Events in Sport
- Aug 14 PGA Championship, Atlanta Athletic Club: Keegan Bradley wins first major title in a playoff with fellow American Jason Dufner
- Aug 27 13th Athletics World Championships open at Daegu, South Korea
- Aug 27 Australia claims final Tri Nations Rugby Series with 25-20 win over New Zealand in Brisbane; Argentina's Pumas join competition the following year; series rebranded The Rugby Championship
- Aug 28 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Hillsdale CC: Brittany Lincicome wins by 1 stroke from Michelle Wie and Stacy Lewis
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Aug 20 Socialite and model Kim Kardashian (30) weds basketball player Kris Humphries (26) at a private estate in Montecito, California
Kim Kardashian
Deaths in Sport
- Aug 3 Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (b. 1945)
- Aug 4 Naoki Matsuda, Japanese Soccer player (b. 1977)
- Aug 15 Rick Rypien, Canadian hockey player (b. 1984)
- Aug 24 Mike Flanagan, American baseball pitcher (b. 1951)
- Aug 28 Bernie Gallacher, British footballer (Aston Villa) (b. 1967)
- Aug 31 Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976)