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Ongoing sports events (incl. events taking place within the next two days) Auto racing: Motorcycle GP: Jul 15: German motorcycle Grand Prix in Sachsenring, Germany. Badminton: 2007 All-Africa Games July 13 - July 19 Basketball: 2007 All-Africa Games July 12 - July 22 Boxing: 2007 All-Africa Games July 12 - July 21 Cricket: Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007 3rd Test: July 11-15 Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007 6th ODI: Template:IRLc vs. Template:SCOc - July 15 Cycling: UCI ProTour: Jul 7-Jul 29: Tour de France 2007 All-Africa Games July 14 - July 15 Football (soccer): June 26 - July 15 : Copa America 2007 in Venezuela} Jul 15: Brazil - Argentina June 30 - July 22 : 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada Jul 15: Chile - Nigeria Jul 15: Argentina - Mexico July 7 - July 29 : Asian Cup 2007 in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam} Jul 15: China - Iran Jul 15: Bahrain - South Korea Jul 16: Thailand - Australia Jul 16: Oman - Iraq Jul 16: Vietnam - Japan Jul 16: Qatar - United Arab Emirates July 12 - July 23 : 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria Golf: PGA Tour: Jul 12-Jul 15: John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois European Tour: Jul 12-Jul 15: Barclays Scottish Open in Scotland LPGA Tour: Jul 12-Jul 15: Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in Sylvania, Ohio Handball July 14 - July 21: 2007 All-Africa Games Rugby union: June 16 - July 21: 2007 Tri Nations Table tennis July 12 - July 21: 2007 All-Africa Games Tennis: ATP Tour: Jul 9-Jul 15: Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad in Gstaad, Switzerland Jul 9-Jul 15: Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, RI, United States Jul 9-Jul 15: Swedish Open in Båstad, Sweden Jul 16-Jul 22: Priority Telecom Open in Amersfoort, Netherlands Jul 16-Jul 22: Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany Jul 16-Jul 22: Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, United States 2007 All-Africa Games July 13 - July 20 WTA Tour: Jul 16-Jul 22: Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati, United States Jul 16-Jul 22: Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in Palermo, Italy Deaths in July Deaths in July 2007: None reported so far Current sporting seasons Auto racing 2007: Formula One Champ Car NASCAR NEXTEL Cup NASCAR Busch Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series World Rally Championship IRL GP2 V8 Supercar Rolex Sports Car Series American Le Mans Series FIA GT Le Mans Series Japan Le Mans Challenge Baseball 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan) Major League Baseball Basketball 2007: NCAA Philippines PBA Fiesta Conference Finals UAAP (Philippines) Canadian Football: Canadian Football League Cricket 2007: England Cycling UCI ProTour Football (soccer) 2006-07: England (general) Scotland (general) Argentina Major League Soccer Golf: 2007 PGA Tour 2007 European Tour 2007 LPGA Tour Lacrosse 2007: Major League Lacrosse Motorcycle racing 2007: Motorcycle GP Rugby league 2007: Super League XII Shooting 2007: 2007 ISSF World Cup Speedway: Speedway Grand Prix Upcoming events Basketball: July 28 - August 5: FIBA Asia Championship 2007 at Tokushima, Japan August 22 - September 2: Men's Americas Championships 2007 will be held at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Cricket: July 19 - September 8 : India in England Football (soccer): August 18 - September 9: 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea Golf: July 19 - July 22: The Open Championship at Carnoustie August 2 - August 5: Women's British Open at St Andrews August 9 - August 12: PGA Championship at Southern Hills Related pages 2008 in sports 2007 in sports 2006 in sports 2005 in sports 2004 in sports 2003 in sports 2002 in sports 2001 in sports 2000 in sports Other years in sports

15 July 2007 (Sunday)

• Auto racing:
  • IRL: Firestone Indy 200 at Gladeville, Tennessee (postponed from July 14).

