August 6, 2004
- Asian Cup 2004 soccer: In an exciting third-fourth playoff, Iran defeats Bahrain 4–2 with two late goals by Ali Daei in the last 10 minutes. Three players were red carded in the match, the most in any games of the Asian Cup. Asian Cup Official Website
- Bouncing back from their loss to Italy, the United States Dream Team basketball team defeats Serbia and Montenegro, the world champions, 78–60. (Yahoo!)
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