August 2005 in Sports - 9 August 2005

9 August 2005

• Ice hockey: A report in The Philadelphia Inquirer states that Comcast and the National Hockey League have agreed to a two-year contract worth almost $100 million (US) for a two-year deal for cable television rights with games to be carried on Comcast's OLN channel. The deal is subject to the approval of the league's Board of Governors (owners) and ESPN, who previously held the rights.
• Major League Baseball:
  • The game between American League rivals the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, is delayed four minutes in the eighth inning after 18-year-old Scott Harper falls from the upper deck behind home plate at Yankee Stadium, landing on netting between the barrier in front of the upper deck, and the backstop behind home plate. Harper eventually walks back on the netting and security helps him back up onto the deck, and then out of the stadium. A YES Network camera filming a defensive play shook as Harper landed on the netting. The White Sox win the game 2–1 to improve their AL-best record to 73–39. (ESPN.com) Photos of Harper after the fall are at
  • An arbitrator orders Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers reinstated. Rogers had served 12 games of a 20-game suspension for shoving two cameraman in June (AP)
• Cricket:
  • Indian Oil Cup: Sri Lanka (281 for 9) beat India (263 for 9) by 18 runs in the final of the competition. Sanath Jayasuriya's 67 makes him the fourth man to score 10,000 runs in One Day Internationals. (BBC)
  • 2005 English cricket season:
    • National League, Division One: Nottinghamshire (88 for 2) beat Gloucestershire (87) by 8 wickets. (BBC)
    • National League, Division Two: Surrey (259 for 4) beat Leicestershire (258 for 5) by 6 wickets. (BBC)
• Football: UEFA Champions League 2005–2006, Third Qualifying Round, first leg.
  • Manchester United 3 – 0 Debrecen
  • Everton 1 – 2 Villarreal
  • Wisła Kraków 3 – 1 Panathinaikos
  • Anorthosis Famagusta 1 – 2 Rangers
  • Vålerenga IF 1 – 0 Club Brugge
  • Real Betis 1 – 0 AS Monaco