14 April 2005
- Baseball:
- In the first Major League Baseball contest held in Washington, D.C. since 1971, the hometown Nationals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5–3. (CBS Sportsline)
- During the 8th inning of a Yankees/Red Sox game, a fan hits right fielder Gary Sheffield in the face while in foul territory. Security guards quickly intervene to prevent a major skirmish. In the game itself, the Red Sox win 8–5. (ESPN.com)
- Cricket: New Zealand (522/9 declared) beat Sri Lanka (211 and 273) by an innings and 38 runs in the second Test at Wellington, winning the two-match series 1–0. (Wisden Cricinfo)
- Football: UEFA Cup, Quarter-finals, second leg, progressing teams in bold:
- Sporting 4 – 1 Newcastle United (UEFA.com)
- AZ Alkmaar 1 – 1 Villarreal (UEFA.com)
- AJ Auxerre 2 – 0 CSKA Moskva (UEFA.com)
- Parma 0 – 0 Austria Vienna (UEFA.com)
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Famous quotes containing the word april:
“In April 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed, America came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of bachelor independence. That the responsibilities of world power have not made us happier is no surprise. To help ourselves manage them, we have replaced the illusion of isolation with a new illusion of omnipotence.”
—Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)