Events in Sport
- Jul 2 A settlement is reached allowing former NBA franchise the Seattle SuperSonics to move to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; new owner Clay Bennett agrees to pay City of Seattle $45 million to wriggle out of last 2 years of KeyArena lease
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams successfully defends her title beating younger sister Serena 7-5, 6-4
Venus Williams
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal of Spain ends Roger Federer's 5 year reign at Wimbledon 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer
Sports Awards
Jul 20 16th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Candace Parker win
Tiger Woods
- Jul 27 95th Tour de France won by Carlos Sastre of Spain
Divorces in Sport
- Jul 7 Cynthia Rodriguez (35) divorces New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez (32) due to long period of infidelity and emotional abandonment after 6 years of marriage
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 1 John Pont, American college football coach (Miami, Yale, Northwestern, Indiana), dies at 80
- Jul 3 Ernie Cooksey, English Footballer (b. 1980)
- Jul 4 Terrence Kiel, American Football Player (b. 1980)
- Jul 5 Hasan Doğan, 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation (b. 1956)
- Jul 10 Mike Souchak, American golfer (15 PGA Tour titles; Ryder Cup 1959, 61), dies of a heart attack at 81
- Jul 12 Bobby Murcer, American baseball outfielder (5-time MLB All Star), dies of brain cancer at 62
- Jul 15 Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist, Olympics medalist. (b. 1972)
- Jul 19 Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58), dies at 76