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  • NASCAR: USG Sheetrock 400 at Joliet, Illinois.

• Cycling: 2007 Tour de France - Stage 8 - Le Grand-Bornand - Tignes (165 km)
  • Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) wins the stage in 4:49:40 and takes the lead both in the maillot jaune and King of the Mountains competitions, finishing the stage ahead of Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) (+2'47") and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne). In the GC, Rasmussen leads in 39:37:42, 43 seconds ahead of Linus Gerdemann, 2'39" ahead of Mayo, and 2'51" ahead of Valverde. Rest day tomorrow. (leTour.fr)
• Basketball: Manila Invitational at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
  • Final: Philippines 87-81 Lebanon
  • Third-place game: Syria 90-85 China
• American football
  • World Cup - Kawasaki, Japan:
    • Final: USA 23-20 Germany (OT)
• Cricket:
  • Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007
    • 6th ODI:Template:IRLc 222/7 (50 ov.) beat Template:SCOc 199 (49.3 ov.) by 23 runs
      • Template:WINc won the quadrangular series by 1 point.
• Baseball:
  • The Philadelphia Phillies lose the 10,000th game in the franchise's history, falling to the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 10-2.

14 July 2007 (Saturday)

• Cycling: 2007 Tour de France - Stage 7 - Bourg-en-Bresse - Le Grand-Bornand (197 km)
  • In the first mountain stage of this years' tour, Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) wins both the stage and the maillot jaune with a stage time of 4:53:13, followed today by Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in +40" and David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in +1'39". In the GC, Gerdemann leads in 34:43:40, ahead of Landaluze (+1'24") and de la Fuente (+2'45"). Previous leader Fabian Cancellara goes down to 108th place. (leTour.fr)

• Cricket:
  • Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
    • 3rd Test-4th Day: Template:SRIc 500/4 (dec) beat Template:BANc 131 & 176 (59 ov.) by an innings and 193 runs. Sri Lankan off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan becomes the second bowler in history, after Shane Warne, to collect 700 Test wickets.

• Rugby union:
  • 2007 Tri Nations
    • New Zealand 33–6 South Africa at Jade Stadium, Christchurch — After a 6–3 first half, the All Blacks score three tries to pull away from what was widely considered a Springboks "B" side. This sets up a winner-take-all showdown between the All Blacks and the Australia Wallabies on July 21 in Auckland, with the Tri Nations crown and the Bledisloe Cup at stake.

• American football:
  • World Cup - Kawasaki, Japan:
    • 5th Place Game: France 0-3 South Korea
    • 3rd Place Game: Sweden 0-7 Germany

13 July 2007 (Friday)

• The Fifteenth Pan American Games begin in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Official Website)

• Cycling: 2007 Tour de France - Stage 6 - Semur-en-Auxois - Bourg-en-Bresse (200 km)
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12 July 2007 (Thursday)

• Cycling: 2007 Tour de France - Stage 5 - Chablis - Autun (182.5 km)
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• Cricket:
  • Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
    • 3rd Test-2nd Day:Template:BANc 131 lead Template:SRIc 30/0 (8.4 ov.) by 101 runs
  • Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007
    • Template:WINc 165/6 (29.5/30 ov.) beat Template:SCOc 152/7 (30/30 ov.) by 4 wickets (D/L)
• American Football:
  • World Cup - Kawasaki, Japan:
    • Sweden 0-48 Japan
    • USA 33-7 Germany

11 July 2007 (Wednesday)

• Cycling: 2007 Tour de France - Stage 4 - Villers-Cotterêts - Joigny (193 km)
  • Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) wins the stage in 4:37:47, followed by Robert Hunter (Barloworld), and Óscar Freire (Rabobank) in the same time. In the GC, Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) retains the maillot jaune for another day, in 19:49:55, followed by Hushovd (+29"), Andreas Klöden (Astana Team) (+33") and David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in +41".(leTour.fr)
• Cricket:
  • Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
    • 3rd Test-1st Day:Template:BANc 72/4 (29 ov.) lead Template:SRIc by 72 runs
  • Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007
    • Template:IRLc 210/8 (50 ov.) beat Template:NEDc 209/6 (50 ov.) by 1 run

