2 August 2005
- Cricket:
- 2005 English cricket season: National League: Northamptonshire (275 for 4) beat Worcestershire (237 for 9) by 38 runs. (BBC)
- Indian Oil Cup: Sri Lanka (241 for 6) beat West Indies (191) by 50 runs in the third match of the ODI Triangular Series. (BBC)
- Baseball:
- Seattle Mariners pitcher Ryan Franklin becomes the second player in consecutive days to receive a ten-day suspension for steroid use.
- Minnesota Twins outfielder Torii Hunter is declared out for the rest of the 2005 season after suffering an injury at Fenway Park on 31 July tearing tendons and breaking his ankle.
- Basketball:
- Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal signs a five-year, $100 million (US) contract extension.
- WNBA: Sheryl Swoopes makes a jump shot with ten seconds to go and Deanna Nolan misses two field goal attempts in the game's last two seconds, as the Houston Comets hold on to a 62–61 victory over the Detroit Shock. WNBA.com
- Football: UEFA Champions League 2005–2006, Second Qualifying round, second leg. Teams progressing to the third qualifying round shown in bold.
- Liverpool 2 – 0 FBK Kaunas
- Celtic 4 – 0 Artmedia Bratislava
- Formula One: Scuderia Ferrari announce that Brazilian Felipe Massa will replace Rubens Barrichello for the 2006 Formula One season. (Formula1.com)
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