August 1, 2009 (Saturday) August 2009 in sports

1 august 1, 2009 (saturday)

1.1 auto racing
1.2 cricket
1.3 cycling
1.4 football (soccer)
1.5 golf
1.6 rugby union
1.7 swimming
1.8 volleyball
1.9 water polo

august 1, 2009 (saturday)
auto racing

indycar series:

meijer indy 300 in sparta, kentucky:

(1) ryan briscoe (aus) (penske racing) 1:28:24.3246 (2) ed carpenter (usa) (vision racing) + 0.0162* (3) tony kanaan (bra) (andretti green racing)

drivers standings (after 12 of 17 races): (1) briscoe 416 points (2) scott dixon (nzl) (chip ganassi racing) 408 (3) dario franchitti (gbr) (chip ganassi racing) 405






nationwide series:

u.s. cellular 250 in newton, iowa:

(1) brad keselowski (chevrolet, jr motorsports) (2) kyle busch (toyota, joe gibbs racing) (3) jason leffler (toyota, braun racing)




v8 supercars:

norton 360 sandown challenge in melbourne, victoria:

round 13: (1) davison (aus) (holden commodore) (2) james courtney (aus) (ford falcon) (3) craig lowndes (aus) (ford falcon)

standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) jamie whincup (aus) (ford falcon) 1662 points (2) davison 1536 (3) garth tander (aus) (holden commodore) 1266







cricket

australia in england:

the ashes series:

3rd test in birmingham, day 3:

no play due rain.






pakistan in sri lanka:

2nd odi in dambulla:

 pakistan 168 (47 ov);  sri lanka 169/4 (43.4 ov). sri lanka win 6 wickets. sri lanka lead 5-match series 2–0





cycling

uci protour:

clásica de san sebastián:

(1) carlos barredo (esp) (quick-step) 5h 37 00 (2) roman kreuziger (cze) (liquigas) s.t. (3) mickaël delage (fra) (silence–lotto) + 7





football (soccer)

caf champions league group stage, matchday 2:

group a:

kano pillars 3–1 al-merreikh


group b:

etoile du sahel 2–1 tp mazembe





golf

women s majors:

women s british open in lytham st annes, england, third round:

leaderboard: (1) catriona matthew (sco) 212 (−4) (2) christina kim (usa) 215 (−1) (3) jiyai shin (kor) & ai miyazato (jpn) 216 (e)




senior majors:

u.s. senior open in carmel, indiana, third round:

leaderboard: (1) fred funk (usa) 203 (−13) (2) greg norman (aus) & joey sindelar (usa) 204 (−12)





rugby union

tri nations series:

south africa  31–19  new zealand in durban

morné steyn scores of springboks points, breaking record of former black andrew mehrtens individual points in tri nations match. also, boks john smit makes 60th appearance test captain, giving him sole possession of all-time lead.
standings: south africa 8 points (2 matches), new zealand 4 (3 matches),  australia 1 (1 match).





swimming

world aquatics championships in rome, italy:

women s 50m butterfly: 01 ! marieke guehrer (aus) 25.48 02 ! zhou yafei (chn) 25.57 03 ! ingvild snildal (nor) 25.58
men s 50m freestyle: 01 ! césar cielo filho (bra) 21.08 cr 02 ! frédérick bousquet (fra) 21.21 03 ! amaury leveaux (fra) 21.25
women s 200m backstroke: 01 ! kirsty coventry (zim) 2:04.81 wr 02 ! anastasia zuyeva (rus) 2:04.94 03 ! elisabeth beisel (usa) 2:06.39
men s 100m butterfly: 01 ! michael phelps (usa) 49.82 wr 02 ! milorad Čavić (srb) 49.95 03 ! rafael muñoz (esp) 50.41
women s 800m freestyle: 01 ! lotte friis (den) 8:15.92 cr 02 ! joanne jackson (gbr) 8:16.66 03 ! alessia filippi (ita) 8:17.21
women s 4 × 100 m medley relay: 01 !  china (zhao jing, chen huijia, jiao liuyang, li zhesi) 3:52.19 wr 02 !  australia (emily seebohm, sarah katsoulis, jessicah schipper, lisbeth trickett) 3:52.58 03 !  germany (daniela samulski, sarah poewe, annika mehlhorn, britta steffen) 3:55.79 er
men s 50m backstroke semifinals: (1) liam tancock (gbr) 24.08 wr
women s 50m breaststroke semifinals: (1) sarah katsoulis (aus) 30.33
women s 50m freestyle semifinals: (1) cate campbell (aus) 24.08



volleyball

fivb world grand prix:

1st preliminary round:

pool in rio de janeiro, brazil:

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


pool b in kielce, poland:

poland  0–3  netherlands
thailand  3–2  japan


pool c in ningbo, china:

dominican republic  2–3  russia
china  3–0  south korea

china, brazil, netherlands, russia , thailand win 2 opening matches.









water polo

world aquatics championships in rome, italy:

men:

bronze medal match: 03 ! croatia  8–6  united states
gold medal match: 01 ! serbia  7–7 (pen 7–6) 02 !  spain