August 2005 in Sports - 14 August 2005

14 August 2005

• Cricket: 2005 English cricket season:
  • National League, Division One:
    • Lancashire (176 for 2) beat Glamorgan (173) by 8 wickets. (BBC)
    • Gloucestershire (182) beat Essex (122) by 60 runs. (BBC)
  • National League, Division Two:
    • Derbyshire (232 for 3) beat Sussex (229) by 3 runs. (BBC)
    • Somerset (345 for 4) beat Yorkshire (343 for 9) by 2 runs. (BBC)

• Golf: US PGA Championship: Play was suspended until Monday morning (15 August) at 10 a.m. US EDT due to lightning. When play was halted at 6:25 p.m. US EDT, Phil Mickelson held a one stroke lead at four-under par over Thomas Björn and Steve Elkington. Tiger Woods is tied with Davis Love III and Vijay Singh two strokes back, with Woods finishing early. (Official PGA Championship Web Site)

• Baseball:
  • Rafael Palmeiro returned to the Baltimore Orioles lineup after being suspended for ten games after testing positive for steroids. He was greeted with a mixture of cheers and boos. Palmeiro went 0-for-4 with a walk. (ESPN)
  • Pedro Martínez pitched a no-hitter through seven innings for the New York Mets against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but lost the no-hitter and the game in the eighth as the Dodgers went on to win, 2–1. (ESPN)

• Auto racing
  • NASCAR Nextel Cup: Sirius at The Glen: Tony Stewart wins his second straight race, in a green-white-checkers finish in Watkins Glen, New York. Robby Gordon was second, followed by Boris Said, Scott Pruett (replacing Sterling Marlin, whose father Coo Coo Marlin died earlier today), and Jimmie Johnson to finish the top five. (ESPN)
  • Champ Car World Series: Centrix Grand Prix of Denver: Sébastien Bourdais won his third straight race defending his title on the street circuit in Denver, Colorado. (Official ChampCar website)
  • Indy Racing League: Amber Alert Portal Indy 300: Scott Sharp wins his first race since 2003, holding off Vitor Meira in the final laps to win. (Official IRL website)

• Football:
  • Barclays Premiership:
    • Arsenal 2–0 Newcastle United (Football365)
    • Wigan Athletic 0–1 Chelsea (Football365)

• AFL: Round 20 Results
  • Sydney 19.10 (124) def. Brisbane 6.4 (40) at Telstra Stadium, Sydney
  • Carlton 17.15 (117) def. Essendon 16.8 (104) at the MCG, Melbourne
  • Richmond 16.11 (107) def. by Bulldogs 18.11 (119) at Telstra Dome, Melbourne

• NRL: Round 23 Results
  • Wests Tigers 28 def. North Queensland 16 at Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney
  • St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 def. Brisbane 4 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
  • Newcastle 22 def. Manly 14 at EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle