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: 2005 In Sports
- Championships. Play didn't start until after 5pm when it should have began at 1pm. Despite the delay fans were treated with 2 superb matches. In a shockingly powerful performance Venus Williams (seeded 14th) beat the reigning champion Maria Sharapova in straight sets, 7-6 (7-2) 6-1. The win was highly unexpected but the match was considered some of the best Tennis from the ladies all season. In Court 1 Lindsay Davenport faced Amelie Mauresmo in an equally highly entertaining match. In the middle of the 3rd set it began to rain and so the match was left at 7-6 6-7 5-3 to Davenport. (BBC Sport)
- Pitcher Kenny Rogers is in trouble with his team and could be in trouble with the law after he shoves two cameramen walking onto the field at Ameriquest Field in Arlington, Texas for a pre-game warm-up before a game against the Los Angeles Angels . One of the cameramen, Larry Rodriguez , has filed assault charges against Rogers. Rodriguez was taken to a local hospital, complaining of neck, back, and arm pain. Rogers has refused to talk to local media ( Dallas , in this case) this season after a report was released during Spring Training that said Rogers was having trouble trying to get a contract extension with the Rangers. (Yahoo!)
- men's quarterfinals, defending champion Roger Federer beat Chile an Fernando González in straight sets 7-5 6-2 7-6(2). Andy Roddick also made it through to the final four after beating Sebastien Grosjean in a tough but exhilarating five-set thriller 3-6 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-3. Meanwhile Australia n Lleyton Hewitt saw off Feliciano Lopez in straight sets 7-5 6-4 7-6(2) and finally Thomas Johansson reached his first ever Wimbledon semi-final by seeing off David Nalbandian in straight sets 7-6(5) 6-2 6-2. (BBC Sport)
- Auto Racing :
- --- Formula 1 :
--The seven teams that use Michelin tires are found guilty on two of five charges brought against them before the World Motor Sport Council for their failure to race in the 2005 United States Grand Prix . Announcment of punishment has been deferred to September 14 . (Motorsport.com)
--The 2006 Formula One Season may have a record 20 races, as the FIA releases the preliminary calendar for Next Year . How the race order will go is yet to be determined, but the Malaysian Grand Prix is presumed to be the season opener, because the usual season opener, the Australian Grand Prix , is being pushed back to April because of the 2006 Commonwealth Games . (FIA press release; calendar is located on the very bottom)
- Basketball :
- ---The 2005 NBA Draft takes place in New York City . The Milwaukee Bucks make Andrew Bogut , a Center from Australia by way of the University Of Utah , the top overall pick. Four players from reigning NCAA Champions North Carolina are among the Lottery picks (i.e., the first 14 players drafted). (AP/Yahoo!)
- Auto Racing :
- --- Formula One :
-- Michelin announces they will reimburse all money to all spectators who attended the 2005 United States Grand Prix in Indianapolis , in which the seven teams that use Michelins refused to take part in over safety issues regarding their tires. Michelin also announces they will offer to buy 20,000 tickets for next year's United States Grand Prix to give to spectators who attended this year's race, trying to help better promote the sport in the United States . How those tickets will be distributed and how much money will be given back is unclear at this time. (CNN.com)
--The seven teams who refused to race in the recent 2005 United States Grand Prix will face a disciplinary hearing this coming Wednesday. The teams face charges of bringing the sport into disrepute and could be docked constructors' points. (BBC Sport)
- , Maria Sharapova , Lindsay Davenport and Amelie Mauresmo are all in the Wimbledon semi-finals after they saw off stiff competition respectively in today's Quarter Finals. (BBC Sport)
- 's run-chase in the NatWest Series match against Australia . Play was stopped a couple of times before that as well, but eventually - with England 37-1 - the match was declared a no-result. England 's bowling restricted the Australian score to 261-9. Darren Gough claimed three late wickets among five falling for 30 runs. Andrew Symonds had the top-score with 74, putting on 101 with Mike Hussey (45). (BBC Sport)
- score the first truly convincing win of their Current Tour Of New Zealand , destroying NPC Division Two team Manawatu 109-6. Wales International Shane Williams equals a Lions record with five Tries . (BBC)
(Or 24 June 2005 for those in the Eastern Standard Time zone)
- and the NBA Players Association agree to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement , averting a potential lockout. Among the terms of the agreement is an age limit, which will require all American players to be 19 or older on draft day. (ESPN.com)
- (391-4, Paul Collingwood 112 not out and 6-31, Andrew Strauss 152) beat Bangladesh (223 all out) by 168 runs, as England set the second highest One Day International score ever, and Collingwood became the first to score a century and take a six-wicket-haul in the same match. BBC
- win ArenaBowl XIX in Las Vegas 51-48 over the Georgia Force . Crush kicker Clay Rush kicks the title-winning field goal with 3 seconds left. (ArenaFootball.com)
- Auto Racing :
- --- wins the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal over Michael Schumacher . Both Renaults drop out, and Juan Pablo Montoya is disqualified for failing to heed the red light at the end of pit road as the Safety Car leads by a long string of cars, a safety car that was brought out after polesitter Jenson Button crashes. (Formula1.com)
- --- wins the Pocono 500 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania for his second Nextel Cup win of the season. (NASCAR.com)
- join Germany in the semi-finals of the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship following a 5-3 defeat of Italy and Germany's 3-0 win over France . (UEFA.com – Norway-Italy , Germany-France )
- Golf :
- --- Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to win the first two Majors of the year since 1986 , waltzing to a three-shot win at the LPGA Championship in Havre De Grace, Maryland . Second place went to 15-year-old Michelle Wie , who scored the highest finish by an amateur in a major since 1998 . (AP/Yahoo!)
- --- Sergio García wins the Booz Allen Classic on the PGA Tour , this year held at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland . The Classic, the old Kemper Open, is held annually in suburban Washington, DC . It is generally held at the TPC ( Tournament Players Club ) at Avenel in Potomac, Maryland , but Avenel is being renovated. Having the tournament at Congressional, the week before this year's U.S. Open , attracted the best field ever for the event. (AP/Yahoo!)
- Golf :
- --- announces that the women's tour will implement a playoff system in 2006 at the season-ending ADT Championship . The playoff system will consist of 30 players determined by a points system, and two wild cards. The winner of the tournament will win a $1 million prize. (USAToday.com)
- Rugby Union :
- --- In their North American tour, Wales defeats the USA In East Hartford, Connecticut by a record 77 points to 3, despite two-thirds of their regular team being unavailable through being on the British And Irish Lions team currently Touring New Zealand . (BBC)
- Floorball :
- --- 4–3 (2–1, 1–1, 1–1). Former world champion Sweden takes the third place.
- Golf :
- --- Bart Bryant wins the PGA TOUR 's The Memorial Tournament with a final score of 16-under par. It's Bryant's second career PGA TOUR win. (PGATOUR.com)
- Tennis :
- --- beats Mariano Puerta for the Men's Singles Title in the 2005 French Open .
- Cricket :
- --- 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup :
-- Kenya (300-6d & 282-9d) (17pts) drew with Namibia (335-9d & 68-5) (15pts) at Windhoek . Kenya go through to the semi-finals as winners of the African group
- 2005 English Cricket Season :
- --- Bangladesh Tour, 2nd Test :
-- England (447 for 3 declared, Ian Bell 162---, Marcus Trescothick 151, Graham Thorpe 66---) beat Bangladesh (104, Steve Harmison 5/38, and 316, Aftab Ahmed 82---, Javed Omar 71, Habibul Bashar 63, Matthew Hoggard 5 for 73) by an innings and 27 runs to win the second Test at Riverside , Chester-le-Street . England win the two-Test series 2-0 to cement their ranking as the second-best Test team in the world. Bangladesh remain tenth.
