19 July 2005
- Basketball
- The Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association release coach Larry Brown from the final three years of his contract, allowing him to move to the New York Knicks nine days later.
- Football: UEFA Champions League 2005–06 First Qualifying round, second leg. Progressing teams indicated in bold.
- FBK Kaunas 4 – 0 HB Tórshavn (UEFA.com)
- Dinamo Tbilisi 2 – 0 Levadia Tallinn (UEFA.com)
- TNS 0 – 3 Liverpool (UEFA.com)
- Cycling: Tour de France
- Stage 16, 180.5 km from Mourenx to Pau. Óscar Pereiro of Phonak wins the stage in a time of 4h38:40. The stage featured one hors categorie climb, the Col d'Aubisque, won by Australian Cadel Evans of Davitamon-Lotto.
- In the GC, Lance Armstrong keeps the maillot jaune and remains 2:46 up of Ivan Basso. By virtue of his finish today, Evans moves to 7th in the general classification, 9:29 back of the Texan. The other jerseys remain the same as well: maillot vert for sprinters stays with Thor Hushovd, maillot á pois remains on the back of Michael Rasmussen, and Yaroslav Popovych retains the maillot blanc for best rider under the age of 25. (Le Tour) (OLN)
- Formula One
- The Minardi team announce that Robert Doornbos will replace Patrick Friesacher for the remainder of the 2005 season due to sponsorship issues. (Minardi press release) (F1.com)
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