June 2004 in Sports - June 26, 2004

June 26, 2004

• Rugby union:
  • the Wallabies (Australia) defeat England 51–15 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. (BBC)
  • the All Blacks (New Zealand) defeat the Pumas (Argentina) 41–7 at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. (BBC)
  • the Springboks (South Africa) defeat Wales 53–18 at Securicor Loftus in Pretoria. (BBC)
• Euro 2004: In the third quarter-final, the Netherlands beat Sweden 5–4 on penalties. The match ended 0–0 after extra time. (BBC)
• NHL Draft: With the first pick in the 2004 NHL draft, the Washington Capitals select Alexander Ovechkin from Russia, the second Russian to go first in the draft in NHL history. (Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers was drafted first in 2001.) Yevgeny Malkin was selected second by the Pittsburgh Penguins and Cam Barker from Canada was selected third by the Chicago Blackhawks. (ESPN)
• Wimbledon: Rain washed out play for the second day in a week. For only the third time in Wimbledon's history, matches will be played on Sunday to try to catch up. (BBC)
• College World Series: Cal State, Fullerton defeats Texas, 6–4, in the first game of the best of three championship series. (ESPN)
• IRL: Dan Wheldon wins the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway. (ESPN)