April 2005 in Sports - 17 April 2005

17 April 2005

• Athletics – London Marathon:
  • Men's race – Martin Lel, Kenya, 2 hours, 7 minutes, 26 seconds. (BBC)
  • Women's race – Paula Radcliffe, Britain, 2 hours, 17 minutes, 42 seconds. (BBC)
• 2005 English cricket season:
  • National League, Division One:
    • Essex (4pts) beat Hampshire (0pts) by 16 runs (D/L)
    • The match between Lancashire and Glamorgan was abandoned (2pts each)
    • Worcestershire (4pts) beat Northamptonshire (0pts) by 31 runs (D/L)
    • Middlesex (4pts) beat Nottinghamshire (0pts) by 35 runs (D/L)
  • National League, Division Two:
    • The match between Derbyshire and Kent was abandoned (2pts each)
    • Durham (4pts) beat Leicestershire (0pts) by 9 runs (D/L)
    • Yorkshire (4pts) beat Surrey (0pts) by 43 runs in the only game unaffected by rain
    • The match between Warwickshire and Somerset was abandoned (2pts each) (BBC)
• Football (soccer):
  • FA Cup semi-final: Newcastle United 1 – 4 Manchester United. Manchester United reach their seventeenth FA Cup Final. (BBC)
  • The Oceania Football Confederation has given its permission for Australia to leave that confederation and join the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC has already endorsed Australia's move. FIFA must approve the move, and will make its decision later in 2005. The proposed move will not take effect until after the 2006 World Cup. (Reuters/Yahoo!)
• Nextel Cup: After starting in the back of the field after wrecking his primary car in a practice session, Greg Biffle comes back to wins the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. (NASCAR.com)
• Golf: Australian Peter Lonard gets his very first PGA Tour win in a very strange final round of the MCI Heritage in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. 54-hole leader Darren Clarke is at 14-under at one point in the final round, but ends up at 5-under in a 4-way tie for second place, a tie that includes 5-time tournament winner Davis Love III. Lonard finishes at 7-under.(The Golf Channel)