* At the 49th ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zagreb, Croatia (through August 5):
- Lyubov Galkina won the gold medal in the 50m rifle 3-positions women's competition with 684.3 points. Sylwia Bogacka (Poland) took silver with 683.8 points, and Sonja Pfeilschifter (Germany) took bronze with 683.4 points
- Russia won gold in the trap men's team competition with 362 points. India took silver with 360 points, and the U.S. finished third with 359 points
- Valentina Protasova won the gold medal in the 50m rifle prone junior women's competition with 592 points, 3 points ahead of compatriot Darya Vdovina, who took silver by defeating Danielle Roth (Israel) on extra shots.
- Russia won gold in the 50m rifle prone junior women's team competition with 1,764 points. Israel took silver with 1,752 points, and Norway finished third with 1,750 points
* At the 28th European Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary (through August 6):
- Natalya Ishchenko is in first place after the preliminary round in the synchronized swimming solo competitions with 97.850 points, followed by Gemma Mengual (Spain) with 96.700 points and Nathalia Anthopoulou (Greece) with 92.400 points
- Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Yermakova are in first place after the preliminary round in the synchronized swimming duet competitions with 98.150 points. Spanish pair Andrea Fuentes and Gemma Mengual are in second place with 96.800 points and Greece's duo Paola Tirados and Eleftheria Ftouli are in third place with 92.450 points
* At the $820,000 Generali Open ATP tennis tournament in Kitzbuehel, Austria (through July 30):
Singles:
- Mikhail Yuzhny advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Edgardo Massa (Argentina) 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
* At the $500,000 Countrywide Classic ATP tennis tournament in Los Angeles (through July 30):
Singles
- No.8-seed Dmitry Tursunov advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Sam Querrey (U.S.) 7-5, 6-4
Doubles:
- Tursunov and Igor Kunitsyn failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to No.4-seed duo Jeff Coetzee (South Africa) and Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) 7-5, 0-6, 9-11
* At the $600,000 Bank of the West Classic WTA tennis tournament in Stanford, U.S. (through July 30):
Singles:
- Vera Zvonaryova advanced to the quarterfinals beating Nathalie Dechy (France) 7-6, 6-0
- Vasilisa Bardina failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to fourth-seeded Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) 3-6, 5-7
