August 23, 2009 (Sunday) August 2009 in sports

1 august 23, 2009 (sunday)

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

august 23, 2009 (sunday)
athletics

world championships in berlin, germany:

women s marathon: 01 ! bai xue (chn) 2:25:15 02 ! yoshimi ozaki (jpn) 2:25:25 03 ! aselefech mergia (eth) 2:25:32
women s long jump: 01 ! brittney reese (usa) 7.10 02 ! tatyana lebedeva (rus) 6.97 03 ! karin mey melis (tur) 6.80
men s javelin throw: 01 ! andreas thorkildsen (nor) 89.59 02 ! guillermo martinez (cub) 86.41 03 ! yukifumi murakami (jpn) 82.97
men s 5000 metres: 01 ! kenenisa bekele (eth) 13:17.09 02 ! bernard lagat (usa) 13:17.33 03 ! james kwalia c kurui (qat) 13:17.78

bekele wins second title of championships , fifth overall.


women s 1500 metres: 01 ! maryam yusuf jamal (bhr) 4:03.74 02 ! lisa dobriskey (gbr) 4:03.75 03 ! shannon rowbury (usa) 4:04.18

jamal wins second 1500m title after initial winner natalia rodríguez (esp) disqualified.


men s 800 metres: 01 ! mbulaeni mulaudzi (rsa) 1:45.29 02 ! alfred kirwa yego (ken) 1:45.35 03 ! yusuf saad kamel (bhr) 1:45.35
women s 4x400 metres relay: 01 !  united states 3:17.83 02 !  jamaica 3:21.15 03 !  russia 3:21.64
men s 4x400 metres relay: 01 !  united states 2:57.86 02 !  united kingdom 3:00.53 03 !  australia 3:00.90



auto racing

formula one:

european grand prix in valencia, spain

(1) rubens barrichello (bra) (brawn–mercedes) 1:35:51.289 (2) lewis hamilton (gbr) (mclaren-mercedes) +2.358 (3) kimi räikkönen (fin) (ferrari) +15.994

drivers standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) jenson button (gbr) (brawn-mercedes) 72 points (2) barrichello 54 (3) mark webber (aus) (red bull–renault) 51.5
constructors standings: (1) brawn-mercedes 126 (2) red bull-renault 98.5 (3) ferrari 46






indycar series:

peak antifreeze & motor oil indy grand prix in sonoma, california

(1) dario franchitti (gbr) (chip ganassi racing) (2) ryan briscoe (aus) (penske racing) (3) mike conway (gbr) (dreyer & reinbold racing)

drivers standings (after 14 of 17 races): (1) briscoe 497 points (2) franchitti 493 (3) scott dixon (nzl) (chip ganassi racing) 477






v8 supercars:

queensland house , land.com 300 in ipswich, queensland

round 16: (1) davison (aus) (holden commodore) (2) craig lowndes (aus) (ford falcon) (3) russell ingall (aus) (holden commodore)

standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) jamie whincup (aus) (ford falcon) 2007 points (2) davison 1824 (3) garth tander (aus) (holden commodore) 1479







basketball

oceanian championship, first leg:

australia  84–77  new zealand



cricket

australia in england:

the ashes series:

5th test @ oval, london, day 4:

 england 332 & 373/9d;  australia 160 & 348 (102.2 ov, michael hussey 121). england win 197 runs , win 5-test series 2–1.






kenya in canada:

3rd odi in king city, ontario:

match abandoned without ball bowled. canada win 3-match series 1–0.




ireland in scotland:

2nd odi in aberdeen:

match abandoned without ball bowled. ireland win 2-match series 1–0.





cycling

uci protour:

tour of benelux:

stage 5: (1) lars bak (den) (team saxo bank) 5h 13 16 (2) edvald boasson hagen (nor) (team columbia-htc) + 2 (3) francesco gavazzi (ita) (lampre–ngc) s.t.
general classification: (1) hagen 23h 04 45 (2) tyler farrar (usa) (garmin-slipstream) + 15 (3) bak + 15


gp ouest-france:

(1) simon gerrans (aus) (cervelo test team) 5h 58 53 (2) pierrick fédrigo (fra) (bbox bouygues telecom) s.t. (3) paul martens (ger) (rabobank) s.t.





field hockey

men s eurohockey nations championship in amstelveen, netherlands:

pool a:

england  5–0  austria
germany  3–1  belgium




women s eurohockey nations championship in amstelveen, netherlands: (teams in bold advance semifinals)

pool a:

netherlands  5–0  england
azerbaijan  1–1  russia


pool b:

ireland  0–0  scotland
germany  2–1  spain





football (soccer)

women s euro in finland:

group a:

ukraine  0–2  netherlands
finland  1–0  denmark




nehru cup in new delhi:

india  2–1  kyrgyzstan

standings: syria, sri lanka 3 points (1 match), lebanon, india 3 (2), kyrgyzstan 0 (2)




spanish super cup, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)

barcelona 3–0 (2–1) athletic bilbao. barcelona win 5–1 on aggregate.



golf

lpga tour:

solheim cup in sugar grove, illinois, day 3:

final round (singles):

paula creamer (usa) defeats suzann pettersen (eur) 3 & 2
angela stanford (usa) defeats becky brewerton (eur) 5 & 4
michelle wie (usa) defeats helen alfredsson (eur) 1 up
laura davies (eur) , brittany lang (usa) halved

lang comes halve match after davies dormie 2 holes left.


gwladys nocera (eur) , juli inkster (usa) halved
catriona matthew (eur) defeats kristy mcpherson (usa) 3 & 2
brittany lincicome (usa) defeats sophie gustafson (eur) 3 & 2
diana luna (eur) defeats nicole castrale (usa) 3 & 2
christina kim (usa) defeats tania elosegui (eur) 2 up
maria hjorth (eur) , cristie kerr (usa) halved
morgan pressel (usa) defeats anna nordqvist (eur) 3 & 2
janice moodie (eur) , natalie gulbis (usa) halved

gulbis comes 3 down after 13 holes earn half-point.




final standings: team usa 16–12 team europe
team usa win cup third straight meeting, , eighth time overall.




senior majors:

jeld-wen tradition in sunriver, oregon

(1) mike reid (usa) 272 (−16) po (2) john cook (usa) 272 (−16) (3) brad bryant (usa) 274 (−14)

reid wins second senior major on first playoff hole.






pga tour:

wyndham championship in greensboro, north carolina

winner: ryan moore (usa) 264 (−16) po

moore wins first title on pga tour in playoff, eliminating jason bohn (usa) on first playoff hole , kevin stadler (usa) on third.






european tour:

klm open in zandvoort, netherlands

winner: simon dyson (eng) 265 (−15) po

dyson defeats peter hedblom (swe) , peter lawrie (irl) on first playoff hole.







tennis

atp world tour:

western & southern financial group masters in mason, ohio, united states:

final: roger federer (sui) def. novak djokovic (srb) 6–1, 7–5

federer wins tournament third time, fourth title of year , 61st overall.






wta tour:

rogers cup in toronto, canada:

final: elena dementieva (rus) def. maria sharapova (rus) 6–4, 6–3

dementieva wins third title of year , 14th of career.







volleyball

fivb world grand prix final round in tokyo, japan:

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

final standings: 01 ! brazil 10 points, 02 ! russia 9, 03 ! germany 7, netherlands 7, china 6, japan 6.

brazil win title eighth time.