F Čermák L Dlouhý

M Sirotkina Z Yi-Miao

J Benneteau N Mahut

''' C-p Hsieh T-h Yang

2008 Australian Open - Wheelchair Women's Doubles

''' S Halep

'''M Gicquel F Santoro

''' D Wu Z Zhang

Bob Bryan Mike Bryan

American International
Championship

Ryan Harrison

Michaël Llodra

Air Force

The Black Balloon

Astro華麗臺電視劇大獎2008

C Giovine

2008 Attack on the United States consulate in Istanbul

'''C Ramírez
Daniele Piludu

Millennium, Cardiff

E Bogdan M Doi

supporting actor film

I Holland
''' Simona Halep

The 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. The championship was contested over an eight round series with three races per round.

L Mackenzie D Propoggia

Andreas Svensson

Wembley Stadium, London

The 2008 Australian Football International Cup was the third time the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition, has been contested.It was scheduled for 2008 (as part of the 150th year celebrations of Australian Football), with 16 nations competing.The tournament was hosted by both Melbourne and Warrnambool in Victoria, Australia between 27 August and 6 September, with a single match additionally played in Geelong.Like previous tournaments, the competition was open to men's teams with strict nationality eligibility rules.The Grand Final was played between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea were victorious by 8 points with a goal kicked after the siren. Like the Grand Final in previous years, the match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as a curtain raiser to the 2008 AFL Season finals match between Hawthorn Hawks and Western Bulldogs which attracted a crowd of 76,703 spectators. However unlike previous tournaments, the final was not televised.

USA

''' H Moriya B Tomic

Tamera

Hiren Varaiya 4

Charlotte

Sydney Comets
2008 Australian Club Championships

''' Finn Tearney Wu Chenyu

Stetson

The 2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 21–24 at Campbell's Field in Camden, NJ. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Second-seeded Charlotte defeated Xavier in the title game to win the tournament for the second straight year, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament.

Kevin O'Brien 83

A Coelho B Klein
N Healey R Smeets

Australian Open

Robbie Dick

C Astrugo

Nunu Harris

''' M Doi

'''J Janowicz

Belmont

supporting actress film

C Marsland

Andrew White 58

Assen

Sport Center 1

2008 Australian Open - Wheelchair Quad Doubles

S. Jones 31

Final

M Sirotkina

'''Dane Propoggia

R Marino
A Hubacek

''' Logan Mackenzie Dane Propoggia

New Zealand

Astro华丽台电视剧大奖2008

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

So Kon Po, Hong Kong

Shared between Zimbabwe and Kenya

S Tatarczyk
Matt Reid

Josh Kassel

Rogere Te Whero ()

Lipscomb

China

North Florida Ospreys

Air Force won series 2–0

The 2008 Atlantic Championship season was the thirty-fifth Atlantic Championship season. It began on April 20, 2008 and ended on October 4, 2008. Despite the merger of Champ Car's premier series with the Indy Racing League, the Champ Car owners continued to own and operate the Atlantic Championship under a new legal entity, Atlantic Racing Series, LLC. Champ Car continued to sanction the first two events of the season at Long Beach and Laguna Seca with the remainder of the season running under IMSA sanction. The Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Markus Niemelä driving for Brooks Associates Racing.

First Round

Jeff Coetzee

Men's

'''Bernard Tomic

''' R Marino

Xavier

''' D Nestor N Zimonjić

Quarterfinals

LXXIII ING Australian Grand Prix

J Curtis

Chris White

J Levinský M Mertiňák

John Sinclair

Zhetyssu Almaty

'''D Wu

S Halep K Piter

A Guarachi

John Blain 3

'''Hiroki Moriya

Campbell

Louisiana Tech

Brendan Nash 5

S Peers

''' M Damm P Vízner

Lou Williams
Polly Luke

B Jovanovski K Mladenovic

Bankstown Bruins

Australian Film Institute Awards

Shiori Murata

Hobart Chargers

2008 Australian GT Championship

O Rogowska

Craig Caldwell ()

Australia

V Vierin

Graham McElroy

Seren Waters 61

A Clément

Mercyhurst

Bank Jatim Simpeda

Wei Qiuyue

''' Wu Di Ze Zhang

2008 Assam bombings

Toray Arrows

won by 95 runs
Points: Ireland 5, Kenya 0

Delyone Borden 2/38

Kevin O'Brien 121

champions

A Rus

'''M Damm P Vízner

2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

Marius Jonker

J Melzer

A Bai

Nikita Miller 3/19

''' Jade Curtis Alenka Hubacek

Maverick Banes Jarryd Chaplin

North Carolina

The 2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 12th Asian Championship, which was taking place from November 21 to November 30, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China.

2008 Australian Open

H Moriya

MARS Sporting Complex, Marden, South Australia

Manoj David 82

R Lindstedt J Nieminen

Semifinals

Xander Spong Tim van Terheijden

Markus Niemelä

Final 16

South West Metro Pirates

Kanyapat Narattana Yang Zi-Jun

'''D Evans

Jiske Griffioen / Esther Vergeer

Isabella Holland Sally Peers

Sutherland Sharks

Stefan Szacinki

''' L Kerkhove

Atlantic Sun Conference

Steven Outerbridge 32

Ross Taylor 120

John Sinclair ()

2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada

J Acasuso S Roitman
M Llodra

'''Yuki Bhambri
'''T Longhi

K Piter

''' K Lykina A Pavlyuchenkova

Tim Southee &

Nenad Zimonjić

Gardner-Webb

'''Yang Tsung-hua

The 2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th conference tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 2008. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while all 'Final Five' games were played at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Heikki Kovalainen, commenting on his qualifying performance.

Florida Gulf Coast

N Mahut

win

yes

''' V Pospisil C Ramírez

K Ullyett

The 2008 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXXIII ING Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 March 2008 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 2008 Formula One season. The 58 lap race was won by Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team after starting from pole position.

Lou Tai

Brendan McKenzie Nat Maraga

'''Brendan McKenzie

Four vs. Five

A Sanders
Maverick Banes

JP Brzezicki A Calleri

Girl Kahaki ()

Sang Som

Jacksonville

''' Jessica Moore

Trent Johnston &

2008 Astana season

''' Juljic Lukac Chelsea Te Tai

K Balakrishnan S Hoh

T Calderwood

James Madison University

Lou Tai ()

2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards

right

C Kas R Wassen

Toko Hazel

Jennifer

S Bolelli F Volandri

NED

M Youzhny M Zverev

2008 Australian Football International Cup

Jasmina Tinjić
'''L Kerkhove

R Wassen

Nikolaus Moser Ilija Vučić

C Kas

J Moore

2008 Australian Open - Women's Doubles

W Moodie
L Horna S Koubek

''' M Mirkovic

Mass car bombings

'''K Lykina

S Ratiwatana S Ratiwatana

'''K Wachiramanowong

Rogere Te Whero

M Sirotkina Y-M Zhou

'''Sacred Heart

LSF1

Kilsyth Cobras

SWE

Melbourne Tigers

B Bryan M Bryan
Wesley Moodie
(w/o)

Gardner–Webb

South Africa

'''B Tomic

Australian GT Championship

The 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Canada. The tri-series involved the national teams of Bermuda, Canada and West Indies.

'''J Easton

Second round

Peggy Wikaira
BDO, WDF, NZDC

''' N Hofmanova

The 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars. The championship, which was contested over nine rounds across five different states, began on 21 February 2008 at the Clipsal 500 and finished on 26 October at the Gold Coast Indy 300.

''' Tyra Calderwood Nikola Hofmanova

M Gicquel F Santoro

Esther Vergeer

Mihi George

Jerzy Janowicz

Finals

K Barbat

Australian Drivers' Championship

''' Ksenia Lykina Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Stuart Matsikenyeri 56
Points: Kenya 5, Zimbabwe 0

FRA

X Spong

The 2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers. The championship, which was open to Group 3E Series Production Cars was the 23rd Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

L Arnold Ker F López

E Bogdan

UNC

M Brengle
S Jones

'''Tadayuki Longhi

DeLand, FL

Hamilton Masakadza 73

Girl Kahaki

Rob Lyerly

Grand Final

ETSU

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Walkover

'''Mark Verryth

Kennesaw State Owls

Asian Club Championship

Anastassia Grymalska Lara Meccico

Jerome Taylor 3/33

L Meccico

M Verryth

2008 Atletico Nacional season

Mercer

Regan West &

'''Axel Michon
Cho Soong-Jae

H Armando X Malisse

Martha Ka

The 2008 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 9th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Vinh Yen Gymnasium, Vĩnh Yên, Vĩnh Phúc Province, Vietnam.

''' Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles

''' D Cox D Evans

The 2008 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of closed, production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GT cars. It was the 12th Australian GT Championship to be awarded by CAMS.

N Almagro N Massú
''' R de Voest C Haggard

Unfinished Sky

Errol Wilson

ESP

Jade Hopper Rebecca Marino

2008 Australian Open - Boys' Doubles

'''R Harrison

ACC

The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 56th season that the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) participated in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football. As a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) conference, the ACC's constituent members competed within the framework of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).The media widely recognized the 2008 season as one of the most chaotic in the conference's history. At season's end, the ACC fielded an NCAA-record of ten bowl eligible teams from its twelve conference members.Virginia Tech secured its second consecutive conference championship when it won the 2008 ACC Championship Game against Boston College. Likewise, it was the second consecutive season that Boston College finished as the conference runner-up. Virginia Tech went on to represent the conference in its BCS game, the 2008 Orange Bowl, and, with a victory over Cincinnati, ended the ACC's eight-year BCS game slump.

Milana Špremo Romana Tabaková

'''Clifford Marsland

The 2008 Atlanta Braves season featured the team's attempt to reclaim a postseason berth for the first time since 2005. During the 2008 season, the Braves were once again skippered by Bobby Cox, now in his 19th season (of his second stint) managing Atlanta. As a result of John Schuerholz taking the position of team president, the Braves entered the offseason with Frank Wren as their general manager.The team wore a patch on the right sleeve "BEACH" in honor of former Braves player and bench coach Jim Beauchamp.2008 saw the departure of two of the team's longtime radio and television announcers. Skip Caray died on August 3, while Pete van Wieren announced his retirement on October 21. Both men had been broadcasting for the team since 1976.

2008 Australian Open - Mixed Doubles

2008 Australia national football team season

C Berlocq A Seppi

North Florida

won by 7 wickets.

S Garforth-Bles

The 2008 Australia rugby union tour of Hong Kong and Europe was a series of seven matches played by the Australia national rugby union team in November–December 2008. The tour was preceded by a match against All Blacks for the Bledisloe Cup and closed with a match against Barbarian FC

James Meredith

''' Y Zhou

Australian

Australian Formula Ford Championship

Ramnaresh Sarwan 49*

RDX, TNT and PETN

'''K Piter
B Sheed

Army

Andre Botha &

women

W: Townsville Flames

Novak Djokovic

'''Andrew Thomas

Chris Gayle 110*

H Levy D Sela

K Singh

SLO

Asia

Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko

2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

Andrew White 2

Simona Halep

Young
Duke

J Erlich

Janaki Gunuganti Poojashree Venkatesha

Gary Wilson 60

Joanne Kinita

'''Karunuday Singh

Jerome Taylor &

Tadayuki Longhi Yuki Matsuo

Atlantic Coast Conference

Finn Tearney

S Halep

St. Joseph's

Steve Tikolo 3

F/G

Connecticut

N Lertcheewakarn S Mulsap

Overa Gibson

Netherlands

K Isaara
K Narattana

Prosper Utseya 3

Atlanta Dream

Campbell's Field

Lorene Earnshaw

Stefan Drew

Chris Douglas 53

K Wachiramanowong

2008 Australian Film Institute Awards

T Trombetta
'''Erik Crepaldi

Temple

WSF2

The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida from May 21 through May 25. The #1 seeded University of Miami won the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record, earning the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Stuart Matsikenyeri 83

''' E Bogdan M Doi

Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs

Lennox

J Nieminen
E Butorac

A Bai M Mirkovic
''' Chen Astrugo Bianca Swanepoel

2008 Atlantic League All-Star Game

Third Round

W Eschauer

'''Blaž Rola

Jaan-Frederik Brunken

2008 Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship

H Moriya B Tomic

The 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 through 27 January 2008.After twenty years of playing on Rebound Ace, the courts were changed to Plexicushion, a marginally faster surface. The new surface is thinner, and therefore has lower heat retention. This decision was made in a bid to reduce the "stick" of the court and the frequency of the extreme heat policy being invoked. However, the new surface faced criticism for being too similar to DecoTurf, the surface used at the U.S. Open. Player reaction to the change of surface was generally ambivalent.Both Roger Federer and Serena Williams were unsuccessful in defending their 2007 titles; Federer losing to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals and Williams losing in the quarter-finals to Jelena Jankovic. Djokovic won his first Grand Slam singles title, defeating unseeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final; Maria Sharapova, runner-up to Williams in 2007, defeated Ana Ivanovic to win her first Australian Open title and third Grand Slam title.For the mixed doubles, in every game, the first team to score four points, wins the game. In other words, should a deuce happen in a game, the team who wins the next point wins the game.

Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles

K Mladenovic
J Romples

J-F Brunken
A Thomas

''' E Bogdan

Second Round

Wu Di Ze Zhang

Yang Tsung-hua

Richard Bradley

T Longhi

Ian O'Sullivan

Andrew Volkening

Asian Cup

2008 Atlanta tornado

M Inoue

Louis Menard / Jared DeMichiel
Sacred Heart won series 2–1

2008 Australian Open - Wheelchair Men's Doubles

F Fognini I Ljubičić

The 2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards (simplified Chinese: Astro华丽台电视剧大奖2008; traditional Chinese: Astro華麗臺電視劇大獎2008), presented by Astro in Malaysia, was an awards ceremony that recognised the best Hong Kong television programmes that had aired on Malaysia's Astro Wah Lai Toi in 2008. The ceremony was televised live on Astro's Cantonese channel, Astro Wah Lai Toi.The ceremony took place on 21 February 2009 at the Arena of Stars in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The 2008 Assam bombings occurred on 30 October 2008, before noon in markets in Guwahati city and the surrounding area of western Assam. Reports indicated as many as eighteen bombs went off, causing at least 81 deaths and 470 injuries.

Stanis Susuve

'''Guillaume Rufin

H-C Chan S Otake

Jacksonville Dolphins

John Dodunski

Hiren Varaiya 3/53

2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak

S Groth J Sirianni

K Ryan

''' M Sirotkina Y-M Zhou

KAZ

RIT

Yuki Bhambri Karunuday Singh

S Zaniewska

Christopher Mpofu 6

Peter Norfolk

Niall Angus

J Curtis A Hubacek

GER

Marc Gicquel Fabrice Santoro

Richard Te Whero

''' H-t Lee F Serra

'''Sam Garforth-Bles

Melbourne, Australia

Qasim Sheikh 41

''' S Halep K Piter

A Pavel

A Michon

The 2008 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under and ended in October with the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obliged to attend every event in the UCI ProTour.Astana changed drastically between the 2007 and 2008 seasons, with its former manager Marc Biver replaced by Johan Bruyneel from the dissolved Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Following Bruyneel to Astana were several riders from that team, including Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer, who had finished first and third, respectively, in the 2007 Tour de France for Discovery. Numerous riders also left the team, including Matthias Kessler, Andrey Kashechkin, and Alexander Vinokourov, who had all tested positive for doping.The team's biggest successes in 2008 were the overall victories by Contador in the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. As the team was barred from competing in the Tour de France that year, as well as other events organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation, Contador was unable to defend his championship from the year before.Just as the team's competitive season was nearing its end, Lance Armstrong announced that he planned to return to competitive cycling in 2009 after a four-year absence. As Bruyneel was Armstrong's team manager for all seven of his Tour de France victories, there was much speculation immediately that Armstrong would sign with Astana in his comeback, which he eventually did.

