August 2005 in Sports - 3 August 2005

3 August 2005

• Cricket:
  • 2005 English cricket season: National League: Derbyshire (277 for 5) beat Somerset (262 for 9) by 15 runs Derbyshire. (BBC)
  • Indian Oil Cup: Sri Lanka (221 for 6) beat India (220 for 8) by 4 wickets. During the match Indian batsman Sourav Ganguly becomes the third player to pass 10,000 runs in One Day Internationals. (BBC)
• Horse Racing: Jockey Pat Day announces his retirement. (BBC)
• NBA: A massive trade is made amongst five teams which sees the following players change teams:
  • The Miami Heat acquire: Antoine Walker (from Boston), Jason Williams, James Posey, and Andre Emmett (all three from Memphis), plus the rights to Roberto Dueñas (from New Orleans)
  • The Memphis Grizzlies acquire: Eddie Jones (from Miami) and Raúl López (from Utah)
  • The Utah Jazz re-acquire Greg Ostertag (from Memphis)
  • The Boston Celtics acquire: Curtis Borchardt (from Utah) and Qyntel Woods, the rights to Albert Mireles, a pair of second round picks, and cash (all from Miami)
  • The New Orleans Hornets acquire: Rasual Butler (from Miami) and Kirk Snyder (from Utah)

The 13 players involved (not counting draft picks) set an NBA record for most players involved in a single trade. (ESPN)

• Football: UEFA Champions League 2005–2006, Second Qualifying round, second leg. Teams progressing to the third qualifying round shown in bold.
  • FC Haka 1 – 4 Vålerenga (UEFA.com)
  • Maccabi Haifa 2 – 2 Malmö (UEFA.com)
  • Neftchi 1 – 0 Anderlecht (UEFA.com)
  • Trabzonspor 1 – 0 Anorthosis Famagusta (UEFA.com)
  • Lokomotiv Moscow 2 – 0 Rabotnicki (UEFA.com)
  • Rapid Vienna 3 – 2 F91 Dudelange (UEFA.com)
  • FC Thun 1 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv (UEFA.com)
  • Brøndby 3 – 1 Dinamo Tbilisi (UEFA.com)
  • Hajduk Split 0 – 5 Debrecen (UEFA.com)
  • Steaua Bucharest 4 – 1 Shelbourne (UEFA.com)
  • Sheriff Tiraspol 0 – 1 Partizan Belgrade (UEFA.com)
  • CSKA Sofia 2 – 0 Tirana (UEFA.com)