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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in June of 2005. Deaths
28 – Dick Dietz 18 – Syed Mushtaq Ali 7 – Terry Long 2 – Lucio Escoña 1 – George Mikan
Ongoing events 2005 English cricket season 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup 2005 in NASCAR 4 June–9 July: Rugby union: Lions tour of New Zealand 5 June-12 September: Cricket: The Ashes tour 10 June–2 July: Football: World Youth Championship 20 June–3 July: Tennis: Wimbledon
30 June 2005 (Thursday) Tennis: Rain disrupted the Women's Semi-Final at the Wimbledon Championships. Play didn't start until after 5pm when it should have begun at 1 pm. Despite the delay fans were treated with two superb matches. In a shockingly powerful performance Venus Williams (seeded 14th) beat the reigning champion Maria Sharapova in straight sets, 7–6 (7–2) 6–1. The win was highly unexpected but the match was considered some of the best Tennis from the ladies all season. In Court 1 Lindsay Davenport faced Amélie Mauresmo in an equally highly entertaining match. In the middle of the 3rd set it began to rain and so the match was left at 7–6 6–7 5–3 to Davenport. (BBC Sport)
29 June 2005 (Wednesday) Baseball: Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers is in trouble with his team and could be in trouble with the law after he shoves two cameramen walking onto the field at Ameriquest Field in Arlington, Texas for a pre-game warm-up before a game against the Los Angeles Angels. One of the cameramen, Larry Rodriguez, filed assault charges against Rogers. Rodriguez was taken to a local hospital, complaining of neck, back, and arm pain. Rogers has refused to talk to local media (Dallas, in this case) this season after a report was released during spring training that said Rogers was having trouble trying to get a contract extension with the Rangers. (Yahoo!) Tennis: In today's Wimbledon men's quarterfinals, defending champion Roger Federer beat Chilean Fernando González in straight sets 7–5 6–2 7–6(2). Andy Roddick also made it through to the final four after beating Sébastien Grosjean in a tough but exhilarating five-set thriller 3–6 6–2 6–1 3–6 6–3. Meanwhile, Australian Lleyton Hewitt saw off Feliciano López in straight sets 7–5 6–4 7–6(2) and finally Thomas Johansson reached his first ever Wimbledon semi-final by seeing off David Nalbandian in straight sets 7–6(5) 6–2 6–2. (BBC Sport) Auto racing: Formula One: The seven teams that use Michelin tires are found guilty on two of five charges brought against them before the World Motor Sport Council for their failure to race in the 2005 United States Grand Prix. Announcement of punishment has been deferred to September 14. (Motorsport.com) The 2006 Formula One season may have a record 20 races, as the FIA releases the preliminary calendar for next year. How the race order will go is yet to be determined, but the Malaysian Grand Prix is presumed to be the season opener, because the usual season opener, the Australian Grand Prix, is being pushed back to April because of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. (FIA press release; calendar is located on the very bottom)
28 June 2005 (Tuesday) Basketball: The 2005 NBA draft takes place in New York City. The Milwaukee Bucks make Andrew Bogut, a center from Australia by way of the University of Utah, the top overall pick. Four players from reigning NCAA champions North Carolina are among the lottery picks (i.e., the first 14 players drafted). (AP/Yahoo!) Auto racing: Formula One: Michelin announces they will reimburse all money to all spectators who attended the 2005 United States Grand Prix in Indianapolis, in which the seven teams that use Michelins refused to take part in over safety issues regarding their tires. Michelin also announces they will offer to buy 20,000 tickets for next year's United States Grand Prix to give to spectators who attended this year's race, trying to help better promote the sport in the United States. How those tickets will be distributed and how much money will be given back is unclear at this time. (CNN.com) The seven teams who refused to race in the recent 2005 United States Grand Prix will face a disciplinary hearing this coming Wednesday. The teams face charges of bringing the sport into disrepute and could be docked constructors' points. (BBC Sport) Tennis: Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport and Amélie Mauresmo are all in the Wimbledon semi-finals after they saw off stiff competition respectively in today's Quarter Finals. (BBC Sport) Cricket: Rain stopped play six overs into England's run-chase in the NatWest Series match against Australia. Play was stopped a couple of times before that as well, but eventually – with England 37–1 – the match was declared a no-result. England's bowling restricted the Australian score to 261–9. Darren Gough claimed three late wickets among five falling for 30 runs. Andrew Symonds had the top-score with 74, putting on 101 with Mike Hussey (45). (BBC Sport) Rugby union: The British & Irish Lions score the first truly convincing win of their current tour of New Zealand, destroying NPC Division Two team Manawatu 109–6. Wales international Shane Williams equals a Lions record with five tries. (BBC)
26 June 2005 (Sunday) Golf: South Korea's Birdie Kim wins the U.S. Women's Open with an overall score of 3-over, making birdie on the 72nd and final hole to break a tie between her and amateur Morgan Pressel. Annika Sörenstam finishes at 12-over in an 8-way tie for 23rd, ending her hopes of winning the calendar grand slam. Michelle Wie, who had been in a three-way tie for the lead after the third round, balloons to a final-round 82 and finishes level with Sörenstam. (LPGA.com) PGA Tour: Ireland's Pádraig Harrington gets his second PGA Tour win this season, and the second of his career at the Barclays Classic in Rye, New York with a score of 10-under. (PGATOUR.com) Auto racing: NASCAR: Tony Stewart wins the Nextel Cup Series Dodge/SaveMart 350 at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, passing Ricky Rudd in the closing laps. (NASCAR.com) Champ Car World Series: Paul Tracy defeats A. J. Allmendinger to win the Grand Prix of Cleveland at the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. (ChampCarWorldSeries.com)