J Erlich A Ram

Delyone Borden 3

2008 Atlanta Braves season

Logan Mackenzie

Dayton

DeSouza

The 2008 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 5–8, 2008 at Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

L Kerkhove

'''B Bryan

''' B McKenzie N Maraga

Nick Taylor / David Wagner

S Lipsky D Martin
A Roddick D Tursunov

Hardcourt

''' Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-hua

Jeju City, South Korea

2008 Australian Open - Wheelchair Men's Singles

NCST

Canisius

Yuki Bhambri

Sacred Heart

A Ram

supporting actress

F/C

Stadio Euganeo, Padua

Rhode Island
First-round byes for top two seeds

'''B Jovanovski

Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra
H-t Lee F Serra

Gavin Hamilton 121
Kyle McCallan 49

B Gumulya

S Aspelin J Knowle
B Bryan

Marvin Baker Stefan Szacinski

2008 Australian Drivers' Championship

Aiden Dillane

Milos Raonic

Dewald Nel 5

''' V Larrière

P Hanley L Paes

Broadmeadows Basketball Stadium, Broadmeadows, Victoria

2008 Australia rugby union tour

B McKenzie

2008 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

ccffcc

'''T-h Yang

Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies

Nunawading Spectres

2008 Australian Open - Men's Doubles

The 2008 Atlantic Championship season was the thirty-fifth Atlantic Championship season. It began on April 20, 2008 and ended on October 4, 2008. Despite the merger of Champ Car's premier series with the Indy Racing League, the Champ Car owners continued to own and operate the Atlantic Championship under a new legal entity, Atlantic Racing Series, LLC.

Craig Caldwell

J Tinjić

Veneto Club, Bulleen, Victoria

Phil Eaglestoone &

C Chala
J Hopper

Poe Teinaki

'''Szymon Tatarczyk
A Gregory
Jan Tavčar

Daniel Nestor
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram

Axel Michon Guillaume Rufin

B Milenkiewicz

The 2008 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship was the first women's volleyball tournament of its kind, this tournament that qualified for 4 Asian team to the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship from October 1 to October 7, 2008. Tournament was staged in MCC Hall Convention Center The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima Shopping Mall, Thailand.

Hiroki Moriya Bernard Tomic

J Benneteau
A Jones G Jones

WSF1

C Ramírez

'''M Brengle

Kyle McCallan &

P Siributwong

''' S Lipsky D Martin

La Salle

LTU

Alan Lewis

Kristin

Lorene Earnshaw ()
Koha Kokiri

Sun Tiantian / Nenad Zimonjić

Jekon Edness 49

The 2008 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Jeju City, South Korea. The event took place from March 18 to March 23, 2008.

Atlantic Sun

T Cibulec L Zovko

Chris Douglas 122

Neil Pauffley

The 2008 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship was held in Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka from 14 October to 22 October 2008.

''' Niall Angus Neil Pauffley

Scotland

Nadia Lalami Vivienne Vierin

Sam Garforth-Bles Mohamed Safwat

O Rich

Marko Djokovic

Miyabi Inoue Aki Yamasoto

Shane Dansby

'''M Nowak

Emmanuel Mattata

Haynie

Michito Sakaki

Gail Taylor

Peerakit Siributwong K Wachiramanowong

Mohamed Safwat

Peter Connell 3/68

2008 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles

M Bryan

The 2008 Australian Football International Cup was the third time the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition, has been contested.It was scheduled for 2008 (as part of the 150th year celebrations of Australian Football), with 16 nations competing.The tournament was hosted by both Melbourne and Warrnambool in Victoria, Australia between 27 August and 6 September, with a single match additionally played in Geelong.Like previous tournaments, the competition was open to men's teams with strict nationality eligibility rules.The Grand Final was played between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

2008 Assen Superbike World Championship round

A Grymalska

Caleb Joseph

IRI

2008 Australian Open - Girls' Doubles

Australian Football International Cup

Krishnanath Balakrishnan

G/F

Atlantic 10 Conference

M Špremo

EF3

J Coetzee W Moodie
'''J Benneteau N Mahut

''' Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus

L Friedl D Škoch

Lorenzo Papasidero

Germany

M Mirkovic

Miami (FL)

2008 Australian Mini Challenge

''' Alexandra Damaschin Claudia Giovine

D Evans

Stetson Hatters

Atlantic 10

National League

Cindi Watene

Scott Fleming

POR

Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles

The 50th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards for film and television acting achievement in the cinema of Australia in 2008 were presented in a ceremony on 5–6 December 2008. During the ceremony, the Australian Film Institute presented Australian Film Institute Awards (commonly referred to as AFI Awards) in 40 categories including feature films, television, animation and documentaries.

