IN THIS ISSUE

THIS WEEK IN SPORTS HISTORY

With the new week underway, here is a look at some famous events on the dates this week in the world of sports: July 23, 1931 - France announces they will not send athletes to the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, USA due to financial limitations. July 24, 1852 – Czech long-distance runner Emile Zatopek runs an Olympic record 5k run in 14:06.6. July 25, 1992 - The 1992 Summer Olympics open in Barcelona, Spain. July 26, 1992 – MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan attains strikeout #100 for the 23rd consecutive season. July 27, 1993 - NBC is awarded Olympic broadcasts in the USA for USD$456,000,000. July 28, 1994 - MLB Players Union decide to strike starting August 12. July 29, 1986 – A New York court rules that the NFL violated anti-trust laws, and awards the USFL USD $1 in damages. Happy birthday this week to: July 23 - NHLers Dimitri Khristich, Scott Clemmensen, & Baseballer Nomar Garciaparra July 24 - Sumo wrestler Kaio July 25 - F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr. July 26 - Figure skater Dorothy Hamill July 28 - NHLers Zach Parise & Aki Berg, the late Marathon runner Terry Fox July 29 - F1 driver Fernando Alonso, Gymnast Jennie Thomspon

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FOOTBALL ROUND-UP

With more football playing every week, here is a look at all the final scores from the major leagues across Asia, and continental competition in Europe. Here are the final scores from UEFA Champions League qualifying round 2. The second leg is Tuesday & Wednesday: Ulisses 0 - 1 Sheriff, Flora 0 - 2 Basel, Neftçi 3 - 0 Zestafoni, HJK 7 - 0 KR, F91 Dudelange 1 - 0 Salzburg, Slovan Liberec 1 - 0 Shakhter Karagandy, Žilina 1 - 0 Ironi Kiryat S…, The New Saints 0 - 0 Helsingborg, Skënderbeu Korçë 1 - 0 Debrecen, Valletta 1 - 4 Partizan, Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0 Ekranas, BATE 3 - 2 Vardar, AEL 3 - 0 Linfield, Maribor 4 - 1 Željezničar, Ludogorets 1 - 1 Dinamo Zagreb, Molde 3 - 0 Ventspils, Budućnost 0 - 2 Śląsk Wrocław Here are the UEFA Europa League qualifying round 2 1nd leg final scores. 2nd leg is Thursday across the continent. Milsami-Ursidos 4 - 2 Aktobe, Anzhi Makhachkala 1 - 0 Khazar, Lankaran 1 - 1 Lech Poznań, Naftan 3 - 4 Crvena Zvezda, Liepājas Metalurgs 2 - 2 Legia Warszawa, Renova 0 - 2 Gomel, Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4 - 4 Vitesse, Levadia 1 - 3 Anorthosis, İnter Bakı 1 - 1 Asteras Tripolis, Olimpija 0 - 0 Tromsø, JJK 3 - 2 Zeta, Metalurgi Rustavi 1 - 3 Viktoria Plzeň, Shakhtyor 1 - 1 Ried, Differdange 03 0 - 1 Gent, Bnei Yehuda 2 - 0 Shirak, Rosenborg 2 - 2 Ordabasy, AGF 1 - 2 Dila Gori, Ruch Chorzów 3 - 1 Metalurg, Metalurh Donetsk 7 - 0 Čelik, Tirana 1 - 1 Aalesund, APOEL 2 - 0 Senica, Spartak Trnava 3 - 1 Sligo Rovers, Slaven Koprivnica 6 - 0 Portadown , Eskişehirspor 2 - 0 St. Johnstone, Levski Sofia 1 - 0 Sarajevo, AIK 1 - 1 FH, Mladá Boleslav 3 - 0 Thór, Dacia 1 - 0 Elfsborg, Rapid Bucureşti 3 - 1 MYPA, Young Boys 1 - 0 Zimbru, Žalgiris 1 - 1 Admira, Servette 2 - 0 Gandzasar, Twente 1 - 1 Inter Turku, Maccabi Netanya 1 - 2 KuPS, Osijek 1 - 3 Kalmar, Mura 05 0 - 0 CSKA Sofia, Slovan Bratislava 1 - 1 Videoton, Vojvodina 1 - 1 Sūduva, Hajduk Split 2 - 0 Skonto, Široki Brijeg 1 - 1 St Patrick's Here are the week 18 final scores from the Chinese Super League: Dalian Aerbin 5 – 2 Shandong Luneng, Beijing Guoan 0 – 2 Hangzhou, Henan Jianye 1 – 2 Guangzhou Evergrande, Guizhou Renhe 3 – 1 Shanghai Shenxin, Qingdao Jonoon 1 – 2 Dalian Shide, Guangzhou R&F 1 – 1 Shanghai Shenhua, Changchun Yatai 2 – 1 Liaoning Whowin, Jiangsu Sainty 3 – 2 Tianjin Teda,

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Week 18 final scores from China League One: Yanbian 1 – 0 Beijing Baxy, Harbin Yiteng 1 – 1 Chengdu Blades, BIT 1 – 3 Wuhan Zall, Fujian 1 – 0 Hunan Xiangtao, Hohhot Dongjin 4 – 0 Guangdong, Shenzhen Ruby 1 – 0 Tianjin Songjiang, Chongqing Lifan 3 – 1 Chongqing, Shenyang Shenbei 1 – 0 Shanghai Tellace Here are the final scores from the 4th round of the Chinese FA Cup: Hangzhou 2 - 1 Chengdu Blades, Dalian Aerbin 2 - 0 Shenyang Shenbei, Liaoning Whowin 4 - 3 Guangzhou R&F, Tianjin Teda 1 - 1P Shandong Luneng, Changchun Yatai P0 - 0 Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan 6 - 0 Qingdao Jonoon, Guangzhou Evergrande 2 - 1 Henan Jianye, Guizhou Renhe 2 - 0 Dalian Shide J2-LEAGUE week 25 final scores: Mito Hollyhock 4 – 2 Avispa Fukuoka, Tokyo Verdy 2 – 0 Roasso Kumamoto, Yokohama 3 – 1 Gainare Tottori, Matsumoto Yamaga 3 – 0 Fagiano Okayama, Kataller Toyama 1 – 2 Tochigi, Oita Trinita 2 – 2 Gifu, Shonan Bellmare 0 – 0 Montedio Yamagata, Tokushima Vortis 1 – 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu, Thespa Kusatsu 1 – 1 Machida Zelvia, JEF United 0 – 1 Ventforet Kofu, Kyoto Sanga 2 – 1 Ehime Week 21 final scores from the Japan Football League: Tochigi Uva 2 – 3 Sagawa Shiga, Honda Lock 0 – 4 V-Varen Nagasaki, Zweigen Kanazawa 2 – 1 Honda, Ryūkyū 0 – 2 Parceiro Nagano, Sagawa Printing 1 – 1 YSSC, MIO Biwako Kusatsu 0 – 3 Sony Sendai, Kamatamare Sanuki 1 – 2 Fujieda MYFC, Yokogawa Musashino 0 – 4 Hoyo Oita Week 22 final scores from the K-League: Seongnam 2 – 0 Gyeongnam, Daegu 0 – 0 Suwon Bluewings, Daejeon Citizen 2 – 2 Sangju Sangmu , Jeju United 6 – 0 Chunnam Dragons, Seoul 6 – 0 Busan I'Park, Jeonbuk Motors 2 – 1 Gangwon, Pohang Steelers 2 – 1 Incheon United, Ulsan 2 – 1 Gwangju Week 14 final scores from the Korean National League: Incheon Korail 1 – 2 Changwon City, Busan Kyotong 1 – 0 Mokpo City, Cheonan City 1 – 0 Gimhae City, Gangneung City 3 – 0 Yongin City, Goyang KB 1 – 1 Ulsan Dolphins, Ansan Hallelujah 3 – 1 Chungju, Suwon City 0 – 1 Daejeon HNP Week 17 final scores from the Thai Premier League: Thai Port 0 – 0 Wuachon United, TOT 3 – 2 BBCU, Chainat 2 – 2 Osotspa, Bangkok Glass 0 – 0 Army United, BEC Tero Sasana 1 – 2 Chonburi, Samut Songkhram 1 – 2 Muang Thong United, TTM Chiangmai 1 – 0 Pattaya United, Chiangrai United 1 – 0 Police United, Esan United 1 – 1 Buriram United

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ARENA FOOTBALL

The final week of the season was this past weekend, and it broke down like this: Pittsburgh dropped a decision to Jacksonville 39-64, Cleveland defeated Chicago 60-54, New Orleans lost 48-55 to Georgia, Iowa edged San Antonio 66-63, Arizona got a 47-22 over Kansas City, Spokane beat out Tampa Bay 63-53, Orlando defeated Milwaukee 49-39, and Philadelphia got a 69-34 win over Utah. The play-offs begin this weekend, with the National Conference seeing San Antonio Talons V Utah Blaze , & the Arizona Rattlers V the San Jose Sabrecats. In the American Conference, the Philadelphia Soul V the New Orleans Voodoo, & the Jacksonville Sharks V the Georgia Force. The conference finals are August 3 & 4, with Arena Bowl XXV in New Orleans on August 8th. ~Jesper Svendsen – GuojiSport Denmark Bureau, Copenhagen

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AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL

In round 17 of the AFL this past week, there were centuries a plenty. The Geelong Cats got a 20.14.134-10.7.67 win over the Essendon Bombers. The Collingwood Magpies dropped a 13.13.91-12.12.138 decision to the Hawthorn Hawks. A big win for the Crows, as Adelaide defeated the West Coast Eagles 19.10.124-11.9.75. The Gold Coast Suns season was in big trouble, and with a 5.18.48-8.11.59 loss to the Brisbane Lions, they are now out of the play-off picture. The Western Bulldogs also suffered a loss, 12.12.84-16.6.102 to the Carlton Blues. The Melbourne Demons kept more than slim play-off hopes alive despite a 8.8.56-12.12.84 loss to the Port Adelaide Power. The Sydney Swans kept making big noise in the league with a 15.15.105-10.16.76 win over the St. Kilda Saints. The Richmond Tigers dropped a 14.15.99-15.13.103 decision to the North Melbourne Kangaroos. Finally, the Fremantle Dockers ended the Giants play-off chase with a 18.24.132-5.7.37 win over Greater Western Sydney. The ladder after 17 of 24 rounds looks like this: The Sydney Swans & Adelaide Crows are on 52 points in the lead. The other teams in the top 8 are the Hawthorn Hawks & Collingwood Magpies on 48 points, the West Coast Eagles & Essendon Bombers on 44, the Geeling Cats on 40 points, and the North Melbourne Kangaroos on 36. On the outside looking in are the Fremantle Dockers on 36 points, the St. Kilda Saints & Carlton Blues on 32, the Richmond Tigers & Brisbane Lions on 28, the Port Adelaide Power & Western Bulldogs on 20 points, the Melbourne Demons on 8 points, finally the Gold Coast Suns & Greater Western Sydney Giants on 4 points, eliminated from the play-off race Round 18 looks like this: Friday sees Essendon V Hawthorn at the Etihad on Friday. On Saturday, Geelong V Adelaide at Simonds, North Melbourne V Melbourne at the Etihad, GWS Giants V Collingwood at the Skoda, Carlton V Richmond at the MCG, Gold Coast V Sydney at the Metricon. Sunday sees Port Adelaide V Fremantle at the AAMI, St. Kilda V Western at the Etihad, & West Coast V Brisbane from Patersons. ~Park Shi-Eun – GuojiSport Asia Bureau, Suwon, Korea Republic

