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Deaths
Main article: Deaths in August 2008
- 3: Skip Caray
- 4: Craig Jones
- 7: Ralph Klein
- 8: Orville Moody
- 18: Genuine Risk
- 20: Gene Upshaw
- 28: Phil Hill
Current sporting seasons
- Australian rules football:
- Auto racing 2008:
- Baseball 2008:
- Basketball 2008:
- Canadian football:
- Cycling
- Football (soccer) 2007–08:
- Football (soccer) 2008:
- Football (soccer) 2008–09:
- Golf 2008:
- Lacrosse 2008
- Motorcycle racing 2008:
- Rugby league
- Rugby union 2007–08:
31 August 2008 (Sunday)
- Auto racing:
- World Rally Championship:
- Rally New Zealand in Taupō, New Zealand
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
(2) Dani Sordo 
(3) Mikko Hirvonen 
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
- Rally New Zealand in Taupō, New Zealand
- World Touring Car Championship season: Motorsport Arena Oschersleben at Oschersleben, Germany
- Race 1: (1) Augusto Farfus
(2) Robert Huff 
(3) Alain Menu 
- Race 2: (1) Félix Porteiro (2) Tom Coronel
(3) Robert Huff
- Race 1: (1) Augusto Farfus
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: Round 8 at Brands Hatch, Kent, United Kingdom
- (1) Timo Scheider
(2) Paul di Resta (3) Mattias Ekström 
- (1) Timo Scheider
- IndyCar:
- Detroit Indy Grand Prix at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, United States:
- (1) Justin Wilson (2) Hélio Castroneves (3) Tony Kanaan
- (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
(2) Greg Biffle 
(3) Denny Hamlin 
- Johnson not only wins, but becomes one of three drivers to clinch spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Burton will join Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards in the Chase. Biffle and Kevin Harvick effectively clinch spots in the Chase; both need only to start in next week's race at Richmond to make the Chase.
- (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:
England 137/3 (17.4/20 ov) beat 
South Africa 183/6 (32.1 ov) by 7 wickets(D/L)
- 4th ODI:
- South African cricket team in England in 2008
- Motorcycle racing:
30 August 2008 (Saturday)
- Cricket:
- Bangladesh cricket team in Australia in 2008
- 1st ODI:
Australia 254/8 (50 ov) beat 
Bangladesh 74 (27.4 ov) by 180 runs
- 1st ODI:
- Bangladesh cricket team in Australia in 2008
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- South Africa 53–8 Australia at Johannesburg
- The Boks score their biggest win ever over the Wallabies. Jongi Nokwe becomes the first Springbok to score four tries against the Wallabies. Immediately after the match, Percy Montgomery, the all-time caps and points leader for South Africa, announces his retirement from international rugby.
- 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
, the #1-ranked woman and top seed, becomes the first top seed in the open era to lose in the second round of the US Open, losing 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 to #188 Julie Coin .
- 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 (2) Lewis Hamilton (3) Robert Kubica
- (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 (2) Ryan Briscoe (3) Tony Kanaan
- (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 & Marcel Fässler (2) Mike Hezemans & Fabrizio Gollin
(3) Andrea Bertolini & Michael Bartels
- (1) Jean-Denis Délétraz
- Bucharest 2 Hours, at Bucharest Ring, Bucharest, Romania:
- Formula One:
- Baseball:
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
- Athletics
- Men's Marathon
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru 2:06:32, 
Jaouad Gharib 2:07:16, 
Tsegay Kebede 2:10:00
- 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
(LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner) 2:55.39, 
(Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown) 2:58.03, 
(Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frolov, Anton Kokorin, Denis Alexeev) 2:58.06
- Men's 800 metres
- Wilfred Bungei 1:44.65,
Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:44.70, Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:44.82
- Men's 5000 metres
- Kenenisa Bekele 12:57.82, Eliud Kipchoge 13:02.80, Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 13:06.22
- Men's javelin throw
Andreas Thorkildsen 90.57 m, 
Ainārs Kovals 86.64 m, Tero Pitkämäki 86.16
- Women's 4x400 metre relay
- (Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards) 3:18.54, (Yulia Gushchina, Lyudmila Litvinova, Tatyana Firova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya) 3:18.82,
(Novelene Williams, Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte, Shericka Williams) 3:20.40
- Women's 1500 metres
- Nancy Lagat 4:00.23,
Iryna Lishchynska 4:01.63, Nataliya Tobias 4:01.78
- Women's high jump
Tia Hellebaut 2.05 m, 
Blanka Vlašić 2.05 m, Anna Chicherova 2.03 m
- 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
(2) Kyle Busch 
(3) Denny Hamlin
- (1) Carl Edwards
- Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, United States
- NASCAR Sprint Cup:
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- South Africa 15–27 Australia at Durban
- South Africa
- Tri Nations Series:
22 August 2008 (Friday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's 4x100 metre relay
- (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell) 37.10,
(Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson) 38.06, 
(Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara) 38.15
- Men's 50 kilometre walk
- Alex Schwazer 3:37:09, Jared Tallent 3:39:27, Denis Nizhegorodov 3:40:14
- Men's decathlon
- Bryan Clay 8791,
Andrei Krauchanka 8551, 
Leonel Suárez 8527
- Men's pole vault
- Steven Hooker 5.96 m, Yevgeny Lukyanenko 5.85 m, Denys Yurchenko 5.70 m
- Women's 4x100 metre relay
- Women's 5000 metres
Tirunesh Dibaba 15:41.40, 
Elvan Abeylegesse 15:42.74, Meseret Defar 15:44.12
- Women's long jump
- Maurren Higa Maggi 7.04 m, Tatyana Lebedeva 7.03 m,
Blessing Okagbare 6.01 m
- Men's 4x100 metre relay
- Athletics
21 August 2008 (Thursday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's 110 metre hurdles
- Dayron Robles 12.93, David Payne 13.17, David Oliver 13.18
- Men's 400 metres
- LaShawn Merritt 43.75, Jeremy Wariner 44.74, David Neville 44.80
- Men's triple jump
Nelson Évora 17.67 m, Phillips Idowu 17.62 m, Leevan Sands 17.59 m
- Women's 20 kilometre walk
- Olga Kaniskina 1:26:31, Kjersti Plätzer 1:27:07, Elisa Rigaudo 1:27:12
- Women's 200 metres
- Veronica Campbell-Brown 21.74, Allyson Felix 21.93, Kerron Stewart 22.00
- Women's javelin throw
Barbora Špotáková 71.42 m, Mariya Abakumova 70.78 m, Christina Obergföll 66.13 m
- Men's 110 metre hurdles
- Athletics
- Cricket
- 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada
West Indies 159/4 (39.5 ov) beat 
Bermuda 158/9 (50 ov) by 6 wickets
- 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada
20 August 2008 (Wednesday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's 200 metres
- Usain Bolt 19.30, Shawn Crawford 19.96, Walter Dix 19.98
- Usain Bolt sets a new world record in men's 200 metres.
- Women's 400 metre hurdles
- Melaine Walker 52.64, Sheena Tosta 53.70, Tasha Danvers 53.84
- Women's hammer throw
- Aksana Miankova 76.34 m, Yipsi Moreno 75.20 m,
Zhang Wenxiu 74.32 m
- Men's 200 metres
- Basketball:
- Olympic men's tournament: Qualifying teams to the semifinals in bold.
- 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
Rashid Ramzi 3:32.94, Asbel Kipruto Kiprop 3:33.11, 
Nicholas Willis 3:34.16
- Men's discus throw
Gerd Kanter 68.82 m, Piotr Małachowski 67.82 m, 
Virgilijus Alekna 67.79 m
- Men's high jump
- Andrey Silnov 2.36 m, Germaine Mason 2.34 m, Yaroslav Rybakov 2.34 m
- Women's 100 metre hurdles
- Dawn Harper 12.54, Sally McLellan 12.64,
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep 12.64
- Women's 400 metres
- Christine Ohuruogu 49.62, Shericka Williams 49.69, Sanya Richards 49.93
- Men's 1500 metres
- Basketball
- Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the semifinals in bold.
- China 77–62 Belarus
- Australia 79–46 Czech Republic
- United States 104–60
South Korea - Mali
65–84 Spain
- 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
- Angelo Taylor 47.25, Kerron Clement 47.98, Bershawn Jackson 48.06
- Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
- Brimin Kiprop Kipruto 8:10.34, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:10.49, Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong 8:11.01
- Men's long jump
Irving Saladino 8.34 m, Khotso Mokoena 8.24 m, Ibrahim Camejo 8.20 m
- Women's 800 metres
- Pamela Jelimo 1:54.87, Janeth Jepkosgei 1:56.07, Hasna Benhassi 1:56.73
- Women's discus throw
- Stephanie Brown-Trafton 64.74 m, Yarelis Barrios 63.64 m, Olena Antonova 62.59 m
- Women's pole vault
- Yelena Isinbayeva 5.05 m, Jennifer Stuczynski 4.80 m, Svetlana Feofanova 4.75 m
- Yelena Isinbayeva sets a new world record in women's pole vault.
