==
Athletics (track and field)==
::''For an extensive coverage see
2005 in athletics (track and field)''
Track
★
June 14 —
Men's 100 metres -
Asafa Powell of
Jamaica sets a new world record of 9.77 at the
Athens Olympic Stadium.
★
June 19 —
European Cup
★
★ Men's overall standings -
Germany
★
★ Women's overall standings -
Russia
★
World Championships - Complete results see
2005 World Championships in Athletics
★
IAAF Golden League -
Russian
triple jumper
Tatyana Lebedeva is the sole winner of the
USD 1 million jackpot divided among all athletes who win their event at each of six designated meets.
★
December 13: The
Court of Arbitration for Sport bans
American Tim Montgomery for two years in a case stemming from his involvement with the controversial "sports nutrition" center
BALCO. Although Montgomery never tested positive for
drugs, CAS found the circumstantial evidence against him overwhelming. It also struck all his results from 2001 on from the books, including a then world-record time of 9.78.
===
Marathon
International Races
★
April 10 —
Rotterdam Marathon,
Netherlands
★
★ Men's Winner:
Jimmy Muindi (KEN) 2:07:50
★
★ Women's Winner:
Lornah Kiplagat (MAR) 2:27:36
★
May 15 —
Enschede Marathon,
Netherlands
★
★ Men's Winner:
John Kelai (KEN) 2:11:44
★
★ Women's Winner:
Abidi Tigist (ETH) 2:33:01
★
August 13 —
IAAF World Championships Marathon,
Helsinki, Finland
★
★ Men's Winner:
Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:10:10
★
August 14 —
IAAF World Championships Marathon,
Helsinki, Finland
★
★ Women's Winner:
Paula Radcliffe (ENG) 2:20:57
★
December 4 —
Fukuoka Marathon,
Japan
★
★ Men's Winner:
Dimitry Baranovsky (UKR) 2:08:29
National Champions
★
April 10 —
Debrecen,
Hungary
★
★ Men's Winner:
Miklos Zatyko — 2:22:58
★
★ Women's Winner:
Ida Kovacs — 2:43:15
★
April 10 —
Rotterdam,
Netherlands
★
★ Men's Winner:
Kamiel Maase — 2:12:50
★
★ Women's Winner:
Lornah Kiplagat — 2:27:35
★
April 17 —
London,
England
★
★ Men's Winner:
Jonathan Brown — 2:09:31
★
★ Women's Winner:
Paula Radcliffe — 2:17:42
★
April 24 —
Helsinki,
Finland
★
★ Men's Winner:
Petri Saavalainen — 2:24:37
★
★ Women's Winner:
Mira Tuominen — 2:49:08
★
May 29 —
Ottawa,
Canada
★
★ Men's Winner:
James Finlayson — 2:18:20
★
★ Women's Winner:
Lyudmila Korchagina — 2:32:18
★
July 3 —
Brisbane,
Australia
★
★ Men's Winner:
Brett Cartwright — 2:18:16
★
★ Women's Winner:
Jackie Fairweather — 2:34:34
==
Auto Racing==
★
Paris Dakar Rally winners
★
★ Motorcycle:
Cyril Despres, France,
KTM 660 Rally, Team Gauloises KTM, Time 47:27:31, Penalty 9:00
★
★ Car:
Stéphane Peterhansel,
Jean-Paul Cottret, France,
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo, Team Mitsubishi Motor Sports, Time 52:31:39, Penalty n/a
★
★ Truck:
Firdaus Kabirov,
Aydar Belyaev,
Andrei Mokeev, Russia,
Kamaz 4911, Team Kamaz-Master, Time 71:13:55, Penalty n/a
★
World Rally Championship
★
★
Monte Carlo Rally - Won by
Sébastien Loeb in a
Citroën Xsara.
★
★
Uddeholm Swedish Rally - Won by
Petter Solberg in a
Subaru Impreza WRC
★
★
Corona Rally Mexico - Won by
Petter Solberg in a
Subaru Impreza WRC
★
★ Championships:
★
★
★
Sébastien Loeb, driver for the
Citroën team, secures the World Driver's title.
★
Grand-Am
★
★
24 Hours of Daytona
★
★
★ The overall and Daytona Prototype class victories were won by
Max Angelelli,
Wayne Taylor, and
Emmanuel Collard in the #10
Suntrust Racing
Pontiac Riley.
★
★
★ The GT class victory was won by
Wolf Henzler,
Dominik Farnbacher,
Shawn Price, and
Pierre Ehret in the #71 Farnbacher Racing USA
Porsche GT3.
★
★ Championships:
★
★
★ Daytona Prototype -
Max Angelelli &
Wayne Taylor
★
★
★ GT -
Craig Stanton
★
NASCAR – ''Main articles:
2005 in NASCAR,
2005 in NASCAR Busch Series,
2005 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series''
★
★
Daytona 500 - Won by
Jeff Gordon in the #24
DuPont Chevrolet.
★
★
Coca-Cola 600 - Won by
Jimmie Johnson in the #48
Lowes Chevrolet.
★
★
Brickyard 400 - Won by
Tony Stewart in the #20
Home Depot Chevrolet.
★
★
2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion -
Tony Stewart.
★
International Race of Champions - IROC XXIX
★
★ Race 1 -
Daytona International Speedway - won by
Mark Martin.
★
★ Race 2 -
Texas Motor Speedway - won by
Sébastien Bourdais.
★
★ Race 3 -
Richmond International Raceway - won by
Mark Martin.
★
★ Race 4 -
Atlanta Motor Speedway - won by
Martin Truex Jr.
★
★
2005 IROC champion -
Mark Martin
★
★
★ With the championship, Martin breaks the tie for most championships that he previously shared with
Dale Earnhardt.
Main articles: 2005 Formula One season
★
★
Australian Grand Prix - won by
Giancarlo Fisichella (
Renault).
★
★
Malaysian Grand Prix - won by
Fernando Alonso (
Renault).
