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31 August 2007 (Friday)
- Basketball:
- Philippine NCAA basketball tournament 2007
- Juniors: Шаблон:UAAPteam 98–96 Шаблон:UAAPteam-rt
- Seniors: Шаблон:UAAPteam 87–84 Шаблон:UAAPteam-rt
- After the second game, Letran players and San Beda supporters engaged in a brawl at the Araneta Coliseum (ABS-CBN News)
- Philippine NCAA basketball tournament 2007
30 August 2007 (Thursday)
- American football:
- NCAA Division I Top 25:
- (2) LSU 45, Mississippi State 0
- (10) Louisville 73, Murray State 10
- (16) Rutgers 38, Buffalo 3
- (24) Boise State 56, Weber State 7
- NCAA Division I Top 25:
- Basketball:
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 quarterfinals at Las Vegas
- Uruguay and Canada are eliminated from contention, although Canada qualifies for the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament.
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 quarterfinals at Las Vegas
29 August 2007 (Wednesday)
- Basketball:
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 quarterfinals at Las Vegas
- Mexico and Venezuela are eliminated from contention.
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 quarterfinals at Las Vegas
- Football (soccer)
- 2007 SuperLiga finals at The Home Depot Center, Carson, California
- Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 C.F. Pachuca, C.F. Pachuca wins 4–3 on penalties
- 2007 SuperLiga finals at The Home Depot Center, Carson, California
28 August 2007 (Tuesday)
- Basketball:
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 quarterfinals at Las Vegas
27 August 2007 (Monday)
- National Football League:
- Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation: Michael Vick pleads guilty to federal dog fighting charges and apologizes to fans. (AP via Yahoo)Шаблон:Dead link
- Major League Baseball:
- In a complete housecleaning, the Houston Astros fire both manager Phil Garner and General Manager Tim Purpura. Cecil Cooper will take over as manager for the remainder of the season and team president Tal Smith will add interim GM duties until a replacement is named. Smith was previously Astros General Manager from 1975 through 1980. (Houston Chronicle)
- The Cleveland Indians turn a 5–4–3 triple play in the seventh inning of their 8–3 win over the Minnesota Twins. It's the Indians' first triple play since 1992 and first on a ground ball since 1981. (AP via Yahoo)
- Basketball:
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 quarterfinals at Las Vegas
- Argentina and USA secured berths for the semifinals.
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 quarterfinals at Las Vegas
26 August 2007 (Sunday)
- Football (soccer)
- 2007 ONGC Nehru Cup at India
- The 2007–08 Serie "A" season begins in Italy.
- Auto racing:
- Formula One: Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul, Turkey.
- (1) Felipe Massa Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Kimi Räikkönen Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Fernando Alonso Шаблон:Flagicon
- Champ Car: Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.
- Cricket
- Baseball
- 2007 Little League World Series Championship Game
- Шаблон:FlagiconШаблон:Flagicon Warner Robins, Georgia 3, Шаблон:Flagicon Tokyo Kitasuna 2 (8 innings)
- Basketball
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 at Las Vegas
- Panama and The Virgin Islands are eliminated from the tournament.
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 at Las Vegas
25 August 2007 (Saturday)
- Basketball
- FIBA Africa Championship 2007 at Angola
- Final: Шаблон:Bk 86–72 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 at Las Vegas
- Group A: Шаблон:Bk 82–79 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group A: Шаблон:Bk 104–83 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group B: Шаблон:Bk 113–63 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group B: Шаблон:Bk 93–89 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- FIBA Africa Championship 2007 at Angola
- Auto racing:
- (1) Carl Edwards (2) Kasey Kahne (3) Clint Bowyer
- Edwards wins his second race of the season, and clinches a spot in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart also clinch spots in the Chase.
- Cricket:
24 August 2007 (Friday)
- National Football League
- The National Football League suspends Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick indefinitely and without pay after his guilty plea to criminal charges stemming from a dogfighting ring.
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- Шаблон:Cr 329/7 (50 ov.) beat Шаблон:Cr 320/8 by 9 runs.
- India and England are tied 1–1 with 5 to play.
- Dimitri Mascarenhas scores his first ODI fifty
- Шаблон:Cr 329/7 (50 ov.) beat Шаблон:Cr 320/8 by 9 runs.
