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- Baseball:
- Trade deadline deals:
- Manny Ramírez, increasingly alienated from his previous team, the Boston Red Sox, is sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-way deal. The Bosox receive Jason Bay from the Pittsburgh Pirates, who in turn receive four minor-leaguers, two from the Sox and two from the Dodgers. The Sox will also pay the remaining $7 million of Ramírez' salary.
- Ken Griffey, Jr. goes from his hometown Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for two players.
- The New York Yankees acquire catcher Iván Rodríguez from the Detroit Tigers for relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth. (The Windsor Star)
- Trade deadline deals:
- American football:
- Former Green Bay Packers quarterback and likely future Hall of Famer Brett Favre, who had announced his retirement after the 2008 season, faxes a letter seeking reinstatement to the NFL.
- Baseball:
- Seattle Mariners center fielder Ichiro Suzuki becomes the youngest player ever to amass 3,000 hits in his top-level professional career, reaching the milestone with a single on the first pitch he saw in the first inning of the Mariners' game against the Texas Rangers. The hit gave Ichiro 1,722 Major League Baseball hits to go with the 1,278 he amassed during his nine-year career with the Orix Blue Wave in Japan.
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 21 (Étampes > Paris Champs-Élysées):
- Template:(1)
Gert Steegmans Template:(2) 
Gerald Ciolek Template:(3) 
Óscar Freire
- Carlos Sastre wins the Tour de France, becoming the third successive Spanish rider to win the race, and the seventh in the history of the Tour. Cadel Evans
is 58 seconds later in the General Classification, taking second place for the second year in succession. Bernhard Kohl 
finishes in 3rd place. - Óscar Freire wins the points (green jersey) competition.
- Bernhard Kohl wins the King of the Mountain (polka dot jersey) competition, 48 points clear of Sastre.
- Andy Schleck
wins the youth (white jersey) competition. www.letour.fr
- Carlos Sastre
- Template:(1)
- Tour de France - Stage 21 (Étampes > Paris Champs-Élysées):
- Auto racing:
- Golf:
- PGA Tour:
- RBC Canadian Open in Oakville, Ontario
- PGA Tour rookie Chez Reavie
becomes the eighth golfer this season to win his first career PGA Tour event, cruising to a three-shot win over Billy Mayfair .
- PGA Tour rookie Chez Reavie
- RBC Canadian Open in Oakville, Ontario
- European Tour:
- LPGA Tour:
- Evian Masters in Evian-les-Bains, France:
- Helen Alfredsson
wins her first LPGA event since 2003 in a sudden-death playoff, eliminating Angela Park 
on the first extra hole and besting Na Yeon Choi 
on the third extra hole.
- Helen Alfredsson
- Evian Masters in Evian-les-Bains, France:
- PGA Tour:
- Tennis:
- ATP Tour:
- Canada Masters in Toronto, Canada:
- Rafael Nadal beat Nicolas Kiefer 6–3, 6–2
- WTA Tour:
- Dinara Safina
beat Flavia Pennetta 
6–4, 6–2
- Sara Errani beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3
- Dinara Safina
- ATP Tour:
- Beach soccer:
- FIFA World Cup in Marseille, France:
- Brazil beat Italy in the Plage du Prado to win the World Cup for the third time in a row. This was the first occasion that the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup has been held outside of Brazil.
- FIFA World Cup in Marseille, France:
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 20 (Cérilly > Saint-Amand-Montrond) (Time trial):
- Template:(1) Stefan Schumacher Template:(2)
Fabian Cancellara Template:(3) Kim Kirchen
- Cadel Evans makes up 29 seconds on Carlos Sastre to take second place in the General Classification, but remains 1'05" behind Sastre, who seems likely to win the race in Paris tomorrow.
- Cadel Evans
- Template:(1)
- Tour de France - Stage 20 (Cérilly > Saint-Amand-Montrond) (Time trial):
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- Australia 34–19
New Zealand at Sydney
- In the Bledisloe Cup opener, the Wallabies score a decisive win over the All Blacks to take pole position in the series.
- Australia
- Tri Nations Series:
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 19 (Roanne > Montluçon):
- Template:(1)
Sylvain Chavanel Template:(2) Jérémy Roy Template:(3) Gerald Ciolek
- The top ten positions in the General Classification remain unchanged.
- Template:(1)
- Tour de France - Stage 19 (Roanne > Montluçon):
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 18 (Le Bourg-d'Oisans > Saint-Étienne):
- Template:(1) Marcus Burghardt Template:(2) Carlos Barredo Template:(3) Romain Feillu
- All the leaders finish together in the peloton, so Carlos Sastre maintains his 1'24" lead in the general classification.
- All the leaders finish together in the peloton, so Carlos Sastre
- Template:(1)
- Tour de France - Stage 18 (Le Bourg-d'Oisans > Saint-Étienne):
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 17 (Embrun > Alpe d'Huez):
- Template:(1) Carlos Sastre Template:(2) Samuel Sánchez Template:(3) Andy Schleck
- Sastre takes the yellow jersey with a 1'24" lead over Fränk Schleck .
- Sastre takes the yellow jersey with a 1'24" lead over Fränk Schleck
- Template:(1)
- Tour de France - Stage 17 (Embrun > Alpe d'Huez):
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 16 (Cuneo > Jausiers):
- Template:(1) Cyril Dessel Template:(2) Sandy Casar Template:(3) David Arroyo
- Fränk Schleck still holds the yellow jersey.
- Fränk Schleck
- Template:(1)
- Tour de France - Stage 16 (Cuneo
- American football
- The New York Giants trade tight end Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints for two draft picks. (AP via Yahoo)
- Cricket
- South Africa in England:
- 2nd Test at Headingley, Leeds:
South Africa 522 (176.2 ov) & 9/0 (1.1 ov) beat 
England 203 (52.3 ov) & 327 (107 ov) by 10 wickets.
- South Africa lead 4-match series 1–0
- 2nd Test at Headingley, Leeds:
- South Africa in England:
- American football:
- The Miami Dolphins trade six-time Pro Bowl defensive end Jason Taylor to the Washington Redskins for two draft picks (NFL.com)
- Basketball:
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece - 3rd place playoff:
- Germany 96–82
Puerto Rico
- Germany qualifies for the Olympic tournament for the first time since 1992.
- Germany
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece - 3rd place playoff:
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 15 (Embrun > Prato Nevoso ):
- Template:(1) Simon Gerrans Template:(2) Egoi Martinez Template:(3) Danny Pate
- Fränk Schleck takes the yellow jersey as the Tour enters Italy, with a seven-second lead over Bernhard Kohl and eight seconds over Cadel Evans .
- Four-stage winner Mark Cavendish
withdraws before the start of the stage, citing fatigue and the need to prepare for the Beijing Olympics, while 2006 Tour de France winner Óscar Pereiro , crashes out of the race with a fractured shoulder on the descent from Col Agnel.
- Fränk Schleck
- Template:(1)
- Tour de France - Stage 15 (Embrun > Prato Nevoso
- Golf:
- PGA Tour and European Tour:
- The Open Championship in Southport, England
- Defending champion Pádraig Harrington
shakes off a wrist injury to shoot a 1-under par 69 to finish at 283 (+3), giving him a four-stroke victory over Ian Poulter and becoming the first European to win consecutive Opens since James Braid in 1905 and 1906. Third-round leader Greg Norman , attempting to become the oldest player ever to win a major, shoots 7-over 77 and finishes in a tie for third, six shots behind Harrington.
- Defending champion Pádraig Harrington
- The Open Championship in Southport, England
- PGA Tour:
- U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee in Brown Deer, Wisconsin
- Richard S. Johnson becomes the seventh golfer to record his first career PGA Tour win this season, winning by one shot over Ken Duke .
- Richard S. Johnson
- U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee in Brown Deer, Wisconsin
- LPGA Tour:
- State Farm Classic in Springfield, Illinois
- Ji Young Oh wins her first career LPGA event, defeating Yani Tseng
on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- Ji Young Oh
- State Farm Classic in Springfield, Illinois
- PGA Tour and European Tour:
- Tennis:
- ATP Tour:
- Final: Albert Montanes beat Steve Darcis 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
- Final: Gilles Simon beat Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-4
- Final: Juan Martin del Potro
beat Jurgen Melzer 6–2, 6–1
- Croatia Open Umag in Umag, Croatia:
- Final: Fernando Verdasco beat Igor Andreev 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)
- Final: Albert Montanes
- WTA Tour:
- Final: Aleksandra Wozniak
beat Marion Bartoli 7–5, 6–3
- Final: Pauline Parmentier beat Lucie Hradecka
6–4, 6–4
- Final: Aleksandra Wozniak
- ATP Tour:
- Basketball:
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece - Semifinals:
- Greece
88–63 Puerto Rico - Croatia
76–70 Germany
- Greece and Croatia qualify to the Olympic tournament. Puerto Rico and Germany will contest the last qualifying spot on Sunday.
- Greece
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece - Semifinals:
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 14 (Nîmes > Digne-les-Bains):
- Template:(1) Óscar Freire Template:(2)
Leonardo Duque Template:(3) Erik Zabel
- Cadel Evans retains his slender advantage of one second over Fränk Schleck as the race enters the Alps tomorrow.
- Cadel Evans
- Template:(1)
- Tour de France - Stage 14 (Nîmes > Digne-les-Bains):
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- Australia 16–9 South Africa in Perth
- Australia
- Tri Nations Series:
- Basketball:
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece - Quarterfinals:
- Greece 75–48 New Zealand
- Germany 78–65 Brazil
- Puerto Rico 81–70
Slovenia - Croatia 83–62 Canada
- Greece
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece - Quarterfinals:
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 13 (Narbonne > Nîmes):
- Template:(1) Mark Cavendish Template:(2) Robbie McEwen Template:(3) Romain Feillu
- Cavendish wins his fourth stage of this Tour. Cadel Evans retains the yellow jersey.
- Cavendish wins his fourth stage of this Tour. Cadel Evans
- Template:(1) Mark Cavendish
- Tour de France - Stage 13 (Narbonne > Nîmes):
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 12 (Lavelanet > Narbonne):
- Template:(1) Mark Cavendish Template:(2) Sebastien Chavanel Template:(3) Gert Steegmans
- Mark Cavendish becomes the first British cyclist ever to win three stages of the same Tour de France.
- Cadel Evans continues to wear the yellow jersey.
- Following the expulsion of Riccardo Riccò from the race after he tested positive for EPO, his Saunier Duval-Scott team withdraws from the Tour before the start of Stage 12.[1]
- Template:(1) Mark Cavendish
- Tour de France - Stage 12 (Lavelanet > Narbonne):
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 11 (Lannemezan > Foix):
- Template:(1) Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Template:(2) Martin Elmiger Template:(3) Alessandro Ballan
- Cadel Evans retains the yellow jersey.
- Cadel Evans
- Template:(1) Kurt-Asle Arvesen
- Tour de France - Stage 11 (Lannemezan > Foix):
- Basketball:
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece:
- Group A: Greece 89–69 Brazil
- Group B: Germany 89–71 New Zealand
- Group C: Canada 79–77 South Korea
- Canada overturns 12-pts deficit in the last 3 minutes to secure its place in the quarter-finals.
- Group D: Croatia 95–81 Puerto Rico
- Group A: Greece
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece:
- Baseball:
- MLB All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York:
- American League 4, National League 3, 15 innings.
- A base hit by Texas' Michael Young ends the longest All-Star Game in time (4 hours and 50 minutes) and tied for longest game innings played (with the 1967 game in Anaheim, California) and gives the AL home field advantage for the sixth straight year in the 2008 World Series.
- American League 4, National League 3, 15 innings.
- MLB All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York:
- Basketball:
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece
- Group A: Brazil 94 – 54
Lebanon - Group B: Germany 104 – 68
Cape Verde - Group C: Slovenia 86 – 70 Canada
- Group D: Puerto Rico 81 – 72
Cameroon
- Greece, Brazil, Germany, New Zealand, Slovenia, Croatia and Puerto Rico qualify to the quarterfinals. The last spot will be contested on Wednesday between Canada and Korea.
- Group A: Brazil
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 10 (Pau > Hautacam):
- Template:(1) Leonardo Piepoli Template:(2) Juan José Cobo Template:(3) Fränk Schleck
- Cadel Evans takes the yellow jersey, with one second lead over Schleck.
- Cadel Evans
- Template:(1) Leonardo Piepoli
- Tour de France - Stage 10 (Pau > Hautacam):
- Basketball:
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece
- Group A: Greece 119–62 Lebanon
- Group B: New Zealand 77–50 Cape Verde
- Group C: Slovenia 88–76 South Korea
- Group D: Croatia 93–79 Cameroon
- Group A: Greece
- World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Athens, Greece
- Auto racing:
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 9 (Toulouse > Bagneres-de-Bigorre):
- Template:(1) Riccardo Riccò Template:(2) Vladimir Efimkin Template:(3) Cyril Dessel
- Kim Kirchen continues to wear the yellow jersey.
- Kim Kirchen
- Template:(1) Riccardo Riccò
- Tour de France - Stage 9 (Toulouse > Bagneres-de-Bigorre):
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 8 (Figeac > Toulouse):
- Template:(1) Mark Cavendish Template:(2) Gerald Ciolek Template:(3) Jimmy Casper
- The last stage before the Tour enters the Pyrenees ends in a mass sprint, with Kim Kirchen retaining the yellow jersey.
