2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Third quarter
Appalachian State returned the opening kickoff of the second half to their own 36-yard line, but Michigan defender Morgan Trent intercepted an Edwards throw on the second play of the drive. Michigan took possession at the Appalachian State 40-yard line, driving to the 25-yard line before kicking a field goal to decrease the Mountaineer lead to eight points. Appalachian State began play after the kickoff at their own 24-yard line, driving 64 yards in 11 plays and scoring a 31-yard field goal to make the score 31–20 Appalachian State.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Third quarter
After the ensuing kickoff, Michigan ran four plays before Minor fumbled the ball on the fifth. The fumble was recovered by Appalachian State defender Pierre Banks at the Michigan 28-yard line. However, Appalachian State failed to get a first down on the ensuing drive, and Rauch missed a 46-yard field goal attempt. Michigan went three-and-out on their next drive and had to punt, but a fumble by Edwards on the following Appalachian State drive was recovered by Michigan defender John Thompson, giving them control of the ball at the Appalachian State 31-yard line.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Third quarter
Michigan drove 31 yards over six plays, scoring a touchdown on a four-yard run by Hart. The Wolverines went for a two-point conversion, but failed to convert, making the score 31–26 in favor of Appalachian State. Appalachian State received the kickoff at their own 26-yard line with 19 seconds left in the third quarter, and the quarter ended following a six-yard completion by Edwards to Batichon.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Appalachian State continued their drive but were forced to punt after being stopped on 3rd down. Michigan began their drive at the Appalachian State 34-yard line, but a Henne pass was intercepted by Mountaineer defender Leonard Love on the fourth play of the drive. Love returned the ball 26-yards, and Appalachian State began the drive at their own 41-yard line, but were forced to punt after going three-and-out. Michigan got the ball at their own 24-yard line and mounted a nine-play, 43-yard drive to the Appalachian State 33-yard line.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
On the final play, a fourth and five, Henne's pass fell incomplete, turning the ball over to Appalachian State, who were again quickly forced to punt. After returning the punt to their own 46-yard line, Hart ran the ball 54 yards for a touchdown, giving Michigan the lead 32–31 with 4:36 left. Michigan chose to go for two, but the conversion attempt failed. Edwards was picked off on the first play of the ensuing drive, giving Michigan control of the ball at the Appalachian State 43-yard line. Michigan ran five plays before attempting a 43-yard field goal.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
The attempt was blocked, however, giving Appalachian State control of the ball with 1:37 left. With no timeouts left, the Mountaineers drove 69 yards down the field in just over a minute in game time, setting up a Rauch field goal from 24 yards out with 26 seconds left. The attempt was good, giving Appalachian State a 34–32 lead. Michigan regained control of the ball on the ensuing kickoff, and a 46-yard pass from Henne to Mario Manningham gave the Wolverines a 37-yard field goal attempt with six seconds left on the clock. The attempt was blocked by Corey Lynch, securing a 34–32 win by the Mountaineers.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Statistical summary
Appalachian State recorded 227 yards through the air, while Michigan finished with 233 yards. Michigan finished with significantly more rushing yards, recording 246 rushing yards as opposed to the 160 rushing yards gained by Appalachian State. In total, the Wolverines recorded 479 total yards of offense, while Appalachian State recorded 387 total yards. The Wolverines recorded 23 first downs, four more than the Mountaineers, while Appalachian State turned the ball over three times, one more than Michigan. Both teams recorded seven penalties, but Michigan recorded  more penalty yards. Appalachian State held the edge in time of possession, holding the ball for 31 minutes and 12 seconds; Michigan held the ball for 28 minutes and 48 seconds.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Statistical summary
Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards completed 17 of 23 passes for 227 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions while averaging 9.9 yards per throw. Kevin Richardson led the team in rushing yards, running the ball 24 times for 88 yards, and Edwards was second on the team with 17 rushes for 62 yards and one touchdown. Edwards accounted for all four Mountaineer touchdowns. Dexter Jackson led the team in receiving, catching three passes for 98 yards and two touchdowns; he also had one carry for 19 yards.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Statistical summary
Michigan quarterback Chad Henne completed 19 of 37 passes for 233 yards, with an average of 6.3 yards per throw; he threw one touchdown and one interception. Mike Hart, who missed almost two quarters due to a thigh injury, led Michigan in rushing, recording 188 yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries. Greg Matthews led the Wolverines in receiving, accounting for 68 yards and one touchdown on seven catches.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Statistical summary
Pierre Banks led the Mountaineers in tackles, recording 12 tackles overall. Banks also recorded the only sack for the Mountaineers and recovered a fumble. Corey Lynch finished second with 11 tackles, as well as blocking a kick. Leonard Love recorded the only interception for the Mountaineers. For Michigan, Shawn Crable led the team with 10 tackles. Crable also forced a fumble and recorded 1.5 sacks. Chris Graham finished with 9 tackles, the second-most on the Wolverines. Brandent Englemon and Morgan Trent each intercepted a pass, while Tim Jamison, Terrance Taylor, and Will Johnson received full or partial credit for sacks.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Appalachian State
Appalachian State was unanimously selected as the No. 1 team in the FCS football poll in the week after their victory against Michigan. Although several voters in the AP Poll stated they would like to vote for Appalachian State, the Mountaineers were ineligible to receive votes because the poll was only limited to FBS teams; in response, the AP amended their policy the following week to allow FCS teams to receive votes in the AP Poll.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Appalachian State
The Mountaineers received 19 points in the week 3 edition of the AP Poll and 5 points  in the week 4 edition of the AP Poll. The team also extended their winning streak to 17 games before losing to Wofford in week 5. Appalachian State lost to rival Georgia Southern in week 7, dropping them to 5–2 and 2–2 in the Southern Conference (SoCon), which placed them in a poor position to repeat for a third consecutive time as conference champions.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Appalachian State
However, the Mountaineers won all of their remaining regular season games to finish 9–2, and their 5–2 Southern Conference record was good enough to earn a share of the SoCon conference title with Wofford, but Wofford claimed the conference's automatic bid. As an at-large bid, the team scored a close win over James Madison (28–27) and then defeated Eastern Washington (38–35) in the first two rounds of the FCS playoffs. Appalachian State easily defeated Richmond (55–35) in the semifinals and Delaware (49–21) in the championship game, winning their third consecutive FCS National Championship.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Appalachian State
They became the first team to win three consecutive FCS titles, and the first Division I football team to win three consecutive titles since Army, who had won three straight titles from 1944 to 1946. At the end of the season, the Mountaineers became the first FCS team to receive votes in the final AP Poll. They received five votes, which placed Appalachian State at a tie for 34th overall with South Florida.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Michigan
The loss to Appalachian State was Michigan's first against an FCS team. It also effectively ended Michigan's chances of winning a national championship. The Wolverines dropped out of the top 25 entirely on the AP Poll the following week, the first time a team had missed the top 25 in the AP Poll the week after they were in the top 10. Jerry Palm called this game "about the worst loss a Top 5 team has had." In their next game, Michigan lost to Oregon 39–7, the largest margin of defeat for Michigan since 1968.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Michigan
Following the loss to Oregon, Michigan won their next eight games, leading the team to rank as high as No. 13 in the AP Poll. After Michigan lost their final two games, ending the regular season with an 8–4 record, they dropped off the poll entirely. After Michigan's season-ending loss to Ohio State, Carr announced he would retire as the team's coach after their bowl game. The Wolverines received an invitation to the Capital One Bowl, where they defeated Florida 41–35 to finish their season 9–4. Following their win in the Capital One Bowl, Michigan finished at No. 18 in the final AP Poll.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction
Thom Brennaman immediately hailed the game as one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports; in their postgame interview, Charissa Thompson told coach Jerry Moore that it was "one of the greatest upsets in college football history." Many media outlets described it as one of, if not the greatest, upsets in the history of college football. The win marked the first time an FCS team had beaten a ranked FBS program. Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports wrote that:


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction
"This game was supposed to be the prime example of what had gone wrong in money hungry college football. The powers that be had expanded the season a couple years back, adding an extra game so big schools could bring in cream-puff opponents while collecting millions in revenue. Michigan had never played a I-AA opponent in its history. Now we know why, the Wolverines were ducking them. Instead of an easy tune-up for Michigan, Appalachian State leaves with its most profound victory ever and a check for $400,000 that was supposed to be their pay for getting punished."


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction
Sports Illustrated writer Stewart Mandel wrote that he felt "utterly unqualified" to put the game into perspective, and said "there's no logical reason whatsoever this should have happened. But it did. And it wasn't the slightest bit fluky." He also expressed disappointment that he would not be able to vote for the Mountaineers in his AP Poll ballot, explaining that "it may well turn out that Michigan was grossly overrated, but all I know is this: There will not be 25 other teams that accomplish more this opening weekend than Appalachian State did Saturday. There won't even be five."


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction
Pat Forde of ESPN.com called it "the most astonishing college football result I can remember," saying that "we'll still be talking about it a few decades from now. Especially in the locker rooms of every huge underdog, where they'll say, 'If Appalachian State can beat Michigan, why can't we shock the world, too?.'" He felt the upset was particularly impressive because upsets of such a magnitude do not happen often in college football.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction
The New York Times writer Viv Bernstein called the game "one of the biggest upsets in college football history" and called it "a stunning upset by any measure." The game was the lead story on SportsCenter and was the cover story for the following week's edition of Sports Illustrated; Appalachian State wide receiver Dexter Jackson was featured on the cover, which has the headline "Alltime Upset: Appalachian State Stuns No. 5 Michigan."


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction
In 2012, Jerry Hinnen of CBS Sports described it as "the biggest upset of the past five years of college football", and described it as having "set the table" for an "epically chaotic" 2007 season as well as "four years' worth of headline-making upsets to follow." Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports said in 2012 that "we may never see its likes again."


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction
He said that the game "reminded us why the college game is the best," but felt that such a result would become more unlikely in the future, as many conferences are moving to increase to nine conference games, reducing the need to play FCS teams. In 2019, Sports Illustrated ranked the game as the greatest upset in college football history.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction
Since Appalachian State's victory, four other FCS teams have defeated ranked FBS teams. In 2010, James Madison defeated 13th-ranked Virginia Tech 21–16. In 2013, Eastern Washington beat 25th-ranked Oregon State, 49–46. The year also saw North Dakota State record a 24–21 victory over Kansas State, the defending Big 12 champions. On September 17, 2016, North Dakota State defeated #13 Iowa 23–21 in a game played in Iowa City, Iowa. On September 4, 2021, Montana defeated #20 Washington 13-7 at Husky Stadium.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses
Just minutes after the game ended, Appalachian State students began celebrating on the two main streets in Boone, North Carolina: King Street and Rivers Street. The group eventually advanced to Kidd Brewer Stadium, Appalachian State's home field, and tore down one of the goalposts. The students proceeded to carry the goalpost over a mile before depositing it in the front yard of the school's chancellor, Kenneth E. Peacock. He was fine with this, saying "as good as today was for Appalachian State, they can take it up there and put it down.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses
I can't wait to get there and see it." Several students jumped nude into the duck pond behind ASU's dining hall, a campus tradition for celebrating big football victories. When the team returned to their stadium in buses at 11:00 p.m., they were greeted by a crowd of thousands of students and fans. It took the team 20 minutes to get from their buses to the locker room due to the crowd. The celebration in Boone was not limited to Appalachian State's campus; the Boone Mall was "flooded" with cars, and a sports apparel shop carrying ASU gear, Sports Fanatic, reported that sales were seven times higher than normal.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, the reaction was far different. The Ann Arbor News reported that the Michigan fans who attended the game were "shell-shocked." Appalachian State's win also proved popular among fans of Michigan's rivals. The Associated Press reported that, following the end of Ohio State's  38–6 home victory against Youngstown State, Ohio Stadium aired the final minutes of the Appalachian State-Michigan game on the stadium's big screen; although most of the fans had already left, the outcome "elicited a large roar" from the remaining attendees.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses
Similarly, The Daily Collegian reported that as Penn State was closing a 59–0 home victory over Florida International, the update "Twenty seconds to play fourth quarter, Appalachian State 34, Michigan 32" was announced over the stadium's loudspeakers. The student section and several Penn State players quickly crowded inside of Beaver Stadium to watch the closing seconds on in-stadium televisions; when the final, potentially game-winning Michigan kick was blocked by Appalachian State, they "converged into a mosh pit" in celebration.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses
The Detroit Free Press reported that the loudest cheers during Michigan State's home victory against UAB came when the scoreboard displayed the final score of the Appalachian State vs. Michigan game; to conclude his postgame press conference, Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi stated: "And Michigan lost, too." The Ohio State locker room erupted into a  "roar" after the players learned of Michigan's loss. Conversely, Michigan State running back Javon Ringer expressed disappointment at the game's result, saying "I kinda really wanted [Michigan] to be undefeated for us."


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel gave a similar reaction, saying that "I'm never glad when a conference opponent loses outside of your game with them... You're always rooting for your brethren in the Big Ten." ESPN.com reported that in the hours after the game, "at least one street vendor was doing brisk business selling freshly minted Mountaineers T-shirts near the Ohio State campus", while stores near the campus were "swamped with requests for gear bearing the Mountaineers' gold and black colors and logo", primarily from Ohio State fans who were rejoicing over their rival's defeat.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses
Appalachian State's campus bookstore received a large number of phone calls from people wanting to buy gear, many of them from Ohio, but were unable to sell them in large quantities due to a state law prohibiting university bookstores from selling items to people who are not students, faculty, or alumni.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Rematch
In 2011, Appalachian State and Michigan agreed to play a rematch, scheduled for 2014 to be the season-opener for both teams. Appalachian State was paid $850,000 to play this game. Michigan's athletic director, Dave Brandon, felt a rematch would be an excellent way to gain attention for Michigan football and said "The networks were fighting over who gets to televise that game." Jerry Moore said that "To have the University of Michigan invite us back is the ultimate compliment for us as a program and a university.


2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Rematch
We're grateful for the opportunity to have a new generation of players experience a gameday at the Big House and to test themselves against college football's all-time winningest program." Appalachian State played their first year of football in the FBS in 2014 and joined the Sun Belt Conference as full members. The rematch was much different this time around, with Michigan beating Appalachian State 52–14; Appalachian State never held a lead in the game.


2007 Arab Athletics Championships
The 2007 Arab Athletics Championships was the fifteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries which took place in Amman, Jordan from 18–21 May. The competition was held earlier than its usual scheduling due to the 2007 Pan Arab Games being held in November.


2007 Arab Futsal Championship
The 2007 Arab Futsal Championship is the 3rd Championship and it took place in Tripoli, Libya from January 10 to January 20, 2007.


2007 Arab League summit
The 2007 Arab League Summit, also called the 2007 Riyadh Summit, refers to a convention of leaders from 21 members of the Arab League who gathered in Riyadh for the 19th Arab summit in March 2007. The summit convened on the 28 March 2007 and was preceded by a set of preparatory meetings starting on 24 March 2007. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana also attended the summit. The main goal of the conference was to re-launch the Arab Peace Initiative.


2007 Arab League summit, Setting
The original venue of the 19th Arab summit was to be Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, but, in mid-January 2007, Amr Moussa, Secretary-General of the Arab League,  announced that the summit would convene in Riyadh.


2007 Arab League summit, Setting
This, according to scholars, seemed an “indication that Saudi Arabia was keen to promote the cause of Arab unity.”  Ambassador Mohamed Qattan, Saudi permanent representative to the Arab League, said, “The ongoing developments in the Arab region and the critical situation that the Arab peoples are passing through has prompted the Saudi monarch to call for the convocation of the summit in Riyadh rather than Sharm El-Sheikh.”  Egyptian leaders did not publicly questioning the matter.


