August 2007 in Sports - 4 August 2007 (Saturday)

4 August 2007 (Saturday)

• Major League Baseball:
  • Barry Bonds ties Hank Aaron as the all-time leader with 755 home runs to lead off the 2nd inning against the San Diego Padres' Clay Hensley.
  • Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 career home runs at 32 years and 8 days in a 16–8 victory by the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals.

• Basketball:
  • FIBA Asia Championship at Tokushima, Japan:
    • Classification games:
      • 15th place: India 82–77 United Arab Emirates
      • 13th place: Hong Kong 72–66 Kuwait
      • 11th place: Syria 108–79 Indonesia
      • 9th place: Philippines 78–76 China
    • Semifinals:
      • Lebanon 76–74 Korea – Fadi El Khatib top-scored with 32 points as Korea turned the ball over on the their last two possessions to halt their own run.
      • Iran 75–62 Kazakhstan – The Kazakhs were daunted with 7–26 first quarter score to prevent further incursions.

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-ups
  • England 62–5 Wales at Twickenham, London
  • Argentina 70–14 Chile at CASI, Buenos Aires

• Cricket:
  • 2007-08 ICC Intercontinental Cup
    • Scotland 452 beat Netherlands 255 & 138 by an innings and 59 runs

• Swimming:
  • Dara Torres wins the 50-meter freestyle competition at the 2007 United States National Swimming Championships, becoming, at age 40, the oldest American to win a championship in US history.