August 2, 2009 (Sunday) August 2009 in sports

1 august 2, 2009 (sunday)

1.1 auto racing
1.2 cricket
1.3 cycling
1.4 football (soccer)
1.5 golf
1.6 swimming
1.7 tennis
1.8 volleyball

august 2, 2009 (sunday)
auto racing

sprint cup series:

pennsylvania 500 in long pond, pennsylvania:

postponed monday due rain.




world rally championship:

rally finland:

(1) mikko hirvonen  finland (ford focus rs wrc 09) 2:50:40.9 (2) sébastien loeb (fra) (citroën c4 wrc) 2:51:06.0 (3) jari-matti latvala (fin) (ford focus rs wrc 09) 2:51:30.8

drivers standings (after 9 of 12 races): (1) hirvonen 68 points (2) loeb 65 (3) dani sordo (esp) (citroën c4 wrc) 44
manufacturers standings: (1) citroën total world rally team 119 points (2) bp ford world rally team 105 (3) stobart m-sport ford rally team 64






v8 supercars:

norton 360 sandown challenge in melbourne, victoria:

round 14: (1) garth tander (aus) (holden commodore) (2) davison (aus) (holden commodore) (3) craig lowndes (aus) (ford falcon)

standings (after 14 of 26 races): (1) whincup 1791 points (2) davison 1674 (3) tander 1416







cricket

australia in england:

the ashes series:

3rd test in birmingham, day 4:

 australia 263 & 88/2 (28.0 ov);  england 376. australia trail 25 runs 8 wickets remaining.






bangladesh in west indies:

only t20i in basseterre, st kitts:

 bangladesh 118/9 (20/20 ov);  west indies 119/5 (16.5/20 ov). west indies win 5 wickets.

this bangladesh loss of tour.







cycling

uci protour:

tour de pologne:

stage 1: (1) borut božič (slo) (vacansoleil pro cycling team) 2h 12 56 (2) andré greipel (ger) (team columbia-htc) s.t. (3) francesco gavazzi (ita) (lampre–ngc) s.t.





football (soccer)

uefa under-19 championship in ukraine:

final: england  0–2  ukraine

ukraine win first ever football trophy.




caf champions league group stage, matchday 2:

group b:

heartland 3–1 monomotapa united





golf

women s majors:

women s british open in lytham st annes, england:

(1) catriona matthew (sco) 285 (−3) (2) karrie webb (aus) 288 (e) (3) paula creamer, christina kim (both united states), hee-won han (kor) & ai miyazato (jpn) 289 (+1)

matthew becomes first scot ever win women s major.






senior majors:

u.s. senior open in carmel, indiana:

(1) fred funk (usa) 268 (−20) (2) joey sindelar (usa) 274 (−14) (3) russ cochran (usa) 276 (−12)

funk wins second senior major, , sets new to-par scoring record event.






pga tour:

buick open in grand blanc, michigan:

winner: tiger woods (usa) 268 (−20)

woods bounces missing cut @ open championship, cruising fourth win of year 3 shots.






european tour:

czech golf open in prague, czech republic:

winner: oskar henningsson (swe) 275 (−13)

henningsson collects first career european tour win.







swimming

world aquatics championships in rome, italy:

men s 50m backstroke: 01 ! liam tancock (gbr) 24.04 wr 02 ! junya koga (jpn) 24.24 03 ! gerhard zandberg (rsa) 24.34
women s 50m breaststroke: 01 ! yuliya yefimova (rus) 30.09 wr 02 ! rebecca soni (usa) 30.11 03 ! sarah katsoulis (aus) 30.16
men s 400m individual medley: 01 ! ryan lochte (usa) 4:07.01 02 ! tyler clary (usa) 4:07.31 03 ! lászló cseh (hun) 4:07.37
women s 50m freestyle: 01 ! britta steffen (ger) 23.73 wr 02 ! therese alshammar (swe) 23.88 03 ! cate campbell (aus) & marleen veldhuis (ned) 23.99
men s 1500m freestyle: 01 ! oussama mellouli (tun) 14:37.28 02 ! ryan cochrane (can) 14:41.38 03 ! sun yang (chn) 14:46.84
women s 400m individual medley: 01 ! katinka hosszú (hun) 4:30.31 02 ! kirsty coventry (zim) 4:32.12 03 ! stephanie rice (aus) 4:32.29
men s 4 × 100 m medley relay: 01 !  united states (aaron peirsol 52.19 cr, eric shanteau, michael phelps, david walters) 3:27.28 wr 02 !  germany (helge meeuw 52.27 er, hendrik feldwehr, benjamin starke, paul biedermann) 3:28.58 03 !  australia (ashley delaney, brenton rickard, andrew lauterstein, matt targett) 3:28.64

the world championships conclude total of 43 world records, in swimming event in history.





tennis

atp world tour:

allianz suisse open gstaad in gstaad, switzerland:

final: thomaz bellucci (bra) bt andreas beck (ger) 6–4, 7–6 (2)

bellucci wins first atp tour title.




la tennis open in los angeles, united states:

final: sam querrey (usa) bt carsten ball (aus) 6–4, 3–6, 6–1

querrey wins first title of year , second of career.




atp studena croatia open umag in umag, croatia

final: nikolay davydenko (rus) bt juan carlos ferrero (esp) 6–3, 6–0

davydenko wins second title of year , 16th of career.






wta tour:

bank of west classic in stanford, california, united states:

final: marion bartoli (fra) bt venus williams (usa) 6–2, 5–7, 6–4

bartoli wins second title of year , fifth of career.




istanbul cup in istanbul, turkey:

final: vera dushevina (rus) bt lucie hradecká (cze) 6–0, 6–1

dushevina wins first wta tour title.







volleyball

fivb world grand prix:

1st preliminary round:

pool in rio de janeiro, brazil:

brazil  3–0  united states
puerto rico  2–3  germany


pool b in kielce, poland:

poland  3–0  japan
netherlands  3–1  thailand


pool c in ningbo, china:

south korea  2–3  dominican republic
china  3–2  russia


standings after 3 matches: brazil, china, netherlands 6 points, russia, germany, thailand 5, poland, dominican republic, usa 4, puerto rico, japan, korea 3.