2005 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

Alpine Skiing World Cup The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France ( ...

** Men's overall season champion:

Bode Miller Samuel Bode Miller ( ; born October 12, 1977) is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and the most successful male America ...

(US) ** Women's overall season champion: Anja Pärson (Sweden)

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

Super Bowl XXXIX Super Bowl XXXIX was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles to decide the National Football League ( ...

– the

New England Patriots The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...

(AFC) won 24–21 over the

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...

(NFC) **Location:

Alltel Stadium TIAA Bank Field is an American football stadium located in Jacksonville, Florida, that primarily serves as the home facility of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and the headquarters of the professional wrestling prom ...

**Attendance: 78,125 **MVP:

Deion Branch Anthony Deion Branch Jr. (born July 18, 1979) is a former American football wide receiver of the National Football League (NFL), who currently serves as director of player development and alumni relations at the University of Louisville. He was ...

, WR (New England) *

Orange Bowl The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Miami metropolitan area. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935, making it, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, the second-oldest bowl game in th ...

( 2004 season): ** The

Southern California Trojans The USC Trojans are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Southern California (USC), located in Los Angeles, California. While the men's teams are nicknamed the ''Trojans'', the women's athletic teams are referred ...

won 55–19 over the

Oklahoma Sooners The Oklahoma Sooners are the athletic teams that represent the University of Oklahoma, located in Norman. The 19 men's and women's varsity teams are called the "Sooners", a reference to a nickname given to the early participants in the Land Run ...

to win the BCS National Championship

Association football

* May 18 –

UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store Solid, solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, porcela ...

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

–

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

became the first

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

club to win a major

European European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...

club competition, defeating

Sporting Lisbon Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

3–1 at Sporting's home field in Lisbon. * May 25 –

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

–

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

defeated A.C. Milan 3–2 on penalties after a 3–3 draw in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

to win Europe's top prize for the 5th time. * August 31 –

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

(

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

) won the

Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana ( pt, CONMEBOL Recopa Sul-Americana), known also as the Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as the Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club association football, football compe ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

4–3 on aggregate over

Once Caldas Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Palogrande stadium. They were the surprise winners ...

(

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

). (First leg in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

3–1, second leg in

Manizales Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Caldas Department, Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an importa ...

1–2) * December 11 – Opening game of the first

FIFA World Club Championship The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested in 200 ...

, a six team tournament replacing the former Intercontinental Cup. In the final one week later

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian team

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

won the competition narrowly beating UEFA Champions

1–0. * December 18 –

defeated

UNAM Pumas Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., commonly referred to as UNAM, is a professional football club based in Ciudad Universitaria of Mexico City, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX, the top division in the Mexican football league system. Found ...

on penalties after the second leg game for the Copa Sudamericana 2005. * December 19 –

Ronaldinho Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho () or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a winger. Wide ...

(

, for male footballer) and

Birgit Prinz Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen- ...

(Germany, for female footballer) were elected

FIFA World Player of the Year The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015 at the FIFA World Player Gala. Coaches and captains of international teams and media representativ ...

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

** The

Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...

win the 109th AFL Premiership, defeating

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football ...

8.10 (58) to 7.12 (54), the club's first premiership in 72 years **

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...

awarded to

Ben Cousins Benjamin Luke Cousins (born 30 June 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cousins is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the fifty greatest players of ...

, captain of the West Coast Eagles **

Leigh Matthews Trophy The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was st ...

also awarded to Cousins **

Coleman Medal The Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League (AFL) player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after Essendon full-forward John Coleman, one of the most ...

awarded to

Fraser Gehrig Fraser Gehrig (born 3 March 1976) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) . Gehrig was a versatile player during his AFL career, begi ...

of St Kilda ** ''See also Australian Football League season 2005'' * 2005 Australian Football International Cup won by New Zealand

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

* June 14 – Men's 100 metres –

Asafa Powell Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consiste ...

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

sets a new world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium. * June 19 –

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

** Men's overall standings – Germany ** Women's overall standings – Russia * August –

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

held in Helsinki *

IAAF Golden League The IAAF Golden League was an annual series of outdoor track and field meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Athletes who won specific events at all of the series meetings were awarded a jackpot prize, ...

– Russian

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

Tatyana Lebedeva Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva (russian: Татьяна Романовна Лебедева, born 21 July 1976) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of the most successful athle ...

is the sole winner of the US$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 The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its co ...

bans American

Tim Montgomery Timothy Montgomery (born January 28, 1975) is an American former track sprinter who specialized in the 100-meter dash. In 2005, he was stripped of his records—including a now-void men's 100-meter world record of 9.78 seconds set in 2002—a ...

for two years in a case stemming from his involvement with the controversial "sports nutrition" center

BALCO The Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) (1984–2003) was an American company led by founder and owner Victor Conte. In 2003, journalists Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada investigated the company's role in a drug sports scandal later re ...

. Although Montgomery never tested positive for

drugs A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalat ...

, CAS found the circumstantial evidence against him overwhelming. It also struck all his results since 2001 from the records, including a then world-record time of 9.78.

Baseball

* October 22 – 2005 Japan Series – The

Chiba Lotte Marines The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. History The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...

sweep the

Hanshin Tigers The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway ...

4 games to 0. * October 26 – 2005 MLB World Series – The

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and p ...

sweep the

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...

4 games to 0 to win the World Series for the first time since 1917.

Basketball

NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The team that wins the series is awa ...

–

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference Southwest Division ( ...

win their third NBA title in the past seven years, defeating the

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at Li ...

in the first seven-game NBA Finals in eleven years. * Men's Division I –

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

defeats

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

, 75–70, in the

Championship Game In sport, a championship is a Competition#Sports, competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match sy ...

. It is

Tar Heels Tar Heel is a nickname applied to the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is also the nickname of the University of North Carolina athletic teams, students, alumni, and fans. The origins of the Tar Heel nickname trace back to North Carolina's promi ...

coach Roy Williams's first national title. * Women's Division I – Baylor defeats

Michigan State Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...

, 84–62, in the final. It is the first Women's National Title game in several years to not involve either

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

UConn The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Ha ...

. Baylor coach

Kim Mulkey-Robertson Kimberly Duane Mulkey (born May 17, 1962) is an American college basketball player and coach. She is the head coach for Louisiana State University's women's basketball team. A Pan-American gold medalist in 1983 and Olympic gold medalist in 1984, ...

becomes the first woman to win NCAA Division I basketball titles as a player and coach. * Euroleague –

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

successfully defends the Euroleague title, defeating

TAU Cerámica Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D., commonly known as Saski Baskonia (), also known as Cazoo Baskonia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the ...

of Spain, 90–78, in the

. *

Chinese Basketball Association The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier professional men's basketball league in China. The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...

finals Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

– defending champions

Guangdong Southern Tigers Guangdong Hongyuan Southern Tigers () or Guangdong Southern Tigers, also known as Guangdong Dongguan Bank () for sponsorship reasons, are a Chinese professional basketball team owned by the Guangdong Winnerway (Hongyuan) Group. The team is one o ...

defeat the

Jiangsu Dragons Jiangsu Dragons Kentier (), also known as Jiangsu Dragons or Jiangsu Kentier, are a Chinese professional basketball team in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Nanjing, Jiangsu. History In the 2004–05 seaso ...

3 games to 2 in the best-of-five

finals. *

National Basketball League (Australia) The National Basketball League (NBL) is a men's Professional sports#Basketball, professional basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australasia, currently composed of 10 teams: 9 in Australia and 1 in New Zealand. It is the premier ...

–

Sydney Kings The Sydney Kings are an Australian men's professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (NBL). The team is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The Kings were formed from a merger between the West Sydney Westars and the ...

defeated the

Wollongong Hawks The Illawarra Hawks (formerly the Wollongong Hawks and The Hawks) is an Australian professional basketball team based in Wollongong, New South Wales. The Illawarra Hawks compete in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball ...

