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31 August 2008 (Sunday)
- Auto racing:
- World Rally Championship:
- Rally New Zealand in Taupo, New Zealand
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
- Rally New Zealand in Taupo, New Zealand
- World Touring Car Championship season: Motorsport Arena Oschersleben at Oschersleben, Germany
- Race 1: (1) Augusto Farfus
- Race 2: (1) Félix Porteiro
- Race 1: (1) Augusto Farfus
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: Round 8 at Brands Hatch, Kent, United Kingdom
- (1) Timo Scheider
- (1) Timo Scheider
- IndyCar:
- Detroit Indy Grand Prix at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, United States:
- (1) Justin Wilson
- (1) Justin Wilson
- Detroit Indy Grand Prix at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, United States:
- NASCAR Sprint Cup:
- Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, United States
- (1) Jimmie Johnson
- Johnson not only wins, but becomes one of three drivers to clinch spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Johnson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Jeff Burton will join Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards in the Chase. Biffle and Kevin Harvick effectively clinch spots in the Chase; both need only to start in next week's race at Richmond to make the Chase.
- (1) Jimmie Johnson
- Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, United States
- World Rally Championship:
- Cricket
- South African cricket team in England in 2008
- 4th ODI:
- 4th ODI:
- South African cricket team in England in 2008
- Motorcycle racing:
- Moto GP:
- San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix at Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico, Italy:
- (1) Valentino Rossi
- (1) Valentino Rossi
- San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix at Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico, Italy:
- Moto GP:
30 August 2008 (Saturday)
- Cricket:
- Bangladesh cricket team in Australia in 2008
- 1st ODI:
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- 1st ODI:
- Bangladesh cricket team in Australia in 2008
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- South Africa
- The Boks score their biggest win ever over the Wallabies. Jongi Nokwe becomes the first Springbok to score four tries against the Wallabies. Immediately after the match, Percy Montgomery, the all-time caps and points leader for South Africa, announces his retirement from international rugby.
- South Africa
- Tri Nations Series:
29 August 2008 (Friday)
28 August 2008 (Thursday)
- American football:
- After having been suspended by the NFL for the 2007 season, Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones is fully reinstated for the upcoming season. (ESPN.com)
- Tennis:
- US Open in New York City:
- Ana Ivanovic
- Ana Ivanovic
- US Open in New York City:
27 August 2008 (Wednesday)
26 August 2008 (Tuesday)
25 August 2008 (Monday)
24 August 2008 (Sunday)
- American football:
- The New York Giants announce that defensive end Osi Umenyiora will miss the 2008 season with a knee injury. (AP via Yahoo)
- Auto racing:
- Formula One:
- European Grand Prix at the Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain:
- (1) Felipe Massa
- (1) Felipe Massa
- European Grand Prix at the Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain:
- IndyCar:
- Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California, United States:
- (1) Hélio Castroneves
- (1) Hélio Castroneves
- Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California, United States:
- FIA GT Championship:
- Bucharest 2 Hours, at Bucharest Ring, Bucharest, Romania:
- (1) Jean-Denis Délétraz
- (1) Jean-Denis Délétraz
- Bucharest 2 Hours, at Bucharest Ring, Bucharest, Romania:
- Formula One:
- Baseball:
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
- Athletics
- Men's Marathon
- Men's Marathon
- The olympics officially close with the conclusion of the closing ceremony.
- Athletics
23 August 2008 (Saturday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's 4x400 metre relay
- Men's 800 metres
- Men's 5000 metres
- Men's javelin throw
- Women's 4x400 metre relay
- Women's 1500 metres
- Women's high jump
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- Men's 4x400 metre relay
- Athletics
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR Sprint Cup:
- Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, United States
- (1) Carl Edwards
- (1) Carl Edwards
- Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, United States
- NASCAR Sprint Cup:
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- South Africa
- South Africa
- Tri Nations Series:
22 August 2008 (Friday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's 4x100 metre relay
- Men's 50 kilometre walk
- Men's decathlon
- Men's pole vault
- Women's 4x100 metre relay
- Women's 5000 metres
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- Women's long jump
- Men's 4x100 metre relay
- Athletics
21 August 2008 (Thursday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's 110 metre hurdles
- Men's 400 metres
- Men's triple jump
- Women's 20 kilometre walk
- Women's 200 metres
- Women's javelin throw
- Men's 110 metre hurdles
- Athletics
- Cricket
- 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada
- 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada
20 August 2008 (Wednesday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's 200 metres
- Usain Bolt sets a new world record in men's 200 metres.