''' J Curtis A Hubacek

Steve Tikolo 116

2008 Australian Open – Men's Doubles

Lipscomb Bisons

Jessica Moore

J Coetzee

2008 Atlantic Hurricane season

Jannette Jonathan

The 2008 Australian Club Championships (ACC) brought together the best men's and women's basketball teams from the Waratah League, South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), Queensland Australian Basketball League (QABL), Central Australian Basketball League (CABL) and Big V competitions for their shot at national glory, with the event held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.By the tournament's conclusion, the Rockhampton Rockets were crowned as the best male basketball club in Australia while the Townsville Flames were crowned women's champions for the second year in succession. The tournament marked the final year of National Finals in Australian state basketball after the Australian Basketball Association was disbanded following the 2008 season.

Dave Bocking

A Yamasoto

Points: Kenya 2, Ireland 2

'''L Arnold Ker F López

''' K Barbat

Australian Club Championships

2008 Australian Open - Girls' Singles

R Tabaková

Andrew Congalton

M González J Mónaco
Y Allegro K Vliegen

T Patterson

The 2008 Australian Mini Challenge was the inaugural running of the Australian Mini Challenge. It began on 7 March at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway.

Asian Youth Boys Championship

A tri-series in Scotland took place between 1 July and 3 July involving New Zealand, Ireland and Scotland. On 1 July, New Zealand beat Ireland by 290 runs. This became a new world record for the biggest margin of victory by runs. The previous world record was India's 257 run drubbing of Bermuda in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

2008 Australian Grand Prix

''' Cho Soong-Jae Ty Trombetta

Robert Coman

S Wiltshire

'''Bradley Klahn

Norwood Flames

M Brengle A Guarachi

Rizwan Cheema 184

J Janowicz

N Angus N Pauffley
''' Daniel Cox Daniel Evans
''' Jarryd Chaplin James Eames

D Propoggia

M Doi
A Pavlyuchenkova

The 2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak that affected the Southeastern United States on March 14–15, 2008.A tornado caused widespread damage across downtown Atlanta, including to the CNN Center and to the Georgia Dome, where the 2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament was postponed. Other buildings that were damaged include the Georgia World Congress Center, Philips Arena (during an Atlanta Hawks game), and the Omni Hotel, which was evacuated after many windows were blown out. The Westin Peachtree Plaza suffered major window damage. The image of the building with all the windows blown out became famous and, for a time, was the symbol of the tornado. Centennial Olympic Park, SunTrust Plaza and historic Oakland Cemetery were also damaged. One man was killed near downtown Atlanta and 30 others were injured. Two other deaths took place on March 15 in the northern Atlanta suburbs from the second, larger round of severe weather and tornadoes. In total, 45 tornadoes were confirmed over the 24-hour period from eastern Alabama to the Carolina coast, with most of the activity concentrated in the Metropolitan Atlanta area, the Central Savannah River Area and the Midlands of South Carolina.

2008 Australian Open - women's singles

Camden, NJ

A Damaschin
''' A Pavlyuchenkova

Colin Smith 70

Bryce Lawrence

'''J Coetzee W Moodie
E Butorac K Ullyett

April 2017

B Jovanovski

Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida

Farhad Salafzoun

Assam, India

Cho Soong-jae Ty Trombetta

'''B Klahn

Australian Carrera Cup Championship

Harvir Baidwan 2

R Kendrick J Thomas

Linda Berlinecke Mara Nowak
Simona Halep Katarzyna Piter

2008 Asian submarine cable disruption

Donald Barry

2008 Atlantic Championship

D Wu

K Lykina
B Swanepoel

'''Alex Sanders

Nnamaka

Boyd Rankin 2

Torio Mwareow

Katie

César Ramírez

Balaji Rao 2/50

C Ball

Ivory

Miami

Holy Cross

Teasley

Jimmy Kamande 42

J Kerr T Perry

The 2008 Assen Superbike World Championship round was the 4th round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of April 25-27, 2008, at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

Arantxa Rus

Erika

M Bhupathi M Knowles

2008 Australian Olympic Swimming Trials

''' M Granollers-Pujol S Ventura

WFU

Temporary street circuit

St. Bonaventure

''' J Tinjić

2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship

''' Vasek Pospisil César Ramírez

Joe Lla

Daniel Cox Daniel Evans

Terry

Atlanta Braves

'''Jerzy Janowicz

'''J Erlich

Tatenda Taibu 99

UVA

N Lalami

Arnaud Clément

Karen Barbat Sandra Zaniewska

M Nowak

Nikki

East Tennessee State

M Damm P Vízner

Nikolaus Moser

C Astrugo B Swanepoel

Erik Crepaldi Giorgio Portaluri

'''Y Bhambri

S Mulsap

Atlantic Championship

Sunny

2008 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

Ralph Regus

Fia-Tootoo

Craig Joubert

'''T Trombetta

''' Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Sophia Mulsap

The 2008 Atlanta Braves season featured the team's attempt to reclaim a postseason berth for the first time since 2005. During the 2008 season, the Braves were once again skippered by Bobby Cox, now in his 19th season (of his second stint) managing Atlanta.

Tatenda Taibu 74

C Ebelthite N Lindahl

FSU

''' J Coetzee W Moodie

Tornado , after going through downtown Atlanta

Z-j Yang

Finland

C Guccione P Luczak

Quarter-finals

2008 Australian Open - Wheelchair Quad Singles

P Venkatesha

Lorna Tinei

The 2008 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida from May 21 through 25. Lipscomb won its first tournament championship to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Lipscomb joined the conference prior to the 2004 season.

