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 the most 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)[permanent dead link]
The New York Knicks officially name Larry Brown as head coach, signing a five-year, $50 million contract, the richest ever for a coach/manager in sports history.
Football: UEFA Cup 2005–06 First Qualifying Round, second leg. Teams progressing to the next round shown in bold.
Baseball: Matt Clement of the Boston Red Sox is hit by a ball and has to leave the pitcher's mound during the third inning of their game against local team Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and requires overnight hospitalization as a precautionary measure. Johnny Damon of the Red Sox hits a home run in the tenth inning to give the Red Sox a 10–9 victory. BostonRedSox.com
BSN: The Arecibo Captains beat the Bayamón Cowboys, 88–84, in game four of the BSN's finals, to win Puerto Rico's national title for the first time since 1959. bsnpr.com, in Spanish
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Boston Red Sox, 4–3, in 10 innings. The game is significant in that it was the Red Sox' first extra-inning game this year, after 98 nine-inning games. Never before in the history of Major League Baseball had a team played so many games without going into extra innings.
Internazionale will proceed with their planned pre-season tour of England, reversing their decision from the previous day to cancel the tour due to security concerns related to this month's bombings in London. (BBC)
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 Óscar Pereiro in +16m 04s.
Formula One: All seven Michelin 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)
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)
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 3,254.5 km in 77h 44m 44s (average 41.664 km/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.
India's no. 1 female tennis player Sania Mirza crashes out of the $170,000 WTA Tour tennis event in Cincinnati, USA, losing to Japan's Akiko Morigami in the quarterfinals. (Times of India)
Stage 17, 239.5 km from Pau to Revel, Haute-Garonne. Seventeen riders break away from the peloton early in the stage, opening a lead of up to 25 minutes. At the end of the stage Paolo Savoldelli beats Kurt Asle Arvesen with the last turn of the pedals. The peloton arrives 22 minutes 28 seconds after Savoldelli, including Lance Armstrong, Ivan Basso and Michael Rasmussen. The General Classification leaders are unchanged.
The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association release coach Larry Brown from the final three years of his contract, allowing him to move to the New York Knicks nine days later.
In the general classification, Lance Armstrong keeps the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification and remains 2:46 up of Ivan Basso. By virtue of his finish today, Evans moves to 7th in the general classification, 9:29 back of the Texan. The other jerseys remain the same as well: maillot vert for the leader in the points classification stays with Thor Hushovd, maillot á pois for the leader of the mountains classification remains on the back of Michael Rasmussen, and Yaroslav Popovych retains the maillot blanc for best rider under the age of 25.
Elite cyclist and former Olympic rower Amy Gillett was killed and five teammates seriously injured when an out of control car runs into the members of the Australian women's national team on a training ride. The riders were due to compete in the Tour of Thuringen. The start of the tour has been delayed until the 21 July as a mark of respect. (BBC)
The final rest day for the Tour de France. Action will resume on Tuesday (19 July).
The Kansas City Royals defeat the Detroit Tigers 5–0 in a game that is marred by a massive bench-clearing brawl in the sixth inning. It begins when Royals starter Runelvys Hernández hits Tigers batter Carlos Guillén in the helmet with a pitch, the third batter in the game Hernández plunks. The two exchange words, and both benches and dugouts clear. At first, only words are exchanged between the teams. Then, Tigers pitcher Kyle Farnsworth picks up Royals reliever Jeremy Affeldt and slams him to the ground, resulting in exchanged punches. When all is said and done, seven people are ejected — Hernández, Guillén, Farnsworth, Jeremy Bonderman, Emil Brown, Alberto Castillo, and Royals manager Buddy Bell. (Yahoo!)
Champ Car World Series: Sébastien Bourdais 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)
In the General Classification, Lance Armstrong picks up yet another yellow jersey in 62 h 09 min 59 s, and Ivan Basso (+2 min 46 s) leapfrogs Michael Rasmussen (+3 min 09 s) into second place. Jan Ullrich is at +5 min 58 s, followed by Francisco Mancebo (+6 min 31 s), Levi Leipheimer (+7 min 35 s), Floyd Landis (+9 min 33 s), Alexander Vinokourov (+9 min 38 s), Christophe Moreau is the leading Frenchman at +11 min 47 s while Andreas Klöden is in 10th place at +12 min 01 s. Monday is a rest day.
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.
