August 2010 in sports

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Deaths in August[]

  • 1: Eric Tindill
  • 10: Antonio Pettigrew
  • 16: Bobby Thomson
  • 22: Stjepan Bobek
  • 27: Anton Geesink
  • 30: Francisco Varallo
  • 31: Laurent Fignon

Current sporting seasons[]

Australian rules football 2010[]

  • Australian Football League

Auto racing 2010[]

  • Formula One
  • Sprint Cup
  • IRL IndyCar Series
  • World Rally Championship
  • Formula Two
  • Nationwide Series
  • Camping World Truck Series
  • GP2 Series
  • GP3 Series
  • WTTC
  • V8 Supercar
  • American Le Mans
  • Le Mans Series
  • Superleague Formula
  • Rolex Sports Car Series
  • FIA GT1 World Championship
  • Formula Three
  • Auto GP
  • World Series by Renault
  • Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
  • Super GT

Baseball 2010[]

  • Major League Baseball
  • Nippon Professional Baseball

Basketball 2010[]

Canadian football 2010[]

  • Canadian Football League

Cricket 2010[]

Football (soccer) 2010[]

National teams competitions
International clubs competitions
Domestic (national) competitions

Golf 2010[]

  • PGA Tour
  • European Tour
  • LPGA Tour
  • Champions Tour

Lacrosse 2010[]

  • Major League Lacrosse

Motorcycle racing 2010[]

  • Moto GP
  • Superbike World Championship
  • Supersport racing

Rugby league 2010[]

  • Super League
  • NRL

Rugby union 2010[]

Snooker[]

August 31, 2010 (Tuesday)[]

Water polo[]

Badminton[]

August 30, 2010 (Monday)[]

Tennis[]

  • Grand Slams US Open in New York City, United States starts.

Water polo[]

Cricket[]

  • Pakistan in England 4th Test in London, day 4 England win by an innings and 225 runs; win 4-match series 3–1.

August 29, 2010 (Sunday)[]

  • EuroBasket 2011 qualification conclusion.

Field hockey[]

Auto racing[]

  • Formula One Belgian Grand Prix in Spa, Belgium: (1) Lewis Hamilton (GBR) (McLaren-Mercedes)
  • Nationwide Series NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Montreal, Canada: (1) Boris Said (Ford

Motorcycle racing[]

Volleyball[]

  • FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Ningbo, China concludes. The United States win the title for the third time.

Water polo[]

Golf[]

  • PGA Tour:
  • European Tour:
  • LPGA Tour:
  • Champions Tour:
    • Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Washington:
      • Winner: Bernhard Langer (GER) 198 (-18)
        • Langer wins his fifth Champions Tour title of the season and thirteenth overall.
  • Amateur events:
    • U.S. Amateur Championship in University Place, Washington:
      • Final: Peter Uihlein (USA) def. David Chung (USA) 4 & 2

Snooker[]

August 28, 2010 (Saturday)[]

Basketball[]

  • FIBA World Championship in Turkey begins.

Cycling[]

Tennis[]

  • ATP World Tour Pilot Pen Tennis Sergiy Stakhovsky won the fourth title of his career.
  • WTA Tour Pilot Pen Tennis Caroline Wozniacki won the title for the third consecutive time, her fourth of the year and tenth of her career.

Auto racing[]

Mixed martial arts[]

  • UFC 118 in Boston, Massachusetts

Equestrianism[]

  • Show jumping:
    • Global Champions Tour 9th Competition in Rio de Janeiro (CSI 5*). Marcus Ehning (GER) on Noltes Küchengirl wins the title for the first time.

Figure skating[]

Cricket[]

August 27, 2010 (Friday)[]

Football (soccer)[]

Athletics[]

August 26, 2010 (Thursday)[]

  • Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore Closes

August 25, 2010 (Wednesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • Tri-nation series in Sri Lanka: (teams in bold advance to the final)
    •  India 223 (46.3 overs; Virender Sehwag 110);  New Zealand 118 (30.1 overs) in Dambulla. India win by 105 runs.
      • Final standings:  Sri Lanka 11 points, India 10, New Zealand 7.