25 June 2005 (Saturday) Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gatti's corner stopped the fight following the sixth round. Mayweather was leading on all cards. Rugby union: In the first Test match of the British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand, the Lions are comprehensively beaten 21–3 in Christchurch by the All Blacks. Lions captain Brian O'Driscoll suffers a dislocated shoulder less than two minutes in, ending his tour, and fellow Lion Richard Hill is also injured. (BBC)
23 June 2005 (Friday) (Or 24 June 2005 for those in the Eastern Standard Time zone) Basketball: The San Antonio Spurs win their third NBA championship in seven years, defeating the Detroit Pistons 81–74 in the first game 7 in an NBA Finals since 1994. Tim Duncan is named the most valuable player of the series for the third time. Only Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O'Neal have won three MVPs besides Duncan. Jordan won a record six. (NBA.com)
21 June 2005 (Tuesday) Basketball: The NBA and the NBA Players Association agree to a new collective bargaining agreement, averting a potential lockout. Among the terms of the agreement is an age limit, which will require all American players to be 19 or older on draft day. (ESPN.com) Cricket: England (391–4, Paul Collingwood 112 not out and 6–31, Andrew Strauss 152) beat Bangladesh (223 all out) by 168 runs, as England set the second highest One-day International score ever, and Collingwood became the first to score a century and take a six-wicket-haul in the same match. BBC
19 June 2005 (Sunday) Football (soccer): In the final of the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, Germany beat Norway 3–1, to win the title for the fourth successive time. (UEFA.com) Cricket: England (253 for 7, Kevin Pietersen 91 not out) beat Australia (252–9) by 3 wickets to hand Australia their second defeat in two days, and their fourth consecutive loss to England in all competitions. (BBC) Auto racing: Dane Tom Kristensen wins his record seventh race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Audi with JJ Lehto and Merco Werner. (ESPN) Formula One: At the start of the United States Grand Prix race in the 2005 season all cars using Michelin tires pull out of the race because of safety concerns. Michael Schumacher wins, Rubens Barrichello finishes second, and Tiago Monteiro finishes third. A happy Monteiro is the only one who sprays champagne on the podium. Some angry fans vent frustration by hurtling bottles and other forms of trash onto the circuit. (BBC) NASCAR Nextel Cup: Greg Biffle takes his fifth win of the year at the Batman Begins 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Biffle has won the last two races at the track. (ESPN) Golf: Michael Campbell of New Zealand wins the 2005 U.S. Open with a score of even par, two strokes ahead of Tiger Woods. (ESPN)
18 June 2005 (Saturday) Cricket: Bangladesh (250 for 5, Mohammad Ashraful 100) beat Australia (249 for 5, Damien Martyn 77) by 5 wickets in one of the biggest upsets in cricket's history.Rediff.com
16 June 2005 (Thursday) Football (soccer): In the second semi-final of the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, Norway beat Sweden 3–2 after extra time. (UEFA.com) Norway will meet Euro and World Cup title-holders Germany in Sunday's final, to be played at Ewood Park, Blackburn. Cricket: England (192 for 0, Trescothick 100*, Strauss 82*) beat Bangladesh (190, Aftab 51) by ten wickets in the first match of the NatWest Series at the Oval. (Wisden Cricinfo)
14 June 2005 (Tuesday) Athletics – Men's 100 metres – Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium. (BBC) Powel shaved one hundredth of a second off Tim Montgomery's record of 9.78 set in Paris in 2002.
13 June 2005 (Monday) NASCAR: The merger between the Sprint Corporation and Nextel means that the Nextel Cup Series will become the Sprint Cup Series in 2007. The name change is expected to be approved within two weeks. (The Tennessean)
12 June 2005 (Sunday) Arena football: The Colorado Crush win ArenaBowl XIX in Las Vegas 51–48 over the Georgia Force. Crush kicker Clay Rush kicks the title-winning field goal with 3 seconds left. Auto racing: Formula One: Kimi Räikkönen wins the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal over Michael Schumacher. Both Renaults drop out, and Juan Pablo Montoya is disqualified for failing to heed the red light at the end of pit road as the safety car leads by a long string of cars, a safety car that was brought out after polesitter Jenson Button crashes. (Formula1.com) Nextel Cup: Carl Edwards wins the Pocono 500 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania for his second Nextel Cup win of the season. (NASCAR.com) Football (soccer): Norway join Germany in the semi-finals of the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship following a 5–3 defeat of Italy and Germany's 3–0 win over France. (UEFA.com –Norway-Italy, Germany-France) Golf: Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to win the first two majors of the year since 1986, waltzing to a three-shot win at the LPGA Championship in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Second place went to 15-year-old Michelle Wie, who scored the highest finish by an amateur in a major since 1998. (AP/Yahoo!) Sergio García wins the Booz Allen Classic on the PGA Tour, this year held at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. The Classic, the old Kemper Open, is held annually in suburban Washington, D.C.. It is generally held at the TPC (Tournament Players Club) at Avenel in Potomac, Maryland, but Avenel is being renovated. Having the tournament at Congressional, the week before this year's U.S. Open, attracted the best field ever for the event. (AP/Yahoo!)
11 June 2005 (Saturday)