10 July 2007 (Tuesday)

• Cycling: 2007 Tour de France - Stage 3 - Waregem - Compiègne (236 km)
  • The longest stage in this years' Tour is won by Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) in 6:36:15, who retains the maillot jaune with a total time of 15:12:08 in the GC. Erik Zabel (Team Milram) and Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital) finished the stage in the same time. In the GC, Cancellara is pursued by Andreas Klöden (Astana Team) in +33", David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in +41", George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) in +43", and Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis, also in +43". (leTour.fr)
• Baseball:
  • Major League Baseball All-Star Game at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
    • American League 5, National League 4. Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners earns MVP honors with a 3-for-3 performance, capped off with the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history.
• Basketball:
  • Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
    • Universiade team 102-101 (OT) Jordan
    • Lebanon 85-77 Qatar - Lebanon takes second place honors
    • Kazakhstan 107-90 Philippines - Despite losing the game, the Philippines takes third place honors after a logjam of teams with 5-4 records since the Philippines beat all of their opponents with 5-4 records
    • Iran 91-74 Athletes in Action
    • Korea 82-59 Chinese Taipei - Korea gave the Taiwanese a taste of what will happen at the Asian Championships in which they're bracketed at the same group.
• Cricket:
  • Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007:
    • 1st ODI:Template:WINc 82/0 (14.3 ov.) beat Template:NEDc 80 (31.2 ov.) by 10 wickets

• American Football:
  • World Cup - Kawasaki, Japan:
    • Sweden 16-14 France
    • USA 77-0 South Korea

9 July 2007 (Monday)

• Baseball:
  • 2007 State Farm Home Run Derby: Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels wins, defeating Alex Rios of the Toronto Blue Jays in the final round.

• Basketball:
  • Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
    • Lebanon 82-74 Universiade team
    • Jordan 72-71 Iran - Jordan clinch their first Jones Cup championship.
    • Philippines 88-80 Qatar
    • South Korea 81-78 Kazakhstan
    • Chinese Taipei 83-72 Athletes in Action

• Cycling: 2007 Tour de France - Stage 2 - Dunkerque - Ghent (168.5 km)
  • Gert Steegmans (QSI) outsprints his team-mate Tom Boonen to win the stage finishing in their native Belgium in 3:48:22. A massive pile-up involving some 170 of the riders 2 km from the finish line means that the whole peloton get the same time, as allowed by the rules as they were within 3 km of the finish. In the GC, Fabian Cancellara retains the maillot jaune for the third day, with a time of 8:36:13. (leTour.fr)

8 July 2007 (Sunday)

• Auto racing:
  • Formula One: British Grand Prix at Silverstone, England.

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  • Champ Car: Grand Prix of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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  • IRL: Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York.

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• Cycling: 2007 Tour de France - Stage 1 - London - Canterbury (203 km)
  • Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto), at the back of the peloton with 5 km to go, surges through in the last 100 metres to win the stage in 4:39:01, followed by Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) and Tom Boonen (QSI). In the GC, Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) retains the maillot jaune in 4:47:51, followed by Andreas Klöden (Astana Team) in +13", David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in +21" (leading the King of the Mountains competition), George Hincapie (Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) in +23", and Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) in +23". (leTour.fr)

• Basketball:
  • Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
    • Athletes in Action 108-83 Universiade team
    • Lebanon 73-69 Korea
    • Iran 82-60 Kazakhstan
    • Philippines 82-64 Chinese Taipei - ESPN Star Sports' coverage being produced by its Taiwanese unit was cut off to give way to the British Grand Prix when Chinese Taipei was trailing by 20 points with 3 minutes to go in the fourth quarter.
    • Jordan 91-85 Qatar

• Major League Baseball:
  • The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Colorado Rockies, 6-5, to temporarily avoid becoming the first MLB team to lose 10,000 games in its history before the 2007 All-Star Break. During the game, the Phillies players all came out and assisted the grounds crew at Coors Field in placing the tarp over the infield when high winds whipped the tarp out of control, lifting many of the groundskeepers off the ground, some as high as 10 feet (3 meters). No one was hurt.

