June 2005 in Sports - 4 June 2005

4 June 2005

• Arena Football League:
  • The Georgia Force win the Arena League's National Conference championship game 60–58 over the Orlando Predators. Force quarterback Matt Nagy throws 7 touchdown passes and runs for another. It's the franchise's first trip to the ArenaBowl as the Force, but third overall, as they made two straight trips in 2000 and 2001 as the old version of the Nashville Kats. They lost both times. (USAToday.com)
• 2005 English cricket season:
  • Bangladesh Tour, 2nd Test:
    • Ian Bell becomes the first Englishman since Les Ames 70 years ago to score 100 runs in a Test match before lunch
  • County Championship, Division One:
    • Sussex (12pts) drew with Glamorgan (8pts)
    • Hampshire (17pts) beat Nottinghamshire (4pts) by 14 runs
    • Surrey (10pts) drew with Warwickshire (8pts)
  • County Championship, Division Two:
    • Derbyshire (11pts) drew with Essex (9pts)
    • Lancashire (7pts) drew with Northamptonshire (7pts)
    • Leicestershire (10pts) drew with Somerset (7pts)
    • Worcestershire (9pts) drew with Durham (9pts)
• Football (soccer):
  • 2006 World Cup European qualifying
    • Israel come from behind to draw 2–2 with Ireland at Lansdowne Road in a bad-tempered match. Five Israeli players were given yellow cards, as was one Irish player while another Irish player, Andy O'Brien was sent off. (IOL)
• Tennis:
  • Justine Henin-Hardenne wins her second French Open title in three years, defeating 2000 champion and French citizen Mary Pierce 6–1, 6–1. (AP/ESPN)
• Rugby union:
  • The British and Irish Lions win the first match of their tour to New Zealand, defeating Bay of Plenty 34–20 in Rotorua. Experienced England back-rower Lawrence Dallaglio suffers a serious ankle injury, ending his tour. (BBC)
• Major League Baseball:
  • In a pivotal, yet still early-in-the-season game between National League East Division rivals the Florida Marlins and the Washington Nationals, Nationals outfielder Marlon Byrd accidentally railroads second base umpire Joe Brinkman while rushing toward first base ump Bill Miller to argue a call during the top of the seventh inning, a call that came a half-inning earlier. Byrd is ejected seconds before he smashes into Brinkman, who is uninjured. The incident overshadows the Nationals' 7–3 win. (SI.com)