- Men's 400 metre hurdles
- Basketball
- Athletics
- Cricket:
17 August 2008 (Sunday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's Hammer Throw
Primož Kozmus 82.02 m, Vadim Devyatovskiy 81.61 m, Ivan Tsikhan 81.51 m.
- Men's 10000 metres
- Kenenisa Bekele 27:01.17, Sileshi Sihine 27:02.77, Micah Kogo 27:04.11
- Women's 100 metres
- Shelly-Ann Fraser 10.78, Sherone Simpson 10.98, Kerron Stewart 10.98.
- Women's 3000 metre steeplechase
- Gulnara Samitova-Galkina 8:51.8, Eunice Jepkorir 9:07.41, Yekaterina Volkova 9:07.64
- Gulnara Samitova-Galkina sets a new world record in women's 3000 metre steeplechase.
- Women's Marathon
Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu 2:26:44, Catherine Ndereba 2:27:06, Chunxiu Zhou 2:27:07
- Women's Triple Jump
Françoise Mbango Etone 15.39 m, Tatyana Lebedeva 15.32 m, 
Hrysopiyí Devetzí 15.23 m
- Françoise Mbango Etone sets a new olympic record in women's triple jump.
- Men's Hammer Throw
- Basketball
- Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold.
- Group A: Australia 75–55 Russia
- Group A: South Korea 72–68 Latvia
- Group A: Brazil 68–53 Belarus
- Group B: Mali 47–79 Spain
- Group B: China 79–63 Czech Republic
- Group B: New Zealand 60–96 United States
- 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 (2) Kyle Busch (3) David Ragan
- (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 (2) Dani Sordo (3) François Duval
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
- Rallye Deutschland in Trier, Germany
- NASCAR Sprint Cup:
- Motorcycle racing:
16 August 2008 (Saturday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Athletics
- Men's 20 kilometre walk
- Valeriy Borchin 1:19:01,
Jefferson Pérez 1:19:15, Jared Tallent 1:19:42.
- Men's 100 metres
- Usain Bolt 9.69, Richard Thompson 9.89, Walter Dix 9.91
- Usain Bolt sets a new 100m world record.
- Women's Heptathlon
- Nataliya Dobrynska 6733, Hyleas Fountain 6619, Tatyana Chernova 6591.
- Women's shot put
- Valerie Vili 20.56 m, Natallia Mikhnevich 20.28 m, Nadzeya Astapchuk 19.86 m.
- Men's 20 kilometre walk
- Badminton
- Men's doubles
- Semifinals
Markis Kido/ Hendra Setiawan def 
Lars Paaske/ Jonas Rasmussen 21–19, 21–17- Fu Haifeng/ Cai Yun def Lee Jae-jin/ Hwang Ji-man 22–20, 21–8
- Finals
- Markis Kido/ Hendra Setiawan def Fu Haifeng/ Cai Yun 12–21, 21–11, 21–16
- 3rd Place
- Lee Jae-jin/ Hwang Ji-man def Lars Paaske/ Jonas Rasmussen 13–21, 21–18, 21–17
- Semifinals
- Women's Singles
- Semifinals
- Xie Xingfang def Lu Lan 7–21, 21–10, 21–12
- Zhang Ning def Maria Kristin Yulianti 21–15, 21–15
- Finals
- Zhang Ning def Xie Xingfang 21–12, 10–21, 21–18
- 3rd Place
- Maria Kristin Yulianti def Lu Lan 11–21, 21–13, 21–15
- Semifinals
- Men's doubles
- Basketball
- Athletics
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- South Africa 0–19 New Zealand at Cape Town
- 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
113–106 Vic Wunderle - Park Kyung-Mo 108(+19)–108(+17) Juan Carlos Stevens
- Viktor Ruban 115–106 Moriya Ryuichi
- Bair Badënov 109–104
Cheng Chu Sian
- Juan René Serrano
- Semifinals
- Park Kyung-Mo 115–112 Juan René Serrano
- Viktor Ruban 112(+20)–112(+18) Bair Badënov
- Park Kyung-Mo
- Finals
- Viktor Ruban 113–112 Park Kyung-Mo
- 3rd Place
- Bair Badënov 115–110 Juan René Serrano
- Quarterfinals
- Men's Individual
- Athletics
- Men's Shot Put
- Tomasz Majewski 21.51 m, Christian Cantwell 21.09 m, Andrei Mikhnevich 21.05 m.