• Tennis: 2007 Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Final:
  • Roger Federer def. Rafael Nadal 7-6(7), 4-6, 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2

7 July 2007 (Saturday)

• Baseball:
  • Pitcher Erik Bedard of the Baltimore Orioles faces the minimum 27 batters and strikes out 15 in a 3-0 win over the Texas Rangers. Bedard gives up two hits, both of which are followed by double plays. (AP via Yahoo)

• Auto racing:
  • NASCAR Nextel Cup: Pepsi 400 at Daytona Beach, Florida.

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• Cycling: 2007 Tour de France - Prologue - London (7.9 km) Individual time trial
  • GC: 1. Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) 8'50"; 2. Andreas Klöden (Astana Team) +13"; 3. George Hincapie (Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) +23"; 4. Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) +23" (leTour.fr)

• Basketball:
  • Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
    • Jordan 72-68 Lebanon
    • Athletes in Action 92-78 Kazakhstan
    • Philippines 89-79 Iran
    • Korea 102-58 Universiade team
    • Chinese Taipei 75-70 Qatar

• Cricket:
  • West Indian cricket team in England in 2007
    • 3rd ODI:Template:WINc 289/5 (50 ov.) beat Template:ENGc 196 (44.2 ov.) by 93 runs
      • Chris Gayle goes past 6000 career ODI runs.
      • Template:WINc win the series 2-1 with none to play.

• Rugby union:
  • 2007 Tri Nations
    • Australia 25–17 South Africa at Telstra Stadium, Sydney — The Springboks, fielding what was widely thought to be a "B team", score two tries in the first seven minutes and take a 17–0 lead after 16 minutes. The Wallabies come back to give longtime icons George Gregan and Stephen Larkham a win in their last game for the Wallabies on Australian soil.

• Tennis: 2007 Wimbledon, London, England
  • Ladies' Singles Final:
    • (23) Venus Williams def. (18) Marion Bartoli, 6-4, 6-1
  • Mens' Singles Semifinals:
    • (1) Roger Federer def. (12) Richard Gasquet, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
    • (2) Rafael Nadal def. (4) Novak Đoković, 3-6, 6-1, 4-1 ret. (inj)

6 July 2007 (Friday)

• Baseball:
  • The Minnesota Twins sweep a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox, 20-14 and 12-0. Minnesota's 32 runs are the most scored by a team in a doubleheader since 1939. Justin Morneau hits three home runs in Game 2. (AP via Yahoo)

• Basketball:
  • Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
    • Qatar 86-68 Universiade team
    • Athletes in Action 81-70 Lebanon
    • Jordan 74-70 Philippines
    • Iran 68-61 Korea
    • Chinese Taipei 72-64 Kazakhstan

• Tennis: 2007 Wimbledon, London, England
  • Ladies' Singles Semifinals:
    • (23) Venus Williams def. (6) Ana Ivanović, 6-2, 6-4
    • (18) Marion Bartoli def. (1) Justine Henin, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1

5 July 2007 (Thursday)

• Basketball:
  • Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
    • Qatar 80-70 Kazakhstan
    • Iran 86-59 Universiade team
    • Jordan 69-66 Athletes in Action
    • Philippines 88-84 Korea
    • Chinese Taipei 78-77 (OT) Lebanon - Lebanon's Fadi El Khatib missed two freethrows at the end of regulation to set up a three-pointer by Lin Chih-jay at the buzzer. At the end of OT, a put-back by Tsun Wen-Din after a missed three-pointer by Chen Hsin-an put them ahead 78-77; Rony Fahed missed a field-goal to win the game for the Taiwanese.

