August 2011 in sports

Moto GP:
- Indianapolis Grand Prix in Indianapolis, United States (ESP unless stated):
  - MotoGP: (1) Casey Stoner (AUS) (Honda) (2) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) (3) Ben Spies (USA) (Yamaha)
    - Riders' championship standings (after 12 of 18 races): (1) Stoner 243 points (2) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 199 (3) Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) (Honda) 174
  - Moto2: (1) Marc Márquez (Suter) (2) Pol Espargaró (FTR) (3) Esteve Rabat (FTR)
    - Riders' championship standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Stefan Bradl (GER) (Kalex) 193 points (2) Márquez 165 (3) Andrea Iannone (ITA) (Suter) & Alex de Angelis (SMR) (Motobi) 96
  - 125cc: (1) Nicolás Terol (Aprilia) (2) Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) (3) Sandro Cortese (GER) (Aprilia)
    - Riders' championship standings (after 11 of 17 races): (1) Terol 191 points (2) Johann Zarco (FRA) (Derbi) 165 (3) Viñales 152

Snooker

Players Tour Championship – Event 4: Paul Hunter Classic in Fürth, Germany:
- Final: Mark Davis (ENG) 0–4 Mark Selby (ENG)
  - Selby wins his sixth professional title.
  - Order of Merit (after 4 of 12 events): (1) Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 14,200 (2) Selby 12,200 (3) Judd Trump (ENG) 11,200

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix final round in Macau, China:
- Bronze medal match: Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 0–3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
- Final: 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 0–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
  - The United States win the title for the second successive time and fourth time overall.
FIVB Boys Youth World Championship in Bahía Blanca, Argentina:
- Bronze medal match: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 3–0 File:Flag of France.svg France
- Final: 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 2–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
  - Serbia win the title for the second successive time.

August 27, 2011 (Saturday)

Athletics

World Championships in Daegu, South Korea (KEN unless stated):
- Women's Marathon: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Edna Kiplagat 2:28:43 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Priscah Jeptoo 2:29:00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sharon Cherop 2:29:14
- Women's 10,000 metres: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Vivian Cheruiyot 30:48.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sally Kipyego 30:50.04 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Linet Masai 30:53.59
  - Cheruiyot wins her second world championship title.
- Men's decathlon (standings after 5 events): (1) Ashton Eaton (USA) 4446 points (2) Trey Hardee (USA) 4393 (3) Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) 4310

Auto racing

Sprint Cup Series:
- Irwin Tools Night Race in Bristol, Tennessee: (1) Michigan Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (2) New Jersey Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota; Michael Waltrip Racing) (3) California Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports)
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 24 of 36 races): (1) Nevada Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) 830 points (4 wins) (2) California Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) 830 (1 win) (3) Wisconsin Matt Kenseth (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 798

Basketball

FIBA Africa Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
- Semifinals:
  - Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg 57–60 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
  - Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 68–76 File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
FIBA Asia Championship for Women in Ōmura, Japan:
- Semifinals:
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 76–62 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
  - South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 72–66 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei

Cricket

England Friends Life t20 Final in Birmingham: Leicestershire Foxes 145/6 (20 overs); Somerset 127/9 (20 overs). Leicestershire win by 18 runs.

Cycling

Grand Tours:
- Vuelta a España, Stage 8: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha) 4h 49' 01" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michele Scarponi (ITA) (Lampre–ISD) + 9" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bauke Mollema (NED) (Rabobank) + 9"
  - General classification (after stage 8): (1) Rodríguez File:Jersey red.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 32h 18' 16" (2) Daniel Moreno (ESP) (Team Katusha) File:Jersey blue dotted.pngFile:Jersey white.svg + 32" (3) Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (Leopard Trek) + 34"
UCI Women's Road World Cup:
- GP de Plouay in Plouay, France: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Nederland Bloeit) 3h 12' 28" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Evelyn Stevens (USA) (HTC–Highroad Women) + 3" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marianne Vos (NED) (Nederland Bloeit) + 46"
  - Final standings: (1) van Vleuten 362 points (2) Vos 315 (3) Emma Johansson (SWE) (Hitec Products–UCK) 223

Field hockey

Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany:
- Bronze medal match: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) England File:Flag of England.svg 2–1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
- Final: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3–0 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
  - The Netherlands win the title for the eighth time.

Football (soccer)

2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament final round first leg:
- South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
- Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 2–1 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
CAF Champions League Group stage Matchday 4:
- Group B: Espérance ST Tunisia 0–0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
  - Standings: Espérance ST, Wydad Casablanca 6 points (4 matches), Egypt Al-Ahly 4 (3), Algeria MC Alger 1 (3).
CAF Confederation Cup Group stage Matchday 4:
- Group B:
  - Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–0 Algeria JS Kabylie
  - Sunshine Stars Nigeria 1–1 Morocco Maghreb de Fès
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Maghreb de Fès 8 points, Motema Pembe, Sunshine Stars 7, JS Kabylie 0.
United States Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs:
- WPS Championship in Rochester, New York: Western New York Flash 1–1 (5–4 pen.) Philadelphia Independence

Golf

PGA Tour:
- FedEx Cup Playoffs: The Barclays in Edison, New Jersey:
  - Winner: Dustin Johnson (USA) 194 (−19)
    - Johnson wins his fifth PGA Tour title.
    - FedEx Cup points (all USA): (1) Johnson 3691 points (2) Matt Kuchar 2907 (3) Nick Watney 2256

Judo

World Championships in Paris, France:
- Men's 100 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tagir Khaybulaev (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maxim Rakov (KAZ) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lukas Krpalek (CZE) & Irakli Tsirekidze (GEO)
- Men's +100 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Teddy Riner (FRA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andreas Tölzer (GER) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Sung-min (KOR) & Aleksandr Mikhailine (RUS)
  - Riner wins his fifth world championship title.
- Women's +78 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tong Wen (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Qin Qian (CHN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elena Ivashchenko (RUS) & Mika Sugimoto (JPN)
  - Tong wins her fifth world championship title.

Mixed martial arts

UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
- Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva (BRA) (c) def. Yushin Okami (JPN) via TKO (punches)
- Light Heavyweight bout: Maurício Rua (BRA) def. Forrest Griffin (USA) via KO (punches)
- Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (BRA) def. Brendan Schaub (USA) via KO (punches)
- Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza (BRA) def. Ross Pearson (ENG) via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
- Light Heavyweight bout: Stanislav Nedkov (BUL) def. Luiz Cane (BRA) via TKO (punches)

Rugby league

Challenge Cup Final in London: Leeds Rhinos 18–28 Wigan Warriors
- Wigan win the Cup for the first time since 2002, and 18th time overall.

Rugby union

Tri Nations Series:
- Match 6: Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 25–20 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
  - Final standings: Australia 13 points, New Zealand 10, File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5.
    - Australia win the Tri Nations for the first time since 2001, and third time overall.
Mid-year Tests, Week 8: Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg 9–20 File:Flag of England.svg England

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
- Winston-Salem Open in Winston-Salem, United States:
  - Final: John Isner (USA) def. Julien Benneteau (FRA) 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
    - Isner wins his second title of the year and third of his career.
WTA Tour:
- New Haven Open at Yale in New Haven, United States:
  - Final: Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) def. Petra Cetkovská (CZE) 6–4, 6–1
    - Wozniacki wins her sixth title of the year and 18th of her career, and her fourth consecutive win at the event, matching the feat Venus Williams had also done at New Haven.
- Texas Tennis Open in Dallas, United States:
  - Final: Sabine Lisicki (GER) def. Aravane Rezaï (FRA) 6–2, 6–1
    - Lisicki wins her second title of the year and third of her career.

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix final round in Macau, China:
- Semifinals:
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg 0–3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

August 26, 2011 (Friday)

Auto racing

Nationwide Series:
- Food City 250 in Bristol, Tennessee: (1) Nevada Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) Connecticut Joey Logano (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) Kansas Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Incorporated)
  - Busch wins his 50th race in the secondary class, surpassing Mark Martin's record of 49 victories.
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 25 of 34 races): (1) Mississippi Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 867 points (2) Virginia Elliott Sadler (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Incorporated) 862 (3) Georgia (U.S. state) Reed Sorenson (Chevrolet; Turner Motorsports) 857

Cycling

Grand Tours:
- Vuelta a España, Stage 7: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Kittel (GER) (Skil–Shimano) 4h 47' 59" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Sagan (SVK) (Liquigas–Cannondale) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Óscar Freire (ESP) (Rabobank) s.t.
  - General classification (after stage 7): (1) Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (Quick-Step) File:Jersey red.svg 27h 29' 12" (2) Daniel Moreno (ESP) (Team Katusha) File:Jersey blue dotted.pngFile:Jersey white.svg + 15" (3) Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (Liquigas–Cannondale) + 16"

Equestrianism

2011 CHIO Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands (CSIO 5*):
- Show jumping – Nations Cup: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Marco Kutscher, Thomas Voß, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Marcus Ehning) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (Michael Whitaker, Guy Williams, Ben Maher, John Whitaker) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Pénélope Leprevost, Kevin Staut, Olivier Guillon, Michel Robert)
  - FEI Nations Cup standings (final after 8 competitions): (1) Germany 50 point (2) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 48.5 (3) Great Britain 47, relegated: File:Flag of the United States.svg United States, File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark

Field hockey

Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany:
- Semifinals:
  - Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2–4 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
  - Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 3–0 File:Flag of England.svg England

Football (soccer)

UEFA Super Cup in Monaco: Barcelona Spain 2–0 Portugal Porto
- Barcelona win the title for the fourth time.
CAF Champions League Group stage Matchday 4:
- Group A: Raja Casablanca Morocco 0–0 Nigeria Enyimba
  - Standings: Enyimba 8 points (4 matches), Sudan Al-Hilal 7 (3), Raja Casablanca 2 (4), Cameroon Coton Sport 1 (3).

Judo

World Championships in Paris, France (JPN unless stated):
- Men's 90 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ilias Iliadis (GRE) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daiki Nishiyama 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Asley González (CUB) & Takashi Ono
  - Iliadis wins the title for the second successive time.
- Women's 70 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lucie Décosse (FRA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edith Bosch (NED) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yoriko Kunihara & Anett Mészáros (HUN)
  - Décosse wins the title for the second successive time and third time overall.
- Women's 78 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Audrey Tcheuméo (FRA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Akari Ogata 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mayra Aguiar (BRA) & Kayla Harrison (USA)

Snooker

Ronnie O'Sullivan compiles the 11th official maximum break of his career during his sixth round match at the Paul Hunter Classic.

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix final round in Macau, China (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
- Pool A:
  - Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
    - Final standings: Serbia 8 points, Russia 6, Thailand 3, China 1.
- Pool B:
  - Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–1 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
    - Final standings: Brazil 9 points, United States 5, Japan 3, Italy 1.

August 25, 2011 (Thursday)

Basketball

FIBA Africa Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
- Quarterfinals:
  - Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 94–86 File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
  - Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg 59–75 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
  - Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg 86–67 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
  - Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 83–84 (OT) File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
FIBA Asia Championship for Women Level I in Ōmura, Japan (teams in bold advance to semifinals):
- India File:Flag of India.svg 52–71 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
- South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 69–67 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
- China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 76–53 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
  - Final standings: Korea 10 points, China 9, Japan 8, Chinese Taipei 7, Lebanon 6, India 5.

Cricket

England in Ireland:
- Only ODI in Dublin: File:Flag of England.svg England 201/8 (42/42 overs); File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland 117/8 (23/23 overs). England win by 11 runs (D/L).

Cycling

Grand Tours:
- Vuelta a España, Stage 6: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Sagan (SVK) (Liquigas–Cannondale) 4h 38' 22" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pablo Lastras (ESP) (Movistar Team) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valerio Agnoli (ITA) (Liquigas–Cannondale) s.t.
  - General classification (after stage 6): (1) Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (Quick-Step) File:Jersey red.svg 22h 41' 13" (2) Daniel Moreno (ESP) (Team Katusha) File:Jersey blue dotted.pngFile:Jersey white.svg + 15" (3) Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (Liquigas–Cannondale) + 16"

Field hockey

Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany:
- Semifinals: (winners qualify for 2012 Summer Olympics)
  - Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2–0 File:Flag of England.svg England
  - Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 1–2 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany

Football (soccer)

UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying Group 5: Belarus File:Flag of Belarus.svg 2–1 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
UEFA Europa League Play-off round second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):
- Dinamo București Romania 2–3 (1–2) Ukraine Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla Poltava win 5–3 on aggregate.
- Spartak Moscow Russia 2–3 (2–2) Poland Legia Warsaw. Legia Warsaw win 5–4 on aggregate.
- Rennes France 4–0 (2–1) Serbia Red Star Belgrade. Rennes win 6–1 on aggregate.
- PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 5–0 (0–0) Austria Ried. PSV Eindhoven win 5–0 on aggregate.
- AEK Larnaca Cyprus 2–1 (0–0) Norway Rosenborg. AEK Larnaca win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Spartak Trnava Slovakia 1–1 (0–2) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow. Lokomotiv Moscow win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1–0 (2–1) Bulgaria Litex Lovech. Dynamo Kyiv win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania 1–0 (1–3) Austria Austria Wien. Austria Wien win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (0–1) Greece AEK Athens. AEK Athens win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 4–0 (0–1) Lithuania Ekranas. Hapoel Tel Aviv win 4–1 on aggregate.
- CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–1 (0–2) Romania Steaua București. Steaua București win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Young Boys Switzerland 2–2 (0–0) Portugal Braga. 2–2 on aggregate; Braga win on away goals.
- Rapid București Romania 1–1 (3–1) Poland Śląsk Wrocław. Rapid București win 4–2 on aggregate.
- Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1–0 (0–2) Romania Vaslui. Vaslui win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Panathinaikos Greece 2–1 (0–3) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv. Maccabi Tel Aviv win 4–2 on aggregate.
- Helsingborg Sweden 1–3 (0–1) Belgium Standard Liège. Standard Liège win 4–1 on aggregate.
- Schalke 04 Germany 6–1 (0–2) Finland HJK Helsinki. Schalke 04 win 6–3 on aggregate.
- Alania Vladikavkaz Russia 2–0 (0–3) Turkey Beşiktaş. Beşiktaş win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Vitória Guimarães Portugal 0–4 (0–2) Spain Atlético Madrid. Atlético Madrid win 6–0 on aggregate.
- Partizan Serbia 1–2 (a.e.t.) (1–1) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers. Shamrock Rovers win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Anderlecht Belgium 2–2 (2–1) Turkey Bursaspor. Anderlecht win 4–3 on aggregate.
- Trabzonspor Turkey walkover (0–0) Spain Athletic Bilbao. Athletic Bilbao qualify for the group stage after Trabzonspor replace Fenerbahçe in the Champions League.
- Rangers Scotland 1–1 (1–2) Slovenia Maribor. Maribor win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 1–0 (0–3) England Fulham. Fulham win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Sion Switzerland 3–1 (0–0) Scotland Celtic. Sion win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Club Brugge Belgium 2–0 (3–3) Georgia (country) Zestafoni. Club Brugge win 5–3 on aggregate.
- Sochaux France 0–4 (0–0) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv. Metalist Kharkiv win 4–0 on aggregate.
- Roma Italy 1–1 (0–1) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava. Slovan Bratislava win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Rabotnički North Macedonia 1–3 (0–6) Italy Lazio. Lazio win 9–1 on aggregate.
- Birmingham City England 3–0 (0–0) Portugal Nacional. Birmingham City win 3–0 on aggregate.
- Stoke City England 4–1 (1–0) Switzerland Thun. Stoke City win 5–1 on aggregate.
- AZ Netherlands 6–0 (1–2) Norway Aalesund. AZ win 7–2 on aggregate.
- Paris Saint-Germain France 2–0 (4–0) Luxembourg Differdange 03. Paris Saint-Germain win 6–0 on aggregate.
- Karpaty Lviv Ukraine 1–1 (0–2) Greece PAOK. PAOK win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Tottenham Hotspur England 0–0 (5–0) Scotland Heart of Midlothian. Tottenham Hotspur win 5–0 on aggregate.
- Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1–0 (1–2) Cyprus Omonia. 2–2 on aggregate; Red Bull Salzburg win on away goals.
- Sevilla Spain 1–1 (1–2) Germany Hannover 96. Hannover 96 win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Sporting CP Portugal 2–1 (0–0) Denmark Nordsjælland. Sporting CP win 2–1 on aggregate.
Copa Sudamericana:
- First stage, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Juan Aurich Peru 1–2 (0–2) Colombia La Equidad. La Equidad win 6–0 on points.
- Second stage, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Palmeiras Brazil 3–1 (0–2) Brazil Vasco da Gama. 3–3 on points, 3–3 on aggregate; Vasco da Gama win on away goals.
CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 2:
- Group A:
  - Los Angeles Galaxy United States 2–0 Costa Rica Alajuelense
  - Morelia Mexico 4–0 Honduras Motagua
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Los Angeles Galaxy 6 points, Morelia, Alajuelense 3, Motagua 0.
- Group C:
  - Toronto FC Canada 0–1 United States FC Dallas
  - Tauro Panama 0–0 Mexico UNAM
    - Standings (after 2 matches): FC Dallas 6 points, Toronto FC 3, Tauro, UNAM 1.

Judo

World Championships in Paris, France:
- Men's 81 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Jae-bum (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Srđan Mrvaljević (MNE) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leandro Guilheiro (BRA) & Sergiu Toma (MDA)
  - Kim wins the title for the second successive time.
- Women's 63 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gévrise Émane (FRA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yoshie Ueno (JPN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anicka van Emden (NED) & Urška Žolnir (SLO)

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix final round in Macau, China (teams in bold advance to the semifinals):
- Pool A:
  - Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Serbia 5 points, Russia, Thailand 3, China 1.
- Pool B:
  - United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Brazil 6 points, United States 5, Italy 1, Japan 0.

August 24, 2011 (Wednesday)

Basketball

FIBA Africa Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
- Round of 16:
  - Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg 80–72 File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda
  - Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg 94–50 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
  - Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg 92–75 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
  - Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg 80–59 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
FIBA Asia Championship for Women Level I in Ōmura, Japan (teams in bold advance to semifinals):
- Lebanon File:Flag of Lebanon.svg 75–104 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 63–72 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
- Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 79–51 File:Flag of India.svg India
  - Standings (after 4 games): Korea 8 points, Japan, China 7, Chinese Taipei 6, Lebanon, India 4.

Cycling

Grand Tours:
- Vuelta a España, Stage 5: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha) 4h 42' 54" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wout Poels (NED) (Vacansoleil–DCM) + 4" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Moreno (ESP) (Team Katusha) File:Jersey blue dotted.pngFile:Jersey white.svg + 5"
  - General classification (after stage 5): (1) Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (Quick-Step) File:Jersey red.svg 18h 02' 34" (2) Moreno File:Jersey green.svgFile:Jersey blue dotted.pngFile:Jersey white.svg + 9" (3) Rodríguez + 23"

Field hockey

Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany (teams in bold advance to semifinals; teams in italics qualify for 2012 Summer Olympics):
- Pool A:
  - Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 7–0 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 3–2 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
    - Final standings: Germany 9 points, Belgium 6, Spain 3, Russia 0.
- Pool B:
  - France File:Flag of France.svg 1–8 File:Flag of England.svg England
  - Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 7–4 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
    - Final standings: Netherlands 9 points, England 6, Ireland 3, France 0.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League Play-off round second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):
- Rubin Kazan Russia 1–1 (1–3) France Lyon. Lyon win 4–2 on aggregate.
- Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 2–1 (3–1) Denmark Copenhagen. Viktoria Plzeň win 5–2 on aggregate.
- Sturm Graz Austria 0–2 (1–1) Belarus BATE Borisov. BATE Borisov win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Benfica Portugal 3–1 (2–2) Netherlands Twente. Benfica win 5–3 on aggregate.
- Udinese Italy 1–2 (0–1) England Arsenal. Arsenal win 3–1 on aggregate.
Other UEFA Champions League news:
- On the eve of the group stage draw, Turkey Fenerbahçe are removed from the Champions League amid allegations that they fixed matches to win last season's Turkish title. Their place in the group stage will be taken up by second-placed Turkey Trabzonspor, who had previously been eliminated from the competition by Portugal Benfica. Trabzonspor's opponent in the Europa League play-off round, Spain Athletic Bilbao, will receive a direct entry into the group stage of that competition.^[1]
Recopa Sudamericana second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Internacional Brazil 3–1 (1–2) Argentina Independiente. 3–3 on points; Internacional win 4–3 on aggregate.
- Internacional win the Recopa for the second time.
Copa Sudamericana Second stage second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):
- São Paulo Brazil 3–0 (1–2) Brazil Ceará. 3–3 on points; São Paulo win 4–2 on aggregate.
- Atlético Paranaense Brazil 0–1 (0–1) Brazil Flamengo. Flamengo win 6–0 on points.
CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 2:
- Group B: Isidro Metapán El Salvador 2–0 Mexico Santos Laguna
  - Standings (after 2 matches): United States Colorado Rapids 4 points, Isidro Metapán, Santos Laguna 3, Honduras Real España 1.
- Group C: Toronto FC Canada – United States FC Dallas – abandoned at halftime due to lightning and heavy rain, to be replayed on August 25.
- Group D: Comunicaciones Guatemala 2–0 Costa Rica Herediano
  - Standings (after 2 matches): United States Seattle Sounders FC 6 points, Mexico Monterrey, Comunicaciones 3, Herediano 0.