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SUPER RUGBY

The play-offs in Super 15 started on Saturday with the qualifying finals. The first game saw the Crusaders (NWZ) defeat the Bulls (RSA) 28-13. In the second game, the Reds (AUS) suffered a home loss to the Sharks (RSA) 17-30. This coming weekend the 1/2 finals begin. The matchups look like this: Chiefs (NWZ) V Crusaders (NWZ) at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, and the Stormers (RSA) V Sharks (RSA) at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa. The final is August 4. ~Shaun Bechtold – GuojiSport World Headquarters, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

In the CFL, week 4 played over the last few days. In the first game this last week, the Toronto Argonauts got back to even, with a 25-22 win over the still winless Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Calgary Stampeders came back from a huge deficit in the second half to defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 41-38 in overtime. In the third game, the BC Lions dropped a home decision 14-27 to the Edmonton Eskimos. In the final game of the week, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats got a 39-24 over the Montreal Alouettes. Hamilton, Toronto, & Montreal all sit 2-2 in the East Division, with Winnipeg at 0-4. In the West, Saskatchetan & Edmonton are 3-1 with Calgary & BC at 2-2. Week 5 has all eight teams in action again. Thursday sees Winnipeg V Edmonton, with Montreal V Toronto on Friday, & Saturday has Saskatchewan V Hamilton followed by Calgary V BC. ~Shaun Bechtold – GuojiSport World Headquarters, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

The Major Leagues Hall of Fame inducted 2 new members on Sunday. The BBWAA vote saw Barry Larkin inducted, with 495 votes or 86.4%. 13 players will return to the 2013 ballot, these include Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell, Lee Smith, Tim Raines, Alan Trammell, Edgar Martínez, Fred McGriff, Larry Walker, Mark McGwire, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Rafael Palmeiro, & Bernie Williams. A further 13 players were eliminated from future voting, but are still eligible for veterans committee consideration, they are Juan González, Vinny Castilla, Tim Salmon, Bill Mueller, Brad Radke, Javy López, Eric Young, Jeromy Burnitz, Brian Jordan, Terry Mulholland, Phil Nevin, Rubén Sierra, & Tony Womack. The veterans committee inducted ron santo with 93.8% of the votes, ahead of such names as Jim Kaat, Gil Hodges, Minnie Minoso, & Tony Oliva, among others.

~Jewel Belling – GuojiSport Africa Bureau, Durban, South Africa

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ASIAN BASEBALL

In the NPB here are the standings after roughly 82 games played. Central League Yomoyuri Giants - 47-27-8 Chunichi Dragons - 4.5 games back Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Hiroshima Carp – 10 games back Hanshin Tigers – 15 games back Yokohama Baystars – 21 games back Pacific League Lotte Marines - 40-31-10 Nippon Ham Fighters – 2 games back Tokyo Rakuten Golden Eagles - 3.5 games back Softbank Hawks, Seibu Lions – 5 games back Orix Buffaloes – 11 games back Play resumes Wednesday. In the KPB here are the standings after roughly 78 games played in the season. Samsung Lions - 45-31 Lotte Giants – 4 games back Nexen Heroes, Doosan Bears – 5 games back SK Wyverns, KIA Tigers – 6 games back LG Twins – 11 games back Hanhwa Eagles – 17 games back Play resumes Tuesday with all teams in action.

