July 2012 in sports

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Rugby union

 * Super Rugby Semifinals in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa: Stormers 19–26  Sharks



Rugby union

 * Super Rugby Semifinals in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand: Chiefs 🇳🇿 20–17 🇳🇿 Crusaders



Baseball

 * Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series:
 * Game 3 in Morioka, Iwate: Pacific League 6, Central League 2. Central League win series 2–1.
 * Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters outfielder DaiKan Yoh is named game MVP with three hits and four RBIs, including a game-winning three-run home run in the 3rd inning.



Equestrianism

 * Show jumping: Royal International Horse Show in Hickstead, United Kingdom (CSIO 5*):
 * King Georges V Gold Cup: Hendrik-Jan Schuttert  on Cerona  Ludger Beerbaum  on Chiara  Marie Hecart  on Myself de Breve

Sumo

 * Nagoya basho (July grand tournament) in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan:
 * Harumafuji Kōhei defeats Hakuhō Shō to finish the tournament with a perfect 15–0 record, and wins his 3rd makuuchi (top division) championship.



Baseball

 * Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series:
 * Game 2 in Matsuyama, Ehime: Central League 4, Pacific League 0. Central League lead series 2–0.
 * Hiroshima Toyo Carp pitcher Kenta Maeda wins game MVP after pitching three scoreless innings with only one hit.

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping: Global Champions Tour:
 * 8th competition in Chantilly (CSI 5*): Hans-Dieter Dreher  on Magnus Romeo  Beezie Madden  on Simon  Karim El Zoghby  on Splendor

Mixed martial arts

 * UFC 149 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (USA unless stated):
 * Welterweight bout: Matt Riddle def. Chris Clements via submission (arm-triangle choke)
 * Welterweight bout: James Head def. Brian Ebersole via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
 * Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo def. Shawn Jordan via unanimous decision (30–28, 30–27, 30–27)
 * Middleweight bout: Tim Boetsch def. Hector Lombard via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
 * Interim Bantamweight Championship bout: Renan Barão def. Urijah Faber via unanimous decision (49–46, 50–45, 49–46)

Rugby union

 * Super Rugby Qualifying finals:
 * In Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand: Crusaders 🇳🇿 28–13 Bulls
 * In Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Reds 🇦🇺 17–30 Sharks



Baseball

 * Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series:
 * Game 1 in Osaka: Central League 4, Pacific League 1. Central League lead series 1–0.
 * Yokohama DeNA BayStars third baseman Norihiro Nakamura is named game MVP after hitting a game-winning two-run home run in the 2nd inning.

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping: FEI Nations Cup:
 * 7th competition: Nations Cup of the United Kingdom in Hickstead (CSIO 5*): 🇮🇪 (Shane Breen, Richie Moloney, Darragh Kerins, Clement McMahon)   (Eugénie Angot, Kevin Staut, Aymeric de Ponnat, Pénélope Leprevost)  🇩🇪 (Philipp Weishaupt, Holger Wulschner, Ludger Beerbaum, Marco Kutscher)



Equestrianism

 * Falsterbo Horse Show in Skanör med Falsterbo, Sweden:
 * Dressage (CDI 5*): Grand Prix Freestyle: Patrik Kittel  on Scandic  Isabell Werth  on El Santo NRW  Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven  on Favourit
 * Show jumping (CSIO 5*): Grand Prix: Nicola Philippaerts  on Carlos  Brianne Goutal  on Nice de Prissey  Peder Fredricson  on Cash In



Equestrianism

 * Show jumping: Global Champions Tour:
 * 7th competition in Cascais (CSI 5*): Philipp Weishaupt  on Leoville  Michael Whitaker  on Viking  Ludger Beerbaum  on Chaman

Mixed martial arts

 * Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy in Portland, Oregon, United States (USA unless stated):
 * Middleweight bout: Lorenz Larkin def. Robbie Lawler via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
 * Middleweight bout: Roger Gracie def. Keith Jardine via unanimous decision (29–27, 30–27, 30–26)
 * Welterweight Championship bout: Nate Marquardt def. Tyron Woodley (c) via KO (elbows and punches)
 * Middleweight Championship bout: Luke Rockhold (c) def. Tim Kennedy via unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)



Equestrianism

 * Show jumping: FEI Nations Cup:
 * 6th competition: FEI Nations Cup of Sweden in Skanör med Falsterbo (CSIO 5*):  (Jens Fredricson, Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Henrik von Eckermann, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson)   (William Funnell, Alexandra Thornton, Tina Fletcher, Robert Smith)   (Jerome Hurel, Aymeric de Ponnat, Marc Dilasser, Pénélope Leprevost)



Mixed martial arts

 * UFC on Fuel TV: Munoz vs. Weidman in San Jose, California, United States:
 * Lightweight bout: Rafael dos Anjos def. Anthony Njokuani  via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
 * Bantamweight bout: T.J. Dillashaw def. Vaughan Lee  via submission (rear-naked crank)
 * Middleweight bout: Francis Carmont def. Karlos Vemola  via submission (rear-naked choke)
 * Welterweight bout: Aaron Simpson def. Kenny Robertson  via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
 * Light Heavyweight bout: James Te-Huna def. Joey Beltran  via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)
 * Middleweight bout: Chris Weidman def. Mark Muñoz  via KO (elbow and punches)



Baseball

 * Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Kansas City, Missouri: National League 8, American League 0.
 * The National League win the game for the third successive year, first time since 1994 to 1996. San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera is named as Most Valuable Player, with two hits including a two-run homer in the fourth inning.

Basketball

 * Stanković Continental Champions' Cup in Guangzhou, China:
 * Third place play-off:  80–51
 * Gold medal match:  70–51

Chess

 * World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan:
 * Rapid Chess: Sergey Karjakin   Magnus Carlsen   Veselin Topalov
 * Blitz Chess: Alexander Grischuk   Magnus Carlsen   Sergey Karjakin

Modern pentathlon

 * Senior European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria:
 * Men:
 * Individual: Riccardo de Luca   Róbert Kasza   Bence Demeter
 * Team: Bence Demeter / Róbert Kasza / Ádám Marosi   Ilia Frolov / Aleksander Lesun / Andrei Moiseev   Delf Borrmann / Patrick Dogue / Alexander Nobis
 * Team relay: Ilia Frolov / Serguei Karyakin / Alexander Savkin   Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy / Ruslan Nakonechnyi / Oleksandr Mordasov   Mikhail Mitsyk / Aliaksandr Vasilionak / Raman Pinchuk
 * Women:
 * Individual: Laura Asadauskaitė   Iryna Khokhlova   Ganna Buriak
 * Team: Evdokia Gretchichnikova / Ekaterina Khuraskina / Donata Rimšaitė   Katy Burke / Heather Fell / Freyja Prentice   Leila Gyenesei / Sarolta Kovács / Adrienn Tóth
 * Team relay: Donata Rimšaitė / Anna Savchenko / Svetlana Lebedeva   Sylvia Gawlikowska / Katarzyna Wojcik / Aleksandra Skarzynska   Freyja Prentice / Heather Fell / Katy Burke
 * Mixed:
 * Team relay: Anastasiya Prokopenko / Mihail Prokopenko   Laura Asadauskaitė / Justinas Kinderis   Natalie Dianova / David Svoboda



Baseball

 * Major League Baseball Home Run Derby in Kansas City, Missouri: Detroit Tigers first baseman Prince Fielder defeats Toronto Blue Jays outfielder José Bautista in the finals, 12–7, to win the event.

