2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, 2004
The election returned Martin Lee and Yeung Sum of the Democratic Party, Ma Lik, and Choy So Yuk of the DAB, Audrey Eu of the Civic Party, and Rita Fan to the Council.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, Trigger
Ma Lik, who announced on 8 August 2004 that he had colon cancer, died on 8 August 2007 in Guangzhou before his term expired. According to Hong Kong laws, such vacancies have to be filled by a by-election, unless the next regular election is scheduled to be held in less than four months.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, Trigger
The Legislative Council Secretariat issued a gazette notice on 10 August 2007,  signifying that a vacancy in the Legislative Council has arisen on 8 August. Nominations would be open for two to three weeks, and there would be four to six weeks for canvassing before the election on Sunday 2 December.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, Trigger
The pan-democrats suggested that the by-election be held with the District Council election on 18 November to save on resources. The government rejected the idea, arguing that it might confuse voters. There were concerns that the government wanted to lower the turnout by holding the elections on separate days in order to create a more favorable situation for pro-government candidates.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, Trigger
Although Hong Kong legislative geographical constituencies are elected by proportional representation, the fact that there is only one vacancy turns it effectively into a first-past-the-post race. The winner serves the remainder of Ma's natural term of office, which would have expired on 30 September 2008.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders
Kam Nai Wai of the Democratic Party declared his intention to run, whereas Regina Ip, who resigned for the infamous National Security Bill tabled during her term as the security chief in the Hong Kong Government, became the sole candidate of the pro-Beijing camp.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders
The Civic Party, The Frontier of the pro-democracy camp, and the pro-Beijing HKFTU decided they would not field any candidate. Several other contenders had been mentioned by the media.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Primaries
Results of previous elections in the Hong Kong Island constituency has fuelled the expectation of 60:40 vote split between the democrats and the loyalists. As long as the pro-democratic camp coordinated successfully to nominate a single candidate, they have a higher chance of winning. To that end, the pro-democracy camp agreed to unite behind a single candidate; the Liberal Party and the DAB bargained behind closed doors. Each party or group confirmed their candidate on or before 10 September.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Primaries
The selection mechanism for the Democrat candidate consisted of primary elections which consisted of a public debate, an opinion poll and primary elections.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Primaries
On 30 September 2007, it was announced that Anson Chan had triumphed over Lo Wing-lok to be the standard-bearer for the Pan-democrats.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Official contenders
Anson Chan and Regina Ip are without doubt the front-runners in this election. Chan is supported by the pan-democrats, while Ip has the blessing of the pro-Beijing forces, and the pro-business Liberal Party.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Official contenders
Regina Ip, the former security chief in the Hong Kong Government who resigned following the 500,000-strong 2003 1 July protest, declared her intention to run on 27 September 2007. She was backed by the DAB chairman Tam Yiu Chung, Liberal Party chairman James Tien, and  Ho Chung Tai of The Alliance.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Official contenders
Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary for Administration secured the backing of the united Democratic parties. Nevertheless, Lau Yuk Shing, former member of League of Social Democrats provoked the wrath of some democrats when he broke ranks and stood.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Issues, Universal suffrage in 2012
Ip, who had previously been maintaining a "pragmatic" defense of universal suffrage for the chief executive and Legislative Council elections in 2017, said that it could be achieved by 2012 under her proposal unveiled her platform on 23 October. She emphasised her fallback plan was to delay universal Legco polls to 2016 at the latest, and 2017 for the chief executive election. Chan declared Ip's new proposal on the chief executive election a step backwards, saying it would make it harder for potential candidates.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Issues, Universal suffrage in 2012
Chan went against her core group of advisors, who had proposed in March that a delay in universal suffrage until 2016 and 2017 was acceptable, and declared that she was advocating full universal suffrage by 2012 to distinguish her from Ip's stance.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Issues, Universal suffrage in 2012
The people of Hong Kong are ready for universal suffrage and I support its implementation for the two elections in 2012 because the SAR government has failed to put forward any convincing reason for delaying this step beyond that date.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Issues, Universal suffrage in 2012
However, a local delegate to the National People's Congress, joined the fray on 4 November by saying that it was within the powers of the Central government to decide on a timetable for universal suffrage in the chief executive and the Legislative Council elections. "If Hong Kong people want universal suffrage earlier, they should show more respect for the powers of the central government" said the former lawmaker Maria Tam Wai-chu.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Debate, 8 November hustings
The eight candidates partook in a debate at University of Hong Kong's Loke Yew Hall on 8 November 2007. It was apparent that 500 members of the audience were mainly interested in the two front-runners. One of the key questions directed at Ip, asked whether she would be as uncompromising in fighting for universal suffrage by 2012 in Hong Kong as the hardline attitude she took in promoting Article 23. Ip contested the assertion that the 500,000 demonstrators took to the streets because of Article 23 legislation alone. "The 500,000 protesters took to the streets for many issues," she said. The remarks caused a stir in the crowd.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Debate, 25 November 2007
On 25 November, Ip and Chan openly traded insults and explicitly targeted each other's weakest points during the forum. Chan attacked Ip's pivotal role in the Article 23 bill as proof she was not a genuine supporter of democracy. Chan derided Ip for saying Hitler killed 7 million people after coming to power through democracy, and then saying she was fighting for universal suffrage. Chan further attacked Ip's proposal for pre-selecting the Chief Executive nominees as "a step back for democracy". Ip responded that she supports the 2012 universal suffrage since she studied in the United States, and accused Chan of being "a radical". Chan said "The people will know very clearly who is a fake democrat and who genuinely supports real democracy."


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Debate, 25 November 2007
Ip then accused Chan of stirring up confrontation when Chan asked whether her apology over Article 23 was sincere or just a strategy. Questioned on the reintroduction of Article 23, Ip said the Government should obtain public consensus.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Beijing's influence
Chan declared her hopes of being a bridge between Hong Kong and Beijing should she win the by-election. Ng Hong-man, 82-year-old veteran Hong Kong deputy of the National People's Congress, said Chan had severed ties with Beijing by her past actions. "Chan is now moving toward a head-on collision with Beijing as she has sided with the democratic opposition against Beijing."


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Beijing's influence
Ng said she infuriated Beijing leaders by being disloyal to and uncooperative with Tung Chee-hwa whilst he was chief executive; her approval of the City Hall for the assembly of the Falun Gong was also a sore point, as was Chan's accusation that the late CPPCC delegate Xu Simin's intervention over Radio Television Hong Kong had breached "one country, two systems".


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Beijing's influence
On 30 November Chan's pro-democratic supporters warned the public about the consequences of further pro-Beijing influences. Former head of ICAC and Chan's adviser Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying wrote, "I am sending out this personal appeal to you because Hong Kong is in great danger of being dominated by one voice and one party under different guises, where everyone fears expressing his or her choice and preference. This will happen sooner than we think unless we all act NOW."


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Favouritism allegations
Chan has alleged that the Government has been secretly favouring her opponent, saying that the Chief Secretary had written an email inviting policy secretaries to assist Regina Ip, although this has been denied by the Chief Executive Donald Tsang.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Favouritism allegations
Other favoritism allegations include Party vice chairman of the DAB, Lau Kong wah, who questioned whether Hong Kong police were biased in favoring the democrats, saying they made no arrest on 15 November when a DAB staff member was pushed to the ground by a Democratic party member. He alleged the pan-democrats were playing victims and creating tragedy to win sympathy for Chan's campaign.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Political gaffes
On 7 October 2007, Chan made a brief appearance at a rally to demand full democracy by 2012. She left the rally to visit her hairdresser before an engagement that evening. She was accused of lacking in political sensitivity. Whilst electioneering in November, a political analyst said Chan may have made another serious blunder by agreeing to be a sponsor for Retired Persons' Association.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Abuse of position allegations
Alex Tsui, a disgruntled former ICAC official accused Chan of obtaining a 100% mortgage to purchase a flat in 1993 when she was chief secretary, suggesting an abuse of power. A City University commentator said the issue marked the start of a smear campaign against Chan.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Campaign violence
With the unprecedented media interest raising the stakes in the contest, Ip's supporters have been waging a campaign of increasing bitterness. While Ip officially adopted "I'll do better than my best" as a campaign slogan, Chan uses "vote with your conscience" on her election posters. Ip's supporters, however, have put up banners attacking Chan personally. After their surprise victories in the District Council elections the week before, "Ip's supporters ... have escalated their dogging of Chan to the point of harassment, if not outright intimidation" according to political commentator, Michael DeGolyer.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Campaign violence
This type of direct face-to-face violence has never been seen in Hong Kong politics: a Civic Party member was sent to hospital after he was injured when an Ip supporter, a failed DAB District Council candidate, tried to snatch his mobile phone, while he took pictures of their activities. "The violence has been worse than in previous elections," Audrey Eu said. She said there had been allegations of candidates, supporters and campaign posters having been targeted; the printer of election materials had his shop damaged and a supporter's taxi had its windows smashed."


