24 September 2005
- Boxing:
- Wladimir Klitschko outpoints Samuel Peter over twelve rounds in Atlantic City. aol.com
- Miguel Cotto comes off the canvas in the second and knocks out Ricardo Torres in round seven to retain his WBO world Jr. Welterweight title, as part of the Klitschko-Peter undercard. aol.com
- Football (soccer): German brewer Bitburg offers 10,000 litres of beer to the supporters of the first team to defeat Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. The offer will increase by 1,000 litres per match until Bayern lose. Bayern are currently on a fifteen match winning streak. (CNN/SI)
- Hamburger SV defeats Bayern 2–0. (BBC)
- Australian rules football:
- The Sydney Swans defeated the West Coast Eagles in a nailbiting AFL Grand Final 8.10 (58) to 7.12 (54), ending the Swans' (both South Melbourne and Sydney incarnations) record 72-year premiership drought. The Eagles' Chris Judd was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for best-on-ground, becoming only the fourth player on the losing team ever to receive that award.
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