~Pei Lihn Ang – GuojiSport Singapore Bureau, Singapore

~Ken Cheng – GuojiSport Taiwan bureau, Taipei

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FORMULA 1

Round 10, the Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland ran Sunday, and Fernando Alonso (ESP) won with a time of 1:31:05.862. Jenson Alonso (GBR) was +6.9 back with Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) +16.4 back to round out the podium. Kaumi Kobayashi, Sebastien Vettel, Sergio Perez, Michael Schumacher, Mark Webber, Nico Hulkenberg, & Nico Rosberg round out the points scoring drivers (in order). The driver’s championship looks like this with 10 races to go, Alonso is leading the championship with 154 points. Webber is on 120 points, with Vettel on 110, Raikkonen on 98, and Hamilton on 92 to round out the top 5. The constructor’s championship sees Red Bull-Renault on 230 points in the lead. Ferrari has 177 points in 2nd, McLaren-Mercedes at 160 points for 3rd, Lotus-Renault at 159 points to sit 4th, and Mercedes on 105 to sit 5th. The next race is round 11, the Formula 1 Eni Magyar Nagygij, the Hungarian Grand Prix Sunday at the Hungaroring in Budapest.

~Karsten Reinhardt – GuojiSport Europe Bureau, Munich, Germany

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MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Many promotions ran events over the last week, here are the results from the Ultimate

Fighting Championship, Jewels, Deep, & Shooto.

UFC 149 was Saturday from the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Canada, here are the results. In the main event, Renan Pegado defeated Urijah Faber by Decision (Unanimous), in what was a solid technical match that was booed by a frustrated crowd, after the main card was less than exciting. In the rest of the card, Tim Boetsch defeated Hector Lombard by Decision (Split), Cheick Kongo defeated Shawn Jordan by Decision (Unanimous), James Head defeated Brian Ebersole by Decision (Split), Matt Riddle defeated Chris Clements by Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) 2:02 of round 3, Nick Ring defeated Court McGee by Decision (Unanimous), Francisco Rivera defeated Roland Delorme by KO (Punch) 4:19 of round 1, Ryan Jimmo defeated Anthony Perosh by KO (Punch) 0:07 of round 1, Bryan Caraway defeated Mitch Gagnon by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1:39 of round 3, Antonio Carvalho defeated Daniel Pineda by KO (Punches) 1:11 of round 1, and Anton Kuivanen defeated Mitch Clarke by Decision (Split). Jewels 20th Ring was Saturday at the Differ Arirake in Tokyo, Japan, in the main event, Mei Yamaguchi defeated Emi Tomimatsu by Decision (Unanimous). In the undercard, Shizuka Sugiyama defeaeted Megumi Yabushita by Decision (Split), Yasuko Tamada defeated Naoko Omuro by Technical Submission (Armbar) 1:05 of round 2, Satomi Takano defeated Yukiko Seki by Decision (Unanimous), Naomi Taniyama defeated Nana Ichikawa by Technical Submission (Armbar) 1:29 of round 1. 2 events from Deep were run on the weekend. The first was Tokyo Impact 2012 in Differ Arirake from the Differ Arirake in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event Masanori Kanehara defeated Tony Reyes by TKO (Punches) 4:28 of round 1. In the undercard, Juri Ohara defeated Genki Osako by TKO (Punch) 4:04 of round 1, Naohiro Mizuno defeated Toshinori Tsunemura by Decision (Unanimous), Kenjiro Takahashi defeated Ryosuke Togashi by TKO (Corner Stoppage) 0:18 of round 2, Hikaru Hasumi defeated Katsuyoshi Beppu by Decision (Split), Koichi Ishizuka defeated Yasufumi Suzaki by TKO (Punches) 2:58 of round 1, Yuhi Takemoto defeated Nobuhito Irei by Decision (Majority), Yusuke Kanaeda defeated Pakaasi Weerasakreck by Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) 1:57 of round 1, Takahiro Ashida V Yudai Aoyama was a Draw (Majority), Takashi Soya defeated Takaaki Ito by KO (Punch) 0:46 of round 1, Yuta Kaneko defeated Yoichiro Toriyama by TKO (Punches) 1:37 of round 1, Luke Mori defeated Yuji Arai by Decision (Unanimous), Shotaro Kanada defeated Yasuo Munakata by Decision (Unanimous), and Takahiro Yoshida V Kenji Yamanaka was a draw (Unanimous)

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The other envent, Nagoya Impact 2012: Kobudo Fight was Sunday from Zepp Nagoya in Nagoya, Japan. The main event saw Yuki Motoya defeat Akira Kibe by KO (Head Kick) 0:18 of round 1. In the undercard, Yusuke Tsunoda defeated Naoki Matsushita by KO (Punch) 2:06 of round 1, Takahiro Kajita defeated Seong Jae Kim by Decision (Unanimous), Harushige Shinokawa defeated Katsuya Ishida by Decision (Majority), Takeshi Matsushita defeated Yuya Osugi by TKO (Punches) 3:52 of round 1, Shinichiro Tanaka defeated Yoshinobu Kawamura by Decision (Unanimous) Naoki Kawai defeated Fumihito Shintaku by Submission (Armbar) 0:39 of round 1, Seiji Kawasaki defeated Ryosuke Hattori by TKO (Punches) 2:03 of round 1, Yudai Ishida defeated Kazuhiro Shiraki by Decision (Unanimous), Yuki Nishi V Atsushi Sasage was a Draw (Majority), Akira Kibe defeated Akito Sakimura by TKO (Punches) 4:44 of round 1 , Yuki Motoya defeated Naoyuki Kato by Decision (Unanimous), Sotaro Kojima defeated Fuhito Hasegawa by Decision (Split), Daisuke Tatsumi defeated Park Park by TKO (Punches) 0:52 of round 2, and Soichi Baba defeated Shinpei Umemura by TKO (Punches) 1:14 of round 1 Shooto 8th Round was Last week from the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, in the main event Kyoji Horiguchi defeated Manabu Inoue by Decision (Unanimous). In the undercard, Kotetsu Boku defeated Shin Kochiwa by KO (Punch) 1:07 of round 1, Yusuke Yachi defeaeted Akitoshi Tamura by Decision (Unanimous), Yuki Shojo defeated Hiroyuki Abe by Decision (Unanimous), Ryuichi Miki defeated Fumihiro Kitahara by TKO (Punches) 4:32 of round 1, Yoichiro Sato defeated Yusaku Inoue by Decision (Unanimous), and Nobumitsu Taison defeated Akira Okada by TKO (Punches) 1:58 of round 2.

~Shim Myong-Cha – GuojiSport Asia Bureau, Suwon, Korea Republic

~Shoruh Govanov – GuojiSport Uzbekistan Bureau, Tashkent

~Sittichai Khuntilanout – GuojiSport Thailand Bureau, Bangkok

~Kelly Wu – GuojiSport Hong Kong Bureau, Kowloon

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SUMO

The July Grand Basho ended Sunday in Nagoya, Japan, and it was all down to 1 match, as East Yokozuna Hakuho was 14-0 going into the day, up against West Ozeki Harumafuji who was also 14-0. It was Harumafuji getting the yorikiri win for his 3rd yusho in the Makuuchi division. Here are the records of the top rikishi from the basho E-Yokozuna - Hakuho - 14-0 E-Ozeki - Kisenosato - 10-5, Baruto & Kotooshu - 9-6 W-Ozeki - Kotoshogiku - 10-5, Harumafuji - 15-0, Kakuryu - 9-6 E-Sekiwake - Goeido - 7-7-1 W-Sekiwake - Tochiozan - 4-11 E-Komusubi - Miyogiryu - 8-7 W-Komusubi - Toyonoshima - 5-10 Here are the special prize winners in July Outstanding Performance Award - No winner Fighting Spirit Prize - Kaisei (2nd), Masunoyama (1st) Technique Prize - Myogiryu (3rd) Here is the full list of division winners Makuuchi - E-Ozeki Harumafuji 15-0 Juryo - E-11 Chiyonokuni 11-4 Makushita - E-5 Yamaguchi 7-0 Sandanme - E-9 Watanabe 7-0 Jonidan - W-49 Tochidaiho 7-0 Jonokuchi - E-17 Iwasaki 7-0 The next grand basho starts September 9 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, and the banzuke will be announced August 27.

