18 April 2005
- Cycling:
- Six times winner of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, announces that he will retire from competition after this summer's Tour. (BBC)
- Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton is banned for two years for blood doping, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency reports. Hamilton forfeits all competitive results since the Tour of Spain where he tested positive last 11 September. (BBC)
- Athletics – Boston Marathon:
- Men's race – Hailu Negussie, Ethiopia, 2 hours, 11 minutes, 45 seconds. (AP/ESPN)
- Women's race – Catherine Ndereba, Kenya, 2 hours, 25 minutes, 13 seconds. (AP/ESPN)
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