★
★
Bahrain Grand Prix - won by
Fernando Alonso (
Renault).
★
★
San Marino Grand Prix - won by
Fernando Alonso (
Renault).
★
★
Spanish Grand Prix - won by
Kimi Räikkönen (
McLaren-
Mercedes).
★
★
Monaco Grand Prix - won by
Kimi Räikkönen (
McLaren-
Mercedes).
★
★
European Grand Prix - won by
Fernando Alonso (
Renault).
★
★
Canadian Grand Prix - won by
Kimi Räikkönen (
McLaren-
Mercedes).
★
★
United States Grand Prix - won by
Michael Schumacher (
Scuderia Ferrari).
★
★
★ This race; however, wasn't without controversy as only 6 of the 20 drivers participated. Because of safety issues with the tires, the
Michelin-shod teams pulled out to the utter disappointment of the fans.
★
★
French Grand Prix - won by
Fernando Alonso (
Renault).
★
★
British Grand Prix - won by
Juan Pablo Montoya (
McLaren-
Mercedes).
★
★
German Grand Prix - won by
Fernando Alonso (
Renault).
★
★
Hungarian Grand Prix - won by
Kimi Räikkönen (
McLaren-
Mercedes).
★
★
Turkish Grand Prix - won by
Kimi Räikkönen (
McLaren-
Mercedes).
★
★
Italian Grand Prix - won by
Juan Pablo Montoya (
McLaren-
Mercedes).
★
★
Brazilian Grand Prix - won by
Juan Pablo Montoya (
McLaren-
Mercedes).
★
★
Japanese Grand Prix - won by
Kimi Räikkönen (
McLaren-
Mercedes).
★
★
Chinese Grand Prix - won by
Fernando Alonso (
Renault).
★
★
★
Fernando Alonso clinches the World Driver's Championship.
★
★
★
Renault F1 clinches the
Formula One constructors title.
★
Le Mans Series
★
American Le Mans Series
★
★
12 Hours of Sebring
★
★
★ The overall and LMP1 class victories were won by
JJ Lehto,
Marco Werner, and
Tom Kristensen in the #1 Champion Racing
Audi R8.
★
★
★ The LMP2 class was won by
Ian James,
Chris McMurry, and
Jeff Bucknum in the #10 Miracle Motorsports Courage C65.
★
★
★ The GT1 class was won by
David Brabham,
Peter Kox, and
Darren Turner in the #57
Aston Martin Racing DBR9.
★
★
★ The GT2 class was won by
Lucas Luhr,
Patrick Long, and
Jörg Bergmeister in the #31 Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
★
★
Petit Le Mans
★
★
★ The overall and LMP1 class victories were won by
Emanuele Pirro and
Frank Biela in the #2 Champion Racing
Audi R8.
★
★
★ The LMP2 class was won by
Clint Field,
Jon Field, and
Liz Halliday in the #37 Intersport Racing
Lola B05/40/AER.
★
★
★ The GT1 class was won by
Oliver Gavin,
Olivier Beretta, and
Jan Magnussen in the #4
Chevrolet Corvette C6R.
★
★
★ The GT2 class was won by
Craig Stanton,
Patrick Long, and
Jorg Bergmeister in the #31 Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
★
★ Championships:
★
★
★ LMP1 -
Emanuele Pirro and
Frank Biela
★
★
★ LMP2 -
Clint Field
★
★
★ GT1 -
Oliver Gavin and
Olivier Beretta
★
★
★ GT2 -
Patrick Long and
Jorg Bergmeister
★
Champ Car World Series
★
★
Long Beach Grand Prix - won by
Sébastien Bourdais in the
Newman/Haas Racing #1
Lola/
Cosworth.
★
★
2005 Champ Car World Series champion -
Sébastien Bourdais.
★
Toyota Atlantic champion -
Charles Zwolsman.
Main articles: 2005 in IRL
★
★
Indianapolis 500 - won by
Dan Wheldon in the
Andretti Green Racing #26
Dallara/
Honda.
★
★
★
Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to lead a lap in the
Indianapolis 500. She wins the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year award after finishing fourth, the highest finishing position by a woman in the race's history.
★
★
2005 IRL IndyCar Series champion -
Dan Wheldon.
Main articles: 2005 24 Hours of LeMans
★
★ The overall and LMP1 class victores were won by
JJ Lehto,
Marco Werner, and
Tom Kristensen in the #3 Champion Racing
Audi R8. Kristensen becomes the only driver to have won 7 overall victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
★
★ The LMP2 class was won by
Thomas Erdos,
Mike Newton, and
Warren Hughes in the #25 RML
Lola MG.
★
★ The GT1 class was won by
Oliver Gavin,
Olivier Beretta, and
Jan Magnussen in the #64
Chevrolet Corvette C6R.
★
★ The GT2 class was won by
Lea Hindery,
Mike Rockenfeller, and
Marc Lieb in the #71 Alex Job Racing/BAM! Racing
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
★
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
★
★
2005 DTM champion -
Gary Paffett.
★
Australian V8 Supercar
★
★
2005 V8 Supercar champion -
Russell Ingall.
★
Race of Champions
★
★ Nations Cup
★
★
★ Won by
Team Scandinavia -
Tom Kristensen and
Mattias Ekstrom.
★
★ Individual Race of Champions
★
★
★ The
2005 Champion of Champions -
Sebastien Loeb.
==
Baseball==
Main articles: 2005 in baseball
★
October 22 -
2005 Japan Series - The
Chiba Lotte Marines sweep the
Hanshin Tigers 4 games to 0.
★
October 26 -
2005 MLB World Series - The
Chicago White Sox sweep the
Houston Astros 4 games to 0 to win the World Series for the first time since 1917.
==
Basketball==
National Basketball Association
★ The
San Antonio Spurs win their third NBA title in the past seven years, defeating the
Detroit Pistons in the first seven-game NBA Finals in eleven years.
Tim Duncan was named NBA Finals MVP for the third time in his career. Only three others have accomplished this feat. (Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O'Neal. The match-up between the Spurs and Pistons, though panned by the media and low-rated, is the first NBA Finals to match the last two NBA champions in over a decade.
★
Phil Jackson comes out of retirement and rejoins the
Los Angeles Lakers.
★ Due to backlash against its players, the NBA institutes a controversial
dress code, requiring business casual attire at all team functions.
''for more, see
2005 NBA Playoffs and
2005 NBA Finals''
NCAA Champions
★
Men's Division I:
North Carolina defeats
Illinois 75-70 in the Championship Game. It is
Tar Heels coach
Roy Williams's first national title.
★
Women's Division I:
Baylor defeats
Michigan State 84-62 in the final. It is the first Women's National Title game in several years to not involve either
Tennessee or
UConn. Baylor coach
Kim Mulkey-Robertson becomes the first woman to win NCAA Division I basketball titles as a player and coach.
★
Men's Division II:
Virginia Union defeats
Bryant 63-58 in the final.
★
Women's Division II:
Washburn defeats
Seattle Pacific 70-53 in the final.
★
Men's Division III:
Wisconsin-Stevens Point defeats
Rochester 73-49 in the final.
★
Women's Division III:
Millikin defeats
Randolph-Macon 70-50 in the final.
International Competitions
★
August 17 -
August 21 - Australia wins the Oceania Championship
★
August 15 -
August 24 - Angola wins the African Championship, defeating Senegal 70-61 in final.
★
September 8 -
September 16 - China wins the Asia Championship
★
September 16 -
September 25 - Greece wins the
European Championship
Other Professional competitions
★
January 31 –
February 11 - The
Barangay Ginebra Kings defeated the
Talk N' Text Phone Pals, 4 games to 2, in the 2004-05
Philippine Basketball Association All Filipino Cup Finals.
★
April 13 –
April 24 - Defending champions
Guangdong Southern Tigers defeat the
Jiangsu Dragons 3 games to 2 in the best-of-five
Chinese Basketball Association finals.
★
May 8 -
Maccabi Tel Aviv successfully defends the
Euroleague title, defeating
TAU Cerámica of
Spain 90-78 in the final.
★
May 30 –
June 5 -
Maccabi Tel Aviv sweeps (3-0) the
Hapoel Tel Aviv in the playoff finals of the
Israel Premier League.
★
June 12 -
Strasbourg defeat
Nancy 72-68 in the French
Pro A Championship play-offs Final.
★
June 8 –
June 16 -
Fortitudo Bologna defeat
Olimpia Milano in the Italian Serie A Championship Finals: 3 games to 1.
★
July 1 –
July 10 - The
San Miguel Beermen defeated the
Talk N' Text Phone Pals, 4 games to 1, in the 2005 Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Conference Finals.
★
National Basketball League (Australia):
Sydney Kings defeated the
Wollongong Hawks 3-0 in a best-of-five finals series.
==
Boxing==
★
May 7 –
Diego Corrales defeats
José Luis Castillo by 10th round knockout, for the
WBO-
WBC lightweight title unification. Both men were exchanging a brutal amount of punishment throughout the fight, before a dramatic tenth round in which Corrales scored a TKO after getting knocked down twice. The fight was highly regarded as one of the greatest of all-time and won
Ring Magazine fight of the year.
★
July 16–
Jermain Taylor, 2000 US Olympic Boxing Bronze Medalist, defeats
Bernard Hopkins for the Undisputed Middleweight Title ending Hopkins' 10 year Title Rein. Hopkins made 20 successful title defenses before losing to Taylor, that is the current record in the Middleweight Division,
Carlos Monzon is in second with 14 successful defenses.
★
November 13 to
20 – '
World Amateur Boxing Championships' held in
Mianyang,
People's Republic of China
★
★ ''Light Flyweight (– 48 kg):''
Zou Chiming (PR China)
★
★ ''Flyweight (– 51 kg):''
Lee Ok-Sung (South Korea)
★
★ ''Bantamweight (– 54 kg):''
Guillermo Rigondeaux (Cuba)
★
★ ''Featherweight (– 57 kg):''
Alexei Tichtchenko (Russia)
★
★ ''Lightweight (– 60 kg):''
Yordanis Ugas (Cuba)
★
★ ''Light Welterweight (– 64 kg):''
Serik Sapiyev (Kazakhstan)
★
★ ''Welterweight (– 69 kg):''
Erislandi Lara (Cuba)
★
★ ''Middleweight (– 75 kg):''
Matvey Korobov (Russia)
★
★ ''Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg):''
Yerdos Dzhanabergenov (Kazakhstan)
★
★ ''Heavyweight (– 91 kg):''
Aleksandr Alekseyev (Russia)
★
★ ''Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg):''
Odlanier Solis (Cuba)
==
Cricket==
''See also
2005 in cricket and
2005 English cricket season.''
★
January 10 - The ICC World XI (344 for 8) beat the ACC Asian XI (232) by 112 runs to win the first of two scheduled one-day internationals for the
World Cricket Tsunami Appeal; the second was never played. It is the first time an ODI has been played that has not been between two cricketing nations.
★
January 10 -
Bangladesh beat
Zimbabwe by 226 runs to record their first ever test match victory.
★
July 2 -
England and
Australia tie the deciding NatWest Series trophy match at
Lord's Cricket Ground.
★
August 11 -
Shane Warne becomes the first bowler to take 600 Test wickets.
★
September 12 -
England win
The Ashes.
==
Cycling
=
Road Cycling===
★
Giro d'Italia - Maglia rosa (Overall winner):
Paolo Savoldelli (
Italy,
Discovery Channel Team)
★
Tour de France
★
★
Maillot jaune (Overall winner):
Lance Armstrong (
USA,
Discovery Channel Team)
★
★ King of the Mountains (
Polka dot jersey):
Michael Rasmussen (
Denmark,
Rabobank)
★
★ Points Classification (
Green jersey):
Thor Hushovd (
Norway,
Crédit Agricole)
★
★ Young Rider (White jersey):
Yaroslav Popovych (
Ukraine,
Discovery Channel Team)
★
★ Team:
T-Mobile Team
★
Vuelta a España
★
★ Overall winner:
Denis Menchov (
Russia) elevated to first after
Roberto Heras (
Spain) disqualified for
doping
★
World Championship in
Madrid,
Spain
★
★ Road race:
Tom Boonen,
Belgium
★
★ Time trial:
Michael Rogers,
Australia
★
Danilo Di Luca (
Liquigas-Bianchi) clinch
UCI ProTour title
===
Cyclo-cross===
★
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in
Sankt Wendel,
Germany (
January 29–
30)
★
★ 'Men's Competition'
★ #Gold –
Sven Nys
★ #Silver –
Erwin Vervecken
★ #Bronze –
Sven Vanthourenhout
★
★ 'Women's Competition'
★ #Gold –
Hanka Kupfernagel
★ #Silver –
Sabine Spitz
★ #Bronze –
Mirjam Melchers
==
Field Hockey==
World Competitions
★
Men's Champions Trophy in
Chennai,
India
★
★ Gold Medal: Australia
★
★ Silver Medal: The Netherlands
★
★ Bronze Medal: Spain
★
Men's Champions Challenge in
Alexandria,
Egypt
★
★ Gold Medal: Argentina
★
★ Silver Medal: South Korea
★
★ Bronze Medal: Belgium
★
Women's Champions Trophy in
Canberra,
Australia
★
★ Gold Medal: The Netherlands
★
★ Silver Medal: Australia
★
★ Bronze Medal: China
★
Women's Champions Challenge in
Virginia Beach,
United States
★
★ Gold Medal: New Zealand
★
★ Silver Medal: South Africa
★
★ Bronze Medal: Japan
Regional Competitions
★
Men's European Nations Cup in
Leipzig,
Germany
★
★ Gold Medal: Spain
★
★ Silver Medal: The Netherlands
★
★ Bronze Medal: Germany
★
Women's European Nations Cup in
Dublin,
Ireland
★
★ Gold Medal: The Netherlands
★
★ Silver Medal: Germany
★
★ Bronze Medal: England
==
Figure skating==
★
World Figure Skating Championships,
Moscow,
Russia
★
★
March 16, Senior
pair skating:
★
★
★
Tatiana Totmianina and
Maxim Marinin,
Russia, 198.49
★
★
★
Maria Petrova and
Alexei Tikhonov, Russia, 188.21
★
★
★
Zhang Dan and
Zhang Hao,
China, 180.22
★
★
March 17, Senior men's singles:
★
★
★
Stephane Lambiel,
Switzerland, 262.46
★
★
★
Jeffrey Buttle,
Canada, 245.69
★
★
★
Evan Lysacek,
United States, 239.29
★
★
March 18, Senior
ice dancing:
★
★
★
Tatiana Navka and
Roman Kostomarov, Russia, 227.81
★
★
★
Tanith Belbin and
Benjamin Agosto, United States, 221.26
★
★
★
Elena Grushina and
Ruslan Goncharov,
Ukraine, 213.95
★
★
March 19, Senior ladies' singles:
★
★
★
Irina Slutskaya, Russia, 222.71
★
★
★
Sasha Cohen, United States, 214.39
★
★
★
Carolina Kostner,
Italy, 200.56
==
Football (
American)
=
January===
===
February===
===
June===
===
November===
==
Football (
Australian rules football)==
★
Australian Football League
★
★ The
Sydney Swans win the 109th AFL Premiership, defeating
West Coast Eagles 8.10 (58) to 7.12 (54), the club's first premiership in 72 years
★
★
Brownlow Medal awarded to
Ben Cousins, captain of the West Coast Eagles
★
★
Leigh Matthews Trophy also awarded to Cousins
★
★
Coleman Medal awarded to
Fraser Gehrig of
St Kilda
★
★ ''See also
Australian Football League season 2005''
==
Football (
rugby league)==
★
World Club Challenge -
Leeds Rhinos defeat
Canterbury Bulldogs 39-32.
★
National Rugby League -
Wests Tigers claim their first title, defeating the
North Queensland Cowboys 30-16.
★
Super League -
Bradford Bulls defeat
Leeds Rhinos 15-6.
★
State of Origin - The New South Wales Blues win the series 2-1 over the Queensland Maroons.
★
Rugby League Tri-Nations -
New Zealand defeat
Australia in the Tri-Nations final 24-0.
==
Football (
Rugby Union)==
★
2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand - The
Lions suffer a 3-0 whitewash to the
All Blacks, as well as losing to the
New Zealand Māori side. It was the first time in 22 years that a Lions side had lost every test match on tour.
★
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2005 (
Hong Kong Sevens) -
Fiji defeat
New Zealand 29-19 in the final.
★
Six Nations -
Wales win the Grand Slam.
★
Tri Nations -
New Zealand wins for the 6th time. The All Blacks also picked up the
Bledisloe Cup in the process.
★
Heineken Cup -
Toulouse defeat
Stade Français 18-12 in the final.
★
World Sevens Series -
New Zealand
★
Super 12 - The
Crusaders defeat the
Waratahs 35-25 in the final.
★
Zurich Premiership (
England) -
Leicester Tigers win the league,
Wasps win the playoffs.
★
Celtic League (
Ireland,
Scotland,
Wales) -
Ospreys
★
Top 16 (
France) -
Biarritz defeat
Stade Français 37-34 in the final.
★
National Provincial Championship (
New Zealand)
★
★ Division One:
Auckland defeat
Otago 39-11 in the final.
★
★ Division Two: Hawke's Bay win their fourth Division Two title in five years.
★
★ Division Three: Wairarapa-Bush win the title.
★
Currie Cup (
South Africa) -
Cheetahs defeat
Blue Bulls 29-25 in the final.