Gilad Ben Zvi

Melching Field at Conrad Park

Agir Amwano

Mihi George ()

won by 6 wickets

Silvio Dadić Christopher Rungkat

''' T Calderwood N Hofmanova

F Mayer

Italy

The 2008 WNBA season was the first for the Atlanta Dream. The team name was unveiled on January 23, 2008, with the expansion draft held on February 6. The Atlanta Dream had seventeen straight losses. It was the longest losing streak to start a season in WNBA history.

G Rufin

Gordon Goudie 2

BRA

Virginia

2008 Australian Open - Women's Singles Qualifying

''' N Lertcheewakarn S Mulsap

Dinx Cassidy

Wu Di

Campbell Fighting Camels

Papua New Guinea

medic

R Schüttler J Tipsarević

Alex Obanda 71

Tornado outbreak

Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda

Blaž Rola Jan Tavčar

Marvin Barker

T Patterson O Rich

R de Voest C Haggard
J Melzer A Peya

Points: Kenya 2, Zimbabwe 2

Bojana Jovanovski Kristina Mladenovic

Alison

Republic of Ireland

D Kelly C Marsland

''' Alison Bai Marija Mirkovic

Steve Tikolo 102

Rodney Trott 2

''' V Vierin

The 2008 Australian Club Championships (ACC) brought together the best men's and women's basketball teams from the Waratah League, South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), Queensland Australian Basketball League (QABL), Central Australian Basketball League (CABL) and Big V competitions for their shot at national glory, with the event held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.By the tournament's conclusion, the Rockhampton Rockets were crowned as the best male basketball club in Australia while the Townsville Flames were crowned women's champions for the second year in succession.

M García O Marach

Forestville Eagles

Did not qualify

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

J Isner I Karlović

2008 Australian Open – Girls' Singles

Thabiso Phakedi

V Larrière

Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram

Ryan Harrison Matt Reid

Pepperdine

Donna McElroy

M Mirnyi J Murray

“That wasn't too bad. There was probably a few different fuel loads out there so it's hard to know exactly where we are. There are definitely four cars that are quicker than us, so we'll get our heads down this evening and work on the race information before qualifying tomorrow. It's pretty windy out on the track, but it's an issue for everyone."

J Auckland S Querrey

'''Andrew Gregory

Karen Barbat

The 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Kenya is a One Day International cricket tournament which was held in Kenya from October 17 to October 25, 2008. The tri-series involves the national teams of Ireland, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

J Gunuganti

Keith Dabengwa 3/17

supporting actor

L Berlinecke

Michael Mason 3

2008 Australian GP

Bales

2008 Australian Hardcourt Championships

Betty

Points: Zimbabwe 5, Ireland 0

A Clément M Llodra

''' A Rus

Chris Mpofu 6/52

Hiroyasu Ehara

JPN

2008 Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament

Kilsyth Sports Centre, Kilsyth, Victoria

The 2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards (simplified Chinese: Astro华丽台电视剧大奖2008; traditional Chinese: Astro華麗臺電視劇大獎2008), presented by Astro in Malaysia, was an awards ceremony that recognised the best Hong Kong television programmes that had aired on Malaysia's Astro Wah Lai Toi in 2008. The ceremony was televised live on Astro's Cantonese channel, Astro Wah Lai Toi.The ceremony took place on 21 February 2009 at the Arena of Stars in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Winners were 100% based on results from popular vote. The voting period lasted from 17 January 2009 to 17 February 2009.The biggest winner was Heart of Greed, winning nine awards including My Favourite Actor, My Favourite Actress, and My Favourite Drama.

'''Y Zhou

2008 Australian Open (tennis)

E Crepaldi

Sobaeksu

L Paes

Maria Sharapova

2008 Australian Federal budget

Auckland Open

The 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars. The championship, which was contested over nine rounds across five different states, began on 21 February 2008 at the Clipsal 500 and finished on 26 October at the Gold Coast Indy 300. It was the sixth and last Australian Carrera Cup Championship until the 2011 season.Craig Baird dominated the series, winning 14 of the series 25 races and the New Zealander driving for Fitzgerald Racing became the first driver to win the series twice, adding to his 2006 championship win. West Australian Dean Fiore was the runner up for Sonic Motor Racing, taking four wins and dominating the Mount Panorama round. Third was David Russell in the Sherrin Motor Sport car.The most dramatic moment of the season was when category managers Sherrin Motor Sport collapsed, leaving the series briefly in limbo. With the assistance of CAMS and Porsche Australia, Glenn Ridge owned company Q Media Events took over the running of the series.

2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

Paul Stevenson

Feenstra

''' Zhou Yimiao

Stade de France, Saint-Dennis

Karun Jethi 87

Kennesaw State

First round

Mike Finn

'''H Moriya

''' Madison Brengle Alexa Guarachi

''' Cho Soong-jae T Trombetta

Thailand

J Lukac C Te Tai

Jimmy Kamande 2

The 2008 Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship was held in PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines from 11 to 18 October 2008.

Benita Milenkiewicz Olivia Rogowska

M: Rockhampton Rockets

Strother

Julian Horn

Mercer Bears

F Santoro

Ryan Haire 56

The 50th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards for film and television acting achievement in the cinema of Australia in 2008 were presented in a ceremony on 5–6 December 2008. During the ceremony, the Australian Film Institute presented Australian Film Institute Awards (commonly referred to as AFI Awards) in 40 categories including feature films, television, animation and documentaries. It was hosted by Stephen Curry of TV1's The King.The nominees for Best Documentary, Best Short Fiction Film and Best Short Animation were announced on 7 August whilst all the other nominees were announced at the Nominations Announcement in Sydney on 29 October. The Black Balloon had the most nominations with a total of 11 including Best Film.

Reinhardt Strydom &

'''M Bhupathi M Knowles
'''R Bopanna R Ram
F Dancevic S Huss

Kevin O'Brien 38

AUS
SUI

Hume City Broncos

''' Bojana Jovanovski Kristina Mladenovic

2008 Assam serial blasts

Stephen Hoh

Z Klempa

Hayley Ericksen Harriet Sheehan

Semi Finals

Alexandria Basketball Stadium, Alexandria, New South Wales

T Johansson A Pavel

2008 Auckland Open was a darts tournament that took place in Auckland, New Zealand on 20 September 2008.

RIT won series 2–0

''' Y Allegro K Vliegen

''' Hao-Ching Chan Shiho Otake

Duquesne

'''Ty Trombetta
J Easton

G García López F Verdasco

N Lertcheewakarn

2008 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship

W Eschauer F Mayer

Mark Webber, after recording the second fastest lap in the second practice session.

'''Jared Easton

Ó Hernández Montañés
S Darcis O Rochus

Alex Cusack 3/29
Steve Tikolo 2/43

Tianjin Bridgestone

2008 Athens rioting

Nehemiah Odhiambo &

Rizwan Cheema 61

Sandringham Sabres

Dean Webster

Kelly Blake Brittany Sheed

LSF2

Twickenham, London

William Porterfield 51

South Carolina Upstate

'''A Pavlyuchenkova

Chioma

Bernard Tomic

Daniel Cox

Lorenzo Papasidero Daniele Piludu
Vasek Pospisil César Ramírez
F Tearney Wu Chenyu
''' R Harrison M Reid

Iziane

S Otake

The 2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak that affected the Southeastern United States on March 14–15, 2008.A tornado caused widespread damage across downtown Atlanta, including to the CNN Center and to the Georgia Dome, where the 2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament was postponed. Other buildings that were damaged include the Georgia World Congress Center, Philips Arena (during an Atlanta Hawks game), and the Omni Hotel, which was evacuated after many windows were blown out.

Zalan Klempa Szymon Tatarczyk

2008 Australian Open – Girls' Doubles

Alex Cusack 4

Zob Ahan Isfahan

Keith Dabengwa &

'''J-F Brunken

Tyra Calderwood Nikola Hofmanova

'''Xander Spong

Ru Teinaki

No Scoring

The 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 through 27 January 2008.After twenty years of playing on Rebound Ace, the courts were changed to Plexicushion, a marginally faster surface. The new surface is thinner, and therefore has lower heat retention.

Brendan McCullum 188

H Ehara J Meredith

Daniel Evans
'''César Ramírez
'''Jaan-Frederik Brunken

Manoj David &

2008 Australian Open - Boys' Singles

M Granollers-Pujol S Ventura

Louis Menard
Matt Lundin

2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

Liberty University

"I am pleased to qualify third, but there is still room for improvement. It was a fairly smooth lap, and the balance of the car felt good. At the end I didn’t nail a perfect lap, but throughout the weekend I have just been taking things steady, not making any mistakes and keep pushing harder and harder. Last year I didn’t make the best start to the season, so today’s result is a great beginning to my career as a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver."

''' Hiroki Moriya Bernard Tomic

S Grosjean J-W Tsonga

The 2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey from March 12 through March 15, 2008. By winning the tournament, Temple received an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was crowned Atlantic 10 Conference champion. Xavier and Saint Joseph's also received at-large bids to the NCAA tournament. Dionte Christmas of Temple was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Dave DiNatale

Luke Matias

D Nestor N Zimonjić

2008 Australian Open – Boys' Singles

Richard Te Whero ()

Miami Hurricanes

B Rola

2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship

D Cox D Evans

The 2008 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title which was contested concurrently with the 2008 Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship. The championship winner was awarded the 2008 CAMS Gold Star. The 2008 championship was the 52nd Australian Drivers' Championship and the fourth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations.

Kai-Chen Chang Khunpak Isaara

D Nestor
''' M Bhupathi M Knowles
''' L Arnold Ker F López

A Damaschin C Giovine

M Melo A Sá
N Zimonjić

M Wejnert

Thinus Fourie &

Chris Candelaria

The 2008 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title which was contested concurrently with the 2008 Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship. The championship winner was awarded the 2008 CAMS Gold Star. The 2008 championship was the 52nd Australian Drivers' Championship and the fourth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations. The season began on 3 February 2008 at Eastern Creek Raceway and finished on 21 September at Symmons Plains Raceway after eight rounds across four different states with two races per round.The series was won by a British driver for the second time in three years, with James Winslow victorious after a season long battle with Leanne Tander, who was runner up by only a few points for the second year in a row. Chris Gilmour won the National Class from Irish driver Lee Farrell, while Andrew Mill clinched the Trophy Class with a round in hand.

