WORLD SPORTS DIARY JULY 2005

July 01	Athletics: Golden League Gaz de France, Paris Saint-Denis, France
July 01-08	Sailing: 2005 Tasar World Championship, Darwin, Australia
July 01-09	Sailing: J22 World Championship, Medemblik, Netherlands
July 02	Rugby Union: All-Blacks v British and Irish Lions, 2nd Test, Wellington, New Zealand
July 02	Motorsport: NASCAR Nextel Cup: Pepsi 400, Daytona International Speedway, Florida
July 02	Cricket: NatWest Series Final, LordÕs, London, England
July 02-03	Athletics: Asian Triathlon Championships Singapore
July 02-15	Shooting: European Championships, Belgrade, Serbia
July 02-24	Cycling: Tour de France, Fromentine to Paris Champs-Elysees, France
July 03	Formula 1: French Grand Prix, Magny-Cours, France
July 03	Motorsport: IndyCar Series rd 8:, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas
July 03-10	Sailing: 29er World Championships, San Francisco, California
July 04-08	Athletics: European Youth Games, Lignano, Italy
July 04-10	Tennis: ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland
July 04-10	Tennis: ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, Rhode Island
July 04-10	Tennis: ATP Synsam Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden
July 05	Athletics: Athletissima 2005, Lausanne, Switzerland
July 05-07	Horseracing: July Meeting, Newmarket, England
July 07	Cricket: England v Australia, NatWest Challenge, Leeds, England
July 07-10	Golf: LPGA Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic, Sylvania, Ohio
July 07-10	Golf: John Deere Classic, TPC at Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois
July 07-10	Golf: Barclays Scottish Open, Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Scotland
July 08	Athletics: Golden League Golden Gala, Rome, Italy
July 08-10	Rowing: World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
July 08-10	Golf: Ladies English Open, Chart Hills, Kent, England
July 09	Rugby Union: All-Blacks v British and Irish Lions, 3rd Test, Auckland, New Zealand
July 09	Horseracing: Hollywood Gold Cup, Hollywood Park, Inglewood, California
July 09-10	Tennis: WTA Fed Cup semi-finals, Russia v United States, France v Spain, Russia, France
July 09-17	Sailing: AdmiralÕs Cup, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
July 10	Formula 1: British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England
July 10	Motorcycling: MotoGP round 8, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California
July 10	Motorsport: Cart Championship rd 6: Molson Indy Toronto, Toronto, Canada
July 10	Motorsport: NASCAR Nextel Cup: Chicagoland 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Illinois
July 10	Cricket: England v Australia, NatWest Challenge, LordÕs, London, England
July 11	Athletics: Grand Prix Zagreb 2005, Zagreb, Croatia
July 11-17	Tennis: WTA Internazionali di Modena, Modena, Italy
July 11-17	Sailing: Rolex IMS Offshore World Championship, Mahon, Spain
July 12	Baseball: 76th All-Star Game, Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
July 12	Cricket: England v Australia, NatWest Challenge, Oval, London, England
July 13-17	Athletics: World Youth Championships, Marrakech, Morocco
July 14-16	Golf: Ladies Central European Open, Budapest, Hungary
July 14-17	Golf: British Open Championship, St Andrews, Scotland
July 14-17	Golf: BC Open, Endicott, New York
July 14-17	Golf: LPGA Canadian WomenÕs Open, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 14-17	Athletics: European U23 Championships, Erfurt, Germany
July 14-18	Cricket: Sri Lanka v West Indies, 1st Test, Colombo, Sri Lanka
July 14-23	Sailing: Volvo Youth World Championship, Busan, Korea
July 14-24	Various: World Games, Duisburg, Germany
July 15-17	Tennis: Davis Cup quarterfinals, Slovakia v Netherlands, Australia v Argentina, Russia v France, Croatia v Romania
July 15-17	Motorcycling: WRC round 9: Rally Argentina
July 16	Athletics: Meeting de Madrid 2005, Madrid, Spain
July 16	Motorsport: IndyCar Series rd 9: Firestone Indy 200, Nashville, Tennessee