★ In the November Tests, the
All Blacks (New Zealand) score a "
Grand Slam" by defeating all four
Home Nations (
Wales,
Ireland,
England,
Scotland) while on tour. This is the first such Grand Slam for a Southern Hemisphere team since
Australia did so in
1984, and the first for the All Blacks since
1978.
★
International Rugby Board year-end awards:
★
★ Player of the Year:
Daniel Carter, New Zealand
★
★ Coach of the Year:
Graham Henry, New Zealand
★
★ Team of the Year: New Zealand
==
Football (
Soccer)==
::''For an extensive coverage see
2005 in football (soccer)''
★
May 18:
UEFA Cup Final -
CSKA Moscow became the first
Russian club to win a major
European club competition, defeating
Sporting Lisbon 3-1 at
Sporting's home field in
Lisbon.
★
May 25:
UEFA Champions League Final -
Liverpool defeated A.C. Milan 3-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw in
Istanbul to win Europe's top prize for the 5th time.
★
August 31:
Boca Juniors (
Argentina) won the
Recopa Sudamericana 2005 4-3 on aggregate over
Once Caldas (
Colombia). (First leg in
Buenos Aires 3-1, second leg in
Manizales 1-2)
★
December 11: Opening game of the first
FIFA World Club Championship, a six team tournament replacing the former
Intercontinental Cup. In the final one week later
Brazilian team
São Paulo won the competition narrowly beating
UEFA Champions Liverpool 1-0.
★
December 18:
Boca Juniors defeated
UNAM Pumas on penalties after the second leg game for the
Copa Sudamericana 2005.
★
December 19:
Ronaldinho (
Brazil, for male footballer) and
Birgit Prinz (
Germany, for female footballer) were elected
FIFA World Player of the Year.
==
Gaelic Athletic Association==
★
April 16 - The annual congress of the
Gaelic Athletic Association votes to open up
Croke Park and allow soccer and rugby to be played there under certain circumstances. It is expected that this will pave the way for the
Republic of Ireland national football team and the
Irish national rugby union team to use Croke Park during the redevelopment of their home ground,
Lansdowne Road.
★ '
Camogie'
★
★ All-Ireland Camogie Champion:
Cork
★
★ National Camogie League:
Galway
★ '
Gaelic football'
★
★
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship:
Tyrone 1-16 d.
Kerry 2-10
★
★
National Football League:
Armagh 1-21 d.
Wexford 1-14
★
★
Tommy Murphy Cup:
Tipperary 3-10 d.
Wexford 0-15
★ '
Ladies' Gaelic football'
★
★ All-Ireland Senior Football Champion:
Cork
★
★ National Football League:
Cork
★ '
Hurling'
★
★
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship:
Cork 1-21 d.
Galway 1-16
★
★
Liam McCarthy Cup:
★
★
Christy Ring Cup:
Westmeath 1-23 d.
Down 2-18
★
★
Nicky Rackard Cup:
London 5-8 d.
Louth 1-5
★
★
National Hurling League:
Gliding
★ '
World Gliding Championships (Women's)',
Klix, Germany
★
★ 15-metre Class Winner: Mette Pedersen, Denmark; Glider:
Alexander Schleicher ASW 27B
★
★ Standard Class Winner: Jana Veprekova, Czech Republic; Glider:
Rolladen-Schneider LS8-b
★
★ Club Class Winner: Hana Vokrinkova, Czech Republic; Glider:
Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
★ 'World Gliding Championships (Junior)',
Husbands Bosworth, United Kingdom
★
★ Standard Class Winner: Mark Parker, Great Britain; Glider:
Rolladen-Schneider LS8
★
★ Club Class Winner: Christoph Nacke, Germany; Glider:
Rolladen-Schneider LS1
Golf
Main articles: 2005 in golf
'
Major championships'
★ 7-10 April:
The Masters -
Tiger Woods defeated fellow American
Chris DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title, and his 9th major. He temporarily returned to Number 1 in the
Official World Golf Rankings.
★ 16-19 June:
U.S. Open -
Michael Campbell came from behind in the fourth round to win his first major with an even par score by two strokes over
Tiger Woods. He was the first New Zealander to win a major since
Bob Charles won the British Open in 1963.
★ 14-17 July:
The Open Championship -
Tiger Woods leads wire-to-wire at the historic
Old Course at St Andrews and wins his second Open Championship, and 10th major, by 5 strokes. Woods becomes only the second golfer, after
Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once.
Jack Nicklaus had a historic farewell to professional golf at the 18th hole on July 15.
★ 11-15 August:
PGA Championship -
Phil Mickelson wins his second major championship, scoring a birdie on the final hole to win the tournament by one stroke (-4, 276) over
Thomas Bjørn and
Steve Elkington on the lower course of the
Baltusrol Golf Club in
New Jersey. The tournament concluded Monday after a rain delay on Sunday.
'
Women's majors'
★ March:
Kraft Nabisco Championship -
Annika Sörenstam won her eighth major.
★ June:
LPGA Championship -
Annika Sörenstam cruised to a three shot win to claim her second major of the year and ninth of her career. Fifteen-year-old
Michelle Wie was runner-up.
★ June:
U.S. Women's Open -
Birdie Kim holes a 30-yard sand shot on the 72nd hole to set the stage for a two-shot win over teenage amateurs
Morgan Pressel and
Brittany Lang. This was the first LPGA win for the previously little-known
Korean.
★ July:
Women's British Open - Another little-known Korean,
Jeong Jang, wins her first LPGA tournament.
'Money list/order of merit winners'
★
PGA Tour -
Tiger Woods: $10,628,024
final money list
★
European Tour -
Colin Montgomerie: €2,794,222.84
final order of merit
★
LPGA Tour -
Annika Sorenstam: $2,588,240.
final money list
★
Champions Tour -
Dana Quigley: $2,170,258
final money list
'Other happenings'
★ 6 March:
Tiger Woods wins the
Ford Championship at Doral and returns to Number 1 in the
Official World Golf Rankings.
