Events in Sport
- Jul 1 PEC Zwolle '82 soccer club renamed when purchased by Dutch businessman Marten Eibrink
Event of Interest
Jul 1 Cal Ripken Jr. makes the first of his record 2,216 consecutive MLB starts at shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles.
Cal Ripken Jr
Tennis Open
Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 for the first of 6-straight Wimbledon singles titles
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
Event of Interest
Jul 4 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), St George's CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 shot from Beth Daniel
Beth Daniel
Tennis Open
Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-American classic, Jimmy Connors beats John McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 for his second and final Wimbledon title
Jimmy Connors
John McEnroe
- Jul 7 English athlete David Moorcroft beats Kenyan Henry Rono's 5000m world record by nearly 5 seconds, 13:00.41 in Oslo, Norway
- Jul 11 3rd U.S. Senior Golf Open: Miller Barber wins by 4 strokes from Dan Sykes & Gene Littler
- Jul 11 FIFA World Cup Final: Italy beats West Germany 3-1 in front of 90,000 at the Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain
- Jul 13 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
- Jul 13 All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cincinnati Reds)
Golf Major
Jul 18 British Open Golf, Royal Troon: American Tom Watson wins his 4th Open Championship, 1 stroke clear of Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price
Tom Watson
Event of Interest
Jul 27 California catches A's Rickey Henderson stealing 3 times
Rickey Henderson
- Jul 30 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 1 Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player (3 ATP titles), born in Lund, Sweden
- Jul 5 Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
- Jul 5 Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist
- Jul 7 George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
- Jul 8 Hakim Warrick, American basketball player (Leones de Ponce, Memphis Grizzlies), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 9 Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver
- Jul 10 Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
- Jul 11 Chris Cooley, American football player
- Jul 12 Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer
- Jul 13 Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player
- Jul 13 Simon Clist, English footballer
- Jul 13 "Yadi" Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Jul 16 Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer (Pars Jonoubi), born in Santa Ana, Costa Rica
- Jul 17 Omari Banks, West Indian Cricketer
- Jul 18 Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
- Jul 19 Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer
- Jul 19 Stuart Parnaby, English footballer
- Jul 22 Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri lankan cricketer
- Jul 23 Schottzie Schott, dog mascot of Cincinnati Reds
- Jul 23 Gerald Wallace, American basketball player
- Jul 24 Thiago Medeiros, Brazilian racing driver
- Jul 25 Monde Zondeki, South African cricketer, born in King William's Town, Cape Province
- Jul 29 Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
- Jul 29 Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
- Jul 31 Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Bikita, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 1 Ray Scarborough, American MLB pitcher (All Star 1950), dies at 64
- Jul 6 Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
- Jul 7 Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, soccer star/writer, dies at 76
- Jul 15 Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
- Jul 27 Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer (Olympic gold 1980), dies at 28
- Jul 30 Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies