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15 May 2005
- Golf:
- PGA TOUR: Ted Purdy gets his first PGA TOUR win at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas with a 15-under overall score, one shot better than overnight leader Sean O'Hair. (PGATOUR.com)
- Cricket:
- Ice hockey:
- 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships:
- Czech Republic is the World Champion after beating Canada 30. Bronze medals goes to team Russia, which defeated team Sweden 63.
- 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships:
- Football:
- Final-day drama in the English Premier League:
- West Bromwich Albion, which started the day at the bottom of the table, win 2–0 at home over Portsmouth. Losses by Norwich City and Southampton and a draw by Crystal Palace, combined with the West Brom win, relegate the other three teams and make West Brom the first team in Premier League history to survive relegation after being in last place at Christmas. (BBC)
- In what amounted to a playoff for the final UEFA Cup place, Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer saves a Robbie Fowler penalty in stoppage time to preserve a 1–1 draw at Manchester City. A successful Fowler conversion would have sent Man City to Europe at Boro's expense. (BBC)
- Final-day drama in the English Premier League:
14 May 2005
- Boxing: Winky Wright defeats Felix Trinidad by a twelve round unanimous decision in a WBC Middleweight title eliminator. (Boxrec.com)
- NASCAR Nextel Cup: After finishing second one too many times (at least, if you ask him), Kasey Kahne records his first Nextel Cup Series win at the Chevy American Revolution 400 in Richmond, defeating Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman. (NASCAR.com)
- Golf: 22-year-old Sean O'Hair, who endured abuse from his father as an aspiring professional, leads at 12-under after three rounds of the PGA TOUR's EDS Byron Nelson Championship. (PGATOUR.com leaderboard)
- Lacrosse: The Toronto Rock defeat the Arizona Sting 19–13 in the Air Canada Centre to will the Champion's Cup, the championship of the National Lacrosse League. (Sportsnet.ca)
13 May 2005
- Golf: Tiger Woods misses his first cut in 7 years on the PGA TOUR. Before this, he had made the cut for a tour-record 142 consecutive tournaments. (ESPN.com)
12 May 2005
- Football:
- American businessman Malcolm Glazer, owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL, wins control of UK football team Manchester United F.C. after securing a 70% share. (BBC) (ABC News) (NY Times)
11 May 2005
- Football:
- Highly-rated midfielder John Obi Mikel goes missing during a Norwegian cup match he was watching involving his team F.C. Lyn Oslo. The player had been dropped for the game following death threats he had received after he chose to sign for Manchester United F.C. ahead of Chelsea F.C.. The player, who was under armed guard, is believed to have left Norway accompanied by a football agent. BBC
- Goalkeeper Ignacio Gonzalez of the Chilean club team Espanola is arrested for punching referee Enrique Osses on the field during a match against the San Felipe team. Gonzalez faces a 50-game suspension. Evening Times Online
- Cricket:
- South Africa beat West Indies by one run in the third one-day international at Bridgetown, Barbados. West Indies looked to be cruising to victory, needing four off the final over with three wickets in hand, but Charl Langeveldt came up with a hat-trick to win the match for South Africa. South Africa thus took an unassailable 3–0 lead in the 5-game series.
10 May 2005
- Horse racing: Bellamy Road, the badly beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, will not race at the Preakness Stakes or the Belmont Stakes due to a leg injury.
9 May 2005
- 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup:
- Nepal (32pts) beat the United Arab Emirates (11pts) by 172 runs. However the UAE win the Asian group and progress to the semi-finals in Namibia after Nepal's game against Hong Kong was ravaged by rain.
8 May 2005
- Basketball:
- Euroleague Final Four in Moscow:
- Maccabi Tel Aviv successfully defends its title with a 90–78 win over TAU Cerámica. (Euroleague.net)
- In the third-place game, Panathinaikos erases a 22-point deficit in the third quarter and defeats Final Four hosts CSKA Moscow 94–91 in double overtime. (Euroleague.net)
- NBA: The Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash is named the NBA's most valuable player, becoming the first Canadian to win the award. In 1996, Nash was drafted 15th overall by the Suns, making him the lowest-drafted player ever to be named MVP.
- Euroleague Final Four in Moscow:
- Formula One: Kimi Raikkonen wins the Spanish Grand Prix, leading every lap in the process. (Formula1.com)
7 May 2005
- Horse racing: Giacomo, a 50–1 longshot with Mike Smith up, beats a field of 20 horses to win the 131st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. (AP/Louisville Courier-Journal)
- Cricket: A player from Warwickshire County Cricket Club, the defending County Champions, has tested positive for a recreational drug. He is the second Warwickshire player who has tested positive in seven months. (Cricinfo)
- Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Mark Williams 6–0 to win the Premier League
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR: Greg Biffle wins the Dodge Charger 500 at Darlington Raceway from Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne. (NASCAR.com)
6 May 2005
- Basketball:
- Euroleague semifinals in Moscow:
- NBA:
- The Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash is expected to be named the league's MVP on Sunday. (Yahoo!)
- NBA playoffs: The Washington Wizards defeat the Chicago Bulls 94–91 to win their opening-round series 4–2. It's the Wizards' first playoff series win since 1982. (Ohio News Network)
5 May 2005
- 2005 English cricket season:
- C&G Trophy, Round One:
- Derbyshire beat Durham by 1 wicket
- Worcestershire beat Scotland by 10 wickets
- C&G Trophy, Round One:
- Football (soccer): The English Football Association confirms that the top four finishers in this season's FA Premier League will qualify for next season's Champions League even if Liverpool F.C. win the CL and finish below fourth in the Premiership. The FA says it will continue to lobby UEFA for Liverpool to receive a place in the CL should it win the competition and finish below fourth place in the league. (BBC)
- Formula One: The FIA bans BAR for the next two races for running what is alleged to have been an illegal car at the San Marino Grand Prix. (Formula1.com)
- Football: UEFA Cup Semi-finals, 2nd leg (teams progressing to the final in Lisbon in bold).
- CSKA Moscow 3 – 0 Parma (UEFA.com)
- AZ Alkmaar 3 – 2 Sporting (after extra time) (UEFA.com)
4 May 2005
- 2005 English cricket season:
- C&G Trophy, Round One:
- Essex beat Devon by 180 runs
- Glamorgan beat Suffolk by 143 runs
- Gloucestershire beat Berkshire by 85 runs
- Hampshire beat Shropshire by 7 wickets
- Lancashire beat Buckinghamshire by 51 runs (D/L method)
- Leicestershire beat Somerset by 3 wickets
- Middlesex beat Northumberland by 10 wickets
- Nottinghamshire beat Wales Minor Counties by 6 wickets
- Surrey beat Staffordshire by 3 wickets
- Sussex beat Bedfordshire by 8 wickets
- Warwickshire beat Holland by 23 runs
- Yorkshire beat Ireland by 6 wickets
- C&G Trophy, Round One:
- Football: UEFA Champions League Semi-final, 2nd leg (team progressing to the final in Istanbul in bold).
- PSV Eindhoven 3 – 1 AC Milan (UEFA.com)
3 May 2005
- 2005 English cricket season:
- C&G Trophy, Round One:
- Nottinghamshire beat Denmark by 8 wickets
- Kent beat Wiltshire by 9 runs
- C&G Trophy, Round One:
- Football: UEFA Champions League Semi-final, 2nd leg (team progressing to the final in Istanbul in bold).
- Liverpool 1 – 0 Chelsea (UEFA.com)
2 May 2005
- Snooker: Qualifier Shaun Murphy beats Matthew Stevens 18–16 to win the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, England (BBC)
- 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup:
- 2005 English cricket season:
- National League Division One in 2005:
- Gloucestershire (4pts) and Hampshire (0pts) by 60 runs
- Glamorgan (4pts) and Nottinghamshire (0pts) by 4 runs (D/L method)
- National League Division Two in 2005:
- National League Division One in 2005:
1 May 2005
- 2005 English cricket season:
- National League Division One in 2005:
- Middlesex (4pts) beat Worcestershire (0pts) by 3 wickets (D/L method)
- Lancashire (4pts) beat Nottinghamshire (0pts) by 1 run (D/L method)
- Northamptonshire (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 98 runs
- National League Division Two in 2005:
- Somerset (4pts) beat Leicestershire (0pts) by 8 wickets
- Warwickshire (4pts) beat Kent (0pts) by 19 runs
- Yorkshire (4pts) beat Sussex (0pts) by 3 wickets
- The match between Scotland (2pts) and Durham (2pts) was abandoned as a No Result
- National League Division One in 2005:
- NASCAR Nextel Cup: Jeff Gordon, driving with a Star Wars Episode III paint scheme, wins the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway for the second consecutive year. The race features a 25-car accident that forces NASCAR to red flag the event for nearly 45 minutes. (NASCAR.com)
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