Events in Sport
- Aug 16 97th PGA Championship: Jason Day wins setting major championship record of 20-under-par at Whistling Straits in Kohler
- Aug 17 2012 Olympic 1500m champion from Turkey Asli Cakir Alptekin is stripped of her gold medal for doping by the IAAF
- Aug 22 15th World Championships in Athletics open at Beijing, China
- Aug 23 English Indycar driver Justin Wilson suffers a head injury during a race crash at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Event of Interest
Aug 27 15th World Championships in Athletics: Usain Bolt of Jamaica adds the Mens 200m gold to his 100m win
Usain Bolt
- Aug 30 15th World Championships in Athletics close at Beijing, China
Deaths in Sport
Louise Suggs
Aug 6 Louise Suggs, American golfer (US Women's Open 1949, 1952) and co-founder of LPGA, dies at 91
Louise Suggs
- Aug 9 Frank Gifford, American NFL player and broadcaster, dies at 84
- Aug 10 Elzie "Buddy" Baker, American NASCAR driver, dies at 74
- Aug 21 Jimmy Evert, American tennis coach and father of Chris Evert, dies at 91
- Aug 22 Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer (great lefty opening batsman), dies at 93
- Aug 24 Justin Wilson, English Indycar driver, dies as a result of on track accident at 37
- Aug 25 Ian Smith, South African cricket leg-spinner (1947-58) who averaged 64.08, dies at 90
- Aug 27 Darryl Dawkins, American professional basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, NJ Nets), dies at 58
- Aug 28 Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, dies at 82