2007 Arab League summit, Setting
The venue, date and agenda of the annual Arab summit have always been an issue of contention, speculation and controversy. When Arab leaders met in Cairo in October 2000 to adopt a resolution proposing the annual convocation of the Arab summit, they decided that the chairmanship of the summit would be rotated among the 22 member states of the League, and that the summit should convene at the headquarters of the Arab League unless the chair wished to host it. In March 2001, Jordan chaired and hosted the Arab summit. This, however, was the first and last time in which the convocation of the Arab summit was a smooth operation.


2007 Arab League summit, Setting
A major issue that marred the 2007 Arab League summit was the absence of Libya. According to Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgham, Libya boycotted the summit in protest of the lack of “seriousness” of Arab countries. "All the Arabs now consider Iran to be the main enemy and have forgotten Israel," said Shalgham. While Arabs "keep pressing the Palestinians to respond to the conditions of the (Middle East) Quartet, no one presses Israel." In January 2007, Moussa traveled to Libya to discuss the matter with Libyan leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi.


2007 Arab League summit, Setting
Moussa aimed to secure Libya's participation in the Riyadh summit but ultimately failed. Libya's absence has also been attributed to a public quarrel that al-Gaddafi had with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia in 2003 over the United States military presence in the region. Gaddafi would later go on to once again publicly reject the Arab Peace Initiative, stating: "The Arab initiative is nothing more than an Arab scheme, these massacres (in Gaza) were caused because of it. It has encouraged the enemy to do it. We should be ashamed of such proposals."


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The 19th annual Arab League summit reaffirmed the Arab Peace Initiative first adopted in 2002 (also known as the Beirut Declaration). Arab leaders at the summit urged Israel to accept this initiative. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said that the plan would have a strong chance of winning international support and of reviving Israeli–Arab peace talks if adopted unanimously by all Arab leaders.


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The plan, moreover, set up a mechanism to promote the peace plan that would pave the way for Arab countries with no ties to Israel, including Saudi Arabia, to open channels of communications with the Jewish state—a longtime goal for various presidential administrations in the United States. The peace initiative, as Middle Eastern scholars explain, was considered a "great leap from historical resolutions of 1964 and 1967, which had vowed to destroy Israel." Under the plan, Arab nations would recognize Israel if Israel withdrew from land it occupied in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Moreover, the plan allows for the creation of a Palestinian state—with its capital in East Jerusalem—and the return of Palestinian refugees based on United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194. The final draft of the plan, moreover, avoided mentioning the phrase "right of return", which has been a point of contention in all previous peace talks; instead it called for a "just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem."


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
In 2002, Israel immediately rejected the plan. In 2007, however, Israel initially acted more receptively to the reaffirmed Arab League initiative. Nevertheless, the foreign policy spokesman for Israel's right-wing Likud party, Zalman Shoval, explained "Israel could never accept the parts of the plan that call for the return of refugees who had lived in the territory of pre-1967 Israel." Furthermore, Shoval added, "If 300,000–400,000, or maybe a million, Palestinians would invade the country, that would be the end of the state of Israel as a Jewish state."


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
According to the scholar, Roger Hardy, the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative was revived "because it is a starting point on the Palestinian issue that most parties can accept—although with reservations." Moreover, some have speculated that the re-initialization of the peace plan was a move to counter Iran's growing influence in the region. It was widely viewed by scholars around the world that it would be in Israel's best interest to act respectfully to Saudi Arabia's supremacy in Middle East affairs, especially if Arab states begin to line up behind an anti-Iranian position. Through positive actions, Israel could eventually become accepted into the Arab world.


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative
Differences of principle between Israel and Arab League members over some of the elements in the proposed arrangement made it difficult to translate the initiative into an actual agreement. Moreover, the absence of an authoritative Palestinian interlocutor was another impediment to achieving peace through the Arab Peace Initiative. The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, supported the initiative, but Hamas leaders refrained from endorsing even the conditional readiness to recognize Israel.


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative
As part of an effort to bridge that gap and lay the foundation for a unified Palestinian delegation, pre-Summit preparations included diplomatic steps to establish a Palestinian national unity government. That government was sworn in on March 17, 2007 on the basis of the agreement reached in Mecca under the aegis of the so-called "Arab Quartet"—Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates.


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative
The national unity government's policy guidelines include detailed political positions, including an obligation to create a Palestinian state in the territories captured by Israel in 1967 and the recognition of Arab Summit conference resolutions over the years. To that list was added Palestinian recognition of Israel, which Hamas refused to embrace. In addition, Hamas continually demands a "right of return" for all Palestinians who fled or were driven out of what is now Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was quoted by Saudi media as urging Arab leaders ahead of the summit not to make concessions on the demand for the Palestinian refugees to return home. Hamas refuses to recognize Israel, but Palestinian officials have agreed not to go against the peace plan. Moreover, on the eve of the Riyadh summit, American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice persuaded Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Abbas to agree to meet on a regular basis, but Israel maintained its economic embargo on the Palestinian government and its military pressure in the territory of the Palestinian Authority. These measures were viewed as a means to either weaken Hamas or, alternatively, to encourage a change in its position vis-à-vis Israel.


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative
The power struggle in Palestine will, consequently, make it impossible to implement any security understandings reached in the past or future between Israel and Abbas. The official statement from the Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesman said, "Israel is sincerely interested in pursuing a dialogue with those Arab states that desire peace with Israel, this in order to promote a process of normalization and cooperation. Israel hopes that the Riyadh Summit will contribute to this effort." Furthermore, the Israeli spokesman explained, "Israel also believes that moderate Arab states can fill a positive role by encouraging regional cooperation, and supporting the Israeli–Palestinian track.


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative
A dialogue between these states and Israel can contribute to this end." Many Israelis were disenchanted, however, especially when remembering the results of previous Arab League summits and the current Hamas-dominated Palestinian leadership. The hope, however, is that the political partnership with Fatah will move Hamas closer to the center of Palestinian politics. Moreover, the revival of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative is clearly a product of inter-Arab politics that reflects hope for a peaceful conclusion to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Resolution to Tensions in Iraq
Leaders of the Arab League present at the Riyadh Summit in 2007 hoped to achieve security and stability in Iraq. The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari revealed that draft laws in support of Iraq would arise at the Riyadh summit. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani expressed optimism for the possibilities of such laws. Leaders at the summit stated that "Iraq's stability and overcoming of its present crisis required a balanced political and security solution addressing the causes of the crisis and weeding out the roots of terrorism and sectarian sedition."


2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Resolution to Tensions in Iraq
Moreover, the leaders stressed, "The Arab perception of a political and security solution for the challenges faced by Iraq is based on respect for Iraq’s unity, sovereignty, independence and Arab-Islamic identity." Furthermore, Arab leaders at the Riyadh summit stressed that the establishment of security and stability is the sole responsibility of the Iraqi national unity government, constitutional institutions, and political leaders. Also, the summit strongly condemned the acts of terror against the Iraqi people and their institutions. Moreover, leaders showed their support for the Iraqi government's efforts to reorganize its security institutions on nationalistic and professional basis, calling for effective Arab participation in these efforts. Furthermore, leaders urged member states to write off debts owed by Iraq.


2007 Arab League summit, Other areas of negotiation
The member-states at the Riyadh conference asserted that Arab states should fully tackle issues of Arab national security. Furthermore, sources and forms of political, security, economic, cultural, and social threats from both inside and outside the Arab world would be taken into consideration. Moreover, the conference:


2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath
Through the Riyadh Summit, Arab leaders “re-launched their blueprint for peace in the Middle East.”   As the Riyadh Declaration shows, leaders of the Arab  world hoped to “reexamine their state of affairs.”  Islam, moreover, was used as a uniting factor to achieve peace:


2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath
“We are inspired by our religious and Arab values that renounce all forms of immoderation, extremism and racism; and stressing the aims of boosting the Arab identity, deepening its cultural bases, and continuing its open humanistic message, while facing the challenges and risks threatening to re-schematize the state of affairs in the region, dissolve the common Arab identity, and undermine the connections that bind us.”