- Women's 400 metre hurdles
- Women's hammer throw
- Men's 200 metres
- Basketball:
- Athletics
- Basketball
- PBA Fiesta Conference Finals:
- Barangay Ginebra Kings 97, Air21 Express 84, Ginebra wins series, 4–3.
- PBA Fiesta Conference Finals:
- American football: National Football League
- Gene Upshaw, a hall-of-fame guard and the long-time Executive Director of the National Football League Players Association, dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 63. He was diagnosed just on August 17.
- Cricket
19 August 2008 (Tuesday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletics
- Men's 1500 metres
- Men's discus throw
- Men's high jump
- Women's 100 metre hurdles
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- Women's 400 metres
- Men's 1500 metres
- Basketball
- Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the semifinals in bold.
- China
- Australia
- United States
- Mali
- China
- Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the semifinals in bold.
- Athletics
18 August 2008 (Monday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's 400 metre hurdles
- Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
- Men's long jump
- Women's 800 metres
- Women's discus throw
- Women's pole vault
- Yelena Isinbayeva sets a new world record in women's pole vault.
- Men's 400 metre hurdles
- Basketball
- Athletics
- Cricket:
17 August 2008 (Sunday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's Hammer Throw
- Men's 10000 metres
- Women's 100 metres
- Women's 3000 metre steeplechase
- Gulnara Samitova-Galkina sets a new world record in women's 3000 metre steeplechase.
- Women's Marathon
- Women's Triple Jump
- Françoise Mbango Etone sets a new olympic record in women's triple jump.
- Men's Hammer Throw
- Basketball
- Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold.
- Group A: Australia
- Group A: South Korea
- Group A: Brazil
- Group B: Mali
- Group B: China
- Group B: New Zealand
- Group A: Australia
- Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold.
- Athletics
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR Sprint Cup:
- 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, United States
- (1) Carl Edwards
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- (1) Carl Edwards
- 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, United States
- World Rally Championship:
- Rallye Deutschland in Trier, Germany
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
- Rallye Deutschland in Trier, Germany
- NASCAR Sprint Cup:
- Motorcycle racing:
- Moto GP:
- Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix at Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic:
- (1) Valentino Rossi
- (1) Valentino Rossi
- Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix at Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic:
- Moto GP:
16 August 2008 (Saturday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's 20 kilometre walk
- Men's 100 metres
- Usain Bolt sets a new 100m world record.
- Women's Heptathlon
- Women's shot put
- Men's 20 kilometre walk
- Badminton
- Men's doubles
- Semifinals
- Finals
- 3rd Place
- Semifinals
- Women's Singles
- Semifinals
- Finals
- 3rd Place
- Semifinals
- Men's doubles
- Basketball
- Athletics
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- South Africa
- Springbok Percy Montgomery became the ninth player to make his 100th international appearance.
- South Africa
- Tri Nations Series:
15 August 2008 (Friday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Archery
- Men's Individual
- Quarterfinals
- Juan René Serrano
- Park Kyung-Mo
- Viktor Ruban
- Bair Badënov
- Juan René Serrano
- Semifinals
- Park Kyung-Mo
- Viktor Ruban
- Park Kyung-Mo
- Finals
- 3rd Place
- Quarterfinals
- Men's Individual
- Athletics
- Men's Shot Put
- Women's 10000 metres
- Tirunesh Dibaba sets a new Olympic record beating the previous record of 30:17.49.
