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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in February 2005. Deaths
Events in sports
28 February 2005 (Monday) NCAA basketball: Temple University announces that head men's basketball coach John Chaney will not coach in the Atlantic 10 Conference's tournament. This decision stems from an incident during a game against Saint Joseph's University on 24 February, when Chaney responded to the non-calling of illegal screens by Hawks players by sending in Temple center Nehemiah Ingram to commit hard fouls on Saint Joseph's center John Bryant. (San Diego Union-Tribune) (Youngstown Vindicator) (Temple News)
27 February 2005 (Sunday) Cricket: South Africa (329 for 6) beat Zimbabwe (198 for 7) by 131 runs in the second One Day International, Durban, and now lead the three-match series 2–0. Wisden Cricinfo Cycling: George Hincapie wins Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne by beating Kevin van Impe in a sprint with 2. Football: UEFA Cup round of 32, second leg: Athletic Bilbao 1 – 2 Austria Vienna (UEFA.com) Chelsea defeats Liverpool 3–2 after extra time to win the League Cup at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Chelsea manager José Mourinho is sent off by the fourth official for taunting Liverpool fans after Liverpool star Steven Gerrard scores an own goal in the 79th minute to level the match. (BBC) Premier League referee Mike Dean is suspended indefinitely after officials learn of his involvement in a betting website. (The Guardian) NASCAR: Greg Biffle wins the Auto Club 500 at the California Speedway from Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch, with only 0.525 of a second separating the top three men. (NASCAR.com) Rugby union: In the final match of Round 3 of the Six Nations, held in Dublin, Ireland use a try from captain Brian O'Driscoll and 14 points from Ronan O'Gara to defeat England 19–13. The win keeps Ireland on track for a possible Grand Slam showdown with Wales in Cardiff in three weeks. This also marks the first time since 1987 that England has lost three straight Six Nations matches. (BBC) Curling: In the final match of the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Manitoba, led by skip Jennifer Jones, defeats Jenn Hanna's Ontario team 8–6 and becomes the Canadian national women's champion. With the win, Jones' rink has earned the right to represent Canada at the world championship, as well as an entry in the Canadian Olympic curling trials. (CBC sports) (Sportsnet)
26 February 2005 (Saturday) Boxing: Miguel Cotto wins over Demarcus Corley by TKO after Corley took a knee on the fifth round to avoid further punishment. Cotto's corner immediately tells Corley that they are at the disposal of giving him a rematch. Cricket: Australia (264 for 5) beat New Zealand (178) by 86 runs in the third One Day International, Auckland, taking an unassailable 3–0 lead in the five-match series. (Wisden Cricinfo) Cycling: Nick Nuyens (Belgium) wins the Omloop "Het Volk". He finishes 14 seconds before the main group, of which his teammate Tom Boonen wins the sprint before Steven de Jongh and Niko Eeckhout. Rugby union, Six Nations: Scotland fails to score a try against Italy, but six penalties by Chris Paterson provide all the points Scotland need to score its first win of this year's competition, 18–10, in Edinburgh. (BBC) At Stade de France near Paris, France takes a 15–6 halftime lead over Wales, but the Welsh storm back behind two Martyn Williams tries to score a 24–18 win, keeping Wales on course for a possible Grand Slam. (BBC) Curling: 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts: Ontario's Jenn Hanna rink advance to the finals against Manitoba as they defeated British Columbia's Kelly Scott rink 9–7 in the semi-final. (CBC Sports)