Judo

World Championships in Paris, France (JPN unless stated):
- Men's 73 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Riki Nakaya 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dex Elmont (NED) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Navruz Jurakobilov (UZB) & Ugo Legrand (FRA)
- Women's 52 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Misato Nakamura 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuka Nishida 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ana Carrascosa (ESP) & Andreea Chitu (ROU)
  - Nakamura wins her second world title.
- Women's 57 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Aiko Sato 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rafaela Silva (BRA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Corina Caprioriu (ROU) & Kaori Matsumoto

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix final round in Macau, China:
- Pool A:
  - Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
- Pool B:
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 0–3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Women's African Championship in Nairobi, Kenya:
- Bronze medal match: Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg 2–3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
- Final: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg 3–1 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
  - Kenya win the title for the seventh time, and qualify for the FIVB World Cup.

August 23, 2011 (Tuesday)

Basketball

FIBA Africa Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
- Round of 16:
  - Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 84–46 File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad
  - Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 85–52 File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
  - Central African Republic File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg 71–66 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
  - Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg 82–71 File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
FIBA Asia Championship for Women Level I in Ōmura, Japan (team in bold advances to semifinals):
- China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 87–38 File:Flag of India.svg India
- Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 83–55 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
- South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 66–59 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
  - Standings (after 3 games): Korea 6 points, China, Japan, Chinese Taipei 5, Lebanon, India 3.

Cycling

Grand Tours:
- Vuelta a España, Stage 4: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Moreno (ESP) (Team Katusha) 4h 51' 53" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) (Saxo Bank–SunGard) + 3" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dan Martin (IRL) (Garmin–Cervélo) + 11"
  - General classification (after stage 4): (1) Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (Quick-Step) File:Jersey red.svg 13h 19' 09" (2) Moreno File:Jersey blue dotted.pngFile:Jersey white.svg + 43" (3) Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (Leopard Trek) + 49"

Field hockey

Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany (teams in bold advance to semifinals):
- Pool A:
  - Azerbaijan File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg 1–2 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  - Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 5–1 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
    - Final standings: Spain 9 points, Netherlands 6, Azerbaijan 3, Italy 0.
- Pool B:
  - Ireland File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg 1–3 File:Flag of England.svg England
  - Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
    - Final standings: England 9 points, Germany 6, Belgium 3, Ireland 0.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League Play-off round second leg (first leg scores in parentheses):
- APOEL Cyprus 3–1 (0–1) Poland Wisła Kraków. APOEL win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Genk Belgium 2–1 (1–2) (a.e.t.) Israel Maccabi Haifa. 3–3 on aggregate, Genk win 4–1 on penalties.
- Malmö FF Sweden 2–0 (1–4) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb. Dinamo Zagreb win 4–3 on aggregate.
- Villarreal Spain 3–0 (0–1) Denmark Odense. Villarreal win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Zürich Switzerland 0–1 (0–2) Germany Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich win 3–0 on aggregate.
Copa Sudamericana:
- First stage, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Santa Fe Colombia 2–0 (1–1) Peru Universidad César Vallejo. Santa Fe win 4–1 on points.
- Second stage, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Botafogo Brazil 1–0 (2–1) Brazil Atlético Mineiro. Botafogo win 6–0 on points.
CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 2:
- Group B: Real España Honduras 1–1 United States Colorado Rapids
  - Standings: Colorado Rapids 4 points (2 matches), Mexico Santos Laguna 3 (1), Real España 1 (2), El Salvador Isidro Metapán 0 (1).
- Group D:
  - Monterrey Mexico 0–1 United States Seattle Sounders FC
  - Comunicaciones Guatemala – Costa Rica Herediano — postponed due to heavy rain
    - Standings: Seattle Sounders 6 points (2 matches), Monterrey 3 (2), Comunicaciones, Herediano 0 (1).

Judo

World Championships in Paris, France:
- Men's 60 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Rishod Sobirov (UZB) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hiroaki Hiraoka (JPN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ilgar Mushkiyev (AZE) & Georgii Zantaraia (UKR)
  - Sobirov wins the title for the second successive time.
- Men's 66 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Masashi Ebinuma (JPN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leandro Cunha (BRA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Musa Mogushkov (RUS) & Cho Jun-ho (KOR)
- Women's 48 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Haruna Asami (JPN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tomoko Fukumi (JPN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sarah Menezes (BRA) & Éva Csernoviczki (HUN)
  - Asami wins the title for the second successive time.

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Taekwondo:
  - Men's −63 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Umut Bildik (TUR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steven Barclais (FRA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chu Yuan-chih (TPE) & Alfonso Victoria (MEX)
  - Men's −87 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Park Yong-hyun (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guilherme Felix (BRA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bruak Eski (TUR) & Rouhollah Talebi (IRI)
  - Women's −53 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hatice Kübra Yangın (TUR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Laura Urriola (ESP) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aziza Chambers (USA) & Ivett Gonda (CAN)
  - Women's −73 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Chuang Chia-chia (TPE) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Park Mi-yeon (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elena Gómez (ESP) & Anne-Caroline Graffe (FRA)
- Water polo:
  - Men's tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia

August 22, 2011 (Monday)

Basketball

FIBA Africa Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
- Group B:
  - Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg 92–54 File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad
  - Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg 61–75 File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
    - Final standings: Senegal 6 points, Angola 5, Morocco 4, Chad 3.
- Group D:
  - Rwanda File:Flag of Rwanda.svg 87–67 File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
  - Central African Republic File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg 52–65 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
    - Final standings: Tunisia 6 points, Central African Republic 5, Rwanda 4, Togo 3.
FIBA Asia Championship for Women Level I in Ōmura, Japan:
- India File:Flag of India.svg 47–83 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- Lebanon File:Flag of Lebanon.svg 58–79 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
- Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 81–54 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
  - Standings (after 2 games): Japan, Korea 4 points, China, Chinese Taipei 3, Lebanon, India 2.

Cricket

India in England:
- 4th Test in London, day 5: File:Flag of England.svg England 591/6d; File:Flag of India.svg India 300 & 283 (f/o, 91 overs; Graeme Swann 6/106). England win by an innings & 8 runs; win 4-match series 4–0.
Australia in Sri Lanka:
- 5th ODI in Hambantota: File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 211 (46.1 overs); File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 213/6 (47 overs). Sri Lanka win by 4 wickets; Australia win 5-match series 3–2.

Cycling

Grand Tours:
- Vuelta a España, Stage 3: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Pablo Lastras (ESP) (Movistar Team) 3h 58' 00" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (Quick-Step) + 15" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Markel Irizar (ESP) (Team RadioShack) + 15"
  - General classification (after stage 3): (1) Lastras File:Jersey red.svgFile:Jersey green.svgFile:Jersey blue dotted.pngFile:Jersey white.svg 8h 25' 59" (2) Chavanel + 20" (3) Irizar + 1' 08"

Field hockey

Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany (team in bold advances to semifinals):
- Pool A:
  - Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 7–1 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Germany 6 points, Belgium, Spain 3, Russia 0.
- Pool B:
  - France File:Flag of France.svg 0–2 File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland
  - England File:Flag of England.svg 3–4 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Netherlands 6 points, England, Ireland 3, France 0.

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Badminton (TPE unless stated):
  - Men's singles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wen Kai (CHN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Takuma Ueda (JPN) & Hsueh Hsuanyi
  - Men's doubles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Maneepong Jongjit/Bodin Isara (THA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lee Sheng-mu/Fang Chieh-min 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Afiat Yuris Wirawan/Rendy Sugiarto (INA) & Wu Chunwei/Liao Menchun
  - Women's singles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Cheng Shao-chieh 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pai Hsiao-ma 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liu Fang Hua (CHN) & Shi Xiao Qian (CHN)
  - Women's doubles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jang Ye-na/Eom Hye-won (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cheng/Pai 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Peirong/Hsieh Peichen & Savitree Amitrapai/Nessara Somsri (THA)
  - Mixed doubles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Eom Hye-won/Shin Baek-cheol (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lee/Hsieh 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ricky Widianto/Shendy Puspa Irawati (INA) & Jongjit/Amitrapai
- Basketball:
  - Men's tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
- Diving:
  - Men's synchro 10m platform: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Huo Liang/Lin Yue (CHN) 474.69 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Victor Minibaev/Ilya Zakharov (RUS) 453.42 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rommel Pacheco/Jonathan Ruvalcaba (MEX) 421.50
  - Men's team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3718.46 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 3239.83 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3239.69
  - Women's synchro 3m springboard: 1st place, gold medalist(s) He Zi/Wang Han (CHN) 334.20 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olena Fedorova/Hanna Pysmenska (UKR) 301.50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bianca Alvarez/Carrie Dragland (USA) 292.50
  - Women's team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2674.18 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2373.03 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia 2336.23
- Football:
  - Men's tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- Gymnastics:
  - Group aerobics: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Che Lei, Li Liangfa, Liu Chao, Liu Tianbo, Tao Le, Wang Zizhuo) 21.750 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Danil Chayun, Garsevan Dzhanazyan, Valerii Gusev, Alexander Kondratichev, Kirill Lobaznyuk, Igor Trushkov) 21.650 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (Andreea Bogati, Laura Andreea Cristache, Petru Porime Tolan, Anca Claudia Surdu, Mircea Zamfir) 21.265
  - Aerobic teams: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China & File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - Hoop: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Yevgeniya Kanayeva (RUS) 29.150 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alina Maksimenko (UKR) 28.100 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Deng Senyue (CHN) 27.050
  - Ball: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kanayeva 29.200 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daria Dmitrieva (RUS) 28.400 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liubov Charkashyna (BLR) 28.200
  - Clubs: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kanayeva 29.200 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aliya Garayeva (AZE) 27.725 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maksimenko 27.375
  - Ribbon: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Dmitrieva 28.600 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kanayeva 28.575 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charkashyna 28.200
  - 3 ribbons + 2 hoops: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Liu Shu, Ma Qianhui, Wang Xue, Wang Yuting, Wu Mengran, Zou Lie) 27.100 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Alexandra Elyutina, Margarita Goncharova, Yulia Guryanova, Daria Kuvshinova, Anna Loman, Alexandra Makarova) 26.900 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Yurie Akashi, Saori Inagaki, Motoi Kasahara, Yurika Kurimoto, Kaho Okamoto, Kasumi Sakihama) 24.600
  - 5 balls: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Liu Shu, Ma, Wang Xue, Wang Yuting, Wu, Zou) 26.950 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Elyutina, Goncharova, Guryanova, Kuvshinova, Loman, Makarova) 26.925 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Akashi, Inagaki, Kasahara, Kurimoto, Okamoto, Sakihama) 25.875
- Shooting:
  - Men's 50m rifle 3 positions: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Niccolò Campriani (ITA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kang Hongwei (CHN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergey Kamenskiy (RUS)
  - Men's 25m standard pistol: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ding Feng (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhou Zhiguo (CHN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmitry Brayko (RUS)
  - Men's team 25m standard pistol: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Ding, Li Yuehong, Zhou) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Brayko, Sergei Cherviakovski, Ivan Stukachev) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (Pongpol Kulchairattana, Pruet Sriyaphan, Bhawin Tantinvachai)
  - Men's double trap: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexander Furasyev (RUS) 193 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pan Qiang (CHN) 192 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hwang Sun-jin (KOR) 191
  - Men's team double trap: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Pan, Yang Yiyang, Li Jun) 427 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Furasyev, Artur Mingazov, Roman Zagumennov) 423 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Antonino Barillà, Alessandro Chianese, Ferdinando Rossi) 420
  - Women's 50m rifle 3 positions: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Adéla Sýkorová (CZE) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Narantuya Chuluunbadrakh (MGL) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kata Veres (HUN)
  - Women's double trap: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Xiaohui (CHN) 101 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mariya Dmitriyenko (UKR) 98+3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hsu Jie-yu (TPE) 98+2
- Taekwondo:
  - Men's −74 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Seon-uk (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Farzad Zolghadri (IRI) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christos Pilavakis (CYP) & Fernando Ortega (MEX)
  - Men's +87 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Arsen Tcinaridze (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ali Sari (TUR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Balázs Tóth (HUN) & Rosbelis Despaigne (CUB)
  - Women's −62 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Noh Eun-sil (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eva Calvo Gómez (ESP) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carmen Marton (AUS) & Edina Kotsis (HUN)
  - Women's +73 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhang Yongtong (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wiam Dislam (MAR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olga Ivanova (RUS) & Tuba Abus (TUR)
- Volleyball:
  - Men's tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- Water polo:
  - Women's tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia

Volleyball

Women's African Championship in Nairobi, Kenya:
- Semifinals:
  - Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
  - Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt

August 21, 2011 (Sunday)

Auto racing

Sprint Cup Series:
- Pure Michigan 400 in Brooklyn, Michigan: (1) Nevada Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (2) California Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Michigan Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing)
  - Busch becomes the first driver to clinch a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.^[2]
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 23 of 36 races): (1) Busch 799 points (2) Johnson 789 (3) California Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet; Richard Childress Racing) 760 (3 wins)
V8 Supercars:
- Ipswich 300 in Ipswich, Queensland:
  - Race 18: (1) Craig Lowndes (AUS) (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (2) Tim Slade (AUS) (James Rosenberg Racing; Ford FG Falcon) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (NZL) (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon)
    - Drivers' championship standings (after 18 of 28 races): (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) 1895 points (2) Lowndes 1797 (3) Van Gisbergen 1502
World Rally Championship:
- Rallye Deutschland in Trier, Germany: (1) Sébastien Ogier (FRA)/Julien Ingrassia (FRA) (Citroën DS3 WRC) (2) Sébastien Loeb (FRA)/Daniel Elena (MON) (Citroën DS3 WRC) (3) Dani Sordo (ESP)/Carlos Del Barrio (ESP) (Mini John Cooper Works WRC)
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 9 of 13 rallies): (1) Loeb 192 points (2) Ogier 167 (3) Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) 156

Basketball

FIBA Africa Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
- Group A:
  - Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg 72–69 (OT) File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
  - Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 112–81 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
    - Final standings: Nigeria 6 points, Mali 5, Mozambique 4, Madagascar 3.
- Group C:
  - Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 68–71 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
  - Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 76–70 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
    - Final standings: Cameroon 6 points, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, South Africa 4.
FIBA Asia Championship for Women Level I in Ōmura, Japan:
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women in Cagliari, Italy:
- Bronze medal game: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 82–48 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
- Final: 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 43–67 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  - Spain win the title for the seventh time.
PBA Governors Cup Finals in Quezon City, Philippines:
- Game 6: Petron Blaze Boosters 85, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 73. Boosters win series 4–3.
  - Petron win their 19th league title and prevent Talk 'N Text from winning the Grand Slam.

Canoeing

Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary:
- Men's Canoe:
  - C–1 200 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Valentin Demyanenko (AZE) 39.339 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ivan Shtyl (RUS) 39.573 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alfonso Benavides (ESP) 39.687
    - Demyanenko wins the event for the third time.
  - C–1 5000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mykhaylo Koshman (UKR) 23:23.823 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lukáš Koranda (CZE) 23:24.987 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) José Luis Bouza (ESP) 23:55.173
  - C–2 200 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Raimundas Labuckas/Tomas Gadeikis (LTU) 37.101 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viktor Melantyev/Nikolay Lipkin (RUS) 37.413 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dzmitry Rabchanka/Aleksandr Vauchetskiy (BLR) 37.599
    - Labuckas and Gadeikis win the event for the third successive time.
  - C–1 4 × 200 m Relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Shtyl, Evgeny Ignatov, Alexey Korovashkov, Melantiev) 2:46.955 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan (Sergiy Bezugliy, Maksym Prokopenko, Demyanenko, Andriy Kraytor) 2:48.341 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Stefan Holtz, Björn Waeschke, Stefan Kiraj, Sebastian Brendel) 2:48.473
    - Shtyl and Ignatov both win the event for the third successive time and their sixth world title overall.
- Men's Kayak:
  - K–1 200 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Piotr Siemionowski (POL) 34.770 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ed McKeever (GBR) 34.986 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ronald Rauhe (GER) 35.118
  - K–1 5000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Max Hoff (GER) 19:51.200 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleh Yurenia (BLR) 20:07.952 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maximilian Benassi (ITA) 20:11.936
    - Hoff wins his second title of the championships and fourth world title overall.
  - K–2 200 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Arnaud Hybois/Sébastien Jouve (FRA) 31.940 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jon Schofield/Liam Heath (GBR) 32.156 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Raman Piatrushenka/Vadzim Makhneu (BLR) 32.390
    - Hybois and Jouve both win the event for the second time and their third world title overall.
  - K–1 4 × 200 m Relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (Saúl Craviotto Rivero, Ekaitz Saies Sistiaga, Carlos Pérez Rial, Pablo Andrés) 2:24.891 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Viktor Zavolskiy, Alexander Dyachenko, Mikhail Tamonov, Yevgeny Salakhov) 2:25.701 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (Casper Nielsen, Jimmy Bøjesen, Kasper Bleibach, Lasse Nielsen) 2:25.821
    - Pérez wins the event for the third successive time and his fourth world title overall.
    - Andres wins the event for the second time.
- Women's canoe:
  - C–1 200 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Laurence Vincent-Lapointe (CAN) 39.339 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maria Kazakova (RUS) 39.339 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Staniliya Stamenova (BUL) 39.339
    - Vincent-Lapointe wins her second title of the championships, her second title in this event and third world title overall.
- Women's Kayak:
  - K–1 200 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lisa Carrington (NZL) 39.998 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marta Walczykiewicz (POL) 40.472 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Inna Osypenko-Radomska (UKR) 40.670
  - K–1 5000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamara Csipes (HUN) 22:19.816 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lani Belcher (GBR) 22:26.572 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maryna Paltaran (BLR) 22:37.294
    - Csipes wins her second title of the championships and fourth world title overall.
  - K–2 200 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Katalin Kovács/Danuta Kozák (HUN) 37.667 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karolina Naja/Magdalena Krukowska (POL) 38.165 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joanne Brigden-Jones/Hannah Davis (AUS) 38.369
    - Kovács wins her second title of the championships, her fifth title in this event and extends her record to 31 titles and 40 medals overall.
    - Kozák wins her second title of the championships and fifth world title overall.
  - K–1 4 × 200 m Relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Nicole Reinhardt, Conny Waßmuth, Tina Dietze, Carolin Leonhardt) 2:49.541 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Natalia Lobova, Anastasiya Sergeeva, Natalia Proskurina, Svetlana Kudinova) 2:50.207 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Walczykiewicz, Naja, Aneta Konieczna, Ewelina Wojnarowska) 2:50.951
    - Reinhardt wins her second title of the championships, her third title in this event and eighth world title overall.
    - Waßmuth wins her third title in this event and seventh world title overall.
    - Dietze wins her second title in this event and third world title overall.
    - Leonhardt wins her sixth world title.

Cricket

India in England:
- 4th Test in London, day 4: File:Flag of England.svg England 591/6d; File:Flag of India.svg India 300 (94 overs; Rahul Dravid 146*) & 129/3 (f/o, 35 overs). India trail by 162 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
- 5th ODI in Bulawayo: File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 253/6 (50 overs); File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 160 (38.2 overs). Bangladesh win by 93 runs; Zimbabwe win 5-match series 3–2.

