Events in Sport
Senior Players Championship
Jul 1 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Fox Chapel GC: Joe Daley wins his lone career major title by 2 strokes from Tom Lehman
- Jul 1 UEFA European Championship Final, Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine: Spain crush Italy, 4-0 to retain their title
- Jul 5 Harness racing trainer/driver Dave Palone sets a new North American record for wins when he drives Herculotte Hanover to the winner's circle for his 15,181st career victory
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to win her 5th Wimbledon singles crown; 5 hours later teams with sister Venus to win doubles title
- Jul 8 US Open Women's Golf, Blackwolf Run: Na Yeon Choi of South Korea wins her first major championship, 4 strokes ahead of compatriot Amy Yang
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins 7th Wimbledon and 17th Grand Slam title; beats Andy Murray 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4
- Jul 10 83rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-0 at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
ESPY Awards
Jul 11 20th ESPY Awards: LeBron James, Brittney Griner win
Steve Nash Traded to the Lakers
Jul 11 Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash is traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers
- Jul 13 Financially troubled Scottish football club, Rangers, is voted into the third division
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 15 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Indianwood G &CC: Englishman Roger Chapman wins by 2 strokes ahead of Bernhard Langer, Fred Funk, Corey Pavin & Tom Lehman
- Jul 22 99th Tour de France won by Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain
British Golf Open
Jul 22 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: South African Ernie Els wins his 2nd Claret Jug, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Adam Scott of Australia
- Jul 22 Hashim Amla smashes 311 not out in South Africa's inning and 12 run 1st Test win over England at The Oval; first South African to score a triple-century in Test cricket
- Jul 25 The 2012 Summer Olympics begin (Opening ceremony 27th)
London Olympics Opening Ceremony
Jul 27 Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Olympics in London, United Kingdom (with some help from 007)
- Jul 28 Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley (4:28.43) to take the gold medal at the London Olympics
Senior Open Championship
Jul 29 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Fred Couples wins by 2 strokes from fellow American Gary Hallberg
- Jul 30 General Motors (Chevrolet) sign a record breaking 7 year $559 million sponsorship deal with EPL club Manchester United
Olympic Games
Jul 31 Germany wins London Olympic equestrian eventing final; daughter of Princess Anne, Zara Phillips part of GB silver medal winning team
Phelps Medal Record
Jul 31 Michael Phelps becomes the greatest medal winner in Olympic history as part of the winning American 4 x 200m freestyle relay team in London; Phelps' 19th career Olympic medal and 15th overall gold
Weddings in Sport
- Jul 4 American NFL wide receiver Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson (34) weds American "Basketball Wives" TV personality Evelyn Lozada (36) in Saint Martin; she files for divorce 5 weeks later
- Jul 26 NBA guard Rafer Alston (36) weds "Basketball Wives" star Ashley Walker at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 1 Loyd Gentry, American thoroughbred trainer (Kentucky Derby 1967 Proud Clarion), dies of heart failure at 86
- Jul 2 Ben Davidson, American actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R) and football player, dies from prostate cancer at 72
- Jul 4 Jimmy Bivins [James], American Hall of Fame boxer, dies from pneumonia at 92
- Jul 12 Alimuddin, Pakistani cricket batsman (25 Tests, 2 x 100s, 7 x 50s; Rajputana, Karachi), dies at 81
- Jul 13 Jerzy Kulej, Polish light welterweight boxer and politician, dies from a heart attack at 71
- Jul 20 Dorothy Germain Porter, American golfer (US Curtis Cup winning captain 1966), dies at 88
- Jul 21 Don Wilson, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests, 11 wickets; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 74
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