July 2004 in Sports - July 4, 2004

July 4, 2004

• Euro 2004: Greece win the final, defeating host nation Portugal 1–0. It's the first major football championship triumph for Greece, and a surprise result. (BBC) (ESPN)
• Formula One: Michael Schumacher wins the French Grand Prix, his ninth victory in 10 races this season. (ESPN)
• Wimbledon Championships:
  • Defending champion Roger Federer retains the men's singles title, beating Andy Roddick 4–6 7–5 7–6 (7–3) 6–4. (BBC)
  • In the men's doubles, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Björkman defend their title by defeating Julian Knowles and Nenad Zimonjić 6–1 6–4 4–6 6–4. Woodbridge has now won nine doubles titles at Wimbledon, a new record. (BBC)
  • Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs win the women's doubles, defeating Ai Sugiyama and Liezel Huber 6–3 7–6 (7–5). (BBC)
  • Wayne Black and his sister Cara Black defeat Todd Woodbridge and Alicia Molik 3–6 7–6 (10–8) 6–4 in the final of the mixed doubles. (BBC)
• MLB: The 2004 All-Star Game selections are announced. For the AL, Iván Rodríguez, Jason Giambi, Alfonso Soriano, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Vladimir Guerrero, Manny Ramírez and Ichiro Suzuki were named as starters. For the NL, Mike Piazza, Albert Pujols, Jeff Kent, Scott Rolen, Edgar Rentería, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey, Jr. and Sammy Sosa were all named as starters. With Bonds, Griffey and Sosa in the outfield for the NL, it marks the first time in All-Star history where three players with 500 career home runs will start the game. (ESPN)
• Basketball: The Ponce Lions defeat the Coamo Marathon Runners, 92–75, winning the 2004 BSN Championship in a 4–3 series.
• PGA Tour: Stephen Ames from Trinidad and Tobago wins the Cialis Western Open with a 10-under par 274 (67–73–64–70). Steve Lowery finished second, two strokes back. (ESPN)
• LPGA: Meg Mallon shoots a 6-under par 65 to win her second U.S. Women's Open, two strokes ahead of Annika Sörenstam. (ESPN)
• IRL: Buddy Rice wins the Argent Mortgage Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway by .0051 seconds over Vitor Meira. It is the second-closest finish in IRL history. (ESPN)