August 2005 in Sports - 1 August 2005

1 August 2005

• Cricket: 2005 English cricket season:
  • Australians in England: Australia (406 for 9 and 161 for 2) drew with Worcestershire (187) in a rain-affected tour match. (BBC)
  • National League, Division Two: Sussex (266 for 3) beat Somerset (255 for 9) by 11 runs. (BBC)
• Baseball:
  • Rafael Palmeiro of the Baltimore Orioles is suspended for 10 days for violating Major League Baseball's steroids policy. He had categorically denied ever having used steroids during a U.S. House hearing on 17 March 2005. (AP/Yahoo!)
  • Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants says he will miss the rest of the 2005 season due to the injuries he suffered in spring training in an interview posted on MLB.com.

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