~Batukhan Borjigin – GuojiSport Mongolia Bureau, UlaanBaatar

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TOUR DE FRANCE

The Tour ended Sunday, the 18th of 29 races in the UCI World Tour. Here are the final top 3 in all classifications. Starting with the Malliot Jaune, the yellow jersey, Bradley Wiggins (GBR) of Team Sky took the overall win with a time of 87:34:47, +3:21 ahead of teammate Chris Froome (GBR). Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) was third out of the Liquigas-Cannondale team, +6:19 back. The Malliot Vert, the green jersey, Peter Sagan (SVK) of the Liquigas-Cannondale team won with 421 points. Andre Greipel (GER) from team Lotto-Belisol was runner-up with 280 points. Matthew Goss (AUS) out of the Orica-GreenEDGE team was third with 268 points. In the Malliot a pois Rouges race, the king of the mountain jersey. Thomas Voeckler (FRA) of Team Europcar took the jersey with 135 points. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) from team Astana was second with 123. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN) with Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank finished third with 77 points. The Malliot Blanc, or young rider jersey went to Tejay can Garderen (USA) of the BMC Racing Team with a total time of 87:45:46. Thibault Pinot (FRA) from FDJ-BigMat was runner-up, +6:13 back. Steven Kruijswijk (NED) from team Rabobank was third, +1:05:48 back. In the team classification, team RadioShack-Nissan took the win with a total time of 263:12:01, +5:54 ahead of Team Sky. BMC Racing Team was third, 36:36 back.

~Julien Renard – GuojiSport Western Europe Bureau, Brussels, Belgium

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PGA TOUR

The Open Championship completed Sunday at Royal Lytham & St. Anners in Lancashire, England. Here are the top 10 & ties on the final leaderboard, as the tour now heads to the Canadian Open this weekend. 01 - Ernie Els (RSA) - -7 - 273 02 - Adam Scott (AUS) - -6 - 274 T3 - Brandt Snedeker (USA), Tiger Woods (USA) - -3 - 277 T5 - Graeme McDowell (NIR), Luke Donald (ENG) - -1 - 278 T7 - Thomas Aiken (RSA), Nicholas Colsaerts (BEL) - -5 - 279 T9 - Zach Johnson (USA), Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN), Mark Calcavecchia (USA), Dustin Johnson (USA), Matt Kuchar (USA), Vijay Singh (FIJ), Alexander Noren (SWE), Ian Poulter (ENG), Miguel A. Jimenez (ESP), Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) - -3 - 280

~Shim Myong-Cha – GuojiSport Asia Bureau, Suwon, Korea Republic

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WORLD MATCHPLAY DARTS

The World Match play championships got underway Friday at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, England. These are the final results, accurate as of the end of Sunday play. First round results #2 Adrian Lewis (ENG) 10-0 Robert Thornton (SCO) #3 James Wade (ENG) 10-5 Richie Burnett (WAL) #6 Simon Whitlock (AUS) 6-10 Michael Gerwen (NED) #7 Raymond van Barneveld (NED) 10-4 Michael Smith (ENG) #10 Terry Jenkins (ENG) 11-9 Kim Huybrechts (BEL) #11 Kevin Painter (ENG) 6-10 Steve Beaton (ENG) #14 Mark Walsh (ENG) 10-4 Colin Osbourne (ENG) #15 Paul Nicholson (AUS) 6-10 Andy Smith (ENG) Remaining 1st round matchups #1 Phil Taylor (ENG) V Mervyn King (ENG) #4 Gary Anderson (SCO) V Dean Winstanley (ENG) #5 Wes Newton (ENG) V V James Hubbard (ENG) #8 Andy Hamilton (ENG) V Brendan Dolan (NIR) #9 Mark Webster (WAL) V Colin Lloyd (ENG) #12 Juston Pipe (ENG) V Joe Cullen (ENG) #13 Dave Chisnall (ENG) V Ronnie Baxter (ENG) #16 Vincent van der Voort (NED) V Ian White (ENG) Confirmed 2nd round matchups Lewis V Smith van Barneveld V Jenkins van Gerwen V Barton Wade V Walsh

~Jack Tsang – GuojiSport UK Bureau, Belfast (Live in Blackpool)

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WORLD SERIES OF POKER

The main event #61 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, and the

“October Nine” has been decided. After 6,598 players from 82 countries aged between 21–92

started play, Gaelle Baumann of France was eliminated in 10th place, leaving us to wait 7 weeks,

to October 29th.

With such an international flavor to the event over the last few years, this year sees a

decidedly American final table. In the order of seat number, here is the final table, along with

their home, age, chip stack, and stack rank:

Seat 1 – Russell Thomas – Hartford, Connecticut, USA – 24 – 24,800,000 – 4th

Seat 2 – Jacob Balsiger – (hometown not listed), USA – 21 – 13,115,000 – 8th

Seat 3 – Jeremy Ausmus – Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – 32 – 9,805,000 – 9th

Seat 4 – Steven Gee – Sacramento, California, USA – 57 – 16,860,000 – 5th

Seat 5 – Greg Merson – Laurel, Maryland, USA – 24 – 28,725,000 – 3rd

Seat 6 – Jesse Sylvia – West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA – 26 – 43,875,000 – 1st

Seat 7 – Robert Salaburu – San Antonio, Texas, USA – 27 – 15,155,000 – 7th

Seat 8 – Andras Koroknai – Debrecen, Hungary – 30 – 29,375,000 – 2nd

Seat 9 – Michael Esposito – Seaford, New York, USA – 43 – 16,260,000 – 6th

~Anna Somogyi - GuojiSport Hungary Bureau, Debrecen (Live in Las Vegas)

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GUOJISPORT HALL OF FAME

GuojiSport recognizes the greatest athletes, officials, & builders in the world of sports with

the GuojiSport Hall of Fame. Last year, we inducted 30 members to establish the hall. As per

by request of many of the shows listeners, the shortlist has been posted on the Facebook page.

Voting ends August 31, and the induction is set for October, details to come.

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GUOJISPORT WEEKLY TRIVIA

Every week, GuojiSport will ask you one trivia question across all its platforms: Facebook,

Twitter, & this publication. Each trivia will award one (or more) correct entries a CD prize

package. To enter, email sportsweekly@mail.com with the answer to the question by 20:00

Mountain Time Sunday.

This week’s question – In which Olympic Games were the gold medals made entirely out of

gold for the last time?

THE HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

This is another GuojiSport weekly contest for a CD prize package. Every week, we give you

one topic in the world of sports, and to be entered to win, email sportsweekly@mail.com with

all the correct answers to the topic. Again, the deadline for entries is 20:00 Mountain Time

Sunday.

This week’s topic – Name the 10 Asian nations with the highest ranking in the all-time

Olympic medal table.

THE SHOOTOUT

The most popular GuojiSport contest across all platforms, The Shootout challenges you to

pick the winners of 5 different match-ups from the world of sports. To be entered to win a CD

prize package, email sportsweekly@mail.com with your picks of the results of the following 5

matches, and get all 5 correct to be a contender. The deadline for entries is 1 hour before the

start of the first game.

This week’s games

GAME 1 - AFL - Friday - Essendon Bombers V Hawthorn Hawks GAME 2 - CFL - Saturday - Montreal Alouettes V Toronto Argonauts GAME 3 - AIHL - Saturday - Newcastle North Stars V Adelaide Adrenaline GAME 4 - F1 - Sunday - Sebastien Vettel V Sergio Perez GAME 5 - Super Rugby - Sunday - Stormers V Sharks

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LONDON 2012 CONTEST

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