2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath
Throughout its history, Professor of Middle East Studies, Roger Owen explains, “the Arab League has acted as though the Arab states should conduct their relations in terms more of notions of brotherhood than of protocol.”   Moreover, the leaders at Riyadh explain, “We are all, leaders, officials and citizens; parents and children; partners in drawing our own destiny and preserving our identity, culture, values and interests. Dangerous challenges can only increase the resolve and faith of great nations. The Arab nation is capable, with God’s help, to achieve the security, dignity, and prosperity it deserves when it unifies its ranks and strengthens its joint actions.”


2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath
To date, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has “not agreed to fully-fledged negotiations over the three main final status issues – borders, the status of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees – as proposed by Mr. Abbas. Israeli officials said any commitment now could raise expectations and lead to further violence if talks broke down.”


2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath
Moreover, Saudi Arabia still has not created diplomatic ties with Israel because of Israel's continued negative treatment of Palestinians.


2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath
The situation in Iraq is still grim; stability still has not been achieved.


2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath
In many ways, it is too soon to tell whether the Riyadh Summit of 2007 has had long-lasting positive effects on tensions in the Middle East. Its resolutions, however, were a positive step in the right direction.


2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath
Upon completion of the summit meeting, leaders of the Arab League decided to reconvene for the 20th Arab League summit in Syria in March 2008.


2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships
The 2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition for under-18 athletes from Arab countries. Organised by the Arab Athletic Federation, it took place in the Syrian capital of Damascus from 27–29 June. A total of thirty-nine events were contested, of which 20 by male and 19 by female athletes, matching the programme of the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics bar the exclusion of a girls' steeplechase event.


2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships
Four athletes achieved individual doubles at the tournament. On the boys' side, Saudi athlete Hamada Al-Bishi achieved a novel 100 metres/400 metre hurdles double, Sudan's Awad El Karim Makki took both 200 metres and 400 metres titles, and Ismail Al Saffar of Kuwait took both gold medals in the horizontal jumps. The sole girl to win two individual titles was Souheir Bouali of Algeria, who won both short sprints. She went on to become a senior champion at the 2013 Arab Athletics Championships six years later.


2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships
Morocco, which had dominated the inaugural edition in 2004, was absent from the competition. Egypt topped the medal table with eight golds among its haul of 21 medals. Sudan achieved the second highest tally of gold medals with six. The host nation Syria won the most overall medals with 22 and ranked joint-third on gold medals with five – a number also reached by both Algeria and Tunisia. Fourteen nations reached the medal table.


2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships
Unlike some of the athletes of the previous edition, no medallists in Damascus reached the podium at the following World Youth Championships. Sudan's sprint champion Makki and boys' discus throw winner Hamid Mansour went on to win medals at the 2009 World Youth Championships, however.


2007 Arab Youth Volleyball Championship
The 2007 Arab Youth Volleyball Championship was held in Latakia, Syria from 16 August to 24 August, 2007.


2007 Arab Youth Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
Qatar (Defending Champion) Syria (Host) Bahrain Iraq Yemen United Arab Emirates


2007 Aragonese regional election
The 2007 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Cortes of the autonomous community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


2007 Aragonese regional election
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had ruled Aragon since the 1999 election, saw an increase of three seats and obtained its best result since the 1983 election in terms of votes received. The People's Party (PP) also managed to slightly increase its vote share and gained one seat. On the other hand, the Aragonese Union (CHA) lost ground for the first time, losing 5 of its 9 seats and falling behind the Aragonese Party (PAR), which regained third place and increased its vote share for the first time since the 1987 election. United Left (IU) held its single seat and increased its vote share for the first time since 1995.


2007 Aragonese regional election
The PSOE and PAR renewed their coalition administration for a third consecutive time, resulting in Marcelino Iglesias being re-elected as regional President for a third term in office.


2007 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Cortes of Aragon were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Aragon, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Aragonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Aragon and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


2007 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 67 members of the Cortes of Aragon were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 13 seats, with the remaining 28 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations on the condition that the seat to population ratio in the most populated province did not exceed 2.75 times that of the least populated one.


2007 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


2007 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Election date
After legal amendments in 2007, fixed-term mandates were abolished, instead allowing the term of the Cortes of Aragon to expire after an early dissolution. The election Decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of Aragon, with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 25 May 2007. The election Decree was required to be published no later than 1 May 2007, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Cortes on Sunday, 24 June 2007.


2007 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Election date
The President of the Government had the prerogative to dissolve the Cortes of Aragon and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.


2007 Aragonese regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 34 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Aragon.


2007 Archery World Cup
The 2007 Archery World Cup was the second edition of the Archery World Cup, organised by the World Archery Federation. The first leg was held in Ulsan, South Korea, the second leg in Varese, Italy, the third at Antalya Centennial Archery Field in Antalya, Turkey and the final leg was held in Dover, United Kingdom.


2007 Archery World Cup
The best individual and mixed performers in each discipline over the three legs then joined host representatives in qualifying for the World Cup Finals, which were contested on in Dubai, UAE.


2007 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring
The compound legs consisted of a 50m qualification round of 72 arrows, followed by the compound round at 50m on a 6-zone target face, using cumulative scoring for all individual, team and mixed competitions. The top four individual performers (with no more than two from each country) proceeded to the finals.


2007 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring
The recurve legs consisted of a FITA qualification round, followed by a 72m Olympic set system . The top seven individual performers (with no more than two from each country), plus one host nation representative if not already qualified, proceeded to the finals; the top mixed team performer proceeded to face the host nation at the finals, which were the same competition format as the legs. The team competition was not competed at the finals.


2007 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring
Competitors' top three scores go towards qualification. The scores awarded in the legs were as follows:


2007 Arena Football League season
The 2007 Arena Football League season was the 21st season of the Arena Football League. The regular season began play on March 1, 2007 and concluded on June 25. The league broke its regular-season total attendance record of 1,887,054.


2007 Arena Football League season
Following a year-long hiatus last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans VooDoo franchise resumed play this season to return the league to a 19-team format. New Orleans also hosted ArenaBowl XXI.


2007 Arena Football League season
The league champions were the San Jose SaberCats, who defeated the Columbus Destroyers in ArenaBowl XXI.


2007 Arena Football League season, Statistics, Running backs
*McPherson is a Quarterback, he was on the rushing yards list at arenafootball.com


2007 Arena Football League season, Statistics, Special teams, Kicking
*Set AFL record for tackles by a Kicker with 15.5.


2007 Argentine general election
Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, 28 October 2007, and elections for provincial governors took place on staggered dates throughout the year. For the national elections, each of the 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are considered electoral districts. Voter turnout was 76.2%. Buenos Aires Province Senator and First Lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of the Front for Victory won the election by 45.28% of votes against Elisa Carrió of Civic Coalition ARI, making her the second female president of Argentina and the first female president to be directly elected.


2007 Argentine general election
Cristina Kirchner broke the 40 percent barrier and won in the first round. Elisa Carrió won in the city of Buenos Aires and came second with more than 20 percent of the votes. Third was Roberto Lavagna, who won in Córdoba.


2007 Argentine general election, Background
Elections for a successor to President Néstor Kirchner were held in October. Kirchner had declined to run for a second term.


2007 Argentine general election, Background
In addition to the President, each district elected a number of members of the Lower House (the Chamber of Deputies) roughly proportional to their population, and eight districts elected members to the Argentine Senate, where each district is entitled to three senators (two for the majority, one for the largest minority party). In most provinces, the national elections were conducted in parallel with local ones, whereby a number of municipalities elect legislative officials (concejales) and in some cases also a mayor (or the equivalent executive post). Each provincial election follows local regulations and some, such as Tucumán, hold municipal elections on other dates in the year.


2007 Argentine general election, Background
According to the rules for elections in Argentina, to win the presidential election without needing a "ballotage" round, a candidate needs either more than 45% of the valid votes, or more than 40% of the valid votes with a margin of 10 points from the runner-up. Following months of speculation, and despite high approval ratings, President Kirchner confirmed his decision to forfeit the 2007 race, and the ruling Front for Victory (FpV), a center-left Peronist Party, nominated the First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, on July 19. Acknowledging the support of a growing number of UCR figures ("K Radicals") to the populist policies advanced by Kirchnerism, the FpV nominated Mendoza Province Governor Julio Cobos as her running mate.


2007 Argentine general election, Background
The ideologically diverse field also included former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna (who broke with Kirchner in late 2005, obtained the endorsement of the UCR, and ran slightly to the right of the FpV), Elisa Carrió (a center-left Congresswoman close to the Catholic Church), and numerous conservatives and socialists; in all, fourteen candidates registered for the election. The UCR, for the first time since it first ran in a presidential campaign in 1892, joined a coalition (Lavagna's UNA) rather than nominate its own candidate.


2007 Argentine general election, Background
The President, who had maintained high approval ratings throughout his term on the heels of a strong recovery in the Argentine economy, was beset by controversies during 2007, including Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno's firing of Graciela Bevacqua (the INDEC statistician overseeing inflation data), allegations of Planning Minister Julio de Vido's involvement in a Skanska bribery case, and the "suitcase scandal." These controversies, however, did not ultimately overshadow positive consumer sentiment and a generally high presidential job approval.


2007 Argentine general election, Background
The Front for Victory's candidate, Senator and First Lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, maintained a comfortable lead in polling during the campaign. Her opponents focused on forcing her into a ballotage. However, with 13 challengers splitting the vote, Fernández won a decisive first-round victory with 45.3% of the valid votes, more than 22 points ahead of runner-up Carrió. She won in every province or district except San Luis (won by Alberto Rodríguez Saá), Córdoba (won by Lavagna), and the City of Buenos Aires (won by Carrió). Carrió, who obtained 23%, made history as the first runner-up to another woman in a national election in the Americas.


2007 Argentine general election, Presidential candidates
A total of 14 candidates were on the presidential ballot, although only 3 or 4 garnered statistically significant amounts of support in polls. The candidates were as follows:


2007 Argentine general election, Results, Governors
The elections for governors took place in ten provinces in September, which were won in six provinces by Kirchner's Front for Victory. Hermes Binner was elected governor of Santa Fe, defeating Peronist Rafael Bielsa, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pres. Néstor Kirchner. Binner thus became the first Socialist governor in Argentina's history and the first non-Justicialist elected governor of that province. Center-left Fabiana Ríos (ARI) became the first woman elected governor in Argentina, winning an upset in Tierra del Fuego Province, while the moderately conservative Mauricio Macri was elected Mayor of Buenos Aires (an office similar to governor) in June 2007.


2007 Argentine general election, Results, Governors
Corrientes Province and Santiago del Estero Province did not have elections for governors in 2007, as they had already taken place in 2005.


2007 Argyll and Bute Council election
Elections to Argyll and Bute Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 11 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 36 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season
The 2007 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 88th in the National Football League, their 20th in Arizona and their first under head coach Ken Whisenhunt. They improved upon their 5–11 record in 2006 after finishing last place in the NFC West, by finishing 8–8, but the failure of the Cardinals to qualify for the Super Bowl marked the 23rd consecutive year in which the Super Bowl did not include the team in whose region the game was being played, Only in Super Bowl XIV and Super Bowl XIX has this ever occurred.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season
Two losses to the San Francisco 49ers, who won only five games that season, came back to haunt them in the end, as they were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the ninth straight season. Nonetheless, Pro Football Reference argues that the 2007 Cardinals had the easiest schedule of any non-playoff team since the 1965 Eagles: they never opposed any team with a better record than 10–6 in any of their sixteen games.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Offseason, Head coach
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt will be entering his first year of his term with the Cardinals. He was previously the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Whisenhunt signed a contract with the Cardinals on January 14, 2007 after the Cardinals released former head coach Dennis Green.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Schedule
In the 2007 regular season, the Cardinals’ non-divisional, conference opponents were primarily from the NFC South, although they also played the Washington Redskins from the NFC East, and the Detroit Lions from the NFC North. Their non-conference opponents were from the AFC North.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1
The Cardinals began their 2007 campaign on the road against their NFC West foe, the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as 49ers RB Frank Gore got a 6-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Cardinals took the lead with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 35-yard field goal, while RB Edgerrin James got a 7-yard TD run. San Francisco would tie the game with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 33-yard field goal.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1
In the third quarter, the 49ers regained the lead with Nedney kicking a 30-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals retook the lead with QB Matt Leinart completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. However, late in the game, the Cards' defense failed to hold off San Francisco's ensuing drive, which ended with WR Arnaz Battle getting a 1-yard TD run. With just over :20 seconds left in the game, Arizona had one final chance to save the game. Leinart's pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald was intercepted by 49ers CB Shawntae Spencer.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1
With the heartbreaking loss, the Cardinals began their season at 0–1.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1
Q1 – SF – 11:24 – Frank Gore 6-yard TD run (Joe Nedney kick) (SF 7–0)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1
Q2 – ARI – 12:55 – Neil Rackers 35-yard FG (SF 7–3)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1
Q2 – ARI – 9:15 – Edgerrin James 7-yard TD run (Rackers kick) (ARI 10–7)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1
Q2 – SF – 3:40 – Joe Nedney 33-yard FG (10–10)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1
Q3 – SF – 11:20 – Joe Nedney 30-yard FG (SF 13–10)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1
Q4 – ARI – 6:46 – 5-yard TD pass from Matt Leinart to Anquan Boldin (Rackers kick) (ARI 17–13)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1
Q4 – SF – 0:26 – Arnaz Battle 1-yard TD run (Nedney kick) (SF 20–17)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
Hoping to rebound from their tough divisional road loss to the 49ers, the Cardinals played their Week 2 homeopener against another NFC West foe, the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, the Cards took to the skies first with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 28-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Arizona continued to pound away with QB Matt Leinart completing a 30-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope, along RB Edgerrin James getting a 17-yard TD run. The Seahawks would get their only score of the half with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 24-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
In the third quarter, the Cardinals' lead was gone with Seattle RB Shaun Alexander getting a 16-yard TD run and kicker Josh Brown getting a 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cards trailed as Brown got another 28-yard field goal. Arizona responded with Rackers kicking a 52-yard field goal. Late in the game, the Cards defense managed to recover a Seahawk fumble. It would eventually turn into Rackers' 4th career game-winning field goal as made it from 42 yards out as time ran out.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
Q1 – ARZ – 1:27 – Neil Rackers 28-yard FG (ARZ 3–0)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
Q2 – ARZ – 14:07 – Leonard Pope 30-yard pass from Matt Leinart (Neil Rackers kick) (ARZ 10–0)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
Q2 – ARZ – 5:43 – Edgerrin James 17-yard run (Neil Rackers kick) (ARZ 17–0)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
Q2 – SEA – 1:16 – Nate Burleson 24-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Josh Brown kick) (ARZ 17–7)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
Q3 – SEA – 8:42 – Shaun Alexander 16-yard run (Josh Brown kick) (ARZ 17–14)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
Q3 – SEA – 3:34 – Josh Brown 28-yard FG (17–17)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
Q4 – SEA – 9:52 – Josh Brown 28-yard FG (SEA 20–17)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
Q4 – ARZ – 4:44 – Neil Rackers 52-yard FG (20–20)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2
Q4 – ARZ – 0:01 – Neil Rackers 42-yard FG (ARZ 23–20)


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 3
Coming off their divisional home win over the Seahawks, the Cardinals flew to M&T Bank Stadium for an intraconference "bird" battle with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, the Ravens flew first with kicker Matt Stover getting a 21-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Ravens increased their lead with Stover's 28-yard field goal.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 3
Arizona would manage to get on the board with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 48-yard field goal, yet Baltimore managed to put more and more distance from the Cards with QB Steve McNair completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason, along with WR/PR Yamon Figurs returning a punt 75 yards for a touchdown.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 3
In the third quarter, the Cardinals managed to get a 40-yard field goal from Rackers, yet the Ravens continued its domination with Stover getting a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, with QB Matt Leinart being ineffective, back-up QB Kurt Warner came in and ignited the Cards' offense with a 5-yard TD pass and a 32-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. Afterwards, Arizona tied the game with Rackers getting a 41-yard field goal. The Ravens got a last-second win with Stover nailing a 46-yard field goal.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 4
Trying to rebound from their road loss to the Ravens, the Cardinals went home for another interconference fight, as they would face the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed as Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 43-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes for the only score of the quarter. However, in the third quarter, the Cards started to fight back. As starting QB Matt Leinart struggled, back-up QB Kurt Warner came in and completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban for the only score of the period.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 4
In the fourth quarter, Leinart was put back in and the Cardinals didn't miss a beat as rookie WR Steve Breaston returned a punt 73 yards for a touchdown, along with RB Edgerrin James getting a 2-yard TD pass. However, Pittsburgh retaliated as Roethlisberger and Holmes hooked up with each other again on a 7-yard TD pass. Afterwards, Arizona held off an attempt to tie the game and won.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 5
Coming off their impressive home win over the Steelers, the Cardinals flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 5 divisional duel with the winless St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early with Rams kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 46-yard field goal. The Cards would tie the game with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 50-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Cardinals trailed again with QB Gus Frerotte completing a 16-yard TD pass to WR Drew Bennett.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 5
Arizona would tie the game with RB Edgerrin James fumbling at the 1-yard line and OG Reggie Wells recovering the fumble in the endzone for a touchdown. However, on the Cards next possession, QB Matt Leinart was sacked by MLB Will Witherspoon, causing his left collarbone to get broken, getting him out for the rest of the game. Back-up QB Kurt Warner (former Rams QB) came in for the rest of the game. Afterwards, St. Louis would respond with Wilkins kicking a 35-yard field goal. Afterwards, Arizona would end the half with Warner getting a 1-yard TD run.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 5
In the third quarter, the Rams retook the lead with Frerotte completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. Afterwards, the Cards would tie the game with Rackers getting a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cards increased its lead with CB Roderick Hood returning an interception 68 yards for a touchdown. St. Louis tried to pass the Cardinals for the lead as Wilkins got a 31-yard field goal. Arizona increased its lead with Warner's 7-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. The Rams would get close with Frerotte's 29-yard TD pass to TE Randy McMichael, followed up with a successful two-point conversion pass from Frerotte to Holt. The Cards would emerge victorious.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 6
Coming off their divisional road win over the Rams, the Cardinals went home for a Week 6 intraconference game against the Carolina Panthers and QB Vinny Testaverde, whom Arizona tried to sign for to back up Warner, yet failed. Backing up Warner for the remainder of the year would be QB Tim Rattay, whom the Cards recently signed.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 6
In the first quarter, the Cardinals trailed early as Panthers kicker John Kasay kicked a 33-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Arizona continued to trail as Kasay gave Carolina a 43-yard field goal. The Cards would take the lead with RB Edgerrin James getting a 23-yard TD run. In the third quarter, the Panthers jumped back in front again with Kasay getting a 24-yard field goal. Arizona would retake the lead with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 50-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cards lost control as Carolina took control with Testaverde completing a 65-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith, Kasay nailing a 45-yard field goal, and RB DeAngelo Williams getting a 13-yard TD run.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 6
With the loss, not only did the Cardinals fall to 3–3, but starting QB Kurt Warner (2/2 for 21 yards) left the game in the first quarter with a strained left elbow.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 7
Hoping to rebound from their home loss to the Panthers, the Cardinals flew to FedExField for a Week 7 duel with former division rival Washington Redskins. QB Kurt Warner got the start, despite having a torn left elbow ligament.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 7
In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as Redskins RB Clinton Portis got a 2-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, things got worse for the Cards as Warner's second interception was returned by LB London Fletcher 27 yards for a touchdown. Arizona would finally respond as Warner threw a 2-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin (with a failed PAT).