Cycling

 * Tour de France:

Motorsports

 * 2012 Porsche Supercup season at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain:
 * René Rast  Norbert Siedler   Sean Edwards



Baseball

 * All-Star Futures Game in Kansas City, Missouri: U.S. Futures 17, World Futures 5.
 * U.S. win the game for the third successive year and the eighth time overall. Detroit Tigers third baseman Nick Castellanos is named game MVP.

Basketball

 * FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Caracas, Venezuela:
 * Third-place match:  88–73
 * Nigeria qualify for 2012 Summer Olympics.
 * Stanković Continental Champions' Cup in Guangzhou, China:
 * Group stage:
 * 62–60
 * 73–67

Cycling

 * Tour de France:

Equestrianism

 * CHIO in Aachen, Germany:
 * Dressage: Grand Prix Freestyle (CDIO 5*): Helen Langehanenberg  with Damon Hill NRW  Kristina Sprehe  with Desperados  Dorothee Schneider  with Diva Royal
 * Show jumping: Grand Prix of Aachen (CSIO 5*): Michael Whitaker  with Amai  Thomas Voß  with Carinjo  Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum  with Bella Donna

Football (soccer)

 * CAF Champions League Group stage Matchday 1:

Motorsports

 * 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany:
 * Jake Dennis  Josh Hill   Steijn Schothorst
 * 2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship at the Townsville Street Circuit, Australia:
 * Jonny Reid  Alex Davison   Craig Baird
 * 2012 Australian Formula Ford Championship at the Townsville Street Circuit, Australia:
 * Jack Le Brocq  Matthew Hart   Simon Hodge
 * 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series at the Townsville Street Circuit, Australia:
 * Nick Percat  Scott McLaughlin   Chaz Mostert
 * 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship at the Townsville Street Circuit, Australia:
 * Jamie Whincup  Craig Lowndes   Will Davison
 * 2012 British Superbike Championship season at Oulton Park, England:
 * Race 1: Tommy Hill   Josh Brookes   Shane Byrne
 * 2012 British Superbike Championship season at Oulton Park, England:
 * Race 2: Tommy Hill   Shane Byrne   Josh Brookes
 * 2012 Formula Abarth season at the Misano World Circuit, Italy:
 * Race 1: Nicolas Costa   Emanuele Zonzini   Santiago Urrutia
 * 2012 Formula Abarth season at the Misano World Circuit, Italy:
 * Race 2: Nicolas Costa   Bruno Bonifacio   Kevin Jörg
 * 2012 German Formula Three season at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany:
 * Jimmy Eriksson  Lucas Auer   Artem Markelov
 * 2012 GP2 Series season at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain:
 * Luiz Razia  Davide Valsecchi   Felipe Nasr
 * 2012 GP3 Series season at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain:
 * William Buller  Conor Daly   Patric Niederhauser
 * 2012 Copa Fiat Brasil season at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Brazil:
 * Race 1: Christian Fittipaldi   Cacá Bueno   Edson do Valle
 * Race 2: Christian Fittipaldi   Popó Beuno   Giuliano Losacco
 * 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal:
 * Race 1: Marc Basseng / Markus Winkelhock   Michael Bartels  / Yelmer Buurman   Oliver Jarvis  / Frank Stippler
 * Race 2: Thomas Jäger  / Nicky Pastorelli   Mark Basseng / Markus Winkelhock   Stef Dusseldorp  / Frédéric Makowiecki
 * 2012 FIA GT3 European Championship season at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal:
 * Race 1: Dominik Baumann  / Maximilian Buhk   Mika Vähämäki  / Max Nilsson   David Mengesdorf  / Hari Proczyk
 * Race 2: David Mengesdorf  / Hari Proczyk   Ni Amorim / César Campaniço   Gaetano Ardagna Pérez  / Giuseppe Cirò
 * 2012 Formula One season at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain:
 * Mark Webber  Fernando Alonso   Sebastian Vettel
 * 2012 Fórmula Truck season at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Brazil:
 * Leandro Totti  Roberval Andrade   Adalberto Jardim
 * 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season – Moto GP at the Sachsenring, Germany:
 * Dani Pedrosa  Jorge Lorenzo   Andrea Dovizioso
 * 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season – Moto 2 at the Sachsenring, Germany:
 * Marc Márquez  Mika Kallio   Alex de Angelis
 * 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season – Moto 3 at the Sachsenring, Germany:
 * Sandro Cortese  Alexis Masbou   Luis Salom
 * 2012 IndyCar Series season at the Streets of Toronto, Canada:
 * Ryan Hunter-Reay  Charlie Kimball   Mike Conway
 * 2012 NASCAR Stock V6 Series at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico:
 * Oscar Torres Jr.  Javier Campos   Erik Mondragón

Tennis

 * Wimbledon Championships in London, Great Britain, day 13:
 * Men's singles final: Roger Federer  [3] def. Andy Murray [4] 4−6, 7−5, 6–3, 6–4
 * Federer wins his seventh Wimbledon title and 17th Grand Slam title overall.
 * Mixed doubles final: Mike Bryan / Lisa Raymond  [2] def. Leander Paes  / Elena Vesnina  [4] 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Volleyball

 * FIVB World League Final round in Sofia, Bulgaria:
 * Third place match: 2–3  
 * Final:  3–0



Basketball

 * FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Caracas, Venezuela:
 * Semifinals: (winners qualify for 2012 Summer Olympics)
 *  85–77
 *  109–83
 * Stanković Continental Champions' Cup in Guangzhou, China:
 * Group stage:
 * 63–53
 * 67–44

Cricket

 * Australia in England:
 * 4th ODI in Chester-le-Street: 🇦🇺 australia 200/9 (50 overs), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 201/2 (47.5 overs). England win by 8 wickets and lead the 5-match series 3–0.
 * New Zealand in the West Indies:
 * 2nd ODI in Kingston: undefined 315/5 (50 overs), 🇳🇿 new zealand 260 (47 overs). West Indies win by 55 runs and lead the 5-match series 2–0.

Cycling

 * Tour de France:
 * Stage 7: Chris Froome    Cadel Evans    Bradley Wiggins  (Team Sky)
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Wiggins Evans  Vincenzo Nibali
 * Points: [[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Peter Sagan, Mountains: [[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Froome, Young: [[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Rein Taaramäe  , Team: Jersey yellow number.svg Team Sky , Combat: Jersey red number.svg Luis León Sánchez

Equestrianism

 * Eventing: FEI Nations Cup:
 * 4th competition:
 * Team result: FEI Nations Cup of Germany in Aachen (CICO 3*): 🇩🇪 (Sandra Auffarth, Dirk Schrade, Michael Jung, Ingrid Klimke)   (Laura Collett, William Fox-Pitt, Francis Whittington, Emily Baldwin)   (Ludwig Svennerstål, Niklas Jonsson, Hannes Melin)
 * Individual result: Christopher Burton  with Underdiscussion  Michael Jung  with Sam FBW  Laura Collett  with Rayef

Football (soccer)

 * CAF Champions League Group stage Matchday 1:
 * Group A: ASO Chlef – 🇹🇳 Étoile du Sahel
 * Group B: Berekum Chelsea 🇬🇭 – 🇪🇬 Zamalek

Mixed martial arts

 * UFC 148 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States (USA unless stated):
 * Bantamweight bout: Mike Easton def. Ivan Menjivar via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 30–27)
 * Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes def. Cody McKenzie via TKO (punches)
 * Welterweight bout: Demian Maia def. Dong Hyun Kim  via TKO (rib injury)
 * Middleweight bout: Cung Le def. Patrick Côté via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
 * Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin def. Tito Ortiz via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
 * Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) def. Chael Sonnen via TKO (punches)

Motorsports

 * 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany:
 * Race 1: Josh Hill   Jordan King   Jake Dennis
 * 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany:
 * Race 2: Josh Hill   Jordan King   Alessio Picariello
 * 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season in San Marino:
 * Giandomenico Basso  Andreas Mikkelsen   Umberto Scandola
 * 2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship at the Townsville Street Circuit, Australia:
 * Jonny Reid  Craig Baird   Alex Davison
 * 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series at the Townsville Street Circuit, Australia:
 * Scott McLaughlin  George Miedecke   Nick Percat
 * 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship at the Townsville Street Circuit, Australia:
 * Jamie Whincup  Mark Winterbottom   Garth Tander
 * 2012 Indy Lights season at the Streets of Toronto, Canada:
 * Gustavo Yacamán  Sebastián Saavedra   Victor Carbone
 * 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at the Daytona International Speedway, United States:
 * Tony Stewart  Jeff Burton   Matt Kenseth
 * 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series season at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico:
 * Hugo Oliveiras  Rogelio López   Abraham Calderón
 * 2012 British Superbike Championship season at Oulton Park, England:
 * Tommy Hill  Josh Brookes   Shane Byrne
 * 2012 Formula Abarth season at the Misano World Circuit, Italy:
 * Luca Ghiotto  Bruno Bonifacio   Nicolas Costa
 * 2012 German Formula Three season at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany:
 * Race 1: Jimmy Eriksson   Mitchell Gilbert   Tom Blomqvist
 * 2012 German Formula Three season at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany:
 * Race 2: Kimiya Sato   Yannick Mettler   Jimmy Eriksson
 * 2012 GP2 Series season at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain:
 * Esteban Gutiérrez  Johnny Cecotto Jr.   Jolyon Palmer
 * 2012 GP3 Series season at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain:
 * António Félix da Costa  Mitch Evans   Aaro Vainio

Tennis

 * Wimbledon Championships in London, Great Britain, day 12:
 * Women's singles final: Serena Williams  [6] def. Agnieszka Radwańska [3] 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
 * Williams wins her fifth Wimbledon singles title, and her 14th Grand Slam singles title overall.
 * Men's doubles final: Jonathan Marray / Frederik Nielsen  [WC] def. Robert Lindstedt  / Horia Tecău  [5] 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–3
 * Marray and Nielsen win their first title. Marray becomes the first British man to win a Wimbledon seniors title since 1936.
 * Women's doubles final: Serena Williams / Venus Williams  def. Andrea Hlaváčková  / Lucie Hradecká  [6] 7–5, 6–4
 * The Williams sisters win their fifth Wimbledon doubles title, and their 13th Grand Slam doubles title overall.

Volleyball

 * FIVB World League Final round in Sofia, Bulgaria:
 * Semifinals:
 *  3–0
 *  3–0

Athletics

 * IAAF Diamond League:
 * Meeting Areva in Saint-Denis, France:

Basketball

 * FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Caracas, Venezuela:
 * Quarterfinals:
 *  80–65
 * 79–80 
 * 72–76 
 *  86–76
 * Stanković Continental Champions' Cup in Guangzhou, China:
 * Group Stage:
 * 85–54
 * 61–76

Cycling

 * Tour de France:
 * Stage 6: Peter Sagan   André Greipel   Matthew Goss
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Fabian Cancellara  Bradley Wiggins   Sylvain Chavanel
 * Points: [[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Peter Sagan, Mountains: [[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Michael Mørkøv , Young: [[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Tejay van Garderen , Team: Jersey yellow number.svg Team Sky , Combat: Jersey red number.svg David Zabriskie
 * Tour of Austria:
 * Stage 6: Sacha Modolo   Daniele Colli   Danilo Napolitano
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Jakob Fuglsang
 * Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques:
 * Stage 4: Adrian Honkisz   Matej Mugerli   Luc Hagenaars
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Marko Kump

Football (soccer)

 * Arab Nations Cup in Saudi Arabia:
 * Final:  1–1 (1–3 Pen.)  🇲🇦 morocco
 * UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in Tallinn, Estonia:
 * Group A:
 * 1–4
 * 3–3
 * Group B:
 * 1–0
 * 1–2

Motorsports

 * 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series at the Daytona International Speedway, United States:
 * Kurt Busch  Ricky Stenhouse Jr.   Michael Annett
 * 2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship at the Townsville Street Circuit, Australia:
 * Alex Davison  Jonny Reid   Craig Baird
 * 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series at the Townsville Street Circuit, Australia:
 * Scott McLaughlin  Nick Percat   Chaz Mostert

Tennis

 * Wimbledon Championships in London, Great Britain, day 11:
 * Men's Singles semifinals:
 * Roger Federer [3] def. Novak Djokovic  [1] 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
 * Andy Murray [4] def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  [5] 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Volleyball

 * FIVB World League Final round in Sofia, Bulgaria:
 * Pool E: 3–0
 * Pool F: 3–0

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Cycling

 * Tour de France:
 * Stage 5: André Greipel   Matthew Goss   Juan José Haedo
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Fabian Cancellara  Bradley Wiggins   Sylvain Chavanel
 * Points: [[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Peter Sagan, Mountains: [[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Michael Mørkøv , Young: [[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Tejay van Garderen , Team: Jersey yellow number.svg Team Sky , Combat: Jersey red number.svg Mathieu Ladagnous
 * Tour of Qinghai Lake:
 * Stage 7: Aldo Ino Ilesic   Jake Keough   Cristian Benenati
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Hossein Alizadeh
 * Tour of Austria:
 * Stage 5: Fabio Taborre   Marco Bandiera   Matthias Brändle
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Jakob Fuglsang
 * Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques:
 * Stage 3: André Schulze   Andrea Palini   Marko Kump
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] André Schulze
 * Giro d'Italia Femminile:
 * Stage 7: Marianne Vos   Emma Johansson   Fabiana Luperini
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Marianne Vos
 * Tour de Feminin:
 * Stage 1: Larisa Pankova   Rozanne Slik   Kirsten Wild
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Larisa Pankova

Cricket

 * ICC World Cricket League Championship in Dublin, Ireland:
 * undefined 163 (47 overs); 🇦🇫 afghanistan 104 (33.1 overs). Ireland win by 59 runs.