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- Basketball:
- FIBA Oceania Championship 2007 at Australia
- Non-bearing game: Шаблон:Bk 67–58 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- FIBA Africa Championship 2007 at Angola
- 3rd place: Шаблон:Bk 53–51 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- 5th place: Шаблон:Bk 83–82 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 at Las Vegas
- Group A: Шаблон:Bk 95–90 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group A: Шаблон:Bk 87–75 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group B: Шаблон:Bk 93–83 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group B: Шаблон:Bk 101–75 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- FIBA Oceania Championship 2007 at Australia
23 August 2007 (Thursday)
- Basketball:
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 at Las Vegas
- Group A: Шаблон:Bk 90–69 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group A: Шаблон:Bk 108–67 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group B: Шаблон:Bk 80–73 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group B: Шаблон:Bk 123–59 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- FIBA Africa Championship 2007 at Angola
- Semifinals
- Шаблон:Bk 93–60 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Шаблон:Bk 58–52 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Classification games
- 7th place: Шаблон:Bk 69–63 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- 9th place: Шаблон:Bk 79–68 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- 11th place: Шаблон:Bk 78–74 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- 13th place: Шаблон:Bk 97–85 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- 15th place: Шаблон:Bk 92–84 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Semifinals
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 at Las Vegas
22 August 2007 (Wednesday)
- Football (soccer) 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
- Group A: Шаблон:Fb 2–1 Шаблон:Fb-rt
- Group A: Шаблон:Fb 3–2 Шаблон:Fb-rt
- Group A: Шаблон:Fb 1–1 Шаблон:Fb-rt
- Group D: Шаблон:Fb 0–1 Шаблон:Fb-rt
- Group E: Шаблон:Fb 2–1 Шаблон:Fb-rt
- Group F: Шаблон:Fb 3–1 Шаблон:Fb-rt
- Cricket
- Basketball:
- FIBA Oceania Championship 2007 at Australia
- Шаблон:Bk 93–67 Шаблон:Bk-rt, Australia win best-of-3 series, 2–0, and clinch a berth in the 2008 Olympic tournament.
- FIBA Americas Championship 2007 at Las Vegas
- Group A: Шаблон:Bk 88–84 (OT) Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group A: Шаблон:Bk 100–89 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group B: Шаблон:Bk 75–67 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group B: Шаблон:Bk 112–69 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- FIBA Oceania Championship 2007 at Australia
- Major League Baseball:
- In the first game of a doubleheader, the Texas Rangers set a modern-era (post-1900) MLB single-game record by scoring 30 runs in a 30–3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. With a 9–7 victory in the second game, the Rangers also set the record for runs by a single team in a doubleheader, with 39. It is the first time a team has scored at least 30 runs since 1897.
21 August 2007 (Tuesday)
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR: 3M Performance 400 in Brooklyn, Michigan (postponed from August 19 due to rain).
- (1) Kurt Busch (2) Martin Truex Jr. (3) Jimmie Johnson
- Kurt Busch wins in a green-white-checker finish after Greg Biffle spun out with two laps remaining. Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin became the first to clinch spots in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup.
- NFL:
- The Kansas City Chiefs and running back Larry Johnson agreed to a five-year, $43.2 million (US) contract.
- College football:
- After seven decades playing at the Miami Orange Bowl, the Miami Hurricanes will move after the 2007 season to Dolphin Stadium in nearby Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP via ESPN.com)
- Cricket
- Basketball: FIBA Africa Championship 2007 quarterfinals at Angola
20 August 2007 (Monday)
- National Football League:
- The lead attorney for Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick announces that Vick will plead guilty in a plea bargain to federal charges stemming from an investigation into his dog fighting activities. (Fox News (USA))
- Major League Baseball:
- Against the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks gives up a single to the first batter he faces, Joey Gathright. The hit ends Jenks' streak of consecutive batters retired at 41. Jenks, who had not allowed a base runner since July 17, remains tied with Jim Barr for the Major League record for consecutive batters retired. Jenks picks up the save in the Sox' 4–3 win.
19 August 2007 (Sunday)
- Baseball:
- Minnesota Twins pitcher Johan Santana strikes out 17 batters in eight innings against the Texas Rangers to set a franchise record for strikeouts in a game. Twins closer Joe Nathan adds two strikeouts in the ninth and combines with Santana in a two-hit shutout. Minnesota wins, 1–0. (AP via Yahoo)
18 August 2007 (Saturday)
- Softball: 2007 Junior League World Series at Kirkland, Washington:
- Baseball: 2007 Junior League World Series at Taylor, Michigan:
- Basketball: FIBA Oceania Championship 2007 at Australia
- Шаблон:Bk 79–67 Шаблон:Bk-rt, Australia leads best-of-3 series, 1–0.
17 August 2007 (Friday)
16 August 2007 (Thursday)
15 August 2007 (Wednesday)
- Basketball
- Referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to two federal charges related to the investigation regarding betting on NBA games. (USA Today)(History and the Headlines)
14 August 2007 (Tuesday)
- Baseball:
- Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox is ejected in the fifth inning of the Braves' 5–4 win over the San Francisco Giants. The ejection is the 132nd of Cox's career, breaking the record set by John McGraw more than 70 years ago. (AP via Yahoo)
13 August 2007 (Monday)
- Baseball:
- Hall of Fame member and longtime New York Yankees shortstop and announcer Phil Rizzuto dies at the age of 89 in a nursing home in West Orange, New Jersey. (AP via Yahoo)
- Cricket:
12 August 2007 (Sunday)
- Golf: PGA Championship
- Tiger Woods wins his 13th major championship by 2 strokes, over Woody Austin, with a four-day total of 272 (−8).
- Auto racing:
- (1) Tony Stewart (2) Denny Hamlin (3) Jimmie Johnson
- Stewart takes advantage of a spinout by leader Jeff Gordon with two laps remaining to win.
- Cricket:
- Major League Baseball
- Detroit Tigers right fielder Magglio Ordóñez hits two home runs in the same inning, part of an eight-run second inning that propelled the Tigers to an 11–6 victory over the Oakland Athletics. He led off the second inning with a solo home run, then hit a three-run home run on his second at-bat of the inning. He is the second Tiger to accomplish the feat—the first was hall-of-famer Al Kaline, who did it in 1955 against the Athletics (who represented Kansas City at the time). For the game, Ordóñez went 2-for-3 with 2 walks.
11 August 2007 (Saturday)
- Auto racing:
- Cricket:
- Football:
- Opening Day of the 2007–08 English Premier League season.
- Golf: PGA Championship
- Sergio García is disqualified after signing an incorrect scorecard following the 3rd round. The scorecard, kept by playing partner Boo Weekley, showed a par 4 on the 17th hole, but his actual score was a 5. Tiger Woods held a 3 stroke lead, over Stephen Ames, with a three-day total of 203(−7).
- Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-ups
- Шаблон:Ru 15–21 Шаблон:Ru at Twickenham, London
- Шаблон:Ru 31–21 Ireland at Murrayfield, Edinburgh
10 August 2007 (Friday)
- Cricket:
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
- 3rd Test-2nd Day:Шаблон:Cr 664 lead Шаблон:Cr 24/1 (8 ov.) by 640 runs
- Anil Kumble scores his maiden test century.
- 3rd Test-2nd Day:Шаблон:Cr 664 lead Шаблон:Cr 24/1 (8 ov.) by 640 runs
- 2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007
9 August 2007 (Thursday)
8 August 2007 (Wednesday)
7 August 2007 (Tuesday)
- Tennis:
- East West Bank Classic WTA Tournament
- Sania Mirza beat Martina Hingis 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 to enter the quarterfinals of the event.
- East West Bank Classic WTA Tournament
- Cricket
- Twenty20 World Championship
- Lalchand Rajput appointed manager of Indian team for the championship.
- Twenty20 World Championship
- Baseball:
- Barry Bonds home run chase
- Bonds hits his 756th career home run in the fifth inning of the San Francisco Giants' game against the Washington Nationals at AT&T Park. Bonds hits the 435-foot shot to right-center field against pitcher Mike Bacsik in the bottom of the fifth inning with one out at 8:51 PM PDT to pass Hank Aaron. Bonds was greeted at home plate by his family, his teammates, and his godfather, Willie Mays. The AT&T Park video board then displayed a videotaped message of congratulations from Aaron, who had earlier expressed disinterest in Bonds' chase. The Nationals, though, came back and won the game by a score of 8–6.
- The man who caught the historic ball was identified as Matt Murphy, a 22-year-old from Queens, New York who is a fan of the New York Mets and was on a stopover en route to Australia. Murphy caught the ball, survived a near-riot and was given a police escort. (Newsday.com)
- Barry Bonds home run chase
6 August 2007 (Monday)
- Cricket
- Twenty20 World Championship: Indian squad announced. Mahendra Singh Dhoni named captain. Yusuf Pathan given chance.
- Indian cricket team in England in 2007: Indian squad announced. Rahul Dravid named captain. Munaf Patel recalled and Sreesanth left out.
5 August 2007 (Sunday)
- Baseball: New York Mets pitcher Tom Glavine wins his 300th game, giving up two runs on six hits in 6⅓ innings in the Mets' 8–3 win over the Chicago Cubs. He is the 23rd — and perhaps last — pitcher to reach the milestone. (AP via Yahoo)
- Auto racing:
- Formula One: Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary.
