July 2007 in sports

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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in July of 2007. Deaths

30: Bill Walsh 26: Skip Prosser 22: Mike Coolbaugh 22: Rollie Stiles 14: John Ferguson Sr.

Sporting seasons

Auto racing 2007: Formula One Champ Car NASCAR NEXTEL Cup NASCAR Busch Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series World Rally Championship IRL GP2 V8 Supercar Rolex Sports Car Series American Le Mans Series FIA GT Le Mans Series Japan Le Mans Challenge

Baseball 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan) Major League Baseball

Basketball 2007: NCAA Philippines UAAP (Philippines)

Canadian football: Canadian Football League

Cricket 2007: England

Cycling UCI ProTour

Football (soccer) 2006–07: Argentina Major League Soccer

Golf: 2007 PGA Tour 2007 European Tour 2007 LPGA Tour

Lacrosse 2007: Major League Lacrosse

Motorcycle racing 2007: Motorcycle GP

Rugby league 2007: Super League XII

Shooting 2007: 2007 ISSF World Cup

Speedway: Speedway Grand Prix

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31 July 2007 (Tuesday)

Baseball: The Boston Red Sox acquire former Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Éric Gagné from the Texas Rangers in exchange for pitcher Kason Gabbard and two minor-league outfielders. (AP via Yahoo) The Rangers also trade first baseman Mark Teixeira and pitcher Ron Mahay to the Atlanta Braves for rookie catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and four minor-leaguers. (AP via Yahoo) Basketball: National Basketball Association: The Boston Celtics trade seven players to the Minnesota Timberwolves for 10-time all-star Kevin Garnett. It is the first time in NBA history so many players have been traded for a single player. The Timberwolves will receive Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff, and 2 first-round daft picks. (AP via Yahoo)

FIBA Asia Championship quarterfinals at Tokushima, Japan: Group E: 76–64 Group E: 90–68 Group F: 70–65 Group F: 93–85

Cricket: Indian cricket team in England in 2007 2nd Test-5th Day: 481 & 73/3 (24.1 ov.) 198 & 355 beat by 7 wickets leads series 1–0.

30 July 2007 (Monday)

Basketball: FIBA Asia Championship at Tokushima, Japan: Group A: 77–68 Group A: 84–76 Jordan advances to the quarterfinals. Group B: 105–64 Lebanon advances to the quarterfinals. Group B: 101–48 Group C: 72–66 Group C: 76–69 Qatar wins Group C. Group D: 98–81 Chinese Taipei advances to the quarterfinals. Group D: 89–79 American football Head coach Bill Walsh, who led the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowls in 10 seasons in the 1980s and created the modern West Coast offense, dies after a battle with leukemia at his home in Stanford, California, at the age of 75. (ESPN) Cricket: Indian cricket team in England in 2007 2nd Test-4th Day: 198 & 355 lead 481 & 10/0 (3 ov.) by 63 runs

29 July 2007 (Sunday)

Baseball: July 29 – Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.AP via Yahoo!) Auto racing: NASCAR: Allstate 400 at The Brickyard in Speedway, Indiana. (1) Tony Stewart (2) Juan Pablo Montoya (3) Jeff Gordon Champ Car: San Jose Grand Prix in San Jose, California, USA. (1) Robert Doornbos (2) Neel Jani (3) Oriol Servia Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 20 – Marcoussis – Paris-Champs-Élysées (146 km) Alberto Contador (DSC) wins the Tour in 91 hours and 26 seconds, 23 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans and 31 seconds ahead of Levi Leipheimer . This was Contador's first attempt at the Tour. (leTour.fr) Basketball: FIBA Asia Championship at Tokushima, Japan: Group A: 79–74 China is eliminated from championship contention. Group A: 60–54 Group B: 69–68 – Rashid Alrabah's missed lay-up at the buzzer gave the game to UAE. Kuwait is eliminated from championship contention. Group B: 77–67 Group C: 97–74 Group C: 86–45 India and Indonesia are eliminated from championship contention. Qatar and Kazakhstan advance to the quarterfinals. Group D: 104–100 – Yi Ting Lo's freethrow gave the game out of reach for the Syrians. Syria is eliminated from championship contention. Group D: 85–70 Football (soccer): 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals 1–0 at Jakarta Cricket: Indian cricket team in England in 2007 2nd Test-3rd Day: 481 lead 198 & 43/0 (16 ov.) by 240 runs