Cycling

Grand Tours:
- Vuelta a España, Stage 2: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Christopher Sutton (AUS) (Team Sky) 4h 11' 41" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vicente Reynés (ESP) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marcel Kittel (GER) (Skil–Shimano) s.t.
  - General classification (after stage 2): (1) Daniele Bennati (ITA) (Leopard Trek) File:Jersey red.svg 4h 28' 11" (2) Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (Leopard Trek) + 0" (3) Maxime Monfort (BEL) (Leopard Trek) + 0"
UCI World Tour:
- Vattenfall Cyclassics: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (Team Sky) 4h 49' 40" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gerald Ciolek (GER) (Quick-Step) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Borut Božič (SLO) (Vacansoleil–DCM) s.t.
  - UCI World Tour standings (after 21 of 27 races): (1) Cadel Evans (AUS) (BMC Racing Team) 574 points (2) Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) 568 (3) Alberto Contador (ESP) (Saxo Bank–SunGard) 471
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Final in Val di Sole, Italy:
- Men's cross-country: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nino Schurter (SUI) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Florian Vogel (SUI)
  - Final Standings: (1) Kulhavy (2) Schurter (3) Julien Absalon (FRA)
- Women's cross-country: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Catharine Pendrel (CAN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maja Włoszczowska (POL) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (NOR)
  - Final Standings: (1) Julie Bresset (FRA) (2) Pendrel (3) Irina Kalentieva (RUS)
- Men's downhill: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Aaron Gwin (USA) 3:10.356 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Danny Hart (GBR) 3:11.588 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gee Atherton (GBR) 3:14.470
  - Final standings: (1) Gwin 1558 points (2) Greg Minnaar (RSA) 1093 (3) Atherton 1009
- Women's downhill: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Myriam Nicole (FRA) 3:52.231 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Floriane Pugin (FRA) 3:53.040 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rachel Atherton (GBR) 3:54.405
  - Final standings: (1) Tracy Moseley (GBR) 1465 points (2) Pugin 1390 (3) Atherton 1115
- Men's four-cross: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tomáš Slavík (CZE) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johannes Fischbach (GER) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kamil Tatarkovič (SRB)
  - Final standings: (1) Jared Graves (AUS) 1620 points (2) Slavík 1174 (3) Michal Prokop (CZE) 1030
- Women's four-cross: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Anneke Beerten (NED) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lucia Oetjen (SUI) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Melissa Buhl (USA)
  - Final standings: (1) Beerten 1400 points (2) Oetjen 1010 (3) Fionn Griffiths (GBR) 780

Equestrianism

European Dressage Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
- Grand Prix Freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Adelinde Cornelissen (NED) on Parzival 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carl Hester (GBR) on Uthopia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Patrik Kittel (SWE) on Scandic

Field hockey

Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany:
- Pool B:
  - England File:Flag of England.svg 4–2 File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland
  - Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 8–1 File:Flag of France.svg France
Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany:
- Pool A:
  - Azerbaijan File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg 5–3 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
  - Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 1–0 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Spain 6 points, Netherlands, Azerbaijan 3, Italy 0.
- Pool B: (team in bold advances to the semifinals)
  - England File:Flag of England.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
  - Ireland File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
    - Standings (after 2 matches): England 6 points, Germany, Belgium 3, Ireland 0.

Golf

Senior majors:
- Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in Harrison, New York:
  - Leaderboard after final round: (T1) Fred Couples (USA) & John Cook (USA) 273 (−11) (3) Peter Senior (AUS) 274 (−10)
    - Couples defeats Cook on the third playoff hole to win his first senior major and fifth career Champions Tour title.
PGA Tour:
- Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina:
  - Winner: Webb Simpson (USA) 262 (−18)
    - Simpson wins his first PGA Tour title.
European Tour:
- Czech Open in Čeladná, Czech Republic:
  - Winner: Oliver Fisher (ENG) 275 (−13)
    - Fisher wins his first European Tour title.
LPGA Tour:
- Safeway Classic in North Plains, Oregon:
  - Winner: Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 207 (−6)^PO
    - Pettersen defeats Choi Na-yeon (KOR) on the first playoff hole to win her eighth LPGA Tour title.

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Athletics:
  - Men's 800m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lachlan Renshaw (AUS) 1:46.36 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Teng Haining (CHN) 1:46.62 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fred Samoei (KEN) 1:46.72
  - Men's 5000m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Andy Vernon (GBR) 14:00.06 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Evgeny Rybakov (RUS) 14:00.60 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stefano La Rosa (ITA) 14:02.95
  - Men's 4 × 100 m relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (Johannes Dreyer, Simon Magakwe, Rapula Sefanyetso, Thuso Mpuang) 39.25 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Yang Yang, Huang Minhua, Chang Pengben, Zheng Dongsheng) 39.39 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (Yip Siukeung, Lai Chun Ho, Leung Kiho, Ho Manloklawrence) 39.44
  - Men's 4 × 400 m relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Aleksandr Sigalovskiy, Dmitry Buryak, Artem Vazhov, Valentin Kruglyakov) 3:04.51 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Hiroyuki Nakano, Shintaro Horie, Hideyuki Hirose, Takatoshi Abe) 3:05.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (Shane Victor, André Olivier, Pieter Beneke, Willem de Beer) 3:05.61
  - Men's long jump: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Su Xiongfeng (CHN) 8.17m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marquise Goodwin (USA) 8.03m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Julian Reid (GBR) 7.96m
  - Men's discus throw: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Märt Israel (EST) 64.07m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Przemyslaw Czajkowski (POL) 63.62m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ronald Julião (BRA) 63.30m
  - Men's half marathon: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ahmed Tamri (MAR) 1:06:20 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fatih Bilgic (TUR) 1:06:20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tsubasa Hayakawa (JPN) 1:06:25
  - Men's team half marathon: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Hayakawa, Hiromitsu Kakuage, Takehiro Deki) 3:20:37 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Bian Qi, Zheng Guojun, Yan Jun) 3:37:25
  - Women's 1500m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Aslı Çakır Alptekin (TUR) 4:05.56 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anna Mishchenko (UKR) 4:05.91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ekaterina Gorbunova (RUS) 4:06.16
  - Women's 4 × 100 m relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (Hanna Titimets, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Khrystyna Stuy, Yelizaveta Bryzhina) 43.33 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Lakya Brookins, Shayla Mahan, Christina Manning, Tiffany Townsend) 43.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica (Shermaine Williams, Carrie Russell, Anneisha McLaughlin, Anastasia Le-Roy) 43.57
  - Women's 4 × 400 m relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Marina Karnaushchenko, Yelena Migunova, Kseniya Ustalova, Olga Topilskaya) 3:27.16 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Nagihan Karadere, Merve Aydın, Meliz Redif, Pınar Saka) 3:30.14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (Kelly Massey, Charlotte Best, Meghan Beesley, Emily Diamond) 3:33.09
  - Women's high jump: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Brigetta Barrett (USA) 1.96m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Airinė Palšytė (LTU) 1.96m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anna Iljuštšenko (EST) 1.94m
  - Women's half marathon: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ro Un-Ok (PRK) 1:16:38 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jin Lingling (CHN) 1:16:42 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sayo Nomura (JPN) 1:16:48
  - Women's team half marathon: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Nomura, Machiko Iwakawa, Aki Otagiri) 3:50:43 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Jin, Jiang Xiaoli, Li Zhenzhu) 3:53:09
- Basketball:
  - Women's tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- Chess (CHN unless stated):
  - Men's individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Li Chao 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Hao 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Yue
  - Women's individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tan Zhongyi 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul (MGL) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Huang Qian
  - Mixed team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
- Diving:
  - Men's 10m platform: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Wu Jun (CHN) 537.00 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Victor Minibaev (RUS) 528.75 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rommel Pacheco (MEX) 492.05
- Football:
  - Women's tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- Gymnastics:
  - Aerobic step: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Huang Jinxuan, Lin Junxian, Qiao Dayan, Shou Minchao, Wang Yang, Xu Fan, Zhao Sitong, Zheng Ziya, Zou Qin) 17.750 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Polina Amosenok, Danil Chayun, Maxim Grinin, Olga Kislukhina, Veronika Korneva, Anzhella Korotkova, Evgeniya Kudymova, Kirill Lobaznyuk, Dmitrii Safonov, Denis Shurupov) 17.600 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Choe Ha-neul, Jo Ye-ran, Kim Ji-un, Lee Sa-lang, Shim Mi-hyun, Shin Hyun-kyung) 17.520
  - Trios: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Kim Guon-taeck, Lee Kyung-ho, Ryu Ju-sun) 21.400 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Alexander Kondratichev, Lobaznyuk, Igor Trushkov) 21.100 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (Valentin Mavrodineanu, Tolan Petru Porime, Mircea Zamfir) 20.950
  - All-around individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Yevgeniya Kanayeva (RUS) 115.350 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daria Dmitrieva (RUS) 111.875 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liubov Charkashyna (BLR) 109.700
  - All-around team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Liu Shu, Ma Qianhui, Wang Xue, Wang Yuting, Wu Mengran, Zou Lie) 52.750 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Alexandra Elyutina, Margarita Goncharova, Yulia Guryanova, Daria Kuvshinova, Anna Loman, Alexandra Makarova) 51.525 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Yurie Akashi, Saori Inagaki, Motoi Kasahara, Yurika Kurimoto, Kaho Okamoto, Kasumi Sakihama) 49.750
- Sailing:
  - Men's laser standard: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Mihelic (CRO) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Malte Kamrath (GER) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergey Komissarov (RUS)
  - Men's RS:X: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Fang Zhennan (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lukasz Grodzicki (POL) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lee Tae-hoon (KOR)
  - 470 Open: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Chaus/Denis Gribanov (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fábio Silva/Gustavo Thiesen (BRA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erika Tokushige/Jumpei Hokazono (JPN)
  - Women's laser radial: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhang Dongshuang (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Victoria Jing Hua Chan (SIN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (RUS)
  - Women's RS:X: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Chen Peina (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Megumi Komine (JPN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Malgorzata Bialecka (POL)
  - Country classification: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Chen Zhiwei, Fang, Xie Lidiao, Zhang) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Chaus, Liudmila Dmitrieva, Gribanov, Alisa Kirilyuk, Kuznetsova) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Hokazono, Megumi Iseda, Megumi Komine, Jun Ogawa, Tokushige)
- Shooting:
  - Men's skeet: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Giancarlo Tazza (ITA) 147+2 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ralf Buchheim (GER) 147+1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gorden Gosch (GER) 143
  - Men's team skeet: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (Daniel Herberger, Petr Málek, Jakub Novota) 353 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Alexander Bondar, Nikolay Pilshchikov, Nikolay Teplyy) 350 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus (Anastasios Chapesiis, Andreas Chasikos, Dimitris Konstantinou) 344
  - Men's team 50m rifle 3 positions: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Cao Yifei, Kang Hongwei, Gong Jiawei) 3503+166 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Jeremy Monnier, Etienne Germond, Remi Moreno Flores) 3490+151 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Sergey Kamenskiy, Vladimir Tugushev, Nazar Luginets) 3481+155
  - Women's 25m pistol: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tanyaporn Prucksakorn (THA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zorana Arunović (SRB) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olena Kostevych (UKR)
  - Women's team 25m pistol: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (Kostevych, Inna Kryachko, Kateryna Domkina) 1728+47 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Lee Ho-lim, Jo Soo-young, Kim Ji-hye) 1721+44 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Lu Miaoyi, Zhang Shasha, Zhao Xu) 1717+48
- Taekwondo:
  - Men's −58 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Safwan Khalil (AUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hadi Mostean (IRI) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Serkan Tok (TUR) & Andrei Rotaru (MDA)
  - Men's −80 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mehran Askari (IRI) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yunus Sarı (TUR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Avet Osmanov (RUS) & Issam Chernoubi (MAR)
  - Women's −49 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexandra Lychagina (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Jae-ah (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hung Shih-han (TPE) & Maeva Coutant (FRA)
  - Women's −67 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Guo Yunfei (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Furkan Asena Aydın (TUR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Woo Seu-mi (KOR) Seham Sawalhy (EGY)
- Tennis:
  - Men's singles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lim Yong-kyu (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Siarhei Betau (BLR) & Aliaksander Bury (BLR)
  - Men's team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Lim, Oh Dae-soung, Seol Jae-min) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus (Betau, Bury) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (Hsieh Cheng-peng, Huang Liang-chi, Lee Hsin-han)
  - Women's singles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Nudnida Luangnam (THA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ksenia Lykina (RUS) & Yoo Mi (KOR)
  - Women's team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (Luangnam, Wannasuk, Varatchaya Wongteanchai) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Shuko Aoyama, Sachie Ishizu, Hiroko Kuwata, Kotomi Takahata) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Lykina, Marta Sirotkina)
  - Mixed doubles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Chan Chin-wei/Lee (TPE) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bury/Sviatlana Pirazhenka (BLR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aoyama/Takuto Niki (JPN) & Weerapat Doakmaiklee/Wongteanchai (THA)
- Volleyball:
  - Women's tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia

Rugby union

Mid-year Tests, Week 7: Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 20–14 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

Snooker

Players Tour Championship – Event 3 in Sheffield, England:
- Final: Ben Woollaston (ENG) 4–2 Graeme Dott (SCO)
  - Woollaston wins his first professional title.
  - Order of Merit (after 3 of 12 events): (1) Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 11,700 (2) Judd Trump 10,600 (3) Woollaston 10,200

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
- Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, United States:
  - Final: Andy Murray (GBR) def. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 6–4, 3–0 retired
    - Murray wins his second title of the year, and his seventh Masters 1000 title and 18th title of his career.
    - Djokovic suffers only his second defeat of the year.
WTA Tour:
- Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, United States:
  - Final: Maria Sharapova (RUS) def. Jelena Janković (SRB) 4–6, 7–6(3), 6–3
    - Sharapova wins her second title of the year and 24th of her career.

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix Third round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
- Pool I in Hong Kong:
  - Dominican Republic File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
- Pool J in Hong Kong:
  - United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru
  - Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
- Pool K in Bangkok, Thailand:
  - Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
- Pool L in Tokyo, Japan:
  - Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg 3–0 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
    - Final standings: Brazil 27 points, United States 23, Russia 21, Serbia 20, Italy 19, Japan 18, China 17, Thailand 15, South Korea, Poland 13, Cuba 9, Dominican Republic 8, Germany 7, Argentina 4, Kazakhstan 2, Peru 0.
Women's African Championship in Nairobi, Kenya: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group A:
  - Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
  - Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
    - Final standings: Kenya 6 points, Egypt 5, Cameroon 4, Nigeria 3.
- Group B:
  - Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
  - Rwanda File:Flag of Rwanda.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
    - Final standings: Algeria 8 points, Senegal 7, Tunisia 6, File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 5, Rwanda 4.
FIVB Girls Youth World Championship in Ankara, Turkey:
- 3rd place match: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
- Final: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Turkey File:Flag of Turkey.svg 3–0 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
  - Turkey win the title for the first time.

August 20, 2011 (Saturday)

Auto racing

Nationwide Series:
- NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Montreal: (1) Australia Marcos Ambrose (Ford; Richard Petty Motorsports) (2) Canada Alex Tagliani (Dodge; Penske Racing) (3) Arizona Michael McDowell (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing)
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 24 of 34 races): (1) Mississippi Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 834 points (2) Virginia Elliott Sadler (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Incorporated) 826 (3) Georgia (U.S. state) Reed Sorenson (Chevrolet; Turner Motorsports) 825
V8 Supercars:
- Ipswich 300 in Ipswich, Queensland:
  - Race 16: (1) Craig Lowndes (AUS) (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore) (2) Tim Slade (AUS) (James Rosenberg Racing; Ford FG Falcon) (3) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Triple Eight Race Engineering; Holden VE Commodore)
  - Race 17: (1) Lowndes (2) Whincup (3) Slade
    - Drivers' championship standings (after 17 of 28 races): (1) Whincup 1817 points (2) Lowndes 1647 (3) Shane van Gisbergen (NZL) (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon) 1398

Basketball

FIBA Africa Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
- Group B:
  - Chad File:Flag of Chad.svg 57–89 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
  - Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg 78–85 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
    - Standings (after 2 games): Senegal 4 points, Angola, Morocco 3, Chad 2.
- Group D:
  - Togo File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg 57–82 File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
  - Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg 69–37 File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda
    - Standings (after 2 games): Tunisia, Central African Republic 4 points, Rwanda, Togo 2.

Canoeing

Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary:
- Men's Canoe:
  - C–1 500 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Fedosenko (RUS) 1:46.647 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dzianis Harazha (BLR) 1:46.827 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oleksandr Maksymchuk (UKR) 1:47.679
  - C–2 1000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Stefan Holtz, Tomasz Wylenzek) 2:42.643 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan (Sergiy Bezugliy, Maksym Prokopenko) 2:43.525 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (Alexandru Dumitrescu, Victor Mihalachi) 2:43.83
    - Wylenzek wins the event for the fourth time and his fifth world title overall.
- Men's Kayak:
  - K–1 500 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marek Twardowski (POL) 1:36.688 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pavel Miadzvedzeu (BLR) 1:37.174 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yury Postrigay (RUS) 1:38.404
    - Twardowski wins the event for the second time and his third world title overall.
  - K–2 500 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (Dávid Tóth, Tamás Kulifai) 1:28.134 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (Ricardas Nekriosius, Andrej Olijnik) 1:28.524 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Denis Ambroziak, Dawid Putto) 1:28.848
  - K–4 1000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Norman Bröckl, Robert Gleinert, Max Hoff, Paul Mittelstedt) 2:47.734 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (Jacob Clear, Murray Stewart, David Smith, Tate Smith) 2:48.724 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Ilya Medvedev, Anton Vasilev, Anton Ryakhov, Oleg Zhestkov) 2:49.516
    - Bröckl wins the event for the third time.
    - Hoff wins his third world title.
- Women's canoe:
  - C–2 500 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Mallorie Nicholson) 2:01.028 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Anastasia Ganina, Natalia Marasanova) 2:03.440 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (Kincső Takács, Gyöngyvér Baravics) 2:08.534
    - Vincent-Lapointe wins her second world title.
- Women's Kayak:
  - K–1 500 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Nicole Reinhardt (GER) 1:47.066 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Danuta Kozák (HUN) 1:47.396 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Inna Osypenko-Radomska (UKR) 1:48.668
    - Reinhardt wins the event for the second time and her seventh world title overall.
  - K–2 500 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz) 1:37.071 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Franziska Weber, Tina Dietze) 1:37.275 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna) 1:37.803

Cricket

India in England:
- 4th Test in London, day 3: File:Flag of England.svg England 591/6d (153 overs; Ian Bell 235); File:Flag of India.svg India 103/5 (33 overs). India trail by 488 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Australia in Sri Lanka:
- 4th ODI in Hambantota: File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 132 (38.4 overs); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 133/5 (28 overs). Australia win by 5 wickets; lead 5-match series 3–1.

Cycling

Grand Tours:
- Vuelta a España, Stage 1: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Leopard Trek 16' 30" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liquigas–Cannondale + 4" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) HTC–Highroad + 9"
  - General classification (after stage 1): (1) Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (Leopard Trek) File:Jersey red.svg 16' 30" (2) Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (Leopard Trek) + 0" (3) Maxime Monfort (BEL) (Leopard Trek) + 0"

Equestrianism

European Dressage Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
- Grand Prix Spécial: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Adelinde Cornelissen (NED) on Parzival 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carl Hester (GBR) on Uthopia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Laura Bechtolsheimer (GBR) on Mistral Hojris

Field hockey

Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany:
- Pool A:
  - Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
  - Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 5–0 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany:
- Pool A:
  - Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
  - Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 8–0 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
- Pool B:
  - Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland
  - England File:Flag of England.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Bógota, Colombia:
- Third place match: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg 3–1 File:Flag of France.svg France
- Final: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–2 (a.e.t.) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
  - Brazil win the title for the fifth time.
United States Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs:
- Super Semifinal in Chester, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Independence 2–0 magicJack

Golf

Senior majors:
- Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in Harrison, New York:
  - Leaderboard after third round: (1) Fred Couples (USA) 202 (−11) (T2) John Cook (USA) & Peter Senior (AUS) 203 (−10)

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Athletics:
  - Men's pole vault: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Łukasz Michalski (POL) 5.75m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mateusz Didenkow (POL) & Aleksandr Gripich (RUS) 5.75m
  - Men's 3000m steeplechase: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Alberto Paulo (POR) 8:32.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Halil Akkaş (TUR) 8:34.57 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ildar Minshin (RUS) 8:34.86
  - Men's 110m hurdles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hansle Parchment (JAM) 13.24 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jiang Fan (CHN) 13.55 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ronald Brookins (USA) 13.56
  - Women's triple jump: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Yekaterina Koneva (RUS) 14.25m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patrícia Mamona (POR) 14.23m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cristina Ioana Bujin (ROM) 14.21m
  - Women's shot put: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Irina Tarasova (RUS) 18.02m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sophie Kleeberg (GER) 17.48m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Meng Qianqian (CHN) 17.21m
  - Women's 5000m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Binnaz Uslu (TUR) 15:41.15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sara Moreira (POR) 15:45.83 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natalya Popkova (RUS) 15:52.55
  - Women's heptathlon: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Olga Kurban (RUS) 6151 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viktorija Žemaitytė (LTU) 5958 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kateřina Cachová (CZE) 5873
- Cycling:
  - Men's team time trial: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Sergey Shilov, Valery Kaykov, Artur Ershov, Maksim Kozyrev) 55:10.92 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Christoph Pfingsten, Grischa Janorschke, Mathias Belka, Daniel Westmattelmann) 57:55.77 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Jang Chan-jae, Jang Sun-jae, Park Sung-baek, Im Jae-yeon) 58:34.19
  - Women's team time trial: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (Egle Zablockyte, Aušrinė Trebaitė, Aleksandra Sošenko) 39:40.79 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Son Hee-jung, Yu Seon-ha, Lee Ae-jung) 40:26.37 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Lina-Kristin Schink, Romy Kasper, Jana Schemmer) 41:04.07
- Diving:
  - Women's 3m springboard: 1st place, gold medalist(s) He Zi (CHN) 384.70 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Han (CHN) 370.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paola Espinosa (MEX) 323.60
- Golf:
  - Men's individual tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yoshinori Fujimoto (JPN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrea Bolognesi (ITA)
  - Men's team tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Fujimoto, Hideto Kobukuro, Matsuyama, Shinji Tomimura) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (Bolognesi, Leonardo Motta, Niccolo Quintarelli, Lorenzo Scotto) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (Mauricio Azcué, Rodolfo Cazaubón, Carlos Ortiz, Gerardo Ruiz de la Concha)
  - Women's individual tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lin Tzu-chi (TPE) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Katerina Ruzickova (CZE) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ko Min-jeong (KOR)
  - Women's team tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (Lin, Liu Yi-chen, Yao Hsuan-yu) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Li Jiayun, Xu Yue, Zhang Yuyang) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Brooke Beeler, Catherine O'Donnell, Caroline Powers)
- Gymnastics:
  - Aerobic dance: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Che Lei, Huang Jinxuan, Lin Junxian, Liu Chao, Shou Minchao, Tao Le, Wang Yang, Zhao Sitong, Zheng Ziya, Zou Qin) 19.163 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (Andreea Bogati, Laura Andreea Cristache, Valentin Mavrodineanu, Porime-Tolan Petru, Anca Claudia Surdu, Mircea Zamfir) 19.063 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Hwang In Chan, Kim Eung-soo, Kim Sung-ho, Lee Jon-gu, Lee Kyung-ho, Ryu Ju-sun, Song Sung-kyu, Yoon Chang-il, Yoon Kwang-seok, Yun Tae-hee) 18.950
  - Mixed pair: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Huang/Tao 21.000 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maxim Grinin/Evgeniya Kudymova (RUS) 21.000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giulia Bianchi/Emanuele Pagliuca (ITA) 20.250
- Sailing:
  - Team 470: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Vladimir Chaus, Denis Gribanov, Alisa Kirilyuk, Liudmila Dmitrieva) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Perry Emsiek, Scott Furnary, Zeke Horowitz, Alyssa Aitken) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (Gustavo Thiesen, Fábio Silva, Isabel Swan, Martine Grael)
  - Team laser radial: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Colin Smith, Frederick Strammer, Elizabeth Barry) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (Alexandra South, Tristan Brown, James Burman) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Mathilde de Kerangat, Jules Ferrer, Antony Munos)
  - Team T-293: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Xie Lidiao, Chen Zhiwei)
- Shooting:
  - Men's 50m rifle prone: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Yury Shcherbatsevich (BLR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cao Yifei (CHN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexandr Yermakov (KAZ)
  - Men's 10m air pistol: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lee Dae-myung (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pang Wei (CHN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Geun-bok (KOR)
  - Men's team 10m air pistol: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - Women's 10m air pistol: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Harveen Srao (IND) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tanyaporn Prucksakorn (THA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olena Kostevych (UKR)
  - Women's team 10m air pistol: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of India.svg India (Srao, Juhi Talwar, Ruby Tomar) 1140+30 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Liubov Yaskevich, Alina Suslonova, Elena Kovalevskaya) 1136+32 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (Kostevych, Yuliya Korostylova, Inna Kryachko) 1134+31
  - Women's team 50m rifle 3 positions: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
  - Women's skeet: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Monika Zemkova (SVK) 96+5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Danka Barteková (SVK) 96+4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yu Xiumin (CHN) 94
  - Women's team skeet: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Yu, Yang Jing, Lu Min) 204 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan (Elvira Akchurina, Zhaniya Aidarkhanova, Angelina Michshuk) 200 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Landysh Garaeva, Albina Shakirova, Anastasia Kitaeva) 197
- Table tennis (CHN unless stated):
  - Men's singles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Xu Xin 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yan An 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fang Bo & Kenji Matsudaira (JPN)
  - Women's singles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Rao Jingwen 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fan Ying 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ma Yuefei & Xiong Xinyun
- Taekwondo:
  - Men's −54 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jerranat Nakaviroj (THA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hsu Chia-lin (TPE) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erdal Aldemir (TUR) & Park Yong-han (KOR)
  - Men's −68 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Hun (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samuel Morrison (PHI) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Idulio Islas (MEX) & Cesar Mari (ESP)
  - Women's −46 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Anastasia Valueva (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rukiye Yıldırım (TUR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liao Wei-chun (TPE) & Itzel Adilene Manjarrez Bastidas (MEX)
  - Women's −57 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marlène Harnois (FRA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hou Yuzhuo (CHN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ekaterina Musikhina (RUS) & Kim So-hee (KOR)
- Tennis:
  - Men's doubles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hsieh Cheng-peng/Lee Hsin-han (TPE) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Siarhei Betau/Aliaksander Bury (BLR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lim Yong-kyu/Seol Jae-min (KOR) & David Estruch/Pablo-Manuel Montoro-Gimenez (ESP)
  - Women's doubles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Shuko Aoyama/Kotomi Takahata (JPN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guo Lu/Li Ting (CHN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valeria Pulido/Leticia Nazari (MEX) & Kesnia Lykina/Marta Sirotkina (RUS)

Rugby union

Tri Nations Series:
- Match 5: South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 18–5 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
  - Standings: New Zealand, File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 9 points (3 matches), South Africa 5 (4).
Mid-year Tests, Week 7:
- Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg 22–26 File:Flag of France.svg France
- Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg 23–12 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
- Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg 28–13 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix Third round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
- Pool I in Hong Kong:
  - Dominican Republic File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
- Pool J in Hong Kong:
  - Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru
  - United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
- Pool K in Bangkok, Thailand:
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
  - Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
- Pool L in Tokyo, Japan:
  - Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 3–0 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
    - Standings (after 8 matches): Brazil 24 points, Russia 21, United States 20, Serbia 17, Italy 16, Thailand, Japan 15, China 14, South Korea, Poland 13, Germany 7, Dominican Republic, Cuba 6, Argentina 4, Kazakhstan 1, Peru 0.
Women's African Championship in Nairobi, Kenya: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
- Group A: Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
  - Standings (after 2 matches): Kenya, File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 4 points, Cameroon, File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2.
- Group B:
  - Botswana File:Flag of Botswana.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda
  - Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
    - Standings: Algeria 6 points (3 matches), File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal, Tunisia 5 (3), Botswana 5 (4), Rwanda 3 (3).

August 19, 2011 (Friday)

Basketball

FIBA Africa Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
- Group A:
  - Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg 63–78 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
  - Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg 63–74 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
    - Standings (after 2 games): Nigeria 4 points, Mozambique, Mali 3, Madagascar 2.
- Group C:
  - South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 65–87 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
  - Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg 75–82 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
    - Standings (after 2 games): Cameroon 4 points, Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire 3, South Africa 2.

Canoeing

Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary:
- Men's Canoe:
  - C–1 1000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Attila Vajda (HUN) 4:04.749 2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Cal (ESP) 4:06.045 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vadim Menkov (UZB) 4:08.151
    - Vajda wins the event for the second time.
  - C–2 500 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (Alexandru Dumitrescu, Victor Mihalachi) 1:45.524 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan (Sergiy Bezugliy, Maksym Prokopenko) 1:46.178 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Peter Kretschmer, Kurt Kuschela) 1:46.802
    - Dumitrescu and Mihalachi win the event for the second time and their third world title overall.
  - C–4 1000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus (Dzmitry Rabchanka, Dzmitry Vaitsishkin, Dzianis Harazha, Aleksandr Vauchetskiy) 3:26.703 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (Gabriel Gheoca, Cătălin Costache, Florian Comanici, Mihail Simon) 3:28.071 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (Mátyás Sáfrán, Mihály Sáfrán, Henrik Vasbányai, Szabolcs Németh) 3:28.113
    - The Belarusian quartet win the event for the third successive time, and all of them win their fifth world title overall.
- Men's Kayak:
  - K–1 1000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Adam van Koeverden (CAN) 3:36.194 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anders Gustafsson (SWE) 3:39.488 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR) 3:39.818
    - van Koeverden wins his second world title.
  - K–2 1000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia (Peter Gelle, Erik Vlček) 3:20.626 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (Markus Oscarsson, Henrik Nilsson) 3:21.478 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Vitaly Yurchenko, Vasily Pogrebn) 3:21.544
    - Vlček wins his seventh world title.
- Women's Kayak:
  - K–1 1000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamara Csipes (HUN) 4:11.388 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Krisztina Fazekas Zur (USA) 4:13.470 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Naomi Flood (AUS) 4:14.124
    - Csipes wins her third world title.
  - K–2 1000 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Anne Knorr, Debora Niche) 3:50.614 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (Berenike Faldum, Daniela Nedeva) 3:50.950 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (Alíz Sarudi, Erika Medveczky) 3:53.416
  - K–4 500 m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Katalin Kovács, Dalma Benedek) 1:36.339 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Carolin Leonhardt, Silke Hörmann, Franziska Weber, Tina Dietze) 1:37.521 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus (Iryna Pamialova, Nadzeya Papok, Volha Khudzenka, Maryna Paltaran) 1:37.887
    - Kovács wins the event for the eighth time, and her 30th world title overall. She also becomes the most decorated paddler with 39 world championships medals.
    - Benedek wins the event for the third successive time and her seventh world title overall.
    - Kozák wins the event for the second time and her fourth world title overall.
    - Szabó wins her fourth world title.

Cricket

India in England:
- 4th Test in London, day 2: File:Flag of England.svg England 457/3 (123 overs; Ian Bell 181*, Kevin Pietersen 175); File:Flag of India.svg India.
Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
- 4th ODI in Bulawayo: File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 199 (48.2 overs; Brendan Taylor 106); File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 203/4 (36.4 overs). Bangladesh win by 6 wickets; Zimbabwe lead 5-match series 3–1.

Golf

Senior majors:
- Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in Harrison, New York:
  - Leaderboard after second round: (1) Fred Couples (USA) 134 (−8) (2) Peter Senior (AUS) 135 (−7) (3) Corey Pavin (USA) 136 (−6)

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Athletics:
  - Men's 400m hurdles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jeshua Anderson (USA) 49.03 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Takayuki Kishimoto (JPN) 49.52 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kurt Couto (MOZ) 49.61
  - Men's javelin throw: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Fatih Avan (TUR) 83.79m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roman Avramenko (UKR) 81.42m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Igor Janik (POL) 79.65m
  - Men's 200m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Rasheed Dwyer (JAM) 20.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thuso Mpuang (RSA) & Jason Young (JAM) 20.59
  - Women's 20 km walk: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Júlia Takács (ESP) 1:33:51 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tatyana Shemyakina (RUS) 1:34:23 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nina Okhotnikova (RUS) 1:35:10
  - Women's team 20 km walk: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Shi Yang, Yang Yawei, Wang Shanshan) 4:58:57
  - Women's hammer throw: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Zalina Marghieva (MDA) 72.93m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Éva Orbán (HUN) 71.33m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bianca Perie (ROM) 71.18m
  - Women's pole vault: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandra Kiryashova (RUS) 4.65m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tina Šutej (SLO) 4.55m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Katerina Stefanidi (GRE) 4.45m
  - Women's 200m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM) 22.54 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tiffany Townsend (USA) 22.96 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anna Kaygorodova (RUS) 23.16
  - Women's 100m hurdles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Nia-Sifaatihii Ali (USA) 12.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Natalya Ivoninskaya (KAZ) 13.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christina Manning (USA) 13.17
  - Women's 3000m steeplechase: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Binnaz Uslu (TUR) 9:33.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ludmina Kuzmina (RUS) 9:44.77 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jin Yuan (CHN) 9:45.21
- Beach volleyball:
  - Women's tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Karla Borger–Britta Büthe (GER) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heather Hughes–Emily Day (USA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elize Secomana–Agatha Bednarczur (BRA)
- Cycling:
  - Men's keirin: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhang Miao (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pavel Yakushevskiy (RUS) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Florian Vernay (FRA)
  - Women's points race: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lesya Kalytovska (UKR) 40 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anastasia Chulkova (RUS) 37 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Minami Uwano (JPN) 32
- Diving:
  - Men's 1m springboard: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lin Jin (CHN) 487.00 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sun Zhiyi (CHN) 460.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Illya Kvasha (UKR) 454.55
  - Women's synchro 10m platform: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Wang Xin/Chen Ruolin (CHN) 349.98 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paola Espinosa/Tatiana Ortiz (MEX) 330.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pandelela Rinong/Leong Mun Yee (MAS) 316.98
- Shooting (CHN unless stated):
  - Men's 25m rapid fire pistol: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ding Feng 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhou Zhiguo 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Yuehong
  - Men's 25m team rapid fire pistol: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Ding, Li, Zhou) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Boris Artaud, Fabrice Daumal, Thibaut Sauvage) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Rinat Ayupov, Dmitry Brayko, Ivan Stukachev)
  - Men's trap: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marco Panizza (ITA) 146 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jakub Trzebiński (POL) 144+1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Simone Prosperi (ITA) 144
  - Men's team trap: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (Prosperi, Andrea Miotto, Panizza) 363 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Li Yang, Liu Jie, Du Yu) 357 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Trzebiński, Łukasz Szum, Piotr Kowalczyk) 349
  - Men's 50m team rifle prone: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus (Yury Shcherbatsevich, Tsimafei Vyshynski, Illia Charheika) 1773+104 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia (Bishrel Boldbaatar, Ganzorig Dondov, Nyantain Bayaraa) 1773+90 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (Philip Järpenby, Sam Andersson, Viktor Webeklint) 1769+92
  - Women's 50m rifle prone: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Li Peijing 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Chengyi 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marli Vlok (RSA)
  - Women's 50m team rifle prone: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Wang, Lan Yuwen, Li) 1780+116 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Daria Vdovina, Anna Sushko, Valentina Protasova) 1770+92 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (Ratchadaporn Plengsaengthong, Sununta Majchacheep, Vitchuda Pichitkanjanakul) 1768+90
- Swimming:
  - Men's 50m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lucio Spadaro (ITA) 22.30 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Adam Small (USA) 22.31 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shinri Shioura (JPN) 22.37
  - Men's 1500m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Rocco Potenza (ITA) 15:00.57 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yohsuke Miyamoto (JPN) 15:04.86 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergii Frolov (UKR) 15:06.17
  - Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Ryosuke Irie, Ryo Tateishi, Masayuki Kishida, Shioura) 3:35.02 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Rexford Tullius, Adam Klein, Tim Phillips, Jimmy Feigen) 3:37.92 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (Gareth Kean, Glenn Snyders, Kurt Bassett, Matthew Stanley) 3:38.75
  - Women's 50m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandra Gerasimenya (BLR) 24.66 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Darya Stepanyuk (UKR) 25.12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cate Campbell (AUS) 25.17
  - Women's 200m backstroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Shiho Sakai (JPN) 2:09.75 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hilary Caldwell (CAN) 2:11.12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Duane Da Rocha Marcé (ESP) 2:11.24
  - Women's 100m breaststroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Sun Ye (CHN) 1:07.53 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tera van Beilen (CAN) 1:08.24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Satomi Suzuki (JPN) 1:08.45
- Table tennis (CHN unless stated):
  - Men's doubles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Xu Xin/Yan An 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Yi-tse/Chen Chien-an (TPE) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shang Kun/Fang Bo & Jin Ueda/Kenji Matsudaira (JPN)
  - Women's doubles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ma Yuefei/Rao Jingwen 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Xiong Xinyun/Tang Liying 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iveta Vacenovská/Dana Hadačová (CZE) & Jee Min-hyung/Moon Mi-ra (KOR)
- Taekwondo:
  - Men's team poomsae: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (An Jae-seong, Jang Jun-hee, Lee Sang-mok) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Guo Fan, Zhu Yuxiang, Zhan Wenpeng) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran (Hossein Beheshti, Hamid Nazarigharehchomagh, Armin Akbari) & File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam (Le Trung Anh, Le Hieu Nghia, Dinh Toan Nguyen)
  - Women's team poomsae: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Cho Sung-yae, Jung Seu-min, Kang Yu-jin) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran (Nastaran Maleki Aderani, Mahsa Mardani, Golsoum Mollamadadkhani) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Zhan Qi, Zhang Jingjing, Zhu Mengxue) & File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam (Thi Le Kim Nguyen, Thi Thu Ngan Nguyen, Van Chau Tuyet)
  - Mixed team poomsae: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Lee Jin-ho, Kang Su-ji) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam (Thi Thu Ngan Nguyen, Le Hieu Nghia) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Claudia Beaujean, Thomas Sommer) & File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (Gerardo García, Ollin Medina)

Rugby union

Mid-year Tests, Week 7: Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg 20–32 File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix Third round: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
- Pool I in Hong Kong:
  - Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 3–0 File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
- Pool J in Hong Kong:
  - Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru
  - United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- Pool K in Bangkok, Thailand:
  - Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
  - Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- Pool L in Tokyo, Japan:
  - Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 2–3 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
    - Standings (after 7 matches): Brazil 21 points, Russia 19, United States 17, Italy, Serbia 16, South Korea, Poland 13, Thailand, Japan 12, China 11, Cuba 6, Argentina, Germany 4, Dominican Republic 3, Kazakhstan 1, Peru 0.
Women's African Championship in Nairobi, Kenya:
- Group A: Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
  - Standings: Egypt 4 points (2 matches), File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2 (1), Nigeria 2 (2), File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 1 (1).
- Group B:
  - Rwanda File:Flag of Rwanda.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
  - Botswana File:Flag of Botswana.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
    - Standings: Senegal 5 points (3 matches), Algeria, File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 4 (2), Botswana 3 (3), Rwanda 2 (2).

August 18, 2011 (Thursday)

Basketball

FIBA Africa Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
- Group B:
  - Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg 65–79 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
  - Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg 115–56 File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad
- Group D:
  - Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg 103–56 File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
  - Central African Republic File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg 89–61 File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda

Cricket

India in England:
- 4th Test in London, day 1: File:Flag of England.svg England 75/0 (26 overs); File:Flag of India.svg India.

Equestrianism

European Dressage Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
- Team competition: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (Emile Faurie, Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Helen Langehanenberg, Christoph Koschel, Isabell Werth, Matthias Alexander Rath) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (Sander Marijnissen, Hans Peter Minderhoud, Edward Gal, Adelinde Cornelissen)

Football (soccer)

UEFA Europa League Play-off round first leg:
- Legia Warsaw Poland 2–2 Russia Spartak Moscow
- Ekranas Lithuania 1–0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 2–0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava
- Vaslui Romania 2–0 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
- Zestafoni Georgia (country) 3–3 Belgium Club Brugge
- HJK Helsinki Finland 2–0 Germany Schalke 04
- Litex Lovech Bulgaria 1–2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
- Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 2–1 Romania Dinamo București
- Aalesund Norway 2–1 Netherlands AZ
- Omonia Cyprus 2–1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
- Austria Wien Austria 3–1 Romania Gaz Metan Mediaș
- Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 3–0 Greece Panathinaikos
- Steaua București Romania 2–0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
- Thun Switzerland 0–1 England Stoke City
- Beşiktaş Turkey 3–0 Russia Alania Vladikavkaz
- Bursaspor Turkey 1–2 Belgium Anderlecht
- PAOK Greece 2–0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
- Nordsjælland Denmark 0–0 Portugal Sporting CP
- Śląsk Wrocław Poland 1–3 Romania Rapid București
- Standard Liège Belgium 1–0 Sweden Helsingborg
- Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine 0–0 France Sochaux
- Fulham England 3–0 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
- Hannover 96 Germany 2–1 Spain Sevilla
- Red Star Belgrade Serbia 1–2 France Rennes
- Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 1–1 Serbia Partizan
- Rosenborg Norway 0–0 Cyprus AEK Larnaca
- Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 1–0 Italy Roma
- Differdange 03 Luxembourg 0–4 France Paris Saint-Germain
- Heart of Midlothian Scotland 0–5 England Tottenham Hotspur
- Maribor Slovenia 2–1 Scotland Rangers
- Nacional Portugal 0–0 England Birmingham City
- AEK Athens Greece 1–0 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
- Athletic Bilbao Spain 0–0 Turkey Trabzonspor
- Lazio Italy 6–0 North Macedonia Rabotnički
- Celtic Scotland 0–0 Switzerland Sion
- Ried Austria 0–0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
- Atlético Madrid Spain 2–0 Portugal Vitória Guimarães
- Braga Portugal 0–0 Switzerland Young Boys
Copa Sudamericana First stage:
- First leg: La Equidad Colombia 2–0 Peru Juan Aurich
- Second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Fénix Uruguay 0–0 (0–1) Chile Universidad de Chile. Universidad de Chile win 4–1 on points.
CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 1:
- Group C: Tauro Panama 1–2 Canada Toronto FC

Golf

Senior majors:
- Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in Harrison, New York:
  - Leaderboard after first round: (1) Jeff Sluman (USA) 65 (−6) (T2) Gary Hallberg (USA) & Peter Senior (AUS) 66 (−5)

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Archery:
  - Men's team compound: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Sébastien Brasseur, Joanna Chesse, Pascale Lebecque) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (Gerardo Alvarado, Angel Ramírez, Cuauhtémoc Rodríguez) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Adam Gallant, Zachary Plannick, Adam Wruck)
  - Men's team recurve: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Chang Liang, Liu Zhaowu, Ren Jinke) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Shohei Ota, Hiroki Suetake, Hiroyuki Yoshinaga) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Thomas Aubert, Geoffrey Barthelot, Thomas Faucheron)
  - Women's team compound: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Kim Hyo-sun, Seo Jung-hee, Seok Ji-hyun) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Natalia Avdeeva, Viktoria Balzhanova, Polina Nikitina) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of India.svg India (Gagandeep Kaur, Anjali Kumari, Sunita Rani)
  - Women's team recurve: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Han Gyeong-hee, Jung Dasomi, Ki Bo-bae) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (Tetyana Dorokhova, Olena Kushniruk, Nina Mylchenko) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (Cho Pei-chin, Le Chieh-Ying, Yuan Shu-chi)
  - Mixed team compound: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Min Li-hong, Seo) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Kendal Nicely, Plannick) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (Anastasia Anastasio, Jacopo Polidori)
  - Mixed team recurve: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Ki, Kim Bub-min) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (Tien Kang, Yuan) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (Dmytro Hrachov, Mylchenko)
- Athletics (RUS unless stated):
  - Men's 20 km walk: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Andrey Krivov 1:24:15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikhail Ryzhov 1:24:26 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrés Chocho (ECU) 1:24:44
  - Men's team 20 km walk: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Krivov, Ryzhov, Andrey Ruzavin) 4:19:19 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Cai Zelin, Yu Wei, Niu Wenbin) 4:24:56
  - Men's 1500m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Imad Touil (ALG) 3:48.13 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Abdelmadjed Touil (ALG) 3:48.24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valentin Smirnov 3:48.45
  - Men's high jump: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 2.28m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wojciech Theiner (POL) 2.26m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergey Mudrov 2.24m
  - Men's 400m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcell Deák-Nagy (HUN) 45.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Matthews (JAM) 45.62 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sean Wroe (AUS) 45.93
  - Men's triple jump: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Nelson Évora (POR) 17.31m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viktor Kuznietsov (UKR) 16.89m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yevgeniy Ektov (KAZ) 16.83m
  - Men's decathlon: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Vasiliy Kharlamov 8166 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaël Quérin (FRA) 7857 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mikhail Logvinenko 7835
  - Women's 400m hurdles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hanna Yaroshchuk (UKR) 55.15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irina Davydova 55.50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nagihan Karadere (TUR) 55.81
  - Women's 800m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Olha Zavhorodnya (UKR) 1:59.56 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elena Kofanova 1:59.94 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liliya Lobanova (UKR) 2:00.42
  - Women's 400m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Olga Topilskaya 51.63 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yelena Migunova 51.77 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olga Tereshkova (KAZ) 52.36
  - Women's javelin throw: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 66.47m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marina Maximova 59.87m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Justine Robbeson (RSA) 59.78m
- Badminton:
  - Mixed team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia (Ricky Widianto, Shendy Puspa Irawati, Senatria Agus Setia Putra, Bellaetrix Manuputty, Rian Agung Saputro, Angga Pratama, Komala Dewi, Jenna Gozali, Hera Desi Ana Rachmawati, Rendy Sugiarto, Afiat Yuris Wirawan) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Li Tian, Chen Ni, Wen Kai, Shi Xiao Qian, Tao Xun, Chen Yulu, Hu Wenqing, Lin Qing, Liu Fang Hua, Ye Ao Ting) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (Savitree Amitrapai, Suppanyu Avihingsanon, Bodin Isara, Nitchaon Jindapol, Maneepong Jongjit, Chanida Julrattanamanee, Nessara Somsri, Prinyawat Thongnuam) & File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (Chang Hsin-yun, Cheng Shao-chieh, Chou Tien-chen, Fang Chieh-min, Hsieh Pei-chen, Hsueh Hsuan-yi, Lai Chia-wen, Lee Sheng-mu, Liao Min-chun, Pai Hsia-oma, Wang Pei-rong, Wu Chun-wei)
- Beach volleyball:
  - Men's tournament: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Michal Kadziola–Jakub Szalankiewicz (POL) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergey Prokopyev–Yury Bogatov (RUS) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergiy Popov–Valeriy Samoday (UKR)
- Cycling:
  - Men's points race: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Artur Ershov (RUS) 47 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bernhard Oberholzer (SUI) 36 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Choi Seung-woo (KOR) 26
  - Men's sprint: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Denis Dmitriev (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pavel Yakushevskiy (RUS) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhang Miao (CHN)
  - Women's sprint: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Guo Shuang (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Victoria Baranova (RUS) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Virginie Cueff (FRA)
- Diving:
  - Women's 10m platform: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Paola Espinosa (MEX) 385.25 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pandelela Rinong (MAS) 381.75 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Xin (CHN) 370.55
- Fencing:
  - Men's team foil: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Lei Sheng, Huang Liangcai, Zhu Jun, Chen Min) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (Alessio Foconi, Tommaso Lari, Martino Minuto, Luca Simoncelli) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Aleksey Khovanskiy, Igor Zapozdaev, Artur Akhmatkhuzin), Dmitry Komissarov)
  - Women's team sabre: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Chen Xiaodong, Xia Min, Li Fei, Yuan Tingting) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (Alina Komashchuk, Olena Khomrova, Olha Kharlan, Halyna Pundyk) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Choi Soo-yeon, Kim Ji-yeon, Lee Ra-jin)
- Shooting:
  - Men's 50m pistol individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lee Dae-myung (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Damir Mikec (SRB) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mai Jiajie (CHN)
  - Men's 50m pistol team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Mai, Pang Wei, Wang Zhiwei) 1678+28 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Lee, Gil Yang-sup, Jang Ha-lim) 1670+26 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Tomasz Palamarz, Tomasz Wawrzonowski, Witosław Krzak) 1635+23
  - Men's 10m air rifle individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Niccolò Campriani (ITA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yu Jae Chul (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gong Jiawei (CHN)
  - Men's 10m air rifle team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (Campriani, Tommaso Leonardi, Giovanni Matraxia) 1786+137 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Gong, Cao Yifei, Zhang Qiang) 1781+135 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Nazar Luginets, Andrey Konkov, Vladimir Tugushev) 1775+128
  - Women's 10m air rifle individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Petra Zublasing (ITA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lisa Ungerank (AUT) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manuela Christel Felix (GER)
  - Women's 10m air rifle team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Wang Weiyang, Xie Jieqiong, Lan Yuwen) 1187+85 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Kim Sun-hwa, Jeong Gyung-suk, Choi Yoon-jung) 1181+90 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Daria Vdovina, Valentina Protasova, Anna Sushko) 1180+86
  - Women's trap: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jana Beckmann (GER) 94 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Catherine Skinner (AUS) 93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kang Gee-eun (KOR) 92+2
- Swimming:
  - Men's 400m individual medley: 1st place, gold medalist(s) László Cseh (HUN) 4:12.67 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuya Horihata (JPN) 4:13.66 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Will Harris (USA) 4:15.40
  - Men's 50m breaststroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Glenn Snyders (NZL) 27.37 2nd place, silver medalist(s) João Gomes Júnior (BRA) 27.60 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mattia Pesce (ITA) 27.80
  - Men's 200m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew McLean (USA) 1:47.44 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Clement Lefert (FRA) 1:47.78 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sho Uchida (JPN) 1:49.06
  - Women's 1500m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Haley Anderson (USA) 16:21.72 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Melania Costa-Schmid (ESP) 16:21.79 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lauren Boyle (NZL) 16:26.37
  - Women's 50m backstroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jennifer Connelly (USA) 27.92 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksandra Gerasimenya (BLR) 27.93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Grace Loh (AUS) 28.37
  - Women's 200m butterfly: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jessica Dickons (GBR) 2:08.91 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Natsumi Hoshi (JPN) 2:08.94 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Choi Hye-ra (KOR) 2:09.35
  - Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Gao Chang, Sun Ye, Lu Ying, Tang Yi) 3:59.15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Connolly, Ann Chandler, Lyndsay DePaul, Megan Romano) 4:00.15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Shiho Sakai, Satomi Suzuki, Tomoyo Fukuda, Yayoi Matsumoto) 4:00.98
- Table tennis:
  - Mixed doubles: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Shang Kun/Rao Jingwen (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kentaro Miuchi/Yuka Ishigaki (JPN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lee Jae-hun/Kim So-ri (KOR) & Huang Sheng-sheng/Huang Yi-hua (TPE)
- Taekwondo:
  - Men's individual poomsae: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhu Yuxiang (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yang Ju-min (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dinh Toan Nguyen (VIE) & Ali Nadali Najafabadi (IRI)
  - Women's individual poomsae: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhang Jingjing (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mahsa Mardani (IRI) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Park Ji-young (KOR) & Ollin Medina (MEX)
- Weightlifting:
  - Men's 105 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gennady Muratov (RUS) 400 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mykola Hordiychuk (UKR) 382 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksey Lovchev (RUS) 375 kg
  - Men's +105 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mohamed Masoud (EGY) 412 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Péter Nagy (HUN) 412 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oleg Proshak (UKR) 402 kg
  - Women's +75 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Anastasia Chernykh (RUS) 250 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexandra Aborneva (KAZ) 247 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daryna Goncharova (UKR) 245 kg

Volleyball

Women's African Championship in Nairobi, Kenya:
- Group A: Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
- Group B:
  - Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda
  - Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
    - Standings: Tunisia 4 points (2 matches), Senegal 3 (2), File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 2 (1), Botswana 2 (2), Rwanda 1 (1).

August 17, 2011 (Wednesday)

Basketball

FIBA Africa Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar:
- Group A:
  - Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 84–59 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
  - Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg 67–77 File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
- Group C:
  - Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg 105–53 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
  - Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 96–81 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia:
- Semifinals:
  - France File:Flag of France.svg 0–2 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal in Medellín
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico in Pereira
UEFA Champions League Play-off round first leg:
- Wisła Kraków Poland 1–0 Cyprus APOEL
- Maccabi Haifa Israel 2–1 Belgium Genk
- Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 4–1 Sweden Malmö FF
- Odense Denmark 1–0 Spain Villarreal
- Bayern Munich Germany 2–0 Switzerland Zürich
Copa Sudamericana First stage second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
- Nacional Paraguay 1–0 (0–0) Bolivia San José. Nacional win 4–1 on points.
- LDU Quito Ecuador 1–0 (1–1) Venezuela Yaracuyanos. LDU Quito win 4–1 on points.
CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 1:
- Group B: Colorado Rapids United States 3–2 El Salvador Isidro Metapán
- Group C: UNAM Mexico 0–1 United States FC Dallas
- Group D: Herediano Costa Rica 0–5 Mexico Monterrey
Spain Supercopa de España second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Barcelona 3–2 (2–2) Real Madrid. Barcelona win 5–4 on aggregate.
- Barcelona win the Supercopa for the third consecutive year, and tenth time overall.
United States Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs:
- First round in Boca Raton, Florida: magicJack 3–1 Boston Breakers

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Archery (KOR unless stated):
  - Men's recurve individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Im Dong-hyun 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Woo-jin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Bub-min
  - Women's recurve individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ki Bo-bae 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jung Dasomi 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cho Pei-chin (TPE)
- Athletics:
  - Men's hammer throw: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Paweł Fajdek (POL) 78.14m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Lomnický (SVK) 73.90m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lorenzo Povegliano (ITA) 73.39m
  - Men's 100m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jacques Harvey (JAM) 10.14 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rytis Sakalauskas (LTU) 10.14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Su Bingtian (CHN) 10.27
  - Men's 10,000m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Suguru Osako (JPN) 28:42.83 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stephen Mokoka (RSA) 28:53.09 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ahmed Tamri (MAR) 29:06.20
  - Women's long jump: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Anna Nazarova (RUS) 6.72m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Iuliia Pidluzhnaia (RUS) 6.56m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Melanie Bauschke (GER) 6.51m
  - Women's discus throw: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Żaneta Glanc (POL) 63.99m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zinaida Sendriūtė (LTU) 62.49m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Svetlana Saykina (RUS) 60.81m
  - Women's 100m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Carrie Russell (JAM) 11.05 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Khrystyna Stuy (UKR) 11.34 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lina Grinčikaitė (LTU) 11.44
- Cycling:
  - Men's individual pursuit: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergei Shilov (RUS) 4:30.927 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Artur Ershov (RUS) 4:33.128 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jang Sun-jae (KOR) 4:26.229
  - Women's individual pursuit: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Vilija Sereikaitė (LTU) 3:36.944 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lesya Kalytovska (UKR) 3:40.068 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Svitlana Halyuk (UKR) 3:41.003
- Diving:
  - Men's 3m springboard: 1st place, gold medalist(s) He Chong (CHN) 539.30 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julian Sanchez Gallegos (MEX) 515.50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ilya Zakharov (RUS) 471.95
- Fencing:
  - Men's épée team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Nikita Glazkov, Sergey Khodos, Alexander Velikanov, Vseslav Morgoev) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Alex Fava, Virgile Marchal, Adrien Penso-Tsai, Alexandre Bardenet) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (Péter Szényi, Dániel Budai, Márk Hanczvikkel)
  - Women's foil team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Viktoria Kozyreva, Yuliya Biryukova, Kamilla Gafurzianova, Yulia Rashidova) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Hanna Lyczbinska, Marta Lyczbinska, Katarzyna Kryczało, Karolina Chlewińska) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Berangere Genevois, Maëva Roulin, Ysaora Thibus, Clarisse Luminet)
- Judo:
  - Men's team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Ryunosuke Haga, Ryohei Anai, Takeshi Ojitani, Masaru Momose, Yuito Yoshida, Toru Shishime, Tomohiro Kawakami, Yasuhiro Awano) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Florent Urani, Antoine Jeannin, Thibault Dracius, Alexandre Iddir, Farid Ben Ali, Mathieu Thorel, Clement Delvert) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Hong Suk-woong, Hwang Bo-bae, Song Soo-keun), Kim Won-jung, Kim Sung-min) & File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (Andriy Burdun, Anatoliy Laskuta, Quedjau Nhabali, Ivan Iefanov, Vitaliy Popovych, Razmik Tonoyan, Oleksandr Sizov)
  - Women's team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Kanae Yamabe, Yuko Imai, Aya Ishiyama, Shori Hamada, Yuki Hashimoto, Kaori Kondo, Miki Tanaka, Megumi Ishikawa) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Ye Meixin, Guan Chunming, Lin Meiling, Yu Song, Zhang Jie, Chen Rong) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Emilie Andeol, Hélène Receveaux, Valériane Etienne, Géraldine Mentouopou, Aurore Urani Climence, Elodie Grou, Heloise Lacouchie) & File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Joanna Jaworska, Agata Ozdoba, Zuzanna Pawlikowska, Agata Perenc, Katarzyna Furmanek)
- Swimming:
  - Men's 100m butterfly: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tim Phillips (USA) 52.06 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tom Shields (USA) 52.62 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paweł Korzeniowski (POL) 52.96
  - Men's 400m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) David McKeon (AUS) 3:48.78 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Klueh (USA) 3:48.84 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sho Uchida (JPN) 3:51.93
  - Men's 200m individual medley: 1st place, gold medalist(s) László Cseh (HUN) 1:57.86 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuya Horihata (JPN) 1:59.74 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yuma Kosaka (JPN) 1:59.81
  - Women's 50m breaststroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ann Chandler (USA) 31.13 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tera van Beilen (CAN) 31.45 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valentina Artemyeva (RUS) 31.74
  - Women's 100m butterfly: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lu Ying (CHN) 57.86 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tomoyo Fukuda (JPN) 59.08 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alice Mills (AUS) 59.11
  - Women's 100m backstroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Shiho Sakai (JPN) 1:00.28 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jennifer Connelly (USA) 1:00.50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandra Gerasimenya (BLR) 1:00.91
  - Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Karlee Bispo, Chelsea Nauta, Kate Dwelley, Megan Romano) 7:55.02 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (Natasha Hind, Melissa Ingram, Amaka Gessler, Lauren Boyle) 7:59.60 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Tang Yi, Zhu Qianwei, Liu Jing, Lu) 7:59.62
- Weightlifting:
  - Men's 94 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Andrey Demanov (RUS) 390 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aurimas Didžbalis (LTU) 387 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) İbrahim Arat (TUR) 373 kg
  - Women's 69 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Yue Kang (CHN) 240 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mun Yu-ra (KOR) 238 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marie-Ève Beauchemin-Nadeau (CAN) 235 kg
  - Women's 75 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Khanittha Petanang (THA) 236 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yang Li (CHN) 234 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lee Ae-ra (KOR) 226 kg

Volleyball

Women's African Championship in Nairobi, Kenya:
- Group A: Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
- Group B:
  - Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
  - Botswana File:Flag of Botswana.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia

August 16, 2011 (Tuesday)

Cricket

Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
- 3rd ODI in Harare: File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 250/7 (50 overs); File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 245 (49.2 overs; Mushfiqur Rahim 101). Zimbabwe win by 5 runs; lead 5-match series 3–0.
Australia in Sri Lanka:
- 3rd ODI in Colombo: File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 286/9 (50 overs; Upul Tharanga 111); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 208 (44.2 overs; Lasith Malinga 5/28). Sri Lanka win by 78 runs; Australia lead 5-match series 2–1.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League Play-off round first leg:
- Copenhagen Denmark 1–3 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
- BATE Borisov Belarus 1–1 Austria Sturm Graz
- Twente Netherlands 2–2 Portugal Benfica
- Arsenal England 1–0 Italy Udinese
- Lyon France 3–1 Russia Rubin Kazan
Copa Sudamericana First stage second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
- Universidad Católica Chile 3–0 (1–1) Uruguay Bella Vista. Universidad Católica win 4–1 on points.
- Deportivo Anzoátegui Venezuela 2–0 (0–1) Ecuador Deportivo Quito. 3–3 on points; Deportivo Anzoátegui win 2–1 on aggregate.
CONCACAF Champions League group stage Matchday 1:
- Group A:
  - Los Angeles Galaxy United States 2–0 Honduras Motagua
  - Alajuelense Costa Rica 1–0 Mexico Morelia
- Group B: Santos Laguna Mexico 3–2 Honduras Real España
- Group D: Seattle Sounders FC United States 4–1 Guatemala Comunicaciones

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Archery:
  - Men's compound individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexander Dambaev (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Choi Yong-hee (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sébastien Brasseur (FRA)
  - Women's compound individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Polina Nikitina (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kendal Nicely (USA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Viktoria Balzhanova (RUS)
- Athletics:
  - Men's shot put: 1st place, gold medalist(s) O'Dayne Richards (JAM) 19.93m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Soslan Tsyrikhov (RUS) 19.80m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mason Finley (USA) 19.72m
  - Women's 10,000m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Fadime Suna (TUR) 33:11.92 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hanae Tanaka (JPN) 33:15.57 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mai Ishibashi (JPN) 33:41.90
- Cycling:
  - Women's 500m time trial: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gong Jinjie (CHN) 34.910 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lyubov Shulika (UKR) 34.985 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Victoria Baranova (RUS) 34.996
- Diving:
  - Men's synchro 3m springboard: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Qin Kai, Lin Jin) 419.07 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (Rommel Pacheco, Jonathan Ruvalcaba) 385.32 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Yu Okamoto, Sho Sakai) 374.40
  - Women's 1m springboard: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Shi Tingmao (CHN) 320.65 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kelci Bryant (USA) 304.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chen Ye (CHN) 283.30
- Fencing:
  - Men's team sabre: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (Dmytro Boyko, Oleh Shturbabin, Andriy Yagodka, Dmytro Pundyk) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (Marco Tricarico, Massimiliano Murolo, Luigi Miracco, Stefano Sbragia) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (Heo Young-gu, Gu Bon-gil, Hwang Byung-yul)
  - Women's team épée: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Melissa Goram, Lauren Rembi, Marie-Gabrielle Fayolle, Mathilde Grumier) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Courtney Hurley, Kelley Hurley, Susannah Scanlan, Holly Buechel) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Vlada Vlasova, Elena Shasharina, Tatiana Andryushina, Maya Guchmazova)
- Gymnastics:
  - Men's floor: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Flavius Koczi (ROM) 15.450 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ryūzō Sejima (JPN) 15.225 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shoichi Yamamoto (JPN) 15.000
  - Men's pommel horse: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Prashanth Sellathurai (AUS) 15.700 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Donna-Donny Truyens (BEL) 15.175 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Koczi 15.150
  - Men's rings: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Arthur Zanetti (BRA) 15.600 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samir Aït Saïd (FRA) 15.500 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chen Chih-yu (TPE) 15.050
  - Men's vault: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Koczi 16.237 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nathan Gafuik (CAN) 16.112 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cheng Ran (CHN) 16.075
  - Men's parallel bars: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Wang Guanyin (CHN) 15.850 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marius Berbecar (ROM) & Liu Rongbing (CHN) 15.175
  - Men's horizontal bar: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Chen Xuezhang (CHN) 15.875 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mykola Kuksenkov (UKR) 15.550 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hiroki Ishikawa (JPN) 15.500
  - Women's vault: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jo Hyun-joo (KOR) 14.087 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anna Myzdrikova (RUS) 13.800 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alena Polyan (RUS) & Wong Hiuyingangel (HKG) 13.650
  - Women's uneven bars: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Yu Minobe (JPN) 14.475 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mai Yamagishi (JPN) 14.250 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Angelina Kysla (UKR) 13.850
  - Women's beam: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Minobe 14.475 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guan Wenii (CHN) 14.000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yamagishi 13.825
  - Women's floor: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Polyan 14.325 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Keiko Mukumoto (JPN) 13.725 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Xiao Kangjun (CHN) 13.475
- Judo:
  - Women's −48 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaori Kondo (JPN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kristina Rumyantseva (RUS) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Violeta Dumitru (ROM) & Aurore Urani Climence (FRA)
  - Men's −60 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Won-jin (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chinbat Otgon (MGL) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Mshvidobadze (RUS) & Toru Shishime (JPN)
  - Women's Open: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Ji-youn (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aya Ishiyama (JPN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Claudirene César (BRA) & Emilie Andeol (FRA)
  - Men's Open: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Sung-min (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Renat Saidov (RUS) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Masaru Momose (JPN) & David Moura (BRA)
- Swimming:
  - Men's 50m backstroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 25.11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guy Barnea (ISR) 25.21 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergey Makov (RUS) 25.42
  - Women's 400m individual medley: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Madeline Dirado (USA) 4:40.79 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Miho Takahashi (JPN) 4:42.28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jördis Steinegger (AUT) 4:43.30
  - Men's 100m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jimmy Feigen (USA) 49.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Norbert Trandafir (ROM) 49.41 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shinri Shioura (JPN) 49.50
  - Men's 100m breaststroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Giedrius Titenis (LTU) 1:00.39 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Glenn Snyders (NZL) 1:00.71 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) João Gomes Júnior (BRA) 1:00.78
  - Women's 200m breaststroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Sun Ye (CHN) 2:24.63 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrea Kropp (USA) 2:26.18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Satomi Suzuki (JPN) 2:26.67
  - Women's 200m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Melania Costa-Schmid (ESP) 1:57.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lauren Boyle (NZL) 1:59.19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karlee Bispo (USA) 1:59.31
  - Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Michael Klueh, Daxon Hill, Matthew Bartlett, Matthew McLean) 7:13.54 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Sho Sotodate, Yuya Horihata, Yuma Kosaka, Sho Uchida) 7:14.66 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (David McKeon, Mitchell Dixon, Kristopher Taylor, Nic Ffrost) 7:17.58
- Table tennis:
  - Men's team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Fang Bo, Hu Bingtao, Shang Kun, Xu Xin, Yan An) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Ryusuke Karube, Hiromitsu Kasahara, Kenji Matsudaira, Kentaro Miuchi, Jin Ueda) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (Chen Chien-an, Fu En-ti, Huang Shang-sheng, Shen Chi-min, Wang Yi-tse) & File:Flag of France.svg France (Thomas Le Breton, Emmanuel Lebesson, Adrien Mattenet, Abdel-Kader Salifou)
  - Women's team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Fan Ying, Ma Yuefei, Rao Jingwen, Tang Liying, Xiong Xinyun) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Yuko Fujii, Yuka Ishigaki, Marina Matsuzawa, Shiho Ono, Yuri Yamanashi) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (Ioana Ghemes, Elisabeta Samara, Anamaria Sebe) & File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (Chen Szu-yu, Cheng I-ching, Huang Yi-hua, Lee I-chen, Liu Hsing-yin)
- Weightlifting:
  - Women's 63 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hsiao Chun-ho (TPE) 211 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Yun-jong (PRK) 207 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Seda Ince (TUR) 203 kg
  - Men's 85 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Rinat Kireev (RUS) 365 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhang Shichong (CHN) 353 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ryu Jun-h (KOR) 351 kg

August 15, 2011 (Monday)

Auto racing

Sprint Cup Series:
- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen in Watkins Glen, New York: (1) Australia Marcos Ambrose (Ford; Richard Petty Motorsports) (2) Michigan Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (3) Nevada Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing)
  - Ambrose becomes the first Australian to win a Cup Series race.^[3]
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 22 of 36 races): (1) Busch 752 points (3 wins) (2) Missouri Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 752 (1 win) (3) California Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) 746

Baseball

The Minnesota Twins' Jim Thome becomes the eighth player in Major League Baseball history with 600 career home runs, reaching the mark with a three-run shot off Daniel Schlereth in the Twins' 9–5 win over the Detroit Tigers.^[4]

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Cycling:
  - Men's cross country: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Pavel Pryadein (RUS) 1h 30' 36" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silvio Büsser (SUI) + 1' 47" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jiří Hudeček (CZE) + 2' 17"
  - Women's cross country: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ksenia Kirillova (RUS) 1h 12' 24" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maaris Meier (EST) + 1' 47" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Melanie Gay (SUI) + 7' 21"
- Fencing:
  - Men's foil individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Martino Minuto (ITA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lei Sheng (CHN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhu Jun (CHN) & Heo Jun (KOR)
  - Women's sabre individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Olha Kharlan (UKR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bianca Alexandra Pascu (ROM) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Au Yeung Wai Sum (HKG) & Kim Ji-yeon (KOR)
- Gymnastics:
  - Men's individual all-around: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mykola Kuksenkov (UKR) 89.050 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shoichi Yamamoto (JPN) 88.900 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nathan Gafuik (CAN) 88.350
  - Women's individual all-around: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Xiao Kangjun (CHN) 56.700 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mai Yamagishi (JPN) 56.100 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alena Polyan (RUS) 55.350
- Judo:
  - Women's −52 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Zuzanna Pawlikowska (POL) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Seo Ha Na (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yuki Hashimoto (JPN) & Meriem Moussa (ALG)
  - Men's −66 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hwang Bo-bae (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuito Yoshida (JPN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Florent Urani (FRA) & Ma Duanbin (CHN)
  - Women's −57 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Megumi Ishikawa (JPN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Jan-di (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hélène Receveaux (FRA) & Hannah Luise Brück (GER)
  - Men's −73 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Denis Yartsev (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Won-jung (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marcelo Contini (BRA) & Piotr Kurkiewicz (POL)
- Swimming:
  - Men's 50m butterfly: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tim Phillips (USA) 23.51 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paolo Facchinelli (ITA) 23.85 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Masayuki Kishida (JPN) 23.93
  - Women's 400m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lauren Boyle (NZL) 4:07.78 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Melania Costa-Schmid (ESP) 4:07.97 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stephanie Peacock (USA) 4:10.25
  - Men's 800m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Klueh (USA) 7:52.31 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rocco Potenza (ITA) 7:53.45 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yohsuke Miyamoto (AUS) 7:56.29
  - Men's 100m backstroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gareth Kean (NZL) 54.71 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Juan Miguel Rando (ESP) 54.94 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kurt Bassett (NZL) & Sebastiano Ranfagni (ITA) 55.21
  - Women's 200m individual medley: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Izumi Kato (JPN) 2:13.52 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Choi Hye-ra (KOR) 2:14.17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liu Jing (CHN) 2:14.39
  - Women's 100m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tang Yi (CHN) 54.24 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Darya Stepanyuk (UKR) 55.32 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Megan Romano (USA) 55.38
  - Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Jimmy Feigen, Phillips, Kohlton Norys, Robert Savulich) 3:15.84 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (Marcos Macedo, Marcelo Chierighini, Henrique Martins, Nicolas Oliveira) 3:17.30 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France (Clement Lefert, Guillaume Strohmeyer, Joris Hustache, Lorys Bourelly) 3:18.78
- Weightlifting:
  - Men's 69 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Deni (INA) 321 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Won Jeong-sik (KOR) 318 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mohamed Sultan (EGY) 312 kg
  - Women's 58 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) O Jong-Ae (PRK) 220 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liqin Luo (CHN) 211 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lara Monica Dominguez (MEX) 201 kg
  - Men's 77 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Aghasi Aghasyan (ARM) 337 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viacheslav Lastukhin (RUS) 332 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Victor Kravchenko (RUS) 331 kg

August 14, 2011 (Sunday)

Auto racing

Sprint Cup Series:
- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen in Watkins Glen, New York: Postponed to 10:00 am EDT August 15 due to rain.
IndyCar Series:
- MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 in Loudon, New Hampshire: (1) Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA) (Andretti Autosport) (2) Oriol Servià (ESP) (Newman/Haas Racing) (3) Scott Dixon (NZL) (Chip Ganassi Racing)
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 13 of 18 races): (1) Dario Franchitti (GBR) (Chip Ganassi Racing) 443 points (2) Will Power (AUS) (Team Penske) 396 (3) Dixon 370

Badminton

World Championships in London, England:
- Men's singles: Lin Dan (CHN) def. Lee Chong Wei (MYS) 20–22, 21–14, 23–21
  - Lin wins his fourth world title in six years.
- Women's singles: Wang Yihan (CHN) def. Cheng Shao-chieh (TPE) 21–15, 21–10
  - Wang wins her first world title.
- Men's doubles: Cai Yun (CHN)/Fu Haifeng (CHN) def. Ko Sung-hyun (KOR)/Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR) 24–22, 21–16
  - Cai and Fu win their fourth world title in six years.
- Women's doubles: Wang Xiaoli (CHN)/Yu Yang (CHN) def. Tian Qing (CHN)/Zhao Yunlei (CHN) 22–20, 21–11
  - Wang and Yu both win their first world title.
- Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan (CHN)/Zhao Yunlei (CHN) def. Chris Adcock (ENG)/Imogen Bankier (SCO) 21–15, 21–7
  - Zhang and Zhao both win their first world title.

Basketball

FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women in Oradea, Romania:
- Bronze medal game: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 85–69 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
- Final: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 77–49 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France
  - Belgium win the title for the first time.

Cricket

Australia in Sri Lanka:
- 2nd ODI in Colombo: File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 208 (49.3 overs); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 211/2 (38.2 overs). Australia win by 8 wickets; lead 5-match series 2–0.
Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
- 2nd ODI in Harare: File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 188 (47.3 overs; Brian Vitori 5/20); File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 191/3 (44.1 overs). Zimbabwe win by 7 wickets; lead 5-match series 2–0.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Eneco Tour, stage 6: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (Team Sky) File:Jersey white.svgFile:Jersey red.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 4h 53' 06" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuel Antonio Cardoso (POR) (Team RadioShack) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lars Boom (NED) (Rabobank) s.t.
  - Final general classification: (1) Boasson Hagen File:Jersey white.svgFile:Jersey red.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 22h 54' 22" (2) Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) + 22" (3) David Millar (GBR) (Garmin–Cervélo) + 28"
  - UCI World Tour standings (after 20 of 27 races): (1) Cadel Evans (AUS) (BMC Racing Team) 574 points (2) Gilbert 568 (3) Alberto Contador (ESP) (Saxo Bank–SunGard) 471
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic:
- Men: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE) 1h 41' 52" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nino Schurter (SUI) + 45" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Julien Absalon (FRA) + 54"
- Women: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Catharine Pendrel (CAN) 1h 45' 23" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julie Bresset (FRA) + 59" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Irina Kalentieva (RUS) + 1' 49"

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia:
- Quarter-finals:
  - France File:Flag of France.svg 3–2 (a.e.t.) File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria in Cali
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 2–2 (4–2 pen.) File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain in Pereira
CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 3:
- Group A:
  - Enyimba Nigeria 2–0 Morocco Raja Casablanca
  - Al-Hilal Sudan 2–1 Cameroon Coton Sport
    - Standings (after 3 matches): Enyimba, Al-Hilal 7 points, Coton Sport, Raja Casablanca 1.
- Group B: Wydad Casablanca Morocco 2–2 Tunisia Espérance ST
  - Standings (after 3 matches): Espérance ST, Wydad Casablanca 5 points, Egypt Al-Ahly 4, Algeria MC Alger 1.
CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 3:
- Group A: ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 2–1 Nigeria Kaduna United
  - Standings (after 3 matches): Tunisia Club Africain 5 points, Angola Inter Luanda, ASEC Mimosas 4, Kaduna United 2.
Spain Supercopa de España first leg: Real Madrid 2–2 Barcelona

Golf

Men's majors:
- PGA Championship in Johns Creek, Georgia, United States:
  - Leaderboard after final round: (T1) Keegan Bradley (USA) & Jason Dufner (USA) 272 (−8) (3) Anders Hansen (DEN) 273 (−7)
  - Three-hole playoff: Bradley 10 (−1) [3–3–4] def. Dufner 11 (E) [4–4–3]
    - Bradley wins in his first major championship appearance.
U.S. Women's Amateur in Barrington, Rhode Island:
- Final: Danielle Kang (USA) def. Moriya Jutanugarn (THA) 6 & 5
  - Kang becomes the first player since Kelli Kuehne (USA) to win consecutive titles.

Mixed martial arts

UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States:
- Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle (USA) def. Dan Hardy (ENG) via submission (guillotine choke)
- Lightweight bout: Benson Henderson (USA) def. Jim Miller (USA) via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 30–26)
- Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone (USA) def. Charles Oliveira (BRA) via TKO (punches)
- Welterweight bout: Duane Ludwig (USA) def. Amir Sadollah (USA) via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)

Motorcycle racing

Moto GP:
- Czech Republic Grand Prix in Brno, Czech Republic:
  - MotoGP: (1) Casey Stoner (AUS) (Honda) (2) Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) (Honda) (3) Marco Simoncelli (ITA) (Honda)
    - Riders' championship standings (after 11 of 18 races): (1) Stoner 218 points (2) Jorge Lorenzo (ESP) (Yamaha) 186 (3) Dovizioso 163
  - Moto2: (1) Andrea Iannone (ITA) (Suter) (2) Marc Márquez (ESP) (Suter) (3) Stefan Bradl (GER) (Kalex)
    - Riders' championship standings (after 10 of 17 races): (1) Bradl 183 points (2) Márquez 140 (3) Alex de Angelis (SMR) (Motobi) 95
  - 125cc: (1) Sandro Cortese (GER) (Aprilia) (2) Johann Zarco (FRA) (Derbi) (3) Alberto Moncayo (ESP) (Aprilia)
    - Riders' championship standings (after 10 of 17 races): (1) Nicolás Terol (ESP) (Aprilia) 166 points (2) Zarco 154 (3) Maverick Viñales (ESP) (Aprilia) 132

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Cycling:
  - Men's BMX: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Evgeniy Kleshchenko (RUS) 31.654 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kirill Yashkin (RUS) 32.587 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tautvydas Biknius (LTU) 32.731
  - Women's BMX: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Vilma Rimšaitė (LTU) 37.400 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marina Beskhmelnova (RUS) 39.275 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Margarita Lomakova (RUS) 39.797
- Fencing:
  - Men's épée individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Péter Szényi (HUN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Virgile Marchal (FRA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Raffaello Marzani (ITA) & Anatoliy Herey (UKR)
  - Women's foil individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kamilla Gafurzianova (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jeon Hee-sook (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Katarzyna Kryczało (POL) & Julia Biryukova (RUS)
- Gymnastics:
  - Men's artistic competition: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Yodai Hōjō, Hiroki Ishikawa, Ryūzō Sejima, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Shoichi Yamamoto) 269.200 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Chen Xuezhang, Cheng Ran, Liu Rongbing, Wang Guanyin, Yang Shengchao) 265.650 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (Cristian Bățagă, Marius Berbecar, Ovidiu Buidoso, Vlad Cotuna, Flavius Koczi) 264.650
- Judo:
  - Women's −63 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Esther Stam (NED) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Miki Tanaka (JPN) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chun Gum Hwang (PRK) & Lin Meiling (CHN)
  - Men's −81 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tomohiro Kawakami (JPN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rustam Alimli (AZE) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Murat Khabachirov (RUS) & Victor Oliveira (BRA)
  - Women's −70 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Polling (NED) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Laura Vargas-Koch (GER) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yuko Imai (JPN) & Natalia Bordignon (BRA)
  - Men's −90 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdul Omarov (RUS) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sherali Juraev (UZB) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valentin Radu (ROM) & Ryohei Anai (JPN)
- Swimming:
  - Women's 50m butterfly: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lu Ying (CHN) 25.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marieke Guehrer (AUS) 26.24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alice Mills (AUS) 26.53
  - Men's 200m butterfly: 1st place, gold medalist(s) László Cseh (HUN) 1:55.87 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Bollier (USA) 1:56.06 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hidemasa Sano (JPN) 1:56.81
  - Men's 200m breaststroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Glenn Snyders (NZL) & Giedrius Titenis (LTU) 2:10.85 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kazuki Otsuka (JPN) 2:10.96
  - Women's 800m freestyle: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lauren Boyle (NZL) 8:26.30 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Haley Anderson (USA) 8:27.11 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Melania Costa-Schmid (ESP) 8:33.66
  - Men's 200m backstroke: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:56.01 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rexford Tullius (USA) 1:58.66 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gareth Kean (NZL) 1:58.74
  - Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (Cate Campbell, Mills, Jessica Morrison, Guehrer) 3:40.03 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Kate Dwelley, Felicia Lee, Shannon Vreeland, Megan Romano) 3:40.19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Zhu Qianwei, Lu, Liu Jing, Tang Yi) 3:40.29
- Weightlifting:
  - Women's 53 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jing Ji (CHN) 222 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hsu Shu-ching (TPE) 207 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pramsiri Bunphithak (THA) 205 kg
  - Men's 62 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) 310 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chen Meilong (CHN) 285 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Withawat Kritphet (THA) 283 kg

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
- Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada:
  - Final: Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Mardy Fish (USA) 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
    - Djokovic wins the tournament for the second time, for his ninth title of the year and 27th of his career. His victory, a fifth Masters 1000 tournament win of the year, sets a record for most Masters 1000 titles won in a season.
WTA Tour:
- Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada:
  - Final: Serena Williams (USA) def. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6–4, 6–2
    - Williams wins the tournament for the second time, for her second title of the year and 39th of her career.

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix Second round:
- Pool E in Zielona Góra, Poland:
  - Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
  - South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- Pool F in Almaty, Kazakhstan:
  - Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
  - Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- Pool G in Quanzhou, China:
  - Peru File:Flag of Peru.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- Pool H in Komaki, Japan:
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 3–1 File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
  - United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
    - Standings (after 6 matches): Russia, Brazil 18 points, United States 14, Italy, Serbia 13, Japan 12, South Korea 11, Poland 10, Thailand 9, China 8, Cuba 6, Argentina, Germany 4, Dominican Republic 3, Kazakhstan 1, Peru 0.

August 13, 2011 (Saturday)

Auto racing

Nationwide Series:
- Zippo 200 at the Glen in Watkins Glen, New York: (1) Nevada Kurt Busch (Dodge; Penske Racing) (2) California Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; JR Motorsports) (3) Connecticut Joey Logano (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing)
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 23 of 34 races): (1) Mississippi Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 816 points (2) Georgia (U.S. state) Reed Sorenson (Chevrolet; Turner Motorsports) 806 (3) Virginia Elliott Sadler (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Incorporated) 792

Cricket

India in England:
- 3rd Test in Birmingham, day 4: File:Flag of India.svg India 224 & 244 (55.3 overs); File:Flag of England.svg England 710/7d. England win by an innings and 242 runs; lead 4-match series 3–0.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Eneco Tour, stage 5: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Matteo Bono (ITA) (Lampre–ISD) 4h 12' 14" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergey Renev (KAZ) (Astana) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Artem Ovechkin (RUS) (Team Katusha) + 3"
  - General classification (after stage 5): (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (Team Sky) File:Jersey white.svgFile:Jersey red.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 18h 01' 26" (2) Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) + 12" (3) David Millar (GBR) (Garmin–Cervélo) + 18"

Equestrianism

Show jumping – Global Champions Tour:
- 8th Competition in Valkenswaard, Netherlands (CSI 5*): 1st place, gold medalist(s) Beezie Madden (USA) on Cortes 'C' 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denis Lynch (IRL) on Lantinus 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jur Vrieling (NED) on Bubalu
  - Standings (after 8 of 10 competitions): (1) Edwina Alexander (AUS) 228 points (2) Luciana Diniz (POR) 192 (3) Ludger Beerbaum (GER) 186.5

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia:
- Quarterfinals:
  - Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg 0–0 (5–4 pen.) File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina in Cartagena
  - Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia in Bogotá
CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 3:
- Group A: Club Africain Tunisia 2–0 Angola Inter Luanda
  - Standings: Club Africain 5 points (3 matches), Inter Luanda 4 (3), Nigeria Kaduna United 2 (2), Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 1 (2).
- Group B: Maghreb de Fès Morocco 1–0 Nigeria Sunshine Stars
  - Standings (after 3 matches): Maghreb de Fès 7 points, Sunshine Stars 6, Democratic Republic of the Congo Motema Pembe 4, Algeria JS Kabylie 0.

Golf

Men's majors:
- PGA Championship in Johns Creek, Georgia, United States:
  - Leaderboard after third round (all USA): (T1) Jason Dufner & Brendan Steele 203 (−7) (3) Keegan Bradley 204 (−6)

Multi-sport events

Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China:
- Cycling:
  - Men's road race: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernhard Oberholzer (SUI) 3h 50' 22" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patrick Schelling (SUI) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Genki Yamamoto (JPN) + 24"
  - Women's road race: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gu Sun-geun (KOR) 3h 31' 42" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Son Hee-jung (KOR) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anne Arnouts (BEL) s.t.
- Fencing:
  - Men's sabre individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Andriy Yagodka (UKR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gu Bon-gil (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) He Wei (CHN) & Massimiliano Murolo (ITA)
  - Women's épée individual: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lauren Rembi (FRA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olena Kryvytska (UKR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shin A-lam (KOR) & Ayaka Shimookawa (JPN)
- Gymnastics:
  - Women's artistic competition: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (Yuma Imanishi, Yu Minobe, Keiko Mukumoto, Kyoko Oshima, Mai Yamagishi) 165.200 points 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (Yana Demyanchuk, Valentyna Holenkova, Maryna Kostiuchenko, Anastasia Koval, Angelina Kysla) 164.600 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Yulia Lozhechko, Anna Myzdrikova, Alena Polyan, Irina Sazonova, Ekaterina Skorodumova) 162.150
- Judo:
  - Women's −78 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Viktoriia Turks (UKR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Géraldine Mentouopou (FRA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhang Jie (CHN) & Jeong Gyeong-mi (KOR)
  - Men's −100 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryunosuke Haga (JPN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Clément Delvert (FRA) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zafar Makhmadov (RUS) & Kim Kyeong-tae (KOR)
  - Women's +78 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Qin Qian (CHN) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Na-young (KOR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emilie Andeol (FRA) & Belkıs Zehra Kaya (TUR)
  - Men's +100 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Soo-whan (KOR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maciej Sarnacki (POL) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mathieu Thorel (FRA) & Takeshi Ojitani (JPN)
- Swimming:
  - Men's 10 km open water: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Simone Ruffini (ITA) 1:58:00.74 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kirill Abrosimov (RUS) 2:00:03.35 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yasunari Hirai (JPN) 2:00:05.54
  - Women's 10 km open water: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Rachele Bruni (ITA) 2:06:49.31 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nadine Reichert (GER) 2:07:29.21 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alice Franco (ITA) 2:08:42.77
- Weightlifting:
  - Men's 56 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lizhi Li (CHN) 273 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Surahmat Bin Suwoto Wijoyo (INA) 239 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tan Chi-chung (TPE) 236 kg
  - Women's 48 kg: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Xiao Hongyu (CHN) 188 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ryang Chun-hwa (PRK) 186 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pensiri Laosirikul (THA) 184 kg

Rugby union

Tri Nations Series:
- Match 4: South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 9–14 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia in Durban
  - Standings: File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 9 points (2 matches), Australia 9 (3), South Africa 1 (3).
Mid-year Tests, Week 6:
- Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg 27–12 File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga in Lautoka
- Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg 19–9 File:Flag of England.svg England in Cardiff
- France File:Flag of France.svg 19–12 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland in Bordeaux
- Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 31–24 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan in Cesena
- United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 7–27 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada in Glendale, Colorado

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix Second round:
- Pool E in Zielona Góra, Poland:
  - Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 0–3 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
  - Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- Pool F in Almaty, Kazakhstan:
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
  - Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
- Pool G in Quanzhou, China:
  - Peru File:Flag of Peru.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- Pool H in Komaki, Japan:
  - Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg 3–0 File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 0–3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
    - Standings (after 5 matches): Russia, Brazil 15 points, United States 14, Italy 13, Serbia 10, Japan 9, China, South Korea 8, Poland 7, Thailand, Cuba 6, Argentina 4, Dominican Republic 3, Germany, Kazakhstan 1, Peru 0.

August 12, 2011 (Friday)

Cricket

India in England:
- 3rd Test in Birmingham, day 3: File:Flag of India.svg India 224 & 35/1 (12 overs); File:Flag of England.svg England 710/7d (188.1 overs; Alastair Cook 294, Eoin Morgan 104). India trail by 451 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
  - England achieve their third-highest innings total, and highest since 1938.
Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
- 1st ODI in Harare: File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 184 (48.4 overs; Brian Vitori 5/30); File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 186/6 (41.2 overs). Zimbabwe win by 4 wickets; lead 5-match series 1–0.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Eneco Tour, stage 4: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jesse Sergent (NZL) (Team RadioShack) 17' 55" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alex Rasmussen (DEN) (HTC–Highroad) + 14" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) + 20"
  - General classification (after stage 4): (1) Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (Team Sky) File:Jersey white.svgFile:Jersey red.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 13h 49' 06" (2) Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) + 12" (3) David Millar (GBR) (Garmin–Cervélo) + 18"

Football (soccer)

CAF Champions League group stage, matchday 3:
- Group B: Al-Ahly Egypt 2–0 Algeria MC Alger
  - Standings: Morocco Wydad Casablanca 4 points (2 matches), Al-Ahly 4 (3), Tunisia Espérance ST 4 (2), MC Alger 1 (3).
CAF Confederation Cup group stage, matchday 3:
- Group B: JS Kabylie Algeria 0–2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Motema Pembe
  - Standings: Nigeria Sunshine Stars 6 points (2 matches), Morocco Maghreb de Fès 4 (2), Motema Pembe 4 (3), JS Kabylie 0 (3).

Golf

Men's majors:
- PGA Championship in Johns Creek, Georgia, United States:
  - Leaderboard after second round (USA unless stated): (T1) Keegan Bradley & Jason Dufner 135 (−5) (T3) Jim Furyk, D. A. Points, John Senden (AUS) & Scott Verplank 136 (−4)

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix Second round:
- Pool E in Zielona Góra, Poland:
  - Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
  - Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 2–3 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- Pool F in Almaty, Kazakhstan:
  - Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
  - Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- Pool G in Quanzhou, China:
  - Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru
- Pool H in Komaki, Japan:
  - United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 3–0 File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
    - Standings (after 4 matches): Russia, Brazil 12 points, United States, Italy 11, Japan 9, Poland, Serbia 7, China 6, Thailand, South Korea, Cuba 5, Dominican Republic 3, Argentina 2, Kazakhstan 1, Germany, Peru 0.

August 11, 2011 (Thursday)

Cricket

India in England:
- 3rd Test in Birmingham, day 2: File:Flag of India.svg India 224; File:Flag of England.svg England 456/3 (115 overs; Alastair Cook 182*). England lead by 232 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Eneco Tour, stage 3: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) 4h 54' 53" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Grega Bole (SLO) (Lampre–ISD) + 8" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ben Hermans (BEL) (Team RadioShack) + 8"
  - General classification (after stage 3): (1) Gilbert File:Jersey white.svg 13h 30' 34" (2) Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (Team Sky) File:Jersey red.svgFile:Jersey green.svg + 5" (3) David Millar (GBR) (Garmin–Cervélo) + 13"

Football (soccer)

Copa Sudamericana:
- First stage, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): The Strongest Bolivia 2–1 (0–2) Paraguay Olimpia. 3–3 on points; Olimpia win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Second stage, first leg: Vasco da Gama Brazil 2–0 Brazil Palmeiras

Golf

Men's majors:
- PGA Championship in Johns Creek, Georgia, United States:
  - Leaderboard after first round (all USA): (1) Steve Stricker 63 (−7) (2) Jerry Kelly 65 (−5) (3) Shaun Micheel 66 (−4)
    - Stricker becomes the 23rd player to shoot 63 at a major championship.

August 10, 2011 (Wednesday)

Cricket

India in England:
- 3rd Test in Birmingham, day 1: File:Flag of India.svg India 224 (62.2 overs); File:Flag of England.svg England 84/0 (25 overs). England trail by 140 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Australia in Sri Lanka:
- 1st ODI in Kandy: File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 191 (41.1 overs; Mitchell Johnson 6/31); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 192/3 (38.1 overs). Australia win by 7 wickets; lead 5-match series 1–0.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Eneco Tour, stage 2: 1st place, gold medalist(s) André Greipel (GER) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) 4h 07' 21" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tyler Farrar (USA) (Garmin–Cervélo) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (Team Sky) s.t.
  - General classification (after stage 2): (1) Taylor Phinney (USA) (BMC Racing Team) File:Jersey white.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 8h 35' 38" (2) Boasson Hagen File:Jersey red.svg + 3" (3) David Millar (GBR) (Garmin–Cervélo) + 8"

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia:
- Round of 16:
  - Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 1–0 File:Flag of England.svg England in Armenia
  - Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 0–0 (7–6 pen.) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea in Manizales
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia in Barranquilla
  - France File:Flag of France.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador in Cartagena
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, matchday 8:
- Group C: Northern Ireland File:Ulster Banner.svg 4–0 File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands
  - Standings: File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 16 points (6 matches), File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 11 (7), Northern Ireland 9 (6), File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 8 (6), File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 7 (7), Faroe Islands 4 (8).
Friendly internationals (top 10 in FIFA World Rankings):
- (8) Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 2–1 (1) File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
- (6) England File:Flag of England.svg – (2) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands — cancelled due to rioting
- (3) Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 3–2 (4) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- (7) Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg 5–0 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
- Republic of Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg 0–0 (9) File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Recopa Sudamericana First leg: Independiente Argentina 2–1 Brazil Internacional
Copa Sudamericana Second stage, first leg:
- Atlético Mineiro Brazil 1–2 Brazil Botafogo
- Ceará Brazil 2–1 Brazil São Paulo
- Flamengo Brazil 1–0 Brazil Atlético Paranaense

Snooker

Players Tour Championship – Event 2 in Gloucester, England:
- Final: Ding Junhui (CHN) 0–4 Judd Trump (ENG)
  - Trump wins his fifth professional title.
  - Order of Merit (after 2 of 12 events): (1) Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 11,500 (2) Trump 10,000 (3) Joe Perry (ENG) 5,200

Volleyball

FIVB Men's Junior World Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
- 3rd place match: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg 3–1 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
- Final: 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg 2–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - Russia win the title for the eighth time.

August 9, 2011 (Tuesday)

Cricket

ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day:
- 4th ODI in Toronto: File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan 150 (18.3/20 overs); File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 133/9 (20 overs). Afghanistan win by 17 runs.
  - Standings (after 2 matches): File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland, Afghanistan, File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 4 points, File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya, File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 2, File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands, Canada, File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 0.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Eneco Tour, stage 1: 1st place, gold medalist(s) André Greipel (GER) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) 4h 21' 20" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) (Team Katusha) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tyler Farrar (USA) (Garmin–Cervélo) s.t.
  - General classification (after stage 1): (1) Taylor Phinney (USA) (BMC Racing Team) File:Jersey white.svgFile:Jersey red.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 4h 28' 17" (2) Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (Team Sky) + 7" (3) David Millar (GBR) (Garmin–Cervélo) + 8"

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia:
- Round of 16:
  - Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala in Cali
  - Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg 2–1 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt in Medellín
  - Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 0–0 (0–3 pen.) File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico in Pereira
  - Colombia File:Flag of Colombia.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica in Bogotá
Copa Sudamericana First stage first leg: Universidad de Chile Chile 1–0 Uruguay Fénix

August 8, 2011 (Monday)

Cricket

Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
- Only Test in Harare, day 5: File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 370 & 291/5d; File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 287 & 244 (57.3 overs). Zimbabwe win by 130 runs.
Australia in Sri Lanka:
- 2nd T20I in Kandy: File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 157/9 (20 overs); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 149/9 (20 overs; Ajantha Mendis 6/16). Sri Lanka win by 8 runs; win 2-match series 2–0.
  - Mendis becomes the first bowler to take six wickets in a T20I innings, and the tenth to do so in any Twenty20 game.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Eneco Tour, Prologue: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Taylor Phinney (USA) (BMC Racing Team) File:Jersey white.svgFile:Jersey red.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 6' 57" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (Team Sky) + 7" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) David Millar (GBR) (Garmin–Cervélo) + 8"

August 7, 2011 (Sunday)

Auto racing

Sprint Cup Series:
- Good Sam RV Insurance 500 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania: (1) Michigan Brad Keselowski (Dodge; Penske Racing) (2) Nevada Kyle Busch (Toyota; Joe Gibbs Racing) (3) Nevada Kurt Busch (Dodge; Penske Racing)
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 21 of 36 races): (1) Missouri Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) 720 points (2) California Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet; Hendrick Motorsports) 711 (3) Kyle Busch 709
IndyCar Series:
- Honda Indy 200 in Lexington, Ohio: (1) Scott Dixon (NZL) (Chip Ganassi Racing) (2) Dario Franchitti (GBR) (Chip Ganassi Racing) (3) Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA) (Andretti Autosport)
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 12 of 18 races): (1) Franchitti 428 points (2) Will Power (AUS) (Team Penske) 366 (3) Dixon 335

Basketball

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Pardubice, Czech Republic:
- Bronze place game: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 61–53 (OT) File:Flag of France.svg France
- Final: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg 67–57 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
  - Croatia win the title for the second consecutive year, and third time overall.

Cricket

Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
- Only Test in Harare, day 4: File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 370 & 291/5d (92 overs; Brendan Taylor 105*); File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 287 & 112/3 (30 overs). Bangladesh require another 263 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day:
- 3rd ODI in King City, Ontario: File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 230 (44.5 overs); File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan 213/8 (41.1/43 overs). Afghanistan win by 2 wickets (D/L).

Equestrianism

Dublin Horse Show in Dublin, Ireland:
- Show jumping Grand Prix of Ireland (CSIO 5*): 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lauren Hough (USA) on Quick Study 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michel Robert (FRA) on Kellemoi de Pepita 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pénélope Leprevost (FRA) on Mylord Carthago

Football (soccer)

England FA Community Shield in London: Manchester United 3–2 Manchester City
- Manchester United win the Shield for the fourth time in five years and 19th time overall.

Golf

World Golf Championships:
- WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, United States:
  - Winner: Adam Scott (AUS) 263 (−17)
    - Scott wins his first WGC title, and his eighth PGA Tour title.
PGA Tour:
- Reno-Tahoe Open in Reno, Nevada:
  - Winner: Scott Piercy (USA) 273 (−15)
    - Piercy wins his first PGA Tour title.
Champions Tour:
- 3M Championship in Blaine, Minnesota:
  - Winner: Jay Haas (USA) 201 (−15)
    - Haas wins his 15th Champions Tour title.

Horse racing

Canadian Thoroughbred Triple Crown:
- Breeders' Stakes in Toronto: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Pender Harbour (trainer): Mike DePaulo; jockey: Luis Contreras) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Crown's Path (trainer: Gregory de Gannes; jockey: Jesse Campbell) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Celtic Conviction (trainer: Michael Doyle; jockey: Emile Ramsammy)
  - Contreras becomes the first jockey to win the three Triple Crown events in a year on two different horses, having won the Queen's Plate on Inglorious and the Prince of Wales Stakes on Pender Harbour.

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
- Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, United States:
  - Final: Radek Štěpánek (CZE) def. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 6–4, 6–4
    - Štěpánek wins his fifth ATP Tour title, and first since 2009.
WTA Tour:
- Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego, United States:
  - Final: Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) def. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 6–3, 6–4
    - Radwańska wins her fifth WTA Tour title, and first since 2008.

Triathlon

ITU World Championships, Leg 5 in London, United Kingdom:
- Men: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:50:09 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Bryukhankov (RUS) 1:50:34 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) 1:51:04
  - Standings (after 5 of 6 events): (1) Javier Gómez (ESP) 2660 points (2) Alistair Brownlee 2490 (3) Bryukhankov 2403

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix First round:
- Pool A in Bydgoszcz, Poland:
  - Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
  - Dominican Republic File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- Pool B in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand:
  - Peru File:Flag of Peru.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
  - Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
- Pool C in Busan, South Korea:
  - South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- Pool D in Luohe, China:
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 0–3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
  - Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
    - Standings (after 3 matches): Russia, Brazil, Italy 9 points, United States 8, Serbia 7, Japan 6, Thailand 5, Cuba, Poland 4, Dominican Republic, China, South Korea 3, Argentina 2, Germany, Kazakhstan, Peru 0.

August 6, 2011 (Saturday)

Athletics

IAAF Diamond League:
- London Grand Prix in London, United Kingdom:
  - Men:
    - 200m: Walter Dix (USA) 20.16
    - Mile: Leonel Manzano (USA) 3:51.24
    - 400m hurdles: Javier Culson (PUR) 48.33
    - 4 × 100 m relay: File:Flag of the United States.svg Stars & Stripes (Trell Kimmons, Mike Rodgers, Michael Tinsley, Joel Brown) 38.23
    - Discus throw: Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 66.71m
    - High jump: Andrey Silnov (RUS) 2.36m
    - Triple jump: Christian Taylor (USA) 17.68m
  - Women:
    - 100m: Carmelita Jeter (USA) 10.93
    - 400m: Sanya Richards-Ross (USA) 49.66
    - 1500m: Lisa Dobriskey (GBR) 4:04.97
    - 5000m: Lauren Fleshman (USA) 15:00.57
    - 100m hurdles: Sally Pearson (AUS) 12.58
    - 3000m steeplechase: Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN) 9:22.80
    - Shot put: Valerie Adams (NZL) 20.07m

Auto racing

Nationwide Series:
- U.S. Cellular 250 in Newton, Iowa: (1) Mississippi Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (2) Missouri Carl Edwards (Ford; Roush Fenway Racing) (3) Virginia Elliott Sadler (Chevrolet; Kevin Harvick Incorporated)
  - Drivers' championship standings (after 22 of 34 races): (1) Stenhouse Jr. 787 points (2) Georgia (U.S. state) Reed Sorenson (Chevrolet; Turner Motorsports) 775 (3) Sadler 758

Cricket

Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
- Only Test in Harare, day 3: File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 370 & 92/4 (34.3 overs); File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 287 (96.2 overs). Zimbabwe lead by 175 runs with 6 wickets remaining.
Australia in Sri Lanka:
- 1st T20I in Kandy: File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 198/3 (20 overs; Tillakaratne Dilshan 104*); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 163/8 (20 overs). Sri Lanka win by 35 runs; lead 2-match series 1–0.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Tour de Pologne, stage 7: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Kittel (GER) (Skil–Shimano) 2h 50' 00" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Sagan (SVK) (Liquigas–Cannondale) File:Jersey green.svg s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leigh Howard (AUS) (HTC–Highroad) s.t.
  - Final general classification: (1) Sagan File:Jersey yellow.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 26h 40' 01" (2) Dan Martin (IRL) (Garmin–Cervélo) + 5" (3) Marco Marcato (ITA) (Vacansoleil–DCM) + 7"
  - UCI World Tour standings (after 19 of 27 races): (1) Cadel Evans (AUS) (BMC Racing Team) 574 points (2) Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Lotto) 482 (3) Alberto Contador (ESP) (Saxo Bank–SunGard) 471

Equestrianism

Dublin Horse Show in Dublin, Ireland:
- Puissance (CSIO 5*): 1st place, gold medalist(s) Rene Tebbel (GER) on Mats' Up du Plessis 2nd place, silver medalist(s) six second-placed riders

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia: (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16)
- Group C:
  - Ecuador File:Flag of Ecuador.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica in Pereira
  - Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1–5 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain in Manizales
    - Final standings: Spain 9 points, Ecuador 4, Costa Rica 3, Australia 1.
- Group D:
  - Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 0–2 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria in Pereira
  - Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala in Armenia
    - Final standings: Nigeria 9 points, Saudi Arabia 6, Guatemala 3, Croatia 0.
Italy Supercoppa Italiana in Beijing, China: Milan 2–1 Internazionale
- Milan win the Supercoppa for a record sixth time.