In the General Classification, at 55 h 58 min 17 s Lance Armstrong increases his lead over Michael Rasmussen to +1 min 41 s, with Ivan Basso (+2 min 46 s), Jan Ullrich (+4 min 34 s), Levi Leipheimer (+4 min 45 s), Floyd Landis and Francisco Mancebo (both +5 min 03 s), Andreas Klöden (+5 min 38 s), Alexander Vinokourov (+7 min 09 s), and Christophe Moreau (+8 min 37 s).
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 Dannenmann with a 3-to-7 straight on the flop. Dannenmann received $4.5 million as the runner up, and John "Tex" Barch finished third to receive $2.5 million. In all, Hachem outlasted 5,618 other players, an all-time record for a poker tournament. (World Series of Poker website.)
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 competitive 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)
Robbie McEwen (AUS) won Stage 13 from Miramas to Montpellier (173.5 km) in 3:43:24. Lance Armstrong finished 33rd with the same time, and retains the yellow jersey as he keeps a lead of 35 seconds over his competition, 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 competitive event at this year's Open Championship on The Old Course, shot a three-over par 75.(AP/ESPN)
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.
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 catégorie" 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 ColombianSantiago Botero. Lance Armstrong's group finishes one minute and a quarter behind, so the American keeps the yellow jersey, 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.
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 yellow jersey as leader of the general classification from Lance Armstrong. The peloton arrives 6 minutes 4 seconds after Rasmussen. The first yellow jersey 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 on the Ballon d'Alsace for the mountains classification. 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.
Stage 8 of the Tour, 231.5 km from Pforzheim, Germany to Gérardmer, ends in an apparent photographic dead heat between Pieter Weening (Rabobank) and Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile Team) in 5 hours 3 minutes 54 seconds, eventually awarded to Weening by .0002 of a second, the smallest victory margin ever. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) finished in 6th place.
In the General Classification Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) still leads in 28 hours 6 minutes 17 seconds (earning his 71st yellow jersey, the 78-day record of Bernard Hinault looking increasingly approachable), followed 1 minute later by Jens Voigt (Team CSC), Alexander Vinokourov (T-Mobile Team) 1 minute 2 seconds behind Armstrong, and Bobby Julich (Team CSC) 1 minute 7 seconds behind the leader.
Michelle Wie misses the cut at the PGA TourJohn Deere Classic, held in Silvis, Illinois. Wie shot a 70 in the second round, preventing her from becoming the first female golfer in tour history to play into the weekend. (AP/Yahoo!)
Baseball and softball will be dropped from the Olympic docket of sports in time for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Two of the sports being considered to replace them are golf and rugby sevens. However, IOC president Jacques Rogge says these sports are not gone from the Games forever. Update: squash and karate were nominated to replace baseball and softball, but did not get the 2/3 majority needed to become Olympic sports. (Yahoo! Asia)[permanent dead link]
On the day that saw the Tour de France divert into Germany, Stage 7 between Lunéville and Karlsruhe was won in a disorganised sprint finish by Robbie McEwen, with Magnus Bäckstedt second and Bernhard Eisel third. Tom Boonen had his worst sprint finish so far, finishing in seventh place. The big names finished in the peloton, losing no time, Jan Ullrich in 45th place, Lance Armstrong in 53rd place, and Alexander Vinokourov in 65th place. Armstrong and George Hincapie are still in first and second, Hincapie being 55 seconds back, with Vinokourov third, 62 seconds behind Armstrong in the GC. (BBC)
On a day that saw a driving rainstorm which led to several large pile-ups, including one with 500 meters to go, Italian Lorenzo Bernucci of Fassa Bortolo was able to escape the crashes and come in first in Stage 6 of the Tour de France. Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie are still in first and second, Hincapie being 55 seconds back, but a strong second-place finish in today's stage from Alexander Vinokourov puts him in third in the GC.
In the fastest team time trial ever, Team Discovery Channel wins Stage 4 of the Tour de France, between Tours and Blois, in a record 1:10:39, 2 seconds ahead of Team CSC. Lance Armstrong takes the yellow jersey away from David Zabriskie, who suffered a crash just outside the 1 km-to go marker. Lance's Discovery Channel teammate, George Hincapie, is 2nd, 55 seconds back. Zabriskie is now ninth, more than a minute back of the six-time champion. (BBC)
Tom Boonen of Belgium wins stage 3 of the Tour de France, sprinting past his rivals on the line. Robbie McEwen, who finished 3rd was relegated to 186th place by the commissaires for hindering Stuart O'Grady's line in the sprint finish. David Zabriskie retains the yellow jersey for a third day, retaining a 2-second lead over Lance Armstrong. (BBC)
Tom Boonen of Belgium wins the first stage proper (stage 2) of the Tour de France, sprinting past his rivals on the line. He thus takes Armstrong's Green Jersey while Zabriskie retains the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. An attack by last year's hero, Thomas Voeckler, puts him in the King of the Mountainsjersey.