25 February 2005 (Friday) Lacrosse: 2005 NLL All Star Game East Division All Star Team 11–10 West Division All Star Team Cricket: South Africa (301 for 7) beat Zimbabwe (136) by 165 runs in the first One Day International, Johannesburg. (Wisden Cricinfo) Curling: 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts – Defending Scott champion Colleen Jones fails to make it 5 championship wins in a row, as she was ousted by Sandy Comeau's rink from New Brunswick in the morning tie-breaker. Comeau would then play Jenn Hanna's Ontario rink who had beaten Alberta's Cathy King rink in the other morning tie-breaker. Hanna would go on to win the final tie-breaker which determined the last playoff spot. In the evening, the page-playoffs began with Hanna once again winning, defeating Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton rink in the 3–4 game for the right to go to the semi-final on Saturday. In the other playoff game, Manitoba's Jennifer Jones rink defeats British Columbia's Kelly Scott rink in the 1–2 game, forcing Scott to play in the semi-final on Saturday and giving Jones a bye to the final on Sunday. (CBC sports)
24 February 2005 (Thursday) Football – UEFA Cup, round of 32: (UEFA.com) Second leg (advancing clubs in bold face): Middlesbrough 2 – 1 Grazer AK Newcastle United 2 – 1 Heerenveen Lille 2 – 0 FC Basel VfB Stuttgart 0 – 2 Parma (after extra time) Feyenoord 1 – 2 Sporting Lisbon AZ Alkmaar 2 – 1 Alemannia Dnipro 0 – 1 Partizan Belgrade Steaua Bucharest 2 – 0 Valencia (after penalty shootout 4–3) Auxerre 3 – 1 Ajax Benfica 1 – 1 CSKA Moscow Real Zaragoza 2 – 1 Fenerbahçe Sevilla 2 – 0 Panathinaikos Schalke 04 0 – 1 Shakhtar Donetsk Sochaux 0 – 1 Olympiacos Villarreal 2 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv First leg (postponed from 16 February): Austria Vienna 0 – 0 Athletic Bilbao Fixtures for knock-out group of 16, to be played on 10 and 16–17 March: Middlesbrough – Sporting Sevilla – Parma Steaua Bucharest – Villarreal Lille – Auxerre Olympiacos – Newcastle Shakhtar – AZ Partizan Belgrade – CSKA Moscow Austria Vienna – Real Zaragoza (tie determined 27 February) Curling – 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts – In the last day of the round robin, Manitoba's Jennifer Jones wins both of her games to finish first at 9–2. She will face British Columbia's Kelly Scott, who finished second at 8–3 in the "1–2" match-up, where the winner gets a bye to the final, and the loser must play in the semi-final. Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton finished in third place with a 7–4 record and awaits the winner out of a massive tie for 6–5 which involves Ontario's Jenn Hanna, Alberta's Cathy King, defending champion Colleen Jones and New Brunswick's Sandy Comeau. 3 Tie-breaker games will be played to determine the winner, who will play Lawton in the "3–4" game. (CBC sports)
23 February 2005 (Wednesday) Football: UEFA Champions League knock-out round of 16, first leg: Barcelona 2 – 1 Chelsea (BBC) Werder Bremen 0 – 3 Lyon (BBC) Manchester United 0 – 1 A.C. Milan (BBC) Porto 1 – 1 Inter Milan (BBC) Curling – 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts: On the second last day of the round-robin, Jennifer Jones' Manitoba rink pulls out of her first place tie with Saskatchewan, only needing one win against Alberta as Lawton lost both of hers. Jones has a 7–2 record while Lawton, along with Team Canada's Colleen Jones and British Columbia's Kelly Scott sit in second place at a 6–3 record. The top 4 teams in the tournament make the playoffs.
