April 2007 in Sports - 15 April 2007 (Sunday)

15 April 2007 (Sunday)

• Major League Baseball:
  • Jackie Robinson Day: To honor Jackie Robinson on the 60th anniversary of his first appearance with the Brooklyn Dodgers, many Major League players, and several entire teams, wear Robinson's number 42. No player had worn the number since it was retired league-wide in 1997. The number-42 jerseys worn today will be auctioned off to benefit the Jackie Robinson Foundation. (mlb.com)

• Auto racing:
  • Formula One: 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix

  (1) Felipe Massa (2) Lewis Hamilton (3) Kimi Räikkönen

  • NASCAR: Samsung 500 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

  (1) Jeff Burton (2) Matt Kenseth (3) Mark Martin

  Jeff Burton uses a last-lap pass on Matt Kenseth to become the first two-time winner at Texas Motor Speedway.

  • Champ Car: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, USA.

  (1) Sébastien Bourdais (2) Oriol Servià (3) Will Power

• Football (soccer):
  • FA Cup semifinal at Manchester:
    • Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Chelsea (aet)

• Cricket:
  • 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights
    • Ireland 243/7 (50 ov.) beat Bangladesh 169 (41.2 ov.) by 74 runs