspects of motorcycling. The disciplines are not all "races" or timed-speed events, as several disciplines test a competitor's various riding skills.-Motorcycle racing:...
- Moto GP2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasonThe 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 61st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Valentino Rossi won his sixth MotoGP title, seventh in the top class and ninth title in total after getting the better of team-mate Jorge Lorenzo in a season-long battle...
:- Czech Republic Grand Prix2009 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand PrixThe 2009 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 14–16, 2009 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno. The MotoGP race was won by Valentino Rossi....
in BrnoMasaryk CircuitThe Masaryk circuit or Masarykring, now referred to as the Brno Circuit, refers two Czech racing circuits located close to the city of Brno.The original circuit was made up of public roads, and at its longest measured nearly...
, Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
:- (1) Valentino RossiValentino RossiValentino Rossi, , is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name – seven of which are in the premier class.Following his father, Graziano Rossi,...
(Yamaha) 43:08.991 (2) Dani PedrosaDani PedrosaDaniel "Dani" Pedrosa Ramal is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Pedrosa grew up in a village near Sabadell called Castellar del Vallès. He is the youngest world champion in 250cc Grands Prix...
(HondaHonda Racing CorporationHonda Racing Corporation is a division of the Honda Motor Company formed in 1982. The company combines participation in motorcycle races throughout the world with the development of high potential racing machines. Its racing activities are an important source for the creation of leading edge...
) +11.766 (3) Toni EliasToni ElíasAntonio "Toni" Elias Justícia Antonio "Toni" Elias Justícia Antonio "Toni" Elias Justícia (born March 26, 1983 in Manresa, (Catalonia, Spain) is a professional motorcycle racer and inaugural champion of the Moto2 World Championship. He is the third member of the Elías family to compete in...
(Honda) +20.756- Riders' standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Rossi 212 points (2) Jorge LorenzoJorge LorenzoJorge Lorenzo Guerrero , is a Spanish professional motorcycle road racer. He is the 2006 and 2007 250cc World Champion, and the MotoGP World Champion...
(Yamaha) 162 (3) Casey StonerCasey StonerCasey Stoner is an Australian professional motorcycle racer. Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia and raised in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a racing career...
(DucatiDucati CorseDucati Corse S.r.l. is a subsidiary arm of Ducati that deals with the firm's involvement in motorcycle racing. It is directed by Claudio Domenicali and is based inside Bologna, in quartiere Borgo Panigale. More than one hundred people work in Ducati Corse...
) 150 - Manufacturers' standings: (1) Yamaha 230 points (2) Honda 164 (3) Ducati 156
- Riders' standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Rossi 212 points (2) Jorge Lorenzo
- (1) Valentino Rossi
- Czech Republic Grand Prix
ShootingShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
- World Shotgun Championships2009 World Shotgun ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Shotgun Championships were held in August 2009 in Maribor, Slovenia. As in all odd-numbered years, separate ISSF World Shooting Championships were carried out in the trap, double trap and skeet events.-Medal count:-Men:-Women:...
in MariborMariborMaribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
, SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
:- Men's skeetOlympic SkeetSkeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
: Vincent HancockVincent HancockVincent Hancock is an American shooter and Olympic athlete who won the gold medal in the men's skeet at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...
149 (124) Georgios Achilleos 148 (123) Ennio FalcoEnnio FalcoEnnio Falco is an Italian sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in Skeet Shooting in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
147 (122)
- Men's skeet
TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- ATP World Tour2009 ATP World TourThe Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
:- Rogers Cup2009 Rogers CupThe 2009 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier 5 of the 2009 WTA Tour...
in Montreal, Canada:- Final: Andy Murray def. Juan Martín del PotroJuan Martin Del PotroJuan Martín del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player. Del Potro achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on October 6, 2008. In January 2010, he reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4...
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.
- Final: Andy Murray def. Juan Martín del Potro
- Rogers Cup
- WTA Tour2009 WTA TourThe 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events....
:- Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Mason, OhioLindner Family Tennis CenterThe Lindner Family Tennis Center, in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, is the home for the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters & Women's Open. The tournaments are run by the United States Tennis Association and the Tennis Center is owned by Tennis for Charity, Inc...
, United States:- Final: Jelena JankovićJelena JankovićJelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
def. Dinara SafinaDinara SafinaDinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
6–4, 6–2- Janković wins her second title of the year and 11th overall.
- Final: Jelena Janković
- Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Mason, Ohio
VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand PrixFIVB World Grand Prix 2009The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from July 31 to August 23, 2009. The finals was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan...
:- 3rd Preliminary Round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
- Pool G in Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
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- Pool G in Hong Kong
- 3rd Preliminary Round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
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- Pool H in MokpoMokpoMokpo is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, on the southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula. Mokpo has frequent train service to Seoul and is the terminus for a number of ferry routes serving islands in the adjacent Yellow Sea...
, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
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- Pool I in BangkokBangkokBangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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- 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.
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Athletics
- World Championships2009 World Championships in AthleticsThe 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
in BerlinOlympic Stadium (Berlin)The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
, Germany:- Men's 20 kilometres walk2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walkThe men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held throughout the city of Berlin on August 15, beginning and ending at the Brandenburg Gate.-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:...
: Valeriy BorchinValeriy BorchinValeriy Viktorovich Borchin is a race walker from Russia who is the reigning Olympic and World champion over the 20 km distance....
1:18:41 Wang HaoWang Hao (athlete)Wang Hao is a Chinese race walker.In August 2008 he finished fourth in the 20 km race walk event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in a new personal best time of 1:19:47 hours. He missed out on the bronze medal by a margin of five seconds.On 23 October 2008 he set a new world junior record over...
1:19:06 Eder SanchezEder SánchezHeraclio Eder Sánchez Terán is a Mexican race walker. He's currently serving the Mexican Army, and has won the Mexican 'Premio Nacional del Deporte'.-Achievements:-References:*...
1:19:22 - Women's 10,000 metres2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metresThe women's 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15 August. The Ethiopian team was particularly strong in the event, with two-time World Champion Tirunesh Dibaba, 5000 metres World Champion Meseret Defar, and African record holder Meselech...
: Linet MasaiLinet MasaiLinet Chepkwemoi Masai is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events...
30:51.24 Meselech MelkamuMeselech MelkamuMeselech Melkamu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and cross-country events...
30:51.34 Wude Ayalew 30:51.95 - Men's shot put2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot putThe Men's Shot Put event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15. The Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski entered the competition as the world-leading athlete and one of the favourites...
: Christian CantwellChristian CantwellChristian Cantwell is a World Champion American shot putter. As of 2008 he is 6' 5" tall and weighs 300 or 335 lbs ....
22.03 Tomasz MajewskiTomasz MajewskiTomasz Majewski is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm tall and weighs 140 kg ....
21.91 Ralf BartelsRalf BartelsRalf Bartels is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich with a final put of 21.13 metres, two centimetres ahead of the Belarusian.Bartels also won bronze at the 2005...
21.37 - Women's heptathlon2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlonThe Women's Heptathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. A number of high profile heptathletes did not feature at the competition, including defending champion Carolina Klüft and 2007 bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton, who were...
(standings after 4 events): (1) Jessica EnnisJessica EnnisJessica Ennis, MBE is a British track and field athlete specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100m hurdles...
4124 points (2) Nataliya DobrynskaNataliya DobrynskaNataliya Dobrynska is a Ukrainian heptathlete. She is the 2008 Olympic champion and also holds the Heptathlon best in the Shot Put....
3817 (3) Jennifer OeserJennifer OeserJennifer Oeser is a German heptathlete.Her first international championships was the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics and she finished in eighth place with a score of 5405 points. She improved her personal best to 5901 points to win the gold medal at the 2003 European Athletics U23...
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Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Nationwide Series2009 NASCAR Nationwide SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series began on February 14, 2009 at Daytona International Speedway with the Camping World 300. The season concluded on November 21, 2009 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 300. With 25 top-five finishes, Kyle Busch was the season champion...
:- CARFAX 250Carfax 250The Alliance Truck Parts 250 is a NASCAR Nationwide Series race that takes place at Michigan International Speedway. First held in 1992, the race was a event from its inception through 1999, and was extended to 250 miles starting with the 2000 race...
in Brooklyn, MichiganMichigan International SpeedwayMichigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than in Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas...
:- (1) Brad KeselowskiBrad KeselowskiBradley Robert Keselowski is an American auto racing driver currently competing in the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series and the #22 Discount Tire Company/Ruby Tuesday Dodge Challenger in the Nationwide Series for Penske Racing...
(ChevroletChevroletChevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
, JR MotorsportsJR MotorsportsJR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, cousin and former crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the No...
) (2) Brian VickersBrian VickersBrian Lee Vickers is a American NASCAR driver. He was the 2003 Busch Series champion, and at age 20, became the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series...
(Toyota, Braun RacingBraun RacingBraun Racing was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was sold to Steve Turner in September 2010. The Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series teams remain active under Turner Motorsports. Following the announcement of the purchase, Turner Motorsports announced that they had...
) (3) Kyle BuschKyle BuschKyle Thomas Busch, is an American NASCAR driver and team owner. He currently drives the No. 18 Mars/Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the No. 18 Z-Line Designs/NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs in the Nationwide Series, and the No...
(Toyota, Joe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son...
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- (1) Brad Keselowski
- CARFAX 250
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- African ChampionshipFIBA Africa Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...
in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
, LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
:- Final: 82–72
- Angola win the title for the sixth successive time and 10th of the last 11 tournaments.
- 3rd Place: 83–68
- Tunisia qualify for the 2010 World Championship2010 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 2010 FIBA World Championship, hosted by Turkey, was the international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from August 28 to September 12, 2010. It was co-organized by the International Basketball Federation , Turkish Basketball Federation and the...
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- Tunisia qualify for the 2010 World Championship
- Final: 82–72
- Asian ChampionshipFIBA Asia Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....
in TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, China:- Semi Finals:
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- Iran and China qualify for the 2010 World Championship
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CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- ICC Intercontinental Cup in King City, OntarioMaple Leaf Cricket ClubThe Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket ground in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto. It was established in 1954 and operates a turf wicket facilitys. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals by the...
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} 317 & 12/0 (7.0 ov); 234. Kenya lead by 95 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
- Twenty20 Cup Final in BirminghamEdgbaston Cricket GroundEdgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England...
:- Sussex SharksSussex County Cricket ClubSussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
172/7 (20/20 ov); Somerset SabresSomerset County Cricket ClubSomerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
109 (17.2/20 ov). Sussex win by 63 runs.
- Sussex Sharks
FistballFistballFistball is a sport which is of European origin and is similar to volleyball in that player tries to hit a ball over a net.-History:The earliest known written mention of the game is by Roman Emperor Gordian III and dates to the year 240. Rules for an Italian version of fistball were recorded by...
- European Women's Championship2009 European Women's Fistball ChampionshipThe 2009 Women's European Fistball Championship was held in Zofingen from August 14 to 15, with five women's national teams: Austria, Catalonia, Germany, Italy and Switzerland....
in ZofingenZofingenZofingen is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of Zofingen. Zofingen is a walled city and home of an ancient monastic settlement.-Geography:...
, Switzerland:- 3rd place: 3–0
- Final: 3–1
Football (soccer)
- CAF Champions League group stage, round 3:
- Group A:
- Al-Merreikh 2–3 ZESCO UnitedZESCO United F.C.ZESCO United is a Zambian football club based in Ndola. They play in the top division in Zambian football. Their home stadium is Trade Fair Grounds.They were the first Zambian team to qualify for the group stages of the CAF Champions league.They with Zanaco FC are regarded as the two richest clubs...
- Standings: Al-Hilal 7 points, ZESCO United, Kano PillarsKano Pillars F.C.Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Kano. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium is Sani Abacha Stadium. Kano Pillars FC was founded in the year 1990, the year professional league was started in Nigeria...
4, Al-Merreikh 1.
- Standings: Al-Hilal 7 points, ZESCO United, Kano Pillars
- Al-Merreikh
- Group B:
- TP MazembeTP MazembeTout Puissant Mazembe, formerly known as Englebert, are a Congolese football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Municipal de Lubumbashi. Its nickname is Les corbeaux despite having a crocodile with a ball in its mouth on the team crest...
5–0 Monomotapa UnitedMonomotapa United F.C.Monomotapa United is a football club based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The club plays in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.-Squad:...
- Standings: TP Mazembe 6 points (3 matches), Étoile du SahelÉtoile Sportive du SahelThe Étoile Sportive du Sahel is a sports club from Sousse in the Sahel region of Tunisia, known primarily for its football team. The club also has sections for handball, volleyball, basketball, judo and wrestling...
, HeartlandHeartland F.C.Heartland F.C is a Nigerian soccer club based in Owerri. They play their home games at Dan Anyiam Stadium. With local rivals Enugu Rangers, they are one of two Nigerian teams that have never been relegated....
3 (2), Monomotapa United 3 (3).
- Standings: TP Mazembe 6 points (3 matches), Étoile du Sahel
- TP Mazembe
- Group A:
- Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs First Round in Germantown, MarylandMaryland SoccerPlexMaryland Soccerplex is a sports complex in Germantown, Maryland, United States . There are nineteen natural grass fields, three artificial fields, and eight indoor courts...
:- Washington FreedomWashington FreedomThe Washington Freedom was an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Germantown, Maryland that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The Freedom was originally founded in 2001 as a member of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. Since 2004, the...
1–2 Sky Blue FCSky Blue FCSky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....
- Washington Freedom
GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Men's majorsMen's major golf championshipsThe men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
:- PGA Championship2009 PGA ChampionshipThe 2009 PGA Championship was the 91st PGA Championship and was played from August 13–16 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. Prior to 2009 the last major played at Hazeltine was the 2002 PGA Championship, won by Rich Beem. The 2009 course is notable for having a greater length...
in Chaska, MinnesotaHazeltine National Golf ClubHazeltine National Golf Club is a golf club located in Chaska, Minnesota. It is a private club and therefore closed to guests not accompanied by a member. The golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones and opened in 1962....
, third round:- Leaderboard: (1) Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
208 (−8) (2) Y.E. YangYang Yong-eunYang Yong-eun , or Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour, where he has won twice, including most notably the 2009 PGA Championship where he held off the challenge of Tiger Woods during the final round....
& Pádraig HarringtonPadraig HarringtonPádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...
210 (−6)
- Leaderboard: (1) Tiger Woods
- PGA Championship
VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand PrixFIVB World Grand Prix 2009The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from July 31 to August 23, 2009. The finals was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan...
:- 3rd Preliminary Round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
- Pool G in Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
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- Pool G in Hong Kong
- 3rd Preliminary Round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
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- Pool H in MokpoMokpoMokpo is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, on the southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula. Mokpo has frequent train service to Seoul and is the terminus for a number of ferry routes serving islands in the adjacent Yellow Sea...
, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
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- Pool I in BangkokBangkokBangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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- Pool I in Bangkok
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- 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.
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American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- The Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia EaglesThe Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
sign former Atlanta FalconsAtlanta FalconsThe Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
quarterbackQuarterbackQuarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
Michael VickMichael VickMichael Dwayne Vick is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League...
, recently released from federal prison after serving over two years for his dog fighting activitiesBad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigationThe Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation began in April 2007 with a search of property in Surry County, Virginia, owned by Michael Vick, who was at the time quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons football team, and the subsequent discovery of evidence of a dog fighting ring...
. The deal is for one year at US$1.6 million, with a team option for a second year at $5.2 million. (ESPN)
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- African ChampionshipFIBA Africa Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...
in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
, LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
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- Angola and Côte d'Ivoire qualify for 2010 World Championship2010 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 2010 FIBA World Championship, hosted by Turkey, was the international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from August 28 to September 12, 2010. It was co-organized by the International Basketball Federation , Turkish Basketball Federation and the...
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- Angola and Côte d'Ivoire qualify for 2010 World Championship
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- Asian ChampionshipFIBA Asia Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....
in TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, China:- Quarter-Finals:
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- EuroBasket qualification Additional Qualifying Round:
- Group A: 73–61
- Standings: Bosnia & Herzegovina 6 points (3 games), 3 (2), Portugal 3 (3).
- Group B: 81–61
- Standings: France 6 points (3 games), Italy 4 (3), 2 (2).
- France advance to the final series.
- Group A: 73–61
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Bangladesh in ZimbabweBangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2009The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe in 2009. They played five One Day Internationals against Zimbabwe. Due to Zimbabwe's self-imposed suspension from Test cricket, no Test matches were scheduled; instead, Zimbabwe have entered a team in the ICC Intercontinental Cup...
:- 3rd ODI in BulawayoQueens Sports ClubQueens Sports Club is a multi-purpose stadium in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium holds 13,000. The club is one of two homegrounds for the Matabeleland Cricket Team, which up until recently was captained by the Zimbabwean international opening pace bowler...
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Hamilton Masakadza
Hamilton Masakadza is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg-break bowler.In February 2000 he became the first black Zimbabwean to score a first-class century. Soon after, in July 2001 he became the youngest player to make a century on his Test debut...
102); 254 (44.2 ov). Zimbabwe win by 69 runs. Bangladesh lead the 5-match series 2–1.
- ICC Intercontinental Cup:
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Maple Leaf Cricket Club
The Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket ground in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto. It was established in 1954 and operates a turf wicket facilitys. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals by the...
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} 317 (86.1 ov, Steve Tikolo
Steve Tikolo
- Career :He is a right-handed middle order batsman and part time right-arm medium pace bowler. He bowls quite effective offspin in the shorter form of the game. Tikolo has previously represented Border in South African domestic cricket and has also spent time playing in England and Bangladesh...
158); 14/2 (6.0 ov). Canada trail by 303 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
FistballFistballFistball is a sport which is of European origin and is similar to volleyball in that player tries to hit a ball over a net.-History:The earliest known written mention of the game is by Roman Emperor Gordian III and dates to the year 240. Rules for an Italian version of fistball were recorded by...
- European Women's Championship2009 European Women's Fistball ChampionshipThe 2009 Women's European Fistball Championship was held in Zofingen from August 14 to 15, with five women's national teams: Austria, Catalonia, Germany, Italy and Switzerland....
in ZofingenZofingenZofingen is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of Zofingen. Zofingen is a walled city and home of an ancient monastic settlement.-Geography:...
, Switzerland:- First round:
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Football (soccer)
- CAF Champions League group stage, round 3:
- Group A:
- Al-Hilal 2–0 Kano PillarsKano Pillars F.C.Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Kano. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium is Sani Abacha Stadium. Kano Pillars FC was founded in the year 1990, the year professional league was started in Nigeria...
- Standings: Al-Hilal 7 points (3 matches), Kano Pillars 4 (3), ZESCO United, Al-Merreikh 1 (2).
- Al-Hilal
- Group A:
GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Men's majorsMen's major golf championshipsThe men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
:- PGA Championship2009 PGA ChampionshipThe 2009 PGA Championship was the 91st PGA Championship and was played from August 13–16 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. Prior to 2009 the last major played at Hazeltine was the 2002 PGA Championship, won by Rich Beem. The 2009 course is notable for having a greater length...
in Chaska, MinnesotaHazeltine National Golf ClubHazeltine National Golf Club is a golf club located in Chaska, Minnesota. It is a private club and therefore closed to guests not accompanied by a member. The golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones and opened in 1962....
, second round:- Leaderboard: (1) Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
137 (−7) (2) Ross FisherRoss FisherRoss Daniel Fisher is an English professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Ascot, Berkshire. His home course is the famous Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey, England, location of the European Tour administrative headquarters. As a child, he attended Charters School, a state...
, Lucas GloverLucas GloverLucas Hendley Glover is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open.-Amateur career:...
, Pádraig HarringtonPadraig HarringtonPádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...
, Brendan Jones , & Vijay SinghVijay SinghVijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
141 (−3)
- Leaderboard: (1) Tiger Woods
- PGA Championship
VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand PrixFIVB World Grand Prix 2009The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from July 31 to August 23, 2009. The finals was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan...
:- 3rd Preliminary Round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
- Pool G in Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
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- Pool H in MokpoMokpoMokpo is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, on the southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula. Mokpo has frequent train service to Seoul and is the terminus for a number of ferry routes serving islands in the adjacent Yellow Sea...
, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
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- Pool I in BangkokBangkokBangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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- 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.
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BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- African ChampionshipFIBA Africa Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...
in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
, LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
:- Quarterfinals:
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Football (soccer)
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, first leg:- VitóriaEsporte Clube VitóriaEsporte Clube Vitória, usually known simply as Vitória, is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia, founded on May 13, 1899.Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium . They play in red and black horizontal striped shirts, black shorts and black socks...
2–0 CoritibaCoritiba Foot Ball ClubCoritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba, is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba, Paraná. It's the state's oldest football team and the best classified in the CBF and FIFA classifications. Coritiba has been champion in Paraná State for 35 times, more times than the sum of all the... - LiverpoolLiverpool FC (Montevideo)Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club joined the first division for the first time in 1919.- History :...
0–0 CiencianoCienciano del CuzcoClub Cienciano is a professional football club based in Cusco, Peru. The club was founded in 1901 and was originally the team of the Faculty of Science of the University of Cusco , from which it takes its name...
- Vitória
GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Men's majorsMen's major golf championshipsThe men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
:- PGA Championship2009 PGA ChampionshipThe 2009 PGA Championship was the 91st PGA Championship and was played from August 13–16 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. Prior to 2009 the last major played at Hazeltine was the 2002 PGA Championship, won by Rich Beem. The 2009 course is notable for having a greater length...
in Chaska, MinnesotaHazeltine National Golf ClubHazeltine National Golf Club is a golf club located in Chaska, Minnesota. It is a private club and therefore closed to guests not accompanied by a member. The golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones and opened in 1962....
, first round:- Leaderboard: (1) Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
67 (−5) (2) Pádraig HarringtonPadraig HarringtonPádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...
68 (−4) (3) Six players at 69 (−3)
- Leaderboard: (1) Tiger Woods
- PGA Championship
OlympicsOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
- At a meeting in Berlin, the executive board of the International Olympic CommitteeInternational Olympic CommitteeThe International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
recommends golfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
and rugby sevensRugby sevensRugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...
for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympics2016 Summer OlympicsThe 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee...
program. The choices must still be ratified by the full IOC at its October meeting in CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. The board also decide to include women's boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics2012 Summer OlympicsThe 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
in London. (ESPN)
ShootingShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
- World Shotgun Championships2009 World Shotgun ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Shotgun Championships were held in August 2009 in Maribor, Slovenia. As in all odd-numbered years, separate ISSF World Shooting Championships were carried out in the trap, double trap and skeet events.-Medal count:-Men:-Women:...
in MariborMariborMaribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
, SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
:- Men's double trapDouble TrapDouble trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....
: Francesco D'AnielloFrancesco D'AnielloFrancesco D'Aniello is an Italian trap shooter. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's double trap event. After realizing he had won silver, D'Aniello was overcome with emotion and collapsed to his knees weeping.-References:...
190 (146) Jeffrey Holguin 186+2 (144) Wang NanWang Nan (sport shooter)Wang Nan is a male Chinese sports shooter.At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished in twelfth place in the double trap qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round....
186+0 (144)
- Men's double trap
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Asian ChampionshipFIBA Asia Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....
in TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, China: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Group E:
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CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Pakistan in Sri LankaPakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The Pakistan cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. The team is due to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals, and one Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka...
:- Only T20I in ColomboR. Premadasa StadiumR. Premadasa Stadium is a cricket stadium situated on Khettarama Road, Maligawatta, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The stadium was, prior to June 1994, known as the Khettarama Cricket Stadium and is today one of the main venues in which the Sri Lankan cricket team play...
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} 172/5 (20.0/20 ov); 120 (18.1/20 ov). Pakistan win by 52 runs.
Football (soccer)
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
- 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)The European zone of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. The qualification process started on 20 August 2008, after UEFA Euro 2008, and ended on 18 November 2009. The qualification process saw the first competitive matches of...
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- 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Fourth RoundThis page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF Fourth Round, often referred to as "The Hexagonal" or "The Hex", matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification...
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- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, first leg:- FluminenseFluminense Football ClubFluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...
0–0 FlamengoClube de Regatas do FlamengoClube de Regatas do Flamengo , also known as Flamengo and familiarly as Mengão, is a Brazilian sports club based in the Flamengo bairro, Zona Sul, Rio de Janeiro, best known for its professional football team... - Cerro PorteñoCerro PorteñoClub Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 28 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football club in Paraguay...
2–0 La PazLa Paz F.C.La Paz Fútbol Club, also known as La Paz F.C., is a professional football team from La Paz, currently playing in the Bolivian First Division Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. Formerly known as Atlético González, the team gained promotion to the First Division in 2003 .-History:La Paz F.C...
- Fluminense
Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Seven-time Formula OneFormula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
champion Michael SchumacherMichael SchumacherMichael Schumacher is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes GP team. Famous for his eleven-year spell with Ferrari, Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all time...
calls off his comeback to F1 racing as a substitute driver for the injured Felipe MassaFelipe MassaFelipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished second in the Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season.-Early years:...
, citing lingering effects of injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash in February. Massa's FerrariScuderia FerrariScuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing....
ride will instead be taken over by Luca BadoerLuca BadoerLuca Badoer is an Italian Formula One driver who has raced for the Scuderia Italia, Minardi, Forti Corse and most recently, Ferrari teams...
. (AP via ESPN)
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- African ChampionshipFIBA Africa Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...
in LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Group E in BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
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- Standings: Angola 12 points, Nigeria 11, Mali 10, Côte d'Ivoire 9, Libya 8, Egypt 7.
- Group F in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
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- Asian ChampionshipFIBA Asia Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....
in TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, China: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Group E:
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- EuroBasket qualification Additional Qualifying Round:
- Group A: 64–58
- Standings: 4 points, Belgium 3, Portugal 2.
- Group B: 75–77
- Standings: 4 points, Italy 3, Finland 2.
- Group A: 64–58
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Bangladesh in ZimbabweBangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2009The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe in 2009. They played five One Day Internationals against Zimbabwe. Due to Zimbabwe's self-imposed suspension from Test cricket, no Test matches were scheduled; instead, Zimbabwe have entered a team in the ICC Intercontinental Cup...
:- 2nd ODI in BulawayoQueens Sports ClubQueens Sports Club is a multi-purpose stadium in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium holds 13,000. The club is one of two homegrounds for the Matabeleland Cricket Team, which up until recently was captained by the Zimbabwean international opening pace bowler...
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Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi international cricketer of the national team. He is an all-rounder, batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox. He represented Bangladesh at under-19 level, 18 Youth One Day Internationals between 2005 and 2006...
104); 271 (46.1 ov). Bangladesh win by 49 runs, lead the 5-match series 2–0.
Football (soccer)
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, first leg:- LDU QuitoLiga Deportiva UniversitariaLiga Deportiva Universitaria, or LDU , can be one of various Ecuadorian soccer teams originally made up by groups of university students from different cities...
1–0 LibertadClub LibertadClub Libertad is a sports club based in the District Tuyucuá of the city of Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. It was founded on July 30, 1905 and currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División... - BloomingClub BloomingClub Social, Cultural y Deportivo Blooming is a Bolivian football club from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, formed on May 1, 1946. Its home colours are sky blue, white and navy. They play at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera . Its main rival is Oriente Petrolero, also from Santa Cruz...
0–1 River PlateClub Atlético River Plate (Uruguay)Club Atlético River Plate is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club currently plays in the Primera División. River is the result of the merger of former clubs Olimpia and Capurro....
- Match abandoned after 66 minutes due to incident involving a spectator and a River Plate player. River Plate is awarded a 3–0 win.
- LDU Quito
ShootingShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
- World Shotgun Championships2009 World Shotgun ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Shotgun Championships were held in August 2009 in Maribor, Slovenia. As in all odd-numbered years, separate ISSF World Shooting Championships were carried out in the trap, double trap and skeet events.-Medal count:-Men:-Women:...
in MariborMariborMaribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
, SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
:- Women's skeetOlympic SkeetSkeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
: Christine BrinkerChristine BrinkerChristine Brinker is a German skeet shooter. She started shooting in 2000 and is competing for German club SSC Schale under the guidance of Wilhelm Metelmann.- References :* *...
95 (72) Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit 94 (73) Katiuscia Spada 93 (72) - Women's trapOlympic TrapOfficially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...
: Jessica Rossi 92 (71) Irina Laricheva 90 (73) Satu Mäkelä-NummelaSatu Mäkelä-NummelaSatu Mäkelä-Nummela is a female Finnish sports shooter. She won the gold medal in the Women's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also won bronze medals in Women's Trap event in 1995 and 2009 at ISSF World Shotgun Championships. Her club is OSU .-Records:-References:...
89 (74 EWR)
- Women's skeet
Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Sprint Cup Series2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was the 61st season of professional stock car racing in the United States, which began at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, with the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona, a race for the top six teams of the four brands in the 2008...
:- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The GlenThe 2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event held on August 10, 2009 at Watkins Glen International. The race was rained out on the original scheduled day of August 9. The race was won by points leader Tony Stewart, his 5th at the Glen and 3rd of the year...
in Watkins Glen, New YorkWatkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...
