August 2005 in Sports - 24 August 2005

24 August 2005

  • Basketball:
    • The University of Cincinnati gave men's basketball head coach Bob Huggins a Wednesday (8/24) 2 p.m. (US EDT) deadline to either resign or be fired. Huggins chose to resign after 16 scandal-filled years with the Bearcats.
  • Football:
    • English Premier League: Newcastle United announce that they have agreed a club record fee with Real Madrid for the services of England striker Michael Owen, although they are still to negotiate with the player's advisers. . This comes just a day after Everton, traditional rivals of Owen's former club Liverpool, had a bid for the player turned down by the Spanish club .
      • Arsenal 4–1 Fulham
      • Chelsea 4–0 West Bromwich Albion
      • Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur
      • Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Newcastle United
    • UEFA Champions League 2005–2006, Third Qualifying Round, second leg. Teams progressing to the group stage shown in bold.
      • Club Brugge 1–0 Vålerenga IF
      • Rangers 2–0 Anorthosis Famagusta
      • Debrecen 0–3 Manchester United
      • Villarreal 2–1 Everton
      • Slavia Praha 0–2 Anderlecht
      • Ajax 3–1 Brøndby
      • Werder Bremen 3–0 FC Basel
      • Internazionale 1–1 Shakhtar Donetsk

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