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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in August of 2008. Deaths
3: Skip Caray 4: Craig Jones 7: Ralph Klein 8: Orville Moody 18: Genuine Risk 20: Gene Upshaw 28: Phil Hill
Current sporting seasons
Australian rules football: AFL
Auto racing 2008: Formula 1 Sprint Cup Nationwide Craftsman Truck World Rally Championship IndyCar Series American Le Mans GP2 Le Mans Series Rolex Sports Car FIA GT WTCC V8 Supercar Superleague Formula
Baseball 2008: Nippon Professional Baseball Major League Baseball
Basketball 2008: NCAA (Philippines) University Athletic Association of the Philippines Women's National Basketball Association
Canadian football: Canadian Football League
Cycling UCI ProTour
Football (soccer) 2007–08: Argentina Ecuador Football (soccer) 2008: Brazil Japan MLS Norway Football (soccer) 2008–09: England Germany Italy Spain France UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup
Golf 2008: PGA Tour European Tour LPGA Tour
Lacrosse 2008 National Lacrosse League
Motorcycle racing 2008: Moto GP Superbike
Rugby league Super League NRL
Rugby union 2007–08: Currie Cup
31 August 2008 (Sunday) Auto racing: World Rally Championship: Rally New Zealand in Taupō, New Zealand (1) Sébastien Loeb (2) Dani Sordo (3) Mikko Hirvonen World Touring Car Championship season: Motorsport Arena Oschersleben at Oschersleben, Germany Race 1: (1) Augusto Farfus (2) Robert Huff (3) Alain Menu Race 2: (1) Félix Porteiro (2) Tom Coronel (3) Robert Huff Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: Round 8 at Brands Hatch, Kent, United Kingdom (1) Timo Scheider (2) Paul di Resta (3) Mattias Ekström IndyCar: Detroit Indy Grand Prix at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, United States: (1) Justin Wilson (2) Hélio Castroneves (3) Tony Kanaan NASCAR Sprint Cup: Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, United States (1) Jimmie Johnson (2) Greg Biffle (3) Denny Hamlin Johnson not only wins, but becomes one of three drivers to clinch spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Burton will join Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards in the Chase. Biffle and Kevin Harvick effectively clinch spots in the Chase; both need only to start in next week's race at Richmond to make the Chase. Cricket South African cricket team in England in 2008 4th ODI: 137/3 (17.4/20 ov) beat 183/6 (32.1 ov) by 7 wickets(D/L) Motorcycle racing: Moto GP: San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix at Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico, Italy: (1) Valentino Rossi (2) Jorge Lorenzo (3) Toni Elías
30 August 2008 (Saturday) Cricket: Bangladesh cricket team in Australia in 2008 1st ODI: 254/8 (50 ov) beat 74 (27.4 ov) by 180 runs Rugby union: Tri Nations Series: 53–8 at Johannesburg The Boks score their biggest win ever over the Wallabies. Jongi Nokwe becomes the first Springbok to score four tries against the Wallabies. Immediately after the match, Percy Montgomery, the all-time caps and points leader for South Africa, announces his retirement from international rugby.
29 August 2008 (Friday)
28 August 2008 (Thursday) American football: After having been suspended by the NFL for the 2007 season, Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones is fully reinstated for the upcoming season. (ESPN.com) Tennis: US Open in New York City: Ana Ivanovic , the #1-ranked woman and top seed, becomes the first top seed in the open era to lose in the second round of the US Open, losing 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 to #188 Julie Coin .
27 August 2008 (Wednesday)
26 August 2008 (Tuesday)
25 August 2008 (Monday)
24 August 2008 (Sunday) American football: The New York Giants announce that defensive end Osi Umenyiora will miss the 2008 season with a knee injury. (AP via Yahoo) Auto racing: Formula One: European Grand Prix at the Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain: (1) Felipe Massa (2) Lewis Hamilton (3) Robert Kubica IndyCar: Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California, United States: (1) Hélio Castroneves (2) Ryan Briscoe (3) Tony Kanaan FIA GT Championship: Bucharest 2 Hours, at Bucharest Ring, Bucharest, Romania: (1) Jean-Denis Délétraz & Marcel Fässler (2) Mike Hezemans & Fabrizio Gollin (3) Andrea Bertolini & Michael Bartels Baseball: 2008 Little League World Series: Waipahu, Hawaii 12, Matamoros, Mexico 3 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Athletics Men's Marathon Samuel Kamau Wanjiru 2:06:32, Jaouad Gharib 2:07:16, Tsegay Kebede 2:10:00 The olympics officially close with the conclusion of the closing ceremony.