Equestrianism

 * Show jumping: FEI Nations Cup:
 * 5th competition: FEI Nations Cup of Germany in Aachen (CSIO 5*):  (Eugénie Angot, Roger-Yves Bost, Pénélope Leprevost, Olivier Guillon)   (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Janne Friederike Meyer, Marco Kutscher)  🇮🇪 (Denis Lynch, Dermott Lennon, Billy Twomey, Cian O'Connor)

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Europa League First qualifying round, first leg:
 * Khazar Lankaran 2–2 Nõmme Kalju
 * Narva Trans 0–5 Inter Baku
 * Renova 4–0 Libertas
 * Jagodina 0–1 Ordabasy
 * KuPS 2–1 Llanelli
 * Levadia Tallinn 1–0 Šiauliai
 * Baku 0–0 Mura 05
 * Elfsborg 8–0 Floriana
 * Rudar Pljevlja 0–1 Shirak
 * Pyunik 0–3 Zeta
 * JJK 2–0 Stabæk
 * Differdange 03 3–0 NSÍ Runavík
 * Dacia Chişinău 1–0 Celje
 * Sūduva Marijampolė 0–1 Daugava
 * Tirana 2–0 Grevenmacher
 * Torpedo Kutaisi 1–1 Aktobe
 * Birkirkara 2–2 Metalurg Skopje
 * FC Santa Coloma 0–1 Osijek
 * Sarajevo 5–2 Hibernians
 * Twente 6–0 UE Santa Coloma
 * Lech Poznań 2–0 Zhetysu
 * Olimpija Ljubljana 3–0 Jeunesse Esch
 * EB/Streymur 3–1 Gandzasar
 * MTK Budapest 1–1 Senica
 * Cefn Druids 0–0 MYPA
 * Flamurtari Vlorë 0–1 Honvéd
 * Teuta Durrës 0–3 Metalurgi Rustavi
 * La Fiorita 0–2 Liepājas Metalurgs
 * Bohemians 0–0 Þór Akureyri
 * Cliftonville 1–0 Kalmar FF
 * St. Patrick's Athletic 1–0 ÍBV
 * Bangor City 0–0 Zimbru Chişinău
 * Crusaders 0–3 Rosenborg
 * Borac Banja Luka 2–2 Čelik Nikšić
 * FH 2–1 Eschen/Mauren
 * UEFA Women's U-19 Championship in Turkey:
 * Group A:
 * 0–1
 * 1–0
 * Group B:
 * 4–0
 * 1–5
 * Arab Nations Cup in Saudi Arabia:
 * Third place play-off:
 * 0–1 🇮🇶 iraq
 * Arab U-20 Championship in Amman, Jordan:
 * Group B:
 * 1–4
 * 0–0 🇱🇾 libya
 * Arab U-17 Championship in Tunisia:
 * Group A:
 * 0–2
 * 4–0 🇹🇳 tunisia

Tennis

 * Wimbledon Championships in London, Great Britain, day 10:
 * Women's singles semifinals:
 * Agnieszka Radwańska  [3] def. Angelique Kerber [8] 6–3, 6–4
 * Serena Williams  [6] def. Victoria Azarenka [2] 6–3, 7–6(8–6)

Volleyball

 * FIVB World League Final round in Sofia, Bulgaria:
 * Pool E: 3–2
 * Pool F: 2–3

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Basketball

 * FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Caracas, Venezuela:
 * Group A: 98–84
 * Group B: 86–80
 * Group C: 84–69
 * Group D: 64–68

Cricket

 * Australia in England:
 * 3rd ODI in Birmingham: Match abandoned without a ball bowled, England lead the 5-match series 2–0.
 * Pakistan in Sri Lanka:
 * 2nd Test in Colombo, day 5: 🇵🇰 pakistan 551/6d (147 overs) & 100/2d (18 overs); undefined 391 (124.4 overs) & 86/2 (22 overs). Match drawn, Sri Lanka lead the 3-match series 1–0.
 * ICC World Cricket League Championship:
 * 1st ODI in Dublin: undefined v 🇦🇫 afghanistan, Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

Cycling

 * Tour de France:
 * Stage 4: André Greipel   Alessandro Petacchi   Tom Veelers
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Fabian Cancellara  Bradley Wiggins   Sylvain Chavanel
 * Points: [[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Peter Sagan, Mountains: [[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Michael Mørkøv , Young: [[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Tejay van Garderen , Team: Jersey yellow number.svg Team Sky , Combat: Jersey red number.svg Yukiya Arashiro
 * Tour of Qinghai Lake:
 * Stage 6: Luka Mezgec   Kiel Reijnen   Maksym Averin
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Hossein Alizadeh
 * Tour of Austria:
 * Stage 4: Jakob Fuglsang   Leopold König   Robert Vrečer
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Jakob Fuglsang
 * Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques:
 * Stage 1: Jeff Vermeulen   Ralf Matzka   André Schulze
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Jeff Vermeulen
 * Stage 2: André Schulze   Marko Kump   Michael Schweizer
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] André Schulze
 * Sibiu Cycling Tour:
 * Prologue: Jon Einar Bergsland   Ioannis Tamouridis   Joeri Adams
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Jon Einar Bergsland
 * Giro d'Italia Femminile:
 * Stage 6: Shelley Olds   Marianne Vos   Giorgia Bronzini
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Marianne Vos

Football (soccer)

 * Copa Libertadores Finals second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Corinthians 🇧🇷 2–0 (1–1) 🇦🇷 Boca Juniors. Corinthians win 3–1 on aggregate.
 * Arab U–17 Cup in Tunisia:
 * Group C: 0–3 🇾🇪 yemen
 * Arab U-20 Championship in Amman, Jordan
 * Group A:
 * 2–3
 * 1–1

Inline hockey

 * Men's Junior World Inline Hockey Championship in Bucaramanga, Colombia:
 * Group stage:
 * Ecuador 🇪🇨 2–10 🇧🇷 Brazil
 * Mexico 🇲🇽 5–3 🇦🇺 Australia
 * Switzerland 0–4 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
 * Colombia 🇨🇴 – 🇪🇨 Ecuador
 * United States 🇺🇸 –
 * Women's World Inline Hockey Championship in Bucaramanga, Colombia:
 * Group stage:
 * Argentina 🇦🇷 9–0 🇧🇷 Brazil
 * Mexico 🇲🇽 0–1 🇦🇺 Australia
 * Canada 🇨🇦 –
 * Colombia 🇨🇴 – 🇦🇺 Australia
 * United States 🇺🇸 – 🇪🇸

Poker

 * World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, United States:
 * Event #54: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
 * Will Jaffe  Luis Campelo   Joseph Kuether
 * Event #56: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
 * Tomas Junek  David Borg   Donald Vogel