- --- Australian Tour Of England :
--The Australian Team has landed in England to start their tour of England
- --- National League, Division One :
--The match between Glamorgan (2pts) and Nottinghamshire (2pts) is abandoned without a ball being bowled
- --- National League, Division Two :
- Boxing :
- --- Ricky Hatton defeats Kostya Tszyu to become the new IBF Light Welterweight champion of the world at the MEN Arena in Manchester , England . Tszyu was behind on the cards of all three judges when he failed to answer the bell for the 12th, and final, round. (BBC)
- Football (soccer) :
- --- Women's Euro 2005
-- Sweden and Denmark battle to a 1-1 draw in the opening match at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool . (BBC)
-- In the day's second match, a competition-record crowd of 29,092 at the City Of Manchester Stadium watches England defeat Finland 3-2 in a match in the same group. The Finns came back from 0-2 at half-time to tie the match 2-2 when Laura Kalmari scored with two minutes to go, but England's 17-year-old striker Karen Carney scored the decisive goal in injury time. (BBC)
- Arena Football League :
- ---The Georgia Force win the Arena League's National Conference championship game 60-58 over the Orlando Predators . Force Quarterback Matt Nagy throws 7 touchdown passes and runs for another. It's the franchise's first trip to the ArenaBowl as the Force, but third overall, as they made two straight trips in 2000 and 2001 as the old version of the Nashville Kats . They lost both times. (USAToday.com)
- 2005 English Cricket Season :
- --- Bangladesh Tour, 2nd Test :
-- Ian Bell becomes the first Englishman since Les Ames 70 years ago to score 100 runs in a Test match before lunch
- --- County Championship, Division One :
-- Sussex (12pts) drew with Glamorgan (8pts)
-- Hampshire (17pts) beat Nottinghamshire (4pts) by 14 runs
-- Surrey (10pts) drew with Warwickshire (8pts)
- --- County Championship, Division Two :
-- Derbyshire (11pts) drew with Essex (9pts)
-- Lancashire (7pts) drew with Northamptonshire (7pts)
-- Leicestershire (10pts) drew with Somerset (7pts)
-- Worcestershire (9pts) drew with Durham (9pts)
- Football (soccer) :
- --- 2006 World Cup European Qualifying
-- Israel come from behind to draw 2-2 with Ireland at Lansdowne Road in a bad-tempered match. Five Israeli players were given Yellow Card s, as was one Irish player while another Irish player, Andy O'Brien was Sent Off . (IOL)
- Tennis :
- --- Justine Henin-Hardenne wins her second French Open title in three years, defeating 2000 champion and French citizen Mary Pierce 6-1, 6-1. (AP/ESPN)
- Rugby Union :
- ---The British And Irish Lions win the first match of their Tour To New Zealand , defeating Bay Of Plenty 34-20 in Rotorua . Experienced England back-rower Lawrence Dallaglio suffers a serious ankle injury, ending his tour. (BBC)
- Major League Baseball :
- ---In a pivotal, yet still early-in-the-season game between National League East Division rivals the Florida Marlins and the Washington Nationals , Nationals outfielder Marlon Byrd accidentally railroads second base umpire Joe Brinkman while rushing toward first base ump Bill Miller to argue a call during the top of the seventh inning, a call that came a half-inning earlier. Byrd is ejected seconds before he smashes into Brinkman, who is uninjured. The incident overshadows the Nationals' 7-3 win. (SI.com)
- Busch Series driver Shane Hmiel is suspended for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy. In September 2003 , Hmiel failed a drug test, and was barred indefinitely, with the punishing ultimately lasting five months. Hmeil has since hired a lawyer to combat this. (TheState.com)
- Football :
- ---An independent commission charged by the English Premier League with investigating the alleged "tapping up" of Arsenal defender Ashley Cole by Chelsea issues its findings. Cole, Chelsea, and Chelsea manager José Mourinho are all found guilty. Cole is fined £100,000, Mourinho £200,000, and Chelsea £300,000. Chelsea also receive a suspended three-point deduction for 2005-06, which will be assessed if they commit another tapping-up offense in the 2005-06 season. (BBC)
- Basketball :
- --- defeat the Phoenix Suns 101-95 to clinch the Western Conference finals, four games to one. The Spurs will play in the NBA Finals beginning June 9 . (AP/Yahoo!)
''(For earlier sports events, see May 2004 and preceding months)''
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