August 22, 2009 (Saturday) August 2009 in sports

1 august 22, 2009 (saturday)

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

august 22, 2009 (saturday)
athletics

world championships in berlin, germany:

men s marathon: 01 ! abel kirui (ken) 2:06:54 (cr) 02 ! emmanuel kipchirchir mutai (ken) 2:07:48 03 ! tsegay kebede (eth) 2:08:35
men s long jump: 01 ! dwight phillips (usa) 8.54 02 ! godfrey khotso mokoena (rsa) 8.47 03 ! mitchell watt (aus) 8.37
men s pole vault: 01 ! steven hooker (aus) 5.90 02 ! romain mesnil (fra) 5.85 03 ! renaud lavillenie (fra) 5.80
women s hammer throw: 01 ! anita włodarczyk (pol) 77.96 wr 02 ! betty heidler (ger) 77.12 nr 03 ! martina hrašnová (svk) 74.79

włodarczyk betters tatyana lysenko s record 16 cm, , twists ankle while celebrating.


women s 5000 metres: 01 ! vivian cheruiyot (ken) 14:57.97 02 ! sylvia jebiwott kibet (ken) 14:58.33 03 ! meseret defar (eth) 14:58.41
women s 4x100 metres relay: 01 !  jamaica 42.06 02 !  bahamas 42.29 03 !  germany 42.87
men s 4x100 metres relay: 01 !  jamaica 37.31 cr 02 !  trinidad , tobago 37.62 nr 03 !  united kingdom 38.02

usain bolt completes hat-trick of world titles, time without world record.





auto racing

sprint cup series:

sharpie 500 in bristol, tennessee

(1) kyle busch (toyota, joe gibbs racing) (2) mark martin (chevrolet, hendrick motorsports) (3) marcos ambrose (toyota, jtg daugherty racing)

drivers standings (after 24 of 26 races leading chase sprint cup): (1) tony stewart 3564 points (chevrolet, stewart haas racing) (2) jimmie johnson 3344 (chevrolet, hendrick motorsports) (3) jeff gordon 3310 (chevrolet, hendrick motorsports)
one week after stewart clinched spot in 2009 chase, johnson , gordon join him.






v8 supercars:

queensland house , land.com 300 in ipswich, queensland

round 15: (1) jamie whincup (aus) (ford falcon) (2) james courtney (aus) (ford falcon) (3) mark winterbottom (aus) (ford falcon)

standings (after 13 of 26 races): (1) whincup 1941 points (2) davison (aus) (holden commodore) 1674 (3) garth tander (aus) (holden commodore) 1416







cricket

australia in england:

the ashes series:

5th test @ oval, london, day 3:

 england 332 & 373/9d (jonathan trott 119);  australia 160 & 80/0 (20 ov). australia require 466 runs 10 wickets remaining.






new zealand in sri lanka:

1st test in colombo, day 5:

 sri lanka 452 & 259/4d;  new zealand 299 & 210 (71.5 ov). sri lanka win 202 runs, lead 2-match series 1–0.




ireland in scotland:

1st odi in aberdeen:

 ireland 205/9 (50 ov);  scotland 109 (40.3 ov). ireland win 96 runs, lead 2-match series 1–0.




kenya in canada:

2nd odi in king city, ontario:

 canada 63/3 (17.1/33 ov). no result, canada lead 3-match series 1–0.





cycling

uci protour:

tour of benelux:

stage 4: (1) tyler farrar (usa) (garmin-slipstream) 5h 27 01 (2) edvald boasson hagen (nor) (team columbia-htc) s.t. (3) francesco gavazzi (ita) (lampre–ngc) s.t.
general classification: (1) farrar 17h 51 13 (2) tom boonen (bel) (quick-step) + 20 (3) hagen + 23





field hockey

men s eurohockey nations championship in amstelveen, netherlands:

pool b:

netherlands  9–0  poland
spain  3–0  france




women s eurohockey nations championship in amstelveen, netherlands:

pool a:

netherlands  10–0  azerbaijan
england  4–0  russia


pool b:

spain  3–1  scotland
germany  7–0  ireland





football (soccer)

women s professional soccer final in carson, california

los angeles sol 0–1 sky blue fc


nehru cup in new delhi:

sri lanka  4–3  lebanon



golf

lpga tour:

solheim cup in sugar grove, illinois, day 2:

round 3 (four-ball):

christina kim/michelle wie (usa) defeat helen alfredsson/tania elosegui (eur) 5 & 4
catriona matthew/diana luna (eur) , angela stanford/brittany lang (usa) halved

matthew , luna salvage tie after trailing 2 2 holes play.


suzann pettersen/anna nordqvist (eur) defeat nicole castrale/cristie kerr (usa) 2 up
gwladys nocera/maria hjorth (eur) defeat brittany lincicome/kristy mcpherson (usa) 1 up


standings after round 3: team usa 6–6 team europe
round 4 (foursome):

janice moodie/sophie gustafson (eur) defeat paula creamer/juli inkster (usa) 4 & 3
kristy mcpherson/morgan pressel (usa) defeat helen alfredsson/suzann pettersen (eur) 2 up
becky brewerton/gwladys nocera (eur) defeat natalie gulbis/christina kim (usa) 5 & 4
cristie kerr/michelle wie (usa) defeat anna nordqvist/maria hjorth (eur) 1 up


standings after round 4: team usa 8–8 team europe




senior majors:

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

leaderboard: (1) brad bryant (usa) 201 (−15) (2) mike reid (usa) 203 (−13) (3) john cook (usa) 204 (−12)





rugby union

tri nations series:

australia  18–19  new zealand in sydney

standings: south africa 12 points (3 matches), new zealand 8 (4), australia 2 (3).





volleyball

fivb world grand prix final round in tokyo, japan:

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

standings after 4 matches: brazil 8 points, russia 7, netherlands 6, china, germany, japan 5.