July 17	Horseracing: Darley Irish Oaks, The Curragh, Ireland
July 17	Motorcycling: World Superbikes round 7, Brno, Czech Republic
July 17	Motorsport: NASCAR Nextel Cup: New England 300, New Hampshire
July 17	Motorsport: Cart Championship rd 7: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
July 17	Athletics: Thessaloniki 2005, Thessaloniki, Greece
July 17-31	Swimming: World Championships, Montreal, Canada
July 18-24	Tennis: WTA Western & Southern Financial Group WomenÕs Open, Cincinnati, Ohio
July 18-24	Tennis: ATP Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany
July 18-24	Tennis: ATP RCA Championships, Indianapolis, United States
July 18-24	Tennis: ATP Priority Telecom Open, Amsterdam, Holland
July 18-24	Tennis: WTA Internazionali Femminilli di Palermo, Sicily, Italy
July 20-23	Golf: Ladies Evian Masters, Evian Les Bains, France
July 20-24	Golf: U.S. Bank Championship, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July 20-24	Golf: Deutsche Bank PlayersÕ Championship of Europe, Hamburg, Germany
July 21-24	Athletics: European Junior Championships, Kaunas, Lithuania
July 21-25	Cricket: England v Australia, 1st Ashes Test, Lord's, London, England
July 21-31	Squash: World Junior Championships, Herentals, Belgium
July 22	Athletics: Norwich Union British Grand Prix, London, England
July 22-24	Rowing: World U23 Regatta, Amsterdam, Netherlands
July 22-26	Cricket: Sri Lanka v West Indies, 2nd Test, Kandy, Sri Lanka
July 22-August 01	Sailing: 470 Junior World Championship, St Petersburg, Russia
July 23	Athletics: KBC Night of Athletics, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
July 23	Athletics: Edmonton Triathlon World Cup, Canada
July 23	Horseracing: King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, Newbury, England
July 24	Formula 1: German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, Germany
July 24	Motorsport: NASCAR Nextel Cup: Pennsylvania 500, Pocono Raceway, Pennsylvania
July 24	Motorsport: IndyCar Series rd 10:, Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin
July 24	Motorcycling: MotoGP round 9, Donington Park, Great Britain
July 24-30	Darts: Stan James World Matchplay, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
July 24-31	Sailing: Darwin-Bali Yacht Race, Australia, Indonesia
July 25	Athletics: Helsinki Grand Prix, Helsinki, Finland
July 25-31	Tennis: ATP Generali Open, Kitzbuehel, Austria
July 25-31	Tennis: ATP Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia
July 25-31	Tennis: ATP Mercedes-Benz Cup, Los Angeles, California
July 25-31	Tennis: WTA Bank of West Classic, Stanford, California
July 25-31	Tennis: WTA Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary
July 26	Athletics: DN Galan, Stockholm, Sweden
July 26-30	Horseracing: Glorious Goodwood meeting, Sussex, England
July 27-August 05	Sailing: 420 World Championship, Brest, France
July 28-31	Golf: Buick Open, Warwick Hills, Grand Blanc, Michigan
July 28-31	Golf: Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg, Kungsangen, Sweden
July 28-31	Golf: WomenÕs British Open, Royal Birkdale, Southport, England
July 28-31	Equestrian: Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead, Great Britain
July 29	Athletics: Golden League Oslo Bislett Games, Oslo, Norway
July 29-31	Athletics: Pan-American Junior Championships, Windsor, Canada
July 29-31	Cycling: BMX World Championships, Paris, France
July 30	Rugby Union: Tri-Nations; South Africa v Australia, Pretoria, South Africa
July 30-August 06	Sailing: Skandia Cowes Week, Isle of Wight, England
July 30-August 06	Sailing: Copa del Rey, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
July 30-August 30	Horseracing: Deauville Summer Festival, Deauville, France
July 31	Formula 1: Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
July 31	Motorsport: Cart Championship rd 8: San Jose Grand Prix, San Jose, California
July 31	Motorsport: IndyCar Series rd 11: Michigan Indy 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
July 31	Motorcycling: MotoGP round 10, Sachsenring, Germany