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 7
In the third quarter, the Cards continued to struggle as Portis gave Washington a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Arizona managed to draw close with Warner and Boldin hooking up with each other again on a 10-yard TD pass, along with back-up QB Tim Rattay completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope (with a failed 2-point conversion). The Cards would recover their onside kick and even get into position to get a game-winning 55-yard field goal from kicker Neil Rackers. The kick went wide left, securing their second-straight loss.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 7
With the loss, the Cardinals entered their bye week at 3–4.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 9
Coming off their bye week, the Cardinals flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 9 intraconference duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, the Cards flew first with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 47-yard field goal. However, the Buccaneers took the lead with QB Jeff Garcia completing a 37-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway. In the second quarter, Arizona continued to struggle as Tampa Bay kicker Matt Bryant nailed a 32-yard field goal for the only score of the period.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 9
In the third quarter, the Cardinals continued to trail as Buccaneers RB Earnest Graham got a 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Arizona began to fight back as RB Edgerrin James got a 3-yard TD run. Late in the game, during the Cards last offensive drive, QB Kurt Warner would get intercepted by Safety Jermaine Phillips. Even though replays clearly showed that he didn't stay in bounds, Arizona was out of timeouts and therefore were unable to challenge the play. It would be remembered as the most controversial call in 2007.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 10
Trying to snap a three-game losing skid, the Cardinals went home for a Week 10 duel with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as Lions RB Kevin Jones got a 4-yard TD run. The Cards would reply with kicker Neil Rackers nailing a 23-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Cardinals took the lead with QB Kurt Warner completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald, while back-up QB Tim Rattay completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 10
In the third quarter, Arizona continued its scorching as Warner completed a 16-yard TD pass to Pope. Detroit would respond with Kitna completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Roy Williams. In the fourth quarter, the Cards pulled away with Warner and Fitzgerald hooking up with each other again on a 20-yard TD pass. The Lions' last score would be another 7-yard TD pass from Kitna to Williams.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 11
Coming off their home win over the Lions, the Cardinals flew to Paul Brown Stadium for a Week 11 interconference duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, the Cards trailed early as Bengals QB Carson Palmer completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Arizona responded via CB Antrel Rolle returning an interception 55 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Bengals responded with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 41-yard field goal. The Cardinals would take the lead with QB Kurt Warner completing a 44-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. Cincinnati tried to reply as Graham kicked a 38-yard field goal. Arizona answered with Warner completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 11
In the third quarter, the Cards increased their lead with RB Edgerrin James getting a 3-yard TD run. The Bengals tried to come back as Palmer completed a 37-yard to WR Chris Henry, while RB DeDe Dorsey returning a blocked punt 19 yards for a touchdown. Arizona held to win as Rolle returned his second interception 54 yards for a touchdown.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 11
Antrel Rolle, who was intercepted three times with two of these returned for touchdowns, became the 18th player in NFL history to suffer three interceptions in one game.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 12
Coming off an impressive road win over the Bengals, the Cardinals went home for a Week 12 NFC West rematch with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, the Cards took flight early as QB Kurt Warner completed a 28-yard touchdown reception to WR Larry Fitzgerald. The 49ers responded with QB Trent Dilfer completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis. In the second quarter, San Francisco took the lead via kicker Joe Nedney hitting a 19-yard field goal and running back Frank Gore getting an 11-yard TD run. Afterwards, Arizona regained the lead with RB Marcel Shipp getting a 1-yard TD run & Warner hooking up with Fitzgerald again on a 48-yard TD run.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 12
However, in the third quarter, the 49ers retook the lead with Dilfer completing a 57-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals regained the lead with QB Tim Rattay completing a 2-yard TD pass to rookie TE Ben Patrick. Afterwards, San Francisco got the lead again with Gore getting a 35-yard TD run. Then, the Cards tied the game with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 19-yard field goal. In overtime, Arizona had a chance to win the game with a 32-yard field goal.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 12
The kick was good, but a delay of game penalty wiped it away. On the second try, Rackers missed it wide left. In the end, the 49ers got the win with Warner fumbling the ball after getting hit in his endzone and LB Tully Banta-Cain fall on it for the touchdown and the win.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 12
With the loss, the Cardinals fell to 5–6, despite Warner throwing a career-best 484 yards.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 13
Hoping to rebound from their tough divisional home loss to the 49ers, the Cardinals stayed at home for a Week 13 interconference duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Arizona jumped out to an early lead as CB Roderick Hood returned an interception 71 yards for a touchdown, along with QB Kurt Warner's 5-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope. The Browns would get on the board with kicker Phil Dawson getting a 37-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Cleveland drew close as QB Derek Anderson completed a 6-yard TD pass to RB Jamal Lewis for the only score of the period.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 13
In the third quarter, the Cards responded with Warner completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Bryant Johnson. However, the Browns drew closer as Anderson completed a 67-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards (with WR/KR/PR Joshua Cribbs completing a 2-point conversion pass to TE Kellen Winslow). In the fourth quarter, Arizona added on to its lead with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 33-yard field goal, while Dawson gave Cleveland a 22-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Cards increased its lead with Rackers nailing a 19-yard field goal. However, the Browns had one final shot towards the end zone. Anderson's pass to Winslow ended up being caught out of bounds. Replays seemed to indicate Winslow was forced out, which would have been good for a touchdown had it been called on the field. But force-outs are not reviewable, so the touchdown did not count and the Cardinals survived.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 14
Coming off their home win over the Browns, the Cardinals flew to Qwest Field for a Week 14 NFC West rematch with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as Seahawks kicker Josh Brown managed to get a 23-yard field goal, along with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson. In the second quarter, the Cards continued to trail as Hasselbeck completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Engram and a 17-yard TD pass to WR Deion Branch. The Cardinals would get on the board as QB Kurt Warner completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Bryant Johnson, yet Seattle increased their lead prior to halftime with Brown kicking a 41-yard field goal.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 14
In the third quarter, the Cards tried to rally as Warner completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban for the only score of the period. However, in the fourth quarter, the Seahawks pulled away as Hasselbeck completed a 3-yard TD pass to TE Marcus Pollard, RB Josh Scobey tackling Cardinals punter Mitch Berger in the end zone for a safety, and CB Marcus Trufant returning an interception 84 yards for a touchdown (with a failed PAT). Arizona tried to come back as Warner completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. However, Seattle's defense was too much to overcome.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 14
During this game, Kurt Warner threw a career-worst five interceptions.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 15
Hoping to recover from their divisional road loss to the Seahawks, the Cardinals flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, the Cardinals took flight as QB Kurt Warner completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Troy Bienemann. The Saints responded with QB Drew Brees completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston. In the second quarter, Arizona trailed as RB Aaron Stecker got a 1-yard TD run. The Cardinals would tie the game Warner completing an 18-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. However, New Orleans took the lead with Brees completing a 32-yard TD pass to WR David Patten.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 15
In the third quarter, the Saints increased their lead as RB Aaron Stecker managed to get a 6-yard TD run. The Cards would sneak closer as Warner completed a 3-yard TD pass to rookie TE Ben Patrick. However, New Orleans answered with kicker Martín Gramática getting a 31-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Arizona tried to mount a comeback as kicker Neil Rackers nailed a 26-yard field goal. However, the Saints defense was too much to overcome.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 15
The Cardinals were officially eliminated from playoff contention the next day, after the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Chicago Bears, meaning again that the home team hosting the Super Bowl would not be participating therein.


2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 17
With the win, the Cardinals improved to 8–8. The 29-point victory allowed the Cardinals to finish the season with a positive point differential (404 scored, 399 allowed) for the first time since 1993.


2007 Arizona Diamondbacks season
The Arizona Diamondbacks' 2007 season started with the Diamondbacks attempting to win the NL West Division. The Arizona Diamondbacks' biggest move in the offseason was when, on January 9, 2007, they got their 2001 World Series co-MVP back, pitcher Randy Johnson after making a blockbuster deal with the New York Yankees, sending to New York relief pitcher Luis Vizcaíno and three other prospects. However, Johnson suffered from injuries and underwent season-ending surgery in early August. Despite Johnson's absence and the fact they had fewer runs scored (712) than runs allowed (732), the Diamondbacks had the best record in the National League (90-72), notching their first National League West title since 2002 and their first winning record since 2003.


2007 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G=Games played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs scored; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; AVG=Batting average; SB=Stolen bases


2007 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; G=Games pitched; GS=Games started; SV=Saves; IP=Innings pitched; R=Runs allowed; ER=Earned runs allowed; BB=Walks allowed; K=Strikeouts


2007 Arizona Rattlers season
The 2007 Arizona Rattlers season was the 16th season for the franchise. They looked to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with an 8–8 record. They finished 4–12 record and missed the playoffs.


2007 Arizona Rattlers season, Coaching
Gene Nudo entered his second season as the head coach of the Rattlers.


2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.


2007 Arizona Sting season
The Arizona Sting are a lacrosse team based in Phoenix, Arizona playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 7th in franchise history and 4th as the Sting (formerly the Columbus Landsharks).


2007 Arizona Sting season
In 2007, the Sting finished 3rd in the west, but defeated both Calgary and San Jose in the playoffs to make it to the Championship game for the second time in three years. The East division champion Rochester Knighthawks won home field advantage but due to scheduling problems in Rochester, the Sting hosted the championship game. The Knighthawks defeated the Sting 13-11 to win their first NLL Championship in ten years.


2007 Arizona Sting season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2007 Arizona Sting season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2007 Arizona Sting season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2007 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 2007 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season.


2007 Arizona Wildcats softball team
The 2007 Arizona Wildcats softball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2007 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wildcats were coached by Mike Candrea, who led his twenty-second season. The Wildcats finished with a record of 50–14–1. They played their home games at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 15–5–1 record.


2007 Arizona Wildcats softball team
The Wildcats were invited to the 2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the Regional and Super Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their eighth (and, to date, their most recent) NCAA Women's College World Series Championship.


2007 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season
The 2007 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season was the 10th season of the highest classification of high school boys soccer in Arkansas since being sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association. It was the first soccer season under the new classification system, in which 7A replaced AAAAA as the highest classification in the state.


2007 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season, Conference Alignment
The sixteen largest schools were divided into two conferences, 7A West and 7A Central.


2007 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season, State Playoffs
The six highest placed teams from the regular season from each of the West and Central conferences qualified to the state tournament held in Conway. The conference champions along with the second seed from each conference received a first round bye.


2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Razorbacks played six home games at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas and two home games at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas.


2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Running back Darren McFadden entered his name into the 2008 NFL Draft after the 2007 season. He left Arkansas holding most of the school's rushing records, to include rushing yards in a single game (321), a season (1,830), and a career (4,590). The single game total is also an SEC record. McFadden became only the second player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons, along with former Hog Ben Cowins. McFadden also became the second player in SEC history with three straight 1,000 yard seasons, alongside Herschel Walker.


2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Pre-season, Ranking
The 2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team was selected in the top 25 in several pre-season polls.


2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Season, Cotton Bowl Classic
On December 2, 2007, the Arkansas Razorbacks accepted the invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl Classic against the Missouri Tigers. Arkansas lost to Missouri, 38–7, and their all-time record in the Cotton Bowl Classic fell to 3–7–1.


2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Alabama
Alabama built an early 21-point lead but had to mount a come-from-behind drive in the final two minutes of the game in order to capture a 41–38 victory.


2007 Arkansas State Indians football team
The 2007 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Indians offense scored 291 points while the defense allowed 331 points.


