November 2005 in Sports - 25 November 2005 (Friday)

25 November 2005 (Friday)

• George Best, the Northern Irish international footballer who won the European Footballer of the Year award in 1968, has died of lung infection and organ failure at the age of 59.

• Cycling:
  • Roberto Heras faces a two-year ban from the sport after a Spanish laboratory confirmed that he had used the banned drug EPO at the 2005 Vuelta a España. Heras will be stripped of his victory at the Vuelta, with runner-up Denis Menchov elevated to first place. (BBC)

• NCAA College Football AP Top 25:
  • (2) Texas 40, Texas A&M 29: The 'Horns avoid an upset and will take on Big 12 North champion Colorado in Houston December 3, who got in the service entrance even though they lost to Nebraska, 30–3.
  • (3) LSU 19, Arkansas 17: The win by the Tigers clinched the SEC West title and a date with Georgia on December 3 in Atlanta.
  • (24) Wisconsin 41, Hawai'i 24: Wisconsin head coach Barry Alvarez' final regular season game as the coach of the Badgers was a success, thanks to Brian Calhoun's 133 yards rushing in the first half as part of a 149-yard performance.

• Cricket:
  • West Indies batsman Brian Lara becomes the second player in Test cricket history to score 11,000 runs, as he finishes the first day of the third Test against Australia at 202 not out, 11 runs behind the current Test record holder Allan Border. (Cricinfo)
  • South African tour of India: South Africa beats their hosts India by ten wickets at Eden Gardens after bowling them out for 188 – Shaun Pollock and Andrew Hall taking three wickets each, while a total of six maiden overs were bowled, four of them by Pollock. Graeme Smith then hits twenty fours and one six on the way to a career-best 134 not out as South Africa make 189 for no loss in 35.5 overs. (Cricinfo)