Events in Sport
- Aug 2 South African cricket batsman Graeme Smith blazes 259, fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has 5 wickets in each England innings as Proteas win 2nd Test by an innings and 92 at Lord's
Event of Interest
Aug 16 Cristiano Ronaldo (18) makes his debut for Manchester United and the Premier League in a 4–0 home victory over Bolton Wanderers
Cristiano Ronaldo
- Aug 16 New Zealand beats Australia, 21-17 at Eden Park, Auckland to win their 5th Tri Nations Rugby Series; All Blacks have undefeated 4-0 record and regain Bledisloe Cup from Wallabies
- Aug 17 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oak Hill CC: Shaun Micheel wins his lone major title by 2 strokes from Chad Campbell
- Aug 23 9th Athletics World Championships open at Saint-Denis, France
Event of Interest
Aug 31 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Reserve Vineyards & GC: Tom Watson wins his third of 6 Champions Tour majors by 1 stroke from Jim Ahern & Tom Kite
Tom Watson
Deaths in Sport
Herb Brooks
Aug 11 Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach, dies in a car accident at 66
Herb Brooks
- Aug 14 Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
- Aug 23 Bobby Bonds, American MLB outfielder and coach (father of Barry Bonds), dies of lung cancer and brain tumor at 57
- Aug 26 Jim Wacker, American football coach (b. 1937)