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Facebook battle & public response
After the All-eight LegCo election debate was over, Ip was asked whether she was unhappy with the jeering. Ip said that she expected criticism and that she had more than 400 friends in her Facebook account. By 21 November, the "Regina for Councillor" Facebook group grew to 530 members. Another Facebook group called "No Regina Ip Allowed" has close to 750 members. And another group called "Anson Chan for Hong Kong" had close to 2,400 members.


2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Apple Daily
Echoing fears of a low turnout which would favour the pro-Beijing camp, the pro-democracy journal Apple Daily, who had been partisan to Chan's campaign, published a special headlined "Mrs Chan's Situation in Danger" on polling day. Although some detractors claimed the publication should form part of her campaign expenditure, Chan praised Hong Kong's right to free speech.


2007 Hong Kong Sevens
The 2007 Hong Kong Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held on 30 March until 1 April 2007 in Hong Kong at the 40,000 capacity Hong Kong Stadium. The event, the fifth leg of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series, was won by Samoa.


2007 Hong Kong Sevens, The Format
The Hong Kong Sevens is unique among the IRB Sevens events in several ways.


2007 Hong Kong Sevens, The Format
First, because 24 teams compete instead of the 16 that compete in all other series events, the Hong Kong Sevens is divided into six pools instead of the normal four.


2007 Hong Kong Sevens, The Format
Also because of the expanded number of teams, the points system for this tournament is also different. Most significantly, the winning team picks up 30 points instead of the normal 20, and the runner-up earns 24 points instead of the normal 16.


2007 Hong Kong Sevens, The Format
Finally, only three trophies are awarded instead of the four in a normal IRB Sevens event. The Shield is not awarded, leaving the Bowl, Plate, and Cup. Teams are assigned to the knockout tournaments for each trophy as follows:


2007 Hong Kong Sevens, The Format
Each of the top four seeds won an IRB Sevens World Series event in the 2006-07 season, with defending Hong Kong champions England out to capture a first Cup title of the season.


2007 Hong Kong Sevens, Ticket
The public ticket sale for the Hong Kong Sevens 2007 was held in December 2006 at the Hong Kong Stadium. Hong Kong residents enjoyed the opportunity to purchase tickets for the event with the launch of the HKRFU’s local ticket campaign in October 2006, tickets sold through Hong Kong rugby clubs and other rugby stakeholders, sponsors and long-term event patrons in Hong Kong. This most recent public sale marked the final opportunity for local spectators to secure their tickets for the event.


2007 Hong Kong Super Series
The 2007 Hong Kong Super Series is the last tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series in badminton before the Super Series Final. It was held in Ma On Shan for qualifying tournament and Wan Chai for main tournament, in Hong Kong from 26 November to 2 December 2007.


2007 Hong Kong local elections
The 2007 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 18 November 2007. Elections were held to all 18 districts of Hong Kong, returned 405 members from directly elected constituencies out of total 534 councils member. A total number of 886 candidates contesting in 364 seats, while 41 seats were uncontested. A total number of 1.4 million voters cast their ballots, consisting 38% of the electorate, significantly lower than the  last elections in 2003.


2007 Hong Kong local elections
The pro-Beijing flagship party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) received the largest victory in its history, rebounding their loss from the 2003 with extra gain, taking total number of 115 seats, compared to 62 seats in the 2003 elections. The pan-democrats suffered a devastating loss, with its  electoral coalition winning only about a hundred seats out of almost 300 candidates. The pro-democracy flagship party Democratic Party was beaten in every region especially in Kowloon, losing almost half of the seats as compared to the 2003 elections.


2007 Hong Kong local elections
As a result, the pan-democrats lost control of their two traditional strongholds, Sham Shui Po and Kwai Tsing with the help of the pro-government members appointed by Chief Executive Donald Tsang to the District Councils.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Parties
In September 2007, the pan-democrats announced their plan to field 289 candidates in the election, including 138 incumbents and 136 newcomers after a process of coordination initiated by the Power for Democracy under the banner of Democratic Coalition for DC Election. After the coordination, the number constituencies with more than one pro-democratic candidates reduced from 30 to 7. The pan-democrats demanded universal suffrage and abolition of the appointed seat in the District Councils as the election platform.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Parties
The Democratic Party, the flagship pro-democratic party fielded 114 candidates, Civic Party 41, Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) 38, League of Social Democrats 28, The Frontier 15, as well as Democratic Alliance, Civic Act-up, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU), Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) and the others.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Parties
The Civic Party, derived from the Article 45 Concern Group established after the 2003 July 1 protests was a relatively new party without much resources and district network with only 7 incumbent district councillors. The party fielded around 42 candidates in constituencies where the pan-democrats had not contested with its new image to appeal to the voters. Another new founded League of Social Democrats fielded about 30 candidates in lower-income areas such as Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan, seeking to appeal to the lower class voters.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Parties
The thinktank Savantas Policy Institute set up by former Secretary for Security Regina Ip also fielded four candidates with independent affiliation in the election, including two retired civil servant and a former administrative officer.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Candidates
A historic record of 917 nominations were received since the handover of Hong Kong. 39 of the 405 seats received only one nomination thus were returned uncontestedly, of which 12 of them were taken by the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), 2 by Liberal Party and 1 by the Democratic Party.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Candidates
Cyd Ho, the incumbent district councillor who beat DAB's Ip Kwok-him in his own constituency Kwun Lung in 2003, did not seek for re-election. Ip faced challenged by activist Ho Loy. Two Civic Party rising stars, barrister Tanya Chan and Tsang Kwok-fung challenged incumbent Peak district councillor Lam Man-kit of the Liberal Party and DAB legislator Li Kwok-ying in Tai Po Market. Priscilla Leung, a pro-Beijing assistant professor of law at the City University of Hong Kong also ran in the election, challenging Democrat Chan Ka-wai in Whampoa East.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election events
On 15 November, two days before the election, Ko Keung-wah, a village representative of Shung Ching San Tsuen in Yuen Long and an assistant to the Liberal Party candidate Philip Wong Pak-yan in Shap Pat Heung North and Lam Tim-fook in Shap Pat Heung South, was attacked. Ko got a finger on his right hand was chopped off and suffered at least four deep slice wounds to his back and one to his abdomen. Anti -triad officers said the attack might be linked with the election. On the election day, a triad member was spotted campaigning for an independent candidate in Shap Pat Heung North influential rural leader Leung Fuk-yuen.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Overview
Without a major political issue like the last election in 2003, the voter turnout significantly dropped about six percentage point to only about 38%, although a total of 1.4 million voters cast their ballots, 80,000 more than the last elections. A total number of 886 candidates contesting in 364 seats, while 41 seats were without contest.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Overview
The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) received the largest victory in its history by winning 115 seats, nearly double than the 2003 results. The party vice-chairman Ip Kwok-him who lost to Cyd Ho in 2003 in his Kwun Lung constituency retook his seat by large margin. Kenny Lee Kwun-yee received a large number of votes in Tai Fat Hau, defeating pro-democratic candidate Ivy Chan Siu-ping of the Civic Act-up. Incumbent legislators Choy So-yuk, Li Kwok-ying and Wong Yung-kan all retained their seats in Kam Ping, Tai Po Market and Po Nga respectively.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Overview
The pan-democrats suffered a devastating defeat in the election. The Democratic Party was beaten in every region especially in Kowloon, losing almost half of the seats as compared to the 2003 elections. Veteran Chan Ka-wai in Whampoa East was ousted by Priscilla Leung, a pro-Beijing law scholar at the City University of Hong Kong backed by the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU). In Sheung Shun, incumbent Law Chun-ngai was defeated by Fu Pik-chun of the DAB by 1,220 votes. Former Democratic Party secretary Cheung Yin-tung also lost his seat in Wang King to DAB newcomer Yiu Kwok-wai by 1,321 to 1,684 votes.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Overview
The Civic Party failed to challenge the pro-Beijing candidates, winning only 8 seats out of 41 candidates. The party's rising star Yu Kwun-wai lost in a large margin to DAB's Bernard Chan in Ping Shek, while Civic legislator Mandy Tam lost her seat to Choi Luk-sing in Lung Sing. The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) who had stronghold in Sham Shui Po also saw its candidate Leung Kam-tao lost his seat in Yau Yat Tsuen to pro-Beijing independent Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah. Richard Tsoi of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU) who took the seat in Fo Tan in 2003 failed to retain his seat, being beaten by Scarlet Pong Oi-lan of the New Century Forum.


2007 Hong Kong local elections, Aftermath
In December 2007, Chief Executive Donald Tsang named 102 government-appointed Council members, of which all of them had pro-government background and one-fifth of them were members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and the Liberal Party. 15 of them were appointed for the third time. Tsang was criticised for not appointing a single member of the pan-democrats.


2007 Hong Kong–Macau Interport
The 63rd Hong Kong Macau Interport was held in Hong Kong on 10 June 2007. Hong Kong captured the champion by winning 2-1. This was a FIFA-recognised full international match.


2007 Hong Kong–Macau Interport, Squads, Hong Kong
The following shows part of the squad only. The number of caps is as of before the match.


2007 Hopman Cup
The 2007 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the nineteenth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. Eight teams participated in the World Group with one qualifier from the Asian region. The first matches were held on 30 December 2006 and the final took place on 5 January 2007 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Australia.


