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2008 Sports Calendar: August

Athletics

Aug 3 — Paavo Nurmi Games (Turku, Finland).
Aug 16 — Helsinki Marathon.
Aug 29 — Weltklasse Meeting (Zurich).
Aug 31 — Norwich Union British Grand Prix (Gateshead).
Aug 31 — Citta Meeting (Padova, Italy).

Cricket

Aug 3 — Durham v Bangladesh A.
Aug 6 — England Women v South Africa Women (Canterbury).
Aug 7-11 — Fourth npower Test: England v South Africa (Brit Oval).
Aug 8 — England Women v South Africa Women (Lord’s).
Aug 14 — England Lions v South Africa (Leicester).
Aug 16 — Friends Provident Trophy final (Lord’s).
Aug 18 — England Women v South Africa Women (Chesterfield).
Aug 20 — Twenty20: England v South Africa (Riverside)
Aug 20 — Women’s Twenty20: England Women v South Africa Women.
Aug 22 — First ODI: England v South Africa (Headingley).
Aug 22 — Women’s Twenty20: England Women v South Africa Women.
Aug 23 — Women’s Twenty20: England Women v South Africa Women.
Aug 26 — Second ODI: England v South Africa (Trent Bridge).
Aug 29 — Third ODI: England v South Africa (Brit Oval).
Aug 30 — First Women’s ODI: England Women v India Women.
Aug 31 — Fourth ODI: England v South Africa (Lord’s).

Football

Aug 2 — Start of Scottish League season.
Aug 9 — Start of Premier League and Football League seasons.
Aug 20 — International: Luxembourg v Wales.

Golf

Aug 7-10 — US PGA (Oakland Hills).
Aug 14-17 — Scandinavian Masters (Stockholm).
Aug 14-17 — Wyndham Championship (North Carolina).
Aug 21-24 — KLM Open (Zandvoort, Holland).
Aug 21-24 — The Barclays (New York).
Aug 23-26 — Barclays Classic (New York).
Aug 28-31 — Johnnie Walker Championship (Gleneagles).
Aug 28-1 — Deutsche Bank Championship (Massachusetts).

Motor Cycling

Aug 3 — World Superbikes (Brands Hatch).
Aug 17 — MotoGP (Czech Republic).
Aug 31 — MotoGP (San Marino).

Motor Racing

Aug 3 — Hungarian Grand Prix.
Aug 15-17 — German Rally.
Aug 24 — European Grand Prix.
Aug 28-31 — New Zealand Rally.
Aug 31 — World Touring Car Championship (Germany).

Olympics

Aug 8-24 — Beijing, China.

Racing

Aug 1 — Bangor, Bath, Goodwood, Haydock, Newmarket, Thirsk.
Aug 2 — Doncaster, Goodwood, Hamilton, Lingfield, Newmarket, Thirsk.
Aug 3 — Chester, Market Rasen, Newbury.
Aug 4 — Carlisle, Newton Abbot, Ripon, Windsor.
Aug 5 — Catterick, Chepstow.
Aug 6 — Brighton, Kempton, Newcastle, Pontefract, Yarmouth.
Aug 7 — Bath, Brighton, Folkestone, Haydock, Sandown, Yarmouth.
Aug 8 — Brighton, Haydock, Lingfield, Newmarket, Worcester.
Aug 9 — Ascot, Ayr, Haydock, Lingfield, Newmarket, Redcar.
Aug 10 — Leicester, Redcar, Windsor.
Aug 11 — Southwell, Thirsk, Windsor, Wolverhampton.
Aug 12 — Lingfield, Musselburgh, Newton Abbot, Nottingham.
Aug 13 — Beverley, Hamilton, Salisbury, Sandown, Yarmouth.
Aug 14 — Beverley, Chepstow, Great Leighs (tbc), Salisbury, Sandown, Stratford.
Aug 15 — Catterick, Kempton, Newbury, Newcastle, Newmarket, Nottingham.
Aug 16 — Bangor, Lingfield, Market Rasen, Newbury, Newmarket, Ripon.
Aug 17 — Bath, Pontefract, Southwell.
Aug 18 — Lingfield, Windsor, Wolverhampton, Yarmouth.
Aug 19 — Brighton, Newton Abbot, Worcester, York.
Aug 20 — Carlisle, Folkestone, Hamilton, Newton Abbot, York.
Aug 21 — Chester, Fontwell, Great Leighs (tbc), Stratford, York.
Aug 22 — Bath, Hamilton, Newbury, Newcastle, Newmarket, York.
Aug 23 — Beverley, Cartmel, Goodwood, Newmarket, Redcar, Windsor.
Aug 24 — Beverley, Goodwood, Yarmouth.
Aug 25 — Cartmel, Chepstow, Huntingdon, Kempton, Newcastle, Ripon, Warwick.
Aug 26 — Great Leighs, Ripon.
Aug 27 — Ayr, Catterick, Great Leighs (tbc).
Aug 28 — Ayr, Great Leighs (tbc), Lingfield.
Aug 29 — Chester, Hamilton, Salisbury, Sandown, Wolverhampton.
Aug 30 — Bath, Chester, Market Rasen, Newton Abbot, Ripon, Sandown.
Aug 31 — Folkestone, Musselburgh, Newton Abbot.

Rugby League

Aug 30 — Carnegie Challenge Cup final (Old Trafford).

Speedway

Aug 2 — Czech Republic Grand Prix (Prague).
Aug 16 — Swedish Grand Prix (Malilla).
Aug 30 — Latvian Grand Prix (Daugavpils).

Tennis

Aug 4-10 — Countrywide Classic (Los Angeles).
Aug 11-17 — Legg Mason Classic (Washington).
Aug 11-17 — Western & Southern Financial Group Open (Cincinnati).
Aug 18-24 — Pilot Pen Tournament (New Haven, Connecticut).
Aug 18-24 — WTA Tour Classic (New York).
Aug 25-Sep 7 — US Open (New York).