2005 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing Alpine Skiing World Cup Men's overall season champion: Bode Miller (US) Women's overall season champion: Anja Pärson (Sweden)
American football Super Bowl XXXIX – the New England Patriots (AFC) won 24–21 over the Philadelphia Eagles (NFC) Location: Alltel Stadium Attendance: 78,125 MVP: Deion Branch, WR (New England) Orange Bowl (2004 season): The Southern California Trojans won 55–19 over the Oklahoma Sooners to win the BCS National Championship
Association football May 18 – UEFA Cup final – CSKA Moscow became the first Russian club to win a major European club competition, defeating Sporting Lisbon 3–1 at Sporting's home field in Lisbon. May 25 – UEFA Champions League final – Liverpool defeated A.C. Milan 3–2 on penalties after a 3–3 draw in Istanbul to win Europe's top prize for the 5th time. August 31 – Boca Juniors (Argentina) won the Recopa Sudamericana 2005 4–3 on aggregate over Once Caldas (Colombia). (First leg in Buenos Aires 3–1, second leg in Manizales 1–2) December 11 – Opening game of the first FIFA World Club Championship, a six team tournament replacing the former Intercontinental Cup. In the final one week later Brazilian team São Paulo won the competition narrowly beating UEFA Champions Liverpool 1–0. December 18 – Boca Juniors defeated UNAM Pumas on penalties after the second leg game for the Copa Sudamericana 2005. December 19 – Ronaldinho (Brazil, for male footballer) and Birgit Prinz (Germany, for female footballer) were elected FIFA World Player of the Year.
Australian rules football Australian Football League The Sydney Swans win the 109th AFL Premiership, defeating West Coast Eagles 8.10 (58) to 7.12 (54), the club's first premiership in 72 years Brownlow Medal awarded to Ben Cousins, captain of the West Coast Eagles Leigh Matthews Trophy also awarded to Cousins Coleman Medal awarded to Fraser Gehrig of St Kilda See also Australian Football League season 2005 2005 Australian Football International Cup won by New Zealand
Athletics June 14 – Men's 100 metres – Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium. June 19 – European Cup Men's overall standings – Germany Women's overall standings – Russia August – World Championships held in Helsinki IAAF Golden League – Russian triple jumper Tatyana Lebedeva 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 bans American Tim Montgomery for two years in a case stemming from his involvement with the controversial "sports nutrition" center BALCO. Although Montgomery never tested positive for drugs, CAS found the circumstantial evidence against him overwhelming. It also struck all his results since 2001 from the records, including a then world-record time of 9.78.
Baseball October 22 – 2005 Japan Series – The Chiba Lotte Marines sweep the Hanshin Tigers 4 games to 0. October 26 – 2005 MLB World Series – The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros 4 games to 0 to win the World Series for the first time since 1917.
Basketball
NBA Finals – San Antonio Spurs win their third NBA title in the past seven years, defeating the Detroit Pistons in the first seven-game NBA Finals in eleven years. WNBA Finals - Sacramento Monarchs defeat Connecticut Sun to win their only title. Men's Division I – North Carolina defeats Illinois, 75–70, in the Championship Game. It is Tar Heels coach Roy Williams's first national title. Women's Division I – Baylor defeats Michigan State, 84–62, in the final. It is the first Women's National Title game in several years to not involve either Tennessee or UConn. Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson becomes the first woman to win NCAA Division I basketball titles as a player and coach. Euroleague – Maccabi Tel Aviv successfully defends the Euroleague title, defeating TAU Cerámica of Spain, 90–78, in the final. Chinese Basketball Association finals – defending champions Guangdong Southern Tigers defeat the Jiangsu Dragons 3 games to 2 in the best-of-five Chinese Basketball Association finals. National Basketball League (Australia) – Sydney Kings defeated the Wollongong Hawks, 3–0, in a best-of-five finals series. Bj League, a professional basketball league in Japan, 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 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
Boxing May 7 – Diego Corrales defeats José Luis Castillo by 10th-round knockout, for the WBO-WBC lightweight title unification. Both men were exchanging a brutal amount of punishment throughout the fight, before a dramatic tenth round in which Corrales scored a TKO after getting knocked down twice. The fight was highly regarded as one of the greatest of all-time and won Ring Magazine fight of the year. July 16 – Jermain Taylor, 2000 US Olympic Boxing bronze medalist, defeats Bernard Hopkins for the undisputed Middleweight Title ending Hopkins' 10 year title reign. Hopkins made 20 successful title defenses before losing to Taylor, the current record in the middleweight division, Carlos Monzón is second with 14 successful defenses. 13 to November 20 – World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Mianyang, People's Republic of China
Canadian football November 27 – the Edmonton Eskimos win the 93rd Grey Cup game, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 38–35 at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.
Cricket 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 second was never played. It is the first time an ODI has been played that has not been between two cricketing nations. January 10 – Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 226 runs to record their first ever Test match victory. July 2 – England and Australia tie the deciding NatWest Series trophy match at Lord's Cricket Ground. August 11 – Shane Warne becomes the first bowler to take 600 Test wickets. September 12 – England win The Ashes.
Cycling Road bicycle racing Giro d'Italia – Maglia rosa (Overall winner): Paolo Savoldelli (Italy, Discovery Channel Team) Tour de France won by Lance Armstrong, his record-setting seventh consecutive title. Cyclo-cross UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships Men's Competition – Sven Nys Women's Competition – Hanka Kupfernagel
Field hockey Men's Champions Trophy: Australia Men's Champions Challenge: Argentina Women's Champions Trophy: Netherlands Women's Champions Challenge: New Zealand
Figure skating World Figure Skating Championships 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 Women's World Floorball Championships Champion: Switzerland Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships Champion: Sweden European Cup Men's champion: SV Wiler-Ersigen Women's champion: 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 Irish national rugby union team to use Croke Park during the redevelopment of their home ground, Lansdowne Road. Camogie All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork National Camogie League: Galway Gaelic football All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Tyrone 1–16 died Kerry 2–10 National Football League – Armagh 1–21 died Wexford 1–14 Tommy Murphy Cup – Tipperary 3–10 died Wexford 0–15 Ladies' Gaelic football All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Cork National Football League: Cork Hurling All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Cork 1–21 died Galway 1–16 Liam MacCarthy Cup – Cork Christy Ring Cup – Westmeath 1–23 died Down 2–18 Nicky Rackard Cup – London 5–8 died Louth 1–5 National Hurling League – Kilkenny beat Clare
Gliding World Gliding Championships (Women's), Klix, Germany 15-metre Class Winner: Mette Pedersen, Denmark; Glider: Alexander Schleicher ASW 27B Standard Class Winner: Jana Veprekova, Czech Republic; Glider: Rolladen-Schneider LS8-b Club Class Winner: Hana Vokrinkova, Czech Republic; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus World Gliding Championships (Junior), Husbands Bosworth, United Kingdom Standard Class Winner: Mark Parker, Great Britain; Glider: Rolladen-Schneider LS8 Club Class Winner: Christoph Nacke, Germany; Glider: Rolladen-Schneider LS1
Golf Men's professional Major Championships Masters Tournament – Tiger Woods defeated fellow American Chris DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title and his 9th major. U.S. Open – Michael Campbell British Open – Tiger Woods PGA Championship – Phil Mickelson PGA Tour money leader – Tiger Woods won $10,628,024 Men's amateur British Amateur – Brian McElhinney U.S. Amateur – Edoardo Molinari European Amateur – Marius Thorp Women's professional Kraft Nabisco Championship – Annika Sörenstam won her eighth major LPGA Championship – Annika Sörenstam U.S. Women's Open – Birdie Kim earned what became her only LPGA Tour win. Women's British Open – Jeong Jang LPGA Tour money leader – Annika Sörenstam won $2,588,240
Handball 2005 World Men's Handball Championship: Spain 2005 World Women's Handball Championship: Russia
Horse racing Steeplechases Cheltenham Gold Cup – Kicking King Grand National – Hedgehunter Flat races Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Makybe Diva for the third time in succession Canada – Queen's Plate won by Wild Desert Dubai – Dubai World Cup won by Roses in May France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Hurricane Run Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Hurricane Run Japan 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 Japanese Triple Crown. Japan Cup won by Alkaased English Triple Crown Races: 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Footstepsinthesand The Derby – Motivator St. Leger Stakes – Scorpion United States Triple Crown Races: Kentucky Derby – Giacomo Preakness Stakes – Afleet Alex Belmont Stakes – Afleet Alex Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships: Breeders' Cup Classic – Saint Liam Breeders' Cup Distaff – Pleasant Home Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Intercontinental Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Stevie Wonderboy Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – 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 – Memorial Cup – London Knights defeat Rimouski Océanic 4–0 to win the Memorial Cup. June 1 – Kelly Cup – Trenton Titans defeat Florida Everblades 4 games to 2 to win the Kelly Cup. June 10 – Calder Cup – Philadelphia Phantoms defeat Chicago Wolves 4 games to 0 to win the Calder Cup. The Philadelphia Flyers top two minor league affiliates, the ECHL Trenton Titans and the AHL Philadelphia Phantoms, both win their respective championship series. July 22 – the 2004–05 NHL lockout ends when a new collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and NHLPA is reached.
Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse (USA) Baltimore Bayhawks defeated Long Island Lizards 15–9 to win the Steinfeld Cup.