April 2007 in Sports - 18 April 2007 (Wednesday)

18 April 2007 (Wednesday)

• Baseball:
  • MLB: Mark Buehrle became the first Chicago White Sox pitcher in sixteen seasons to throw a no-hitter as the Pale Hose defeated the Texas Rangers, 6–0. Only a walk of Sammy Sosa in the fifth inning, who was immediately thrown out when caught off of first base, kept Buehrle from a perfect game, as he faced the minimum of 27 batters. He also got eight strikeouts.

• Ice hockey:
  • Stanley Cup playoffs:
    • New York Rangers 4, Atlanta Thrashers 2. Rangers win series, 4–0

    In a surprising upset, the Eastern Conference sixth seeded Rangers sweep the third seeded Southeast Division champions from Georgia.

• Basketball:
  • Joanne P. McCallie has been named the new head coach of the Duke University women's basketball team, replacing Gail Goestenkors.
  • On the final night of the NBA regular season, the Golden State Warriors advanced to their first playoff appearance in 12 seasons as they defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, 120–98, which led to the Los Angeles Clippers–New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets game become non-bearing as the Clippers were eliminated.

• Cricket:
  • 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights
    • Sri Lanka 81/2 (10.0 ov.) beat Ireland 77 all out (27.4 ov.) by 8 wickets

• Football (soccer):
  • English Premier League 2006–07:
    • Chelsea 4–1 Watford

    Chelsea cuts Manchester United's lead back into three points for the race to the championship.

    • Liverpool 2–0 Middlesbrough

    The Merseysiders restored their two point lead over Arsenal to remain ahead at third place.

  • Italian Serie A 2006–07:
    • AS Roma 3–1 Internazionale

    AS Roma stalled Inter Milan's championship hopes on the San Siro, although Inter still leads by 13 points over second-place Roma.

    • Reggina 3–1 Messina

    Reggina stayed out of the relegation zone as fellow strugglers Messina sink further.

  • CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007 Final, 1st leg:
    • Guadalajara 2–2 Pachuca