Days of the month
31 July 2008 (Thursday) Baseball: Trade deadline deals: Manny Ramírez, increasingly alienated from his previous team, the Boston Red Sox, is sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-way deal. The Bosox receive Jason Bay from the Pittsburgh Pirates, who in turn receive four minor-leaguers, two from the Sox and two from the Dodgers. The Sox will also pay the remaining US$7 million of Ramírez' salary. Ken Griffey Jr. goes from his hometown Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for two players. The New York Yankees acquire catcher Iván Rodríguez from the Detroit Tigers for relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth. (The Windsor Star)
30 July 2008 (Wednesday)
29 July 2008 (Tuesday) American football: Former Green Bay Packers quarterback and Brett Favre, who had announced his retirement after the 2008 season, faxes a letter seeking reinstatement to the NFL. Baseball: Seattle Mariners center fielder Ichiro Suzuki becomes the youngest player ever to amass 3,000 hits in his top-level professional career, reaching the milestone with a single on the first pitch he saw in the first inning of the Mariners' game against the Texas Rangers. The hit gave Ichiro 1,722 Major League Baseball hits to go with the 1,278 he amassed during his nine-year career with the Orix BlueWave in Japan.
28 July 2008 (Monday)
27 July 2008 (Sunday)
Cycling: Tour de France – Stage 21 (Étampes > Paris Champs-Élysées): (1) Gert Steegmans (2) Gerald Ciolek (3) Óscar Freire Carlos Sastre wins the Tour de France, becoming the third successive Spanish rider to win the race, and the seventh in the history of the Tour. Cadel Evans is 58 seconds later in the General classification, taking second place for the second year in succession. Bernhard Kohl finishes in 3rd place. Óscar Freire wins the points (green jersey) competition. Bernhard Kohl wins the King of the Mountain (polka dot jersey) competition, 48 points clear of Sastre. Andy Schleck wins the youth (white jersey) competition. www.letour.fr Auto racing: Sprint Cup: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard in Speedway, Indiana (1) Jimmie Johnson (2) Carl Edwards (3) Denny Hamlin World Touring Car Championship season: Brands Hatch at Kent, United Kingdom Race 1: (1) Jörg Müller (2) Yvan Müller (3) Andy Priaulx Race 2: (1) Alain Menu (2) Félix Porteiro (3) Alex Zanardi Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: Round 7 at Nürburgring, Germany (1) Bernd Schneider (2) Paul di Resta (3) Jamie Green Golf: PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open in Oakville, Ontario PGA Tour rookie Chez Reavie becomes the eighth golfer this season to win his first career PGA Tour event, cruising to a three-shot win over Billy Mayfair . European Tour: Inteco Russian Open in Russia: (1) Mikael Lundberg LPGA Tour: Evian Masters in Evian-les-Bains, France: Helen Alfredsson wins her first LPGA event since 2003 in a sudden-death playoff, eliminating Angela Park on the first extra hole and besting Na Yeon Choi on the third extra hole. Tennis: ATP Tour: Canada Masters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Rafael Nadal beat Nicolas Kiefer 6–3, 6–2 WTA Tour: East West Bank Classic in Carson, California, United States: Dinara Safina beat Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–2 Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portorož, Slovenia: Sara Errani beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3 Beach soccer: FIFA World Cup in Marseille, France: Final: Brazil 5–3 Italy. Brazil beat Italy in the Plage du Prado to win the World Cup for the third time in a row. This was the first occasion that the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup has been held outside of Brazil.
26 July 2008 (Saturday)
Auto racing: IRL: Rexall Edmonton Indy in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1) Scott Dixon (2) Hélio Castroneves (3) Justin Wilson Cricket India in Sri Lanka: 1st Test in Colombo: 600/6d (162 ov) beat 223 (72.5 ov) & 138 (45 ov) by an innings and 239 runs. Cycling: Tour de France – Stage 20 (Cérilly > Saint-Amand-Montrond) (Time trial): (1) Stefan Schumacher (2) Fabian Cancellara (3) Kim Kirchen Cadel Evans makes up 29 seconds on Carlos Sastre to take second place in the General classification, but remains 1'05" behind Sastre, who seems likely to win the race in Paris tomorrow. Rugby union: Tri Nations Series: 34–19 at Sydney In the Bledisloe Cup opener, the Wallabies score a decisive win over the All Blacks to take pole position in the series.
25 July 2008 (Friday) Cycling: Tour de France – Stage 19 (Roanne > Montluçon): (1) Sylvain Chavanel (2) Jérémy Roy (3) Gerald Ciolek The top ten positions in the General classification remain unchanged.
24 July 2008 (Thursday)