30 April 2005
- Boxing: Iván Calderón retains his WBO world Minimumweight title with an eighth round knockout of Noel Tunacao, Nelson Dieppa loses his WBO world Light Flyweight title with a ten round technical decision against Hugo Cazares in San Juan, Puerto Rico; John Ruiz loses his WBA world Heavyweight title to James Toney by a twelve round unanimous decision at New York, New York and announces his retirement from boxing, and Christy Martin posts a second round knockout win over Lana Alexander in Lula, Mississippi.Boxrec.com
- Bundesliga: Kaiserslautern 0–4 Bayern Munich
- Bayern win their 19th Bundesliga title and their third in the last five years. (Eurosport)
- Premier League: Bolton 0–2 Chelsea
- Chelsea win their first Premier League Championship in 50 years. (Eurosport)
- 2005 English cricket season:
- County Championship – Division One:
- Gloucestershire (8pts) drew with Kent (11pts)
- Nottinghamshire (22pts) beat Sussex (6pts) by 10 wickets
- Surrey (18pts) beat Glamorgan (5pts) by 5 wickets
- Warwickshire (22pts) beat Middlesex (5pts) by 7 wickets
- County Championship – Division Two:
- Essex (22pts) beat Somerset (2pts) by 9 wickets
- Lancashire (17pts) beat Worcestershire (6pts) by 76 runs
- Northamptonshire (12pts) drew with Derbyshire (7pts)
- County Championship – Division One:
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