2007 Arlington mayoral election
The 2007 Arlington mayoral election was held on May 12, 2007 to elect the mayor of Arlington, Texas. The election was officially nonpartisan. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Robert Cluck.


2007 Arlington mayoral election
If no candidate had obtained a majority of the vote, a runoff would have been held.


2007 Armed Forces Bowl
The 2007 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the California Golden Bears and the Air Force Falcons played on December 31, 2007, at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The game, which the Golden Bears won with a score of 42–36, was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32 games in the 2007–2008 bowl season.


2007 Armed Forces Bowl
The Golden Bears began the 2007 season as a favorite to contend for the Pac-10 Conference championship, but after an injury to quarterback Nate Longshore, the team earned a win–loss record of 6–6 for the regular season. The Falcons earned their first bowl bid since 2001 with a 9–3 mark, tied for second in the Mountain West Conference.


2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Game summary
The Golden Bears came out for the game without last names on the backs of their uniforms, a change from their look throughout the season. Prior to the game, Golden Bears players kick returner DeSean Jackson, wide receiver Robert Jordan, and free safety Thomas DeCoud were suspended for the first quarter of the game for violating team rules.


2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
The Golden Bears struggled early against the Falcons. The Bears had trouble in the early going of the game adjusting to the Falcons triple option offense and unpredictable line formations. Golden Bears quarterback Nate Longshore started in the first quarter, but was hampered by the absence of DeSean Jackson and Robert Jordan. Longshore completed 5 of 8 passes for 36 yards in the first quarter.


2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
As Cal coach Jeff Tedford had planned, backup quarterback Kevin Riley took over for Longshore in the second quarter. Riley completed two touchdown passes to DeSean Jackson and Lavelle Hawkins to make it 21–14 Falcons at the half.


2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Air Force quarterback Sean Carney suffered a gruesome lower body injury in the third quarter on a running play and did not return. Backup Shea Smith, who had not played all year, replaced Carney. The Falcons were limited to a pair of field goals, while Robert Jordan caught a pass for a touchdown and Justin Forsett ran in for one.


2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Forsett rushed for another in the fourth quarter, as did Riley. Air Force was limited to field goals until they capitalized on a botched kickoff return to score a touchdown with just over two minutes left, but failed to recover an onside kick.


2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Aftermath
Carney finished with one touchdown pass and 108 yards rushing. Alongside Carney, Falcons running back Jim Ollis also eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark with 101, while Forsett had 140. Riley completed 269 passing yards and was the game MVP. Cal ended the 2007 season with its first win in four games, while handing Air Force their first loss in four games.


2007 Armenian Cup
The 2007 Armenian Cup was the 16th edition of the Armenian Cup, a football competition. In 2007, the tournament had 14 participants, out of which 4 were reserve teams.


2007 Armenian Cup, Results, First round
Pyunik and Mika received byes to the quarter finals, as they were champions and cup holders respectively.


2007 Armenian Cup, Results, First round
The first legs were played on 21 and 22 March 2007. The second legs were played on 31 March and 1 April 2007.


2007 Armenian Cup, Results, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 5 and 6 April 2007. The second legs were played on 10 April 2007.


2007 Armenian Cup, Results, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 18 April 2007. The second legs were played on 1 May 2007.


2007 Armenian First League
The 2007 Armenian First League season started on 25 April 2007. The last matches were played on 6 October 2007.


2007 Armenian Premier League
The 2007 Armenian Premier League season is the sixteenth since its establishment, and started on 14 April 2007. The last matches were played on 10 November 2007. FC Pyunik were the defending champions.


2007 Armenian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007. 1,364 candidates ran for the 131 seats, 41 of which were constituency seats with the remaining 90 being filled by a proportional party-list system. The electoral threshold was five per cent.


2007 Armenian parliamentary election, Results
The BBC reported a turnout of over 60%. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe judged the elections to have "demonstrated improvement" over previous parliamentary elections, but said "the stated intention by the Armenian authorities to conduct an election in line with OSCE commitments and international standards was not fully realized."


2007 Armenian parliamentary election, Results
Critics and opposition politicians had announced their fears that the polls would not be democratic, despite officials' reassurances that the changes to the voting laws would ensure a more democratic election than the greatly criticised 2003 one.


2007 Army Black Knights football team
The 2007 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights, led by first-year head coach Stan Brock, played their home games at the Michie Stadium.


2007 Arthur Ashe Kids Day
The 2007 Arthur Ashe Kids Day was a series of exhibition matches and special events the day before the first day of the official main draws of 2007 U.S. Open. Note that results and trivia are from CBS.


2007 Arthur Ashe Kids Day, Results
While some players are not professional tennis players, matches are still played. Lets are played, and it is not a match; the person (even with one more point) who has the most points in 7 minutes wins the exhibition


2007 Artois Championships
The 2007 Artois Championships, also known as the Queen's Club Championships, was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 104th edition of the event and was held on outdoor grass courts at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, from 11 June until 17 June 2007. Second-seeded Andy Roddick won the singles title, his fourth win at the event after 2003, 2004 and 2005.


2007 Artois Championships, Finals, Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan 7–6(7–4), 7–5


2007 Artois Championships – Doubles
Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals this year.


2007 Artois Championships – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won the title, defeating Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 7–6(7–4), 7–5 in the final.


2007 Artois Championships – Singles
Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.


2007 Artois Championships – Singles
Andy Roddick won the title, defeating Nicolas Mahut 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–2) in the final.


2007 Artois Championships – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2007 Arun District Council election
The 2007 Arun District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Arun District Council in West Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2007 Ashfield District Council election
The 2007 Ashfield District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2007 Ashfield District Council election, Election result
The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council, after a net loss of 8 seats saw them reduced to 9 councillors. Among the defeated Labour councillors were 2 members of the cabinet, Jessie Parker in Sutton-in-Ashfield North and Stephen Mays in Underwood. There were 12 independent councillors elected, but it was the Liberal Democrats who made big progress, gaining 8 seats to move level with Labour on 9 seats. One of the Liberal Democrat winners, Helen Smith, became one of the youngest councillors in the country at the age of 19 after gaining a seat in Woodhouse ward.


2007 Ashford Borough Council election
Elections to Ashford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held on to overall control of the council.


2007 Asia Series
The third annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2007 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took part in the competition. The tournament was sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association and Konami Corporation. All games were held in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The Chunichi Dragons defeated the SK Wyverns in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Infielder Hirokazu Ibata was named the MVP of the series.


2007 Asia Series, Matchups, November 9
Attendance: 2,547    Time: 2:28Game ended in seventh inning due to mercy rule.


2007 Asia Series, Matchups, November 10
Attendance: 7,290    Time: 2:31Game ended in seventh inning due to mercy rule.


2007 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The 2007 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season (APRC) was an international rally championship organized by the FIA. The champion was Australian driver Cody Crocker.


2007 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships
The 2007 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships were the sixth edition of the Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from July 4 to July 9, 2007.


2007 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships
The 24th edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from June 4 to June 10, 2007 in wrestling palace of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. About 140 athletes from 20 countries and regions competed for the 11 champions during seven days.


2007 Asian Archery Championships
The 2007 Asian Archery Championships was the 15th edition of the Asian Archery Championships. The event was held in Xi'an, China from September 14 to September 20, 2007 and was organized by Asian Archery Federation.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships
The 17th Asian Athletics Championships were held on the Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan between 25 July and 29 July 2007. It was moved in the last minute from original host country Lebanon due to the unrest in that country.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships
Countries like China did not send their best athletes, instead choosing to prepare for the 2007 World Championships which were staged a month later.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 26.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25–26.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 28–29.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 26.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27–28.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind: Heat 1: +2.2 m/s, Heat 2: +1.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.2 m/s


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 28–29.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 29.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25–27.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 26–27.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 29.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27–28.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27–28.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 29.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 26.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 28.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 29.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25–26.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 29.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27–28.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27. This was the first time that this event was held at the Asian Championships.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 29.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 29.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 26–27.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 28.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 26.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 28.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25–26.


2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 28.