August 24, 2010 (Tuesday)[]

Cycling[]

  • UCI ProTour:
    • Eneco Tour of Benelux concludes.
      • Final general classification: (1) Martin Jersey white.svgJersey green.svg 28h 50' 57" (2) Koos Moerenhout (NED) (Rabobank) + 31" (3) Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (Team Sky) Jersey red.svg + 1' 46"

Cricket[]

  • Tri-nation series in Sri Lanka: (team in bold advances to the final)
    •  India 103 (33.4 overs; Thissara Perera 5/28);  Sri Lanka 104/2 (15.1 overs) in Dambulla. Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets.
      • Standings: Sri Lanka 11 points (4 matches),  New Zealand 7 (3), India 5 (3).

August 23, 2010 (Monday)[]

Cricket[]

  • Pakistan in England 3rd Test in London, day 4 Pakistan win by 4 wickets; England lead 4-match series 2–1.

August 22, 2010 (Sunday)[]

Basketball[]

Russia won the title for the fourth time.

Tennis[]

  • ATP World Tour Western & Southern Financial Group Masters Roger Federer won his second title of the year, 17th Masters 1000 title and 63rd title of his career. He wins this event for the fourth time, also winning in 2005, 2007, and 2009.

Auto racing[]

Water polo[]

Canoeing[]

  • Sprint World Championships in Poznan, Poland.

Swimming[]

Athletics[]

  • David Rudisha (KEN) breaks the men's 800 metres world record in a time of one minute 41.09 seconds at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin. He improves the previous record of Kenyan-born Wilson Kipketer (DEN) by 0.02 seconds.

Golf[]

  • Senior majors:
    • JELD-WEN Tradition in Sunriver, Oregon, United States : (1) Fred Funk 276 (-12)
      • Funk wins his second Tradition and third senior major.
  • PGA Tour:
    • Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina:
      • Winner: Arjun Atwal (IND) 260 (-20)
        • Atwal becomes the first Indian-born player to win a PGA Tour event, and the first Monday qualifier to win on the tour since 1986.
  • European Tour:
    • Czech Open in , Czech Republic:
      • Winner: Peter Hanson (SWE) 278 (-10)PO
        • Hanson wins a three-way playoff for his second European Tour title of the season and fourth of his career.
  • LPGA Tour:
    • Safeway Classic in North Plains, Oregon:
      • Winner: Ai Miyazato (JPN) 205 (-11)
        • Miyazato wins her fifth LPGA event of the year and sixth of her career, and for the third time this year claims the Number 1 spot in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

August 21, 2010 (Saturday)[]

Auto racing[]

  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Irwin Tools Night Race in Bristol, Tennessee: (1) Nevada Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing)
      • Busch completes a clean sweep of all three national series races (Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Trucks) in the same weekend, the first driver to do so.

Rugby union[]

  • Tri Nations Series:
    • South Africa  22–29  New Zealand in Soweto
      • The All Blacks score two tries in the last 3 minutes to secure the series crown, their tenth overall.

August 20, 2010 (Friday)[]

Auto racing[]

  • Nationwide Series Food City 250 in Bristol, Tennessee: (1) Nevada Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing)

August 19, 2010 (Thursday)[]

Baseball[]

  • U.S. federal authorities indict retired seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. (The New York Times)

Athletics[]

August 18, 2010 (Wednesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • Netherlands in Ireland 2nd ODI in Dublin. Ireland win by 9 wickets; win 2-match series 2–0.

August 17, 2010 (Tuesday)[]

Cycling[]

Cricket[]

August 16, 2010 (Monday)[]

Cycling[]

Snooker[]

Cricket[]

  • Afghanistan in Scotland 1st ODI in Ayr. Afghanistan win by 9 wickets; lead 2-match series 1–0.
  • Netherlands in Ireland 1st ODI in Dublin. Ireland win by 70 runs; lead 2-match series 1–0.

August 15, 2010 (Sunday)[]

Basketball[]

Tennis[]

Auto racing[]

  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
    • Carfax 400 in Brooklyn, Michigan: (1) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing)

Motorcycle racing[]

Horse racing[]

Swimming[]

  • European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary Concludes.

Golf[]

  • Men's majors:
    • PGA Championship in Haven, Wisconsin, United States won by Martin Kaymer (GER)
      • Kaymer becomes the second German winner of a major championship, after Bernhard Langer.
      • Dustin Johnson misses out on the playoff when he is ruled to have grounded his club in a bunker on the final hole, incurring a two-stroke penalty.

