August 2005 in Sports - 8 August 2005

8 August 2005

• Football: Italian club Genoa FC lost their appeal for match fixing after winning the 2004–05 Serie B championship and were demoted from Serie A to Serie C1/A, and penalized three points to begin the season. The team also faces discipline from their Italian Cup match being abandoned due to unruly fan behavior, who also caused rioting against local law enforcement.
• Ice hockey:
  • The NHL's all-time leading scorer, Wayne Gretzky, is named head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. (ESPN)
  • Todd Bertuzzi was reinstated by the NHL and will play in the upcoming 2005–06 season. Bertuzzi, who was suspended by the NHL for the remainder of the 2003–04 NHL season after seriously injuring Steve Moore during a game against the Colorado Avalanche, was also banned from playing in Europe by the IIHF during the 2004–05 NHL lockout. (ESPN)
• Cricket:
  • 2005 English cricket season: National League, Division One: Lancashire (236 for 9) beat Northamptonshire (172) by 64 runs. (BBC)
  • New Zealand (452 for 9 dec.) beat Zimbabwe (59 & 99) by an innings and 294 runs in the first Test match of their tour of the country. The game is one of only twelve Test matches in history not to go to a third day. (BBC)
  • ICC Intercontinental Cup: The United States have been expelled from the Tournament because of the ongoing political difficulties in American cricket. They are to be replaced by the Cayman Islands. (ESPN)
• American Football: Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio: The Chicago Bears rally to defeat the Miami Dolphins, 27–24. (ESPN)