Time: 00:43 UTC |
Date: May 31 |
See also: Current events
- Cricket, ICC Champions Trophy: In pool 2, South Africa beat Bangladesh by 9 wickets at Edgbaston. (BBC)
- Formula One, Italian Grand Prix: Rubens Barrichello wins his first race of the season, with Ferrari team-mate Michael Schumacher second and Jenson Button third. (BBC)
- World Cup of Hockey: Vincent Lecavalier scores at 3:45 in overtime as Canada advances to the final with a 4-3 win over the Czech Republic in Toronto. The Canadians will take on Finland in the championship game, also in Toronto on September 14. (WCH website)
- Cricket, ICC Champions Trophy: In the uncompleted pool 4 match from yesterday, England beat Zimbabwe by 152 runs. In pool 3, India beat Kenya by 98 runs. (BBC)
- Boxing: Miguel Cotto defeats Kelson Pinto by TKO, crowning himself champion of the WBO 140 pounds division, while Daniel Santos retains his WBO super welter crown after defeating Antonio Margarito by technical decision after ten rounds, at the same undercard, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.(Boxing central)
- Cricket, ICC Champions Trophy: In pool 1, New Zealand beat the USA by 210 runs. The pool 4 match between England and Zimbabwe is interrupted by rain and will conclude tomorrow. (BBC)
- World Cup of Hockey: Finland eliminates the United States with a 2-1 semi-final win in St. Paul, Minnesota. Saku Koivu scores the winning goal with less than four minutes left to play in the third period. The Finns will travel to Toronto to play the winner of Saturday's match between Canada and the Czech Republic on September 14. (WCH website)
- American football:
- The National Football League season opened with the New England Patriots defeating the Indianapolis Colts 27-24 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt missed his first field goal since 2002 in the final 30 seconds. (Yahoo/AP)
- The National Football League announces the game between the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans, originally scheduled for Sunday, September 12, is being moved to Saturday, September 11 due to the threat of Hurricane Ivan. The game will be televised in the Miami and Tennessee areas only. (Fox)
- Ice hockey: The executive committees of the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players Association meet at a secret location in Toronto for collective bargaining negotiations. The NHLPA submits a proposal that is believed to be similar to the offer it made on October 1, 2003. It is quickly rejected by the league. (AP)
- Basketball:
- The WNBA's Chamique Holdsclaw declares she will not play for the Washington Mystics for the rest of the year, due to an unspecified medical reason.(ESPN)
- Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks records the WNBA's third triple-double in history, scoring 29 points, grabbing 15 rebounds and tying the WNBA's record of ten blocked shots in one game, as the Sparks defeat the defending champion Detroit Shock, 81-63, in Los Angeles. (WNBA)
- World Cup of Hockey: Canada advances to the semi-finals by beating Slovakia 5-0 in Toronto. Canada will play the Czech Republic, while the United States will play Finland. (WCH website)
- Basketball: The Chicago Bulls trade Dikembe Mutombo to the Houston Rockets for reserve guards Adrian Griffin, Eric Piatkowski and Mike Wilks. (CNNSI/AP)
- World Cup of Hockey: In Stockholm, the Czech Republic routs Sweden 6-1 to advance to the semi-finals in North America. The United States also advance largely due to the play of Keith Tkachuk, who scores four goals in a 5-3 win over Russia in St. Paul, Minnesota. (WCH website) (WCH website)
- Football (soccer): Graeme Souness resigns as manager of Blackburn Rovers to take over the vacant post at Newcastle United. Newcastle had dismissed their previous manager, Sir Bobby Robson on August 30. (BBC)
- World Cup of Hockey: In Helsinki, Finland survive a scare from Germany to win their quarter-final match 2-1 on a late goal from Mikko Eloranta. The Finns will now travel to North America for their semi-final match. (WCH website)
- Baseball: The New York Yankees ask for a forfeit in the first game of a doubleheader against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Devil Rays were late getting to Yankee Stadium after delays caused by Hurricane Frances. Commissioner Bud Selig denies the request, and says a make-up game will be held on October 4 if required. The Yankees win the only game played, 7-4. (CNNSI/AP)
- Vijay Singh wins golf's Deutsche Bank Championship to go to the top of the world rankings. He ends Tiger Woods reign of five years and four weeks. (BBC)
- World Cup of Hockey: In the final North American group match, Russia defeats Slovakia 5-2 in Toronto. The Russians finish 2-1 and will travel to St. Paul, Minnesota to play the United States in the quarter-finals. The Slovaks finish 0-3 and will remain in Toronto to face Canada in the other quarter-final match. (WCH website)
- Boxing: Former world Welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga is arrested at Managua International Airport in Managua, Nicaragua, charged with the rape of a twenty year old woman, and putting his October 2 fight with Felix Trinidad in serious jeopardy. (BoxingCentral)
- Football: De La Salle High School of Concord, California loses to Bellevue High School of Bellevue, Washington 39-20, ending De La Salle's record 151-game winning streak dating back to 1991. (ESPN) (Los Angeles Daily News)
- World Cup of Hockey: Canada finishes atop the North American pool standings with a 3-0 record after they defeat Russia 3-1 in Toronto. The Russians drop to 1-1. In the European pool, Sweden ties Finland 4-4 in Helsinki and both teams finish the group stage with a 2-0-1 record. The Finns earn top spot due to their superior goal difference and will host Germany in the quarter-finals, while the Swedes will host the Czech Republic. (WCH website) (WCH website)
- World Cup of Hockey: In the North American pool, the United States defeats Slovakia 3-1 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Americans finish the group stage with a 1-2 record, while the Slovaks drop to 0-2. In the European pool, the Czech Republic also earn their first win of the tournamentwith a 7-2 win over Germany in Prague. The Czechs finish round-robin play with a 1-2 record, while the Germans finish 0-3. (WCH website)(WCH website)
- Rugby union: England national team coach Sir Clive Woodward resigns, after having been dissuaded from doing so yesterday. Andy Robinson is named acting coach of England. Woodward has expressed his interest in switching codes to soccer. The media reports that he may be appointed to a role at Southampton Football Club. (BBC (1)), (BBC (2))
- World Cup of Hockey: Russia wins its opening North American pool match against the United States by a 3-1 score in St. Paul, Minnesota, dropping the Americans to 0-2. Finland records a 3-0 win against Germany in a European group match in Cologne, improving the Finns to 2-0 and ensuring home-ice advantage for themselves and Sweden in the quarter-finals. The Germans drop to 0-2. (AP)(CP)
- Horse racing: In early morning raids by 130 officers in three counties, British police arrest three jockeys including champion jockey Kieren Fallon, a trainer, and twelve other people as part of a long-running investigation into race-fixing. (BBC)
- World Cup of Hockey: Canada defeats Slovakia 5-1 in a North American pool match in Montreal, improving the Canadians to 2-0 and dropping the Slovaks to 0-1. In a the European group match in Stockholm, Sweden defeats the Czech Republic 4-3 and moves to 2-0, while the Czechs drop to 0-2. (AP)
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