August 14, 2010 (Saturday)[]

Basketball[]

  • FIBA South American Championship for Women in Santiago, Chile concludes: Brazil win the title for the tenth successive time, and 23rd time overall.

Auto racing[]

  • Nationwide Series:
    • CARFAX 250 in Brooklyn, Michigan: (1) Michigan Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing)

Equestrianism[]

  • Show jumping:

Athletics[]

  • IAAF Diamond League: London Grand Prix in London, United Kingdom.

August 13, 2010 (Friday)[]

August 12, 2010 (Thursday)[]

Basketball[]

Handball[]

August 11, 2010 (Wednesday)[]

August 10, 2010 (Tuesday)[]

Football (soccer)[]

  • Friendly international matches:

Shooting[]

Cricket[]

August 9, 2010 (Monday)[]

Cricket[]

  • Pakistan in England 2nd Test in Birmingham, day 4. England win by 9 wickets; lead 4-match series 2–0.

August 8, 2010 (Sunday)[]

Basketball[]

Field hockey[]

Tennis[]

Auto racing[]

  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen in Watkins Glen, New York: (1) Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya (Chevrolet; Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)
  • IndyCar Series Honda Indy 200 in Lexington, Ohio: (1) Dario Franchitti (GBR) (Chip Ganassi Racing)

Equestrianism[]

  • Show jumping:
    • FEI World Cup JumpingCentral European League, South Sub-League won by Tim Hoster (GER) on Rastellie
    • Grand Prix of Ireland in Dublin (CSIO 5*) won by McLain Ward (USA) on Antares F

Golf[]

Snooker[]

August 7, 2010 (Saturday)[]

Cycling[]

Auto racing[]

  • Nationwide Series:
    • Zippo 200 at the Glen in Watkins Glen, New York: (1) Australia Marcos Ambrose (Toyota; JTG Daugherty Racing) (2) Connecticut Joey Logano (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) California Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Inc.)
      • Drivers' championship standings (after 22 of 35 races): (1) Michigan Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) 3509 points (2) Missouri Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 3182 (3) Nevada Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 3036

Volleyball[]

Mixed martial arts[]

  • UFC 117 in Oakland, California:

Equestrianism[]

  • Show jumping:
    • Puissance in Dublin (CSIO 5*) won by Pablo Barrios (VEN) on Sinatra

Cricket[]

August 6, 2010 (Friday)[]

Equestrianism[]

  • Show jumping:
    • Meydan FEI Nations Cup 8th competition: FEI Nations Cup of Ireland in Dublin (CSIO 5*) won by (Eric van der Vleuten on Utascha SFN

Athletics[]

  • IAAF Diamond League: DN Galan in Stockholm, Sweden.

August 5, 2010 (Thursday)[]

August 4, 2010 (Wednesday)[]

  • European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary Starts.

August 3, 2010 (Tuesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • India's Sachin Tendulkar becomes the most capped player in Test cricket, receiving his 169th cap to surpass Steve Waugh.

August 2, 2010 (Monday)[]

Basketball[]

  • EuroBasket 2011 qualification starts.

August 1, 2010 (Sunday)[]

Cycling[]

Tennis[]

Auto racing[]

Motorcycle racing[]

Baseball[]

  • European Championship in Germany:
    • Final Italy win the title for the ninth time and stop the Netherlands' winning streak at five.

Equestrianism[]

  • Dressage:
  • Show jumping:
    • King Georges V Gold Cup at Hickstead (CSIO 5*): 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tim Stockdale (GBR) on Kalico Bay

Water polo[]

  • FINA Men's World Cup in Oradea, Romania Serbia win the title for the first time as a separate nation, and their fourth title overall.

Athletics[]

Golf[]

  • Women's majors:
    • Ricoh Women's British Open in Southport, England:
      • (1) Yani Tseng (TWN)
        • Tseng wins her second major title of the year, third of her career, and fourth career LPGA Tour title.
  • Senior majors:
    • U.S. Senior Open in Sammamish, Washington, United States: (USA unless stated)
      • (1) Bernhard Langer (GER)
        • Langer wins his second senior major in as many weeks, and twelfth career Champions Tour title.
  • PGA Tour:
    • Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia:
      • Winner: Stuart Appleby (AUS)
        • Appleby wins his ninth PGA Tour title, as he shoots a final round 59; the fifth such round in Tour history and second this season.
  • European Tour:

Extreme sport[]

References[]

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