22 February 2005 (Tuesday) Cricket: Australia (314 for 6) beat New Zealand (208) by 106 runs in the second One Day International. They lead the five-match series 2–0. (Wisden Cricinfo) Football: UEFA Champions League knock-out round of 16, first leg: Real Madrid 1 – 0 Juventus (BBC) Liverpool 3 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen (BBC) PSV 1 – 0 AS Monaco (BBC) Bayern Munich 3 – 1 Arsenal (BBC) Curling – Scott Tournament of Hearts: The defending champion Colleen Jones rink defeats the previously undefeated Saskatchewan rink skipped by Stefanie Lawton. Jones also won her other game against Nova Scotia and sits at 4–3, while Saskatchewan drops into a tie with Manitoba's Jennifer Jones at 6–1. Jennifer Jones has been on a roll as well, only losing to British Columbia's Kelly Scott in Draw 6. (CBC sports)
21 February 2005 (Monday) Curling – Scott Tournament of Hearts: Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton remains undefeated at 5–0 after beating Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island. Defending champions Colleen Jones falls to New Brunswick's Sandy Comeau but defeats Alberta and sits tied in sixth place at 2–3. (CBC sports)
20 February 2005 (Sunday) 2005 NBA All-Star Game: The Eastern Conference All-Stars defeat the Western Conference All-Stars 125–115 in Denver. Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson is named MVP with 15 points and four steals in the game. (NBA) NASCAR: Jeff Gordon wins the Daytona 500 from Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (NASCAR) Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats John Higgins 10 frames to 3 to win his second Masters title. (BBC) Football: FA Cup fifth round: Burnley 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers (BBC) Newcastle United 1 – 0 Chelsea (BBC) Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 1 Nottingham Forest (BBC) Curling – 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts: Manitoba's Jennifer Jones and Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton remain the only teams to be undefeated as Jones won both of her games and Lawton her game. Both teams are 3–0. Defending champions, Team Canada skipped by Colleen Jones continues her rough start by losing to Manitoba in their morning draw but rebounding with a win over Newfoundland and Labrador's Heather Strong. Team Canada sits at 1–2. (CBC Sports)
19 February 2005 (Saturday) Football: FA Cup fifth round: Arsenal 1 – 1 Sheffield United Bolton Wanderers 1 – 0 Fulham Charlton Athletic 1 – 2 Leicester City Everton 0 – 2 Manchester United Southampton 2 – 2 Brentford Cricket: Australia (236 for 7) beat New Zealand (226) by just 10 runs in the first One Day International at Wellington. National Hockey League: Despite 6½ hours of talks between the league and its players union today, the two sides were unable to come to an agreement to end the current lockout. The current season remains canceled, now with no hope of resurrection. (AP/Yahoo!) Boxing: Bernard Hopkins makes a successful 20th defense of his middleweight title with a one-sided unanimous decision over Howard Eastman in Los Angeles. Hopkins becomes the first Middleweight champion in boxing history to defend that category's title twenty or more times, and joins Joe Louis and Abe Attell, among few others, in the exclusive group of boxers with 20 or more title defenses in one division. (AP/Yahoo!)(Boxing Central) Curling: The 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national curling championship for women begins play at Mile One Stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Team Canada's Colleen Jones, the defending champion is upset by Jenn Hanna of team Ontario. Elsewhere, former Scott champion Cathy King of Alberta loses both her games. British Columbia's Kelly Scott and Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton both are undefeated at 2–0 while Manitoba's Jennifer Jones, Nova Scotia's Kay Zinck, New Brunswick's Sandy Comeau in addition to Hanna are at 1–0. (CBC sports)
18 February 2005 (Friday) American football: New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi suffers a stroke. Hockey: Reportedly, the National Hockey League and its players' union, the NHL Players Association, have reached agreement on a deal that would allow a shortened season to be played, despite the league's announced cancellation of the season. Reports, denied by both sides, were that a deal would be signed tomorrow. (AP/Yahoo!) Update: The sides met on 19 February, but talks failed.
17 February 2005 (Thursday) Cricket: Australia (214 for 5) defeat New Zealand (170) by 44 runs in the first ever international Twenty20 cricket match. (BBC) Football UEFA Cup, round of 32, first leg: (UEFA.com) Dynamo Kyiv 0 – 0 Villarreal Grazer AK 2 – 2 Middlesbrough Fenerbahçe 0 – 1 Real Zaragoza FC Basel 0 – 0 Lille Alemannia 0 – 0 AZ Heerenveen 1 – 2 Newcastle United CSKA Moscow 2 – 0 Benfica Olympiacos 1 – 0 Sochaux
16 February 2005 (Wednesday) Football UEFA Cup, round of 32, first leg: (UEFA.com) Partizan Belgrade 2–2 Dnipro Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Schalke 04 Ajax 1–0 Auxerre