July 2005 in Sports - 28 July 2005

28 July 2005

• Horse Racing
  • Afleet Alex, winner of the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes will miss the Haskell Invitational and Travers Stakes after suffering a left front leg injury.

• American Football
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison head coach Barry Alvarez will step down after the 2004 college football season to stay on as the school's athletic director. Defensive coordinator Bret Bielema will assume the reins in 2006.
  • Ted Johnson, New England Patriots inside linebacker, announced his retirement.

• Baseball
  • In the longest game by innings in Toronto Blue Jays history, and the longest this year in Major League Baseball, the Blue Jays defeat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 2–1, in 18 innings at Rogers Centre.

• Basketball
  • The New York Knicks officially name Larry Brown as head coach, signing a five-year, $50 million contract, the richest ever for a coach/manager in sports history.

• Football: UEFA Cup 2005–06 First Qualifying Round, second leg. Teams progressing to the next round shown in bold.
  • Zepce 1 – 1 Baskimi (UEFA.com)
  • APOEL 4 – 0 Birkirkara (UEFA.com)
  • Rapid Bucureşti 5 – 0 Sant Julià (UEFA.com)
  • Siroki Brijeg 3 – 0 Teuta (UEFA.com)
  • Vardar 0 – 0 Elbasani (Vardar win on away goals) (UEFA.com)
  • Hibernians 0 – 3 Omonia (UEFA.com)
  • Domzale 3 – 0 Domagnano (UEFA.com)
  • MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1 – 2 Ferencváros (UEFA.com)
  • Lokomotivi Tbilisi 0 – 2 Banants (UEFA.com)
  • BATE Borisov 5 – 0 Torpedo Kutaisi (UEFA.com)
  • Dacia Chişinău 1 – 0 FC Vaduz (UEFA.com)
  • MŠK Žilina 3 – 1 Baku (UEFA.com)
  • MIKA 0 – 0 Mainz 05 (UEFA.com)
  • Khazar Lenkoran 1 – 2 Nistru Otaci (UEFA.com)
  • Carmarthen Town 5 – 1 Longford Town (UEFA.com)
  • Cork City 0 – 1 Ekranas (UEFA.com)
  • B36 2 – 1 ÍBV (UEFA.com)
  • Pétange 1 – 1 Allianssi (UEFA.com)
  • Ventspils 2 – 1 Linfield (Linfield win on away goals) (UEFA.com)
  • Liepājas Metalurgs 3 – 0 NSÍ (UEFA.com)
  • Keflavik 2 – 0 Etzella Ettelbruck (UEFA.com)
  • Viking 1 – 0 Portadown (UEFA.com)
  • MyPa 1 – 0 TVMK Tallinn (UEFA.com)
  • Atlantas 3 – 2 Rhyl (Rhyl win on away goals) (UEFA.com)
  • Flora Tallinn 0 – 6 Esbjerg (UEFA.com)

• Ice hockey: Less than three weeks after the 2004–05 NHL lockout was resolved, Bob Goodenow steps down as the Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players Association. Ted Saskin was named his replacement. (CBC)