- (1) Lewis Hamilton Шаблон:Flagicon (2) Kimi Räikkönen Шаблон:Flagicon (3) Nick Heidfeld Шаблон:Flagicon
- (1) Kurt Busch (2) Dale Earnhardt Jr. (3) Denny Hamlin
- Football (soccer):
- FA Community Shield:
- Manchester United 1–1 Chelsea, Manchester United win 3–0 on penalties.
- FA Community Shield:
- Women's Golf:
- Lorena Ochoa wins the Women's British Open at the Old Course at St Andrews for her first major championship. Ochoa shot +1 for a 4-day total of 287 (−5) and a 4 stroke victory over Jee Young Lee and Maria Hjorth.
- Basketball:
- FIBA Asia Championship Final round at Tokushima, Japan:
- 7th place: Шаблон:Bk 86–82 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- 5th place: Шаблон:Bk 97–74 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- 3rd place: Шаблон:Bk 80–76 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Final: Шаблон:Bk 74–69 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women at Bratislava, Slovakia:
- Final: Шаблон:Bkw 99–57 Шаблон:Bkw-rt
- FIBA Asia Championship Final round at Tokushima, Japan:
4 August 2007 (Saturday)
- Major League Baseball:
- Barry Bonds ties Hank Aaron as the all-time leader with 755 home runs to lead off the 2nd inning against the San Diego Padres' Clay Hensley.
- Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 career home runs at 32 years and 8 days in a 16–8 victory by the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals.
- Basketball:
- FIBA Asia Championship at Tokushima, Japan:
- Classification games:
- 15th place: Шаблон:Bk 82–77 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- 13th place: Шаблон:Bk 72–66 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- 11th place: Шаблон:Bk 108–79 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- 9th place: Шаблон:Bk 78–76 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Semifinals:
- Шаблон:Bk 76–74 Шаблон:Bk-rt – Fadi El Khatib top-scored with 32 points as Korea turned the ball over on their last two possessions to halt their own run.
- Шаблон:Bk 75–62 Шаблон:Bk-rt – The Kazakhs were daunted with 7–26 first quarter score to prevent further incursions.
- Classification games:
- FIBA Asia Championship at Tokushima, Japan:
- Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-ups
- Шаблон:Ru 62–5 Шаблон:Ru at Twickenham, London
- Шаблон:Ru 70–14 Шаблон:Ru at CASI, Buenos Aires
- Cricket:
- Swimming:
- Dara Torres wins the 50-meter freestyle competition at the 2007 United States National Swimming Championships, becoming, at age 40, the oldest American to win a championship in US history.
3 August 2007 (Friday)
- Major League Baseball
- Detroit Tigers infielder Neifi Pérez is suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball for failing a third drug test.[1]Шаблон:Dead link
2 August 2007 (Thursday)
- Basketball:
- FIBA Asia Championship quarterfinals at Tokushima, Japan:
- Group E: Шаблон:Bk 87–74 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group E: Шаблон:Bk 82–60 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Lebanon wins group E; both teams advance to the semifinals.
- Group F: Шаблон:Bk 75–73 Шаблон:Bk-rt – Clutch free-throws by Anton Ponomarev kept the Kazakhs in contention.
- With Japan's defeat of Jordan, both Kazakhstan and Korea advance to the semifinals.
- Group F: Шаблон:Bk 71–68 Шаблон:Bk-rt – Jordan's Rashiem Wright missed a three-pointer that could've put the game into overtime.
- Jordan is eliminated from championship contention.
- FIBA Asia Championship quarterfinals at Tokushima, Japan:
- Major League Baseball
- A game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals scheduled for today at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, is postponed due to the collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge. The game the previous day began less than an hour after the actual collapse, but officials told the Twins to proceed with that game because cancelling would have sent thousands of vehicles onto the roads and hampered rescue efforts. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Twins ballpark has also been postponed. (ESPN)
1 August 2007 (Wednesday)
- Basketball:
- FIBA Asia Championship quarterfinals at Tokushima, Japan:
- Group E: Шаблон:Bk 95–64 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group E: Шаблон:Bk 95–87 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Lebanon and Iran advance to the semifinals.
- Qatar and Chinese Taipei are eliminated from championship contention.
- Group F: Шаблон:Bk 82–73 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Group F: Шаблон:Bk 93–83 Шаблон:Bk-rt
- Japan is eliminated from championship contention.
- FIBA Asia Championship quarterfinals at Tokushima, Japan:
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