Tennis

 * Wimbledon Championships in London, Great Britain, day 9:
 * Men's Singles Quarterfinals:
 * Novak Djokovic  [1] def. Florian Mayer [31] 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
 * Roger Federer  [3] def. Mikhail Youzhny [26] 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
 * Andy Murray  [4] def. David Ferrer [7] 6–7(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
 * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  [5] def. Philipp Kohlschreiber [27] 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2

Volleyball

 * FIVB World League Final round in Sofia, Bulgaria:
 * Pool E: 3–1
 * Pool F: 3–0

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Basketball

 * FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Caracas, Venezuela:
 * Group A: 52–93
 * Group B: 82–100
 * Group C: 85–95
 * Group D: 84–62
 * FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania:
 * Group A:
 * 71–68
 * 88–73
 * 86–50
 * Group B:
 * 83–62
 * 106–59
 * 82–78

Bridge

 * European Youth Pairs Championships in Vejle, Denmark:
 * Mixed pairs: Justyna Zmuda / Bartlomiej Igla   Joanna Taczewska / Piotr Zatorski   Signe Buus Thomsen / Dennis Bilde

Bowling

 * World Youth Bowling Championships in Bangkok, Thailand:
 * Boys masters: Daniel Fransson   Chris Via   Sam Cooley  and Marshall Kent
 * Girls masters: Hwang Yeon-ju   Jacqueline J Sijore   Bernice Lim  and Dayang Khairuniza

Cycling

 * Tour de France:
 * Stage 3: Peter Sagan   Edvald Boasson Hagen   Peter Velits
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Fabian Cancellara  Bradley Wiggins   Sylvain Chavanel
 * Points: [[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Peter Sagan, Mountains: [[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Michael Mørkøv , Young: [[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Tejay van Garderen , Team: Jersey yellow number.svg Team Sky , Combat: Jersey red number.svg Michael Mørkøv
 * Tour of Austria:
 * Stage 3: Sacha Modolo   Daniel Schorn   Francesco Gavazzi
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Danilo Di Luca
 * Tour of Qinghai Lake:
 * Stage 5: Juan José Lobato   Kiel Reijnen   Artur Ershov
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Hossein Alizadeh
 * Giro d'Italia Femminile:
 * Stage 5: Tiffany Cromwell   Giorgia Bronzini   Valentina Scandolara
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Marianne Vos

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Champions League First qualifying round, first leg:
 * F91 Dudelange 7–0 Tre Penne
 * Valletta 8–0 Lusitanos
 * Linfield 0–0 B36 Tórshavn
 * UEFA Europa League First qualifying round, first leg:
 * Víkingur 0–6 Gomel
 * Shkëndija 0–0 Portadown
 * Arab Nations Cup in Saudi Arabia:
 * Semi finals:
 * 0–2 🇱🇾 libya
 *  2–1 🇮🇶 iraq
 * Arab U–17 Cup in Tunisia:
 * Group B: 1–7 🇮🇶 iraq
 * UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Estonia:
 * Group A:
 * 1–2 🇪🇸 spain
 * 0–3
 * Group B:
 * 1–1
 * 0–3 🇫🇷 france

Inline hockey

 * Men's Junior World Inline Hockey Championship in Bucaramanga, Colombia:
 * Group stage:
 * Mexico 🇲🇽 2–5
 * Ecuador 🇪🇨 0–16 Switzerland
 * Brazil 🇧🇷 0–16 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
 * Australia 🇦🇺 2–11
 * Czech Republic 🇨🇿 5–2 🇨🇴 Colombia
 * Women's World Inline Hockey Championship in Bucaramanga, Colombia:
 * Group stage:
 * Argentina 🇦🇷 1–12
 * Australia 🇦🇺 0–3
 * Brazil 🇧🇷 0–9
 * Spain 🇪🇸 8–0 🇨🇴 Colombia
 * Mexico 🇲🇽 0–7 🇪🇸

Poker

 * World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, United States:
 * Event #53: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
 * Jim Willerson  Vladimir Mefodichev   Hugh Henderson
 * Event #55: $1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop
 * Antonio Esfandiari  Sam Trickett   David Einhorn

Pool billiards

 * World Pool Team Championship in Beijing, China
 * Group A:
 * Indonesia 5–1 🇪🇪 Estonia
 * Philippines 6–0  Croatia
 * Group B:
 * Canada 🇨🇦 5–1 Malaysia
 * China 1 🇨🇳 6–0 🇫🇮 Finland
 * Group C:
 * Australia 🇦🇺 3–3 Singapore
 * China 2 🇨🇳 5–1 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
 * Group D:
 * Poland 🇵🇱 5–1 Vietnam
 * Japan 🇯🇵 2–4 🇸🇪 Sweden
 * Group E:
 * India 🇮🇳 5–1 South Africa
 * Great Britain 🇬🇧 3–3 🇰🇷 South Korea
 * Group F:
 * Norway 🇳🇴 4–2 Mongolia
 * Chinese Taipei 4–2 🇩🇪

Tennis

 * Wimbledon Championships in London, Great Britain, day 8:
 * Men's singles fourth round:
 * Florian Mayer  [31] def. Richard Gasquet [18] 6–3 6–1 3–6 6–2
 * David Ferrer  [7] def. Juan Martín del Potro [9] 6–3 6–2 6–3
 * Andy Murray  [4] def. Marin Čilić [16] 7–5 6–2 6–3
 * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  [5] def. Mardy Fish [10] 4–6 7–6 6–4 6–4
 * Philipp Kohlschreiber  [27] def. Brian Baker [Q] 6–1 7–6 6–3
 * Women's singles quarter finals:
 * Angelique Kerber  [8] def. Sabine Lisicki [15] 6–3 6–7 7–5
 * Serena Williams  [6] def. Petra Kvitová [4] 6–3 7–5
 * Victoria Azarenka  [2] def. Tamira Paszek [Q] 6–3 7–6
 * Agnieszka Radwańska  [3] def. Maria Kirilenko [17] 7–5, 4–6, 7–5

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Basketball

 * FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Caracas, Venezuela:
 * Group A: 107–63
 * Group B: 69–71
 * Group C: 91–56
 * Group D: 88–84

Bowling

 * World Youth Bowling Championships in Bangkok, Thailand:
 * Boys all events: Sam Cooley   Marshall Kent   Daniel Fransson
 * Girls all events: Hwang Yeon-ju   New Hui Fen   Kim Seon-jeong

Cycling
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 * Tour de France:
 * Stage 2: Mark Cavendish   André Greipel   Matthew Goss
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Fabian Cancellara  Bradley Wiggins   Sylvain Chavanel
 * Points: [[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Peter Sagan, Mountains: [[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Michael Mørkøv , Young: [[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Tejay van Garderen , Team: Jersey yellow number.svg Team Sky , Combat: Jersey red number.svg Anthony Roux