- (1) Tony StewartTony StewartAnthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart is an American auto racing driver and owner. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation."Stewart...
(ChevroletChevroletChevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Marcos AmbroseMarcos AmbroseMarcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...
(Toyota, JTG Daugherty RacingJTG Daugherty RacingJTG Daugherty Racing is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owned by former advertising executive Tad Geschickter and his wife Jodi, along with current ESPN analyst Brad Daugherty...
) (3) Carl EdwardsCarl EdwardsCarl Michael Edwards, II is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #99 Fastenal/Aflac Ford Fusion in the Sprint Cup Series and the #60 Ford in the Nationwide Series for Roush Fenway Racing...
(FordFord Motor CompanyFord Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
, Roush Fenway Racing)- Drivers' standings (after 22 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Stewart 3383 points (2) Jimmie JohnsonJimmie JohnsonJimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
3123 (Chevrolet, Hendrick MotorsportsHendrick MotorsportsHendrick Motorsports , originally named All Star Racing, is a current American auto racing team created in 1984 by Rick Hendrick. The team currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Chevrolet Impalas...
) (3) Jeff GordonJeff GordonJeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is a professional NASCAR driver. He is the driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet Impala. He is a four-time Sprint Cup Series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner. He is third on the all-time wins list, with 85 career wins, and has the...
3041 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) - Stewart needs only to start next weekend's race2009 Carfax 400The 2009 Carfax 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that took place on August 16, 2009 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Out of the 43 races, there were 42 Americans and 2 foreigners . There were seven cautions for 36 laps and the race lasted 3 hours and 2 minutes...
at MichiganMichigan International SpeedwayMichigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than in Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas...
to become the first driver to secure a spot in the Chase.
- Drivers' standings (after 22 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Stewart 3383 points (2) Jimmie Johnson
- (1) Tony Stewart
- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- African ChampionshipFIBA Africa Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...
in LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
: (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- Group E in BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
:
- Group E in Benghazi
} 61–88
} 75–73
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- 74–70
- Standings: Angola, Nigeria 10 points, Mali 8, Côte d'Ivoire, Libya 7, Egypt 6.
- 74–70
- Group F in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
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} 73–75
} 66–68
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- Standings: Tunisia 9 points, Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco 8, Central African Republic, Rwanda 7.
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- Asian ChampionshipFIBA Asia Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....
in TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, China:- Group E:
} 78–58
} 71–101
} 77–70
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- Standings: Iran, Korea 6 points, Philippines 5, Chinese Taipei 4, Japan, Quwait 3.
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} 82–59
} 63–73
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- Standings: China, Jordan 6 points, Lebanon 5, Qatar 4, Kazakhstan, UAE 3.
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Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Sprint Cup Series2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was the 61st season of professional stock car racing in the United States, which began at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, with the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona, a race for the top six teams of the four brands in the 2008...
:- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The GlenThe 2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event held on August 10, 2009 at Watkins Glen International. The race was rained out on the original scheduled day of August 9. The race was won by points leader Tony Stewart, his 5th at the Glen and 3rd of the year...
in Watkins Glen, New YorkWatkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...
- Postponed to Monday due to rain.
- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen
- IndyCar Series2009 IndyCar Series seasonThe 2009 IndyCar Series season was the 14th season of the IndyCar Series. The 17-race season began on April 5, and its premier event, the 93rd Indianapolis 500 was held May 24. All races were broadcast on ABC or Versus in high-definition...
:- Honda 2002009 Honda 200The 2009 Honda Indy 200 presented by Westfield Insurance was the thirteenth round of the 17-race 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on August 9, 2009 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio....
in Lexington, OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseMid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside of the village of Lexington...
- (1) Scott DixonScott DixonScott Ronald Dixon, MNZM is a New Zealand motor racer who became the most successful all-time driver in the Indy Racing League championship in the United States when he won the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in August 2009. This took his total to 21 wins...
(Chip Ganassi RacingChip Ganassi RacingChip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. They have won 4 Champ Car, 3 Indy Racing League and 1 Grand-Am championships...
) (2) Ryan BriscoeRyan BriscoeRyan Briscoe is an Australian auto racing driver who has raced open wheel and sports cars in Europe and America.In addition to his native English, Briscoe speaks Italian and French...
(Penske RacingPenske RacingPenske Racing is a racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, and Formula One. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
) (3) Dario FranchittiDario FranchittiGeorge Dario Marino Franchitti is a Scottish racing driver. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500. Franchitti is also a former NASCAR driver for Chip Ganassi Racing, competing...
(Chip Ganassi Racing)- Drivers' standings (after 13 of 17 races): (1) Dixon 460 points (2) Briscoe 457 (3) Franchitti 440
- (1) Scott Dixon
- Honda 200
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- African ChampionshipFIBA Africa Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...
in LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
:- Group E in BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
:
- Group E in Benghazi
} 71–58
} 91–58
} 77–87
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- Standings: Angola, Nigeria 8 points, Mali 7, Côte d'Ivoire 6, Egypt, Libya 5.
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- Group F in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
:
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} 72–59
} 76–75
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- Standings: Senegal, Cameroon, Tunisia 7 points, Morocco, Rwanda 6, Central African Republic 5.
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CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:- The Ashes Series2009 Ashes seriesThe 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests, with England winning the series 2–1...
:- 4th Test in LeedsHeadingley StadiumHeadingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie ....
, day 3:
- 4th Test in Leeds
- The Ashes Series
- } 102 & 263 (61.3 ov, Mitchell JohnsonMitchell Johnson (cricketer)Mitchell Guy Johnson is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He was awarded the International Cricket Council's 2009 "Cricketer of the Year" award, the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.-Career:...
5/69); 445. Australia win by an innings and 80 runs. 5-match series level 1–1. - Pakistan in Sri LankaPakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The Pakistan cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. The team is due to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals, and one Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka...
:- 5th ODI in ColomboR. Premadasa StadiumR. Premadasa Stadium is a cricket stadium situated on Khettarama Road, Maligawatta, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The stadium was, prior to June 1994, known as the Khettarama Cricket Stadium and is today one of the main venues in which the Sri Lankan cricket team play...
:
- 5th ODI in Colombo
} 279/8 (50 ov); 147 (34.2 ov). Pakistan win by 132 runs. Sri Lanka win the 5-match series 3–2.
- Bangladesh in ZimbabweBangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2009The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe in 2009. They played five One Day Internationals against Zimbabwe. Due to Zimbabwe's self-imposed suspension from Test cricket, no Test matches were scheduled; instead, Zimbabwe have entered a team in the ICC Intercontinental Cup...
:- 1st ODI in BulawayoQueens Sports ClubQueens Sports Club is a multi-purpose stadium in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium holds 13,000. The club is one of two homegrounds for the Matabeleland Cricket Team, which up until recently was captained by the Zimbabwean international opening pace bowler...
:
- 1st ODI in Bulawayo
} 207 (47.5 ov); 211/2 (34.3 ov, Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Ashraful is a Bangladeshi international cricket player and has represented the Bangladesh national cricket team. A top-order batsman with a penchant for flashy strokeplay, he has also been selected to represent ACC Asia XI ODI side...
103*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
). Bangladesh win by 8 wickets, lead 5-match series 1–0.
Football (soccer)
- Community Shield2009 FA Community ShieldThe 2009 FA Community Shield was the 87th FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions...
at Wembley StadiumWembley StadiumThe original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
, London:- Manchester UnitedManchester United F.C.Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
2–2 ChelseaChelsea F.C.Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
. Chelsea win 4–1 in penalty shootout.
- Manchester United
GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- World Golf ChampionshipsWorld Golf ChampionshipsThe World Golf Championships are a group of four annual events for male professional golfers created by the International Federation of PGA Tours, with a fifth to be added in 2012...
:- Bridgestone InvitationalWGC-Bridgestone InvitationalThe WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour...
in Akron, OhioFirestone Country ClubThe Firestone Country Club is a private golf club located in Akron, Ohio, United States.The Club comprises three courses—those of the North, South, and West—each of which hosted a televised golf event, respectively the American Golf Classic, the CBS Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf, in...
- Winner: Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
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 HarringtonPadraig HarringtonPádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...
triple-bogeyed.
- Woods wins for the second straight week, helped greatly by a four-shot swing on the 16th hole where he birdied and Pádraig Harrington
- Winner: Tiger Woods
- Bridgestone Invitational
- PGA Tour:
- Legends Reno-Tahoe Open in Reno, NevadaReno, NevadaReno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
- Winner: John Rollins 271 (−17)
- Legends Reno-Tahoe Open in Reno, Nevada
ShootingShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
- World Shotgun Championships2009 World Shotgun ChampionshipsThe 2009 World Shotgun Championships were held in August 2009 in Maribor, Slovenia. As in all odd-numbered years, separate ISSF World Shooting Championships were carried out in the trap, double trap and skeet events.-Medal count:-Men:-Women:...
in MariborMariborMaribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
, SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
: (Qualification scores in parentheses)- Men's trapOlympic TrapOfficially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...
: Marian Kovacocy 146 (122) Massimo Fabbrizi 145+1 (123) Oguzhan Tuzun 145+0 (123)
- Men's trap
TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- ATP World Tour2009 ATP World TourThe Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
:- Legg Mason Tennis Classic2009 Legg Mason Tennis ClassicThe 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as Legg Mason Tennis Classic, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G...
in Washington, D.C.William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis CenterThe William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center is a public tennis center located in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.. It houses 10 hard courts and 15 clay courts. 5 indoors courts are heated and available year round. The main stadium seats 7,500 spectators...
, United States- Final: Juan Martín del PotroJuan Martin Del PotroJuan Martín del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player. Del Potro achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on October 6, 2008. In January 2010, he reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4...
def. Andy RoddickAndy RoddickAndrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
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.
- Final: Juan Martín del Potro
- Legg Mason Tennis Classic
- WTA Tour2009 WTA TourThe 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events....
:- LA Women's Tennis Championships2009 LA Women's Tennis ChampionshipsThe 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the LA Women's Tennis Championships, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour...
in Carson, CaliforniaThe Home Depot CenterThe Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles. Its title sponsor is hardware retailer The Home Depot. The $150 million complex was...
, United States- Final: Flavia PennettaFlavia PennettaFlavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
def. Samantha StosurSamantha StosurSamantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
6–4, 6–3- Pennetta wins her second title of the year and eighth of her career.
- Final: Flavia Pennetta
- LA Women's Tennis Championships
VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand PrixFIVB World Grand Prix 2009The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from July 31 to August 23, 2009. The finals was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan...
:- 2nd Preliminary Round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
- Pool D in MiaoliMiaoli CityMiaoli City is the capital of Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its name Miaoli was coined using two Hakka words, cat and city , which phonetically approximate Pali from one of the Formosan languages. Miaoli has a relatively high percentage of Hakka people. As of 2009, the population was 90,209....
, Chinese TaipeiChinese TaipeiChinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
- 3–0
- Pool D in Miaoli
- 2nd Preliminary Round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
- } 3–0
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- Pool E in MacauMacauMacau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
- Pool E in Macau
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- Pool F in OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan
- Pool F in Osaka
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- 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.
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Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Nationwide Series2009 NASCAR Nationwide SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series began on February 14, 2009 at Daytona International Speedway with the Camping World 300. The season concluded on November 21, 2009 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 300. With 25 top-five finishes, Kyle Busch was the season champion...
:- Zippo 200 at the Glen in Watkins Glen, New YorkWatkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...
- (1) Marcos AmbroseMarcos AmbroseMarcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...
(Toyota, JTG Daugherty RacingJTG Daugherty RacingJTG Daugherty Racing is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owned by former advertising executive Tad Geschickter and his wife Jodi, along with current ESPN analyst Brad Daugherty...
) (2) Kyle BuschKyle BuschKyle Thomas Busch, is an American NASCAR driver and team owner. He currently drives the No. 18 Mars/Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the No. 18 Z-Line Designs/NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs in the Nationwide Series, and the No...
(Toyota, Joe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son...
) (3) Carl EdwardsCarl EdwardsCarl Michael Edwards, II is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #99 Fastenal/Aflac Ford Fusion in the Sprint Cup Series and the #60 Ford in the Nationwide Series for Roush Fenway Racing...
(FordFord Motor CompanyFord Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
, Roush Fenway Racing)
- (1) Marcos Ambrose
- Zippo 200 at the Glen in Watkins Glen, New York
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Asian ChampionshipFIBA Asia Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....
in TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, China: (teams in bold advance to the second round)- Group A:
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- 56–69
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- Group C:
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- EuroBasket qualification Additional Qualifying Round:
- Group A: 82–77
- Standings: Bosnia & Herzegovina 4 points (2 games), Belgium, Portugal 1(1).
- Group B: 82–72
- Standings: France 4 points (2 games), Italy, Finland 1(1).
- Group A: 82–77
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:- The Ashes Series2009 Ashes seriesThe 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests, with England winning the series 2–1...
:- 4th Test in LeedsHeadingley StadiumHeadingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie ....
, day 2:
- 4th Test in Leeds
- The Ashes Series
- } 102 & 82/5 (32.0 ov); 445 (Marcus NorthMarcus NorthMarcus James North is an Australian cricketer, who scored centuries on both his Test and Ashes debuts. He has also played for the Australian Cricket Academy, Western Australia, Australia A, Durham, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire and Hampshire.He is a left-handed batsman and right arm...
110, Stuart BroadStuart BroadStuart Christopher John Broad is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for England and is currently the captain of their Twenty20 team...
6/91). England trail by 261 runs with 5 wickets remaining.
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour de Pologne2009 Tour de PologneThe 2009 Tour de Pologne was the 66th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 81st year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar, and ran from 2–8 August, starting in Warsaw and finishing in Kraków.After four stages that were...
:- Stage 7: (1) André GreipelAndre GreipelAndré Greipel is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .He currently lives in Hürth, close to Cologne in Germany...
(Team Columbia-HTC) 2h 55' 39" (2) Christopher SuttonChristopher Sutton (cyclist)Christopher Sutton is professional cyclist from Australia, for UCI ProTour team .Born in Caringbah, Sydney, New South Wales, Sutton trained as a carpenter. He is the son of NSW Institute of Sport's head cycling coach, Gary Sutton, and nephew of British Cycling track coach, Shane Sutton; both...
(Garmin-Slipstream) s.t. (3) Wouter WeylandtWouter WeylandtWouter Weylandt was a Belgian professional cyclist for UCI ProTeam and later for . His first major win was the 17th stage of the 2008 Vuelta a España. He also won the 3rd stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia...
s.t. - Final general classification: (1) Alessandro BallanAlessandro BallanAlessandro Ballan is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team , and is a former world champion. Although he possesses a frame that is usually more associated with climbing, Ballan has established himself as a leading spring classics contender in recent years...