The 2005 Tour de France starts from Noirmoutier, in France's Vendée region. The 19.5 km opening time trial is won by American David Zabriskie, with hot favourite Lance Armstrong (also USA) in second place – thus taking the year's first Green Jersey. This is the second successive time Armstrong has done this.
Venus Williams wins the Ladies' Singles for the third time, defeating fellow American Lindsay Davenport 4–6 7–6(4) 9–7. The match is the longest women's final by time in the history of the tournament, lasting 2:45. (BBC)
In the completion of the suspended Gentlemen's semifinal, Andy Roddick defeats Thomas Johansson 6–7(6) 6–2 7–6(10) 7–6(5). Roddick will face Roger Federer in the Men's final on Sunday. (BBC Sport)
Stephen Huss (Australia) and Wesley Moodie (South Africa) defeat American twins Bob and Mike Bryan 7–6(4) 6–3 6–7(2) 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Doubles. They become the first qualifiers ever to win this event at Wimbledon. (BBC)
Mexican super lightweightMartin Sánchez dies of injuries sustained in his July 1 bout against Rustam Nugaev of Russia. Nugaev had knocked out Sanchez in the ninth round of their Las Vegas match at the Orleans Hotel and Casino. Sanchez walked out of the ring under his own power, but was rushed into surgery after showing signs of brain damage. .
Australia and England share the NatWest Series trophy after a crowd-pleaser at Lord's. Both sides made 196, England scoring two leg byes off the last ball to tie the game, after being 33 for 5.
In the second Test of the British & Irish Lionstour of New Zealand, the Lions are resoundingly defeated by the All Blacks 48–18. With the win, the All Blacks clinch a series win. Fly-half Dan Carter scores 33 of the All Blacks' points, a record for an All Blacks player against the Lions. (BBC)
Kenny Rogers is suspended for 20 games and fined an undisclosed amount for his tirade that sent cameraman Larry Rodriguez to the hospital on Wednesday. (Yahoo!)
Today's first match at Wimbledon was the conclusion of the Davenport vs. Mauresmo match. Davenport prevailed despite a fight from Mauresmo, 6–7(5) 7–6(4) 6–4. In the Men's semi-final World #1 Roger Federer defeated World #2 Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets 6–3 6–4 7–6(5) in a very powerful performance from the top seed. (BBC Sport)
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two newest members Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs in Cooperstown New York The Hall also honors Jerry Coleman recipient of the Ford C Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting and Peter Gammons recipient of the J G Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing Fishing Kevin VanDam won his second BassMasters Classic championship in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 30 July 2005 Saturday EditCricket Indian Oil Cup Sri Lanka 209 for 7 Jayasuriya 43 beat India 205 for 9 Dravid 54 Muralitharan 3 33 by three wickets 2005 English cricket season Twenty20 Cup Lancashire 217 for 4 Symonds 52 Flintoff 49 beat Surrey Ramprakash 45 Benning 42 by 22 runs in the first semi final BBC Somerset 157 for 9 beat Leicestershire 153 for 8 Maddy 56 by four runs in the second semi final BBC Somerset 118 for 3 Smith 64 beat Lancashire 114 for 8 Law 59 by 7 wickets in the final to win the Twenty20 Cup BBC Rugby union In the opener of the Tri Nations Series the Springboks South Africa win a closely fought match with the Wallabies Australia 22 16 Percy Montgomery becomes the first Springbok to score 500 points in Test matches BBC NHL No surprise the Pittsburgh Penguins select superstar prospect Sidney Crosby as the first overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft Football soccer In the 2005 Major League Soccer All Star Game the MLS All Stars defeat Fulham of the English Premiership 4 1 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus Ohio New England Revolution striker Taylor Twellman scores a goal and is named the game s MVP while Jeff Cunningham of the Colorado Rapids scores twice after coming on in the 68th minute ESPN Soccernet MLSnet com 29 July 2005 Friday EditNFL Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Jerome McDougle was shot in Miami Florida in a robbery attempt He will miss four to six weeks of training camp Golf Ernie Els will miss the rest of the 2005 season with a knee injury he suffered while sailing 28 July 2005 Thursday EditHorse Racing Afleet Alex winner of the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes will miss the Haskell Invitational and Travers Stakes after suffering a left front leg injury American Football University of Wisconsin Madison head coach Barry Alvarez will step down after the 2004 college football season to stay on as the school s athletic director Defensive coordinator Bret Bielema will assume the reins in 2006 Ted Johnson New England Patriots inside linebacker announced his retirement Baseball In the longest game by innings in Toronto Blue Jays history and the longest this year in Major League Baseball the Blue Jays defeat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2 1 in 18 innings at Rogers Centre Basketball The New York Knicks officially name Larry Brown as head coach signing a five year 50 million contract the richest ever for a coach manager in sports history Football UEFA Cup 2005 06 First Qualifying Round second leg Teams progressing to the next round shown in bold Zepce 1 1 Baskimi UEFA com APOEL 4 0 Birkirkara UEFA com Rapid București 5 0 Sant Julia UEFA com Siroki Brijeg 3 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a home run in the tenth inning to give the Red Sox a 10 9 victory BostonRedSox com Basketball The Phoenix Mercury s Kamila Vodichkova s establishes a new WNBA record by making ten field goal attempts in a row and the Los Angeles Sparks Lisa Leslie sprained her left knee as the Mercury beat the Sparks 77 60 in Phoenix WNBA com BSN The Arecibo Captains beat the Bayamon Cowboys 88 84 in game four of the BSN s finals to win Puerto Rico s national title for the first time since 1959 bsnpr com in Spanish25 July 2005 Monday EditBaseball The Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 4 3 in 10 innings The game is significant in that it was the Red Sox first extra inning game this year after 98 nine inning games Never before in the history of Major League Baseball had a team played so many games without going into extra innings 24 July 2005 Sunday EditAmerican football Ricky Williams returns after a one year absence to the NFL s Miami Dolphins Cricket The Ashes Australia 190 amp 384 beat England 155 amp 180 by 239 runs in the first Test at Lord s BBC Football Soccer CONCACAF Gold Cup Final AP Yahoo USA 0 0 Panama aet 3 1 on penalties Internazionale will proceed with their planned pre season tour of England reversing their decision from the previous day to cancel the tour due to security concerns related to this month s bombings in London BBC Auto racing Formula One German Grand Prix Fernando Alonso wins the event his sixth this season over Juan Pablo Montoya and Jenson Button Formula1 com NASCAR Pennsylvania 500 Kurt Busch won the event lengthened by three laps because of a caution and ending under another yellow flag NASCAR com IndyCar A J Foyt 225 Sam Hornish Jr of Team Penske is the winner holding off Dario Franchitti in the race held in Milwaukee Wisconsin Indycar com Cycling Tour de France Stage 21 Corbeil Essonnes to Paris Champs Elysees 144 km 89 mi 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 Elysees 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 of the general classification 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 mountains classification The remainder of the top ten in the General Classification was Cadel Evans at 11m 55s Floyd Landis at 12m 44s and oscar Pereiro at 16m 14s Thor Hushovd wins the points classification Yaroslav Popovych wins the young rider classification top rider under age 25 and T Mobile won the team classification LeTour com 23 July 2005 Saturday EditCycling Tour de France Stage 20 Individual time trial 55 5 km starting and finishing in Saint Etienne 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 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 22 July 2005 Friday EditAuto racing Formula One All seven Michelin 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 Cycling Tour de France Stage 19 153 5 km 95 4 mi 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 In the provisional General Classification this stage pushes oscar Pereiro into 10th place overall the procession still being led 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 Alexander 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 21 July 2005 Thursday EditIce 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 Cycling Tour de France 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 Cedric 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 5 km in 77h 44m 44s average 41 664 km 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 USA losing to Japan s Akiko Morigami in the quarterfinals Hindu Times of India 20 July 2005 Wednesday EditAmerican football Tedy Bruschi of the NFL s New England Patriots will sit out the 2005 season as he recovers from a stroke he suffered on February 18 Football UEFA Champions League 2005 06 First Qualifying round second leg Progressing teams indicated in bold Pyunik 2 2 Haka UEFA com Tirana 3 0 Gorica UEFA com Hafnarfjordur 1 2 Neftchi UEFA com Artmedia Bratislava 4 1 Kairat Almaty a e t UEFA com Skonto Riga 1 0 Rabotnicki UEFA com Shelbourne 4 1 Glentoran UEFA com Anorthosis Famagusta 1 0 Dinamo Minsk UEFA com Sheriff Tiraspol 2 0 Sliema Wanderers UEFA com NK Zrinjski 0 4 F91 Dudelange a e t UEFA com Cycling Tour de France Stage 17 239 5 km from Pau to Revel Haute Garonne Seventeen riders break away from the peloton early in the stage opening a lead of up to 25 minutes At the end of the stage Paolo Savoldelli beats Kurt Asle Arvesen with the last turn of the pedals The peloton arrives 22 minutes 28 seconds after Savoldelli including Lance Armstrong Ivan Basso and Michael Rasmussen The General Classification leaders are unchanged Le Tour 19 July 2005 Tuesday EditBasketball The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association release coach Larry Brown from the final three years of his contract allowing him to move to the New York Knicks nine days later Football UEFA Champions League 2005 06 First Qualifying round second leg Progressing teams indicated in bold FBK Kaunas 4 0 HB Torshavn UEFA com Dinamo Tbilisi 2 0 Levadia Tallinn UEFA com TNS 0 3 Liverpool UEFA com Cycling Tour de France Stage 16 180 5 km from Mourenx to Pau oscar Pereiro of Phonak wins the stage in a time of 4h38 40 The stage featured one hors categorie climb the Col d Aubisque won by Australian Cadel Evans of Davitamon Lotto In the general classification Lance Armstrong keeps the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification and remains 2 46 up of Ivan Basso By virtue of his finish today Evans moves to 7th in the general classification 9 29 back of the Texan The other jerseys remain the same as well maillot vert for the leader in the points classification stays with Thor Hushovd maillot a pois for the leader of the mountains classification remains on the back of Michael Rasmussen and Yaroslav Popovych retains the maillot blanc for best rider under the age of 25 Le Tour OLN Formula One The Minardi team announce that Robert Doornbos will replace Patrick Friesacher for the remainder of the 2005 season due to sponsorship issues Minardi press release F1 com 18 July 2005 Monday EditMajor League Baseball The New York Yankees reclaimed the top position in the American League s Eastern Division by defeating the Texas Rangers 11 10 in a slugfest at Ameriquest Field in Arlington while the Boston Red Sox were beaten by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3 1 at Fenway Park Cycling Elite cyclist and former Olympic rower Amy Gillett was killed and five teammates seriously injured when an out of control car runs into the members of the Australian women s national team on a training ride The riders were due to compete in the Tour of Thuringen The start of the tour has been delayed until the 21 July as a mark of respect BBC The final rest day for the Tour de France Action will resume on Tuesday 19 July 17 July 2005 Sunday EditMajor League Baseball The Kansas City Royals defeat the Detroit Tigers 5 0 in a game that is marred by a massive bench clearing brawl in the sixth inning It begins when Royals starter Runelvys Hernandez hits Tigers batter Carlos Guillen in the helmet with a pitch the third batter in the game Hernandez plunks The two exchange words and both benches and dugouts clear At first only words are exchanged between the teams Then Tigers pitcher Kyle Farnsworth picks up Royals reliever Jeremy Affeldt and slams him to the ground resulting in exchanged punches When all is said and done seven people are ejected Hernandez Guillen Farnsworth Jeremy Bonderman Emil Brown Alberto Castillo and Royals manager Buddy Bell Yahoo Auto racing NASCAR Nextel Cup Tony Stewart 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 Champ Car World Series Sebastien Bourdais 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 Golf The Open Championship Tiger Woods wins at St Andrews Challenged early in the final day by Colin Montgomerie and playing partner Jose Maria Olazabal 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 Cycling Tour de France Stage 15 205 5 km from Lezat 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 Pyrenean slopes George Hincapie Discovery Channel wins in 6 h 06 min 38 s becoming the first member of Lance Armstrong s team other than Armstrong himself to win a stage since 1999 oscar Pereiro Phonak 06 s Pietro Caucchioli Credit Agricole 38 s Michael Boogerd Rabobank 57 s and Laurent Brochard Bouygues Telecom 2 min 19 s were also in the breakaway Ivan Basso CSC and Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel finish 6th and 7th both in 5 min 04 s followed by oscar Sevilla and Jan Ullrich T Mobile Team both 6 min 28 s and Michael Rasmussen at 6 min 32 s In the General Classification Lance Armstrong picks up yet another yellow jersey in 62 h 09 min 59 s and Ivan Basso 2 min 46 s leapfrogs Michael Rasmussen 3 min 09 s into second place Jan Ullrich is at 5 min 58 s followed by Francisco Mancebo 6 min 31 s Levi Leipheimer 7 min 35 s Floyd Landis 9 min 33 s Alexander Vinokourov 9 min 38 s Christophe Moreau is the leading Frenchman at 