 * Tour of Qinghai Lake:
 * Stage 4: Luka Mezgec   Kiel Reijnen   Kevin Claeys
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Hossein Alizadeh
 * Tour of Austria:
 * Stage 2: Danilo Di Luca   Steve Morabito   Thomas Rohregger
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Danilo Di Luca
 * Giro d'Italia Femminile:
 * Stage 4: Marianne Vos   Emma Johansson   Tatiana Guderzo
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Marianne Vos

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Women's U-19 Championship in Turkey:
 * Group A:
 * 1–0
 * 0–0
 * Group B:
 * 0–1
 * 3–0
 * Arab U–17 Cup in Tunisia:
 * Group A:
 * 2–1 🇱🇾 libya
 * 4–2

Handball

 * Women's Junior World Handball Championship in Czech Republic:
 * Group A:
 * 22–37
 * 12–24
 * 25–26
 * Group B:
 * 20–29
 * 25–48
 * 15–22
 * Group C:
 * 27–34
 * 20–30
 * 25–38
 * Group D:
 * 24–22
 * 22–22
 * 20–33

Inline hockey

 * Men's Junior World Inline Hockey Championship in Bucaramanga, Colombia:
 * Group stage:
 * France 🇫🇷 11–2 🇦🇺 Australia
 * Czech Republic 🇨🇿 20–0 🇪🇨 Ecuador
 * Brazil 🇧🇷 1–8 Switzerland
 * United States 🇺🇸 9–1 🇲🇽 Mexico
 * Colombia 🇨🇴 4–0 🇧🇷 Brazil
 * Women's World Inline Hockey Championship in Bucaramanga, Colombia:
 * Group stage:
 * France 🇫🇷 6–3 🇦🇷 Argentina
 * United States 🇺🇸 3–1 🇲🇽 Mexico
 * Canada 🇨🇦 12–0 🇧🇷 Brazil
 * Colombia 🇨🇴 0–6
 * Spain 🇪🇸 7–1 🇦🇺 Australia

Pool billiards

 * World Pool Team Championship in Beijing, China
 * Group A:
 * Indonesia 6–0  Croatia
 * Philippines 5–1 🇪🇪 Estonia
 * Group B:
 * Canada 🇨🇦 4–2 🇫🇮 Finland
 * China 1 🇨🇳 4–2 Malaysia
 * Group C:
 * Australia 🇦🇺 3–3 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
 * China 2 🇨🇳 6–0 Singapore
 * Group D:
 * Poland 🇵🇱 3–3 🇸🇪 Sweden
 * Japan 🇯🇵 4–2 Vietnam
 * Group E:
 * South Korea 🇰🇷 5–1 South Africa
 * Great Britain 🇬🇧 6–0 🇮🇳 India
 * Group F:
 * Germany 🇩🇪 6–0 Mongolia
 * Chinese Taipei 6–0 🇳🇴 Norway

Softball

 * Women's World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City, United States
 * Gold medal match: United States 🇺🇸 3–0  🇦🇺 Australia
 * Bronze medal match: Canada 🇨🇦 11–8  Netherlands
 * 5th place play-off: Puerto Rico 4–1 🇧🇷 Brazil

Tennis

 * Wimbledon Championships in London, Great Britain, day 7:
 * Men's singles fourth round:
 * Novak Djokovic  [1] def. Viktor Troicki 6–3 6–1 6–3
 * Roger Federer  [3] def. Xavier Malisse 7–6 6–1 4–6 6–3
 * Mikhail Youzhny  def. Denis Istomin 6–3 5–7 6–4 6–7 7–5
 * Women's singles fourth round:
 * Sabine Lisicki  [15] def. Maria Sharapova [1] 6–4 6–3
 * Angelique Kerber  [8] def. Kim Clijsters 6–1 6–1
 * Agnieszka Radwańska [3] def. Camila Giorgi  [Q] 6–2 6–3
 * Maria Kirilenko [17] def. Peng Shuai  [30] 6–1 6–7 6–3
 * Serena Williams [6] def. Yaroslava Shvedova  [WC] 6–1 2–6 7–5
 * Petra Kvitová [4] def. Francesca Schiavone  [24] 4–6 7–5 6–1
 * Tamira Paszek def. Roberta Vinci  [21] 6–2 6–2
 * Victoria Azarenka [2] def. Ana Ivanovic  [14] 6–1 6–0

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Athletics

 * European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland:
 * Men:
 * 1500m: Henrik Ingebrigtsen   Florian Carvalho   David Bustos
 * 110m hurdles: Sergey Shubenkov   Garfield Darien   Artur Noga
 * Long jump: Sebastian Bayer   Luis Méliz   Michel Tornéus
 * Pole vault: Renaud Lavillenie   Björn Otto   Raphael Holzdeppe
 * 4 × 100 m relay: Brian Mariano / Churandy Martina / Giovanni Codrington / Patrick van Luijk   Julian Reus / Tobias Unger / Alexander Kosenkow / Lucas Jakubczyk   Ronald Pognon / Christophe Lemaitre / Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux / Emmanuel Biron
 * 4 × 400 m relay: Antoine Gillet / Jonathan Borlée / Jente Bouckaert / Kevin Borlée   Nigel Levine / Conrad Williams / Robert Tobin / Richard Buck   Jonas Plass / Kamghe Gaba / Eric Krüger / Thomas Schneider
 * Women:
 * 1500m: Aslı Çakır Alptekin   Gamze Bulut   Anna Mishchenko
 * 10,000m: Ana Dulce Félix   Joanne Pavey   Olha Skrypak
 * Discus throw: Sandra Perković   Nadine Müller   Natalya Semenova
 * Hammer throw: Anita Włodarczyk   Martina Hrašnová   Anna Bulgakova
 * 4 × 100 m relay: Leena Günther / Anne Cibis / Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto / Verena Sailer   Kadene Vassell / Dafne Schippers / Eva Lubbers / Jamile Samuel   Marika Popowicz / Daria Korczyńska / Marta Jeschke / Ewelina Ptak
 * 4 × 400 m relay: Yuilya Olishevska / Olha Zemlyak / Nataliya Pyhyda / Alina Lohvynenko   Phara Anacharsis / Lenora Guion Firmin / Marie Gayot / Floria Gueï   Zuzana Hejnová / Zuzana Bergrová / Jitka Bartoničková / Denisa Rosolová
 * Gold Coast Marathon in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia:
 * Men:
 * Marathon: Alemayehu Shumye   Robert Mwangi   Ernest Kebenei
 * Half marathon: Liam Adams   Harry Summers   Shinichi Yamashita
 * 10 km run: Patrick Tiernan   Hugh Williams   Daryl Crook
 * Women:
 * Marathon: Kaori Yoshida   Madoka Ogi   Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai
 * Half marathon: Alex Watson   Narumi Shirataki   Lisa Robertson
 * 10 km run: Lisa Jane Weightman   Emma Moffatt   Melanie Daniels
 * White Nights International Marathon in Saint Petersburg, Russia:
 * Men:
 * Marathon: Hassane Ahouchar   Geoffren Kiplagat Toroitich   Andrey Minakov
 * 10 km run: Dmitry Lukin   Artem Agapov   Mikhail Kulkov
 * Women:
 * Marathon: Vera Trubnikova   Tatiana Vilisova   Alevtina Ivanova
 * 10 km run: Maria Babich   Nyuganya Burtseva   Veronika Mihaylova