28h 46' 13" (2) Daniel MorenoDaniel MorenoDaniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .In 2007 he won the Escalada a Montjuïc while riding for Relax-GAM...
+ 10' (3) Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
(Team Columbia-HTC) + 11"
- Stage 7: (1) André Greipel
- Tour de Pologne
Football (soccer)
- Italian Supercup2009 Supercoppa ItalianaThe 2009 Supercoppa Italiana was a match played by the 2008–09 Serie A winners Internazionale and 2008–09 Coppa Italia winners Lazio. It took place on 8 August 2009 at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China. Lazio won the match 2–1 to earn their third Supercoppa...
in BeijingBeijing National StadiumBeijing National Stadium, also known officially as the National Stadium, or colloquially as the Bird's Nest , is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.-History:...
, China:- InternazionaleF.C. Internazionale MilanoFootball Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
1–2 LazioS.S. LazioSocietà Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
- Internazionale
RacquetballRacquetballFor other sports often called "paddleball", see Paddleball .Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court...
- European Championships2009 European Racquetball ChampionshipsThe XV Racquetball European Championships were held in Nanterre, near Paris, from August 3 to 9 2009, with seven men's national teams and three women's national teams in competition. On August 6 started the individual, doubles, senior and junior competitions.The venue was the Forest-Hill City...
in Paris:- Men's singles:
} Víctor Montserrat Carlos Oviedo Eric Gordon Oliver Bertels
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- Women's singles:
} Elisabet Consegal Yvonne Kortes Andrea Gordon Majella Haverty
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- Men's doubles:
} Adam Neary / Joe Farrell Eric Gordon / Oliver Bertels Joseph Dillon / Sean Kene Arne Schmitz / Bernd Dröge
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- Women's doubles:
} Antonia Neary Katie Kenny / Majella Haverty Yvonne Kortes / Andrea Gordon Daphne Wannee / Kathy Tritsmans /
Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- Tri Nations Series2009 Tri Nations SeriesThe 2009 Tri Nations Series was the fourteenth annual Tri Nations rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, respectively nicknamed the All Blacks, Wallabies, and Springboks...
:
} 29–17 in Cape Town
Newlands Stadium
Newlands Stadium, currently referred to as DHL Newlands for sponsorship reasons, is located in Cape Town, South Africa.The stadium currently has a capacity of 51,900 people, but is not an all seater venue....
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- Standings: South Africa 12 points (3 matches), 4 (3 matches), Australia 1 (2 matches)
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VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand PrixFIVB World Grand Prix 2009The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from July 31 to August 23, 2009. The finals was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan...
:- 2nd Preliminary Round:
- Pool D in MiaoliMiaoli CityMiaoli City is the capital of Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its name Miaoli was coined using two Hakka words, cat and city , which phonetically approximate Pali from one of the Formosan languages. Miaoli has a relatively high percentage of Hakka people. As of 2009, the population was 90,209....
, Chinese TaipeiChinese TaipeiChinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
:
- Pool D in Miaoli
- 2nd Preliminary Round:
- } 2–3
- } 0–3
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- Pool E in MacauMacauMacau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
:
- Pool E in Macau
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- } 3–1
- } 3–1
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- Pool F in OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan:
- Pool F in Osaka
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- } 1–3
- } 3–1
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- 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.
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BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- African ChampionshipFIBA Africa Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...
in LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
: (teams in bold advance to the second round)- Group A in BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
:- 81–97
- 94–57
- Standings: Nigeria 6 points, Côte d'Ivoire 5, Libya 4, South Africa 3.
- Group B in BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
:- 93–50
- 47–67
- Standings: Angola 6 points, Mali 5, Egypt 4, Mozambique 3.
- Group C in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
:- 65–67
- Group A in Benghazi
} 61–113
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- Standings: Senegal 6 points, Cameroon 5, Central African Republic 4, Congo 3.
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- Group D in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
:
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} 83–86
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- 57–74
- Standings: Tunisia, Morocco 5 points, Rwanda, Cape Verde 4.
- 57–74
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- Asian ChampionshipFIBA Asia Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....
in TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, China: (teams in bold advance to the second round)- Group A:
- 122–54
- Group A:
} 69–78
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- Group B:
} 73–51
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- 82–61
- Group C:
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} 56–74
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- 95–70
- Group D:
- 105–47
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} 108–38
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:- The Ashes Series2009 Ashes seriesThe 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests, with England winning the series 2–1...
:- 4th Test in LeedsHeadingley StadiumHeadingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie ....
, day 1:
- 4th Test in Leeds
- The Ashes Series
- } 102 (Peter SiddlePeter SiddlePeter Matthew Siddle is an Australian Test cricketer. He is a specialist right-arm fast-medium bowler who plays for Victoria and the Australia national cricket team.-Early life and career:...
5/21); 196/4. Australia lead by 94 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. - Pakistan in Sri LankaPakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The Pakistan cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. The team is due to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals, and one Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka...
:- 4th ODI in ColomboR. Premadasa StadiumR. Premadasa Stadium is a cricket stadium situated on Khettarama Road, Maligawatta, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The stadium was, prior to June 1994, known as the Khettarama Cricket Stadium and is today one of the main venues in which the Sri Lankan cricket team play...
:
- 4th ODI in Colombo
} 321/5 (50 ov, Umar Akmal 102*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
); 175 (36.1 ov). Pakistan win by 146 runs. Sri Lanka lead the 5-match series 3–1.
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour de Pologne2009 Tour de PologneThe 2009 Tour de Pologne was the 66th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 81st year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar, and ran from 2–8 August, starting in Warsaw and finishing in Kraków.After four stages that were...
:- Stage 6: (1) Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
(Team Columbia-HTC) 4h 03' 40" (2) Alessandro BallanAlessandro BallanAlessandro Ballan is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team , and is a former world champion. Although he possesses a frame that is usually more associated with climbing, Ballan has established himself as a leading spring classics contender in recent years...
same time (3) Marco MarcatoMarco MarcatoMarco Marcato is an Italian racing cyclist currently riding for .- Palmares :200520062007...
(Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team is a Dutch professional road race cycling team. They are a UCI ProTeam and compete in the UCI World Tour. The team was established in 2008, as the successor of P3 Transfer-Batavus, while also taking over many of the riders and staff of Cycle Collstrop, the former...
) s.t. - General classification: (1) Ballan 25h 50' 34" (2) Daniel MorenoDaniel MorenoDaniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .In 2007 he won the Escalada a Montjuïc while riding for Relax-GAM...
+ 10" (3) Hagen + 11"
- Stage 6: (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Tour de Pologne
VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand PrixFIVB World Grand Prix 2009The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from July 31 to August 23, 2009. The finals was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan...
:- 2nd Preliminary Round:
- Pool D in MiaoliMiaoli CityMiaoli City is the capital of Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its name Miaoli was coined using two Hakka words, cat and city , which phonetically approximate Pali from one of the Formosan languages. Miaoli has a relatively high percentage of Hakka people. As of 2009, the population was 90,209....
, Chinese TaipeiChinese TaipeiChinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
:
- Pool D in Miaoli
- 2nd Preliminary Round:
- } 3–2
- } 3–1
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- Pool E in MacauMacauMacau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
:
- Pool E in Macau
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- } 3–0
- } 3–2
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- Pool F in OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan:
- Pool F in Osaka
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- } 2–3
- } 3–0
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- Standing after 4 matches: Brazil, China, Netherlands 8 points, Russia 7, Germany, USA, Thailand 6, Poland, Japan, Dominican Republic 5, Puerto Rico, Korea 4.
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BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- African ChampionshipFIBA Africa Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...
in LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
: (teams in bold advance to the second round)- Group A in BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
:
- Group A in Benghazi
} 73–64
} 49–97
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- Group B in BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
:- 69–79
- 67–54
- Group C in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
:
- Group B in Benghazi
} 56–70
} 69–82
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- Group D in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
:
- Group D in Tripoli
} 77–67
} 98–79
- Asian ChampionshipFIBA Asia Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....
in TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, China:- Group A:
} 115–31
} 95–74
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- Group B:
} 71–67
} 69–64
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- Group C:
} 62–77
} 49–121
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- Group D:
} 63–68 (OT)
} 67–84
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour de Pologne2009 Tour de PologneThe 2009 Tour de Pologne was the 66th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 81st year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar, and ran from 2–8 August, starting in Warsaw and finishing in Kraków.After four stages that were...
:- Stage 5: (1) Alessandro BallanAlessandro BallanAlessandro Ballan is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team , and is a former world champion. Although he possesses a frame that is usually more associated with climbing, Ballan has established himself as a leading spring classics contender in recent years...
3h 48' 23" (2) Daniel MorenoDaniel MorenoDaniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .In 2007 he won the Escalada a Montjuïc while riding for Relax-GAM...
same time (3) Pieter WeeningPieter WeeningPieter Weening is a road bicycle racer from Harkema, Friesland, the Netherlands, currently riding for .-2005:In 2005 Weening won a stage in the Tour de France. As of today, Weening is the last Dutch stage winner in the Tour de France. After one of the closest finishes in the Tour ever, Weening won...
s.t.
- Stage 5: (1) Alessandro Ballan
- Tour de Pologne
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- General classification: (1) Ballan 21h 47' 00" (2) Moreno + 4" (3) Weening + 6"
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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
3–2 (0–1) 
St Patrick's AthleticSt Patrick's Athletic F.C.St Patrick's Athletic Football Club is a football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Founded in 1929, they are based in the Dublin suburb of Inchicore and play their home matches at Richmond Park. They have won the League of Ireland title 7 times and...
. 3–3 on aggregate; St Patrick's Athletic win on away goalsAway goals ruleThe away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
. - KarabakhFK KarabakhFK Qarabağ Ağdam , also known as FK Karabakh Aghdam, is an Azerbaijani football club from Agdam, playing in Azerbaijan Premier League and three times Azerbaijan Cup holders....
2–1 (1–0) 
HonkaFC HonkaFC Honka is a Finnish football club, based in Tapiola, Espoo. It was promoted into the Finnish premier division , for the first time in its history, at the end of the 2005 season. The club's manager is Mika Lehkosuo, and it plays its home matches at Tapiolan urheilupuisto...
. Karabakh win 3–1 on aggregate. - KošiceMFK KošiceMFK Košice is a professional Slovak first division football club based in Košice. The club, founded in 1952, won the Slovak League twice, the Slovak Cup four times and the Czechoslovak Cup once. The most successful era of the club has been in 70's and 90's years of past century which they have...
3–1 (2–0) 
Slavija. Košice win 5–1 on aggregate. - Slovan LiberecFC Slovan LiberecFC Slovan Liberec is a Czech football club founded in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won two league titles and the domestic cup since 1993. Slovan Liberec is also one of the richest clubs in the Czech league...
2–0 (1–0) 
VaduzFC VaduzFC Vaduz is a Liechtenstein football club from Vaduz, that play in the Swiss Football League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 6,127 when all seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity...
. Slovan Liberec win 3–0 on aggregate. - Cherno MorePFC Cherno More VarnaPFC Cherno More Varna , or simply Cherno More is a Bulgarian professional football club from the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG....
0–1 (0–1) 
PSV Eindhoven. PSV Eindhoven win 2–0 on aggregate. - Lech PoznańLech PoznanLech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...
1–2 (6–1) 
Fredrikstad. Lech Poznań win 7–3 on aggregate. - Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 (3–1)
IFK GöteborgIFK GöteborgIFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....
. Hapoel Tel Aviv win 4–2 on aggregate. - Slaven BelupoNK Slaven BelupoNK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country...
0–2 (1–2) Tromsø. Tromsø win 4–1 on aggregate. - LahtiFC LahtiFC Lahti is a Finnish football club, based in the town of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish First Division after placing last in Finnish Premier League during season 2010...
1–1 (2–3) Club Brugge. Club Brugge win 4–3 on aggregate. - LilleLille OSCLOSC Lille Métropole is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille plays its home matches at the Stade Lille-Metropole in nearby Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2012, the...
2–0 (2–0) 
SevojnoFK SevojnoFor the current club competing in the Serbian SuperLiga, see FK Sloboda Point Sevojno.FK Sevojno Point was a football club from Sevojno, Serbia.-History:...
. Lille win 4–0 on aggregate. - Sturm GrazSK Sturm GrazSK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white....
5–0 (2–1) 
Petrovac. Sturm Graz win 7–1 on aggregate. - APOPAPOP Kinyras Peyias FCAPOP Kinyras Peyias is a Cypriot football club from the village of Peyia of Paphos District. The club formed in 2003 following the merger of lower division outfits APOP Peyias FC and Kinyras Empas FC...
2–2 (ET) (1–2) Rapid WienSK Rapid WienThe Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
. Rapid Wien win 4–3 on aggregate. - Austria WienFK Austria WienFußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...
4–2 (1–1) VojvodinaFK VojvodinaFK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...
. Austria Wien win 5–3 on aggregate. - BaselFC BaselFussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...
3–1 (2–2) 
KRKnattspyrnufélag ReykjavíkurKnattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, , for short KR or KR Reykjavík, is an Icelandic athletic club based in the capital, Reykjavík. KR is the oldest and most successful club in Icelandic football.-History:...
. Basel win 5–3 on aggregate. - Young BoysBSC Young BoysBerner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black....
1–2 (1–0) Athletic BilbaoAthletic BilbaoAthletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...
. 2–2 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao win on away goalsAway goals ruleThe away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
. - GalatasarayGalatasaray S.K. (football team)Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....
6–0 (4–1) Maccabi Netanya. Galatasaray win 10–1 on aggregate. - Legia WarsawLegia WarszawaLegia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...
2–2 (1–1) BrøndbyBrøndby IFBrøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...
. 3–3 on aggregate; Brøndby win on away goalsAway goals ruleThe away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
. - Derry City 1–1 (0–1) CSKA SofiaPFC CSKA SofiaPFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...
. CSKA Sofia win 2–1 on aggregate. - Interblock Ljubljana
0–3 (0–2) Metalurh DonetskFC Metalurh DonetskFC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :...
. Metalurh Donetsk win 5–0 on aggregate. - NAC BredaNAC BredaNAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...
3–1 (1–0) Polonia Warsaw. NAC Breda win 4–1 on aggregate. - Budapest HonvédBudapest Honvéd FCBudapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian...
1–1 (1–5) Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe win 6–2 on aggregate. - Sigma OlomoucSK Sigma OlomoucSK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech football club from the city of Olomouc. They reached the quarterfinals of the 1991-1992 UEFA Cup.Since 2011, Olomouc have had an agreement where FK SAN-JV Šumperk is acting as their farm team.- Historical names :...
