August 16, 2009 (Sunday) August 2009 in sports

1 august 16, 2009 (sunday)

1.1 athletics
1.2 auto racing
1.3 badminton
1.4 basketball
1.5 cricket
1.6 cycling
1.7 field hockey
1.8 football (soccer)
1.9 golf
1.10 motorcycle racing
1.11 shooting
1.12 tennis
1.13 volleyball

august 16, 2009 (sunday)
athletics

world championships in berlin, germany:

women s 20 kilometres walk: 01 ! olga kaniskina (rus) 1:28:09 02 ! olive loughnane (irl) 1:28:58 03 ! liu hong (chn) 1:29:10
women s shot put: 01 ! valerie vili (nzl) 20.44 02 ! nadine kleinert (ger) 20.20 03 ! gong lijiao (chn) 19.89
women s heptathlon: 01 ! jessica ennis (gbr) 6731 points 02 ! jennifer oeser (ger) 6493 03 ! kamila chudzik (pol) 6471
men s 100 metres:

semifinals, heat 1: (1) usain bolt (jam) 9.89
semifinals, heat 2: (1) tyson gay (usa) 9.93
final: 01 ! bolt 9.58 wr 02 ! gay 9.71 nr 03 ! asafa powell (jam) 9.84

bolt improves own record 0.11 second, biggest improvement of world record in 100 metres dash since introduction of electronic measurement.







auto racing

sprint cup series:

carfax 400 in brooklyn, michigan:

(1) brian vickers (toyota, red bull racing team) (2) jeff gordon (chevrolet, hendrick motorsports) (3) dale earnhardt, jr. (chevrolet, hendrick motorsports)

drivers standings (after 23 of 26 races leading chase sprint cup): (1) tony stewart 3500 points (chevrolet, stewart haas racing) (2) gordon 3216 (3) jimmie johnson 3197 (chevrolet, hendrick motorsports)
stewart becomes first driver secure spot in 2009 chase.







badminton

bwf world championships in hyderabad, india: (seeding in parentheses)

men s singles: lin dan (chn) (5) bt chen jin (chn) (2) 21–18, 21–16
women s singles: lu lan (chn) (7) bt xie xingfang (chn) (5) 23–21, 21–12
men s doubles: cai yun/fu haifeng (chn) (5) bt jung jae sung/lee yong dae (kor) (4) 21–18, 16–21, 28–26
women s doubles: zhang yawen/zhao tingting (chn) (8) bt cheng shu/zhao yunlei (chn) (2) 17–21, 21–17, 21–16
mixed doubles: thomas laybourn/kamilla rytter juhl (den) (7) bt nova widianto/lilyana natsir (ina) (2) 21–13, 21–17



basketball

asian championship in tianjin, china:

final: 01 ! iran  70–52 02 !  china

iran win title second straight time.


3rd place: 03 ! jordan  80–66  lebanon

jordan qualify 2010 world championship.





cricket

bangladesh in zimbabwe:

4th odi in bulawayo:

 zimbabwe 312/8 (50 ov, charles coventry 194 *);  bangladesh 313/6 (47.5 ov, tamim iqbal 154). bangladesh win 4 wickets, take unassailable 3–1 lead in 5-match series.




icc intercontinental cup:

 canada v  kenya in king city, ontario, day 3:

 kenya 317 & 362/3d (seren waters 157*, steve tikolo 169);  canada 234 & 61/2 (15.0 ov). canada require 385 runs 8 wickets remaining.


 zimbabwe xi v  afghanistan in mutare, day 1:



cycling

uci protour:

vattenfall cyclassics:

(1) tyler farrar (usa) (garmin-slipstream) 5h 30 38 (2) matti breschel (den) (saxo bank) (3) gerald ciolek (ger) (team milram)





field hockey

women s junior world cup in boston, usa:

third place: 03 ! south korea  2–1  england
final: 01 ! netherlands  3–0 02 !  argentina



football (soccer)

caf champions league group stage, round 3:

group b:

heartland 3–0 etoile du sahel

standings: tp mazembe, heartland 6 points, etoile du sahel, monomotapa united 3.






spanish super cup, first leg:

athletic bilbao 1–2 barcelona



golf

men s majors:

pga championship in chaska, minnesota, final round:

(1) y.e. yang (kor) 280 (−8) (2) tiger woods (usa) 283 (−5) (3) lee westwood (eng) & rory mcilroy (nir) 285 (−3)

yang becomes first asian-born winner of men s major championship, , ends woods previous record of winning every major in led after third round.







motorcycle racing

moto gp:

czech republic grand prix in brno, czech republic:

(1) valentino rossi (ita) (yamaha) 43:08.991 (2) dani pedrosa (esp) (honda) +11.766 (3) toni elias (esp) (honda) +20.756

riders standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) rossi 212 points (2) jorge lorenzo (esp) (yamaha) 162 (3) casey stoner (aus) (ducati) 150
manufacturers standings: (1) yamaha 230 points (2) honda 164 (3) ducati 156







shooting

world shotgun championships in maribor, slovenia:

men s skeet: 01 ! vincent hancock (usa) 149 (124) 02 ! georgios achilleos (cyp) 148 (123) 03 ! ennio falco (ita) 147 (122)



tennis

atp world tour:

rogers cup in montreal, canada:

final: andy murray (gbr) def. juan martín del potro (arg) 6–7(4), 7–6(3), 6–1

murray wins 5th title of year , 13th of career. advances #2 in atp ranking.






wta tour:

western & southern financial group women s open in mason, ohio, united states:

final: jelena janković (srb) def. dinara safina (rus) 6–4, 6–2

janković wins second title of year , 11th overall.







volleyball

fivb world grand prix:

3rd preliminary round: (teams in bold advance final round)

pool g in hong kong:

dominican republic  2–3  poland
china  3–1  netherlands


pool h in mokpo, south korea:

germany  2–3  japan
south korea  1–3  brazil


pool in bangkok, thailand:

united states  2–3  thailand
puerto rico  0–3  russia


final standings: brazil 18 points, netherlands 17, china 16, russia 15, japan, germany 14, poland, thailand 13, usa 12, puerto rico, dominican republic, korea 10.