23 August 2008 (Saturday) 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Athletics Men's 4x400 metre relay (LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner) 2:55.39, (Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown) 2:58.03, (Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frolov, Anton Kokorin, Denis Alexeev) 2:58.06 Men's 800 metres Wilfred Bungei 1:44.65, Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:44.70, Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:44.82 Men's 5000 metres Kenenisa Bekele 12:57.82, Eliud Kipchoge 13:02.80, Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 13:06.22 Men's javelin throw Andreas Thorkildsen 90.57 m, Ainārs Kovals 86.64 m, Tero Pitkämäki 86.16 Women's 4x400 metre relay (Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards) 3:18.54, (Yulia Gushchina, Lyudmila Litvinova, Tatyana Firova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya) 3:18.82, (Novelene Williams, Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte, Shericka Williams) 3:20.40 Women's 1500 metres Nancy Lagat 4:00.23, Iryna Lishchynska 4:01.63, Nataliya Tobias 4:01.78 Women's high jump Tia Hellebaut 2.05 m, Blanka Vlašić 2.05 m, Anna Chicherova 2.03 m Auto racing: NASCAR Sprint Cup: Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, United States (1) Carl Edwards (2) Kyle Busch (3) Denny Hamlin Rugby union: Tri Nations Series: 15–27 at Durban
22 August 2008 (Friday) 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Athletics Men's 4x100 metre relay (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell) 37.10, (Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson) 38.06, (Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara) 38.15 Men's 50 kilometre walk Alex Schwazer 3:37:09, Jared Tallent 3:39:27, Denis Nizhegorodov 3:40:14 Men's decathlon Bryan Clay 8791, Andrei Krauchanka 8551, Leonel Suárez 8527 Men's pole vault Steven Hooker 5.96 m, Yevgeny Lukyanenko 5.85 m, Denys Yurchenko 5.70 m Women's 4x100 metre relay (Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya) 42.31, (Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert) 42.54, (Franca Idoko, Gloria Kemasuode, Halimat Ismaila, Oludamola Osayomi) 43.04 Women's 5000 metres Tirunesh Dibaba 15:41.40, Elvan Abeylegesse 15:42.74, Meseret Defar 15:44.12 Women's long jump Maurren Higa Maggi 7.04 m, Tatyana Lebedeva 7.03 m, Blessing Okagbare 6.01 m
21 August 2008 (Thursday) 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Athletics Men's 110 metre hurdles Dayron Robles 12.93, David Payne 13.17, David Oliver 13.18 Men's 400 metres LaShawn Merritt 43.75, Jeremy Wariner 44.74, David Neville 44.80 Men's triple jump Nelson Évora 17.67 m, Phillips Idowu 17.62 m, Leevan Sands 17.59 m Women's 20 kilometre walk Olga Kaniskina 1:26:31, Kjersti Plätzer 1:27:07, Elisa Rigaudo 1:27:12 Women's 200 metres Veronica Campbell-Brown 21.74, Allyson Felix 21.93, Kerron Stewart 22.00 Women's javelin throw Barbora Špotáková 71.42 m, Mariya Abakumova 70.78 m, Christina Obergföll 66.13 m Cricket 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada 159/4 (39.5 ov) beat 158/9 (50 ov) by 6 wickets
20 August 2008 (Wednesday) 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Athletics Men's 200 metres Usain Bolt 19.30, Shawn Crawford 19.96, Walter Dix 19.98 Usain Bolt sets a new world record in men's 200 metres. Women's 400 metre hurdles Melaine Walker 52.64, Sheena Tosta 53.70, Tasha Danvers 53.84 Women's hammer throw Aksana Miankova 76.34 m, Yipsi Moreno 75.20 m, Zhang Wenxiu 74.32 m Basketball: Olympic men's tournament: Qualifying teams to the semifinals in bold. 72–59 94–68 116–85 80–78 Basketball PBA Fiesta Conference Finals: Barangay Ginebra Kings 97, Air21 Express 84, Ginebra wins series, 4–3. American football: National Football League Gene Upshaw, a hall-of-fame guard and the long-time Executive Director of the National Football League Players Association, dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 63. He was diagnosed just on August 17. Cricket Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008 143/7 (39.4 ov) beat 142 (38.3 ov) by 3 wickets