2007 Hopman Cup, Teams, Unseeded
1Due to injury Mark Philippoussis was unable to play Australia's last tie against the USA. He was replaced by Nathan Healey.


2007 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
First round games at campus sites of higher seedsSecond round, semifinals, and final at Nutter Center, Fairborn, OH


2007 Horsham District Council election
The 2007 Horsham District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives won a majority on the council, gaining from no overall control.


2007 Horsham District Council election, Council composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2007 Houston Astros season
The Houston Astros' 2007 season began with the team trying to take the NL Central title back from the World Series winners, the St. Louis Cardinals, after the Cardinals won it in 2006. They will have to do so without Jeff Bagwell, who retired after the Astros declined option on his contract for 2007, as well as pitchers Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens, who both filed for free agency on November 6. To make up for losing those key players, they signed pitcher Woody Williams, and traded with the Colorado Rockies for Jason Jennings, and Miguel Asencio. The largest offseason move the Astros made was signing outfielder Carlos Lee to a 6-year contract worth $100 million, the most in franchise history. On June 28, second baseman Craig Biggio achieved his 3,000th career hit. The club officially retired Bagwell's jersey number 5 on August 26.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
On April 28, the Astros purchased the contract of Hunter Pence, the organization's top prospect from Triple-A affiliate, and made his debut that night where he got his first career hit and run scored.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
By May 2007, the Astros had suffered one of their worst losing streaks since the 1995 season with 10 losses in a row, losing 4–3 to the Cincinnati Reds on May 30. The Astros were just one loss shy of tying their worst skid in franchise history, before snapping that streak the next day, also against the Reds.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
On June 12, the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics for the first time in team history.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
Longtime Astros second baseman Craig Biggio recorded his 3,000th career hit in the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies on June 28, becoming the 27th player in MLB history to do so. Jeff Bagwell, who played first base for the Astros alongside Biggio for 15 seasons, was in the dugout and emerged to congratulate him. The Astros fans, who had momentarily quieted after cheering Biggio for his achievement, erupted into cheers again the moment Biggio dragged Bagwell onto the playing field and to the first base line.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
"The thing with Baggy is that he and I worked so hard here for this city and for this organization," Biggio remarked. "We made so many sacrifices as far as playing the game and giving your body to a city, a team." Together, they bowed to the crowd as Bagwell raised Biggio's arm and returned to the dugout. In the bottom of the 11th inning of the same game, Carlos Lee hit a towering walk-off grand slam to win the game for the Astros.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
On July 24, Biggio announced that he would be retiring at the end of the 2007 season, his 20th season with the club (and a franchise record). He hit a grand slam in that night's game which broke a 3–3 tie and led to an Astros win.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
On July 28, the Astros traded RHP Dan Wheeler to Tampa Bay for right-handed slugger 3B Ty Wigginton and cash considerations. He is now signed through 2009. On July 29, long time and former All-Star third baseman Morgan Ensberg was designated for assignment to make room for newly acquired Wigginton.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
On August 26, the club officially retired Bagwell's jersey number 5 prior to the start of the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the eighth player in Astros history to have his number retired. Three first bases were used in the game, each embossed with a commemorative insignia that said, "No. 5, Jeff Bagwell jersey retirement, Aug. 26, 2007." One was given to Bagwell and the other two were auctioned to raise funds on behalf of the Astros in Action Foundation.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
On August 27, manager Phil Garner and General Manager Tim Purpura were relieved of their duties. Cecil Cooper and Tal Smith were named as interim replacements, respectively.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
On September 17, in a 6–0 loss to the Brewers the Astros were officially eliminated from the 2007 playoffs.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
On September 20, Ed Wade was named as the new General Manager of the Astros. He made his first move as GM by trading Jason Lane to the Padres on September 24.


2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary
On September 30, Craig Biggio retired, ending a 20-year career with the Astros.


2007 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2007 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2007 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


2007 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


2007 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


2007 Houston Comets season
The 2007 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Houston Comets. The team started the season 0-10, finishing 13-11 in the remainder part of the season, and missing the playoffs for the first time in four years. It was also their last year playing at the Toyota Center.


2007 Houston Comets season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft
With the folding of the Charlotte Sting, the league held a dispersal draft prior to the 2007 WNBA Draft. The order of teams picking players was based on their 2006 records. The Comets would be selecting 8th.


2007 Houston Cougars football team
The 2007 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 62nd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by fifth-year head football coach, Art Briles. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston. Competing against the TCU Horned Frogs in the 2007 Texas Bowl, the Cougars fell short, 20–13.


2007 Houston Dynamo season
The 2007 Houston Dynamo season was the second season of existence for the Houston franchise. The Dynamo were the defending MLS Cup champions from the previous season and prevailed to win back-to-back MLS Cups as they defeated the New England Revolution for the second year in a row in the MLS Cup final. The Dynamo also competed in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, U.S. Open Cup, and North American SuperLiga during the 2007 season.


2007 Houston Dynamo season, Summary
The Dynamo entered 2007 as defending champions, having defeated the New England Revolution in MLS Cup 2006. The result qualified them for the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, their first continental tournament in franchise history. The Dynamo began their season in the Champions Cup; defeating Puntarenas F.C. in the quarterfinals before losing to C.F. Pachuca in the semifinals. Houston had a disappointing Open Cup, losing in the third round to the Charleston Battery. The Dynamo also competed in the inaugural North American SuperLiga, finishing top of the group before losing to Pachuca 4–3 on penalties in the semifinals.


2007 Houston Dynamo season, Summary
In MLS play, Houston struggled early in the season, losing 5 of their first 8 matches. The Dynamo then went on an 11 match unbeaten streak, with 8 wins during the streak, helping them climb up to top of the table. Houston had 5 wins, 4 losses, 3 draws over their final 11 games, enough of a dip in form to let D.C. United win the Supporters' Shield by 3 points and Chivas USA claim the top seed in the Western Conference by 1 point.


2007 Houston Dynamo season, Summary
In the MLS Cup Playoffs, Houston matched up with Texas Derby rivals FC Dallas in the Conference Semifinals. Dallas won the first leg 1–0 thanks to a goal from Clarence Goodson. Houston got off to a poor start, with Carlos Ruiz scoring in the 14th minute to put the Dynamo down 2–0 on aggregate. The game turned in the 47th minute when Arturo Álvarez was shown a red card for violent conduct. Stuart Holden and Brian Ching then scored once each to level the aggregate score and send the game to extratime.


2007 Houston Dynamo season, Summary
In extratime, Ching scored in the 97th and Brad Davis scored in the 100th minute to help Houston advance to the next round. Facing off with the Kansas City Wizards in the Conference Final, the Dynamo rode goals from Nate Jaqua and Dwayne De Rosario to a 2–0 win and a return to MLS Cup. However star striker Brian Ching left the game due to an injury that forced him to miss the final. Houston met the New England Revolution in MLS Cup 2007, a rematch of the 2006 final.


2007 Houston Dynamo season, Summary
Taylor Twellman gave the Revs the lead after scoring in the 20th minute. Houston responded in the second half when Joseph Ngwenya scored the equalizer in the 61st minute. In the 74th minute De Rosario headed in a Brad Davis cross to give the Dynamo a 2–1 lead. Houston held onto the lead, becoming the second team in MLS history to win consecutive MLS Cups.


2007 Houston Dynamo season, Final roster
Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.


2007 Houston Dynamo season, Player movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2007 Houston Texans season
The 2007 Houston Texans season was the franchise's 6th season in the National Football League and the 2nd  under head coach Gary Kubiak.


2007 Houston Texans season
This season began with the team trying to improve on their 6–10 record in 2006. This season marks the sixth year of existence for the Texans franchise as well as Reliant Stadium.


2007 Houston Texans season, Offseason
The offseason was dominated by rumors and speculation surrounding the future of David Carr and the Texans. Jake Plummer was a leading candidate to replace Carr until he was traded to Tampa Bay and then retired. The Texans also contacted free agent Jeff Garcia before he signed with Tampa Bay. Finally, on March 21 the Texans struck a deal with Atlanta and traded draft picks for their backup quarterback, Matt Schaub. Carr was cut on March 23 and later signed by the Carolina Panthers.


2007 Houston Texans season, Offseason
Another situation of great speculation to fans was that of Domanick Williams. Williams, the Texans all-time leading rusher, had a lingering knee injury that kept him side-lined for the entirety of the 2006 season. The Texans signed Ahman Green during free agency and eventually released Williams on March 23, 2007.


2007 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Draft
The Texans swapped their first-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft (8th overall) with the Atlanta Falcons for their first-round pick (10th overall) as part of the Matt Schaub deal. In drafting Okoye, who was 19 at the time of the draft, the Texans took the youngest player in NFL Draft history. Okoye ended up being a "bust"; the pick immediately after was 7x Pro Bowler Patrick Willis, who was chosen by the San Francisco 49ers.


2007 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Draft
The Texans also traded their second-round selections in 2007 and 2008 as part of the Schaub deal and did not choose again until the third round, when they took Jacoby Jones from Division II Lane College, the highest picked player who did not play in Division I FBS or FCS that year.


2007 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Draft
Guard Kasey Studdard (6th round) became the second Texas Longhorns player drafted by the Texans (Sloan Thomas was taken in the 7th round in 2004).


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
The Texans began their 2007 campaign at home against the Kansas City Chiefs. After a scoreless first quarter, Houston came out pounding in the second quarter with kicker Kris Brown getting a 26-yard field goal, while QB Matt Schaub completed a 77-yard touchdown pass to WR Andre Johnson. In the third quarter, DE Mario Williams showed his reason for being last year's #1 overall pick by returning a fumble 38 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, the Chiefs got their only score of the game with kicker Justin Medlock nailing a 27-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Texans sealed the victory with Brown kicking a 28-yard field goal.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Matt Schaub, in his Texans debut, went 16 of 22 for 225 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Carolina Panthers
Following their home win over the Chiefs, the Texans flew to Bank of America Stadium for their Week 2 match-up against the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Houston trailed early as QB Jake Delhomme hooked up with WR Steve Smith for a 7-yard and a 12-yard TD pass. Houston responded with QB Matt Schaub completing a 31-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson. In the second quarter, Schaub and Johnson hooked up with each other again on a 9-yard TD pass. The Texans took the lead prior to halftime with kicker Kris Brown getting a 25-yard field goal.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Carolina Panthers
In the third quarter, Houston increased its lead with RB Ahman Green getting a 13-yard TD run. On the following kickoff, Panthers FB Nick Goings fumbled the ball, causing it to roll into Carolina's end zone, where WR Kevin Walter landed on it for a touchdown, giving a huge momentum swing towards the Texans. In the fourth quarter, Houston put the out the game out of reach with Brown kicking a 33-yard field goal. The Panthers mustered up one last score as Delhomme completed a pass to Smith, who broke off many Texans defenders and ran 74 yards for a touchdown. In the end, Houston held on to win.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Carolina Panthers
With the win, not only did the Texans begin their season at 2–0 for the first time in franchise history, but their 34 points in one game also became a franchise record.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Following an impressive win over the Panthers, the Texans went home for an AFC South duel with the defending Super Bowl champions, the Indianapolis Colts (who Houston won against last time at home). In the first quarter, the Texans delivered the first punch with WR Jerome Mathis returning a kickoff 84 yards for a touchdown. However, the Colts responded with QB Peyton Manning completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark. In the second quarter, Houston retook the lead with kicker Kris Brown getting a 33-yard field goal. However, Indianapolis went ahead with RB Joseph Addais 4-yard TD run.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. Indianapolis Colts
In the third quarter, the Colts managed to put the Texans in a huge hole with kicker Adam Vinatieri's 36-yard field goal, Addai's 8-yard TD run, and Vinatieri's 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Houston tried a comeback with RB Samkon Gado's 1-yard TD run. Indianapolis got their final score of the game with Vinatieri kicking a 35-yard field goal. The Texans drew close with QB Matt Schaub's 1-yard TD pass to RB Vonta Leach. However, the Colts managed to hold on to win.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Hoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Colts, the Texans flew to the Georgia Dome for an interconference battle with the winless Atlanta Falcons, where QB Matt Schaub fought against his former team.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Atlanta Falcons
In the first quarter, Houston trailed early as Falcons kicker Morten Andersen nailed a 28-yard field goal. The Texans managed to take the lead with Schaub completing a 35-yard TD pass to WR André Davis. However, Atlanta regained the lead with QB Joey Harrington completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Michael Jenkins  In the second quarter, Houston's current woes continued with Harrington and Jenkins hooking up with each other again as 7-yard TD pass, along with Andersen kicking a 22-yard field goal. The Texans got their only score of the period with kicker Kris Brown nailing a 42-yard field goal.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Atlanta Falcons
In the third quarter, Houston kept closer with a 37-yard field goal, but the Falcons eventually responded with Andersen kicking a 36-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Texans again crept closer with Brown getting a 19-yard field. Yet again, Atlanta replied with Andersen kicking a 46-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Falcons held on to get their first win of the year.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Miami Dolphins
Trying to snap a two-game losing streak, the Texans returned home for a Week 5 duel with the winless Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Houston took the early lead with RB Ron Dayne getting a 1-yard TD run. However, the Dolphin answered with kicker Jay Feely getting a 23-yard field goal, along with RB Ronnie Brown getting a 3-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Texans' recent struggles continued as Miami managed to get 40-yard and a 33-yard field goal from Feely. The Texans ended the half with kicker Kris Brown getting a 54-yard field goal.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Miami Dolphins
In the third quarter, Houston began to retaliate with Brown nailing a 43-yard and a 54-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins managed to get a 48-yard field goal. The Texans snapped their two-game skid with Brown making field goals from 20 and 57 yards.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Coming off their home win over the Dolphins, the Texans flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 6 AFC South showdown with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Houston struck first with kicker Kris Brown getting a 20-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Texans increased its lead with Brown kicking a 35-yard field goal. However, the Jaguars took the lead with QB David Garrard completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE George Wrighster, along with kicker John Carney getting a 37-yard field goal.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
In the third quarter, Houston continued to trail as Garrard completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams (with a blocked PAT). The Texans responded with Brown getting a 33-yard field goal. However, in the fourth quarter, Jacksonville pulled away with RB Maurice Jones-Drew getting a 7-yard TD run, LB Daryl Smith returning a fumble 77 yards for a touchdown, and Jones-Drew getting a 57-yard TD run. Houston's only response was back-up QB Sage Rosenfels completing a 1-yard TD pass to FB Vonta Leach.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
So far this year, Houston is 1–3 without WR Andre Johnson, who was still recovering from injuries.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Tennessee Titans
Hoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Jaguars, the Texans went home for a Week 7 AFC South showdown with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, the Titans struck first with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 52-yard field goal. Houston responded with LB DeMeco Ryans returning a fumble 26 yards for a touchdown. However, Tennessee answered with Bironas getting a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Houston began to struggle as the Titans increased its lead with Bironas kicking a 21-yard field goal, RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run, and even Bironas with a 30-yard and a 28-yard field goal.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Tennessee Titans
In the third quarter, the Texans continued to struggle as Bironas gave Tennessee a 43-yard field goal, while RB Chris Henry got a 4-yard TD run. However, in the fourth quarter, Houston began to fight back. It began with QB Sage Rosenfels completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR David Anderson. It continued with Rosenfels' 6-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. The Titans got a 29-yard field goal by Bironas. Afterwards, the Texans continued its comeback with Rosenfels completing a 7-yard TD pass to TE Jeb Putzier and a 53-yard TD pass to WR André Davis. Tennessee got the last-second win as Bironas barely made a 29-yard field goal, making him the first kicker in NFL history to get 8 field goals in one game.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: at San Diego Chargers
Trying to snap a two-game skid, the Texans flew to Qualcomm Stadium for a Week 8 intraconference game against the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Houston's recent struggles continued as Chargers QB Philip Rivers completed a 49-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates. Later, a goof-up on special teams led to more points as a high punt snap went into the end zone. Punter Matt Turk was unable to fall on the ball and San Diego CB Antonio Cromartie managed to recover it for a touchdown.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: at San Diego Chargers
In the second quarter, the Texans got on the board with kicker Kris Brown nailing a 40-yard field goal. However, the Chargers continued their beatdown with Rivers and Gates hooking up again on a 31-yard TD pass. Later, San Diego increased its lead with Cromartie returning an interception 70 yards for a touchdown, along with Rivers completing a 14-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: at San Diego Chargers
After a scoreless third quarter, Houston tried to come back, as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 28-yard TD to TE Joel Dreessen in the fourth quarter. That was as close to the Chargers as they got.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: at San Diego Chargers
Starting QB Matt Schaub (11/18 for 77 yards and 2 interceptions) left the game in the second quarter with a concussion, after getting a late hit from San Diego CB Drayton Florence.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders
Trying to snap a three-game skid, the Texans flew to McAfee Coliseum for a Week 9 intraconference duel with the Oakland Raiders. With QB Matt Schaub out with a concussion, back-up QB Sage Rosenfels got the start.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders
In the first quarter, Houston drew first blood as RB Ahman Green got an 8-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Texans continued to roll over the Raiders as RB Ron Dayne got a 14-yard TD run, while kicker Kris Brown nailed a 40-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Oakland finally managed to respond as kicker Sebastian Janikowski managed to get a 22-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders drew closer as RB Justin Fargas got a 1-yard TD run. Houston took control with Rosenfels completing a 42-yard TD pass to WR André Davis. Oakland's only response was QB Josh McCown completing a 28-yard TD pass to WR Tim Dwight.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders
With their three-game skid snapped, the Texans entered their bye week at 4–5.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders
The win also kept Houston unbeaten (3–0) against the Raiders.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints
Coming off their bye week, the Texans were at home for a Week 11 interconference duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Houston trailed early as Saints kicker Olindo Mare completed a 52-yard field goal. The Texans responded with QB Matt Schaub completing a 73-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson. In the second quarter, New Orleans regained the lead with QB Drew Brees completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson. Houston replied with Schaub completing a 10-yard TD pass to TE Joel Dreesen, along with kicker Kris Brown getting a 36-yard field goal.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints
After a scoreless third quarter, the Texans took control in the fourth quarter as Brown nailed a 53-yard and a 23-yard field goal.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints
With the win, the Texans (for the first time in franchise history) improved to 5–5.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints
Andre Johnson, in his first game back from injuries, had an impressive day with 6 receptions for 120 yards and 1 touchdown.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints
DE Mario Williams had a big game, as he had 6 tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Cleveland Browns
Coming off their home win over the Saints, the Texans flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 12 duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Houston shot first as QB Matt Schaub completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Browns got on the board as QB Derek Anderson completed a 19-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards. The Texans regained the lead as kicker Kris Brown managed to get a 41-yard field goal. However, Cleveland took the lead again as Anderson completed a 7-yard TD pass to TE Kellen Winslow.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Cleveland Browns
In the third quarter, Houston started to fall behind as Browns kicker Phil Dawson managed to get a 25-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Cleveland sealed the win with Dawson nailing a 27-yard field goal and RB Jamal Lewis getting a 1-yard TD run. The Texans' only response was be Schaub's 6-yard TD pass to TE Owen Daniels.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Cleveland Browns
The Browns defense managed to hold Andre Johnson to a season-low 3 receptions for 37 yards.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Tennessee Titans
Hoping ro rebound from their road loss to the Browns, the Texans flew to LP Field for a Week 13 AFC South rematch with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Houston got the first punch as RB Ron Dayne got a 1-yard TD run. The Titans responded with RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Houston regained the lead with kicker Kris Brown getting a 45-yard field goal for the only score of the period.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Tennessee Titans
In the third quarter, the Tennessee took the lead with QB Vince Young completing a 43-yard TD pass to WR Roydell Williams, along with an 11-yard TD pass to WR Justin Gage. In the fourth quarter, the Texans tried to get a comeback as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 28-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson, yet the Titans responded with RB Chris Brown getting a 7-yard TD run. Houston tried to come back and take the lead, but their only response was Browns' 50-yard field goal.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Tennessee Titans
With the loss, the Texans fell to 5–7. They have now lost 7 out of their last 8 divisional road games.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Tennessee Titans
QB Matt Schaub (3/5 for 34 yards) was knocked out of the game in the first quarter with a left shoulder injury.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Trying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Texans went home for a Week 14 interconference duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Houston drew first blood as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Buccaneers got on the board with RB Earnest Graham getting a 4-yard TD run. Afterwards, Houston answered with Rosenfels completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
In the third quarter, the Texans immediately increased their lead as WR André Davis returned the half's opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. Tampa Bay responded with Graham getting an 11-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Houston ended the game with Rosenfels completing a 4-yard TD passe to TE Owen Daniels.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
For DE Mario Williams (the 1st pick of last year's draft), his 1 sack in the game increased his season total to a franchise-best 9.5 sacks.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos
Coming off their impressive home win over the Buccaneers, the Texans stayed at home, donned their battle red alternates, and played a Thursday night intraconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Houston drew first blood as QB Sage Rosenfels got a 5-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Broncos got on the board with kicker Jason Elam getting a 41-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Texans responded with kicker Kris Brown getting a 41-yard field goal. Denver ended the half as Elam nailed a 47-yard field goal.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos
In the third quarter, Houston replied with RB Ron Dayne getting a 6-yard TD run. Denver answered with QB Jay Cutler completing a 12-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler. In the fourth quarter, the Texans pulled away as Rosenfels completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson, while FB Vonta Leach managed to get a 1-yard TD run.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos
With the win, Houston improved to 7–7. The game marked the only appearance of the Texans on primetime television of the season, their first since 2005, and the first game in 2007 played with the roof open.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Indianapolis Colts
Coming off an impressive blowout of the Denver Broncos, the Texans packed up and traveled to Indianapolis to do battle with their division rival. Houston drew first blood with as QB Sage Rosenfels threw a 17-yard TD pass to Kevin Walter. The Colts responded to the TD with a 29-yard Vinatieri field goal. The Colts, who got off to a slow start in the 1st Quarter, scored three touchdowns in the 2nd quarter, a 2-yard TD run by Joseph Addai and two Peyton Manning TD passes to tight end Dallas Clark.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Indianapolis Colts
In the 3rd quarter, the Colts continued to pull away from the struggling Texans. Clifton Dawson scored a 4-yard TD Run and Manning passed to Reggie Wayne for a 7-yard TD. In the 4th quarter, the Colts put in backups and QB Sage Rosenfels threw a 6-yard TD to Andre Johnson and Darius Walker rushed up the middle for the 2-Point Conversion. The Texans fell 38–15, ending their 2-game win streak and hopes for their first winning season.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Hoping to end their season on a high note, the Texans went home and played a Week 17 AFC South rematch with the Jacksonville Jaguars (who were playing mainly with backups, due to them already clinching a playoff berth).


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
In the first quarter, Houston trailed early as QB Quinn Gray completed a 22-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Texans took the lead with RB Ron Dayne getting a 2-yard TD run and QB Sage Rosenfels completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Owen Daniels. Jacksonville tied the game with Gray completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Ernest Wilford. Afterwards, Houston immediately responded with WR André Davis returning a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
In the third quarter, the Texans increased their lead as Davis returned the second half's opening kickoff 104 yards for a touchdown. In doing so, Davis became the 7th player in NFL history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same game. Afterwards, Houston kept its momentum going with Dayne getting a 12-yard TD run. The Jaguars responded with Gray completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Matt Jones. In the fourth quarter, the Texans pulled away with RB Darius Walker getting a 1-yard TD run. Jacksonville ended the game with Gray and Wilford hooking up with each other again on a 17-yard TD pass.


2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
For the year, the Texans scored a total of 43 touchdowns and managed to get 8 wins on the year (both franchise records).


2007 Houston elections
The 2007 Houston elections took place on May 12, June 16, and November 6, 2007. All City Council posts, the City Controller, and the Mayor all had elections. All positions were non-partisan.


2007 Houston elections, City Controller
The 2007 Houston City Controller election was a non disputed election with Incumbent Annise Parker being re-elected to a third term with virtually 100% of the vote.


2007 Houston elections, City Council At-large 1
In the 2007 Houston City Council At-large 1 election, Peter Hoyt Brown was re-elected to a second term with 100% of the vote.


2007 Houston elections, City Council At-large 2
In the 2007 Houston City Council At-large 2 election, Sue Lovell was re-elected to a second term against opponent Michael Griffin (Not the former administrator of NASA).


2007 Houston elections, City Council At-large 3
2007 was a rough year for At-large 3, First in May many candidates dove into a crowded special election, the top two, Melissa Noriega and Roy Morales, then ran in the run-off in June. Noriega won but later faced Morales again in November and was again successful.


2007 Houston elections, City Council At-large 4
In the 2007 Houston City Council At-large 4 election, Ronald Green, was re-elected to a third term. He was given 100% of the vote from the voters.


2007 Houston elections, City Council At-large 5
In the 2007 Houston City Council At-large 5 election, Jolanda Jones was elected to an at-large position, after a run-off.


2007 Houston elections, City Council District A
In the 2007 Houston City Council District A election, Toni Lawrence was re-elected to a third term with 100% of the vote.


2007 Houston elections, City Council District B
In the 2007 Houston City Council District B election, Jarvis Johnson was re-elected to a second term.


2007 Houston elections, City Council District C
In the 2007 Houston City Council District C election, Anne Clutterbuck was re-elected to a second term.


2007 Houston elections, City Council District D
In the 2007 Houston City Council District D election, Wanda Adams was elected after a run-off.


2007 Houston elections, City Council District E
In the Houston City Council District E election, Mike Sullivan was elected after a run-off.


2007 Houston elections, City Council District F
In the 2007 Houston City Council District F election, M. J. Khan was elected to a third term with 100% of the vote.


2007 Houston elections, City Council District G
In the 2007 Houston City Council District G election, Pam Holm was elected to a third term with 100% of the vote.


2007 Houston elections, City Council District H
In the 2007 Houston City Council District H election, Adrian Garcia was elected to a third term with 100% of the vote. He resigned one year into his term to become the Harris County Sheriff.


2007 Houston elections, City Council District I
In the 2007 Houston City Council District I election, James Rodriguez was elected as a new council member.


2007 Houston mayoral election
The Houston Mayoral Election of 2007 took place on November 6, 2007. Incumbent Mayor Bill White was re-elected to a third term. Officially the race was non-partisan, but Mayor White is a member of the Democratic Party.


2007 Houston mayoral election, Candidates
White was the 60th Mayor of Houston. His platform included promoting energy efficient and affordable housing, reducing violent crime, and reductions to traffic congestion.


2007 Houston mayoral election, Candidates
Ulman, a meat-packing plant worker, represented the Socialist Workers Party. Her platform included amnesty for illegal immigrants, ending the Iraq War and public works projects to give jobs to the unemployed.