28 July 2007 (Saturday)

Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 19 – Cognac – Angoulême (55 km) Individual time trial (leTour.fr) Basketball: FIBA Asia Championship at Tokushima, Japan: Group A: 78–65 Group A: 75–69 – in the only non-blowout game on the first day, the Philippines cut the Iranian lead from 16 to one point but a technical foul on Philippine coach Chot Reyes after the two-minute warning turned the tide in favor of the Iranians. Group B: 109–66 Group B: 104–59 Group C: 106–49 Group C: 107–53 Group D: 107–67 Group D: 99–60 Cricket: Indian cricket team in England in 2007 2nd Test-2nd Day: 254/3 (79 ov.) lead 198 by 55 runs Football (soccer): 2007 AFC Asian Cup third-place match 0–0 (aet) at Palembang won via penalties, 6–5.

27 July 2007 (Friday)

Baseball: Barry Bonds hits his 754th career home run in the first inning against the Florida Marlins at AT&T Park. Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 18 – Cahors – Angoulême (211 km) (leTour.fr) Cricket: Indian cricket team in England in 2007 2nd Test-1st Day: 169/7 (55 ov.) lead by 169 runs

26 July 2007 (Thursday)

College basketball: Wake Forest men's head coach Skip Prosser dies of an apparent heart attack. (AP via Yahoo) Cricket: Former Indian fast bowler Javagal Srinath's name is not included in the ICC match referees list for the upcoming Twenty20 World Championship to be contested in South Africa Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 17 – Pau – Castelsarrasin (188 km) (leTour.fr)

25 July 2007 (Wednesday)

Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team Robert Yates Racing announces it will merge operations with Champ Car stalwart Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 16 – Orthez – Gourette–Col d'Aubisque (218 km) Yellow jersey wearer Michael Rasmussen wins the stage. (leTour.fr) Shortly afterwards, his Rabobank team announces it has withdrawn him from the Tour for violation of team rules, linked to his prior failure to notify the team's directeur sportif of his whereabouts and missing several doping tests. He had been previously kicked off the Danish national cycling team for the same reason. (ESPN) Italian rider Cristian Moreni is announced to have failed a doping test after Stage 11. At the end of Stage 16, he is led away for questioning by French police, who also conduct a raid on the hotel used that day by his Cofidis team. The team pulls out of the Tour.(Fox News) Football (soccer): 2007 AFC Asian Cup semifinals 0–0 (aet) at Kuala Lumpur won via penalties, 4–3. 3–2 at Hanoi Basketball: Philippine NCAA end of first round of eliminations: Colegio de San Juan de Letran 70, San Beda College 69 José Rizal University 74, College of Saint Benilde 63 Both Letran and San Beda finished on top of the standings with 5–1 records; host JRU and San Sebastian College – Recoletos finished tied for third at 3–3. Trailing are Mapua and University of Perpetual Help with 2–4 records and St. Benilde with 1–5. Cricket: Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007 3rd ODI: 196 (39.5/40 ov.) beat 157 (37.1/40 ov.) by 39 runs

24 July 2007 (Tuesday)

Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup teams DEI and Ginn Racing officially merge with the #01 team with Mark Martin, Regan Smith and Aric Almirola joining DEI and the points earned by the #13 car transferred to the DEI #15 team driven by Paul Menard. Basketball: NBA commissioner David Stern says the scandal involving former official Tim Donaghy is an isolated incident. (AP via Yahoo) Cycling: 2007 Tour de France: On the final rest day, it was announced that has withdrawn their entire team after it was discovered that two-time stage winner Alexander Vinokourov had been found guilty of blood doping after a test. (letour.fr) Baseball: Houston Astros second baseman Craig Biggio, who had collected his 3,000th hit on June 28, announces that he will retire at the end of the 2007 MLB season. (MLB.com)

23 July 2007 (Monday)

Baseball: In his first game since being diagnosed with lymphoma last year, Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester gives up two runs on five hits in six innings in Boston's 6–2 win over the Cleveland Indians. (Ticker via Yahoo) Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 15 – Foix – Loudenvielle (196 km) (leTour.fr) American football: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell orders Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick not to report to training camp while he continues to face charges of illegal dog fighting and animal abuse. (AP via Yahoo) Cricket: Indian cricket team in England in 2007 1st Test-5th Day: 298 & 282 drew 201 & 282/9 (96 ov.)

22 July 2007 (Sunday)

Baseball: Mike Coolbaugh, first-base coach with the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Texas League, dies after getting hit in the head with a line drive at a game in North Little Rock, Arkansas. (AP via Yahoo) Auto racing: Formula One: European Grand Prix at Nürburg, Germany. (1) Fernando Alonso (2) Felipe Massa (3) Mark Webber IRL: Honda 200 at Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio. (1) Scott Dixon (2) Dario Franchitti (3) Hélio Castroneves Champ Car: West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (1) Sébastien Bourdais (2) Justin Wilson (3) Graham Rahal Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 14 – Mazamet – Plateau-de-Beille (197 km) (leTour.fr) Golf: 2007 Open Championship Pádraig Harrington defeats Sergio García in a four-hole playoff to win the Open Championship in Carnoustie, Scotland. Harrington becomes the first European-based player to win the claret jug since Paul Lawrie won in 1999, also in a playoff at Carnoustie Golf Links. Cricket: Indian cricket team in England in 2007 1st Test-4th Day: 298 & 282 leads 201 & 137/3 (41 ov.) by 243 runs Football (soccer): 2007 AFC Asian Cup quarterfinals 0–0 (aet) at Kuala Lumpur won via penalties, 4–2. 2–1 at Jakarta Basketball: FIBA Under-19 World Championship at Serbia Final: 74–69 Third-place: 75–67 English billiards: World Professional Billiards Championship in England: Final: Mike Russell 2166–1710 Chris Shutt

21 July 2007 (Saturday)

Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 13 – Albi (54 km) Individual time trial (leTour.fr) Rugby union: 2007 Tri Nations 26–12 at Eden Park, Auckland — Dan Carter's seven penalties lead the All Blacks to their third consecutive Tri Nations crown. They also retain the Bledisloe Cup. Cricket: Indian cricket team in England in 2007 1st Test-3rd Day: 298 & 77/2 (27 ov.) leads 201 by 174 runs Football (soccer): 2007 AFC Asian Cup quarterfinals 1–1 (aet) at Hanoi won via penalties, 4–3. 2–0 at Bangkok

20 July 2007 (Friday)

Basketball: The National Basketball Association acknowledges that the FBI is investigating whether referee Tim Donaghy bet on NBA games, including those he officiated.(AP via Yahoo!) Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Conference Finals at the Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay: Alaska Aces 99, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 96, Alaska wins series, 4–3 Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 12 – Montpellier – Castres (179 km) (leTour.fr) Cricket: Indian cricket team in England in 2007 1st Test-2nd Day: 298 lead 145/4 (57 ov.) by 153 runs Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007 234/6 (50 ov.) beat 164 (40.3 ov.) by 70 runs

19 July 2007 (Thursday)

Cycling: 2007 Tour de France – Stage 11 – Marseille – Montpellier (182.5 km) (leTour.fr) Cricket: Indian cricket team in England in 2007 1st Test-1st Day: 268/4 lead by 268 runs

July 2007 in sports

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