Basketball

 * FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women in Ankara, Turkey:
 * Final:  71–63
 * Qualified teams:, , , ,
 * FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania:
 * Group A:
 * 53–59
 * 58–63
 * 73–111
 * Group B:
 * 68–124
 * 83–91
 * 80–76

Beach volleyball

 * FIVB World Cup Tournament in Moscow, Russia:
 * Men's semi final:
 * Austria 🇦🇹 2–0 🇲🇽 Mexico
 * Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl 2–1 Lombardo Ontiveros / Ulises Ontiveros
 * Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst 2–0 Juan Virgen / Aldo Miramontes
 * Russia 🇷🇺 2–0 🇵🇱 Poland
 * Yury Bogatov / Dmitri Barsouk 2–0 Bartosz Losiak / Piotr Kantor
 * Konstantin Semenov / Serguei Prokopiev 2–0 Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz
 * Women's semi final:
 * Italy 🇮🇹 0–2 Netherlands
 * Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli 1–2 Madelein Meppelink / Sophie van Gestel
 * Laura Giombini / Viktoria Orsi Toth 0–2 Michelle Stiekema / Rimke Braakman
 * Russia 🇷🇺 2–0 🇨🇳
 * Anastasia Vasina / Anna Vozakova 2–1 Changning Zhang / Yuanyuan Ma
 * Maria Bratkova / Svetlana Popova 2–1 Fan Wang / Yuan Yue
 * All nations winning in the semi-final qualify one team to the 2012 Olympics.
 * CEV Men's Satellite Tournament in Lausanne, Switzerland:
 * Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher Finn Dittelbach / Steffen Drossler  Phil Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson

BMX

 * UCI Tour – Great Salt Lake Nationals in South Jordan, Utah, United States
 * Men: Sam Willoughby   Mike Day   Barry Nobles
 * Women: Caroline Buchanan   Dominique Daniels   Dani George

Bowling

 * World Youth Bowling Championships in Bangkok, Thailand:
 * Boys teams: Andrew Koff / Zack Hattori / Chris Via / Marshall Kent   Basil Low / Keith Saw / Ng Chiew Pang / Mark Wong   Kim Bolleby / Magnus Johnson / Daniel Fransson / Johan Hellden
 * Girls teams: Jessica Earnest / Kelsey Muther / Amanda Greene / Danielle McEwan   New Hui Fen / Ilma Nur Jannah / Krishna Darshini / Bernice Lim   Kim Seon-jeong / Oh Nuri / Kim Ga-ram / Hwang Yeon-ju

Canoeing

 * ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships in La Plagne, France
 * Men:
 * C1 Sprint: Guillaume Alzingre   Igor Gojic   Emil Milihram
 * C2 Sprint: Guillaume Alzingre / Yann Claudepierre   Damien Guyonnet / Gaetan Guyonnet   Michal Sramek / Lukas Tomek
 * K1 Sprint: Nejc Znidarcic   Tobias Bong   Ben Oakley
 * C1 Sprint team: Yann Claudepierre / Guillaume Alzingre / Louison Tanet   Igor Gojic / Tomislav Lepan / Emil Milihram   Ondrej Rolenc / Lukas Novosad / Tomas Kejklicek
 * C2 Sprint team: Yann Claudepierre / Guillaume Alzingre / Tom Bar / Mickaël Cordier / Damien Guyonnet / Gaetan Guyonnet   Michal Cuc / Jan Zdrahal / Michal Sramek / Lukas Tomek / Jan Šťastný / Ondrej Rolenc   Johannes Baumann / Lars Walter / Stephan Stiefenhoffer / Guido Wahl / Maik Schmitz / Matthias Nies
 * K1 Sprint team: Nejc Znidarcic / Tim Kolar / Maks Franceskin   Tomas Slovak / Karel Slepica / Richard Hala   Paolo Bifano / Mariano Bifano / Jaka Jazbec
 * Women:
 * C1 Sprint: Marjolaine Hecquet   Julie Paoletti   Hana Peterkova
 * K1 Sprint: Claire Bren   Laetitia Parage   Sixtine Malaterre
 * K1 Sprint team: Alke Overbeck / Manuela Stoberl / Sabine Füsser   Sixtine Malaterre / Laetitia Parage / Claire Bren   Sabine Eichenberger / Chantal Abgottspon / Melanie Mathys

Cricket

 * Australia in England:
 * 2nd ODI at The Oval, London: 🇦🇺 australia 251/7 (50 overs); 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 252/4 (45.4 overs). England win by 6 wickets and lead 5-match series 2–0.
 * New Zealand in West Indies:
 * 2nd T20I in Lauderhill, Florida: undefined 177/5 (20 overs); 🇳🇿 new zealand 116 (18.4 overs). West Indies win by 61 runs and win the 2-match series 2–0.
 * India women in England:
 * 1st ODI at Lord's, London: 229 (49.1 overs);  230/5 (49.3 overs). India win by 5 wickets and lead the 5-match series 1–0.
 * U-19 Asian Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
 * Final: 282/9 (50 overs);  282/8 (50 overs). Match tied.

Cycling

 * Tour de France:
 * Stage 1: Peter Sagan   Fabian Cancellara   Edvald Boasson Hagen
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Fabian Cancellara  Bradley Wiggins   Sylvain Chavanel
 * Points: [[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Fabian Cancellara, Mountains: [[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Michael Mørkøv , Young: [[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Tejay van Garderen , Team: Jersey yellow number.svg Team Sky , Combat: Jersey red number.svg Nicolas Edet
 * Czech Cycling Tour:
 * Stage 4: Matej Jurčo   Jaka Bostner   Josef Černý
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Frantisek Padour  Pavel Kochetkov   Sven van Luijk
 * Tour of Qinghai Lake in China:
 * Stage 3: Hossein Alizadeh   Walter Pedraza   Sergey Firsanov
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Hossein Alizadeh
 * Tour of Austria:
 * Stage 1: Alessandro Bazzana   Francesco Gavazzi   Marco Canola
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Alessandro Bazzana
 * Giro d'Italia Femminile:
 * Stage 3: Evelyn Stevens   Fabiana Luperini   Emma Pooley
 * General classification: [[Image:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Evelyn Stevens
 * Elorrio Classic in Elorrio, Spain:
 * Inmaculada Pereiro  Ana Santesteban   Irene San Sebastian
 * Classic Féminine Vienna Poitou-Charentes in France:
 * Audrey Cordon  Aude Biannic   Fiona Dutriaux

Darts

 * PDC Players Championship #10 in Crawley, Great Britain:
 * Final: Colin Lloyd  6–5 Andy Hamilton

Fencing

 * FIE Fencing World Cup in Leipzig, Germany:
 * Women's epée team: Poland   Estonia   Italy


 * FIE Fencing World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina:
 * Men's epée team: Hungary   Canada   Switzerland