★ 20 March: Vijay Singh's tied second place finish at the
Bay Hill Invitational restores him to Number 1 after just two weeks.
★ 22 May: Vijay Singh returns to Number 1. Neither he nor Woods played the previous weekend, but Singh lost fewer old points than did Woods, enabling him to surpass Woods.
★ 12 June: Woods and Singh exchange places atop the World Rankings for the last time, with Woods opening a substantial advantage by early July.
'Awards'
★
PGA Tour Player of the Year:
Tiger Woods
★
PGA Tour leading money winner:
Tiger Woods
★
PGA Tour rookie of the year:
Sean O'Hair
Handball
★
2005 World Men's Handball Championship played in
Tunisia
★
★ Gold medal:
Spain
★
★ Silver medal:
Croatia
★
★ Bronze medal:
France
Ice hockey
★
February 16 - The
2004-05 NHL season was canceled by league commissioner
Gary Bettman. This was the first time that a North American professional sports league had to cancel a season due to a labor dispute.
★
May 29 -
Memorial Cup -
London Knights defeat
Rimouski Océanic 4-0 to win the
Memorial Cup.
★
June 1 -
Kelly Cup -
Trenton Titans defeat
Florida Everblades 4 games to 2 to win the
Kelly Cup.
★
June 10 -
Calder Cup -
Philadelphia Phantoms defeat
Chicago Wolves 4 games to 0 to win the
Calder Cup.
★ The
Philadelphia Flyers top two minor league affiliates, the
ECHL Trenton Titans and the
AHL Philadelphia Phantoms, both win their respective championship series.
★
July 22 - The
2004-05 NHL lockout ends when a new
collective bargaining agreement between the
NHL and
NHLPA is reached.
Lacrosse
=== '
Major League Lacrosse (US):'===
★
Baltimore Bayhawks defeated
Long Island Lizards 15-9 to win the
Steinfeld Cup.
★ MLL announces four expansion teams to start play in
the 2006 season and create a Western Conference:
Chicago,
Denver,
Los Angeles and
San Francisco.
=== '
National Lacrosse League:' ===
★ The
Toronto Rock defeat the
Arizona Sting to win the
Champion's Cup.
★
Les Bartley, former coach and GM of the
Toronto Rock, dies later that week.
★
Gary Gait, of the
Colorado Mammoth, retires along with his twin brother
Paul Gait ending an era of
lacrosse.
=== '
NCAA Division I (US Collegiate):' ===
★
Johns Hopkins University obtains the No. 1 seed in the post-season tournament, and wins the
championship in
Philadelphia on
30 May to go unbeaten.
★
Northwestern University wins their first
Division I NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship.
Other
★
November 10 - Austrian Lacrosse Association (ÖLAXV) is founded.
==
Motorcycle sport==
★
Japan
★
★
Tohru Ukawa and
Ryuichi Kiyonari win the
Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race for
Honda.
★
United States
★
★
Miguel Duhamel wins the
Daytona 200 endurance race for
Honda.
==
Radiosport==
★ Sixth
High Speed Telegraphy World Championship held in
Ohrid,
Republic of Macedonia.
==
Skiing==
★
Alpine skiing
★
★
Anja Pärson (
Sweden) won the Women
World Cup title.
★
★
Bode Miller (
USA) won the Men
World Cup title.
==
Snooker
=
2004/05 season===
★
Welsh Open:
Ronnie O'Sullivan beats
Stephen Hendry 9-8
★
Malta Cup:
Stephen Hendry beats
Graeme Dott 9-7
★
Rileys Club Masters:
Ronnie O'Sullivan beats
John Higgins 10-3
★
Irish Masters:
Ronnie O'Sullivan beats
Matthew Stevens 10-8
★
China Open:
Ding Junhui beats
Stephen Hendry 9-5
★
World Championship:
Shaun Murphy beats
Matthew Stevens 18-16
===
2005/06 season===
★
Northern Ireland Trophy:
Matthew Stevens beats
Stephen Hendry 9-7
★
Grand Prix:
John Higgins beats
Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-2
==
Sumo==
★
Asashoryu Akinori wins all six ''basho'' (tournament) in 2005 (a new record) and wins eighty-four bouts (out of ninety) setting a new record for victories in a single year. His seventh straight ''basho'' championship is also a new record.
==
Swimming==
★ Eleventh
World LC Championships, held in
Montreal, Canada (
July 24 –
31)
★ 23rd
Summer Universiade, held in
İzmir, Turkey (
August 12 –
17)
★ Ninth
European SC Championships, held in
Trieste, Italy (
December 8 –
11)
★
★ Germany wins the most medals (13), Germany and Poland the most gold medals (5)
Tennis
★
Australian Open
★
★
Men's Singles –
Marat Safin defeats
Lleyton Hewitt
★
★
Women's Singles –
Serena Williams defeats
Lindsay Davenport
★
French Open
★
★
Men's Singles –
Rafael Nadal defeats
Mariano Puerta
★
★
Women's Singles –
Justine Henin-Hardenne defeats
Mary Pierce
★
Wimbledon
★
★ Men's Singles –
Roger Federer defeats
Andy Roddick
★
★ Women's Singles –
Venus Williams defeats
Lindsay Davenport
★
U.S. Open
★
★ Men's Singles –
Roger Federer defeats
Andre Agassi
★
★ Women's Singles –
Kim Clijsters defeats
Mary Pierce
★
Tennis Masters Cup
★
★ Men's Singles –
David Nalbandian defeats
Roger Federer
★
WTA Tour Championships
★
★ Women's Singles –
Amélie Mauresmo defeats
Mary Pierce
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Flat races
★
May 1 -
Virginia Waters wins the
One Thousand Guineas Stakes.
★
May 6 -
Summerly wins the
Kentucky Oaks.
★
June 3 -
Eswarah wins the
Epsom Oaks.
★
June 26
★
★
Hurricane Run wins the
Irish Derby.
★
★
Wild Desert wins the
Queen's Plate.
★
August 27 -
Flower Alley wins the
Travers Stakes.
★
October 2 - Hurricane Run wins the
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
★
October 29 -
Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at
Belmont Park in
Elmont, New York:
★
★
Saint Liam wins the
Breeders' Cup Classic.
★
★
Pleasant Home wins the
Breeders' Cup Distaff.
★
★
Intercontinental wins the
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
★
★
Stevie Wonderboy wins the
Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
★
★
Folklore wins the
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
★
★
Artie Schiller wins the
Breeders' Cup Mile.
★
★
Silver Train wins the
Breeders' Cup Sprint.
★
★
Shirocco wins the
Breeders' Cup Turf.
★
November 1 -
Makybe Diva wins the
Melbourne Cup, she is the Melbourne cup three times consecutive wins.
'Triple Crown Races'
★ United Kingdom
★
★
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (
April 30) -
Footstepsinthesand.
★
★
Epsom Derby (
June 4) -
Motivator.
★
★
St. Leger Stakes (
September 10) -
Scorpion.
★ United States
★
★
Kentucky Derby (
May 7) -
Giacomo, a 50-to-1 longshot wins with
Mike E. Smith in the irons.
★
★
Preakness Stakes (
May 21) -
Afleet Alex, who almost lost his rider,
Jeremy Rose at the top of the stretch, wins.
★
★
Belmont Stakes (
June 11) - Afleet Alex.
★ Japan
★
★
Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) (April 17) -
Deep Impact
★
★
Tokyo Yushun(Japanese Derby) (May 29) - Deep Impact
★
★
Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) (October 23) - Deep Impact
Steeplechases
★
March 19 -
Kicking King wins the
Cheltenham Gold Cup.
★
April 9 - The
Grand National is won by the pre-race favourite
Hedgehunter, ridden by
Ruby Walsh.
==
Volleyball ==
★
Men's European Championship in
Rome,
Italy and
Belgrade,
Serbia
★
★ Gold Medal: Italy
★
★ Silver Medal: Russia
★
★ Bronze Medal: Serbia and Montenegro
★
Women's European Championship in
Pula and
Zagreb,
Croatia
★
★ Gold Medal: Poland
★
★ Silver Medal: Italy
★
★ Bronze Medal: Russia
★
V. Beach Volleyball World Championship in
Berlin,
Germany
★
★ 'Men's Competition'
★
★
★ Gold Medal:
★
★
★ Silver Medal:
★
★
★ Bronze Medal:
★
★ 'Women's Competition'
★
★
★ Gold Medal:
★
★
★ Silver Medal:
★
★
★ Bronze Medal:
==
Water Polo ==
★
Men's World Championship in
Montréal,
Canada
★
★ Gold Medal: Serbia & Montenegro
★
★ Silver Medal: Hungary
★
★ Bronze Medal: Greece
★
Women's World Championship in
Montréal,
Canada
★
★ Gold Medal: Hungary
★
★ Silver Medal: United States
★
★ Bronze Medal: Canada
==
General sporting events==
★ Fourth
East Asian Games held in
Macau,
China
★ 20th
Summer Deaflympics held in
Melbourne,
Australia
★ 23rd
Southeast Asian Games held in
Manila,
Philippines
★ First
Asian Indoor Games held in
Bangkok, Thailand
★ Seventh
World Games held in
Duisburg,
Germany
★ 15th
Mediterranean Games held in
Almería,
Spain
★ XXIII
Summer Universiade held in
İzmir,
Turkey
★
★ Russia tops the medal table with a total number of 65 medals, including 26 golds.
★ XXII
Winter Universiade held in
Innsbruck, Austria
★
★ Austria tops the medal table with a total number of 21 medals, including 10 golds.
Awards
★
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year:
Lance Armstrong,
Cycling
★
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year:
Annika Sörenstam,
LPGA golf
Deaths
January-March
★
January 4:
★
★
Paul Darragh, 51, Irish equestrian showjumper
★
★
Bud Poile, 80, member of
Hockey Hall of Fame
★
January 10 —
Tommy Fine, 90, former
MLB player and the only
pitcher ever to hurl a
no-hitter in the
Caribbean World Series
★
January 11 —
Jerzy Pawłowski, 72, Polish fencer
★
January 18 —
Bob Moch, 90,
1936 Summer Olympics Rowing Gold Medal Winner
★
January 18 — "Pistol"
Pez Whatley, 54, American wrestler
★
January 22 —
César Gutiérrez, 61, one of three players in
Major League Baseball history with a 7-for-7 game
★
January 25 —
Nettie Witziers-Timmer, 81, Dutch athlete
★
January 26 —
Charles Martin, 46, NFL football player
★
February 2 —
Max Schmeling, 99, German boxer, former world heavyweight champion
★
February 8 —
Gaston Rahier, 58, Belgian motocross racer (b.
1947)
★
February 12 —
Rafael Vidal, 41, Venezuelan swimmer
★
February 13:
★
★
Nelson Briles, 61, former
MLB pitcher and
broadcaster
★
★
Maurice Trintignant, 87, French racing driver
★
February 14 —
Dick Weber, 75, bowling legend
★
February 17 —
Omar Sivori, 69, Argentine football player
★
February 20 —
Jimmy Young, 56, American boxer, former heavyweight contender
★
February 22 —
Reggie Roby, 43, former
NFL football player
★
February 23 —
All Along, 26,
French racehorse;
