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: 2005 In Sports
- Cricket :
- --- (218 for 5, Walker 58 not out) beat Yorkshire (216 for 6, Vaughan 116 not out) by 5 wickets. (BBC)
- --- (180 for 4, Dravid 52 not out) beat West Indies (178, Deonarine 41) by 6 wickets in the second match of the ODI Triangular Series. (BBC)
- Golf :
- --- Jeong Jang wins the Weetabix Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale , her first LPGA win. (AP/ESPN)
- --- Allen Doyle , nine shots behind after the third round of the U.S. Senior Open , shoots a course-record 63 (tied for the lowest round ever in the event) and wins his third Senior Major by one stroke. His final-round comeback is unprecedented in the history of the senior majors; among the mainstream men's majors, only Paul Lawrie 's comeback from 10 shots down on the final day of the 1999 Open Championship surpasses this feat. (USSeniorOpen.com)
- Auto Racing
- --- wins the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in Budapest . Michael Schumacher finishes second, with younger brother Ralf finishing third, his first podium since the 2004 Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka . Championship leader Fernando Alonso finishes 11th, the third time he's failed to score points this year, but the first time he's done so in finishing a race. Christian Klien does one rollover in an accident in the first turn after the start, but is not injured, and in fact, walks away. (Formula1.com)
- --- wins the Firestone Indy 400 at the Michigan International Speedway , his home track, and his first win since 2003.
- --- wins the inaugural Grand Prix of San Jose .
- Golf
- --- Ernie Els will miss the rest of the 2005 season with a knee injury he suffered while sailing.
- ---Stage 21, Corbeil-Essonnes to Paris ( Champs-Élysées ), 144 km (87.48 miles). Lance Armstrong wins his seventh and final Tour. Due to rain in Paris, The Tour Organisers exercised their option to take the time for general classification purposes at the first entrance to the Champs-Élysées. The riders continued to race for the stage win and its associated time bonuses and points. Alexander Vinokourov wins the stage and a 20-second time bonus, allowing him to pass Levi Leipheimer for fifth place overall, after escaping from the peloton with 2 km left. Armstrong's overall time is 86h 15m 02s. The rest of the top ten are Ivan Basso at +4m 40s, Jan Ullrich at +6m 21s, Francisco Mancebo at +9m 59s, Vinokourov at +11m 01s, Leipheimer at +11m 21s, Michael Rasmussen at +11m 33s; however, Rasmussen was the overall winner of the Polka Dot Jersey as the best climber. The remainder of the top ten in the General Classification was Cadel Evans at +11m 55s, Floyd Landis at +12m 44s and Oscar Pereiro Sio at +16m 14s. Thor Hushovd wins the '' Maillot Vert '' for sprinters, Yaroslav Popovych wins the '' Maillot Blanc '' (white jersey) as top rider under age 25, and T-Mobile won the team classification. (LeTour.com)
- ---Stage 20, Individual time trial, 55.5 km, starting and finishing in Saint-Étienne . In the Tour's penultimate stage Michael Rasmussen suffers a disastrous performance, losing his overall third place following a fall after 3 km, requiring four bike changes, and then crashing into a ditch. Lance Armstrong wins his first stage of this Tour, the twenty-second of his career, in 1h 11m 46s. Jan Ullrich was 23 seconds slower but moves up the General Classification. In the GC, Lance Armstrong leads the parade toward Paris tomorrow in 82h 34m 05s, followed by Ivan Basso in +4m 40s, Jan Ullrich in +6m 21s, Francisco Mancebo in +9m 59s, Levi Leipheimer in +11m 25s, Alexander Vinokourov in +11m 27s, Michael Rasmussen plummets from 3rd to 7th in +11m 33s, Cadel Evans in +11m 55s, Floyd Landis in +12m 44s and Oscar Pereiro Sio in +16m 04s. (Le Tour)
- Golf :
- --- LPGA rookie Paula Creamer wins the Evian Masters , a tournament in France co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour and a major on the latter tour. The 18-year-old Creamer cruised to an eight-stroke victory over Michelle Wie and Lorena Ochoa . (AP/Yahoo!)
- Auto Racing :
- --- teams are cleared of wrongdoing after the two "guilty" verdicts against them from the instances of the 2005 United States Grand Prix are overturned. (F1.Racing-Live.com)
- Ice Hockey
- ---The National Hockey League board of governors unanimously ratifies the new NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement , formally ending the Lockout that cancelled the 2004-05 NHL Season . The league unveiled a new version of their logo, made sweeping rules changes, many adopted by the American Hockey League in 2004 to bring increased offense to the game, and held a draft lottery to determine the selection order for the July 30 Draft in Ottawa, Ontario , with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the right to select Sidney Crosby first overall. NHL.com web site
- ---Stage 19, 153.5 km (93 miles) from Issoire to Le Puy-en-Velay . A four-man group which broke away after 34 km made it all the way to the finish. Giuseppe Guerini ( T-Mobile Team ) won in 3h 33m 04s, his second TdF stage win after Alpe D'Huez in 1999, followed within 10 seconds by Sandy Casar , Franco Pellizotti and Oscar Pereiro Sio . In the provisional General Classification this stage pushes Oscar Pereiro Sio into 10th place overall, the procession still being lead by Lance Armstrong (81h 22m 19s), followed by Ivan Basso at +2m 46s, Michael Rasmussen at +3, 46s, Jan Ullrich at +5m 58s, Francisco Mancebo at +7m 08, Levi Leipheimer at +8m 12s, Cadel Evans at +9m 49s, Alexandre Vinokourov at +10m 11s, Floyd Landis at 10m 42s and Pereiro Sio at 12m 39s. Saturday's stage is the 55.5 km individual time trial starting and ending in Saint-Etienne . (Le Tour)
- Ice Hockey
- ---The National Hockey League lockout officially ends as the NHLPA votes in favor of the new collective bargaining agreement by an 87-13% margin. (AP/ESPN)
- Basketball
- --- Flip Saunders is named the new head coach of the NBA 's Detroit Pistons . (AP/ESPN)
- ---Stage 18, 189.0 km from Albi to Mende . In the stage ending on the airport runway at Mende, Marcos Serrano wins the stage in 4h 37m 36s, followed by Cédric Vasseur and Axel Merckx 27 seconds later. Cadel Evans , Lance Armstrong , Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich finish in 11th-14th places at +11m 18s, followed by Alexander Vinokourov , Michael Rasmussen , Levi Leipheimer and Francisco Mancebo at +11m 55s. With only four stages remaining, the General Classification is Armstrong 3,254.5km in 77h 44m 44s (average 41.664km/h), followed by Basso at +2m 46s, Rasmussen at +3m 46s, Ullrich at +5m 58s, Mancebo at +7m 08s, Leipheimer at +8m 12s, Evans at +9m 49s, Vinokourov at +10m 11s, Floyd Landis at +10m 42s, and Christophe Moreau at +13m 15s. Rasmussen is confirmed at the winner of the King Of The Mountains competition, however, he must finish the race in Paris on Sunday to officially claim the title. (Le Tour)
- Tennis
- --- India 's no. 1 female tennis player Sania Mirza crashes out of the $170,000 WTA Tour tennis event in Cincinnati, Ohio , USA , losing to Japan 's Akiko Morigami in the quarterfinals. (Hindu) (Times of India)
- Major League Baseball
- ---The , Emil Brown , Alberto Castillo , and Royals manager Buddy Bell . (Yahoo!)
- Auto Racing :
- --- wins the New Hampshire 300 at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon , his third win in the last four races, after not having won at all this season before this recent stretch. (NASCAR.com)
- --- picks up his second win of the season at the inaugural West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix Of Edmonton at the Finning International Speedway in Edmonton . Polesitter A.J. Allmendinger slaps the wall with 8 laps to go while leading, damaging both his left side suspensions. Bourdais now leads Paul Tracy by 21 points in the series standings. If Bourdais holds on in points from here, it will be his second straight series title, and the first time Newman-Haas Racing has ever won back-to-back Champ Car titles. (ChampCarWorldSeries.com)
- --- Tiger Woods wins at St Andrews . Challenged early in the final day by Colin Montgomerie and playing partner José María Olazábal , Woods eventually cruises to a five-stroke win over Montgomerie. He becomes only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus , to win all four Majors more than once. (Opengolf.com)
- ---Stage 15, 205.5 km from Lézat-sur-Leze to Saint-Lary-Soulan . The toughest mountain stage of the whole Tour. A dramatic chase over six mountain passes decimates the peloton as Ivan Basso , Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich pursue a breakaway group of six riders up vicious Pyreneean slopes. George Hincapie ( Discovery Channel ) wins in 6 hrs 06 min 38 secs, becoming the first member of Lance Armstong's team, other than Lance, to win a stage since 1999. Oscar Pereiro Sio ( Phonak ) (+06 secs) Pietro Caucchioli ( Crédit Agricole ) (+38 secs), Michael Boogerd ( Rabobank ) (+57 secs) and Laurent Brochard ( Bouyges Telecom ) (+2 min 19 secs) were also in the breakaway. Ivan Basso ( CSC ) and Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) finish 6th and 7th, both in +5 min 04 secs, followed by Oscar Sevilla and Jan Ullrich ( T-Mobile Team ) (both +6 min 28 secs) and Michael Rasmussen at +6 min 32 secs.
- ---In the General Classification, Lance Armstrong picks up yet another '' Maillot Jaune '' in 62 hours 09 min 59 secs, but Ivan Basso (+2 min 46 secs) leapfrogs Michael Rasmussen (+3 min 09 secs) into second place. Jan Ullrich is at +5 min 58 secs, followed by Francisco Mancebo (+6 min 31 secs), Levi Leipheimer (+7 min 35 secs), Floyd Landis (+9 min 33 secs), Alexander Vinokourov (+9 min 38 secs), Christophe Moreau is the leading Frenchman at +11 min 47 secs while Andreas Klöden is in 10th place at +12 min 01 secs. Monday is a rest day. (Le Tour)
- Auto Racing
- --- won the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. (indycar.com)
- Boxing
- ---In a split decision, Jermain Taylor upset defending champion Bernard Hopkins to win the undisputed Middleweight championship in Las Vegas, Nevada . (AP/ Yahoo! Sports)
- --- 2004 Olympics silver-medallist Amir Khan wins his debut professional bout in Bolton .
- ---Tiger Woods scrambled to a one-under-par 71 and retain a lead that was reduced to two strokes after three rounds on The Old Course at St Andrews. José María Olazábal was in second place after a two-under-par score of 70. (The Open website)
- ---Stage 14, 220.5 km from Agde to Ax-3 Domaines . The Tour enters the Pyrenees , and the stage is won by Georg Totschnig ( Gerolsteiner ) in 5 hrs 43 min 43 sec, followed 56 seconds later by Lance Armstrong ( Discovery Channel ) who managed to completely drop the rest of his team. Ivan Basso ( Team CSC ) finished third in +58 seconds, with Jan Ullrich ( T-Mobile ) +1 min 16 secs, Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) and Floyd Landis ( Phonak ) both at +1 min 31 secs and Francisco Mancebo ( Illes Balears ) and Michael Rasmussen ( Rabobank ) both at +1 min 47 secs.
- ---In the General Classification, at 55 hours 58 minutes 17 seconds Lance Armstrong increases his lead over Michael Rasmussen to +1 min 41 secs, with Ivan Basso (+2 min 46 secs), Jan Ullrich (+4 min 34 secs), Levi Leipheimer (+4 min 45 secs), Floyd Landis and Francisco Mancebo (both +5 min 03 secs), Andreas Klöden (+5 min 38 secs), Alexander Vinokourov (+7 min 09 secs), and Christophe Moreau (+8 min 37 secs). (Le Tour.)
- Poker
- ---Lebanese-born Joseph Hachem , a former Chiropractor who now resides in Melbourne , Australia , won the richest prize in poker history, $7.5 million (US) at the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em main event at the 2005 World Series Of Poker . He defeated investment banker Steve Dennemann with a 3-to-7 Straight on the flop. Denneman received $4.5 million as the runner up, and John "Tex" Barch finished third to receive $2.5 million. In all, Hachum outlasted 5,618 other players, an all-time record for a poker tournament. (World Series of Poker website.)
- Baseball
- --- Rafael Palmeiro of the Baltimore Orioles records the 3,000th Hit of his career, an RBI double off of Seattle Mariners pitcher Joel Piñeiro , to become the 26th player to reach the mark. He joins Hank Aaron , Willie Mays , and Eddie Murray as the only players with 3,000 hits and 500 Home Runs . (AP/ESPN)
- Golf
- ---At The Open Championship at The Old Course at St Andrews, Tiger Woods extended his lead in the event to four strokes, this day over sentimental favourite Colin Montgomerie. Jack Nicklaus , in what would turn out to be his final competetive round of golf as a professional, would miss the cut shooting a par 72, but will end his career after a Birdie on the 18th hole and a two-round total three strokes over par. Also missing the cut was defending champion Todd Hamilton, shooting two over par. (AP/Yahoo! Sports)
- --- Michelle Wie lost her quarter-final match at the U. S. Public Links Men's Championship, and will not qualify for The Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia next April. (AP/ESPN)
- ---'' as he keeps a lead of 35 seconds over his compitiion, Denmark's Michael Rasmussen. (OLN)
- ---Tiger Woods leads after the first round at The Old Course at St Andrews with a six-under par 66. Jack Nicklaus, playing in his final competitve event at this year's Open Championship on The Old Course, shot a three-over par 75. (AP/ESPN)
- Baseball
- ---The San Francisco Giants defeated their hated rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers , 4-3, to win their 10,000th game in the club's history, the most of any professional sports franchise.
- 2005 - 06 First Qualifying Round, first leg.
- --- Baskimi 0 – 0 Zepce
- --- Birkirkara 0 – 2 APOEL
- --- Sant Julià 0 – 5 Rapid Bucureşti
- --- Teuta 3 – 1 Široki Brijeg
- --- Elbasani 1 – 1 Vardar
- --- Omonia 3 – 0 Hibernians
- --- Domagnano 0 – 5 Domzale
- --- Ferencváros 0 – 2 MTZ-RIPO
- --- Banants 2 – 3 Lokomotivi Tbilisi
- --- Torpedo Kutaisi 0 – 1 BATE Borisov
- --- Vaduz 2 – 0 Dacia Chisinau
- --- Baku 1 – 0 Žilina
- --- Mainz 05 4 – 0 MIKA
- --- Nistru Otaci 3 – 1 Khazar Lenkoran
- --- Longford Town 2 – 0 Carmarthen Town
- --- Ekranas 0 – 2 Cork City
- --- ÍBV 1 – 1 B36
- --- Allianssi 3 – 0 Pétange
- --- Linfield 1 – 0 Ventspils
- --- NSÍ 0 – 3 Metalurgs
- --- Etzella 0 – 4 Keflavik
- --- Portadown 1 – 2 Viking Stavanger
- --- TVMK 1 – 1 MyPa
- --- Rhyl 2 – 1 Atlantas
- --- EfB 1 – 2 Flora Tallinn
- ---Stage 12 of the Tour, 187 km from Briançon to Digne Les Bains . Before the stage begins, '' Maillot Vert '' competition leader Tom Boonen withdraws from the race following his fall in yesterday's stage. 166 riders remain in the race. Appropriately for Bastille Day , the stage is won by a Frenchman, David Moncoutie (Cofidis) in 4 hr 20 min 06 sec, followed by Sandy Casar (Francaise Des Jeux), Angel Vicioso (LSW), Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole), Jose Luis Arrieta , Franco Pellizotti and Axel Merckx , all at +57 secs. The General Classification remains unchanged, Lance Armstrong finished in the peloton in 41st place, 10 mins 32 seconds behind Moncoutie. (Le Tour)
- ---The National Hockey League and its players' Union , the NHL Players Association , have reached a deal on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that will end the league's 10-month Lockout . The six-year agreement is subject to approval by the NHLPA membership on 21 July and the league's Board of Governors (owners) on 22 July . (TSN)
- 2005 - 06 - First Qualifying Round, first leg
- --- Haka 1 – 0 Pyunik (UEFA.com)
- --- Dudelange 0 – 1 Zrinjski (UEFA.com)
- --- Glentoran 1 – 2 Shelbourne (UEFA.com)
- --- HB Tórshavn 2 – 4 Kaunas (UEFA.com)
- --- Liverpool 3 – 0 TNS (UEFA.com)
- --- Gorica 2 – 0 Tirana (UEFA.com)
- ---Stage 11 of the Tour, 173 km from Courchevel to Briançon . Before the stage begins, Italian rider Dario Frigo is excluded and arrested when performance enhancing drugs are discovered in his wife's car. In the first stage to have not one but two ''"Hors Categorie"'' climbs (the highest categorisation for mountains, indicating maximum difficulty), the Col de la Madeleine (2000 m) and the Col Du Galibier (2645 m - the highest point of this year's Tour) T-Mobile 's Kazakh rider Alexander Vinokourov wins in a sprint, just ahead of Colombia n Santiago Botero . Lance Armstrong 's group finishes one minute and a quarter behind, so the American keeps the Maillot Jaune, while its former wearer, Jens Voigt of CSC is eliminated for not finishing within the time limit.
- ---Armstrong remains 38 seconds ahead of Michael Rasmussen ( Rabobank ), and his next closest rival is Christophe Moreau . The only majorly movement in the general classification is Vinokourov making up some time on the leaders. The other jerseys have not changed hands, and the ''lanterne rouge'', the last placed rider in the race (presently Iker Flores ) is more than two and a quarter hours down on Armstrong. (Le Tour)
- --- American League 7 — National League 5. Miguel Tejada ( Orioles , AL) is named All-Star Game MVP .
- 2005 - 06 - First Qualifying Round, first leg
- --- Levadia Tallinn 1 – 0 Dinamo Tbilisi (UEFA.com)
- --- Dinamo Minsk 1 – 1 Anorthosis Famagusta (UEFA.com)
- --- Neftchi 2 – 0 FH Hafnarfjörður (UEFA.com)
- --- Kairat Almaty 2 – 0 Artmedia Bratislava (UEFA.com)
- --- Rabotnicki 6 – 0 Skonto Riga (UEFA.com)
- --- Sliema Wanderers 1 – 4 Sheriff Tiraspol (UEFA.com)
- ---Stage 10 of the Tour, 181 km from Grenoble to Courchevel . In the first stage to have a mountain finish Team Discovery Channel powers Lance Armstrong back into the ''maillot jaune''. Alejandro Valverde (IBA) wins the stage with Armstrong recording the same time. Michael Rasmussen finished nine seconds later. In the General Classification, Armstrong now leads at 37 hours 11 minutes 04 seconds, followed by Rasmussen (+38 sec), Ivan Basso (+2 min 40 sec), Christophe Moreau (+2 min 42 sec), Valverde (+3 min 16 sec), Levi Leipheimer (+3 min 58 sec), Francisco Mancebo (+4 min 00 sec), and Jan Ullrich (+4 min 02 sec). (Guardian) , (Le Tour)
- ---A rest day. Action would resume the next day.
- Golf :
- --- records his second Senior Major victory in the Senior Players Championship with an overall score of 15-under. (PGATOUR.com)
- --- records his first-ever PGA TOUR win in the John Deere Classic with an overall tournament score of 16-under, defeating runners-up Robert Damron and Hank Kuehne , who finish at 15-under. (PGATOUR.com)
- Auto Racing :
- --- shakes himself out of a slump and wins the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet , Illinois .
- --- wins the 2005 British Grand Prix , defeating Fernando Alonso and Montoya's McLaren Mercedes teammate Kimi Räikkönen . (Formula1.com)
- --- record his first-ever Champ Car win in the Molson Indy Toronto . (ChampCarWorldSeries.com)
- ---Stage 9 of the Tour, 171 km from Gerardmer to Mulhouse . After a breakaway of 167 kilometres, Michael Rasmussen ( Rabobank ) wins the stage in 4 hours 8 minutes 20 seconds, 3 minutes 4 seconds ahead of Christophe Moreau ( Crédit Agricole ) and Jens Voigt ( Team CSC ) who takes the '' Maillot Jaune '' from Lance Armstrong . The peloton arrives 6 minutes 4 seconds after Rasmussen. The first ''maillot jaune'' wearer of this year's race, David Zabriskie (Team CSC) retires because of the injuries he sustained in his fall in the time trial in stage 4. Rasmussen also substantially extends his lead in the King Of The Mountains competition, winning all 30 points in the Ballon D'Alsace for the '' Maillot á Pois ''. In the General Classification, Voigt now leads at 32 hours 18 minutes 23 seconds, followed by Moreau (+1 min 50 sec), Armstrong (+2 min 18 sec), Rasmussen (+2 min 43 sec), Alexander Vinokourov (+3 min 20 sec) and Bobby Julich (+3 min 25 sec). Monday is a rest day. (Le Tour)
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