August 2005 in sports
See also: 2005 in sports, August 2005
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- Auto racing:
- IRL: Tony Kanaan wins the Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix, his second victory of the year. Points leader Dan Wheldon was hampered by fuel problems and finished out of the race in 18th.
- Champ Car: Oriol Servia wins his first series victory in the Molson Champ Car race in Montreal, Quebec after officials order rookie Timo Glock to let him pass on the final lap for illegally blocking another car.
- Baseball: 2005 Little League World Series Championship Game
- West Oahu from Ewa Beach, Hawai'i comes from behind with a three-run sixth inning and then wins the first extra-inning game since 1971, defeating Willemstead, Curaçao 7–6 in seven innings. Michael Memea's walk-off home run provided the difference, preventing the defending champions from repeating their attempt to repeat what the Long Beach, California team did in 1992 and 1993. Rancho Buena Vista, California defeated Chiba City, Japan by a 5–4 score to win the consolation game.
- Cricket: The Ashes, fourth test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
- England (477 & 129–7) defeat Australia (218 & 387) by three wickets to take a 2–1 series lead with one Test remaining. After following-on Australia set England a target of 129, England survived a bowling onslaught from Shane Warne (4–31) and Brett Lee (3–51) to gain the upper hand in the series. (BBC)
- Football
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- Cricket: 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup: Bermuda (30.5pts) beat Canada (17.5pts) by 48 runs in Toronto to go top of the Americas group.
- Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa manages his 2,195th win, passing Sparky Anderson to become the third-winningest manager in the history of Major League Baseball. (ESPN)
- Football:
- UEFA Champions League: Group stage draw (UEFA.com)
- Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Club Brugge, Rapid Vienna
- Group B: Arsenal, Ajax, Sparta Prague, FC Thun
- Group C: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen, Udinese
- Group D: Man United, Villarreal, Lille, Benfica
- Group E: AC Milan, PSV, Schalke, Fenerbahçe
- Group F: Real Madrid, Lyon, Olympiakos, Rosenborg
- Group G: Liverpool, Chelsea, Anderlecht, Real Betis
- Group H: Internazionale, Porto, Rangers, Artmedia
- UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round, second leg, Progressing teams shown in bold. (UEFA.com)
- Southern/Mediterranean zone
- Central/Eastern zone
- Northern zone
24 August 2005
- Basketball:
- The University of Cincinnati gave men's basketball head coach Bob Huggins a Wednesday (8/24) 2 p.m. (US EDT) deadline to either resign or be fired. Huggins chose to resign after 16 scandal-filled years with the Bearcats.
- Football:
23 August 2005
- Sports: The NCAA will allow Florida State University to keep their "Seminoles" nickname after the school appealed, citing the cooperation of the tribe in their efforts as part of the school's traditions.
- Football:
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20 August 2005
- Auto racing:
- Two spectators are killed and six seriously injured, when, during a qualifying run at the Mount Vernon Raceway in Mount Vernon, Illinois, the car of Kevin Beattie has its throttle get stuck, leaving it unable to turn. Beattie's car flies into the stands, leaping over the fence, resulting in the tragedies. (USAToday.com)
- Cricket:
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17 August 2005
- Football World Cup 2006 Qualifying: Fifteen games on four continents, including the last matchday of group play in Asia. (2006 World Cup Website)
- Asia
- Japan 2–1 (1–0) Iran. Both teams had already qualified for the World Cup.
- South Korea 0–1 (0–1) Saudi Arabia. Both teams had already qualified for the World Cup.
- Uzbekistan 3–2 (1–2) Kuwait. Down 0–2, Uzbekistan rallies to win the game and 3rd place, earning a spot in a playoff next month against Bahrain. Kuwait is eliminated.
- Bahrain 2–3 (0–2) North Korea. Before this match, Bahrain had clinched 3rd place in their group, while North Korea had already been eliminated.
- Bahrain and Uzbekistan will play a home-and-away series next month, with the winner advancing to a playoff against a CONCACAF team.
- Europe
- Africa: two games, both make-ups of earlier games that were postponed
- CONCACAF
- United States 1–0 (1–0) Trinidad and Tobago Brian McBride garners the game's only goal in just the second minute. A second goal later in the game, scored by Taylor Twellman, is disallowed after the U.S. was ruled offsides.
- Guatemala 2–1 (0–1) Panama.
- Mexico 2–0 (0–0) Costa Rica. Mexico striker Jared Borgetti takes sole possession of the country's all-time goal scoring record in international play.
- Mexico and the USA now are both assured of finishing no worse than fourth place in the CONCACAF group, which would put that team in a playoff against the Bahrain-Uzbekistan winner for a World Cup place.
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- Golf: US PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson shot a five-under par 65 to take the lead after two rounds of the 2005 PGA Championship, the final major on the golf calendar. Play was delayed on the fourth hole when a branch of a tree fell following the group with Tiger Woods teeing off, injuring three people, including two CBS Sports employees, one of them with a broken leg. Woods will make the cut (set at four-over par) continuing his streak of not missing a cut at any of the four majors. (Official PGA Championship Website)
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10 August 2005
9 August 2005
- Ice hockey: A report in The Philadelphia Inquirer states that Comcast and the National Hockey League have agreed to a two year contract worth almost $100 million (US) for a two-year deal for cable television rights with games to be carried on Comcast's OLN channel. The deal is subject to the approval of the league's Board of Governors (owners) and ESPN, who previously held the rights.
- Major League Baseball:
- The game between American League rivals the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, is delayed four minutes in the eighth inning after 18-year-old Scott Harper falls from the upper deck behind home plate at Yankee Stadium, landing on netting between the barrier in front of the upper deck, and the backstop behind home plate. Harper eventually walks back on the netting and security helps him back up onto the deck, and then out of the stadium. A YES Network camera filming a defensive play shook as Harper landed on the netting. The White Sox win the game 2–1 to improve their AL-best record to 73–39. (ESPN.com) Photos of Harper after the fall are at [8]
- An arbitrator orders Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers reinstated. Rogers had served 12 games of a 20-game suspension for shoving two cameraman in June (AP)
- Cricket:
- Football: UEFA Champions League 2005–2006, Third Qualifying Round, first leg.
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- The 13 players involved (not counting draft picks) set an NBA record for most players involved in a single trade. (ESPN)
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1 August 2005