Balaji Rao &

Georgia Tech

Bankstown Basketball Stadium, Condell Park, New South Wales

Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua

''' Tammi Patterson Olivia Rich

Ilija Vučić

Six-team double elimination

Castro Marques

Jes Djernes

R Lindstedt

''' Elena Bogdan Misaki Doi

IC2008 World Team

2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Rockhampton Rockets

2008 Atlanta Dream season

w/o

Townsville Flames

Leon Johnson 79

Collins 61

2008 Australian Open - Wheelchair Women's Singles

2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

''' Brendan McKenzie Nat Maraga
B Klahn M Raonic

Eastern

2008 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship

Jacksonville, Florida

Kasha

A Peya

2008 Australian Open - Men's Singles Qualifying

''' S Grosjean J-W Tsonga

''' J Moore

2008 Associates Tri-Series in Scotland

2008 Australian GT Championship season

Chris Gayle 129

B Klahn

''' B Jovanovski K Mladenovic

Lacy

The 2008 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under and ended in October with the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obliged to attend every event in the UCI ProTour.Astana changed drastically between the 2007 and 2008 seasons, with its former manager Marc Biver replaced by Johan Bruyneel from the dissolved Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.

Janelle Cuthbertson Karis Ryan

won by 86 runs
Andrew White &

'''Zalán Klempa

Karun Jethi &

Andrew Gregory Alex Sanders

The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida from May 21 through May 25. The #1 seeded University of Miami won the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record, earning the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Miami's first conference championship in baseball after having played as an independent until joining the ACC during the 2004-05 academic year.2008 was the second year in which the conference used a round robin tournament format, with the team with the best record in each group at the end of the three-game round robin advancing to a one-game championship.

2008 Australia rugby union tour of Hong Kong and Europe

'''K Barbat

Knox Raiders

''' Marta Sirotkina Zhou Yi-Miao

Latta

R Harrison M Reid

Points: Ireland 2, Zimbabwe 2

Silvio Dadić

Ann

Cho Soong-jae T Trombetta

2008 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

B McKenzie N Maraga

''' J Curtis

Li Shan

Asian Cup Volleyball Championship

'''S Halep

North Adelaide Rockets
Townsville SeaFM Stadium, Townsville, Queensland

Rizwan Cheema 4

''' E Butorac

Elijah Otieno &

2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

East Tennessee State Buccaneers

A Feeney

Michigan State

''' Bradley Klahn M Raonic

Zhou Yimiao
''' B Jovanovski

James Eames

Army won series 2–0

South Carolina Upstate Spartans

''' M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski

M: Hobart Chargers

Semi-finals

Bentley

Asian Youth Girls Championship

'''Ryan Harrison

RUS

Belmont Bruins

''' Wu Di Zhang Ze

Wu Chenyu

LUX

2008 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Australian Open - Women's Singles

Shingo Kunieda

Hsieh Cheng-peng

The 2008 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXXIII ING Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 March 2008 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 2008 Formula One season. The 58 lap race was won by Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team after starting from pole position. Nick Heidfeld finished second in a BMW Sauber car, with Nico Rosberg third in a Williams, his first ever F1 podium.The race saw a very high rate of attrition, with only seven cars out of the 22-car grid running at the chequered flag – which reduced from seven to six after Rubens Barrichello's disqualification – with two other drivers being classified as they had completed at least 90% of the 307.574 km race distance in order for classification.

AUT

Saint Joseph's

''' C Ball A Feeney

Bev Teinaki

'''Ryan Harrison Matt Reid

Hamish Marshall 161

Andrew Crighton

>$250 million

2008 Australian Open - Men's Singles

Pa'll Finnsson

2008 Associates Tri-Series in Kenya

R Bopanna R Ram

Bojana Jovanovski

''' Hiroyasu Ehara James Meredith

T Johansson

'''A Thomas

Cian Quicgley

'''Daniel Evans
Timothy van Terheijden
Giorgio Portaluri

Ross Brawn, team principal of the Honda team.

W: Sydney Comets

K-c Chang

Andre Botha 1

Asian Championship

Xavier Marshall 161

''' Simona Halep Katarzyna Piter

Dayne Kelly

''' Dayne Kelly Clifford Marsland
D Wu Z Zhang

Christopher Rungkat

T Calderwood N Hofmanova

"Shortly after we called Rubens in for the second of two planned pit stops, Timo Glock had a crash and the safety car was deployed. We had no alternative but to continue to bring him in because he was out of fuel, although we realised that the pit lane was going to be closed due to the safety car and that this would result in a ten-second stop-go penalty. During the pit stop the lollipop was lifted just a fraction early while the fuel hose was just coming off the car. After the pit stop Rubens exited the pit lane when the lights were still red and obviously this is in breach of the regulations. A tough set of circumstances after an otherwise very committed drive by Rubens."

Vasek Pospisil

J Chaplin J Eames

Peter Connell 3

2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

2008 Atlantic Championship Season

L Kerkhove A Rus

2008 Auckland Open (darts)

''' F Fognini I Ljubičić
M Gicquel

Ksenia Lykina / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Martin Damm Pavel Vízner

Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville

2008 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball

Grant Elliott 4

Championship Game

''' K-c Chang

2008 Asian Wrestling Championships

Not Named

The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 56th season that the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) participated in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football. As a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) conference, the ACC's constituent members competed within the framework of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).The media widely recognized the 2008 season as one of the most chaotic in the conference's history.

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Sophia Mulsap

N Hofmanova

C/F

P Hanley

Brazil

C Ball A Feeney

by 156 runs