19 August 2008 (Tuesday) 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics Men's 1500 metres Rashid Ramzi 3:32.94, Asbel Kipruto Kiprop 3:33.11, Nicholas Willis 3:34.16 Men's discus throw Gerd Kanter 68.82 m, Piotr Małachowski 67.82 m, Virgilijus Alekna 67.79 m Men's high jump Andrey Silnov 2.36 m, Germaine Mason 2.34 m, Yaroslav Rybakov 2.34 m Women's 100 metre hurdles Dawn Harper 12.54, Sally McLellan 12.64, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep 12.64 Women's 400 metres Christine Ohuruogu 49.62, Shericka Williams 49.69, Sanya Richards 49.93 Basketball Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the semifinals in bold. 77–62 79–46 104–60 65–84
18 August 2008 (Monday) 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Athletics Men's 400 metre hurdles Angelo Taylor 47.25, Kerron Clement 47.98, Bershawn Jackson 48.06 Men's 3000 metre steeplechase Brimin Kiprop Kipruto 8:10.34, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:10.49, Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong 8:11.01 Men's long jump Irving Saladino 8.34 m, Khotso Mokoena 8.24 m, Ibrahim Camejo 8.20 m Women's 800 metres Pamela Jelimo 1:54.87, Janeth Jepkosgei 1:56.07, Hasna Benhassi 1:56.73 Women's discus throw Stephanie Brown-Trafton 64.74 m, Yarelis Barrios 63.64 m, Olena Antonova 62.59 m Women's pole vault Yelena Isinbayeva 5.05 m, Jennifer Stuczynski 4.80 m, Svetlana Feofanova 4.75 m Yelena Isinbayeva sets a new world record in women's pole vault. Basketball Men's tournament: Group A: 57–91 Group A: 106–65 Group A: 91–79 Group B: 91–77 Group B: 50–98 Group B: 106–57 Cricket: Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008 1st ODI: 147/2 (34.5 ov) beat 146 (46 ov) by 8 wickets English cricket team in Scotland in 2008 Only ODI: 156/9 (44/50 ov) vs 10/0 (2.3/44 ov)-No result. 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada 260/7 (50 ov) beat 235/8 (50 ov) by 25 runs
17 August 2008 (Sunday) 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Athletics Men's Hammer Throw Primož Kozmus 82.02 m, Vadim Devyatovskiy 81.61 m, Ivan Tsikhan 81.51 m. Men's 10000 metres Kenenisa Bekele 27:01.17, Sileshi Sihine 27:02.77, Micah Kogo 27:04.11 Women's 100 metres Shelly-Ann Fraser 10.78, Sherone Simpson 10.98, Kerron Stewart 10.98. Women's 3000 metre steeplechase Gulnara Samitova-Galkina 8:51.8, Eunice Jepkorir 9:07.41, Yekaterina Volkova 9:07.64 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina sets a new world record in women's 3000 metre steeplechase. Women's Marathon Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu 2:26:44, Catherine Ndereba 2:27:06, Chunxiu Zhou 2:27:07 Women's Triple Jump Françoise Mbango Etone 15.39 m, Tatyana Lebedeva 15.32 m, Hrysopiyí Devetzí 15.23 m Françoise Mbango Etone sets a new olympic record in women's triple jump. Basketball Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold. Group A: 75–55 Group A: 72–68 Group A: 68–53 Group B: 47–79 Group B: 79–63 Group B: 60–96 Auto racing: NASCAR Sprint Cup: 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, United States (1) Carl Edwards (2) Kyle Busch (3) David Ragan World Rally Championship: Rallye Deutschland in Trier, Germany (1) Sébastien Loeb (2) Dani Sordo (3) François Duval Motorcycle racing: Moto GP: Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix at Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic: (1) Valentino Rossi (2) Toni Elías (3) Loris Capirossi
16 August 2008 (Saturday) 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Athletics Men's 20 kilometre walk Valeriy Borchin 1:19:01, Jefferson Pérez 1:19:15, Jared Tallent 1:19:42. Men's 100 metres