 * FIE Fencing World Cup in Havana, Cuba:
 * Men's foil team: Italy   China   Egypt

Football (soccer)

 * UEFA Euro 2012 Final in Kyiv, Ukraine:  4–0 🇮🇹 italy
 * Spain wins the title for the second successive time and becomes the first team to do so.
 * Malaysia FAM League ends
 * Kuala Lumpur SPA [38p] Shahzan Muda [34p]  UiTM FC [34p]
 * Kuala Lumpur SPA wins promotion to the Malaysian Premier League

Golf

 * PGA Tour:
 * AT&T National in Bethesda, Maryland:
 * Tiger Woods  Bo Van Pelt   Adam Scott
 * Senior majors:
 * Senior Players Championship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
 * Joe Daley  Tom Lehman   Olin Browne
 * European Tour:
 * Irish Open in Portrush, Northern Ireland:
 * Jamie Donaldson  Rafael Cabrera-Bello   Anthony Wall
 * LPGA Tour:
 * Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Arkansas:
 * Ai Miyazato  Mika Miyazato  / Azahara Muñoz  (tied)

Handball

 * Women's Junior World Handball Championship in Czech Republic
 * Group A:
 *  29–19
 *  25–22
 *  37–22
 * Group B:
 *  42–13
 *  32–22
 *  19–18
 * Group C:
 *  37–29
 *  28–16
 *  33–15
 * Group D:
 * 29–32 
 *  37–28
 * 21–22 

Inline hockey

 * Women's World Inline Hockey Championship in Bucaramanga, Colombia:
 * Group stage:
 * Mexico 🇲🇽 3–0 🇨🇴 Colombia

Kiteboarding

 * Slalom World Championships in Westerland, Germany:
 * Men: Julien Kerneur   Maxime Nocher   Rolf van der Vlugt
 * Women: Katja Roose   Caroline Adrien   Kristin Boese

Motorsports

 * 2012 British Formula Three season at the Norisring, Germany:
 * Felix Serralles  Hannes van Asseldonk   Pietro Fantin
 * 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season at the Nürburgring, Germany:
 * Stoffel Vandoorne  Melville McKee   Pierre Gasly
 * 2012 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season at the Norisring in Germany:
 * Raffaele Marciello  Daniel Juncadella   Emil Bernstorff
 * 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season at the Nürburgring, Germany:
 * Nick Yelloly  Marco Sørensen   André Negrão
 * 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season at the Norisring, Germany:
 * Jamie Green  Martin Tomczyk   Bruno Spengler
 * 2012 FIM Motocross World Championship season in Uddevalla, Sweden:
 * MX1:
 * Race 1: Clement Desalle   Christophe Pourcel   Sébastien Pource
 * Race 2: Clement Desalle   Christophe Pourcel   Kevin Strijbos
 * MX2:
 * Race 1: Jeffrey Herlings   Tommy Searle   Joël Roelants
 * Race 2: Tommy Searle   Jeremy Van Horebeek   Dylan Ferrandis
 * MX3:
 * Race 1: Martin Michek   Klemen Gercar   Michael Staufer
 * Race 2: Martin Michek   Matthias Walkner   Klemen Gercar
 * 2012 Superbike World Championship season at Motorland Aragón, Spain
 * Race 1: Max Biaggi   Marco Melandri   Carlos Checa
 * Race 2: Marco Melandri   Eugene Laverty   Chaz Davies
 * 2012 Supersport World Championship season at Motorland Aragón, Spain
 * Sam Lowes  Fabien Foret   Sheridan Morais

Mountain biking

 * UCI World Cup in Windham, New York, United States:
 * Men downhill: Aaron Gwin   Steve Smith   Gee Atherton
 * Women downhill: Rachel Atherton   Tracey Hannah   Emmeline Ragot

Poker

 * World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, United States:
 * Event #50: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
 * Pete Vilandros  Kyle Julius   Dan Smith
 * Event #51: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship
 * Yen Dang  Debbie Pechac   Janet Howard
 * Event #52: $2,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed
 * Vanessa Selbst  Michael Saltzburg   Tam Hang

Pool billiards

 * World Pool Team Championship in Beijing, China
 * Group A:
 * Philippines 4–2  Indonesia
 * Croatia 5–1 🇪🇪 Estonia
 * Group B:
 * China 1 🇨🇳 5–1
 * Finland 🇫🇮 4–2 Malaysia
 * Group C:
 * China 2 🇨🇳 4–2 🇦🇺 Australia
 * Hong Kong 🇭🇰 3–3 Singapore
 * Group D:
 * Japan 🇯🇵 4–2 🇵🇱 Poland
 * Sweden 🇸🇪 3–3 Vietnam
 * Group E:
 * Great Britain 🇬🇧 6–0 South Africa
 * South Korea 🇰🇷 6–0 🇮🇳 India
 * Group F:
 * Chinese Taipei 6–0  Mongolia
 * Germany 🇩🇪 3–3 🇳🇴 Norway

Sepaktakraw

 * ISTAF Super Series in Bangkok, Thailand
 * Men:
 * Gold medal match: Thailand 🇹🇭 def. Malaysia   15–8 15–11 15–10
 * Bronze medal match: South Korea 🇰🇷 def. Singapore  15–10 15–8 9–15 15–11
 * Women:
 * Gold medal match: Thailand 🇹🇭 def. Vietnam   15–11 15–5 15–9
 * Bronze medal match: South Korea 🇰🇷 def. Malaysia  14–16 15–9 15–13 15–13

Ski jumping

 * Continental Cup in Stams, Austria:
 * Men's HS115: Lukas Müller   Anders Jacobsen   Dawid Kubacki

Snooker

 * Wuxi Classic in Wuxi, China
 * Final: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham 4–10 Ricky Walden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Softball

 * Women's World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City, United States
 * Group stage:
 * United States 🇺🇸 9–0 🇧🇷 Brazil
 * Australia 🇦🇺 4–0 Netherlands
 * Canada 🇨🇦 7–0 Puerto Rico
 * Canada 🇨🇦 13–0 🇧🇷 Brazil

X Games

 * X Games XVIII in Los Angeles, United States:
 * Open:
 * BMX Freestyle Big Air: Steve McCann   Zack Warden   Kevin Robinson
 * Men:
 * Skateboard: Paul Rodriguez   Ryan Sheckler   Nyjah Huston
 * RallyCross: Sébastien Loeb   Ken Block   Brian Deegan
 * Moto X Eduro X: Mike Brown   Cody Webb   Cory Graffunder
 * Women:
 * Moto X Eduro X: Maria Forsberg   Louise Forsley   Chantelle Bykerk

Volleyball

 * FIVB World Grand Prix:
 * Final Round in Ningbo, China:
 * 1–3
 * 3–0
 * 0–3
 * Final standings: United States 14 points, Brazil 13, Turkey 9, Thailand 5, China 4, Cuba 0.
 * The United States win the title for the fifth time.
 * FIVB World League, Week 4: (teams in bold advance to final round)
 * Pool C:
 * 3–0
 *  3–2
 * Pool D:
 * 2–3
 * ' 3–2 '