3–0 (5–1) AberdeenAberdeen F.C.Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...
. Sigma Olomouc win 8–1 on aggregate. - Metalist KharkivFC Metalist KharkivFC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...
2–0 (2–1) RijekaNK RijekaHNK Rijeka is a Croatian football club, from Rijeka on the Croatian coast.-History:The club was founded as NK Kvarner in 1946, after Rijeka passed from Italy to Yugoslavia following the end of World War II. During its early period in Yugoslavia, the club had moderate success in various Yugoslav...
. Metalist Kharkiv win 4–1 on aggregate. - ElfsborgIF ElfsborgIF Elfsborg is a Swedish football club located in Borås. The club has won five national championship titles, the latest in 2006, and two national cup titles. Currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. Elfsborg is based at Borås Arena...
2–0 (2–1) BragaSC BragaSporting Clube de Braga , commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club, from the city of Braga. Its football team plays at the AXA Stadium, also known as The Quarry, which was built for UEFA Euro 2004...
. Elfsborg win 4–1 on aggregate. - Odense 3–0 (4–3)
RabotničkiFK RabotnickiFK Rabotnički is a football club that plays at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.-History:...
. Odense win 7–3 on aggregate. - SarajevoFK SarajevoFK Sarajevo is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina and is one of the most popular clubs in the country. Founded on October 24, 1946, the club was the most successful club from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in former Yugoslavia, winning two First League...
2–1 (ET) HelsingborgHelsingborgs IFHelsingborgs IF , commonly referred to as Helsingborg and locally HIF, is a Swedish football club located in Helsingborg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan...
. 3–3 on aggregate; Sarajevo win 5–4 in penalty shootout. - HamburgHamburger SVHamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
0–1 (4–0) RandersRanders FCRanders FC is a Danish professional football team based in Randers, which plays in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. Founded as a merger on January 1, 2003, the club builds upon the license of Randers Freja, a former three-time Danish Cup winning team...
. Hamburg win 4–1 on aggregate. - Gent 1–7 (1–3) RomaA.S. RomaAssociazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
. Roma win 10–2 on aggregate. - PAOK 0–1 (2–1) Vålerenga. 2–2 on aggregate; PAOK win on away goalsAway goals ruleThe away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
. - MotherwellMotherwell F.C.Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...
1–3 (0–3) Steaua Bucureşti. Steaua Bucureşti win 6–1 on aggregate. - Red Star BelgradeRed Star BelgradeRed Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
5–2 (0–2) 
Dinamo TbilisiFC Dinamo TbilisiFC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
. Red Star Belgrade win 5–4 on aggregate. - Hajduk SplitHNK Hajduk SplitHNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...
0–1 (1–1) MŠK ŽilinaMŠK ŽilinaMŠK Žilina is a Slovak football club, based in the town of Žilina. They play in the Slovak Superliga and are one of the most successful clubs in this competition, having won five championships since the league's inception in 1993. The club and their supporters alike are nicknamed Šošoni...
. MŠK Žilina win 2–1 on aggregate. - FulhamFulham F.C.Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
3–0 (3–0) 
VėtraFK VetraFK Vėtra was a Lithuanian football team from the capital city of Vilnius.- History :The club was founded in 1997 and was initially based in Rūdiškės, a settlement in Vilnius district, and moved in 2003 to Vilnius city with the purchase of its own stadium....
. Fulham win 6–0 on aggregate. - Paços de Ferreira 0–1 (0–1) Bnei Yehuda. Bnei Yehuda win 2–0 on aggregate.
- Krylia Sovetov
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, first leg:- Alianza AtléticoAlianza AtléticoClub Alianza Atlético Sullana is a Peruvian football club, located in the city of Sullana, Piura. The club was founded on January 18, 1920 and in 1988, they were promoted to the top tier of Peruvian football, the Peruvian Primera División...
0–0 Deportivo Anzoátegui
- Alianza Atlético
BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- African ChampionshipFIBA Africa Championship 2009The 2009 FIBA Africa Championship was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Africa in the 2010 FIBA World Championship...
in LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
:- Group A in BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
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- Group A in Benghazi
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- Group B in BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
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- Group B in Benghazi
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- Group C in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
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- Group C in Tripoli
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- Group D in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
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- Group D in Tripoli
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- EuroBasket qualification Additional Qualifying Round:
- Group A: 56–62
- Group B: 77–80 (OT)
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour de Pologne2009 Tour de PologneThe 2009 Tour de Pologne was the 66th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 81st year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar, and ran from 2–8 August, starting in Warsaw and finishing in Kraków.After four stages that were...
:- Stage 4: (1) Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
(Team Columbia-HTC) 5h 25' 55" (2) Jurgen RoelandtsJurgen RoelandtsJürgen Roelandts is a Belgian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam team .-Palmares:20012002Jürgen Roelandts is a Belgian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam team .-Palmares:2001...
same time (3) Danilo NapolitanoDanilo NapolitanoDanilo Napolitano is an Italian professional road racing cyclist on , and is chiefly known for his sprinting abilities....
(Team KatushaTeam KatushaTeam Katusha is a Russian road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI World Tour, using Focus bikes.- History :At the beginning of the 2009 season, the Tinkoff Credit Systems squad was renamed to Team Katusha. It is organised by the Russian Global Cycling Project foundation, which...
) s.t. - General classification: (1) Roelandts 17h 58' 31" (2) Borut BožičBorut BožicBorut Božič is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for . Considered a sprinter in the mould of Óscar Freire, Božič's career highlights include winning the 2007 Tour de Wallonie, victory in the first stage of the 2009 Tour de Pologne , winning the sixth stage of the...
(Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team is a Dutch professional road race cycling team. They are a UCI ProTeam and compete in the UCI World Tour. The team was established in 2008, as the successor of P3 Transfer-Batavus, while also taking over many of the riders and staff of Cycle Collstrop, the former...
) + 6" (3) Jacopo GuarnieriJacopo GuarnieriJacopo Guarnieri is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .- Major achievements :2009 – Liquigas2010 – Liquigas2011 – Liquigas-External links:...
s.t.
- Stage 4: (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Tour de Pologne
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:
- BATEFC BATEFC BATE Borisov is a Belarusian football team playing in the city of Borisov. They compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions. BATE are the only Belarusian team to have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and for the group stage of the UEFA...
2–1 (0–1) VentspilsFK VentspilsFK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....
. 2–2 on aggregate, Ventspils win on away goals ruleAway goals ruleThe away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
. - Levski SofiaPFC Levski Sofia"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...
2–0 (0–0) BakuFK BakuFootball Club Baku is an Azerbaijani football club in Baku, Azerbaijan. The club sponsored by the Baghlan Group Company and ZQAN Holding.FC Baku plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League and have won two Azerbaijan Premier League championships and two Azerbaijan Cups.-History:FC Baku was founded in...
. Levski win 2–0 on aggregate. - DebrecenDebreceni VSCDebreceni VSC or just Debrecen or DVSC is a football club from the city of Debrecen in Hungary. They are best known for reaching the group stages of the UEFA Champions League 2009–10 season. Debreceni VSC has been the most successful Hungarian club since 2000. The club has won the Hungarian...
1–0 (1–0) 
LevadiaFC Levadia TallinnMTÜ SK FC Levadia Tallinn is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. The club was founded in 1998, under the name FC Levadia Maardu. FC Levadia currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football...
. Debrecen win 2–0 on aggregate. - Slavia Prague 1–1 (0–0) Sheriff TiraspolFC Sheriff TiraspolFC Sheriff Tiraspol is a football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol, a rival team based in the same city.-History:The club...
. 1–1 on aggregate, Tiraspol win on away goals ruleAway goals ruleThe away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
. - MariborNK MariborNogometni Klub Maribor , commonly referred to as NK Maribor or simply Maribor, is a professional association football club based in the city of Maribor, Slovenia. Founded on 12 December, 1960, Maribor is one of only three football clubs in the country who have never been relegated from...
0–3 (3–2) Zürich. Zürich win 5–3 on aggregate. - PartizanFK PartizanFudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
1–0 (0–2) APOEL. APOEL win 2–1 on aggregate. - Olympiacos 2–0 (2–0) Slovan BratislavaŠK Slovan BratislavaŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...
. Olympiacos win 4–0 on aggregate. - Stabæk 0–0 (1–3) CopenhagenF.C. CopenhagenF.C. Copenhagen is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment....
. Copenhagen win 3–1 on aggregate.
- BATE
- Non-champions path:
- Dynamo MoscowFC Dynamo MoscowDynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
0–2 (1–0) CelticCeltic F.C.Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
. Celtic win 2–1 on aggregate. - Timişoara 0–0 (2–2) Shakhtar DonetskFC Shakhtar DonetskFC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...
. 2–2 on aggregate, Timişoara win on away goals ruleAway goals ruleThe away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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- Dynamo Moscow
- Champions path:
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, first leg:- La EquidadLa EquidadClub Deportivo La Equidad Seguros, known simply as La Equidad, is a Colombian football club, based in Bogotá. The club was founded in 1990.-History:...
2–2 Unión EspañolaUnión EspañolaClub Unión Española S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by a Spanish immigrants on 18 May 1897, Unión Española have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence but two seasons in the late '90s .Unión Española... - ZamoraZamora Fútbol ClubZamora Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football club.-History:Zamora Fútbol Club was founded on February 2, 1977. The club was promoted to the First Division after finishing as runners-up in the Second Division in the 2005/2006 season.-Titles:...
0–1 EmelecClub Sport EmelecClub Sport Emelec is a Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country....
- La Equidad
- North American SuperLiga Final in Bridgeview, IllinoisToyota Park (Bridgeview)Toyota Park is a soccer-specific stadium located at 71st Street and Harlem Avenue in Bridgeview, Illinois. It is the home stadium of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club, members of Major League Soccer . Toyota Park was developed at a cost of around $100 million. The facility opened June 11, 2006...
:- Chicago FireChicago Fire (soccer)Chicago Fire Soccer Club is an American professional soccer club based in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview, Illinois. The team competes in Major League Soccer , the top soccer league in the United States and Canada...
1–1 (ET) UANL. UANL win 4–3 in penalty shootout.
- Chicago Fire
- Copa Chile Fourth Round:
- Selección Rapa Nui 0–4 Colo-ColoColo-ColoClub Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
- This is the first professional match on Easter IslandEaster IslandEaster Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people...
. (MercoPress)
- This is the first professional match on Easter Island
- Selección Rapa Nui 0–4 Colo-Colo
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour de Pologne2009 Tour de PologneThe 2009 Tour de Pologne was the 66th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 81st year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar, and ran from 2–8 August, starting in Warsaw and finishing in Kraków.After four stages that were...
:- Stage 3: (1) Jacopo GuarnieriJacopo GuarnieriJacopo Guarnieri is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .- Major achievements :2009 – Liquigas2010 – Liquigas2011 – Liquigas-External links:...
5h 22' 31" (2) Allan DavisAllan DavisAllan Howard Davis is an Australian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002...
s.t. (3) André GreipelAndre GreipelAndré Greipel is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .He currently lives in Hürth, close to Cologne in Germany...
(Team Columbia-HTC) s.t. - General classification: (1) Greipel 12h 32' 42" (2) Guarnieri s.t. (3) Borut BožičBorut BožicBorut Božič is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for . Considered a sprinter in the mould of Óscar Freire, Božič's career highlights include winning the 2007 Tour de Wallonie, victory in the first stage of the 2009 Tour de Pologne , winning the sixth stage of the...
(Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team is a Dutch professional road race cycling team. They are a UCI ProTeam and compete in the UCI World Tour. The team was established in 2008, as the successor of P3 Transfer-Batavus, while also taking over many of the riders and staff of Cycle Collstrop, the former...
) s.t.
- Stage 3: (1) Jacopo Guarnieri
- Tour de Pologne
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 HaifaMaccabi Haifa F.C.Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...
4–3 (0–0) 
AktobeFC AktobeFC Aktobe are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division – in 2000.-Name history:...
. Haifa rally from 3 goals down to win 4–3 on aggregate. - Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 (1–1) Red Bull Salzburg. Salzburg win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Maccabi Haifa
- Non-champions path:
- SivassporSivassporSivasspor is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas, Turkey formed in the year 1967. They play in the Turkish Süper Lig. Their manager is currently Riza Calimbay. They finished 15th in the 2010–11 Süper Lig. Their current captain is Hayrettin Yerlikaya....
3–1 (0–5) AnderlechtR.S.C. AnderlechtRoyal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...
. Anderlecht win 6–3 on aggregate. - Panathinaikos 3–0 (1–3) Sparta Prague. Panathinaikos win 4–3 on aggregate.
- TwenteFC TwenteFC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
1–1 (0–0) Sporting CP. Aggregate 1–1, Sporting win on away goals ruleAway goals ruleThe away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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- Sivasspor
- Champions path:
- UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round, second leg: (teams in bold advance to the Play-off Round, first leg result in parentheses)
- OmoniaAC OmoniaAthletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953...
1–1 (0–2) Vaslui. Vaslui win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Omonia
- Copa Sudamericana First Stage2009 Copa Sudamericana First StageThe First Stage, or the Preliminary Phase, of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes was the first round of the tournament. It was contested by 30 teams in 15 two-legged ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the Second Stage .-Matches:The first stage began on August 4, and ended on September 17...
, first leg:- Universidad de Chile 2–1 Deportivo CaliDeportivo CaliAsociación Deportivo Cali is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, Colombia. Mostly known for its football team, it also sponsors basketball, volleyball and swimming...
- Universidad de Chile
RacquetballRacquetballFor other sports often called "paddleball", see Paddleball .Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court...
- European Championships2009 European Racquetball ChampionshipsThe XV Racquetball European Championships were held in Nanterre, near Paris, from August 3 to 9 2009, with seven men's national teams and three women's national teams in competition. On August 6 started the individual, doubles, senior and junior competitions.The venue was the Forest-Hill City...
in Paris:- Men:
- Semifinals:
- Men:
- } 0–3 Germany
- } 2–1 Netherlands
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- Women:
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Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Sprint Cup Series2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was the 61st season of professional stock car racing in the United States, which began at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, with the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona, a race for the top six teams of the four brands in the 2008...
:- Pennsylvania 500Pennsylvania 500The Good Sam RV Insurance 500 is the second of two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car races held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, the other being the Pocono 500...
in Long Pond, PennsylvaniaPocono RacewayPocono Raceway also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond...
:- (1) Denny HamlinDenny HamlinJames Dennis Alan "Denny" Hamlin is an American race car driver. Though originally born in Tampa, Florida, Hamlin was raised for most of his life in Chesterfield, Virginia. After racing in go-karts for a number of years, he worked his way up to Late Models by 2004 and signed a development contract...
