August 2007 in Sports - 22 August 2007 (Wednesday)

22 August 2007 (Wednesday)

• Football (soccer) 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
  • Group A: Finland 2–1 Kazakhstan
  • Group A: Belgium 3–2 Serbia
  • Group A: Armenia 1–1 Portugal
  • Group D: San Marino 0–1 Cyprus
  • Group E: Estonia 2–1 Andorra
  • Group F: Northern Ireland 3–1 Liechtenstein

• Cricket
  • South African cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2007
    • South Africa 210/5 (46.5 ov.) beat Zimbabwe 206 (50 ov.) by 5 wickets

• Basketball:
  • FIBA Oceania Championship 2007 at Australia
    • Australia 93–67 New Zealand, Australia win best-of-3 series, 2–0, and clinch a berth in the 2008 Olympic tournament.
  • FIBA Americas Championship 2007 at Las Vegas
    • Group A: Uruguay 88–84 (OT) Panama
    • Group A: Mexico 100–89 Puerto Rico
    • Group B: Brazil 75–67 Canada
    • Group B: United States 112–69 Venezuela

• Major League Baseball:
  • In the first game of a doubleheader, the Texas Rangers set a modern-era (post-1900) MLB single-game record by scoring 30 runs in a 30–3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. With a 9–7 victory in the second game, the Rangers also set the record for runs by a single team in a doubleheader, with 39. It is the first time a team has scored at least 30 runs since 1897.