August 19, 2009 (Wednesday) August 2009 in sports

1 august 19, 2009 (wednesday)

1.1 athletics
1.2 cricket
1.3 cycling
1.4 football (soccer)
1.5 volleyball

august 19, 2009 (wednesday)
athletics

world championships in berlin, germany:

men s discus throw: 01 ! robert harting (ger) 69.43 02 ! piotr małachowski (pol) 69.15 nr 03 ! gerd kanter (est) 66.88

harting wins title final throw.


men s 1500 metres: 01 ! yusuf saad kamel (bhr) 3:35.93 02 ! deresse mekonnen (eth) 3:36.01 03 ! bernard lagat (usa) 3:36.20

kamel s father billy konchellah two-times world champion.


women s 100 metres hurdles: 01 ! brigitte foster-hylton (jam) 12.51 02 ! priscilla lopes-schliep (can) 12.54 03 ! delloreen ennis-london (jam) 12.55
women s 800 metres: 01 ! caster semenya (rsa) 1:55.45 02 ! janeth jepkosgei (ken) 1:57.90 jennifer meadows (gbr) 1:57.93
men s decathlon (standings after 5 events): (1) oleksiy kasyanov (ukr) 4555 points (2) yunior díaz (cub) 4512 (3) trey hardee (usa) 4511



cricket

new zealand in sri lanka:

1st test in colombo, day 2:

(sri lanka) 452 (mahela jayawardene 114, thilan samaraweera 159);  new zealand 87/2 (29.0 ov). new zealand trail 365 runs 8 wickets remaining in 1st innings.




kenya in canada:

1st odi in king city, ontario:

 kenya 113 (33.1 ov);  canada 117/1 (16.2 ov). canada win 9 wickets, lead 3-match series 1–0.




icc intercontinental cup:

 zimbabwe xi v  afghanistan in mutare, day 4:

 zimbabwe xi 350 & 446/9d (113.5 ov, trevor garwe 117);  afghanistan 427 & 211/4 (44.5 ov, noor ali 100*). match drawn.


 scotland v  ireland in aberdeen, day 3:

 ireland 202 & 303 (william porterfield 118);  scotland 208 & 72/5 (31.0 ov). scotland require 226 runs 5 wickets remaining.





cycling

uci protour:

tour of benelux:

stage 1: (1) tyler farrar (usa) (garmin-slipstream) 4h 18 30 (2) tom boonen (bel) (quick-step) s.t. (3) edvald boasson hagen (nor) (team columbia-htc) s.t
general classification: (1) farrar 4h 23 26 (2) boonen + 4 (3) sylvain chavanel (fra) (quick step) + 9





football (soccer)

uefa champions league play-off round, first leg:

champions path:

red bull salzburg 1–2 maccabi haifa
ventspils 0–3 zürich
levski sofia 1–2 debrecen


non-champions path:

lyon 5–1 anderlecht
panathinaikos 2–3 atlético madrid




concacaf champions league group stage, round 1:

group a:

houston dynamo 1–0 isidro metapán
Árabe unido 4–1 pachuca


group c:

cruz azul 2–0 saprissa




copa sudamericana first stage, first leg:

river plate 1–2 lanús


women s professional soccer playoffs super semifinal in fenton, missouri:

saint louis athletica 0–1 sky blue fc


nehru cup in new delhi:

india  0–1  lebanon



volleyball

fivb world grand prix final round in tokyo, japan:

netherlands  3–2  china
brazil  3–2  russia
japan  1–3  germany