, 3–0, in a best-of-five

series. *

Bj League The was a professional basketball league in Japan that began in November 2005 as a six-team league. The league was operated as a competitor to the established Japan Super League which was run by the Japan Basketball Association, the official go ...

, a professional basketball league in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, predecessor for B League of Japan, a first game held on November 5.

Bowling

* February 20 – Chris Barnes wins the 62nd US Open * April 3 –

Patrick Allen John Keith Patrick Allen (17 March 1927 – 28 July 2006) was a British actor. Life and career Allen was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada ...

wins the PBA Denny's World Championship * April 10 – Steve Jaros wins the PBA Dexter Tournament of Champions * Patrick Allen is named the Player of the Year for 2004–2005 * November 20 – Mike Scroggins wins the

USBC Masters The USBC Masters is a championship ten-pin bowling event conducted by the United States Bowling Congress. The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) began recognizing it as a title event in 1998, and it was designated one of the four majors in 200 ...

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

* May 7 –

Diego Corrales Diego "Chico" Corrales Jr. (August 25, 1977 – May 7, 2007) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2007. He was a multiple-time world champion in two weight divisions, having held the IBF super featherweight title from 199 ...

defeats

José Luis Castillo José Luis Castillo (born December 14, 1973) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2014. Generally considered one of the best lightweights of his era, he is a two-time world champion at that weight, having held the WB ...

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 '' The Ring'' magazine was established in 1922 and has since named a Fight of the Year, which this list covers. Fights of the Year by decade 1920s *1922 Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney *1923 Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Firpo *1924 Gene Tunney KO 15 G ...

. * July 16 –

Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He remains the most recent undisputed middleweight champion, having won the WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, ''Ring'' magazine, and ...

, 2000 US Olympic Boxing bronze medalist, defeats

Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight class ...

for the undisputed Middleweight Title ending Hopkins' 10 year title reign. Hopkins made 20 successful title defenses before losing to Taylor, the current record in the middleweight division,

Carlos Monzón Carlos Roque Monzón (7 August 1942 – 8 January 1995), nicknamed Escopeta (''Shotgun'' in Spanish), was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight championship for 7 years. He successfully defended his title 14 t ...

is second with 14 successful defenses. * 13 to November 20 –

World Amateur Boxing Championships The IBA World Boxing Championships, and the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships (previously known as AIBA), are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA), which is the sport governing body. A ...

held in

Mianyang Mianyang (; formerly known as Mienchow) is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Located in north-central Sichuan covering an area of consisting of Jiangyou, a county-level city, five counties, and thre ...

, People's Republic of China

Canadian football Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's sco ...

* November 27 – the

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...

win the

93rd Grey Cup The 93rd Grey Cup game was held on November 27, 2005, at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes, to decide the winner of the 2005 season of the Canadian Football League. The ...

game, defeating the

Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the Canadian F ...

38–35 at

BC Place Stadium BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a crown corporation of the province. The venue is currently ...

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* January 10 – 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 World Cricket Tsunami Appeal was an effort by the International Cricket Council to raise funds to support the humanitarian relief efforts following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004. It was scheduled t ...

; 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 Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

beat

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

by 226 runs to record their first ever Test match victory. * July 2 –

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

tie the deciding NatWest Series trophy match at

Lord's Cricket Ground Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and ...

. * August 11 –

Shane Warne Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international cricketer, whose career ran from 1991 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-handed batsman for Victoria, Hampshire and Australia ...

becomes the first bowler to take 600 Test wickets. * September 12 –

win

The Ashes The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, ''The Sporting Times'', immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Te ...

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

Road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and ...

* Giro d'Italia – Maglia rosa (Overall winner):

Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli (born 7 May 1973 in Clusone, province of Bergamo) is a former Italian road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia. Savoldelli was a climber but known for his fast downhill riding. He is nicknamed ''Il F ...