1983 U.S.
Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year
★
February 26 —
Max Faulkner, 88, British golfer
★
March 1 —
Brian Luckhurst, 66,
English cricketer
★
March 2 —
Rick Mahler, 51, former
MLB pitcher
★
March 3 —
Rinus Michels, 77,
Dutch football manager
★
March 6 —
Chuck Thompson, 83, former baseball broadcaster
★
March 13:
★
★
Danny Gardella, 85, former MLB
outfielder
★
★
Frank House, 75, former MLB
catcher
★
March 16 —
Dick Radatz, 67, former MLB pitcher
★
March 26 —
Marius Russo, 90, pitcher who helped the
Yankees win the
World Series in
1941 and
1943
★
March 27 —
Bob Casey, 79, the only public address announcer in
Minnesota Twins history
★
March 31 —
Charles Palmer, 85, English cricketer
April-June
★
April 3 —
Aleksy Antkiewicz, 81, Polish boxer
★
April 7:
★
★
Cliff Allison, 73, former
formula one driver
★
★
Bob Kennedy, 84, former MLB player and manager
★
April 11 —
Lucien Laurent, 97, French footballer
★
April 13 —
Don Blasingame, 73, a
MLB All-Star, who also
managed two of
Japan's professional
baseball teams
★
April 23 —
Earl Wilson, 70, a leading
pitcher for the
1968 World Series champion
Detroit Tigers and first
black pitcher to throw a
no-hitter in
Major League Baseball
★
April 28 —
Chris Candido, 33, professional wrestler
★
May 6 —
Lee Stine, 91, a
Chicago White Sox pitcher in the
1930s, who surrendered the pitch that gave
Lou Gehrig his 14th career grand slam.
★
May 15 —
Les Bartley, 51,
lacrosse coach,
NLL Hall of Famer.
★
May 20 —
Marian Foik, 71, Polish athlete (b.
1933)
★
May 21 —
Bedford Jezzard, 77, English footballer
★
May 26 —
Chico Carrasquel, 77,
Venezuelan
shortstop, the first
Latin American player to appear in a
MLB All-Star Game.
★
May 30 —
Juan Pedro Villamán, 46, the
Spanish-language Red Sox broadcaster since
1995.
★ May 30 —
Fazal Mahmood, 78, Pakistani cricketer
★
June 1 —
George Mikan, 80, former basketball star for the
Minneapolis Lakers in the early days of the
NBA. Voted one of the
NBA's 50 Greatest Players in
1996.
★
June 7 —
Larry Carrier, 82, co-founder of
Bristol Motor Speedway.
★
June 17 — Ron Trongaurd, 72,
professional wrestling announcer
★
June 18 —
Mushtaq Ali, 90, Indian cricketer
★
June 28 —
Dick Dietz, 63, an All-Star catcher who played for the
Giants,
Dodgers and
Braves from 1966-73.
★
June 30 —
Éva Novák-Gerard, 75, Hungarian swimmer (b.
1930)
July
★
July 4 —
Hank Stram, 82, former
Kansas City Chiefs coach. Led the Chiefs to their only
Super Bowl title (
Super Bowl IV).
★
July 9 —
Yevgeny Grishin, 74, Soviet-Russian speedskater (b.
1931)
★
July 11 —
Shinya Hashimoto, 40, professional wrestler
★
July 13 —
Mickey Owen, 89, a catcher who was a four-time All-Star and the third
National League catcher to ever record an unassisted
double play.
★
July 14 —
Tilly Fleischer, 93, German athlete (b.
1911)
★
July 21 — "Lord"
Alfred Hayes, 77, professional wrestler
★
July 26 —
Eddie Crook, Jr., 76, American boxer (b.
1929)
★
July 30 —
Ray Cunningham, 100, recognized as the oldest living former
MLB player
August — September
★
August 4 —
Sue Gunter, 66, Hall of Fame women's college basketball coach
★
August 5 —
Polina Astakhova, 68, Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast (b.
1936)
★
August 5 —
Bertie Hill, 78, British Olympic horse rider
★
August 8 —
Gene Mauch, 79, major league baseball manager
★
August 9 —
Colette Besson, 59, French athlete
★
August 11 —
Ted Radcliffe, 103, an
All-Star player and manager in the
Negro Leagues
★
August 13 — Chris Tolos, 75, professional wrestler
★
August 16 —
Alexander Gomelsky , Russian basketball coach
★
August 18 — Christopher Bauman Jr, 23, professional wrestler
★
August 25 —
Ed "Sailor" White, 56, professional wrestler
★
September 7 —
Nicolino Locche, 66, Argentine boxer
★
September 8 —
Noel Cantwell, 72, Irish footballer and cricketer
★
September 11 —
Chris Schenkel, 82, Sports broadcaster
★
September 16 —
Mzukisi Sikali, 34, South African boxer, murdered
★
September 18 —
Michael Park, 39, British
WRC co-driver
★
September 22 —
Leavander Johnson, 35, American boxer
★
September 29 —
Yuri Sapega, 40, Belarusian volleyball player (b.
1965)
October — December
★
October 9 —
Tom Cheek, 66, longtime
Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play announcer
★
October 15 —
Jason Collier, 28, center for the
NBA's
Atlanta Hawks
★
October 18 —
Johnny Haynes, 71, English footballer
★
October 22 —
Reggie "The Crusher" Lisowski, 79, professional wrestler
★
October 25 —
Wellington Mara, 89, owner of the
NFL's
New York Giants
★
October 26 —
George Swindin, 90, English football player and manager
★
October 30 —
Al Lopez, 97, Hall of Fame baseball catcher and manager
★
November 13 —
Eddie Guerrero, 38, Professional Wrestler, former
WWE Champion
★
November 15 —
Agapito Sanchez (35), Dominican Republic boxer (b.
1970)
★
November 25 —
George Best, 59, Northern Irish football player
★
November 25 —
Richard Burns, 34, British rally driver, 2001 world champion, died of brain tumor
★
November 29 —
David di Tommaso, 26, French football player
★
December 6 —
Charly Gaul, 73, Luxembourgish cyclist
★
December 7 —
Bud Carson, 74, American-football coach
★
December 10 — Chad Floyd, 37, professional wrestler
★
December 17 —
Jacques Fouroux, 58, French rugby union player
★
December 18 —
Keith Duckworth, 72, co-founder of
Cosworth
★
December 18 —
Belita Jepson-Turner, 82, figure skater
★
December 30 —
Eddie Barlow, 65, South African cricketer
See also
★
2005 in baseball
★
list of 'years in sports'.''
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