2007 Houston mayoral election, Candidates
Wales, a contract engineer and professional wrestling promoter, ran as an independent. Wales legally changed his name to Outlaw Josey Wales in 1998. He had run for mayor before in 1999, having received 19,741 votes, around 10%. Wale's platform included increasing the pay of police officers, making it illegal to drive while using a cellphone, and stricter enforcement of carpool lanes.


2007 Houston mayoral election, Aftermath
White served his third term as mayor and as ineligible for re-election in the 2009 mayoral elections. Ulman would run again that year, but received only 1% of the vote. She ran again in 2011, receiving 1,882 votes.


2007 Huddersfield Giants season
This article is about the 2007 season of the Huddersfield Giants.


2007 Huddersfield Giants season, Results, Rounds 1–5
Round 3NB Game played before Round 1 due to St Helens' involvement in World Club Challenge


2007 Huddersfield Giants season, Super League XII table
1Deducted 2 points for breaching of salary cap rules. 2Deducted 4 points for breaching salary cap rules.


2007 Hull City Council election
The 2007 Hull City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 27%.


2007 Hull City Council election, Campaign
Before the election the Liberal Democrats had run the council as a minority administration since the 2006 election. However, by the time of the 2007 election they only had 24 seats on the council as compared to 25 for the Labour party; with 2 Conservatives, 6 in the independent group and 2 other independent councillors making up the council. The Liberal Democrats generally received support from the Conservatives and one of the independent councillors, while Labour usually got support from the independent group. As a result, the election was expected to be close with both main parties hopeful of forming the administration after the election.


2007 Hull City Council election, Campaign
All three of the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservatives parties contested the 19 seats which were up for election. There were also 11 independent, 6 Green, 3 British National Party and 3 United Kingdom Independence Party candidates. An important issue in the election was poor housing in Hull, with the council planning to spend £200 million on refurbishing council properties. An important division between Labour and the Liberal Democrats was over free school meals, with Labour wanting to extend the 3-year long pilot scheme which saw all primary school pupils get free meals. However the Liberal Democrats planned to reintroduce charges for lunches while keeping breakfasts free.


2007 Hull City Council election, Campaign
As the Liberal Democrats were only defending 7 seats and had won the most votes in the 2006 election they were optimistic of making gains. They pointed to the fact that the council had recently received a second star in the council performance ratings, and were also seen as likely to benefit due to the unpopularity of the national Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, with even the Labour leader on the council saying that "the sooner he goes, the better". The Liberal Democrats targeted the Labour held wards of Drypool, Ings, Newington, Pickering and Sutton, as well as Derringham where the independent councillor Clare Page stood down at the election.


2007 Hull City Council election, Election result
The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain 6 seats, including 5 from Labour, to hold 30 seats and thus win a majority on the council. The Liberal Democrat gains included all 6 wards which they had been targeting, with the results seen as a reflection on the Labour party nationally. The result was welcomed by the national Liberal Democrat leader, Menzies Campbell, who described the result in Hull as "tremendous".


2007 Hull City Council election, Election result
This was the first time any party had a majority on the council since 2002 and also the first time that the Liberal Democrats had ever won a majority in Hull. Meanwhile, Labour, on 20 seats after the election, were in their worst position on the council for nearly 40 years. Following the election defeat the leader of the Labour group on the council, Ken Branson, stood down as leader and was succeeded by Steve Brady.


2007 Hull City Council election, Ward results
No elections were held in Bricknell, Southcoates East, Southcoates West and St Andrews wards.


2007 Hull Kingston Rovers season
This article is about the 2007 season of Hull Kingston Rovers.


2007 Hull Kingston Rovers season, Super League XII table
1Bradford deducted 2 points for breaching of salary cap rules.


2007 Humanitarian Bowl
The 2007 Roady's Humanitarian Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 31, 2007, at Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.


2007 Humanitarian Bowl
Once again, the invited teams were from the Atlantic Coast Conference (Georgia Tech) and Western Athletic Conference (Fresno State).


2007 Humanitarian Bowl
The Yellow Jackets were in a transition period between previous head coach Chan Gailey, fired in late November, and new head coach Paul Johnson, hired on December 7. Jon Tenuta, the team's defensive coordinator, coached the "Ramblin' Wreck" in this game.


2007 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2007 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2007 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed as an independent in 2007, as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) did not sponsor football for the 2006 and 2007 seasons.


2007 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2007 Lumberjacks were led by head coach Doug Adkins in his eighth and last year at the helm. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 141–321 for the 2007 season.


2007 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
In the eight years of Doug Adkins tenure as head coach, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 33–51, (.393). They had only one winning season (2006) during those eight years.


2007 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.


2007 Hun Sen Cup
The Hun Sen Cup is the main football knockout tournament in Cambodia. The 2007 Hun Sen Cup was the 1st season of the Hun Sen Cup, the premier knockout tournament for association football clubs in Cambodia involving Cambodian League and provincial teams organized by the Football Federation of Cambodia.


2007 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage
There were 28 participants from Cambodian League and other provinces.


2007 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships
The 2007 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships (Hungarian: Senior Országos Bajnokság 2007) took place between January 6 and 7, 2007 in Budapest. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. The results were used to choose the Hungarian teams to the 2007 World Championships and the 2007 European Championships.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2007) was the eleventh race of the 2007 Formula One season and was held on 5 August 2007 at the Hungaroring racing track in Budapest. It was also memorable for an incident in the Saturday qualifying session, between McLaren teammates Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix
Hamilton went into the race with a 2-point advantage in World Championship points over Alonso and was 11 points ahead of 3rd place man Felipe Massa after a chaotic European Grand Prix, whilst McLaren held a 27-point lead in the Constructors' Championship over their main rivals Ferrari. Ralf Schumacher scored his last World Championship points at this race.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix
Japanese former Super Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto filled the second Spyker car, replacing European GP leader, German Markus Winkelhock. Sebastian Vettel, the youngest Grand Prix point scorer made his second Grand Prix start replacing Scott Speed at Scuderia Toro Rosso.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix
Controversy hit the qualifying sessions when Hamilton failed to honor an agreement to let Alonso past on track; this denied Alonso a competitive advantage when setting his lap time. Alonso then retaliated by holding Hamilton up in the pit lane, to in turn deny Hamilton a chance to record a final lap time. Stewards later dropped Alonso five places down the starting grid of the race, putting him in sixth while Hamilton started in pole position.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix
McLaren were also told they would not score any Constructor's Championship points in the race and wouldn't be presented with a winning constructor's trophy on the podium if one of their drivers were to win the race. The team stated Hamilton's hold-up was not Alonso's fault (although Alonso gave the stewards a different explanation, that he was inquiring about his tyres), and that Hamilton had disobeyed team orders to let Alonso pass him, which put the two drivers out of sequence for their pit stops. McLaren had initially expressed their intent to appeal the Constructor's points penalty but ultimately withdrew their appeal after subsequently losing all their Constructor's points as penalty for the espionage scandal.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Practice
BMW's Robert Kubica was the fastest driver in the first of the practice sessions with a time of 1:22.390. He was followed by the two Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen, and the two McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Friday's second session saw the two McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton in first and third, respectively, separated by Renault's Heikki Kovalainen. Fernando Alonso's time was 1:20.919. In Saturday's practice session Felipe Massa took first spot with a time of 1:20.183, followed by Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Nick Heidfeld and then Kimi Räikkönen.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
In the first qualifying session, Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time with 1:19:570, which was the quickest time recorded in the weekend so far, being the only lap under 1:20. Hamilton and the rest of the front-runners led the way, and as the session ended Jenson Button, the 2006 winner, had bumped his Honda teammate Rubens Barrichello into the relegation zone. However, Button was soon beaten by Liuzzi. Joining the two Hondas were Takuma Sato, Sebastian Vettel, Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
In the second session, Jarno Trulli of Toyota led the pace early, but Hamilton and his teammate Alonso posted the best times. Massa and Kubica struggled to 11th and 12th places, but, Kubica's team put on new tyres and reached the top 10. Massa had worse luck; the Ferrari team weren't prepared for him to need a second run in Q2, and he was released into the pit-lane without being refuelled.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
His pit crew had to run down the pit-lane and pull him back to his pit to be refuelled, by which time his tyres had lost temperature so when he finally made it out, the lack of grip meant he was unable to improve his time. Joining Massa among the eliminated drivers were David Coulthard in 11th, Heikki Kovalainen in 12th, Alexander Wurz of Williams Toyota in 13th, 15th was Anthony Davidson, and 16th was Vitantonio Liuzzi.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Hamilton led out of the pit-lane at the beginning of Q3, followed by teammate Alonso. Hamilton set the quickest lap time the first time around, but was soon beaten by Nick Heidfeld. Around the 9-minute mark, Trulli was the first into the pits to change tyres. Alonso was next into the pits; at the time, he was ninth. All the others followed suit, and meaningful times were soon put in. Hamilton again impressed the crowd with another time below 1:20. Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen, the only remaining Ferrari driver, Nick Heidfeld, Kubica, and Trulli filed in behind.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
With around 2:30 remaining, Alonso again pitted for fresh tyres, along with almost every other driver. The McLaren crew held Alonso for around 20 seconds after the tyres were fitted, in a stated attempt to give him a clear track (however, this reasoning was later rejected by the stewards as most other cars on the track had also pitted). At the time, Hamilton was 'stacked up' behind, waiting for Alonso to leave. But when Alonso was released, he remained stationary for a further 10 seconds, even though the pit crew were gesturing for him to leave.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Hamilton then pulled in for his final set of tyres, but the delay meant there was insufficient time for him to get back to the start-finish line before the chequered flag and the end of qualifying. Alonso started his flying lap with less than 2 seconds of the session remaining while Hamilton missed out by around 5 seconds.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Alonso's final lap was good enough to claim pole and push Hamilton down to second. TV pictures showed Ron Dennis angrily throwing his headphones down as Alonso pulled out of the pits; and after the session was over he was seen having a serious conversation with Alonso's trainer. He refused to comment on the pit-lane delay, although he later explained that Hamilton had ignored team orders to let Alonso past at the beginning of the fuel burn phase, which had put the cars out of sequence for their stops.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Behind the McLarens of Alonso and Hamilton, third went to Heidfeld, which surprised many Ferrari and BMW fans. In fourth was Räikkönen, fifth was Rosberg. Sixth place was taken by Ralf Schumacher of Germany, seventh was the second BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica. Giancarlo Fisichella posted the eighth fastest time, with Trulli and Webber rounding out the top ten.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Following the qualifying session, the stewards investigated an incident in Q1, when Fisichella appeared to block Yamamoto into the final corner – and they also investigated the Alonso/Hamilton incident (subsequently called Pitlanegate by the media). Fisichella was handed a five-place penalty, dropping him down to thirteenth. Alonso was also handed a five-place penalty on the grid, meaning he started the race in sixth position and promoted Hamilton to pole position. His McLaren team were told they would no be allowed to score any Constructors' World Championship points for this race, which McLaren subsequently appealed.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, The race
Lewis Hamilton led every lap of the race (the first time anyone had done so in 2007), but had to withstand near constant pressure from the Ferrari of Kimi Räikkönen, which appeared more competitive than it did in qualifying and practice. Hamilton's team-mate Fernando Alonso managed to climb from his 6th place grid-slot to 4th by the end of the race, just behind the BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld. Alonso spent much of the race behind the Toyota of Ralf Schumacher, only getting past by the third stint. Schumacher finished in 6th place, after repassing Nico Rosberg (7th) and Heikki Kovalainen (8th) who were on three-stop strategies compared to Schumacher's two-stop strategy. This was the last time that Ralf Schumacher scored in Formula One.


2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, The race
Retirements from the race were Sakon Yamamoto, who crashed in the early laps of the race on his Spyker debut. Jenson Button and Vitantonio Liuzzi both suffered mechanical failure while the Super Aguri of Anthony Davidson was taken out after a collision with the Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella. The moment Lewis Hamilton crossed the finish line he was celebrated becoming the first ever rookie and the only active Formula One driver to have achieved a Grand Chelem at the time. However 0.715 seconds later, Kimi Räikkönen improved Hamilton's fastest lap, depriving him of the record.


2007 Hungaroring GP2 Series round
The 2007 Hungaroring GP2 Series round were a pair of motor races held on 4 and 5 August 2007 at the Hungaroring in Budapest as part of the GP2 Series. It was the seventh round of the 2007 GP2 season.


2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election
The 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Background
19 seats on the council were contested at the election, with the Conservatives controlling the council before the election with 40 of the 52 seats. A number of sitting councillors stood down at the election including Conservatives Jean Chandler (Fenstanton ward) and Nick Guyatt, and Liberal Democrat Shirley Menczer (Brampton ward).


2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Background
As well as candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, there were also Green party candidates in the 3 Huntingdon wards, a British National Party candidate in St Neots Eynesbury and a UK Independence Party candidate in Upwood and The Raveleys. Meanwhile, the only councillor to have served since the council was founded in 1974, Conservative Mike Newman, stood again in Somersham ward.


2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives suffered a net lose of 1 seat, after losing 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats, but also gaining 1 seat. This meant the Conservatives stayed in control of the council with 39 councillors, compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. One of the 2 Liberal Democrat gains came in Huntingdon North, where 19-year-old Sam Kemp took the seat by 19 votes from Conservative Maggie Wheeler.


2007 Hyndburn Borough Council election
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Labour had held one by election (Spring Hill) and won another from the Conservatives (Rishton) in Autumn 2006.


2007 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Election result
The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2007 included the following wards - Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.


2007 Hypo Group Tennis International
The 2007 Hypo Group Tennis International was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 27th edition of the tournament and took place on outdoor clay courts at the Werzer Arena in Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Austria, from 20 May through 26 May 2007. The event was won by Juan Mónaco in men's singles and Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle in men's doubles.


2007 Hypo Group Tennis International, Finals, Doubles
Simon Aspelin /  Julian Knowle defeated  Leoš Friedl /  David Škoch, 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–5]


2007 Hypo Group Tennis International – Doubles
Paul Hanley and Jim Thomas were the defending champions, but Hanley did not participate this year. Thomas partnered Yves Allegro, losing in the quarterfinals.


2007 Hypo Group Tennis International – Doubles
Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle won the title, defeating Leoš Friedl and David Škoch 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–5] in the final.


2007 Hypo Group Tennis International – Singles
Juan Mónaco defeated Gaël Monfils 7–6(7–3), 6–0 to win the 2007 Hypo Group Tennis International singles event.


2007 Hypo-Meeting
The 33rd edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 26 May and 27 May 2007 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2007 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.


2007 IAAF Golden League
The 2007 Golden League was the tenth edition of the IAAF's annual series of six athletics meets, held across Europe, with athletes having the chance to win the Golden League Jackpot of $1 million.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games
Held in Oslo, Norway on June 15, at the Bislett Stadium. Meseret Defar's Women's 5000 m World Record somewhat overshadowed the Jackpot events in Oslo, but some interesting Jackpot contenders emerged.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Men's 1500 m
(Held as Mile) Moroccan Adil Kaouch produced a personal best to win this event from Augustine Choge of Kenya and Andrew Baddeley of Great Britain. Australian Craig Mottram finished ninth.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Men's 110 m Hurdles
USA's Anwar Moore took a narrow victory in the absence of World Record-holder Liu Xiang, Cuban Dayron Robles, and top Americans such as Terrence Trammell and Dominique Arnold.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Men's Triple Jump
Great Britain's Phillips Idowu took a surprise victory from Olympic and European champion Christian Olsson and World Leader Jadel Gregório.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Men's Javelin
Finn Tero Pitkämäki out-threw Olympic champion and home crowd favorite Andreas Thorkildsen, and in-form American Breaux Greer.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Women's 100 m
American Stephanie Durst continued her good form to take victory ahead of Sheri-Ann Brooks.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Women's 400 m
Sanya Richards took an expected victory from former World Champion Amy Mbacke Thiam of Senegal.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Women's 100 m Hurdles
World Champion Michelle Perry extended her winning streak to 14 races, beating top European Susanna Kallur.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Women's High Jump
Olympic and World Indoor Champion, Yelena Slesarenko, beat a star-studded field which included the European Champion indoors and outdoors, Tia Hellebaut, World Champion outdoors and World Record-holder indoors, Kajsa Bergqvist, and four other jumpers who had been over 2 meters this year.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Women's Pole Vault
Olympic, World, and European Champion, Yelena Isinbayeva, who also holds both the indoor and outdoor World Records, took a highly anticipated victory ahead of Polish rival Monika Pyrek.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France
Held in Paris, France, at the nine-lane track of the Stade de France, on July 6.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Men's 100 m
Asafa Powell (winner in Oslo), battling with injury, did not run in Paris, and so was out of the Jackpot race before it had started. In his absence, Bahamian, Derrick Atkins, won in 10.00 seconds.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Men's 1500 m
Adil Kaouch, winner in Oslo, was also injured and out of the Jackpot race, but a thrilling race ensued, with Alan Webb's sprint for home beating the valiant efforts of home-crowd favorite Mehdi Baala.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Men's 110 m Hurdles
Olympic Champion Liu Xiang and World Champion Ladji Doucouré were in Paris to outrun Oslo winner Anwar Moore, but it was only the young Cuban Dayron Robles who could out-dip the American this occasion, as the two were awarded the same time, 13.13.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Men's Triple Jump
Again, the Oslo winner, Phillips Idowu, was injured and out of the Jackpot race, but Christian Olsson made up for his disappointment at the Bislett Games, by winning with 17.56.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Men's Javelin
Tero Pitkämäki was the only male winner from Oslo to win in Paris, doing so in a European Lead of 89.70. Three of his five valid throws would have been enough to win as he produced a peerless series of throw, ahead of rival Andreas Thorkildsen.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Women's 100 m
Stephanie Durst did not venture to Paris and was out of the jackpot race. Torri Edwards won in a race with Americans occupying the top four places.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Women's 400 m
Sanya Richards produced a World Lead to win, in a race which included all three women who out-did her for a place on the USA's World Championships team.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Women's 100 m hurdles
Michelle Perry was one of the lucky few to repeat her Oslo win, convincingly outrunning Susanna Kallur, again, remaining in the hunt for the Jackpot.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Women's High Jump
Oslo winner Yelena Slesarenko could only manage a second-place finish as Blanka Vlašić impressed with 2.02 meters, with both women jumping 2 or more meters.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Women's Pole Vault
Yelena Isinbayeva regained exciting form as she sailed over 4.91 m, which she followed with the attempts at a would-be World Record of 5.02. European Indoor Champion, Svetlana Feofanova returned to heights not seen, from her, this season, as she finished second with 4.71.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Jackpot Contenders
With three Oslo winners injured and two choosing not to compete in Paris, only six athletes were still in the Jackpot race before the Meeting Gaz de France had begun. Two of those six finished second in their respective events, and only four remain in contention after Paris.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Jackpot Contenders, Women
400 m: Sanya Richards ( United States)100 m Hurdles: Michelle Perry ( United States)Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva ( Russia)


