- Jul 4 Copa América Final, Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago: Chile defeats Argentina, 4-1 penalties to win their first title; 0-0 after extra time
- Jul 4 Super Rugby Final, Westpac Stadium, Wellington: Otago Highlanders beat Wellington Hurricanes 21-14 for their first title
FIFA Women's World Cup Final
Jul 5 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, BC Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada: Carli Lloyd scores a hat-trick as US beats Japan, 5-2
Sports History
Jul 6 Floyd Mayweather Jr. is stripped of his WBO welterweight boxing title after failing to pay $200k sanctioning fee and vacate his 2 junior middleweight titles
- Jul 8 The NFL's Washington Redskins have their trademark vacated on the grounds it may cause offence to native Americans
- Jul 10 Jason Koumas announces his retirement from professional football
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 11 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams becomes oldest winner in Open era (33) beating Garbiñe Muguruza 6-4, 6-4
- Jul 12 US Open Women's Golf, Lancaster CC: Chun In-gee of South Korea wins her first major title by 1 stroke from compatriot Amy Yang
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 12 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković successfully defends his title for 3rd Wimbledon crown; beats Roger Federer 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
- Jul 14 86th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-3 at Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati
- Jul 20 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: American Zach Johnson wins in a 4-hole play-off with Australian Marc Leishman & Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa
- Jul 25 UCI BMX Supercross series: Niek Kimmann & Stefany Hernandez win the world title
Tour de France
Jul 26 102nd Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain
Senior Open Championship
Jul 26 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Marco Dawson wins by 1 shot from Bernhard Langer of Germany
Sports History
Jul 28 Pedro Martínez's number 45 is retired by the Boston Red Sox