11 min 47 s while Andreas Kloden is in 10th place at 12 min 01 s Monday is a rest day Le Tour 16 July 2005 Saturday EditAuto racing IndyCar Series Dario Franchitti 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 AP Yahoo Sports 2004 Olympics silver medallist Amir Khan wins his debut professional bout in Bolton Golf The Open Championship 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 Jose Maria Olazabal was in second place after a two under par score of 70 The Open website Cycling Tour de France 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 h 43 min 43 s 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 s Levi Leipheimer Gerolsteiner and Floyd Landis Phonak both at 1 min 31 s and Francisco Mancebo Illes Balears and Michael Rasmussen Rabobank both at 1 min 47 s In the General Classification at 55 h 58 min 17 s Lance Armstrong increases his lead over Michael Rasmussen to 1 min 41 s with Ivan Basso 2 min 46 s Jan Ullrich 4 min 34 s Levi Leipheimer 4 min 45 s Floyd Landis and Francisco Mancebo both 5 min 03 s Andreas Kloden 5 min 38 s Alexander Vinokourov 7 min 09 s and Christophe Moreau 8 min 37 s 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 Dannenmann with a 3 to 7 straight on the flop Dannenmann received 4 5 million as the runner up and John Tex Barch finished third to receive 2 5 million In all Hachem outlasted 5 618 other players an all time record for a poker tournament World Series of Poker website 15 July 2005 Friday EditBaseball Rafael Palmeiro of the Baltimore Orioles records the 3 000th hit of his career an RBI double off of Seattle Mariners pitcher Joel Pineiro 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 competitive 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 Cycling Tour de France Robbie McEwen AUS won Stage 13 from Miramas to Montpellier 173 5 km in 3 43 24 Lance Armstrong finished 33rd with the same time and retains the yellow jersey as he keeps a lead of 35 seconds over his competition Denmark s Michael Rasmussen OLN 14 July 2005 Thursday EditGolf The Open Championship 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 competitive 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 Football UEFA Cup 2005 06 First Qualifying Round first leg Baskimi 0 0 Zepce Birkirkara 0 2 APOEL Sant Julia 0 5 Rapid București Teuta 3 1 Siroki Brijeg Elbasani 1 1 Vardar Omonia 3 0 Hibernians Domagnano 0 5 Domzale Ferencvaros 0 2 MTZ RIPO Minsk Banants 2 3 Lokomotivi Tbilisi Torpedo Kutaisi 0 1 BATE Borisov Vaduz 2 0 Dacia Chisinău Baku 1 0 Zilina Mainz 05 4 0 MIKA Nistru Otaci 3 1 Khazar Lenkoran Longford Town 2 0 Carmarthen Town Ekranas 0 2 Cork City IBV 1 1 B36 Allianssi 3 0 Petange Linfield 1 0 Ventspils NSI 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 Cycling Tour de France Stage 12 of the Tour 187 km from Briancon to Digne les Bains Before the stage begins points classification 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 13 July 2005 Wednesday EditIce hockey NHL labor dispute 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 Football UEFA Champions League 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 Torshavn 2 4 Kaunas UEFA com Liverpool 3 0 TNS UEFA com Gorica 2 0 Tirana UEFA com Cycling 2005 Tour de France Stage 11 of the Tour 173 km from Courchevel to Briancon 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 Colombian Santiago Botero Lance Armstrong s group finishes one minute and a quarter behind so the American keeps the yellow jersey 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 12 July 2005 Tuesday EditBaseball MLB All Star Game American League 7 National League 5 Miguel Tejada Orioles Alabama is named All Star Game MVP Football UEFA Champions League 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 Hafnarfjordur 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 Cycling Tour de France 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 yellow jersey 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 11 July 2005 Monday EditBaseball Home Run Derby Bobby Abreu representing his home country of Venezuela and the Philadelphia Phillies hits a record 24 home runs in the first round and a total of 41 to win the annual contest at Detroit s Comerica Park Cycling Tour de France A rest day Action would resume the next day 10 July 2005 Sunday EditGolf Champions Tour Peter Jacobsen records his second senior major victory in the Senior Players Championship with an overall score of 15 under PGATOUR com PGA Tour Sean O Hair 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 NASCAR Nextel Cup Dale Earnhardt Jr shakes himself out of a slump and wins the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet Illinois Formula One Juan Pablo Montoya wins the 2005 British Grand Prix defeating Fernando Alonso and Montoya s McLaren Mercedes teammate Kimi Raikkonen Formula1 com Champ Car