• Cricket:
  • Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
    • 2nd Test, 3rd Day: Template:SRIc 451/6 (dec) beat Template:BANc 62 & 299 (86.2 ov.) by an innings and 90 runs

4 July 2007 (Wednesday)

• Competitive eating:
  • 92nd Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, New York City:
    • Joey Chestnut of San Jose, California upsets six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi by downing a record 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. (AP via Forbes)

• Basketball:
  • Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
    • Lebanon 90-77 Kazakhstan
    • Qatar 74-72 Iran
    • Universiade team 86-84 Philippines - The Philippines had another collapse at the end game as Yusuke Otada converted a layup via a fastbreak after a turnover with a second remaining.
    • Athletes in Action 79-65 Korea
    • Jordan 81-62 Chinese Taipei

• Cricket:
  • Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
    • 2nd Test, 2nd Day: Template:SRIc 451/6 (dec) lead Template:BANc 62 & 69/4 (14 ov.) by 320 runs
      • Template:BANc collapse to their lowest ever test score in the first innings
  • West Indian cricket team in England in 2007
    • Template:WINc 278/5 (50 ov.) beat Template:ENGc 217 (46 ov.) by 61 runs

• Rugby league:
  • In the final match of the 2007 State of Origin, New South Wales avoid a series whitewash by defeating Queensland 18–4 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Queensland had already secured the series win with victories in the first two matches.

• Winter Olympic Games
  • Sochi, Russia is awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics.

3 July 2007 (Tuesday)

• 2007 America's Cup:
  • America's Cup holders Alinghi (SUI-100) retain the Cup in Valencia, Spain, defeating Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL-92) by 1 second to secure a 5-2 victory in the best-of-nine final.

• Baseball:
  • Barry Bonds home run record chase:
    • Bonds hits career home run No. 751, a two-run shot off Aaron Harang, in the first inning of the San Francisco Giants' 7-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. He is now four homers shy of Hank Aaron.

• Basketball:
  • Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
    • Athletes in Action 106-68 Qatar
    • Kazakhstan 96-61 Universiade team
    • Korea 71-65 Jordan
    • Lebanon 65-62 Philippines
    • Iran 85-69 Chinese Taipei

2 July 2007 (Monday)

• Baseball:
  • MLB::
    • New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens achieves his 350th win in a 5–1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

• Basketball:
  • Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
    • Jordan 63-61 Kazakhstan
    • Lebanon 80-71 Iran
    • Korea 70-69 Qatar - Kim Min-soo tipped in Yang Dong-guen's missed layup as the buzzer sounded to give Korea the come-from-behind win.
    • Philippines 72-67 Athletes in Action
    • Chinese Taipei 90-77 Universiade team

1 July 2007 (Sunday)

• Golf
  • U.S. Women's Open
    • Cristie Kerr won her first major championship with a two-stroke victory over Angela Park and Lorena Ochoa.
• Auto racing:
  • Formula One: French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours.

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  • Champ Car: Grand Prix of Montreal in Saint-Jovite, Quebec, Canada.

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  • NASCAR Nextel Cup: Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at Loudon, New Hampshire.

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• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in Scotland
    • Match abandoned without a ball bowled
  • 2007 Future Cup
    • Template:INDc 152/4 (30.2/31 ov.) beat Template:RSAc 148/7 (31/31 ov.) by 6 wickets
  • West Indian cricket team in England in 2007
    • Template:ENGc 225 (49.5 ov.) beat Template:WINc 146 (39.5 ov.) by 79 runs
  • 2007-08 ICC Intercontinental Cup
    • Template:NEDc 297 & 310 beat Template:CANc 337/9 (dec) & 225 (70 ov.) by 45 runs

• Ice Hockey
  • NHL
    • Beginning of free agency, allowing teams to offer contracts, and sign free agents.