July 2007 in sports
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See also: 2007 in sports
- Auto racing:
- IRL: Firestone Indy 200 at Gladeville, Tennessee (postponed from July 14).
- 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
- Final:
- American football
- World Cup - Kawasaki, Japan:
- Final:
USA 23-20 Germany
(OT)
- Final:
- World Cup - Kawasaki, Japan:
- 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.
- 6th ODI:Template:IRLc 222/7 (50 ov.) beat Template:SCOc 199 (49.3 ov.) by 23 runs
- Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007
- 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.
- 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.
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- 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.
- 2007 Tri Nations
- 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)
- Cycling: 2007 Tour de France - Stage 5 - Chablis - Autun (182.5 km)
- 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)
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- American Football:
- World Cup - Kawasaki, Japan:
Sweden 0-48 Japan
USA 33-7 Germany
- World Cup - Kawasaki, Japan:
- 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
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- 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.
- Major League Baseball All-Star Game at AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
- 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.
- Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- 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
- Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007:
- American Football:
- World Cup - Kawasaki, Japan:
Sweden 16-14 France
USA 77-0 South Korea
- World Cup - Kawasaki, Japan:
- 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
- Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- 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)
- 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
- Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Major League Baseball:
- The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Colorado Rockies, 6-5, to temporarily avoid becoming the first MLB team to lose 10,000 games in its history before the 2007 All-Star Break. During the game, the Phillies players all came out and assisted the grounds crew at Coors Field in placing the tarp over the infield when high winds whipped the tarp out of control, lifting many of the groundskeepers off the ground, some as high as 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
- 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)
- 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
- Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- 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.
- 3rd ODI:Template:WINc 289/5 (50 ov.) beat Template:ENGc 196 (44.2 ov.) by 93 runs
- West Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 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.
- 2007 Tri Nations
- Tennis: 2007 Wimbledon, London, England
- Ladies' Singles Final:
- (23)
Venus Williams def. (18)
Marion Bartoli, 6-4, 6-1
- (23)
- 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)
- (1)
- Ladies' Singles Final:
- 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
- Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- 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
- (23)
- Ladies' Singles Semifinals:
- 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.
- Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- 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
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- Competitive eating:
- 92nd Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, New York City:
- Joey Chestnut of San Jose, California upsets six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi by downing a record 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. (AP via Forbes)
- 92nd Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, New York City:
- Basketball:
- 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
- Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- 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
- 2nd Test, 2nd Day: Template:SRIc 451/6 (dec) lead Template:BANc 62 & 69/4 (14 ov.) by 320 runs
- West Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- Template:WINc 278/5 (50 ov.) beat Template:ENGc 217 (46 ov.) by 61 runs
- Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007
- Rugby league:
- In the final match of the 2007 State of Origin, New South Wales avoid a series whitewash by defeating Queensland 18–4 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Queensland had already secured the series win with victories in the first two matches.
- Winter Olympic Games
- Sochi, Russia is awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics.
- 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.
- America's Cup holders
- Baseball:
- Barry Bonds home run record chase:
- Bonds hits career home run No. 751, a two-run shot off Aaron Harang, in the first inning of the San Francisco Giants' 7-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. He is now four homers shy of Hank Aaron.
- Barry Bonds home run record chase:
- Basketball:
- 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
- Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Baseball:
- MLB::
- New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens achieves his 350th win in a 5–1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
- MLB::
- 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
- Jones Cup at Taipei, Republic of China:
- Golf
- U.S. Women's Open
- Cristie Kerr won her first major championship with a two-stroke victory over Angela Park and Lorena Ochoa.
- U.S. Women's Open
- Auto racing:
- 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
- Pakistan in Scotland
- Ice Hockey
- NHL
- Beginning of free agency, allowing teams to offer contracts, and sign free agents.
- NHL