- Men's Shot Put
- Badminton
- Women's doubles
- Semifinals
- Finals
- 3rd Place
- Semifinals
- Women's doubles
- Basketball
- Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold.
- Group A: Latvia
- Group A: Russia
- Group A: South Korea
- Group B: Czech Republic
- Group B: China
- Group B: United States
- Group A: Latvia
- Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold.
- Archery
14 August 2008 (Thursday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Archery
- Women's Individual
- Quarterfinals
- Park Sung-hyun
- Kwon Un Sil
- Zhang Juanjuan
- Yun Ok-Hee
- Park Sung-hyun
- Semifinals
- Park Sung-hyun
- Zhang Juanjuan
- Park Sung-hyun
- Finals
- 3rd Place
- Quarterfinals
- Women's Individual
- Basketball
- Archery
13 August 2008 (Wednesday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Basketball – Olympics:
- Women's tournament:
- Group A: Belarus
- Group A: Brazil
- Group A: Australia
- Group B: Spain
- Group B: China
- Group B: Mali
- Group A: Belarus
- Women's tournament:
- Basketball – Olympics:
12 August 2008 (Tuesday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Basketball
- Men's tournament:
- Group A: Iran
- Group A: Croatia
- Group A: Argentina
- Group B: Greece
- Group B: China
- With Yao Ming fouling out and Spain's Ricky Rubio's pesky defense against the Chinese backcourt, the world champions survive the hosts in overtime.
- Group B: Angola
- Group A: Iran
- Men's tournament:
- Basketball
11 August 2008 (Monday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Archery
- Men's Team
- Quarterfinals
- South Korea
- China
- Italy
- Ukraine
- South Korea
- Semifinals
- South Korea
- Italy
- South Korea
- Finals
- 3rd Place
- Quarterfinals
- Men's Team
- Basketball
- Women's tournament:
- Group A: New Zealand
- Group A: Czech Republic
- Group B: South Korea
- Group B: Latvia
- Group B: China
- Group A: Australia
- Group A: New Zealand
- Women's tournament:
- Archery
- Cricket
- Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008
- South African cricket team in England in 2008
- 4th Test:
- 4th Test:
10 August 2008 (Sunday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Archery
- Women's Team
- Quarterfinals
- South Korea
- France
- China
- Great Britain
- South Korea
- Semifinals
- South Korea
- China
- South Korea
- Finals
- 3rd Place
- Quarterfinals
- Women's Team
- Basketball
- Men's tournament:
- Group A: Russia
- Group B: Germany
- Group B: Spain
- Group A: Lithuania
- Linas Kleiza's three-pointer with 2.1 seconds left clinched the victory for the Lithuanians.
- Group A: Australia
- Group B: United States
- Group A: Russia
- Men's tournament:
- Archery
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR Sprint Cup:
- Centurion Boats at the Glen at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York, United States
- (1) Kyle Busch
- Busch clinches the top seed for the Chase for the Sprint Cup with four races remaining before the Chase. He also becomes the first driver in NASCAR history to win three road course races in a single season (two in the Sprint Cup and one in the Nationwide Series).
- (1) Kyle Busch
- Centurion Boats at the Glen at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York, United States
- NASCAR Sprint Cup:
- Golf:
- PGA Tour and European Tour – PGA Championship in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan:
- In the last major of the year, Pádraig Harrington
- In the last major of the year, Pádraig Harrington
- PGA Tour and European Tour – PGA Championship in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan:
9 August 2008 (Saturday)
- Auto racing:
- IRL:
- Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky:
- (1) Scott Dixon
- (1) Scott Dixon
- Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky:
- IRL:
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Basketball
- Women's tournament:
- Group A: Belarus
- Group B: Mali
- Group B: China
- Group A: South Korea
- Group B: Czech Republic
- Group A: Latvia
- Group A: Belarus
- Women's tournament:
- Basketball
- Rugby union:
- South Africa
- In a one-off Test, part of ongoing celebrations of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, the Pumas take an early 9–0 lead, but the Boks take over from there, running in nine tries, seven in the second half. The second-half onslaught is paced by JP Pietersen and Joe van Niekerk with two tries each.
- South Africa
8 August 2008 (Friday)
- Cricket
- Bermudian cricket team in the Netherlands in 2008
- 1st ODI:
- 1st ODI:
- Bermudian cricket team in the Netherlands in 2008
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
- The Olympics officially starts with the lighting of the Olympic torch.
7 August 2008 (Thursday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China:
- Football (soccer):
- Men:
- Group A: Australia
- Group A: Ivory Coast
- Group B: Japan
- Group B: Netherlands
- Group C: Brazil
- Group C: China PR
- Group D: Honduras
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- Group D: South Korea
- Group A: Australia
- Men:
- Football (soccer):
- Lacrosse:
- The sport's new unified governing body, the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL), holds its first meeting. The FIL was formed by the merger of the former governing bodies for men's and women's lacrosse, respectively the International Lacrosse Federation and International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations.
6 August 2008 (Wednesday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China:
- Football (soccer):
- Women:
- Group E: Argentina
- Group E: China PR
- Group F: Germany
- Group F: North Korea
- Group G: Japan
- Group G: Norway
- Group E: Argentina
- Women:
- Football (soccer):
- American football:
- Quarterback Brett Favre was traded from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets for a draft pick that will increase in value depending on the Jets' results in 2008. (Fox Sports (USA))
5 August 2008 (Tuesday)
- American football:
- After several hours of closed-door talks on Monday, Brett Favre leaves the Green Bay Packers' training camp today, and Packers coach Mike McCarthy says at a news conference that Favre's future is not with the team. Reportedly, the Packers have rejected a trade to another NFC North team, but a source indicates that Favre may be open to a trade to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (ESPN)
- Cricket
- 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
- 5th Place Final:
- 1st Place Final:
- 5th Place Final:
- 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
3 August 2008 (Sunday)
- American football:
- The National Football League officially reinstates Brett Favre, who will end his brief retirement when he reports to the Green Bay Packers' training camp Monday.
- Auto racing:
- Formula One:
- Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary:
- (1) Heikki Kovalainen
- (1) Heikki Kovalainen
- Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary:
- FIA GT Championship:
- Spa 24 Hours, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium:
- (1) Andrea Bertolini
- (1) Andrea Bertolini
- Spa 24 Hours, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium:
- NASCAR Sprint Cup:
- Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, United States
- (1) Carl Edwards
- (1) Carl Edwards
- Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, United States
- V8 Supercar:
- Round 8 at Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria, Australia
- (1) Garth Tander
- (1) Garth Tander
- Round 8 at Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria, Australia
- World Rally Championship:
- Rally Finland in Jyväskylä, Finland
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
- Rally Finland in Jyväskylä, Finland
- Formula One:
- Cricket:
- India in Sri Lanka
- 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
- Group A
- Group B
- Golf:
- PGA Tour and European Tour: Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, USA
- Vijay Singh
- Vijay Singh
- LPGA: Women's British Open in Sunningdale, England
- In the final major of the LPGA season, Jiyai Shin
- In the final major of the LPGA season, Jiyai Shin
- PGA Tour and European Tour: Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, USA
- Motorcycle racing:
- Superbike:
- Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round at Brands Hatch, Kent, United Kingdom:
- Race 1 (1) Ryuichi Kiyonari
- Race 2 (1) Ryuichi Kiyonari
- The meeting is marred by the death of 23-year-old British rider Craig Jones during the ninth round of the 2008 Supersport World Championship season.
- Superbike:
2 August 2008 (Saturday)
- Cricket:
- South Africa in England
- 3rd Test:
- South Africa lead 2–0 and secures victory in the 4-match series
- 3rd Test:
- 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
- Group A
- Group B
- South Africa in England
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- New Zealand
- The All Blacks secure a bonus-point win against the Wallabies to level the Bledisloe Cup series at one win apiece.
- New Zealand
- Tri Nations Series:
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