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: 2005 In Sports
- 2005 English Cricket Season :
- --- Tour Match :
-- Northamptonshire drew with the Bangladeshis
- --- National League, Division One :
--The match between Middlesex (95-5 in 21 overs) and Gloucestershire (40-2 in 7 overs) was abandoned as a draw (2pts each)
- Golf :
- --- wins the Bank Of America Colonial in Fort Worth by seven strokes over second place Billy Mayfair . Perry won this same event just Two Years Ago . (Yahoo!)
- ---, just 18, becomes the LPGA's second-youngest first-time winner ever, and the tour's youngest in 50 years, defeating second place finishers Jeong Jang and Gloria Park by one shot to win the Sybase Classic in New Rochelle, New York . This Thursday, Creamer will graduate from High School . (Yahoo!)
- Motorsport :
- --- wins the Monaco Grand Prix for his second consecutive win, defeating WilliamsF1 drivers Nick Heidfeld , whom, with a second place, scores his best finish ever, and Mark Webber , who gets his very first podium. Räikkönen leads every lap once again, duplicating the feat he accomplished in Spain two weeks ago. (Formula1.com)
- Rugby Union :
- ---In an all- French Heineken Cup final at Murrayfield in Edinburgh , Toulouse defeat Stade Français ( Paris ) 18-12 in Extra Time . Toulouse is the first club to win the competition three times. (BBC)
- Cricket :
- --- Pakistan complete their clean sweep of the West Indies , winning the third match of the ODI series by 22 runs to take the series by 3-0. Despite the win, they stay fifth in the ICC ODI Championship , tied on points with South Africa.
- Boxing :
- --- Lamon Brewster retains his WBO world Heavyweight title with a first round knockout of Andrzej Gołota . Boxrec.com
- Motorsport :
- --- wins the 2005 Nextel All-Star Challenge . Brian Vickers wins the transfer race, the Nextel Open , in controversial fashion, spinning pole-sitter Mike Bliss coming to the start-finish line on the final lap, much to Bliss' dismay. (NASCAR.com)
- --- qualifies for the Indy 500, his first race since a life-threatening crash at Texas Motor Speedway in 2003. Bräck, replacing defending champion Buddy Rice (who, ironically, replaced Bräck in 2004), runs faster than pole-sitter Tony Kanaan but will start 23rd because he qualified after last Sunday's Pole Day. (AP/ESPN)
- Football (soccer) :
- ---For the first time in history, the FA Cup final goes to a Penalty Shootout . After Arsenal and Manchester United finish regular time and Extra Time tied 0-0, Arsenal wins the Cup by winning the shootout 5-4. Arsenal Keeper Jens Lehmann saves United's second shot by Paul Scholes , and Gunners captain Patrick Vieira scores the winning shot. This will be the last final held at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff , Wales , as the 2006 final will be played at the new Wembley Stadium in London . (BBC)
- Thoroughbred Horse Racing :
- ---The post-time favorite, Afleet Alex , defeats Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo (who finished third) in the Preakness Stakes held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland , and therefore extends the U.S. Triple Crown drought to 27 years, the longest in racing history. (AP/ESPN)
- Ice Hockey :
- ---The London Knights defeat the Rimouski Océanic 4-3 in overtime, in the first game of the 2005 Memorial Cup .
- Cricket :
- --- Pakistan (258/8) beat West Indies (218) by 40 runs at Gros Islet , St Lucia to take an unassilable 2-0 lead in the 3-ODI series.
- Indianapolis 500 :
- ---Defending IndyCar series champion Tony Kanaan wins the pole position for the 2005 race. Danica Patrick , 23 years old, earns the best start for a female driver by taking the fourth position. (Indianapolis500.com)
- Golf :
- --- gets his first PGA TOUR win at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas with a 15-under overall score, one shot better than overnight leader Sean O'Hair . (PGATOUR.com)
- Cricket :
- --- South Africa (141/3) beat West Indies (138/7) by 7 wickets in the fifth and final One-day International at Trinidad , sealing a 5-0 series whitewash. (Wisden Cricinfo)
- --- (31.5pts) beat Uganda (17pts) by 3 wickets in Kampala . Uganda are eliminated, Namibia will play Kenya on 2-5 June to determine which African team progresses to the semi-finals.
- --- 2005 English Cricket Season :
-- National League Division One :
- Essex (217/5) beat Glamorgan (216/7) by 5 wickets (BBC)
- Lancashire (218/3) beat Northamptonshire (215/7) by 7 wickets (BBC)
- Hampshire (353/8) beat Middlesex (248) by 105 runs (BBC)
- Worcestershire (190) beat Nottinghamshire (174) by 16 runs (BBC)
-- National League Division Two :
- Durham (256/4) beat Yorkshire (205) by 51 runs (BBC)
- Leicestershire (194-9) beat Surrey (134) by 60 runs (BBC)
- Ice Hockey :
- --- 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships :
-- Czech Republic is the World Champion after beating Canada 3–0. Bronze medals goes to Team Russia , which defeated Team Sweden 6–3.
- Football (soccer) :
- ---Final-day drama in the English Premier League :
-- West Bromwich Albion , which started the day at the bottom of the table, win 2-0 at home over Portsmouth . Losses by Norwich City and Southampton and a draw by Crystal Palace , combined with the West Brom win, relegate the other three teams and make West Brom the first team in Premier League history to survive relegation after being in last place at Christmas. (BBC)
--In what amounted to a playoff for the final UEFA Cup place, Middlesbrough Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer saves a Robbie Fowler Penalty in stoppage time to preserve a 1-1 draw at Manchester City . A successful Fowler conversion would have sent Man City to Europe at Boro's expense. (BBC)
''(For earlier sports events, see May 2004 and preceding months)''
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