- Women's 10000 metres
- Tirunesh Dibaba 29:54.66, Elvan Abeylegesse 29:56.34, Shalane Flanagan 30:22.22.
- Tirunesh Dibaba sets a new Olympic record beating the previous record of 30:17.49.
- Men's Shot Put
- Badminton
- Women's doubles
- Semifinals
- Lee Kyung-won/ Lee Hyo-jung def. Miyuki Maeda/ Satoko Suetsuna 22–20, 21–15
- Du Jing/ Yu Yang def. Zhang Yawen/ Wei Yili 21–19, 21–12
- Finals
- Du Jing/ Yu Yang def. Lee Kyung-won/ Lee Hyo-jung 21–15, 21–13
- 3rd Place
- Zhang Yawen/ Wei Yili def. Miyuki Maeda/ Satoko Suetsuna 21–17, 21–10
- Semifinals
- Women's doubles
- Basketball
- Women's tournament: Qualifying teams to the knockout stage in bold.
- Group A: Latvia 73–96 Australia
- Group A: Russia 74–64 Brazil
- Group A: South Korea 53–63 Belarus
- Group B: Czech Republic 90–59 New Zealand
- Group B: China 69–48 Mali
- Group B: United States 93–55 Spain
- 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 112–103 Nami Hayakawa
- Kwon Un Sil
105–99 Mariana Avitia - Zhang Juanjuan 106–101 Joo Hyun-Jung
- Yun Ok-Hee 111–105 Khatuna Lorig
- Park Sung-hyun
- Semifinals
- Park Sung-hyun 109–106 Kwon Un Sil
- Zhang Juanjuan 115–109 Yun Ok-Hee
- Park Sung-hyun
- Finals
- Zhang Juanjuan 110–109 Park Sung-hyun
- 3rd Place
- Yun Ok-Hee 109–106 Kwon Un Sil
- Quarterfinals
- Women's Individual
- Basketball
- Archery
13 August 2008 (Wednesday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Basketball – Olympics:
- Women's tournament:
- Group A: Belarus 65–71 Russia
- Group A: Brazil 78–79 Latvia
- Group A: Australia 90–62 South Korea
- Group B: Spain 74–55 Czech Republic
- Group B: China 80–63 New Zealand
- Group B: Mali 41–97 United States
- 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
67–99 Lithuania - Group A: Croatia 85–78 Russia
- Group A: Argentina
85–68 Australia - Group B: Greece 84–67 Germany
- Group B: China 75–85 Spain (OT)
- 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
76–97 United States
- Group A: Iran
- Men's tournament:
- Basketball
11 August 2008 (Monday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Archery
- Men's Team
- Quarterfinals
- South Korea 224–222 Poland
- China 217–219 Russia
- Italy 218–213 Malaysia
- Ukraine 214–211
Chinese Taipei
- South Korea
- Semifinals
- South Korea 221–218 China
- Italy 223–221 Ukraine
- South Korea
- Finals
- South Korea 227–225 Italy
- 3rd Place
- Quarterfinals
- Men's Team
- Basketball
- Women's tournament:
- Group A: New Zealand 62–85 Spain
- Group A: Czech Republic 81–47 Mali
- Group B: South Korea 72–77 Russia
- Group B: Latvia 57–79 Belarus
- Group B: China 63–108 United States
- Group A: Australia 80–65 Brazil
- 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: England 316 (95.2 ov) & 198/4 (52.5 ov) beat South Africa 194 (64.5 ov) & 318 (99.2 ov) by 6 wickets
- South Africa wins the four test series 2–1.
- 4th Test:
10 August 2008 (Sunday)
- 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
- Archery
- Women's Team
- Quarterfinals
- South Korea 231–217 Italy
- France 218–211 Poland
- China 211–206
India - Great Britain 201–196 Japan
- South Korea
- Semifinals
- South Korea 213–184 France
- China 208–202 Great Britain
- South Korea
- Finals
- South Korea 224–215 China
- 3rd Place
- France 203–201 Great Britain
- Quarterfinals
- Women's Team
- Basketball
- Men's tournament:
- Group A: Russia 71–49 Iran
- Group B: Germany 95–66 Angola
- Group B: Spain 81–66 Greece
- Group A: Lithuania 79–75 Argentina
- Linas Kleiza's three-pointer with 2.1 seconds left clinched the victory for the Lithuanians.
