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
- 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 .
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