World Series Former Formula One driver Justin Wilson record his first ever Champ Car win in the Molson Indy Toronto ChampCarWorldSeries com permanent dead link Cycling Tour de France 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 Credit Agricole and Jens Voigt Team CSC who takes the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification from Lance Armstrong The peloton arrives 6 minutes 4 seconds after Rasmussen The first yellow jersey 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 on the Ballon d Alsace for the mountains classification 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 9 July 2005 Saturday EditBoxing Hector Camacho beats Raul Munoz by a ten round unanimous decision in Tucson Arizona and a small riot takes place after the fight Julio Cesar Chavez had to be escorted off the fight s arena by security Hector Camacho Jr also wins a fight fightnews com Cycling Tour de France Stage 8 of the Tour 231 5 km from Pforzheim Germany to Gerardmer ends in an apparent photographic dead heat between Pieter Weening Rabobank and Andreas Kloden T Mobile Team in 5 hours 3 minutes 54 seconds eventually awarded to Weening by 0002 of a second the smallest victory margin ever Jan Ullrich T Mobile Team finished in 6th place In the General Classification Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel still leads in 28 hours 6 minutes 17 seconds earning his 71st yellow jersey the 78 day record of Bernard Hinault looking increasingly approachable followed 1 minute later by Jens Voigt Team CSC Alexander Vinokourov T Mobile Team 1 minute 2 seconds behind Armstrong and Bobby Julich Team CSC 1 minute 7 seconds behind the leader Two other jerseys changed hands today Michael Rasmussen of Rabobank will wear the polkadot jersey as leader of the mountains classification and Yaroslav Popovych loses the white jersey for the young rider classification in the Tour de France to Vladimir Karpets of Illes Balears by one second BBC Le Tour Rugby union The British amp Irish Lions tour of New Zealand ends with a 38 19 defeat by the All Blacks in Auckland The All Blacks sweep the three Test series 3 0 leaving the Lions without a Test win for the first time since their 1983 tour of New Zealand BBC 8 July 2005 Friday EditGolf Michelle Wie misses the cut at the PGA Tour John Deere Classic held in Silvis Illinois Wie shot a 70 in the second round preventing her from becoming the first female golfer in tour history to play into the weekend AP Yahoo Olympics Baseball and softball will be dropped from the Olympic docket of sports in time for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London Two of the sports being considered to replace them are golf and rugby sevens However IOC president Jacques Rogge says these sports are not gone from the Games forever Update squash and karate were nominated to replace baseball and softball but did not get the 2 3 majority needed to become Olympic sports Yahoo Asia permanent dead link Cycling Tour de France On the day that saw the Tour de France divert into Germany Stage 7 between Luneville and Karlsruhe was won in a disorganised sprint finish by Robbie McEwen with Magnus Backstedt second and Bernhard Eisel third Tom Boonen had his worst sprint finish so far finishing in seventh place The big names finished in the peloton losing no time Jan Ullrich in 45th place Lance Armstrong in 53rd place and Alexander Vinokourov in 65th place Armstrong and George Hincapie are still in first and second Hincapie being 55 seconds back with Vinokourov third 62 seconds behind Armstrong in the GC BBC 7 July 2005 Thursday EditFootball soccer 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup Canada 0 1 Costa Rica Cuba 1 4 USACycling Tour de France On a day that saw a driving rainstorm which led to several large pile ups including one with 500 meters to go Italian Lorenzo Bernucci of Fassa Bortolo was able to escape the crashes and come in first in Stage 6 of the Tour de France Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie are still in first and second Hincapie being 55 seconds back but a strong second place finish in today s stage from Alexander Vinokourov puts him in third in the GC OLN Ice hockey Both the National Hockey League and its players union have denied a report in today s Los Angeles Times that they have reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement that will end the league s current lockout AP ESPN 6 July 2005 Wednesday EditFootball soccer 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup Colombia 0 1 Panama Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 HondurasOlympics The International Olympic Committee names London UK as the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics BBC ABC CNN Cycling Tour de France Amid cold and windy conditions Australian Robbie McEwen was the winner of Stage 5 of the Tour de