(Toyota, Joe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son...
) (2) Juan Pablo MontoyaJuan Pablo MontoyaJuan Pablo Montoya Roldán is a Colombian race car driver known internationally for participating and winning in Formula One and CART race competitions. He has enjoyed great success. Currently, he competes in NASCAR, driving the #42 Target Chevrolet Impala for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing in the Sprint...
(ChevroletChevroletChevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
, Earnhardt Ganassi RacingEarnhardt Ganassi RacingEarnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a NASCAR team based in Concord, North Carolina, United States, owned by Dale Earnhardt's widow Teresa Earnhardt, Chip Ganassi, and Felix Sabates. This team was formed when Dale Earnhardt, Inc...
) (3) Clint BowyerClint BowyerClint Bowyer is a NASCAR driver. He drives the #15 5 Hour Energy Toyota Camry in the Sprint Cup Series for Michael Waltrip Racing. Early in his career, he drove for Richard Childress Racing. He won the 2008 Nationwide Series championship....
(Chevrolet, Richard Childress RacingRichard Childress RacingRCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by former driver Richard Childress...
)- Drivers' standings (after 21 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Tony StewartTony StewartAnthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart is an American auto racing driver and owner. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation."Stewart...
3188 points (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Jimmie JohnsonJimmie JohnsonJimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
2991 (Chevrolet, Hendrick MotorsportsHendrick MotorsportsHendrick Motorsports , originally named All Star Racing, is a current American auto racing team created in 1984 by Rick Hendrick. The team currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Chevrolet Impalas...
) (3) Jeff GordonJeff GordonJeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is a professional NASCAR driver. He is the driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet Impala. He is a four-time Sprint Cup Series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner. He is third on the all-time wins list, with 85 career wins, and has the...
2989 (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports)
- Drivers' standings (after 21 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Tony Stewart
- (1) Denny Hamlin
- Pennsylvania 500
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:- The Ashes Series2009 Ashes seriesThe 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests, with England winning the series 2–1...
:- 3rd Test in BirminghamEdgbaston Cricket GroundEdgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England...
, day 5:
- 3rd Test in Birmingham
- The Ashes Series
- } 263 & 375/5dDeclaration and forfeitureIn the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
(112.2 overs, Michael ClarkeMichael Clarke (cricketer)Michael John Clarke is an Australian cricketer. He was appointed captain of the Test and ODI teams on 30 March 2011. Nicknamed 'Pup', he is a right-handed batsman, and occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler...
103*Not outIn cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
); 376. Match drawn. England lead 5-match series 1–0. - Pakistan in Sri LankaPakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The Pakistan cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. The team is due to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals, and one Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka...
:- 3rd ODI in DambullaRangiri Dambulla International StadiumDambulla International Cricket Stadium is a 30,000 seat cricket stadium in Sri Lanka. The Stadium is situated in the Central Province, close to Dambulla on a 60 acre site leased from the Rangiri Dambulla Temple...
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- 3rd ODI in Dambulla
} 288/8 (50 ov); 289/4 (46.3 ov, Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene
Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene , known as Mahela Jayawardene, is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s...
123). Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets, and take an unassailable 3–0 lead in the 5-match series.
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour de Pologne2009 Tour de PologneThe 2009 Tour de Pologne was the 66th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 81st year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar, and ran from 2–8 August, starting in Warsaw and finishing in Kraków.After four stages that were...
:- Stage 2: (1) Angelo FurlanAngelo FurlanAngelo Furlan is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for Christina Watches-Onfone who he joined in March 2011.- Palmarès :2001...
4h 57' 25" (2) Jurgen RoelandtsJurgen RoelandtsJürgen Roelandts is a Belgian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam team .-Palmares:20012002Jürgen Roelandts is a Belgian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam team .-Palmares:2001...
s.t. (3) Juan José HaedoJuan José HaedoJuan José Haedo is an Argentine professional road racing cyclist and former track cyclist on . He is the brother of Lucas Sebastian Haedo...
(Team Saxo Bank) s.t. - General classification: (1) Borut BožičBorut BožicBorut Božič is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for . Considered a sprinter in the mould of Óscar Freire, Božič's career highlights include winning the 2007 Tour de Wallonie, victory in the first stage of the 2009 Tour de Pologne , winning the sixth stage of the...
(Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team is a Dutch professional road race cycling team. They are a UCI ProTeam and compete in the UCI World Tour. The team was established in 2008, as the successor of P3 Transfer-Batavus, while also taking over many of the riders and staff of Cycle Collstrop, the former...
) 7h 10' 11" (2) Furlan s.t. (3) David LoosliDavid LoosliDavid Loosli is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .- Palmares :* 3rd, National Road Race Championship * Peace Race - 1 stage * Flèche du Sud - 1 stage & Overall...
(Lampre-N.G.C.) + 1"
- Stage 2: (1) Angelo Furlan
- Tour de Pologne
RacquetballRacquetballFor other sports often called "paddleball", see Paddleball .Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court...
- European Championships2009 European Racquetball ChampionshipsThe XV Racquetball European Championships were held in Nanterre, near Paris, from August 3 to 9 2009, with seven men's national teams and three women's national teams in competition. On August 6 started the individual, doubles, senior and junior competitions.The venue was the Forest-Hill City...
in Paris:- Men: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group A:
- Men: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
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CataloniaAuto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- Sprint Cup Series2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was the 61st season of professional stock car racing in the United States, which began at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, with the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona, a race for the top six teams of the four brands in the 2008...
:- Pennsylvania 500 in Long Pond, PennsylvaniaPocono RacewayPocono Raceway also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond...
:- Postponed to Monday due to rain.
- Pennsylvania 500 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania
- World Rally Championship2009 World Rally Championship seasonThe 2009 World Rally Championship season was the 37th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of twelve rallies and began on 30 January, with Rally Ireland and ended with Rally GB on 25 October. Sébastien Loeb won the World Drivers' championship at Rally GB by one point...
:- Rally Finland2009 Rally FinlandThe 2009 Neste Oil Rally Finland was the 59th running of the Rally Finland and the ninth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. The rally consisted of 23 special stages and was won by Ford's Mikko Hirvonen. This marked his third victory in a row and his first in his home event...
:- (1) Mikko HirvonenMikko HirvonenMikko Hirvonen is a Finnish rally driver currently driving for the Citroën Total World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship. He placed third in the drivers' championship and helped Ford to the manufacturers' title in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008, 2009 and 2011, he finished runner-up to...
(Ford Focus RS WRC 09Ford Focus WRCThe Ford Focus RS WRC is a car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford and M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2-litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship. The RS stands for Rallye Sport and the WRC for World Rally Car, the car's FIA specification...
) 2:50:40.9 (2) Sébastien LoebSébastien LoebSébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...
(Citroën C4 WRCCitroën C4 WRCThe Citroën C4 WRC is a World Rally Car built for the Citroën World Rally Team by Citroën Racing to compete in the World Rally Championship. It is based upon the Citroën C4 road car and replaced the Citroën Xsara WRC...
) 2:51:06.0 (3) Jari-Matti LatvalaJari-Matti LatvalaJari-Matti Latvala is a Finnish rally driver competing in the World Rally Championship. His co-driver has been Miikka Anttila since the 2003 Rallye Deutschland...
(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 SordoDani SordoDaniel "Dani" Sordo Castillo is a Spanish rally driver. He competes in the World Rally Championship for the Mini WRC Team...
(Citroën C4 WRC) 44 - Manufacturers' standings: (1) Citroën Total World Rally TeamCitroën Total World Rally TeamThe Citroën Total World Rally Team is the Citroën factory backed entry into the World Rally Championship, run by Citroën Racing.-Management:* Olivier Quesnel – team director* Xavier Mestelan-Pinon – technical director-1990-1998 Seasons:...
119 points (2) BP Ford World Rally TeamBP Ford World Rally TeamThe Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, also known as the Ford Motor Co. Team prior to 2005, is Ford Motor Company's full factory World Rally Championship team. In its current form, it has been a competitor since the 1997 season, when Ford Motor Company's motorsport arm selected the Malcolm Wilson...
105 (3) Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 64
- Drivers' standings (after 9 of 12 races): (1) Hirvonen 68 points (2) Loeb 65 (3) Dani Sordo
- (1) Mikko Hirvonen
- Rally Finland
- V8 Supercars2009 V8 Supercar Championship SeriesThe 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the eleventh V8 Supercar Championship Series and the thirteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title...
:- Norton 360 Sandown Challenge2009 Norton 360 Sandown ChallengeThe 2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge was the seventh race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Rounds 13 and 14 of the series and was held on the weekend of 1–2 August at Sandown Raceway, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
in Melbourne, VictoriaSandown RacewaySandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
:- Round 14: (1) Garth TanderGarth TanderGarth Tander is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Since 1998 Tander has been a competitor in touring car racing series V8 Supercar Championship Series. Tander was the 2007 series champion for the HSV Dealer Team and is a three-time winner in Australia's most...
(Holden CommodoreHolden CommodoreThe Holden Commodore is an automobile manufactured since 1978 by the Holden subsidiary of General Motors in Australia, and, formerly, in New Zealand. In the mid-1970s, Holden established proposals to replace the long-serving Kingswood nameplate with a smaller, Opel-based model...
) (2) Will DavisonWill DavisonWill Davison is an Australian racing driver. He currently competes with Ford Performance Racing in the #6 Trading Post FPR Falcon, in the premier Australian touring car class, V8 Supercar.-Early career:...
(Holden Commodore) (3) Craig LowndesCraig LowndesCraig Lowndes is a multi-championship winning Australian racing driver. He is a three-time V8 Supercar champion and five-time winner of Australia's most famous motor race, the Bathurst 1000...
(Ford FalconFord Falcon (Australia)The Ford Falcon is a full-size car which has been manufactured by Ford Australia since 1960. Each model from the XA series of 1972 onward has been designed, developed and built in Australia and/or New Zealand, following the phasing out of the American Falcon of 1960–71 which had been re-engineered...
)- Standings (after 14 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 1791 points (2) Davison 1674 (3) Tander 1416
- Round 14: (1) Garth Tander
- Norton 360 Sandown Challenge
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:- The Ashes Series2009 Ashes seriesThe 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests, with England winning the series 2–1...
:- 3rd Test in BirminghamEdgbaston Cricket GroundEdgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England...
, day 4:
- 3rd Test in Birmingham
- The Ashes Series
- } 263 & 88/2 (28.0 ov); 376. Australia trail by 25 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
- Bangladesh in West IndiesBangladeshi cricket team in West Indies in 2009The Bangladesh cricket team is touring West Indies for a 2-match Test series, a 3-match ODI series, and 1 Twenty20 International from July 3, 2009 to August 2, 2009.-Bangladesh:# Mashrafe Mortaza # Shakib Al Hasan # Mohammad Ashraful...
:- Only T20I in Basseterre, St KittsWarner Park Sporting ComplexWarner Park Sporting Complex is an athletic facility in Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis. It includes the Warner Park Stadium, which was one of the hosts for the 2007 Cricket World Cup....
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- Only T20I in Basseterre, St Kitts
} 118/9 (20/20 ov); 119/5 (16.5/20 ov). West Indies win by 5 wickets.
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CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Tour de Pologne2009 Tour de PologneThe 2009 Tour de Pologne was the 66th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 81st year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar, and ran from 2–8 August, starting in Warsaw and finishing in Kraków.After four stages that were...
:- Stage 1: (1) Borut BožičBorut BožicBorut Božič is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for . Considered a sprinter in the mould of Óscar Freire, Božič's career highlights include winning the 2007 Tour de Wallonie, victory in the first stage of the 2009 Tour de Pologne , winning the sixth stage of the...
(Vacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil Pro Cycling TeamVacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team is a Dutch professional road race cycling team. They are a UCI ProTeam and compete in the UCI World Tour. The team was established in 2008, as the successor of P3 Transfer-Batavus, while also taking over many of the riders and staff of Cycle Collstrop, the former...
) 2h 12' 56" (2) André GreipelAndre GreipelAndré Greipel is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .He currently lives in Hürth, close to Cologne in Germany...
(Team Columbia-HTC) s.t. (3) Francesco GavazziFrancesco GavazziFrancesco Gavazzi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lampre-N.G.C..-Palmares:2011* 1st, Stage 18 2011 Vuelta a Espana* 1st, Stage 5, Tour of the Basque Country...
s.t.
- Stage 1: (1) Borut Božič
- Tour de Pologne
Football (soccer)
- UEFA Under-19 Championship2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship-Group B:---------------------Bracket:-Semi-finals:---------Final:-Top goalscorers:4 goals Nathan Delfouneso3 goals Henri Lansbury Danijel Aleksić Denys Harmash-External links:*...
in UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
:- Final: 0–2
- Ukraine win their first ever football trophy.
- Final: 0–2
- CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 2:
- Group B:
- Heartland 3–1 Monomotapa UnitedMonomotapa United F.C.Monomotapa United is a football club based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The club plays in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.-Squad:...
- Heartland
- Group B:
GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Women's majorsWomen's major golf championshipsWomen's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been less stable than the men's. Many professional stroke play events for women are played over three rounds , but the majors are played over four rounds , which is the...
:- Women's British OpenWomen's British OpenThe Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...
in Lytham St Annes, EnglandRoyal Lytham & St Annes Golf ClubRoyal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course four times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and three times since.The...
:- (1) Catriona MatthewCatriona MatthewCatriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
285 (−3) (2) Karrie WebbKarrie WebbKarrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of...
288 (E) (3) Paula CreamerPaula CreamerPaula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...
, Christina KimChristina KimChristina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...
(both United States), Hee-Won HanHee-Won HanHee-Won Han is a South Korean golfer. She attended Ryukoku University and turned professional in 1998. Han currently plays on the United States LPGA Tour. Her caddie is Jeffrey Snow....
& Ai MiyazatoAi Miyazatois a Japanese professional golfer who currently competes on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Japan LPGA Tour . She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for three periods of time in 2010.-Early life and amateur career:...
289 (+1)- Matthew becomes the first Scot ever to win a women's major.
- (1) Catriona Matthew
- Women's British Open
- Senior majorsSenior major golf championshipsMen's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...
:- U.S. Senior OpenUnited States Senior OpenThe U.S. Senior Open is one of the major championships in men's senior golf. It was first played in 1980 and is administered by the United States Golf Association and is recognized as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour...
in Carmel, IndianaCrooked Stick Golf ClubCrooked Stick Golf Club is located just outside Carmel, Indiana, a northern suburb of Indianapolis. It was built in 1964 by the famous course architects Pete and Alice Dye. It was host to the PGA Championship that John Daly won in 1991 and the U.S. Women’s Open won by Lauri Merten in 1993. It was...
