July 2005 in Sports - 31 July 2005

31 July 2005

• Cricket:
  • 2005 English cricket season: National League Division Two: Kent (218 for 5, Walker 58 not out) beat Yorkshire (216 for 6, Vaughan 116 not out) by 5 wickets. (BBC)
  • Indian Oil Cup: India (180 for 4, Dravid 52 not out) beat West Indies (178, Deonarine 41) by 6 wickets in the second match of the ODI Triangular Series. (BBC)
• Golf:
  • Jeong Jang wins the Weetabix Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale, her first LPGA win. (AP/ESPN)
  • Allen Doyle, nine shots behind after the third round of the U.S. Senior Open, shoots a course-record 63 (tied for the lowest round ever in the event) and wins his third senior major by one stroke. His final-round comeback is unprecedented in the history of the senior majors; among the mainstream men's majors, only Paul Lawrie's comeback from 10 shots down on the final day of the 1999 Open Championship surpasses this feat. (USSeniorOpen.com)
• Auto racing
  • Formula One: Kimi Räikkönen wins the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in Budapest. Michael Schumacher finishes second, with younger brother Ralf finishing third, his first podium since the 2004 Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. Championship leader Fernando Alonso finishes 11th, the third time he's failed to score points this year, but the first time he's done so in finishing a race. Christian Klien does one rollover in an accident in the first turn after the start, but is not injured, and in fact, walks away. (Formula1.com)
  • IndyCar: Bryan Herta wins the Firestone Indy 400 at the Michigan International Speedway, his home track, and his first win since 2003.
  • ChampCar: Sébastien Bourdais wins the inaugural Grand Prix of San Jose.

• Baseball: The Baseball Hall of Fame inducts their two newest members — Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs — in Cooperstown, New York. The Hall also honors Jerry Coleman, recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting, and Peter Gammons, recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing.

• Fishing: Kevin VanDam won his second BassMasters Classic championship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.