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala
The third stop of the Golden League took place at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, on June 13, 2007. This meet hit headlines, as French long jumper Salim Sdiri was hit by a rogue javelin, thrown by Finn Tero Pitkämäki, as he warmed up for his event. The injuries sustained, however, were not serious and Sdiri made a full recovery.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Men's 100 m
Asafa Powell took his second Golden League victory, beating Paris winner Derrick Atkins who took second.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Men's 1500 m
Adil Kaouch also took a second Golden League victory, in a Personal Best, with several other athletes recording the best results of their lives.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Men's 110 m Hurdles
Oslo winner Anwar Moore won a close-run race from Paris winner Dayron Robles.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Men's Triple Jump
Christian Olsson only took two attempts before retiring, a foul and a jump which turned out to be a winning mark.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Men's Javelin
Tero Pitkämäki plummeted out of the jackpot race, as Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen took the win. However, this competition was more memorable for a freak accident concerning Pitkämäki and French long jumper Salim Sdiri. On the Finn's second throw, his javelin veered off to the left and into the long jump area, where Sdiri was warming up. The implement hit Sdiri in his side but no serious injuries were sustained. The incident clearly had an adverse effect on Pitkämäki, however, as he failed to match his first round effort of 86.09 m.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Women's 100 m
Torri Edwards continued her fine season with a win over compatriot Me'Lisa Barber and top European Tezzhan Naimova, as Allyson Felix finished fourth.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Women's 400 m
Sanya Richards remained in the jackpot hunt with a graceful performance ahead of 2001 World champion Amy Mbackie Thiam, who set her fastest time for four years.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Women's 100 m Hurdles
Michelle Perry set a world lead to win, as Susanna Kallur was disappointed to finish third.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Women's High Jump
Blanka Vlašić took her second Golden League win of the season, as two athletes went over 2 m. Antonietta Di Martino, who had hoped to perform well in front of her home crowd, disappointed, finishing fourth.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Women's Pole Vault
Yelena Isinbayeva took a clear victory to keep her hopes of a jackpot share alive. Isinbayeva missed her first attempt at 4.65 m, then passed to 4.70, which she cleared first time, then came a failure at 4.85, attempts were passed to 4.90, which was routinely cleared at the first attempt. None of the three world record attempts at 5.02 m were close.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Jackpot contenders
Tero Pitkämäki was the only casualty of the meeting, as three women remained in the jackpot hunt.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Jackpot contenders, Women
400 m: Sanya Richards ( United States), 100 m Hurdles: Michelle Perry ( United States), Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva ( Russia)


2007 IAAF Golden League, Weltklasse Zürich
Held in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Letzigrund stadium, on September 7.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Weltklasse Zürich, Jackpot Contenders, Women
400 m: Sanya Richards ( United States), Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva ( Russia)


2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme
The 31st edition of the Memorial Van Damme took place at the King Baudouin Stadium, in Brussels, Belgium, on 14 September 2007.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme
The Golden League events were somewhat overshadowed in Brussels, as Meseret Defar succeeded in her world record attempt in the two miles event and Kenenisa Bekele failed in his attempt over 10,000 m.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme, Men's 10,000 m
Kenenisa Bekele, the current world record holder, won but failed to make a new world record in this event.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme, Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Koech won with a new world lead for this year, and an improvement of 0.62 seconds to the previous lead, that marked in Stockholm in August.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme, Women's Two Miles
After her 5,000 m event gold medal at the world champs this year, Defar successes to make a new world record in this event - with an improvement of 11.89 seconds to the previous record.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme, Jackpot Contenders, Women
400 m: Sanya Richards ( United States), Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva ( Russia)


2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF
The 15th edition of the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) took place at the Berlin Olympiastadion, in Berlin, Germany, on 16 September 2007.


2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF
The sixth Golden League meet ended with two jackpot winners: Sanya Richards from  United States, in the women's 400m event, and Yelena Isinbayeva from  Russia, in the women's Pole Vault event.


2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF, Women's 200 m
The American female sprinter Lauryn Williams won this event with a time of 22.95.


2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF, Women's 100 m Hurdles
The Sweden female athlete Susanna Kallur beat the American world champion Michelle Perry with a time of 12.49, very close to Perry's world lead for this year, 12.44.


2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF, Women's High Jump
Blanka Vlašić, the  Croatian world champion for this event this year, won the event with a good high of 2.00 m.


2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF, Women's Pole Vault
Olympic, World, and European Champion, Yelena Isinbayeva, completed her 6 wins in 2007 Golden League in this meet.


2007 IAAF Golden League, Jackpot Winners
Yelena Isinbaeva from Russia, in the women's Pole Vault event; and Sanya Richards from United States, in the women's 400 m event. Each of them got a prize of $500,000.


2007 IAAF World Athletics Final
The 5th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, Germany on September 22 and September 23, 2007.


2007 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results
These are the results of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, which took place in at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, Germany on September 22 and September 23.


2007 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results
The year's top seven athletes, based on their points ranking of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour, qualified to compete in each event, with an extra four athletes selected for races of 1500 metres and above. One additional athlete, a wildcard, was allocated to each event by the IAAF and replacement athletes were admitted to replace the qualified athletes that could not attend the final.


2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour
The 2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the second edition of the annual global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured 24 one-day meetings, consisting of the six meetings of the 2007 IAAF Golden League, five IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and thirteen IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 27 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events. The series culminated in the two-day 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 22–23 September.


2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour
Four athletes achieved 100 points in the rankings in their event, all of them women: Sanya Richards (400 m), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1500 m), Yelena Isinbayeva (pole vault) and Blanka Vlašić (high jump). The highest scoring male athlete was Asafa Powell in the 100 metres with 96 points – a total also reached by two athletes in the women's 100 metres hurdles (Susanna Kallur and Michelle Perry).


2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour, Points standings
Athletes earned points at meetings during the series. The following athletes were the top performers for their event prior to the World Athletics Final.


2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24, 2007. The races were held at the Mombasa Golf Course in Mombasa, Kenya. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition. The short race for men and women that was run between 1998 and 2006 was scrapped and the World Cross Country Championships went back to one-day format. Reports of the event were given in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparations
When Athletics Kenya (AK, the national governing body of Athletics) applied for the event, it used the slogan "Cross Country Comes Home", referring to Kenyan and East African traditional dominance at the event. Nevertheless, no formidable Kenyan runners are known to come from Kenyan Coast Province. Instead, successful Kenyan runners typically represent Kalenjin tribes who reside in The Rift Valley Kenya, approximately 700-800 kilometres from Mombasa. AK chose Mombasa as a venue due to better infrastructure (such as hotels) compared to other cities. The 2007 World Cross Country Championships is one of the biggest international athletics event held in Kenya since the 1987 All-Africa Games, held 20 years ago in Nairobi. Another event held in Kenya was the 2003 Cricket World Cup.


2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparations
Other applicants for the event were Miami in the United States and Madrid in Spain, both withdrew their candidature before final vote. The World Cross Country Championships have been held in Africa three times before. In 1975 and 1998 it was held in Morocco, the 1996 event took place in South Africa.


2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparations
There was also an IAAF Council meeting held in Mombasa, at which the host cities for 2011 and 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletics were selected.


2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Track and conditions
Mombasa, the host, is the second largest city in Kenya, a major port town and tourist center. The event was held at Mombasa Golf Club, located in Mombasa Island, just east of the Kilindini Harbour. The track was curvy but relatively flat. The underlying ground was mostly grass.


2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Track and conditions
The weather was sunny, hot and humid, typical of Mombasa, resulting in exhausting conditions. This kind of weather may affect competitors who hail from distant latitudes, but also Kenyan and Ethiopian runners, who often come from cooler highland areas. One victim was Pauline Korikwiang, Kenyan runner who was attempting to defend her junior women's title but fainted one kilometer before the finishing line.


2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Senior men's race (12 km)
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia, who has won five consecutive long and short course races,  promised to quit cross country running after the 2006 World Championships. However, he changed his mind and competed in Mombasa after all. A pre-race favourite, Bekele did not finish the race and thus failed to win historical sixth consecutive title.


2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Senior men's race (12 km)
Zersenay Tadese won the event and became the first cross-country world champion for Eritrea. Tadese is also the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships men's gold medalist.