August 28, 2009 (Friday) August 2009 in sports

1 august 28, 2009 (friday)

1.1 athletics
1.2 basketball
1.3 cricket
1.4 field hockey
1.5 football (soccer)
1.6 judo

august 28, 2009 (friday)
athletics

golden league:

weltklasse zürich in zürich, switzerland: (gl indicates golden league event, athletes in bold in contention usd 1 million jackpot)

men:

100 metres gl: 01 ! usain bolt (jam) 9.81
400 metres gl: 01 ! lashawn merritt (usa) 44.21
800 metres: 01 ! david rudisha (ken) 1:43.52
1500 metres: 01 ! augustine kiprono choge (ken) 3:33.38
5000 metres gl: 01 ! kenenisa bekele (eth) 12:52.32
3000 metres steeplechase: 01 ! ezekiel kemboi (ken) 8:04.44
110 metres hurdles gl: 01 ! dwight thomas (jam) 13.16
triple jump: 01 ! nelson Évora (por) 17.38
javelin throw gl: 01 ! andreas thorkildsen (nor) 91.28
4x100 metres relay: 01 !  jamaica 37.70


women:

100 metres gl: 01 ! carmelita jeter (usa) 10.86
400 metres gl: 01 ! sanya richards (usa) 48.94
1500 metres: 01 ! maryam yusuf jamal (bhr) 3:59.15
100 metres hurdles gl: 01 ! brigitte foster-hylton (jam) 12.46
high jump gl: 01 ! blanka vlašić (cro) 2.01
pole vault gl: 01 ! elena isinbaeva (rus) 5.06 (wr)

isinbayeva sets world record 17th time.









basketball

americas championship in san juan, puerto rico: (teams in bold advance quarterfinals)

group a:

u.s. virgin islands  67–87  canada
uruguay  54–71  puerto rico

standings: puerto rico 6 points (3 games), canada 4 (2), uruguay 3 (2), virgin islands 3 (3), mexico 2 (2)




group b:

argentina  67–76  brazil
venezuela  71–80  panama

standings: brazil 6 points (3 matches), venezuela 4 (3), dominican republic, panama 3 (2), argentina 2 (2).







cricket

new zealand in sri lanka:

2nd test in colombo, day 3:

 sri lanka 416 & 157/2 (45.2 ov);  new zealand 234. sri lanka lead 339 runs 8 wickets remaining.




australia in england:

 scotland v  australia in edinburgh:

 australia 345 (50 ov, david hussey 111);  scotland 156 (39.3 ov). australia win 189 runs.





field hockey

men s eurohockey nations championship in amstelveen, netherlands:

fifth eighth place classification:

austria  2–3  france
belgium  5–0  poland

standings: belgium, france 6 points, austria, poland 0.
austria , poland relegated eurohockey nations trophy in 2011.




semifinals:

england  2–1(et)  netherlands
germany  2–1  spain





football (soccer)

women s euro in finland: (teams in bold advance quarterfinals)

group c:

italy  0–2  sweden
england  3–2  russia

standings: sweden 6 points, italy, england 3, russia 0.






uefa super cup in monaco:

barcelona 1–0 (et) shakhtar donetsk

pedro rodríguez scores goal in 115th minute.




nehru cup in new delhi:

sri lanka  1–4  kyrgyzstan

standings: syria 9 points (3 matches), india 6 (3), kyrgyzstan, lebanon 4 (4), sri lanka 3 (4).
syria , india advance final.





judo

world championships in rotterdam:

men s 81 kg: 01 ! ivan nifontov (rus) 02 ! siarhei shundzikau (blr) 03 ! kim jae-bum (kor) & ole bischof (ger)
women s 63 kg: 01 ! yoshie ueno (jpn) 02 ! elisabeth willeboordse (ned) 03 ! claudia malzahn (ger) & alice schlesinger (isr)