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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in January 2005. Deaths
Events in sports
31 January 2005 (Monday) Cricket: Bangladesh (202 for 2) beat Zimbabwe (198) by eight wickets in the fifth One Day International at Dhaka to win the 5-match series 3–2. (BBC) Formula One: The WilliamsF1 team launch their 2005 car at Valencia. They also announce that Nick Heidfeld is to partner Mark Webber in a race seat for the season. (BBC) Football: The German Football Association (DFB) has appointed a special commission to investigate the ongoing match fixing scandal. It reported that the results of nine matches have been appealed. The German tabloid Bild published the names of three referees and nine players allegedly implicated by admitted fixer Robert Hoyzer. Also, a Munich sports book revealed that it had notified the DFB in August 2004 of unusually heavy betting on two matches worked by Hoyzer. (Reuters/Yahoo!)
30 January 2005 (Sunday) Football: Match fixing scandal in Germany: Two of the men arrested in Berlin on 28 January have reportedly implicated three Hertha Berlin players in the scheme. The players are alleged to have worked with the arrested men to fix a September 2004 German Cup tie between Hertha and Eintracht Braunschweig, which Braunschweig won 3–2 with the aid of an own goal by one of the accused players. (AP/Yahoo!) Regional league side Paderborn informed the German Football Association that one of its players had accepted money from an unidentified man before the team's German Cup tie with Hamburger SV in August 2004. The referee in this match, Robert Hoyzer, has already admitted to fixing matches. (AP/Yahoo!) Cricket: England (103 for 3) beat South Africa (175 for 9) by 26 runs (D/L method) in the first One Day International at Johannesburg. (BBC)
29 January 2005 (Saturday) Boxing: Nelson Dieppa retains his WBO world Strawweight championship with an eleventh-round knockout of former world champion Alex Sánchez.(El Vocero, in Spanish) Arturo Gatti beats Jesse James Leija by a fifth-round knockout.(Boxingtimes) Football: Chelsea Football Club posts the largest annual loss in British football history for the 2003–2004 accounts — £87.8 million (US$166 million, €127 million). This is not a matter of particular concern as the club is bankrolled by its Russian billionaire chairman, Roman Abramovich. Chief Executive Peter Kenyon said that the club intends to break even by financial year 2009–2010. (BBC) Cricket: Bangladesh (247 for 9) beat Zimbabwe (188) by 59 runs to win the fourth One-Day International at Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Cricinfo) Major League Baseball: Unconfirmed reports that disgruntled star Sammy Sosa was being traded from the Chicago Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles, in exchange for three or more Baltimore players and other considerations. (ESPN) (Sportsline) Alpine skiing – Bode Miller wins the men's super-G title in the Alpine World Ski Championships in Italy. (BBC) College football bowl game: In the final game of the 2004–2005 college football season, Kansas State's Darren Sproles, Akron's Charlie Frye, and Ohio State's Mike Nugent led the North to a 23–13 win over the South in the Senior Bowl, played in Mobile, Alabama. (AP/Yahoo!) Tennis: Marat Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt to win the 2005 Australian Open Men's Championship 1–6 6–3 6–4 6–4. (AP/ESPN)
28 January 2005 (Friday) Cross-country skiing: In a simple ceremony during the Norwegian national cross-country skiing championships at Lillehammer, skiers Thomas Alsgaard and Frode Estil finally get their Olympic gold medals won in the Pursuit race of the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics; the medals were awarded the two Norwegian skiers after Johann Mühlegg of Spain was found guilty of having used doping to win the race (see Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics). For the same reason, teammate Kristen Skjeldal gets his long-delayed bronze medal from the 30 km race (finishing fourth at race day, but ascending to third place after Mühlegg was disqualified). (NRK.no Sport|Ski) (in Norwegian) Football: The match fixing scandal in Germany centering on former referee Robert Hoyzer deepened. Four arrests linked to the probe were made in Berlin today. Also, German media reported that Hoyzer told prosecutors that he was paid over €50,000 (USD 65,000) to fix matches, had seen other referees take payoffs, and heard that players were involved in the scheme as well. (AP/Yahoo!) Ice hockey: Angela Ruggiero was the first woman to play in a professional, regular season game in the United States, and along with her brother Bill, was the first brother/sister combination to play in a professional hockey game in the US. Tennis: Serena Williams overcomes a back injury in the opening game to defeat Lindsay Davenport 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 and win the 2005 Australian Open women's singles. (AP/ESPN)
27 January 2005 (Thursday) Football: German Football Association (DFB) referee Robert Hoyzer publicly admits that he fixed matches. Hoyzer's actions are believed to have been motivated by links to Croat gambling syndicates. (AP/Yahoo!)
26 January 2005 (Wednesday) Winter league baseball: The Indios de Mayagüez defeat the Gigantes de Carolina, 10–0 in game eight of their best of nine series, to win their fifteenth Puerto Rico baseball title as a franchise. (El Vocero, in Spanish) Rodney Marsh, the former England national football star, has been fired from his position as a pundit on Sky Sports because of a joke he made live on air concerning the Asian tsunami. (Mirror)
25 January 2005 (Tuesday) Cricket: England (359 and 73 for 4) draw the Fifth Test at Centurion Park, Pretoria against South Africa (247 and 296 for 6 dec) to win their 5 Test match series 2–1. This is the first time in 40 years that England have secured a series victory in South Africa. (Cricinfo)
24 January 2005 (Monday) Football: The German Football Association (DFB) widens its probe into suspected match fixing by referee Robert Hoyzer, announcing that it will investigate five additional games, four of which Hoyzer worked. The public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig has launched a separate probe of the allegations. (Reuters/Yahoo!)
23 January 2005 (Sunday) NBA basketball: (NBA) Dallas Mavericks 95, Denver Nuggets 93 in Dallas. (NBA) Toronto Raptors 103, Charlotte Bobcats 92 in Toronto. (NBA) Milwaukee Bucks 101, New York Knicks 96 in New York. (NBA) Miami Heat 97, New Orleans Hornets 68 in Miami. (NBA) Phoenix Suns 113, New Jersey Nets 105 in Phoenix. (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics 122, Utah Jazz 105 in Seattle. (NBA) San Antonio Spurs 103, Sacramento Kings 73 in Sacramento. (NBA) NFL Championship Sunday: AFC Championship: The New England Patriots earn their third trip to the Super Bowl in the last four years, 41–27, in Pittsburgh. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw for two touchdowns and free safety Eugene Wilson picked off Ben Roethlisberger as many times to snap the latter's 14-game win streak. Wilson's defensive teammate, strong safety Rodney Harrison, returned a third Roethlisberger interception for a touchdown. (AP/ESPN) NFC Championship: The Philadelphia Eagles clinch the NFC title and a berth in Super Bowl XXXIX with a 27–10 win over the Atlanta Falcons in Philadelphia. For the first time since 1980 and only the second time in team history, the Eagles will play in the championship of American football. (AP/ESPN) Cycling: Luis León Sánchez is the final victor of the Tour Down Under.
22 January 2005 (Saturday) Boxing: Marcela Acuña wins the Women's boxing world featherweight title, knocking out Maria Andrea Miranda in three rounds, at Formosa, Argentina. (WBANNETWORK) Former two division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Henry Bruseles by an eighth-round knockout in Miami, in anticipation of an expected bout with Arturo Gatti.(Boxing Central) NBA basketball: (NBA) Lenny Wilkens resigns as head coach of the New York Knicks; Herb Williams is named the team's interim head coach. (AP/Yahoo!) Orlando Magic 115, Philadelphia 76ers 111 in Orlando. (NBA) Washington Wizards 95, Indiana Pacers 93 in Indianapolis. (NBA) Atlanta Hawks 100, Boston Celtics 96 in Atlanta. (NBA) Chicago Bulls 100, Detroit Pistons 89 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. (NBA) New Orleans Hornets 88, Los Angeles Clippers 85 in New Orleans. (NBA) Memphis Grizzlies 110, Utah Jazz 94 in Salt Lake City. (NBA) Minnesota Timberwolves 92, Portland Trail Blazers 83 in Portland. (NBA) Cleveland Cavaliers 105, Golden State Warriors 87 in Oakland. (NBA) College football bowl game: Led by Michigan State linebacker Ronald Stanley's two defensive touchdowns, the East defeat the West, 20–13, in the Hula Bowl played in Wailuku, Hawaii on the island of Maui. (AP/Yahoo!) Football: The German Football Association (DFB) reveals that referee Robert Hoyzer is under investigation for suspected betting on a first-round DFB-Pokal tie between regional league side Paderborn and Bundesliga club Hamburger SV in August 2004, and possibly fixing the match. In the match, HSV took a 2–0 lead, but Hoyzer sent off HSV striker Emile Mpenza in the first half, and later awarded Paderborn two questionable penalties. Paderborn went on to win 4–2. (Reuters/Yahoo!)
21 January 2005 (Friday) Boxing: Eric Regan causes a mild upset by defeating former world champion Yori Boy Campas by a twelve-round unanimous decision, to retain his continental Jr. Middleweight title. (Boxing Central) NBA basketball: (NBA) Dallas Mavericks 105, Charlotte Bobcats 99 in Charlotte. (NBA) Washington Wizards 118, Toronto Raptors 109 in Washington, D.C. (NBA) New Jersey Nets 104, Boston Celtics 98 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (NBA) Houston Rockets 92, New York Knicks 91 in New York. (NBA) Chicago Bulls 95, Atlanta Hawks 85 in Chicago. (NBA) Milwaukee Bucks 89, Detroit Pistons 86 in Milwaukee. (NBA) Denver Nuggets 92, Memphis Grizzlies 82 in Denver. (NBA) Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Seattle SuperSonics 107 in Seattle. (NBA) San Antonio Spurs 128, Phoenix Suns 123 in overtime in Phoenix. Manu Ginóbili scores a career-high 48 points while Steve Nash notches only 13 in his return. (NBA) Football: The United States Soccer Federation and the union that represents the U.S. men's national team reach an agreement that gives the players a pay raise for World Cup qualifiers in exchange for a no-strike pledge through 2005. The USSF had threatened to lock out the players for the team's first game in the CONCACAF final qualifying group on February 9 at Trinidad and Tobago. (AP/Yahoo!)
20 January 2005 (Thursday) NBA basketball: (NBA) The Houston Rockets defeat the Orlando Magic 108–99 in Orlando. Tracy McGrady scored 27 points in his return to Orlando. (NBA) The Dallas Mavericks defeat the Los Angeles Clippers 99–79 in Dallas. (NBA)
19 January 2005 (Wednesday) NBA basketball: (NBA) The Boston Celtics end the Chicago Bulls' seven-game win streak with a 92–83 win in Boston. (NBA) The Philadelphia 76ers defeat the Charlotte Bobcats 107–105 in Charlotte. (NBA) The Toronto Raptors defeat the New York Knicks 98–81 in Toronto. (NBA) The Miami Heat defeat the Atlanta Hawks 111–92 in Miami. (NBA) The New Jersey Nets defeat the Milwaukee Bucks 96–90 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (NBA) The New Orleans Hornets upset the Indiana Pacers 90–87 in New Orleans (NBA) The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Los Angeles Clippers 80–79 in San Antonio. (NBA) The Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Phoenix Suns 88–79 in Phoenix. (NBA) The Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Portland Trail Blazers 107–101 in Portland. With 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, LeBron James becomes the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double. (NBA) The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 93–90 in L.A. (NBA)