(Italy, Discovery Channel Team) *

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

won by

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, his record-setting seventh consecutive title. Cyclo-cross *

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** Men's champion: Stéphane Lambiel, Switzerland ** Ladies' champion: Irina Slutskaya, Russia ** Pair skating champions: Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin, Russia ** Ice dancing champions: Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, Russia

Floorball

* 2005 Women's World Floorball Championships, Women's World Floorball Championships ** Champion: Switzerland women's national floorball team, Switzerland * 2005 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships, Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships ** Champion: Sweden men's national under-19 floorball team, Sweden * Champions Cup (floorball), European Cup ** Men's champion: SV Wiler-Ersigen ** Women's champion: Red Ants Rychenberg, RA Rychenberg

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 Ireland national rugby union team, Irish national rugby union team to use Croke Park during the redevelopment of their home ground, Lansdowne Road. * Camogie ** 2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork GAA, Cork ** 2005 National Camogie League, National Camogie League: Galway GAA, Galway * Gaelic football ** 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Tyrone GAA, Tyrone 1–16 died Kerry GAA, Kerry 2–10 ** 2005 National Football League (Ireland), National Football League – Armagh GAA, Armagh 1–21 died Wexford GAA, Wexford 1–14 ** Tommy Murphy Cup 2005, Tommy Murphy Cup – Tipperary GAA, Tipperary 3–10 died Wexford GAA, Wexford 0–15 * Ladies' Gaelic football ** All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Cork GAA, Cork ** National Football League: Cork GAA, Cork * Hurling ** 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Cork GAA, Cork 1–21 died Galway GAA, Galway 1–16 ** Liam MacCarthy Cup – Cork GAA, Cork ** 2005 Christy Ring Cup, Christy Ring Cup – Westmeath GAA, Westmeath 1–23 died Down GAA, Down 2–18 ** 2005 Nicky Rackard Cup, Nicky Rackard Cup – London GAA, London 5–8 died Louth GAA, Louth 1–5 ** 2005 National Hurling League, National Hurling League – Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny beat Clare GAA, Clare

Gliding

* World Gliding Championships (Women's), Klix airfield, 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, 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

Men's professional * Men's major golf championships, Major Championships ** 2005 Masters Tournament, Masters Tournament – Tiger Woods defeated fellow American Chris DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title and his 9th major. ** 2005 U.S. Open (golf), U.S. Open – Michael Campbell ** 2005 Open Championship, British Open – Tiger Woods ** 2005 PGA Championship, PGA Championship – Phil Mickelson * PGA Tour money leader – Tiger Woods won $10,628,024 Men's amateur * The Amateur Championship, British Amateur – Brian McElhinney * United States Amateur Championship (men's golf), U.S. Amateur – Edoardo Molinari * European Amateur – Marius Thorp Women's professional * 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Kraft Nabisco Championship – Annika Sörenstam won her eighth major * 2005 LPGA Championship, LPGA Championship – Annika Sörenstam * 2005 U.S. Women's Open, U.S. Women's Open – Birdie Kim earned what became her only LPGA Tour win. * 2005 Women's British Open, Women's British Open – Jeong Jang * LPGA, LPGA Tour money leader – Annika Sörenstam won $2,588,240

Team handball, Handball

* 2005 World Men's Handball Championship: Spain

Horse racing

Steeplechases * 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Cheltenham Gold Cup – Kicking King * 2005 Grand National, Grand National – Hedgehunter Flat races * Australia – 2005 Melbourne Cup, Melbourne Cup won by Makybe Diva for the third time in succession * Canada – Queen's Plate won by Wild Desert * Dubai – 2005 Dubai World Cup, Dubai World Cup won by Roses in May * France – 2005 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Hurricane Run * Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Hurricane Run * Japan ** Deep Impact (horse), Deep Impact won the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2,000 Guineas), Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), and Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) to become the first horse since 1994 to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#Japan, Japanese Triple Crown. ** Japan Cup won by Alkaased * Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, English Triple Crown Races: *# 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Footstepsinthesand *# 2005 Epsom Derby, The Derby – Motivator (horse), Motivator *# St. Leger Stakes – Scorpion (horse), Scorpion * Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, United States Triple Crown Races: *# 2005 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby – Giacomo (horse), Giacomo *# 2005 Preakness Stakes, Preakness Stakes – Afleet Alex *# 2005 Belmont Stakes, Belmont Stakes – Afleet Alex * 2005 Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships: *# Breeders' Cup Classic – Saint Liam *# Breeders' Cup Distaff – Pleasant Home (horse), Pleasant Home *# Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Intercontinental (horse), Intercontinental *# Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Stevie Wonderboy *# Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Folklore (horse), Folklore *# Breeders' Cup Mile – Artie Schiller *# Breeders' Cup Sprint – Silver Train *# Breeders' Cup Turf – Shirocco

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 – 2005 Memorial Cup, 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 American Hockey League, AHL Philadelphia Phantoms, both win their respective championship series. * July 22 – the 2004–05 NHL lockout ends when a new NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement, collective bargaining agreement between the National Hockey League, NHL and NHL Players Association, NHLPA is reached.

Lacrosse

Major League Lacrosse (USA) * Baltimore Bayhawks defeated Long Island Lizards 15–9 to win the 2005 Major League Lacrosse season, Steinfeld Cup. * MLL announces four expansion teams to start play in 2006 MLL season, the 2006 season and create a Western Conference: Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco. 2005 National Lacrosse League season, 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 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in Philadelphia on May 30 to go unbeaten. * Northwestern University wins their first NCAA Division I, Division I 2005 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship. European lacrosse * November 10 – Austrian Lacrosse Association (ÖLAXV) is founded.

Mixed martial arts

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Motorsport

Radiosport

* 6th High Speed Telegraphy World Championship held in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.

Rugby league

* February 4 at Elland Road, Leeds – 2005 World Club Challenge match is won by the Leeds Rhinos who defeated the Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club, Bulldogs 39–32 before 37,208 * April 22 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane – in the 2005 Anzac Test, 2005 ANZAC Day Test, Australian Kangaroos, Australia defeat New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand 32–16 before 40,317 * July 5 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane – 2005 State of Origin is won by New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales in the third and deciding match of the series against Queensland Maroons, Queensland before 52,436 * August 27 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff – 2005 Challenge Cup tournament won by Hull F.C. with a 25–24 win over Leeds Rhinos before 74,213 * October 2 at Telstra Stadium, Sydney – 2005 NRL season culminates in the Wests Tigers 30–16 win over the North Queensland Cowboys in the 2005 NRL Grand Final, Grand Final before 82,453 * October 15 at Old Trafford, Manchester – Super League X culminates in Bradford Bulls 15–6 win over Leeds Rhinos in the 2005 Super League Grand Final, Grand Final before 65,728 * November 26 at Elland Road, Leeds – 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament culminates in New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand's 24–0 win over Australia national rugby league team, Australia in the final before 26,534

Rugby union

* 110th 2005 Six Nations Championship, Six Nations Championship series is won by Wales national rugby union team, Wales who complete the Grand Slam (rugby union), Grand Slam * 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand – The British & Irish Lions, Lions suffer a 3–0 whitewash to New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand, as well as losing to the New Zealand Māori rugby union team, New Zealand Māori side. It was the first time in 22 years that a Lions side had lost every Test match on tour. * 2005 Tri Nations Series, Tri Nations – New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand wins for the 6th time. The All Blacks also picked up the Bledisloe Cup in the process. * 2004–05 Heineken Cup, Heineken Cup – Stade Toulousain, Toulouse defeat Stade Français 18–12 in the 2005 Heineken Cup Final, final. * 2005 Super 12 season, Super 12 – The Crusaders (rugby), Crusaders defeat the New South Wales Waratahs, Waratahs 35–25 in the final * 2004–05 Premiership Rugby, Zurich Premiership (England) – Leicester Tigers win the league, Wasps RFC, Wasps win the playoffs * 2004–05 Celtic League, Celtic League – Ospreys (rugby union), Ospreys * 2004–05 Top 16 season, Top 16 (France) – Biarritz Olympique, Biarritz defeat Stade Français 37–34 in the final * 2005 National Provincial Championship, National Provincial Championship (New Zealand): Auckland RFU, Auckland defeat Otago RFU, Otago 39–11 in the final * 2005 Currie Cup, Currie Cup (South Africa) – Free State Cheetahs, Cheetahs defeat Blue Bulls 29–25 in the final * In the November Tests, the All Blacks (New Zealand) score a "Grand Slam (Rugby Union), Grand Slam" by defeating all four Home Nations (Wales national rugby union team, Wales, Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland, England national rugby union team, England, Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland) while on tour. This is the first such Grand Slam for a Southern Hemisphere team since Australia national rugby union team, Australia did so in 1984, and the first for the All Blacks since 1978.

Snooker

* 2005 World Snooker Championship, World Championship – Shaun Murphy beats Matthew Stevens 18–16

Sumo

* Asashōryū 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

* 11th 2005 World Aquatics Championships, World LC Championships held in Montreal * 23rd Swimming at the 2005 Summer Universiade, Summer Universiade held in Izmir, Turkey * 9th European SC Championships 2005, European SC Championships held in Trieste, Italy ** Germany wins the most medals (13); Germany and Poland win the most gold medals (5)

Taekwondo

* 2005 World Taekwondo Championships, World Championships held in Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain

Tennis

* 2005 Australian Open, Australian Open ** 2005 Australian Open – Men's singles, Men's Final: Marat Safin defeats Lleyton Hewitt ** 2005 Australian Open – Women's singles, Women's Final: Serena Williams defeats Lindsay Davenport * 2005 French Open, French Open ** 2005 French Open – Men's singles, Men's Final: Rafael Nadal defeats Mariano Puerta ** 2005 French Open – Women's singles, Women's Final: Justine Henin-Hardenne defeats Mary Pierce * 2005 Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon Championships ** 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Men's Final: Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick ** 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Ladies' Final: Venus Williams defeats Lindsay Davenport * 2005 US Open (tennis), US Open ** 2005 US Open – Men's singles, Men's Final: Roger Federer defeats Andre Agassi ** 2005 US Open – Women's singles, Women's Final: Kim Clijsters defeats Mary Pierce

Triathlon

* 2005 ITU Triathlon World Championships, ITU World Championships held in Gamagōri, Aichi, Gamagōri, Japan

Volleyball

* FIVB World League 2005, Men's World League: Brazil * FIVB World Grand Prix 2005, Women's World Grand Prix: Brazil

Water polo

* 2005 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship: Yugoslavia * 2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League: Yugoslavia * 2005 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship: Hungary * 2005 FINA Women's Water Polo World League: Greece

Olympic weightlifting, Weightlifting

* 2005 World Weightlifting Championships, World Championships held in Doha, Qatar * 2005 European Weightlifting Championships, European Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria

Multi-sport events

* Fourth 2005 East Asian Games, East Asian Games held in Macau, China * 20th 2005 Summer Deaflympics, Summer Deaflympics held in Melbourne, Australia * 23rd 2005 Southeast Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines * First 2005 Asian Indoor Games, Asian Indoor Games held in Bangkok, Thailand * Seventh World Games 2005, World Games held in Duisburg, Germany * 15th 2005 Mediterranean Games, Mediterranean Games held in Almería, Spain * XXIII 2005 Summer Universiade, Summer Universiade held in Izmir, Turkey ** Russia tops the medal table with a total number of 65 medals, including 26 golds. * XXII 2005 Winter Universiade, Winter Universiade held in Innsbruck, Austria ** Austria tops the medal table with a total number of 21 medals, including 10 golds.

Awards

* Associated Press Athlete of the Year#Male, Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year –

, Cycling * Associated Press Athlete of the Year#Female, Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Annika Sörenstam, LPGA, LPGA golf

References

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