:- (1) Fred FunkFred FunkFrederick Funk is an American professional golfer.Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 with a degree in law enforcement. He turned professional in 1981, but worked as a golf coach at his alma mater from 1982 to 1988; he did not...
268 (−20) (2) Joey SindelarJoey SindelarJoseph Paul Sindelar is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Sindelar was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky while his father was serving in the Army, but has lived in New York for most of his life...
274 (−14) (3) Russ CochranRuss CochranRussell Earl Cochran is an American professional golfer on the Champions Tour who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He is one of eight left-handed players to win a PGA Tour event....
276 (−12)- Funk wins his second senior major, and sets a new to-par scoring record for the event.
- (1) Fred Funk
- U.S. Senior Open
- PGA Tour:
- Buick OpenBuick OpenThe Buick Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament from 1958 to 2009. In 2007, the tournament was held at the end of June, a change from its traditional spot between The Open Championship and the PGA Championship...
in Grand Blanc, MichiganWarwick Hills Golf and Country ClubWarwick Hills Golf and Country Club is a private country club located on South Saginaw Road in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, a suburb of Flint, Michigan, United States. From 1958 to 2009, Warwick Hills was home to the PGA Tour's Buick Open tournament. The course was opened in June 1957...
:- Winner: Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
268 (−20)- Woods bounces back from missing the cut at the Open Championship2009 Open ChampionshipThe 2009 Open Championship was the 138th Open Championship, one of the four major golf championships, and was played from 16–19 July at the Turnberry Resort, in Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the fourth time The Open Championship had been played at Turnberry...
, cruising to his fourth win of the year by three shots.
- Woods bounces back from missing the cut at the Open Championship
- Winner: Tiger Woods
- Buick Open
- European Tour:
- Czech Golf Open in PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
:- Winner: Oskar HenningssonOskar HenningssonOskar Karl Henningsson is a Swedish professional golfer.Henningsson was born in Eksjö and later moved to Gränna. He turned professional in 2004....
275 (−13)- Henningsson collects his first career European Tour win.
- Winner: Oskar Henningsson
- Czech Golf Open in Prague
SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- World Aquatics ChampionshipsSwimming at the 2009 World Aquatics ChampionshipsThe swimming competition of the 2009 World Aquatics Championships was held at the Foro Italico sports complex in Rome, Italy, from Sunday 26 July – Sunday 2 August 2009.-Events:...
in Rome, Italy:- Men's 50m backstroke: Liam TancockLiam TancockLiam John Tancock is an English backstroke swimmer who specializes in the 50 m and 100 m events. He began his swimming career at Exeter City Swimming Club in Devon and continued at Loughborough University where he studied sports science...
24.04 WR Junya KogaJunya Kogais a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is currently a Waseda University student in Tokyo.In May 2009, he set the Japanese records in the 50 m and 100 m backstrokes at the 2009 Japan Championships, qualifying for Japan's team to the 2009 World Championships....
24.24 Gerhard Zandberg 24.34 - Women's 50m breaststroke: Yuliya Yefimova 30.09 WR Rebecca SoniRebecca SoniRebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...
30.11 Sarah KatsoulisSarah KatsoulisSarah Jane Katsoulis is an Australian swimmer.She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...
30.16 - Men's 400m individual medley: Ryan LochteRyan LochteRyan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...
4:07.01 Tyler ClaryTyler ClaryScott Clary is an American swimmer. Clary currently holds the American record in the 400-yard individual medley...
4:07.31 László CsehLászló CsehLászló Cseh , is a four-time Olympic medalist Hungarian swimmer.-Personal:Cseh has competed in swimming from an early age, and has won numerous Hungarian swimming events. Cseh is coached by György Turi and Zoltán Nemes...
4:07.37 - Women's 50m freestyle: Britta SteffenBritta SteffenBritta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....
23.73 WR Therese AlshammarTherese AlshammarMalin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...
23.88 Cate CampbellCate CampbellCate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming...
& Marleen VeldhuisMarleen VeldhuisMagdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...
23.99 - Men's 1500m freestyle: Oussama MellouliOussama MellouliOussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....
14:37.28 Ryan CochraneRyan Cochrane (swimmer)Ryan Andrew Cochrane is a Canadian long-distance swimmer. Cochrane is an Olympic bronze medalist as well as the reigning double gold medalist in both the Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He holds multiple world championship medals...
14:41.38 Sun YangSun YangSun Yang is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year...
14:46.84 - Women's 400m individual medley: Katinka HosszúKatinka HosszúKatinka Hosszú is a female Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008.- Swimming career :...
4:30.31 Kirsty CoventryKirsty CoventryKirsty Leigh Coventry is a Zimbabwean swimmer and world record holder. She attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States...
4:32.12 Stephanie RiceStephanie RiceStephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane...
4:32.29 - Men's 4x100m medley relay: (Aaron PeirsolAaron PeirsolAaron Wells Peirsol is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay...
52.19 CR, Eric ShanteauEric ShanteauEric Lee Shanteau is an American Olympic swimmer. He lives and trains in Austin, Texas.-College:...
, Michael PhelpsMichael PhelpsMichael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
, David WaltersDavid Walters (swimmer)David Walters is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. He graduated from Tabb High School.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Walters earned a gold medal by swimming in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100 m...
) 3:27.28 WR (Helge MeeuwHelge MeeuwHelge Meeuw is a German swimmer from Wiesbaden. At the 2008 German Swimming Championships in Berlin, he swam in 53.10 sec a new European record at 100 m backstroke...
52.27 ER, Hendrik FeldwehrHendrik FeldwehrHendrik Feldwehr is a German swimmer from Bremerhaven.-References:...
, Benjamin StarkeBenjamin StarkeBenjamin Starke is a German swimmer from Cottbus.-References:...
, Paul BiedermannPaul BiedermannPaul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:...
) 3:28.58 (Ashley DelaneyAshley DelaneyAshley Jason Delaney is a national-record holding and Olympic and World Championship medal-winning swimmer from Australia...
, Brenton RickardBrenton RickardBrenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games...
, Andrew LautersteinAndrew LautersteinAndrew George Lauterstein is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist.- Personal :...
, Matt TargettMatt TargettMatthew Targett is an Australian sprint freestyle and butterfly swimmer.- 2006 Commonwealth Games :In 2006 and in his home town of Melbourne, Targett competed in the 50 metres butterfly, finishing second and placing above more experienced countrymen Michael Klim and Matt Welsh...
) 3:28.64- The world championships conclude with a total of 43 world records, the most in any swimming event in history.
- Men's 50m backstroke: Liam Tancock
TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- ATP World Tour2009 ATP World TourThe Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
:- Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad2009 Allianz Suisse Open GstaadThe 2009 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad was a tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 42nd edition of the event known that year as the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
in GstaadRoy Emerson ArenaRoy Emerson Arena is a tennis stadium located in Gstaad, Switzerland. The stadium is the centerpiece of the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, an ATP Tour event. The stadium has a capacity of 6,000 spectators. It is named in honor of Roy Emerson, 12-time Grand Slam champion, and winner of the Gstaad...
, Switzerland:- Final: Thomaz BellucciThomaz BellucciThomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci , a professional tennis player, is the top ranked Brazilian tennis player. He achieved a career high ranking of #21 on July 26, 2010....
bt Andreas BeckAndreas Beck (tennis)Andreas Beck is a professional male tennis player of Germany. His career high rank was #33, achieved on November 2, 2009.- 2008 :...
6–4, 7–6 (2)- Bellucci wins his first ATP Tour title.
- Final: Thomaz Bellucci
- LA Tennis Open2009 LA Tennis OpenThe 2009 LA Tennis Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 83rd edition of the event known that year as the LA Tennis Open and is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
in Los AngelesLos Angeles Tennis CenterThe Los Angeles Tennis Center is a tennis facility located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. The center opened May 20, 1984, and hosted the demonstration tennis event of the 1984 Summer Olympics. The UCLA Bruins tennis teams moved to...
, United States:- Final: Sam QuerreySam QuerreySam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong...
bt Carsten BallCarsten BallCarsten Thomas Ball is a professional Australian tennis player. Although born and based in the U.S., Carsten has continued to compete as an Australian player.-Tennis career:...
6–4, 3–6, 6–1- Querrey wins his first title of the year and second of his career.
- Final: Sam Querrey
- ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag in UmagUmagUmag is a coastal city in Istria, Croatia.The city hosts the yearly Croatia Open ATP tennis tournament on clay courts.-Geography:It is the westernmost city of Croatia, and the municipality includes Savudrija which is westernmost point of Croatia....
, CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
- Final: Nikolay DavydenkoNikolay DavydenkoNikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
bt Juan Carlos FerreroJuan Carlos FerreroJuan Carlos Ferrero Donat is a professional tennis player, and a former world no. 1 player, from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2002...
6–3, 6–0- Davydenko wins his second title of the year and 16th of his career.
- Final: Nikolay Davydenko
- Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad
- WTA Tour2009 WTA TourThe 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events....
:- Bank of the West Classic2009 Bank of the West ClassicThe 2009 Bank of the West Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the Bank of the West Classic, and was part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, California, United States, from...
in Stanford, CaliforniaTaube Tennis CenterThe Taube Tennis Center is a tennis facility located on the campus of Stanford University near Palo Alto, California. In addition to hosting the Stanford Cardinal's men's and women's tennis teams, the 17-court facility is the home of the Bank of the West Classic, a WTA Tour event...
, United States:- Final: Marion BartoliMarion BartoliMarion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
bt Venus WilliamsVenus WilliamsVenus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
6–2, 5–7, 6–4- Bartoli wins her second title of the year and fifth of her career.
- Final: Marion Bartoli
- Istanbul Cup2009 İstanbul CupThe 2009 İstanbul Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the İstanbul Cup, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour...
in IstanbulIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
:- Final: Vera DushevinaVera DushevinaVera Yevgenyevna Dushevina is a Russian professional female tennis player. She was born in Moscow but now resides in Khimki, Russia. In 2006, she privately amended the presentation of her surname so as to be more English language friendly, adopting Dushevina in place of Douchevina which is a...
bt Lucie HradeckáLucie HradeckáLucie Hradecká is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won ten WTA doubles titles. This total includes the 2011 French Open, in which she won her first Grand Slam title.-Career:...
6–0, 6–1- Dushevina wins her first WTA Tour title.
- Final: Vera Dushevina
- Bank of the West Classic
VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand PrixFIVB World Grand Prix 2009The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from July 31 to August 23, 2009. The finals was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan...
:- 1st Preliminary Round:
- Pool A in Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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- Pool A in Rio de Janeiro
- 1st Preliminary Round:
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- } 2–3
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- Pool B in KielceKielceKielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
, Poland:
- Pool B in Kielce
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- } 3–0
- } 3–1
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- Pool C in NingboNingboNingbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...
, China:
- Pool C in Ningbo
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- } 3–2
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- Standings after 3 matches: Brazil, China, Netherlands 6 points, Russia, Germany, Thailand 5, Poland, Dominican Republic, USA 4, Puerto Rico, Japan, Korea 3.
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Auto racingAuto racingAuto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
- IndyCar Series2009 IndyCar Series seasonThe 2009 IndyCar Series season was the 14th season of the IndyCar Series. The 17-race season began on April 5, and its premier event, the 93rd Indianapolis 500 was held May 24. All races were broadcast on ABC or Versus in high-definition...
:- Meijer Indy 3002009 Meijer Indy 300The 2009 Meijer Indy 300 presented by Red Baron and Edy's was the twelfth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on August 1, 2009 at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky.- Grid :- Race :- Standings after the race :...
in Sparta, KentuckyKentucky SpeedwayKentucky Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned...
:- (1) Ryan BriscoeRyan BriscoeRyan Briscoe is an Australian auto racing driver who has raced open wheel and sports cars in Europe and America.In addition to his native English, Briscoe speaks Italian and French...
(Penske RacingPenske RacingPenske Racing is a racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, and Formula One. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
) 1:28:24.3246 (2) Ed Carpenter (Vision RacingVision RacingVision Racing was a racing team in the Indy Racing League founded in 2005 when Tony George purchased the assets of the defunct Kelley Racing and hired his stepson Ed Carpenter to be the driver. The team has previously raced in the Izod IndyCar Series, Firestone Indy Lights and the Grand-Am Sports...
) + 0.0162* (3) Tony KanaanTony KanaanAntoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho, commonly known as Tony Kanaan is a Brazilian race car driver of Lebanese heritage. Kanaan won the 2004 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series championship driving Andretti Green Racing's 7-Eleven sponsored car, winning three times in his Honda-powered Dallara...
(Andretti Green RacingAndretti Green RacingAndretti Autosport is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series, Firestone Indy Lights, Star Mazda Championship, and U.S. F2000 National Championship.-Current IndyCar Drivers and Cars:*7 Danica Patrick, GoDaddy.com*26 Marco Andretti...
)- Drivers' standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 416 points (2) Scott DixonScott DixonScott Ronald Dixon, MNZM is a New Zealand motor racer who became the most successful all-time driver in the Indy Racing League championship in the United States when he won the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in August 2009. This took his total to 21 wins...
(Chip Ganassi RacingChip Ganassi RacingChip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. They have won 4 Champ Car, 3 Indy Racing League and 1 Grand-Am championships...
) 408 (3) Dario FranchittiDario FranchittiGeorge Dario Marino Franchitti is a Scottish racing driver. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500. Franchitti is also a former NASCAR driver for Chip Ganassi Racing, competing...
(Chip Ganassi Racing) 405
- Drivers' standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) Briscoe 416 points (2) Scott Dixon
- (1) Ryan Briscoe
- Meijer Indy 300
- Nationwide Series2009 NASCAR Nationwide SeriesThe 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series began on February 14, 2009 at Daytona International Speedway with the Camping World 300. The season concluded on November 21, 2009 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 300. With 25 top-five finishes, Kyle Busch was the season champion...
:- U.S. Cellular 250U.S. Cellular 250The U.S. Cellular 250 Presented by the Enlist Weed Control System is a 250 lap NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.-Past winners:-References:*...
in Newton, IowaIowa SpeedwayIowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately east of Des Moines. The track was designed with influence from Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond International Raceway, a short track where Wallace was very successful...
:- (1) Brad KeselowskiBrad KeselowskiBradley Robert Keselowski is an American auto racing driver currently competing in the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series and the #22 Discount Tire Company/Ruby Tuesday Dodge Challenger in the Nationwide Series for Penske Racing...
(ChevroletChevroletChevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
, JR MotorsportsJR MotorsportsJR Motorsports is a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, cousin and former crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., and the owner of his Cup ride Rick Hendrick. It currently fields the No...
) (2) Kyle BuschKyle BuschKyle Thomas Busch, is an American NASCAR driver and team owner. He currently drives the No. 18 Mars/Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the No. 18 Z-Line Designs/NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs in the Nationwide Series, and the No...
(Toyota, Joe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son...
) (3) Jason LefflerJason LefflerJason Leffler is a NASCAR driver from Long Beach, California. Leffler began racing in the open-wheel ranks before moving to NASCAR's three major series...
(Toyota, Braun RacingBraun RacingBraun Racing was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was sold to Steve Turner in September 2010. The Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series teams remain active under Turner Motorsports. Following the announcement of the purchase, Turner Motorsports announced that they had...
)
- (1) Brad Keselowski
- U.S. Cellular 250
- V8 Supercars2009 V8 Supercar Championship SeriesThe 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the eleventh V8 Supercar Championship Series and the thirteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title...
:- Norton 360 Sandown Challenge2009 Norton 360 Sandown ChallengeThe 2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge was the seventh race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Rounds 13 and 14 of the series and was held on the weekend of 1–2 August at Sandown Raceway, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
in Melbourne, VictoriaSandown RacewaySandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
:- Round 13: (1) Will DavisonWill DavisonWill Davison is an Australian racing driver. He currently competes with Ford Performance Racing in the #6 Trading Post FPR Falcon, in the premier Australian touring car class, V8 Supercar.-Early career:...
(Holden CommodoreHolden CommodoreThe Holden Commodore is an automobile manufactured since 1978 by the Holden subsidiary of General Motors in Australia, and, formerly, in New Zealand. In the mid-1970s, Holden established proposals to replace the long-serving Kingswood nameplate with a smaller, Opel-based model...
) (2) James CourtneyJames CourtneyJames Courtney is an Australian racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar Championship. He is the current Australian Touring Car Champion after winning the 2010 title for Dick Johnson Racing....
(Ford FalconFord Falcon (Australia)The Ford Falcon is a full-size car which has been manufactured by Ford Australia since 1960. Each model from the XA series of 1972 onward has been designed, developed and built in Australia and/or New Zealand, following the phasing out of the American Falcon of 1960–71 which had been re-engineered...
) (3) Craig LowndesCraig LowndesCraig Lowndes is a multi-championship winning Australian racing driver. He is a three-time V8 Supercar champion and five-time winner of Australia's most famous motor race, the Bathurst 1000...
(Ford Falcon)- Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Jamie WhincupJamie WhincupJamie Whincup is Australian auto racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar, driving for TeamVodafone. He is a two-time V8 Supercars champion and three-time Bathurst 1000 winner.-Early career:...
(Ford Falcon) 1662 points (2) Davison 1536 (3) Garth TanderGarth TanderGarth Tander is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Since 1998 Tander has been a competitor in touring car racing series V8 Supercar Championship Series. Tander was the 2007 series champion for the HSV Dealer Team and is a three-time winner in Australia's most...
(Holden Commodore) 1266
- Standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) Jamie Whincup
- Round 13: (1) Will Davison
- Norton 360 Sandown Challenge
CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Australia in EnglandAustralian cricket team in England in 2009The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals against England. The Australians also...
:- The Ashes Series2009 Ashes seriesThe 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests, with England winning the series 2–1...
:- 3rd Test in BirminghamEdgbaston Cricket GroundEdgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England...
, day 3:- No play due to rain.
- 3rd Test in Birmingham
- The Ashes Series
- Pakistan in Sri LankaPakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009The Pakistan cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. The team is due to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals, and one Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka...
:- 2nd ODI in DambullaRangiri Dambulla International StadiumDambulla International Cricket Stadium is a 30,000 seat cricket stadium in Sri Lanka. The Stadium is situated in the Central Province, close to Dambulla on a 60 acre site leased from the Rangiri Dambulla Temple...
:
- 2nd ODI in Dambulla
} 168 (47 ov); 169/4 (43.4 ov). Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets. Sri Lanka lead the 5-match series 2–0
CyclingBicycle racingBicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
- UCI ProTour2009 UCI ProTourThe 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by...
:- Clásica de San Sebastián2009 Clásica de San SebastiánThe 2009 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 29th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián road cycling race. It took place on 1 August 2009, and was the tenth event of the 2009 UCI ProTour, and the eighteenth in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series. It began and ended in San Sebastián, in the...
:- (1) Carlos BarredoCarlos BarredoCarlos Barredo Llamazales is a Spanish road racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam . He was issued a suspension for the first two months of the 2011 season in response to a fight with Rui Costa after a 2010 Tour de France stage, with Barredo claiming that Costa had ridden dangerously in the final stages...
5h 37' 00" (2) Roman KreuzigerRoman KreuzigerRoman Kreuziger is a Czech professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Kreuziger is an all-rounder, with climbing and time trial abilities, becoming a contender for the General Classification of stage races...
s.t. (3) Mickaël DelageMickaël DelageMickaël Delage is a French professional racing cyclist. He rides for . He is also active as a track cyclist.As a junior he participated at the World Championships in track cycling in Moscow 2003, where he won the silver medal at the points race, after Australian Miles Olman...
+ 7"
- (1) Carlos Barredo
- Clásica de San Sebastián
Football (soccer)
- CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 2:
- Group A:
- Kano PillarsKano Pillars F.C.Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Kano. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium is Sani Abacha Stadium. Kano Pillars FC was founded in the year 1990, the year professional league was started in Nigeria...
3–1 Al-Merreikh
- Kano Pillars
- Group B:
- Etoile du SahelÉtoile Sportive du SahelThe Étoile Sportive du Sahel is a sports club from Sousse in the Sahel region of Tunisia, known primarily for its football team. The club also has sections for handball, volleyball, basketball, judo and wrestling...
2–1 TP MazembeTP MazembeTout Puissant Mazembe, formerly known as Englebert, are a Congolese football club based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Municipal de Lubumbashi. Its nickname is Les corbeaux despite having a crocodile with a ball in its mouth on the team crest...
- Etoile du Sahel
- Group A:
GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Women's majorsWomen's major golf championshipsWomen's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been less stable than the men's. Many professional stroke play events for women are played over three rounds , but the majors are played over four rounds , which is the...
:- Women's British OpenWomen's British OpenThe Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...
in Lytham St Annes, EnglandRoyal Lytham & St Annes Golf ClubRoyal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course four times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and three times since.The...
, third round:- Leaderboard: (1) Catriona MatthewCatriona MatthewCatriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
212 (−4) (2) Christina KimChristina KimChristina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...
215 (−1) (3) Jiyai Shin & Ai MiyazatoAi Miyazatois a Japanese professional golfer who currently competes on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Japan LPGA Tour . She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for three periods of time in 2010.-Early life and amateur career:...
216 (E)
- Leaderboard: (1) Catriona Matthew
- Women's British Open
- Senior majorsSenior major golf championshipsMen's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...
:- U.S. Senior OpenUnited States Senior OpenThe U.S. Senior Open is one of the major championships in men's senior golf. It was first played in 1980 and is administered by the United States Golf Association and is recognized as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour...
in Carmel, IndianaCrooked Stick Golf ClubCrooked Stick Golf Club is located just outside Carmel, Indiana, a northern suburb of Indianapolis. It was built in 1964 by the famous course architects Pete and Alice Dye. It was host to the PGA Championship that John Daly won in 1991 and the U.S. Women’s Open won by Lauri Merten in 1993. It was...
, third round:- Leaderboard: (1) Fred FunkFred FunkFrederick Funk is an American professional golfer.Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 with a degree in law enforcement. He turned professional in 1981, but worked as a golf coach at his alma mater from 1982 to 1988; he did not...
203 (−13) (2) Greg NormanGreg NormanGregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...
& Joey SindelarJoey SindelarJoseph Paul Sindelar is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Sindelar was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky while his father was serving in the Army, but has lived in New York for most of his life...
204 (−12)
- Leaderboard: (1) Fred Funk
- U.S. Senior Open
Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- Tri Nations Series2009 Tri Nations SeriesThe 2009 Tri Nations Series was the fourteenth annual Tri Nations rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, respectively nicknamed the All Blacks, Wallabies, and Springboks...
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Kings Park Stadium
Kings Park , is a stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban, South Africa, which was originally built in 1891 and extensively renovated in the 1990s...
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- Morné SteynMorne SteynMorné Steyn is a South African rugby union player who plays at the Flyhalf position.He plays at number 10 for the Springboks internationally, as well as for the Bulls in the Super 14 and for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup...
scores all of the Springboks' points, breaking the record of former All Black Andrew MehrtensAndrew MehrtensAndrew Philip Mehrtens MNZM is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, currently playing in France for Béziers, a club in the third-level Fédérale 1 league...
for most individual points in a Tri Nations match. Also, the Boks' John SmitJohn SmitJohn William Smit is the 50th and current captain of the South African national rugby union team, the Springboks. He has played most of his career as a hooker, but played twice for the Springboks off the bench as a prop prior to the South Africa coaching staff's decision to use him as a tighthead...
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), 1 (1 match).
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SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- World Aquatics ChampionshipsSwimming at the 2009 World Aquatics ChampionshipsThe swimming competition of the 2009 World Aquatics Championships was held at the Foro Italico sports complex in Rome, Italy, from Sunday 26 July – Sunday 2 August 2009.-Events:...
in Rome, Italy:- Women's 50m butterfly: Marieke GuehrerMarieke GuehrerMarieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...
25.48 Zhou YafeiZhou YafeiZhou Yafei is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2002 Asian Games - 1st 100m fly/4x100m medley relay;...
25.57 Ingvild SnildalIngvild SnildalIngvild Snildal is an Olympic and National Record holding swimming from Norway. She swam for Norway at the 2008 Olympics, where she set the Norwegian Record in the 100m butterfly. Her club team is Asker svømmeklubb....
25.58 - Men's 50m freestyle: César Cielo Filho 21.08 CR AM Frédérick BousquetFrédérick BousquetFrédérick Bousquet is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France. He was the holder of the world record in the 50 m freestyle in a time of 20.94 in long course, set on April 26, 2009 at the final of the French Championships...
21.21 Amaury LeveauxAmaury LeveauxAmaury Leveaux is a French swimmer from Belfort. Leveaux is the current world record holder in the 100 m freestyle ) He also holds the 200 m freestyle national record and the European record in the 50 m freestyle...
21.25 - Women's 200m backstroke: Kirsty CoventryKirsty CoventryKirsty Leigh Coventry is a Zimbabwean swimmer and world record holder. She attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States...
2:04.81 WR Anastasia Zuyeva 2:04.94 Elisabeth Beisel 2:06.39 - Men's 100m butterfly: Michael PhelpsMichael PhelpsMichael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
49.82 WR Milorad ČavićMilorad CavicMilorad Čavić is an American-born Serbian swimmer.-Swimming career:...
49.95 Rafael MuñozRafael Muñoz (swimmer)Rafael Muñoz Pérez is an Olympic swimmer from Spain. He competed for the Spanish Olympic team at the 2008 Olympic Games....
50.41 - Women's 800m freestyle: Lotte FriisLotte FriisLotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...
8:15.92 CR Joanne JacksonJoanne Jackson (swimmer)Joanne Amy Jackson is a British freestyle swimmer. She is the sister of retired Olympic swimmer Nicola Jackson. She went to Richmond School, North Yorkshire....
8:16.66 Alessia FilippiAlessia FilippiAlessia Filippi is an Italian swimmer.Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle ....
8:17.21 - Women's 4x100m medley relay: (Zhao JingZhao Jing (swimmer)Zhao Jing is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Records:*2006 Asian Championships - 28.50, 50 m back...
, Chen HuijiaChen HuijiaChen Huijia is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2005 National Games - 5th 100m breaststroke;...
, Jiao LiuyangJiao LiuyangJiao Liuyang is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished second in the 200 m butterfly at 2:04.72, behind her teammate Liu Zige, who won the race in 2:04.18...
, Li ZhesiLi ZhesiLi Zhesi is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- Major achievements :*2007 National Intercity Games – 1st; 50m free...
) 3:52.19 WR (Emily SeebohmEmily SeebohmEmily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:...
, Sarah KatsoulisSarah KatsoulisSarah Jane Katsoulis is an Australian swimmer.She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...
, Jessicah SchipperJessicah SchipperJessicah Lee Schipper OAM is an Australian swimmer. She trained at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood up until the conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Schipper now trains under the guidance of Stephan Widmer with the Commercial Swimming Club...
, Lisbeth Trickett) 3:52.58 (Daniela SamulskiDaniela SamulskiDaniela Samulski is a German swimmer who has competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-External links:*...
, Sarah PoeweSarah PoeweSarah Poewe is an Olympic Breaststroke swimmer, who has swum internationally for both South Africa and Germany....
, Annika MehlhornAnnika MehlhornAnnika Mehlhorn is a butterfly and medley swimmer from Germany who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She became European champion in the 200 m butterfly at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2000 in Valencia...
, Britta SteffenBritta SteffenBritta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....
) 3:55.79 ER - Men's 50m backstroke semifinals: (1) Liam TancockLiam TancockLiam John Tancock is an English backstroke swimmer who specializes in the 50 m and 100 m events. He began his swimming career at Exeter City Swimming Club in Devon and continued at Loughborough University where he studied sports science...
24.08 WR - Women's 50m breaststroke semifinals: (1) Sarah KatsoulisSarah KatsoulisSarah Jane Katsoulis is an Australian swimmer.She won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...
30.33 - Women's 50m freestyle semifinals: (1) Cate CampbellCate CampbellCate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming...
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- Women's 50m butterfly: Marieke Guehrer
VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FIVB World Grand PrixFIVB World Grand Prix 2009The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from July 31 to August 23, 2009. The finals was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan...
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- Pool A in Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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- Pool A in Rio de Janeiro
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- Pool B in KielceKielceKielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
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- Pool C in NingboNingboNingbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...
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Water poloWater poloWater polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
- World Aquatics ChampionshipsWater polo at the 2009 World Aquatics ChampionshipsWater polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships were held from July 19 to August 1, 2009, in Rome, Italy.-Water polo men:-Water polo women:-External links:*...
in Rome, Italy:- MenWater polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournamentThe men's water polo tournament at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome was held from July 20 to August 1. It was won by Serbia.-Teams:-Preliminary round:All times are Central European Summer Time -Tie-breaking criteria:...
:- Bronze Medal Match: 8–6
- Gold Medal Match: 7–7 (Pen 7–6)
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