Mixed martial arts

UFC 133 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States:
- Light Heavyweight bout: Rashad Evans (USA) def. Tito Ortiz (USA) via TKO (strikes)
- Middleweight bout: Vitor Belfort (BRA) def. Yoshihiro Akiyama (JPN) via KO (punches)
- Welterweight bout: Brian Ebersole (USA) def. Dennis Hallman (USA) via TKO (strikes)
- Middleweight bout: Costas Philippou (CYP) def. Jorge Rivera (USA) via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)
- Welterweight bout: Rory MacDonald (CAN) def. Mike Pyle (USA) via TKO (strikes)

Rugby union

Tri Nations Series:
- Match 3: New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 30–14 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia in Auckland
  - Standings (after 2 matches): New Zealand 9 points, Australia 5, File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0
Mid-year Tests, Week 5:
- Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg 10–6 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland in Edinburgh
- England File:Flag of England.svg 23–19 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales in London
- Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 28–22 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States in Toronto

Surfing

Women's World Tour:
- U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, United States: (1) Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) (2) Lakey Peterson (USA) (3) Carissa Moore (USA) & Coco Ho (USA)
  - Final standings: (1) Moore 55,000 points (2) Fitzgibbons 51,650 (3) Stephanie Gilmore (USA) 40,550
    - Moore wins the title for the first time.

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
- Bet-at-home.com Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria:
  - Final: Robin Haase (NED) def. Albert Montañés (ESP) 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
    - Haase wins his first ATP Tour title.

Triathlon

ITU World Championships, Leg 5 in London, United Kingdom:
- Women: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Helen Jenkins (GBR) 2:00:34 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gwen Jorgensen (USA) 2:00:41 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anja Dittmer (GER) 2:00:49
  - Standings (after 5 of 6 events): (1) Bárbara Riveros Díaz (CHI) 2498 points (2) Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 2493 (3) Paula Findlay (CAN) 2490

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix First round:
- Pool A in Bydgoszcz, Poland:
  - Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 2–3 File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
  - Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- Pool B in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand:
  - Peru File:Flag of Peru.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  - Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
- Pool C in Busan, South Korea:
  - South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- Pool D in Luohe, China:
  - Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 0–3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Russia, Brazil, Italy 6 points, United States, Thailand 5, Poland, Serbia 4, China, Japan, South Korea 3, Dominican Republic 2, Cuba 1, Germany, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Peru 0.

August 5, 2011 (Friday)

Athletics

IAAF Diamond League:
- London Grand Prix in London, United Kingdom:
  - Men:
    - 100m: Yohan Blake (JAM) 9.95
    - 400m: Kirani James (GRN) 44.61
    - 800m: David Rudisha (KEN) 1:42.91
    - 3000m: Mo Farah (GBR) 7:40.15
    - 5000m: Craig Mottram (AUS) 13:23.97
    - 110m hurdles: Dayron Robles (CUB) 13.04
    - 3000m steeplechase: Willy Komen (KEN) 8:21.40
    - Long jump: Mitchell Watt (AUS) 8.45m
  - Women:
    - 200m: Bianca Knight (USA) 22.69
    - 800m: Jenny Meadows (GBR) 1:58.60
    - 400m hurdles: Kaliese Spencer (JAM) 52.79
    - 4 × 100 m relay: File:Flag of the United States.svg Stars & Stripes (Knight, Mikele Barber, Kayla Brookins, [Candyce McGrone) 42.92
    - Javelin throw: Christina Obergföll (GER) 66.74m
    - Pole vault: Jenn Suhr (USA) 4.79m
    - Triple jump: Olha Saladukha (UKR) 14.80m

Cricket

Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
- Only Test in Harare, day 2: File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 370 (131 overs; Hamilton Masakadza 104); File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 107/3 (46 overs). Bangladesh trail by 263 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
ICC Intercontinental Cup:
- In King City, Ontario, day 4: File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan 293 & 69/1 (11.3 overs); File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 130 & 231 (f/o, 85.5 overs). Afghanistan win by 9 wickets.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Tour de Pologne, stage 6: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Dan Martin (IRL) (Garmin–Cervélo) 5h 41' 05" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wout Poels (NED) (Vacansoleil–DCM) + 1" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marco Marcato (ITA) (Vacansoleil–DCM) + 4"
  - General classification (after stage 6): (1) Martin File:Jersey yellow.svg 23h 50' 06" (2) Peter Sagan (SVK) (Liquigas–Cannondale) File:Jersey green.svg + 3" (3) Marcato + 3"

Equestrianism

Dublin Horse Show in Dublin, Ireland:
- Show jumping – FEI Nations Cup:
  - Nations Cup of Ireland (CSIO 5*): 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (Nick Skelton, Michael Whitaker, Scott Brash, Robert Smith) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (Billy Twomey, Shane Sweetnam, Nicola Fitzgibbon, Denis Lynch) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium & File:Flag of France.svg France
    - Standings (after 7 of 8 events): (1) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 44 points (2) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 40 (3) Great Britain 40

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia: (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16)
- Group A:
  - France File:Flag of France.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali in Cali
  - Colombia File:Flag of Colombia.svg 1–0 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea in Bogotá
    - Final standings: Colombia 9 points, France 6, South Korea 3, Mali 0.
- Group B:
  - Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg 1–0 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand in Cali
  - Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon in Bogotá
    - Final standings: Portugal 7 points, Cameroon 4, New Zealand, Uruguay 2.
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Cup Final: ÍF Fuglafjørður 0–3 EB/Streymur
- EB/Streymur win the Faroe Islands Cup for the second successive time and fourth time overall.

Volleyball

FIVB World Grand Prix First round:
- Pool A in Bydgoszcz, Poland:
  - Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
  - Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 3–1 File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
- Pool B in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand:
  - Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
  - Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru
- Pool C in Busan, South Korea:
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
  - South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 3–1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- Pool D in Luohe, China:
  - Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg 2–3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan

August 4, 2011 (Thursday)

Cricket

Bangladesh in Zimbabwe:
- Only Test in Harare, day 1: File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 264/2 (90 overs); File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh.
ICC Intercontinental Cup:
- In King City, Ontario, day 3: File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan 293; File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 130 (48 overs; Hamid Hassan 7/61) & 176/7 (f/o, 62 overs). Canada lead by 13 runs with 3 wickets remaining.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Tour de Pologne, stage 5: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Sagan (SVK) (Liquigas–Cannondale) File:Jersey yellow.svg 4h 52' 26" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Matthews (AUS) (Rabobank) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (Garmin–Cervélo) s.t.
  - General classification (after stage 5): (1) Sagan File:Jersey yellow.svg 18h 08' 51" (2) Marco Marcato (ITA) (Vacansoleil–DCM) + 15" (3) Romain Feillu (FRA) (Vacansoleil–DCM) File:Jersey green.svg + 17"

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia: (teams in bold advance to the Round of 16)
- Group E:
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama in Barranquilla
  - Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria in Cartagena
    - Final standings: Brazil, Egypt 7 points, Panama, Austria 1.
- Group F:
  - Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg 0–0 File:Flag of England.svg England in Cartagena
  - Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg 3–0 File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea in Medellín
    - Final standings: Argentina 7 points, Mexico 4, England 3, North Korea 1.
UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
- Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic 2–2 (0–3) Cyprus AEK Larnaca. AEK Larnaca win 5–2 on aggregate.
- Varaždin Croatia 1–2 (2–2) Romania Dinamo București. Dinamo București win 4–3 on aggregate.
- Aktobe Kazakhstan 1–1 (1–1) Russia Alania Vladikavkaz. 2–2 on aggregate; Alania Vladikavkaz win 4–2 on penalties.
- Elfsborg Sweden 1–1 (0–4) Norway Aalesund. Aalesund win 5–1 on aggregate.
- Qarabağ Azerbaijan 1–0 (1–4) Belgium Club Brugge. Club Brugge win 4–2 on aggregate.
- Strømsgodset Norway 0–2 (1–2) Spain Atlético Madrid. Atlético Madrid win 4–1 on aggregate.
- Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 0–2 (0–0) Ukraine Vorskla Poltava. Vorskla Poltava win 2–0 on aggregate.
- Gomel Belarus 1–3 (1–2) Turkey Bursaspor. Bursaspor win 5–2 on aggregate.
- Legia Warsaw Poland 0–0 (1–0) Turkey Gaziantepspor. Legia Warsaw win 1–0 on aggregate.
- Rennes France 2–0 (5–2) Georgia (country) Metalurgi Rustavi. Rennes win 7–2 on aggregate.
- Spartak Trnava Slovakia 2–1 (1–2) Bulgaria Levski Sofia. 3–3 on aggregate; Spartak Trnava win 5–4 on penalties.
- Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 2–0 (4–1) Iceland KR Reykjavík. Dinamo Tbilisi win 6–1 on aggregate.
- Senica Slovakia 0–3 (0–1) Austria Red Bull Salzburg. Red Bull Salzburg win 4–0 on aggregate.
- Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania 1–1 (1–1) Germany Mainz 05. 2–2 on aggregate; Gaz Metan Mediaș win 4–3 on penalties.
- Helsingborg Sweden 3–0 (0–1) Israel Bnei Yehuda. Helsingborg win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Hajduk Split Croatia 0–1 (0–1) England Stoke City. Stoke City win 2–0 on aggregate.
- Häcken Sweden 2–1 (0–3) Portugal Nacional. Nacional win 4–2 on aggregate.
- Brøndby Denmark 4–2 (0–2) Austria Ried. 4–4 on aggregate; Ried win on away goals.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 6–0 (2–0) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar. Maccabi Tel Aviv win 8–0 on aggregate.
- Thun Switzerland 1–1 (2–2) Italy Palermo. 3–3 on aggregate; Thun win on away goals.
- Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria 0–0 (0–0) Poland Śląsk Wrocław. 0–0 on aggregate; Śląsk Wrocław win 4–3 on penalties.
- Westerlo Belgium 0–2 (1–3) Switzerland Young Boys. Young Boys win 5–1 on aggregate.
- Vaduz Liechtenstein 2–1 (0–4) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv. Hapoel Tel Aviv win 5–2 on aggregate.
- ADO Den Haag Netherlands 1–0 (0–3) Cyprus Omonia. Omonia win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Olympiakos Volou Greece 3–0 (3–0) Luxembourg Differdange 03. Olympiakos Volou win 6–0 on aggregate.
- Rabotnički North Macedonia 1–2 (2–0) Cyprus Anorthosis. Rabotnički win 3–2 on aggregate.
- PAOK Greece 3–0 (2–0) Norway Vålerenga. PAOK win 5–0 on aggregate.
- Red Star Belgrade Serbia 7–0 (2–1) Latvia Ventspils. Red Star Belgrade win 9–1 on aggregate.
- Jablonec Czech Republic 1–1 (0–2) Netherlands AZ. AZ win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Fulham England 2–0 (0–0) Croatia Split. Fulham win 2–0 on aggregate.
- St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland 1–3 (0–2) Ukraine Karpaty Lviv. Karpaty Lviv win 5–1 on aggregate.
- Heart of Midlothian Scotland 4–1 (1–1) Hungary Paks. Heart of Midlothian win 5–2 on aggregate.
- Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 (0–5) Czech Republic Sparta Prague. Sparta Prague win 7–0 on aggregate.
- Austria Wien Austria 3–2 (1–1) Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana. Austria Wien win 4–3 on aggregate.
- Vitória Guimarães Portugal 2–1 (0–0) Denmark Midtjylland. Vitória Guimarães win 2–1 on aggregate.
Copa Sudamericana First stage first leg: Yaracuyanos Venezuela 1–1 Ecuador LDU Quito
CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
- Alpha United Guyana 2–2 (0–8) Costa Rica Herediano. Herediano win 10–2 on aggregate.
- Municipal Guatemala 2–0 (0–4) Honduras Motagua. Motagua win 4–2 on aggregate.

August 3, 2011 (Wednesday)

Cricket

ICC Intercontinental Cup:
- In King City, Ontario, day 2: File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan 293; File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 21/4 (12 overs). Canada trail by 272 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Tour de Pologne, stage 4: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Sagan (SVK) (Liquigas–Cannondale) 4h 21' 15" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dan Martin (IRL) (Garmin–Cervélo) + 3" 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marco Marcato (ITA) (Vacansoleil–DCM) + 3"
  - General classification (after stage 4): (1) Sagan File:Jersey yellow.svg 13h 16' 35" (2) Marcato + 5" (3) Romain Feillu (FRA) (Vacansoleil–DCM) File:Jersey green.svg + 7"

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia (teams in bold advance to knockout stage):
- Group C in Manizales:
  - Ecuador File:Flag of Ecuador.svg 0–2 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  - Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2–3 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Spain 6 points, Costa Rica 3, Australia, Ecuador 1.
- Group D in Armenia:
  - Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 6–0 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
  - Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg 2–5 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Nigeria, Saudi Arabia 6 points, Croatia, Guatemala 0.
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
- Rubin Kazan Russia 2–1 (2–0) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv. Rubin Kazan win 4–1 on aggregate.
- Malmö FF Sweden 1–1 (1–0) Scotland Rangers. Malmö win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Vaslui Romania 0–0 (0–2) Netherlands Twente. Twente win 2–0 on aggregate.
- Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 0–2 (0–0) Cyprus APOEL. APOEL win 2–0 on aggregate.
- Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 3–2 (1–0) Norway Rosenborg. Viktoria Plzeň win 4–2 on aggregate.
- Zürich Switzerland 1–0 (1–1) Belgium Standard Liège. Zürich win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Wisła Kraków Poland 3–1 (2–1) Bulgaria Litex Lovech. Wisła Kraków win 5–2 on aggregate.
- Sturm Graz Austria 1–0 (1–1) Georgia (country) Zestafoni. Sturm Graz win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Maribor Slovenia 1–1 (1–2) Israel Maccabi Haifa. Maccabi Haifa win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 1–0 (2–1) Finland HJK Helsinki. Dinamo Zagreb win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Partizan Serbia 1–1 (1–2) Belgium Genk. Genk win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Trabzonspor Turkey 1–1 (0–2) Portugal Benfica. Benfica win 3–1 on aggregate.
Copa Sudamericana First stage first leg:
- San José Bolivia 0–0 Paraguay Nacional
- Deportivo Quito Ecuador 1–0 Venezuela Deportivo Anzoátegui
- Olimpia Paraguay 2–0 Bolivia The Strongest
CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
- FC Dallas United States 1–0 (1–0) El Salvador Alianza. Dallas win 2–0 on aggregate.
- Tempête Haiti 0–2 (0–5) Mexico Morelia. Morelia win 7–0 on aggregate.
- Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico 3–1 (0–2) El Salvador Isidro Metapán. 3–3 on aggregate; Isidro Metapán win on away goals.
- Seattle Sounders FC United States 2–0 (a.e.t.) (0–1) Panama San Francisco. Seattle Sounders win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Olimpia Honduras 2–1 (1–3) Mexico Santos Laguna. Santos Laguna win 4–3 on aggregate.

August 2, 2011 (Tuesday)

Cricket

ICC Intercontinental Cup:
- In King City, Ontario, day 1: File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan 293 (81.1 overs); File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 21/4 (12 overs). Canada trail by 272 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Tour de Pologne, stage 3: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Kittel (GER) (Skil–Shimano) File:Jersey yellow.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 3h 09' 29" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Romain Feillu (FRA) (Vacansoleil–DCM) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (DEN) (Saxo Bank–SunGard) s.t.
  - General classification (after stage 3): (1) Kittel File:Jersey yellow.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 8h 55' 00" (2) Adrian Kurek (POL) (Team Poland BGŻ) File:Jersey red.svg + 17" (3) Gianluca Maggiore (ITA) (De Rosa–Ceramica Flaminia) + 22"

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia (team in bold advances to knockout stage):
- Group A in Bogotá:
  - France File:Flag of France.svg 3–1 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
  - Colombia File:Flag of Colombia.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Colombia 6 points, South Korea, France 3, Mali 0.
- Group B in Cali:
  - Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg 1–1 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
  - Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Portugal 4 points, New Zealand, Uruguay 2, Cameroon 1.
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round second leg: (first leg scores in parentheses)
- BATE Borisov Belarus 3–1 (0–0) Lithuania Ekranas. BATE Borisov win 3–1 on aggregate.
- Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 0–2 (0–1) Denmark Copenhagen. Copenhagen win 3–0 on aggregate.
- Panathinaikos Greece 3–4 (1–1) Denmark Odense. Odense win 5–4 on aggregate.
Copa Sudamericana First stage first leg:
- Universidad César Vallejo Peru 1–1 Colombia Santa Fe
- Bella Vista Uruguay 1–1 Chile Universidad Católica
CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
- Real Estelí Nicaragua 1–2 (1–2) Canada Toronto FC. Toronto win 4–2 on aggregate.

August 1, 2011 (Monday)

Cricket

India in England:
- 2nd Test in Nottingham, day 4: File:Flag of England.svg England 221 & 544 (120.2 overs); File:Flag of India.svg India 288 & 158 (47.4 overs; Tim Bresnan 5/48). England win by 319 runs; lead 4-match series 2–0.

Cycling

UCI World Tour:
- Tour de Pologne, stage 2: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Kittel (GER) (Skil–Shimano) File:Jersey yellow.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 3h 38' 35" 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (Garmin–Cervélo) s.t. 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Graeme Brown (AUS) (Rabobank) s.t.
  - General classification (after stage 2): (1) Kittel File:Jersey yellow.svgFile:Jersey green.svg 5h 45' 41" (2) Adrian Kurek (POL) (Team Poland BGŻ) File:Jersey red.svg + 7" (3) Haussler + 14"

Football (soccer)

FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia:
- Group E in Barranquilla:
  - Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama
  - Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Brazil, Egypt 4 points, Panama, Austria 1.
- Group F in Medellín:
  - Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg 3–0 File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
  - Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg 0–0 File:Flag of England.svg England
    - Standings (after 2 matches): Argentina 4 points, Mexico 3, England 2, North Korea 1.
UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Romania:
- Final in Chiajna: 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2–3 (a.e.t.) 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  - Spain win the title for the fifth time.

References

↑ "Fenerbahçe out amid fixing probe". ESPN. Associated Press. August 24, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
↑ "Kyle Busch wins Cup race in Michigan". ESPN. Associated Press. August 21, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
↑ Forsaith, Rob (August 16, 2011). "Marcos Ambrose claims maiden NASCAR win". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
↑ "Twins slugger Jim Thome clubs 600th career homer in win vs. Tigers". ESPN. Associated Press. August 15, 2011. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2011.

[1] "Fenerbahçe out amid fixing probe". ESPN. Associated Press. August 24, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.

[2] "Kyle Busch wins Cup race in Michigan". ESPN. Associated Press. August 21, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.

[3] Forsaith, Rob (August 16, 2011). "Marcos Ambrose claims maiden NASCAR win". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved August 17, 2011.

[4] "Twins slugger Jim Thome clubs 600th career homer in win vs. Tigers". ESPN. Associated Press. August 15, 2011. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2011.

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