France beating green jersey rivals Tom Boonen and Thor Hushovd at the finish In the general classification Lance Armstrong retains the yellow jersey and his 55 second cushion over his teammate and countryman George Hincapie BBC 5 July 2005 Tuesday EditCycling Tour de France In the fastest team time trial ever Team Discovery Channel wins Stage 4 of the Tour de France between Tours and Blois in a record 1 10 39 2 seconds ahead of Team CSC Lance Armstrong takes the yellow jersey away from David Zabriskie who suffered a crash just outside the 1 km to go marker Lance s Discovery Channel teammate George Hincapie is 2nd 55 seconds back Zabriskie is now ninth more than a minute back of the six time champion BBC Le Tour 4 July 2005 Monday EditCycling Tour de France Tom Boonen of Belgium wins stage 3 of the Tour de France sprinting past his rivals on the line Robbie McEwen who finished 3rd was relegated to 186th place by the commissaires for hindering Stuart O Grady s line in the sprint finish David Zabriskie retains the yellow jersey for a third day retaining a 2 second lead over Lance Armstrong BBC 3 July 2005 Sunday EditCycling Tour de France Tom Boonen of Belgium wins the first stage proper stage 2 of the Tour de France sprinting past his rivals on the line He thus takes Armstrong s Green Jersey while Zabriskie retains the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification An attack by last year s hero Thomas Voeckler puts him in the King of the Mountains jersey Tennis Wimbledon Roger Federer wins his third successive Wimbledon Gentlemen s Singles championship defeating second seed Andy Roddick 6 2 7 6 2 6 4 BBC Sport Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amelie Mauresmo 6 2 6 1 to win the Ladies Doubles BBC Mahesh Bhupathi and Mary Pierce win the Mixed Doubles over Paul Hanley and Tatiana Perebiynis 6 4 6 2 Wimbledon org official site Auto racing Formula One Fernando Alonso wins the 2005 French Grand Prix at Magny Cours leading every single lap Formula1 com NASCAR In a race that ends well into the morning because of a rain delay Tony Stewart picks up his second straight Nextel Cup Series victory by winning the Pepsi 400 at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida NASCAR com 2 July 2005 Saturday EditCycling Tour de France The 2005 Tour de France starts from Noirmoutier in France s Vendee region The 19 5 km opening time trial is won by American David Zabriskie with hot favourite Lance Armstrong also USA in second place thus taking the year s first Green Jersey This is the second successive time Armstrong has done this Tennis Wimbledon Venus Williams wins the Ladies Singles for the third time defeating fellow American Lindsay Davenport 4 6 7 6 4 9 7 The match is the longest women s final by time in the history of the tournament lasting 2 45 BBC In the completion of the suspended Gentlemen s semifinal Andy Roddick defeats Thomas Johansson 6 7 6 6 2 7 6 10 7 6 5 Roddick will face Roger Federer in the Men s final on Sunday BBC Sport Stephen Huss Australia and Wesley Moodie South Africa defeat American twins Bob and Mike Bryan 7 6 4 6 3 6 7 2 6 3 to win the Gentlemen s Doubles They become the first qualifiers ever to win this event at Wimbledon BBC Boxing Mexican super lightweight Martin Sanchez dies of injuries sustained in his July 1 bout against Rustam Nugaev of Russia Nugaev had knocked out Sanchez in the ninth round of their Las Vegas match at the Orleans Hotel and Casino Sanchez walked out of the ring under his own power but was rushed into surgery after showing signs of brain damage MSNBC Cricket Australia and England share the NatWest Series trophy after a crowd pleaser at Lord s Both sides made 196 England scoring two leg byes off the last ball to tie the game after being 33 for 5 Rugby union In the second Test of the British amp Irish Lions tour of New Zealand the Lions are resoundingly defeated by the All Blacks 48 18 With the win the All Blacks clinch a series win Fly half Dan Carter scores 33 of the All Blacks points a record for an All Blacks player against the Lions BBC Australia defeat France 37 31 in a one off Test in Brisbane BBC 1 July 2005 Friday EditMajor League Baseball Kenny Rogers is suspended for 20 games and fined an undisclosed amount for his tirade that sent cameraman Larry Rodriguez to the hospital on Wednesday Yahoo Tennis Today s first match at Wimbledon was the conclusion of the Davenport vs Mauresmo match Davenport prevailed despite a fight from Mauresmo 6 7 5 7 6 4 6 4 In the Men s semi final World 1 Roger Federer defeated World 2 Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets 6 3 6 4 7 6 5 in a very powerful performance from the top seed BBC Sport References Edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title July 2005 in sports amp oldid 1153785428, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