- Group A: Australia 82–97 Croatia
- Group B: United States 101–70 China
- 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 (2) Tony Stewart
(3) Marcos Ambrose
- 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
shoots 4-under-par 66 to finish at 277 (−3), giving him a two-shot win over Ben Curtis and Sergio García . The win gives Harrington his second consecutive major and third overall, and also makes him the first European to win the PGA Championship since 1930 and the first ever to win while residing outside the U.S.
- 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 (2) Hélio Castroneves (3) Marco Andretti
- (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 64–83 Australia
- Group B: Mali 72–76 New Zealand
- Group B: China 67–64 Spain
- Group A: South Korea 68–62 Brazil (OT)
- Group B: Czech Republic 57–97 United States
- Group A: Latvia 57–62 Russia
- Group A: Belarus
- Women's tournament:
- Basketball
- Rugby union:
- South Africa 63–9 Argentina in Johannesburg
- 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: Bermuda vs Netherlands-Match abandoned without a ball bowled.
- 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 1–1 Serbia
- Group A: Ivory Coast
1–2 Argentina - Group B: Japan 0–1 United States
- Group B: Netherlands 0–0 Nigeria
- Group C: Brazil 1–0 Belgium
- Group C: China 1–1 New Zealand
- Group D: Honduras
0–3 Italy - Group D: South Korea 1–1 Cameroon
- 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 1–2 Canada
- Group E: China 2–1 Sweden
- Group F: Germany 0–0 Brazil
- Group F: North Korea 1–0 Nigeria
- Group G: Japan 2–2 New Zealand
- Group G: Norway 2–0 United States
- 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: Canada 71/2 (10.3 ov) beat Bermuda 70 (20 ov) by 8 wickets
- 1st Place Final:
Ireland vs Netherlands- Match abandoned with a toss. Ireland and the Netherlands share the trophy.
- 5th Place Final:
- 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
4 August 2008 (Monday)
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 (2) Timo Glock (3) Kimi Räikkönen
- (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 , Michael Bartels , Stéphane Sarrazin & Eric van de Poele (2) Alexandre Sarnes Negrão , Miguel Ramos , Stéphane Lemeret & Alessandro Pier Guidi (3) Darren Turner , Allan Simonsen , Philipp Peter
& Andrew Thompson
- (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 (2) Tony Stewart (3) Jimmie Johnson
- (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 (2) Jamie Whincup (3) Will Davison
- (1) Garth Tander
- Round 8 at Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria, Australia
- World Rally Championship:
- Rally Finland in Jyväskylä, Finland
- (1) Sébastien Loeb (2) Mikko Hirvonen (3) Chris Atkinson
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
- Rally Finland in Jyväskylä, Finland
- Formula One:
- Cricket:
- India in Sri Lanka
- 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
- Group A
- Group B
- Ireland, Kenya,
Scotland, and the Netherlands qualify for the Semifinals. The two finalists automatically qualify for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. The 3rd Place finisher may qualify if 
Zimbabwe's withdrawal from the tournament is confirmed.
- Golf:
- PGA Tour and European Tour: Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, USA
- Vijay Singh
holds off Stuart Appleby and Lee Westwood to defeat both by one shot, winning his first World Golf Championships individual event. Singh's 32nd career PGA Tour win gives him the all-time record for PGA Tour wins by a player born outside the U.S., surpassing English-born American Harry Cooper.
- Vijay Singh
- LPGA: Women's British Open in Sunningdale, England
- In the final major of the LPGA season, Jiyai Shin cruises to a three-shot win over Yani Tseng
. Shin becomes the third golfer this year to collect her first LPGA win in a major.
- 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 (2) Troy Bayliss (3) Max Biaggi
- Race 2 (1) Ryuichi Kiyonari (2) Noriyuki Haga (3) Troy Corser
- 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 314 (90.2 ov) & 283/5 (80 ov) beat England 231 (77 ov) & 363 (98.2 ov) by 5 wickets
- South Africa lead 2–0 and secures victory in the 4-match series
- 3rd Test:
- 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
- Group A
- Group B
- Netherlands 153/5 (20 ov) beat Kenya 134/9 (20 ov) by 19 runs
- Canada 98/6 (19.3 ov) beat Netherlands 97 (18.4 ov) by 4 wickets
- South Africa in England
- Rugby union:
- Tri Nations Series:
- New Zealand 39–10 Australia at Auckland
- 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: