August 21, 2009 (Friday) August 2009 in sports

1 august 21, 2009 (friday)

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

august 21, 2009 (friday)
athletics

world championships in berlin, germany:

men s 50 kilometres walk: 01 ! sergey kirdyapkin (rus) 3:38:35 02 ! trond nymark (nor) 3:41:16 03 ! jesus angel garcia (esp) 3:41:37
men s high jump: 01 ! yaroslav rybakov (rus) 2.32 02 ! kyriakos ioannou (cyp) 2.32 03 ! sylwester bednarek (pol) & raul spank (ger) 2.32
women s discus throw: 01 ! dani samuels (aus) 65.44 02 ! yarelis barrios (cub) 65.31 03 ! nicoleta grasu (rou) 65.20
women s 200 metres: 01 ! allyson felix (usa) 22.02 02 ! veronica campbell-brown (jam) 22.35 03 ! debbie ferguson-mckenzie (bah) 22.41
men s 400 metres: 01 ! lashawn merritt (usa) 44.06 02 ! jeremy wariner (usa) 44.60 03 ! renny quow (tri) 45.02



auto racing

nationwide series:

food city 250 in bristol, tennessee

(1) david ragan (ford, roush fenway racing) (2) carl edwards (ford, roush fenway racing) (3) brad keselowski (chevrolet, jr motorsports)





cricket

australia in england:

the ashes series:

5th test @ oval, london, day 2:

 england 332 & 58/3 (28 overs);  australia 160 (52.5 overs; stuart broad 5/37). england lead 230 runs 7 wickets left in 2nd innings.






new zealand in sri lanka:

1st test in colombo, day 4:

 sri lanka 452 & 259/4d (tillakaratne dilshan 123*);  new zealand 299 & 30/1 (13.0 ov). new zealand require 383 runs 9 wickets remaining.




kenya in canada:

2nd odi in king city, ontario:

match abandoned without ball bowled, , rescheduled august 22.





cycling

uci protour:

tour of benelux:

stage 3: (1) tom boonen (bel) (quick-step) 3h 43 19 (2) tyler farrar (usa) (garmin-slipstream) s.t. (3) francesco chicchi (ita) (liquigas) s.t.
general classification: (1) farrar 12h 24 22 (2) boonen + 10 (3) edvald boasson hagen (nor) (team columbia-htc) + 19





football (soccer)

nehru cup in new delhi:

sri lanka  –  lebanon postponed august 22 due heavy rain.



golf

lpga tour:

solheim cup in sugar grove, illinois, day 1:

round 1 (four-ball):

paula creamer/cristie kerr (usa) defeat suzann pettersen/sophie gustafson (eur) 1 up
helen alfredsson/tania elosegui (eur) defeat angela stanford/juli inkster (usa) 1 up
brittany lang/brittany lincicome (usa) defeat laura davies/becky brewerton (eur) 5 & 4
catriona matthew/maria hjorth (eur) , morgan pressel/michelle wie (usa) halved


standings after round 1: team usa 2½–1½ team europe
round 2 (foursome):

christina kim/natalie gulbis (usa) defeat suzann pettersen/sophie gustafson (eur) 3 & 2
becky brewerton/gwladys nocera (eur) defeat angela stanford/nicole castrale (usa) 3 & 1
maria hjorth/anna nordqvist (eur) defeat kristy mcpherson/brittany lincicome (usa) 3 & 2
paula creamer/juli inkster (usa) defeat catriona matthew/janice moodie (eur) 2 & 1


standings after round 2: team usa 4½–3½ team europe




senior majors::

jeld-wen tradition in sunriver, oregon, second round:

leaderboard: (1) brad bryant (usa) 134 (−10) (2) fred funk (usa) 135 (−9) (3) john cook, larry mize & loren roberts (all united states) 136 (−8)





volleyball

fivb world grand prix final round in tokyo, japan:

china  1–3  russia
brazil  3–0  germany
japan  3–0  netherlands

standings after 3 matches: brazil 6 points, russia, netherlands 5, japan, germany 4, china 3.