- Template:(1) Mark Cavendish
- Tour de France - Stage 8 (Figeac > Toulouse):
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- New Zealand (15) 28 - (17) 30 South Africa in Dunedin
- The Springboks defeat the All Blacks two tries to one to break an historic 30 match-unbeaten home record for the All Blacks. It marks the Boks' first win in New Zealand in ten years, and will also return the rugby world champions to the top spot in the IRB World Rankings, which they had lost to the All Blacks last week.
- New Zealand
- Tri Nations Series:
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 7 (Brioude > Aurillac):
- Template:(1) Luis León Sánchez Template:(2) Stefan Schumacher Template:(3) Filippo Pozzato
- Kim Kirchen retains the yellow jersey.
- At stage's end, news broke of a failed drugs test by Spanish rider Manuel Beltrán. He was ejected from the tour.
- Template:(1) Luis León Sánchez
- Tour de France - Stage 7 (Brioude > Aurillac):
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 6 (Aigurande > Super-Besse Sancy):
- Template:(1) Riccardo Riccò Template:(2) Alejandro Valverde Template:(3) Cadel Evans
- The first mountain stage of the Tour, an intermediate climbing stage in the Massif Central, sees Kim Kirchen take over the yellow jersey after previous race leader Stefan Schumacher crashes near the finish.
- The first mountain stage of the Tour, an intermediate climbing stage in the Massif Central, sees Kim Kirchen
- Template:(1) Riccardo Riccò
- Tour de France - Stage 6 (Aigurande > Super-Besse Sancy):
- Cycling:
- Tour de France - Stage 4, ITT (Cholet):
- Template:(1) Stefan Schumacher Template:(2) Kim Kirchen Template:(3) David Millar
- The first time trial of the Tour causes the expected shakeup in the general classification, with the top five finishers in the stage taking over the top five places, in the same order, in the GC. Schumacher becomes the third different rider in four days to don the yellow jersey.
- Template:(1) Stefan Schumacher
- Tour de France - Stage 4, ITT (Cholet):
- Basketball:
- Former Los Angeles Clippers swingman and free agent Corey Maggette signs with the Golden State Warriors.
- Auto racing:
- Formula One:
- FIA GT Championship:
- Oschersleben 2 Hours, at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany:
- Template:(1) Karl Wendlinger & Ryan Sharp Template:(2) Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer & Alex Müller Template:(3) Jean-Denis Délétraz & Marcel Fässler
- Template:(1) Karl Wendlinger
- Oschersleben 2 Hours, at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany:
- IRL:
- V8 Supercar:
- Baseball:
- The Cleveland Indians trade three-time All-Star pitcher CC Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for four minor leaguers. (Yahoo Sports)
- Seven players from the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox are named to the rosters for next week's 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
- Cricket:
- Asia Cup - Final:
- Australia in the West Indies:
- 5th ODI at Basseterre: Australia 341/8 (50 ov) beat
West Indies 172 (39.5 ov) by 169 runs
- Australia win the series 5-0
- 5th ODI at Basseterre:
- Tennis:
- 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Gentlemen's Singles Final:
- Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7
- 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Gentlemen's Singles Final:
- Tennis:
- 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Ladies' Singles Final:
- Venus Williams def. Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4
- 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Ladies' Singles Final:
- Cricket:
- Australia in the West Indies:
- 4th ODI at Basseterre: Australia 282/8 (50 overs) beat West Indies 281/6 (50 overs) by 1 run.
- Australia lead 5-match series 4-0.
- 4th ODI at Basseterre:
- Asia Cup - Super Fours:
Pakistan 116/0 (19.4 overs) beat 
Bangladesh 115/10 (38.2 overs) by 10 wickets (with 182 balls remaining).
- India and Sri Lanka reach the final
- Australia in the West Indies:
- Cricket:
- Asia Cup - Super Fours:
- Tri-Series in Scotland:
- New Zealand 102/2 (14.4 ov) beat
Scotland 101 (33.2 ov) by 8 wickets
- New Zealand win the tri-series.
- Basketball:
- Clay Bennett and the city of Seattle announce a settlement in the city's lawsuit that attempted to keep the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics in the city. Bennett agrees to pay the city $45 million immediately, with an additional $30 million possible if other conditions are met. The team is now free to move to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season, while the Sonics' name and colors will remain with Seattle, and the Sonics' history will be shared between the Oklahoma City team and any future Seattle team. (ESPN)
- Cricket:
- Associates Tri-Series in Scotland:
- 1st ODI: New Zealand 402/2 (50 ov) beat
Ireland 112 (28.4 ov) by 290 runs
- New Zealand's 290 run win over Ireland is a new world record for the biggest margin of victory by runs. The previous world record was India's 257 run drubbing of Bermuda in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
- 1st ODI:
- Bermuda in Canada:
- Associates Tri-Series in Scotland:
