2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 October 2005 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. It was also the final victory for Valentino Rossi at Phillip Island until the 2014 event.


2005 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.


2005 Austrian Figure Skating Championships
The 2005 Austrian Figure Skating Championships (German: Österreichischen Staatsmeisterschaften im Eiskunstlauf 2005) took place between 18 and 19 December 2004 in Innsbruck. Skaters competed in the discipline of men's singles, ladies' singles. The results were used to choose the Austrian teams to the 2005 World Championships and the 2005 European Championships.


2005 Austrian Open
The 2005 Austrian Open was men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 35th edition of the Austrian Open, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kitzbühel Sportpark Tennis Stadium in Kitzbühel, Austria, from 25 July until 31 July 2005. Third-seeded Gastón Gaudio won the singles title.


2005 Austrian Open, Finals, Doubles
Leoš Friedl /  Andrei Pavel defeated  Christophe Rochus /  Olivier Rochus 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–0


2005 Austrian Open – Doubles
František Čermák and Leoš Friedl were the defending champions, but Čermák did not compete this year. Friedl teamed up with Andrei Pavel and successfully defended his title, by defeating Christophe Rochus and Olivier Rochus 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–0 in the final.


2005 Austrian Open – Singles
In the 2005 Austrian Open Singles, Nicolás Massú was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Fernando Verdasco.


2005 Austrian Open – Singles
Gastón Gaudio won the title, defeating Verdasco 2–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2005 Auto Club 500
The 2005 Auto Club 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on February 27, 2005 at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 250 laps on the 2-mile (3.23 km) asphalt D-shaped oval, it was the second race of the 2005 Nextel Cup Series season. Greg Biffle of Roush Racing won the race, his first win of the season. Jimmie Johnson finished second and Kurt Busch finished third.


2005 Auto Club 500, Background
The track, Auto Club Speedway, is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. The track's turns are banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway is banked at three degrees.


2005 Auto Club 500, Summary
Magic Johnson gave the command for drivers to start their engines, and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger waved the green flag, which was taken by 19-year-old Kyle Busch. Busch became the youngest driver to ever take the green flag on pole position. Busch was still leading after the first lap, with Brian Vickers in second place.


2005 Auto Club 500, Summary
Before the race, Greg Biffle had promised to reporters and commentators that he would have the lead within 5 laps. He also happened to promise to win the race.


2005 Auto Club 500, Summary
Greg Biffle took the lead in only 4 laps, followed by Matt Kenseth in second place, and Biffle was still in the lead after 26 laps, when Bill Elliott went into the wall. Biffle was immediately overtaken by Matt Kenseth after the restart. Dale Earnhardt Jr. pitted on lap 38, going down a lap, with problems on his left front tire. Carl Edwards took over the lead around lap 46.


2005 Auto Club 500, Summary
On lap 59, Earnhardt – already a lap down – had another problem with his left front tire and the debris brought out the caution a lap later. Ultimately Earnhardt would end up 13 laps behind. Edwards was still in the lead when the caution came out. Kenseth took over the lap during the caution, and Edwards retook it within a lap. Kenseth recaptured the lead at lap 70.


2005 Auto Club 500, Summary
Green flag pitstops started on lap 105. However, on lap 107, well before the green flag pitstops had cycled, a caution came out for debris. Joe Nemechek led on the restart on lap 116. Dave Blaney hit the wall on lap 143 leading to the third caution, with Nemechek still leading over Johnson. At the restart on lap 151, Nemechek was leading from Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson with 26 cars on the lead lap. Within a lap, Johnson was second.


2005 Auto Club 500, Summary
Another caution came out on lap 161 when Kasey Kahne went into the wall. At the restart, Johnson led over Nemechek, but after a three-car tussle for the lead, Nemechek led on lap 166. However, Nemechek's success was short-lived: around lap 180, engine problems saw him fall down the leader board and he had to retire. Edwards took over the lead. Harvick then took over with about 55 laps to go.


2005 Auto Club 500, Summary
With 48 laps to go Michael Waltrip’s engine blew, bringing out the 6th caution, and when the green came out with 41 laps to go, Harvick was leading in front of Kenseth and Gordon. With 34 laps to go, the 7th caution came out because Jason Leffler was in trouble. Most of the leaders pitted, but cars that stayed out took the first six places on the restart, led by Kurt Busch. The race restarted with 29 laps to go.


2005 Auto Club 500, Summary
With 25 laps to go, Busch and Biffle pulled out into a 2-second lead, vying together for first place. Greg Biffle finally retook the lead on lap 228 and kept it to win the race ahead of Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch, with only 0.525 of a second separating the top three men.


2005 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general election
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao general elections were held in the ARMM for the regional governor, vice-governor posts and election of members of the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly on August 8, 2005. Voting results are listed below.


2005 Azerbaijani parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 6 November 2005. They pitted candidates of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) against opposition led by the Azadlıq (Freedom) bloc of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Musavat and the Azerbaijan Democratic Party. The NAP won 61 of the 125 seats. The results were contested, with allegations of vote-rigging from the opposition.


2005 Azerbaijani parliamentary election, Conduct
Human Rights Watch expressed concern about widespread intimidation of opposition supporters, saying that the elections could not be free or fair under such conditions. Several opposition leaders were arrested two days before the elections.


2005 Azerbaijani parliamentary election, Conduct
ARTICLE 19 said Azerbaijani authorities were responsible for the violent harassment of journalists covering opposition rallies, frequent attacks and forced closure of independent media outlets, and widespread abuse of state and local resources in favour of pro-government candidates. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe reported that the vote counting process was "bad or very bad in 43 per cent of counts observed." However, observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States claimed the irregularities "were not of mass character and did not have [an] impact on the free expression of voters' will".


2005 Azerbaijani parliamentary election, Conduct
The opposition had hoped for another color revolution, but analysts doubted this would happen. Movements like Yox!, Yeni Fikir or Meqam were not yet ready for revolution according to Emin Huseynov, founder of Meqam.


2005 Azerbaijani parliamentary election, Results
The Central Election Commission reported, with 28% of votes counted, 62% win for the NAP, 3% for the Equality Party, 1% for the APFP, 2% for independent candidates and 2% each to two other small parties. These results were contradicted by a Mitofsky International and Edison Media Research poll which predicted the NAP going from 75 to 56 seats in the 125-member assembly, with the Azadliq bloc winning 12 seats.


2005 Azores subtropical storm
The 2005 Azores subtropical storm was the 19th nameable storm and only subtropical storm of the extremely active 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was not officially named by the US National Hurricane Center as it was operationally classified as a non-tropical low. The storm developed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean out of a low-pressure area that gained subtropical characteristics on 4 October. The storm was short-lived, crossing over the Azores later on 4 October before becoming extratropical again on 5 October. No damages or fatalities were reported during that time. After being absorbed into a cold front, the system went on to become Hurricane Vince, which affected the Iberian Peninsula.


2005 Azores subtropical storm
Months after the hurricane season, when the National Hurricane Center was performing its annual review of the season and its named storms, forecasters Jack Beven and Eric Blake identified this previously unnoticed subtropical storm. Despite its unusual location and wide wind field, the system had a well-defined centre convecting around a warm core.


2005 Azores subtropical storm, Meteorological history
The system originated out of an upper-level low just west of the Canary Islands on 28 September. The low organized itself over the next days, producing several bursts of convection. While remaining non-tropical with a cold core it moved gradually west to northwest. On 3 October, it became a broad surface low about 400 nautical miles (740 km, 460 mi) southwest of São Miguel Island in the Azores. Early on 4 October, convection increased as the surface low organized itself, and the system became a subtropical depression.


2005 Azores subtropical storm, Meteorological history
Around the same time, the depression turned northeast into a warm sector ahead of an oncoming cold front, and strengthened into a subtropical storm. The system continued to track northeast and strengthened slightly, reaching its peak intensity of 85 km/h (50 mph) as it approached the Azores that evening. After tracking through the area, the storm weakened slightly as it moved to the north-northeast. Through an interaction with the cold front early on 5 October the subtropical storm became extratropical. The system was fully absorbed by the front later that day. The newly absorbed system would separate from the dissolving frontal system and become Subtropical Storm Vince on 8 October.


2005 Azores subtropical storm, Meteorological history
At the time, the system was not believed to have been subtropical. However, there were several post-season findings that confirmed that the system was indeed one. The first finding was the cloud pattern, in which it had deep convection around the center and was better organized with a well-defined center of circulation. In addition, the system had a warm core more typical of tropical cyclones as opposed to the cold core of extratropical cyclones.


2005 Azores subtropical storm, Meteorological history
The warm-core nature also meant that there were no warm or cold fronts attached to the system, as temperatures did not change ahead of and behind the system, until an unrelated cold front passed the Azores. Satellite imagery suggested that the system was briefly a tropical storm as the warm core was found; however, the widespread wind field and the presence of an upper-level trough confirmed that it was only subtropical.


2005 Azores subtropical storm, Impact, classification and records
Tropical storm-force winds were reported across parts of the Azores, primarily on the eastern islands. The strongest winds were reported on Santa Maria Island, where 10-minute sustained winds reached 79 km/h (49 mph) with gusts to 94 km/h (59 mph). Ponta Delgada faced 61 km/h (38 mph) winds, with the peak recorded gust being 85 km/h (52 mph). No damage or fatalities were reported.


2005 Azores subtropical storm, Impact, classification and records
The 2005 Azores storm was not classified as a subtropical storm until April 2006, after a reassessment by the National Hurricane Center. Had it been operationally classified as such, it would have been named Tammy. Every year, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) re-analyzes the systems of the past hurricane season and revises the storm history if there is new data that was operationally unavailable. This reanalysis revealed that the storm became a subtropical storm on 4 October, making it the earliest forming 19th Atlantic tropical or subtropical storm on record. The previous record holder was an unnamed 1933 tropical storm that developed on 26 October. It held this distinction until 2020, when Hurricane Teddy attained tropical storm strength on 14 September.


2005 BA-CA-TennisTrophy
The 2005 BA-CA-TennisTrophy was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the event known that year as the BA-CA-TennisTrophy, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, from 10 October until 16 October 2005. Fourth-seeded Ivan Ljubičić won the singles title.


2005 BA-CA-TennisTrophy, Finals, Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Jonathan Erlich /  Andy Ram, 5–3, 5–4(7–4)


2005 BA-CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Martin Damm and Cyril Suk were the defending champions, but Damm did not participate this year. Suk partnered Pavel Vízner, losing in the semifinals.


2005 BA-CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won the title, defeating Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 5–3, 5–4(7–4) in the final.


2005 BA-CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Feliciano López was the defending champion but lost to Radek Štěpánek in the quarterfinals.


2005 BA-CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Ivan Ljubičić won the title defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–2, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) in the final.


2005 BC Lions season
The 2005 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.


2005 BC Lions season, Playoffs, Scotiabank West Championship
VANCOUVER – On the heels of his benching against Calgary, it seemed likely that Edmonton head coach Danny Maciocia would leave Ricky Ray as the backup for the West final against the BC Lions. However, Maciocia said mid-week that Ray would start, leaving Jason Maas remaining as the backup. In BC, Dave Dickenson unsurprisingly got the start over former Most Outstanding Player Casey Printers, leading some to joke that four of the CFL's best quarterbacks would be in this game.


2005 BCR Open Romania
The 2005 BCR Open Romania was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the event known that year as the BCR Open Romania, and was part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania, from September 12 through September 19, 2006.


2005 BCR Open Romania, Finals, Doubles
José Acasuso /  Sebastián Prieto defeated  Victor Hănescu /  Andrei Pavel 6–3, 4–6, 6–3


2005 BCR Open Romania – Doubles
Lucas Arnold Ker and Mariano Hood were the defending champions, but Arnold Ker did not compete this year. Hood teamed up with Martín García and lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Ignacio Chela and Luis Horna.


2005 BCR Open Romania – Doubles
José Acasuso and Sebastián Prieto won the title by defeating Victor Hănescu and Andrei Pavel 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 in the final.


2005 BCR Open Romania – Singles
José Acasuso was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo.


2005 BCR Open Romania – Singles
Florent Serra won the title by defeating Igor Andreev 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2005 BDO World Darts Championship
The 2005 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was held from 1–9 January 2005 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. Raymond van Barneveld lifted the title for a fourth time, defeating England captain Martin Adams 6–2 in the final. The defending champion Andy Fordham suffered a first round loss to Vincent van der Voort. The women's event saw Trina Gulliver win her fifth successive title defeating Francis Hoenselaar 2–0 in a repeat the last year's final.


2005 BDO World Darts Championship, Prize money
The prize money was £199,000 for the men's event and £10,000 for the women's event.


2005 BDO World Darts Championship, Prize money
There was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £2,000 per event.


2005 BFL season
The 2005 season of the Belgian Football League (BFL) is the regular season played in the Belgium. The Antwerp Diamonds won Belgian Bowl XVIII against the Brussels Black Angels by a score of 12-2.


2005 BFL season, Regular season, Regular season standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against


2005 BMW Championship
The 2005 BMW Championship was the 51st edition of the BMW Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 26–29 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.


2005 BMW Championship
It was the first year the event's sponsorship had been taken on by BMW, after Volvo's contract to sponsor the event had expired.


2005 BMW Championship
Ángel Cabrera won by two strokes ahead of Paul McGinley, having had two previous runner-up finishes in the event.


2005 BMW Open
The 2005 BMW Open was a men's Association of Tennis Professionals tennis tournament held in Munich, Germany. It was part of the 2005 ATP Tour and was classified as an International Series event. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and held from 25 April through 2 May 2005. First-seeded David Nalbandian won the singles title.


2005 BMW Open, Finals, Doubles
Mario Ančić /  Julian Knowle defeated  Florian Mayer /  Alexander Waske 6–3, 1–6, 6–3


2005 BMW Open – Doubles
James Blake and Mark Merklein were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


2005 BMW Open – Doubles
Mario Ančić and Julian Knowle won in the final 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, against Florian Mayer and Alexander Waske.


2005 BMW Open – Singles
Nikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.


2005 BMW Open – Singles
David Nalbandian won the title, defeating Andrei Pavel 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


2005 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2005 Paris Masters (also known as the BNP Paribas Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 33rd edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 31 October to 6 November 2005. Tomáš Berdych won the singles title.


2005 BNP Paribas Masters
The singles line up included ATP No. 3, Wimbledon and Indianapolis runner-up, Cincinnati champion Andy Roddick, US Open quarterfinalist, Umag winner, Monte Carlo, Rome and Beijing finalist Guillermo Coria, and French Open semifinalist, St. Pölten winner Nikolay Davydenko. Other top seeds were French Open runner-up, Casablanca titlist Mariano Puerta, Munich winner David Nalbandian, Ivan Ljubičić, Gastón Gaudio and Radek Štěpánek.


2005 BNP Paribas Masters, Finals, Singles
Tomáš Berdych defeated  Ivan Ljubičić, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4


2005 BNP Paribas Masters, Finals, Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Daniel Nestor /  Mark Knowles, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–4


2005 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Björkman partnered Max Mirnyi, losing in the first round. Woodbridge retired from professional tennis earlier in the year.


2005 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 6–4, 6–7(3), 6–4, against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.


2005 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles
Tomáš Berdych defeated Ivan Ljubičić in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, to win the Singles title at the 2005 Paris Masters.


2005 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles
Marat Safin was the defending champion but chose not to compete.


2005 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round.


2005 BYU Cougars football team
The 2005 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2005 BYU Cougars football team, Schedule
•SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5.


2005 Babil governorate council election
The Babil Governorate elections resulted in the election of 41 members of the Provincial Council (PC). The results are presented in the following table and the parenthesis indicates the position selected by the PC after their first meetings.


2005 Badminton World Cup
The 2005 Badminton World Cup was the twentieth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held at the Olympic Sports Park in Yiyang, Hunan, China from 14 to 18 December 2005. It was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation and Table Tennis and Badminton Administration Center under China's State General Administration of Sport, with a total prize money of US$250,000. This was the first time after 1997, this tournament was being conducted. Between 1997 and 2005, this tournament was halted due to various problems. In the end of the competitions, China won the titles in all 5 disciplines.


2005 Bahrain GP2 Series round
The 2005 Bahrain GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 29 and 30, 2005 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the final round of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race weekend was a stand-alone event unlike the previous GP2 rounds which support Formula One Grands Prix.


2005 Bahrain GP2 Series round, Background
Coming into the final round of the season, Nico Rosberg held a five point lead in the driver's championship from Heikki Kovalainen with 22 points up for grabs in the final round at the Bahrain International Circuit.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix
The 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 3 April 2005 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. The 57-lap race was the third round of the 2005 Formula One season and the second running of the Bahrain Grand Prix, since its inception the year before.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix
The race was won by polesitter and championship leader Fernando Alonso for the Renault team. Jarno Trulli finished in second place in a Toyota car and Kimi Räikkönen completed the podium in third position for McLaren.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2004 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
The race was only the second Formula One grand prix held in the Middle East, bringing the challenges of high temperatures and dusty conditions. The race was held the day after Pope John Paul II died, with several teams and drivers offering their respects, most notably Ferrari, who raced with blackened nose cones as a mark of respect. The celebrations on the podium were also muted.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
The circuit had been modified slightly from 2004, with turn 4 in particular being widened on the exit.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
Before the race, McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya injured his shoulder. This led to him being replaced by Pedro de la Rosa at this race, and Alexander Wurz at the next one in San Marino, before his return at the Spanish Grand Prix.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
First qualifying on Saturday resulted in few surprises– for the first few drivers, the circuit was still somewhat sandy, providing poor grip, while the later runners performed well, with Fernando Alonso taking provisional pole with a lap time of 1:29.848.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Final qualifying on Sunday morning again passed without major incident, with Alonso taking pole position, and Michael Schumacher taking second, driving the brand-new F2005 car. Rubens Barrichello, having had gearbox problems on Friday and Saturday, qualified 15th, and elected to change his engine, resulting in him starting from the back of the grid.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Race afternoon brought the highest ever recorded temperatures experienced at a grand prix, with air temperature of 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) and track temperatures of 56 °C (133 °F). This surpassed the record temperatures of the 1955 Argentine Grand Prix and the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix. Christian Klien failed to get away from his seventh position on the grid for the formation lap. His car was pushed into the pits but could not be restarted, and he became the first of eight retirements.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
The leaders made a clean start, with Alonso first to turn one. Schumacher moved from his second grid slot across to the clean side of the track, ahead of Jarno Trulli, who made a strong challenge to pass Schumacher in the first two corners, without success. Barrichello made an aggressive start, moving up to tenth by the end of lap one.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Giancarlo Fisichella's engine began to smoke during lap two, and he pulled into the pits to retire. However, as he applied the pit lane speed limiter, he felt power return, and was waved through by his team. But the resurgence was short-lived, and he was back in the pits on lap four to retire. On lap three, Narain Karthikeyan's car suffered an electrical failure that looked similar to Christian Klien's.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Schumacher continued to closely pursue Alonso until lap 12, when the world champion overshot turn nine, and performed a 270° turn in the run-off area. At the end of the lap, Schumacher coasted back to the pits, making this his first mechanical retirement since the 2001 German Grand Prix– a remarkable run of 58 consecutive grands prix. It later emerged that the car's hydraulics had failed, meaning he could not downshift to use engine braking for corners. Therefore, Trulli now took second place, 2.7 seconds behind Alonso, with Mark Webber in third.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 18, Ralf Schumacher in fourth place made the first scheduled pit stop of the front-runners, and rejoined in 12th place. Alonso, Trulli and then Webber all pitted over the next few laps, in what appeared to be the now fairly standard three-stop pattern. After the pit stops, Alonso retained the lead, followed by Trulli, Webber, Kimi Räikkönen, Ralf, and Barrichello.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Nick Heidfeld was the next retirement, with a blown engine on lap 25, although it took him around half a lap to pull off the track to stop. He was shortly followed by Takuma Sato, whose front brakes had been smoking for a while, and who spun and then retired in the pits on lap 27. His teammate Jenson Button's brakes also appeared to be giving off more dust than usual, as Button fought to keep Pedro de la Rosa from taking his seventh place. De la Rosa was making his first start for McLaren, replacing the sidelined Juan Pablo Montoya. De la Rosa finally managed to pass Button on lap 33, outbraking him at turn one.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
The following lap, Webber lost control out of turn eight, spun on the entrance to turn nine, and allowed Räikkönen and Ralf Schumacher to pass– on a circuit with very forgiving run-off areas, the spin upset the balance of Webber's car and flat-spotted his tyres.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
In the next few laps, before the second pit stops, the closest fight was between Barrichello in sixth, and de la Rosa in seventh. De la Rosa continually pressured the remaining Ferrari, but initially he only succeeded in pushing himself too far, running wide at turn one, and allowing Button to close up behind him. Eventually, though, he was able to take sixth place in the final corner.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Alonso put in several fast laps to extend his lead, and pitted on lap 41. The other drivers also pitted without incident, except Button, who stalled his BAR-Honda. After several attempts at restarting the engine, he almost took his rear jack with him back into the race– only to retire at the end of the pit-lane due to a clutch failure, making this the second race in a row where both BAR drivers had retired. After the second round of pit stops, Alonso still led the race, followed by Trulli, Räikkönen, Ralf Schumacher, Webber, de la Rosa, Barrichello, and Felipe Massa.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
In the closing stages, the main fight was between Webber and de la Rosa for fifth place. Webber defended strongly, but de la Rosa eventually overcame him two laps from the end of the race. Jacques Villeneuve retired from ninth place into the pits on the penultimate lap, while Barrichello slipped further and further back, allowing Massa to take seventh place and score points in his Sauber team's 200th Grand Prix, and David Coulthard took eighth place on the last lap, making Ferrari scoreless for the first time since the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix.


2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Alonso won the race by a comfortable 13.4 seconds from Trulli, bringing Renault engines their 100th World Championship Grand Prix win.


2005 Bahraini Crown Prince Cup
The 2005 Bahraini Crown Prince Cup was the 5th edition of the cup tournament in men's football (soccer). This edition featured the top four sides from the Bahraini Premier League 2004-05 season.


2005 Balad bombings
On September 29, 2005, three near-simultaneous car bombs exploded in Balad, Iraq. The bombs went off in a busy vegetable market, by a bank and by a police station. More than 95 were killed and 100 wounded.


2005 Bali bombings
The 2005 Bali bombings were a series of terrorist suicide bomb and a series of car bombs and attacks that occurred on 1 October 2005, in Bali, Indonesia. Bombs exploded at two sites in Jimbaran Beach Resort and in Kuta 30 km (19 mi) away, both in south Bali. The terrorist attack claimed the lives of 20 people and injured more than 100 others. The three bombers also died in the attacks.


2005 Bali bombings, Explosions
The Indonesian national news agency, ANTARA, reported that the first two explosions occurred at 6:50 p.m. local time, near a Jimbaran food court and the third at 7:00 pm. in Kuta Town Square. Other reports claim that the blasts occurred at around 7:15 p.m. At least 3 blasts were reported.


2005 Bali bombings, Explosions
One of the blasts struck Raja's Restaurant at the Kuta Square shopping mall in central Kuta. Another two bombs exploded at warungs along the Jimbaran beach, one of which was near the Four Seasons Hotel. These areas are generally popular with Western tourists. Police later said they had found three unexploded bombs in Jimbaran. They had apparently failed to go off after the security forces hastily shut down the island's mobile telephone network following the first blasts.


2005 Bali bombings, Explosions
According to Indonesia's head of counter-terrorism, Major General Ansyaad Mbai, early evidence indicates that the attacks were carried out by at least three suicide bombers in a similar fashion to the 2002 bombings. The remnants of backpacks and excessively mutilated bodies are believed to be evidence of suicide bombings. There remains also a possibility that backpacks were hidden inside the target restaurants before detonation. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty said that the bombs used appear to have differed from previous blasts in that most deaths and injuries had been inflicted by shrapnel, rather than chemical explosion. A medical officer's x-rays showed foreign objects described as "pellets" in many victims' bodies and a victim reported ball bearings lodged in her back.


2005 Bali bombings, Explosions
The bombings occurred the same day that Indonesia cut its fuel subsidies resulting in gas prices rising by 675% and just two days before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and 11 days before the third anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombing. The attack came during the school holiday period in some states of Australia, when an estimated 7,500 Australians are believed to have been visiting Bali.


2005 Bali bombings, Casualties
The latest report cites 20 dead and between 101 and 129 injured. Some earlier reports put the number of fatalities at between 26 and 36 people, but those figures have since been lowered. Among those killed were 15 Indonesians, 4 Australians, and a Japanese national, not counting the 3 assassins. The wounded included many Indonesians, mostly Hindus while the rest were 19 Australians, 8 South Koreans, 6 Americans, 4 Japanese, 3 Canadians and 1 Briton. As there were no records at the hospitals or morgues on the locations from where the victims arrived, it is not possible to determine the casualty figures at each blast location separately.


2005 Bali bombings, Casualties
Most of the casualties were sent to Bali's Sanglah General Hospital, and mostly treated for injuries caused by broken glass. Others were sent to Griya Asih Hospital. As in the 2002 bombings, some of the injured, primarily foreign nationals, were evacuated to medical facilities in Australia and Singapore. The less seriously injured were evacuated to Singapore, while other casualties, among them Australians, Japanese and an Indonesian, were evacuated to treatment in Darwin, Australia aboard a Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules.


2005 Bali bombings, Casualties
Following the 2002 Bali bombings, in which more Australians than any other nationals were killed and injured, and the 2004 bombing of Australia's Embassy in Jakarta, the latest attacks received extensive coverage in Australia and were denounced by some officials, such as Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley, as an attack on Australians.


2005 Bali bombings, Prior warnings
Indonesian authorities were expecting such an event, after the Indonesian president warned of more bombings within the country, and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) had issued warnings two days before the event. However, the Australian government claimed that it received no specific prior warning of a terrorist attack being imminent in Bali. Minister Downer also played down any knowledge of specific signs of the potential event, despite the DFAT warning on the last day of September. DFAT warned Australians against non-essential travel to Indonesia since before the 2002 attacks – a warning still in effect. The department advises travellers against congregating in areas popular with Western tourists.


2005 Bali bombings, Prior warnings
In May 2005, the US State Department issued a travel warning against non-essential trips to Indonesia. The travel warning was last updated 9 January 2007.


2005 Bali bombings, Prior warnings
A Philippine security official said that for months intelligence officials in Southeast Asia had received information that the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah group was orchestrating a major strike, possibly in the Philippines or Indonesia, but were unable to uncover the plot's details in time to prevent it.


2005 Bali bombings, Prior warnings
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's National News Radio network reported on 3 October that several Australian tourists had heard rumours about a planned bombing, prompting federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley to urge the Australian government to form closer intelligence ties with Indonesia.


2005 Bali bombings, Prior warnings
On 31 August 2005, one month before the second Bali bombing, terrorists managed to put a partially assembled bomb on the 4th floor of Kuta Paradiso hotel. The bomb passed the security check at the hotel and the security cameras on the hotel were broken. There were no explosives in the bomb.


2005 Bali bombings, Suspects
The attacks bear the hallmarks of the active terrorist network Jemaah Islamiah (JI), which is believed to be responsible for several bombings in Indonesia, including the Philippine consulate bombing in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing, the Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings, the 2002 Bali nightclub bombing, the 2002 Makassar bombing, the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing, the 2004 Australian Embassy bombing, the 2005 Palu market bombing and the 2009 Jakarta bombings. Rohan Gunaratna, head of terrorism research at Singapore's Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, told Agence France-Presse that "The only group that has the intention and capability to mount a coordinated and simultaneous attack against a western target in Indonesia is Jemaah Islamiyah."


2005 Bali bombings, Suspects
Although a link to JI has not been confirmed, the bombings were quickly condemned as terrorist attacks by the authorities. Police Major General Ansyaad Mbai, a top Indonesian anti-terrorism official, told the Associated Press that the bombings "were clearly the work of terrorists". Major General Mbai identified Malaysian men, already wanted in connection to previous bombings in Indonesia, as the suspected masterminds of the attacks. The chief suspect was Azahari Husin, a member of JI who was an engineering expert and former academic with a doctorate from University of Reading (late 1980s).


2005 Bali bombings, Suspects
Husin was nicknamed the "Demolition Man" and was thought to have collaborated with the second suspect: Noordin Mohammed Top, a bomb maker whose wife was sentenced to three years in prison for harbouring him. Azahari was killed in a police raid in November 2005, while Noordin "has been killed after a lengthy and violent siege, Indonesia's police chief said" by "heavily armed counter-terrorism police" on 16 September 2009.


2005 Bali bombings, Suspects
Motivations for the bombings remain unclear. Some, such as the Australian Prime Minister, have suggested the attacks were intended to undermine Indonesia's moderate democratic government. Moreover, media organisations have suggested that the attack was planned to correspond with massive fuel price increases in Indonesia, so as to maximise economic and political damage.


2005 Bali bombings, Suspects
On the contrary, Sidney Jones, of the International Crisis Group, believes that it was not an attempt to undermine democracy "per se", but rather an example of jihadist extremism: "I think they very much see the world in a black and white way, us against them, Muslims against infidels... [ They see] that the infidels led by the United States as part of a Christian-Zionist conspiracy are out to persecute and attack and eliminate Muslims around the world, and therefore, [they] have to run away."


2005 Bali bombings, Suspects
However, in common with the Prime Minister, Jones believes the attack was indiscriminate and not an attack on Australians "per se". She suggested Bali was selected as the site of the attacks because there was less chance of Indonesian gangsters being killed, and there was "a chance of getting a few foreigners".


2005 Bali bombings, Suspects
Following the attacks Abu Bakar Bashir, who is alleged to be JI's spiritual leader, released a statement from his prison cell, condemning the attack. But he added that the bombings were a sign of God's displeasure with the Indonesian government. He said: "I suggest the government bring themselves closer to God by implementing his rules and laws because these happenings are warnings from God for all of us." In an interview with Scott Atran from his cell in Cipinang Prison, Jakarta, Bashir said: "I call those who carried out these actions all mujahid.


2005 Bali bombings, Suspects
They all had a good intention, that is, Jihad in Allah’s way, the aim of the jihad is to look for blessing from Allah. They are right that America is the proper target because America fights Islam. So in terms of their objectives, they are right, and the target of their attacks was right also."


2005 Bali bombings, Investigation
Indonesian police believed that three suicide bombers carried out the bombings. A presidential spokesman Dino Djalal said that the police found a total of "six legs and three heads but no middle bodies, and that's the strong sign of suicide bombers." Photos of the three heads were published in The Jakarta Post on Monday, 3 October 2005. Initially, there were conflicting reports on the number of bombs; but later, the police confirmed only three bombs.


2005 Bali bombings, Investigation
An amateur video capturing the scene at the restaurant in Kuta showed one bomber with a backpack walking inside just seconds before a huge explosion.


2005 Bali bombings, Investigation
On the following Monday, on 3 October 2005, the police issued an appeal to the public for help identifying the suspected suicide bombers whose dismembered remains were found at the scene. Photos of the dead suspects were later distributed widely and a hotline was set up to receive tips.


2005 Bali bombings, Investigation
According to Banten Police Chief Senior Commissioner Badrodin Haiti, the Indonesian police are seeking five members of a ring led by Imam Samudra, who has been sentenced to death for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings. Three of the five men had already served jail sentences for holding explosives belonging to Samudra. They were under police surveillance but had disappeared from their homes.


2005 Bali bombings, Investigation
On 9 October 2005, police in Bali arrested a man, identified by the initials HS, who was allegedly a former roommate of one of the suicide bombers.


2005 Bali bombings, Investigation
According to Indonesian police, in 2005, a corrupt prison warden at the Kerobokan prison smuggled a laptop inside for Imam Samudra, the leader of the terrorist group involved in the first Bali bombing. He then used the laptop and a wireless connection to chat with other terrorist suspects.


2005 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 2005 Ball State Cardinals football team represented  Ball State University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Ball State competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Cardinals were led by Brady Hoke in his third year as head coach.


2005 Ballon d'Or
The 2005 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was delivered to the Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho on 28 November 2005. On 24 October 2005, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football.


2005 Ballon d'Or
There were 52 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and Yugoslavia. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).


2005 Ballon d'Or
Ronaldinho was the third Brazilian to win the award after Rivaldo (1999) and Ronaldo. Petr Čech (Czech Republic) was the top ranked goalkeeper in the list, at 14th place. Paolo Maldini (Italy) was the best ranked defender, at sixth, while Thierry Henry (France) was the top-ranked forward, at fourth place.


2005 Ballon d'Or, Rankings, Non-voted players
The following 26 men were originally in contention for the 2005 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:


2005 Ballymena Borough Council election
Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 24 councillors.


2005 Ballymena Borough Council election, Districts results, Ballymena North
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent


2005 Ballymena Borough Council election, Districts results, Ballymena South
2001: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2005 Ballymena Borough Council election, Districts results, Bannside
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP


2005 Ballymena Borough Council election, Districts results, Braid
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2005 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.


2005 Ballymoney Borough Council election, Districts results, Ballymoney Town
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP2001-2005 Change: No change


2005 Ballymoney Borough Council election, Districts results, Bann Valley
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP


2005 Ballymoney Borough Council election, Districts results, Bushvale
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from UUP (two seats), Independent leaves DUP


2005 Baltic Cup
The 2005 Baltic Cup football competition took place without one of the usual contenders in this Baltic states' championship: Estonia. Therefore, the event was reduced to a single match between Lithuania and Latvia.


2005 Baltimore Orioles season
The 2005 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. The team started off hot, compiling a record of 42 wins and 30 losses while spending 62 days in first place in AL East. After June 23, the team started slipping on the way to a losing record and manager Lee Mazzilli's dismissal in early August.


2005 Baltimore Orioles season, Season summary
The Baltimore Orioles had one of the best starts in franchise history, posting a record of 47–40. The Orioles, however, posted a 27–48 record after the all-star break, finishing 21 games behind the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.


2005 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2005 Baltimore Ravens season
The 2005 Baltimore Ravens season was the team's tenth season in the NFL. They were unable to improve upon their previous output of 9–7, instead going 6–10 and missing the playoffs for the second straight season.


2005 Banbridge District Council election
Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.


2005 Banbridge District Council election, Districts results, Banbridge Town
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2005 Banbridge District Council election, Districts results, Dromore
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2005 Banbridge District Council election, Districts results, Knockiveagh
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent2005: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent


2005 Bandy World Championship
The 2005 Bandy World Championship was played between 11 men's national bandy teams in Russia on 30 January-6 February 2005. Sweden became champions.


2005 Bandy World Championship squads
Below are the squads for the 2005 Bandy World Championship final tournament in Russia.


2005 Bangkok International Film Festival
The 2005 Bangkok International Film Festival started on January 13 and ran until January 24. The Golden Kinnaree Awards were announced on January 21.


2005 Bangladesh bombings
On 17 August 2005, around 500 bomb explosions occurred at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. The bombs exploded within a half-hour period starting from 11:30 am. An  terrorist organization, Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) claimed responsibility for the bombings. The group, led by Shaykh Abdur Rahman and Siddiqur Rahman (also known as Bangla Bhai), is alleged to be affiliated with Al Qaeda, although this has not been proven. Another terrorist group, named Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, was associated with JMB in executing the co-ordinated attack. Following the bombings, both groups were banned by the Government of Bangladesh.


2005 Bangladesh bombings, Attacks
The bomb exploded near Government facilities. In Dhaka, they exploded near Bangladesh Secretariat, the Supreme Court Complex, the Prime Minister's Office, the Dhaka University campus, the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel and Zia International Airport. At least 115 people were injured when 500 small bombs were exploded in 62 out of 63 districts of Bangladesh. The explosion killed two people (a child in Savar, near Dhaka, and a rickshaw-puller in Chapai Nawabganj District), and injured a further 50.


2005 Bangladesh bombings, Trials
The main perpetrators of the bombing, Bangla Bhai and Shaykh Abdur Rahman, were captured by the Rapid Action Battalion in early March 2006. They were convicted of murder and terrorism charges, along with four other militants, and were executed by hanging on 30 March 2007. Five suspects were sentenced to death and one to 20 years in prison for their part in the bomb attacks in Bogra. By 2013, 200 cases out of 273 cases filed in connection with 2005 Bangladesh bombings have been disposed of. Different courts have sentenced 58 people to death and  150 were sentenced to life in prison and 300 others were sentenced to various terms in prisons.


2005 Bank of the West Classic
The 2005 Bank of the West Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the Tier II Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It was the 34th edition of the tournament and took place at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, California, United States, from July 25 through July 31, 2005.


2005 Bank of the West Classic, Finals, Doubles
Cara Black /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Elena Likhovtseva /  Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 7–5


2005 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles
Eleni Daniilidou and Nicole Pratt were the defending champions, but Pratt did not compete this year. Daniilidou teamed up with Jennifer Russell and reached the quarterfinals, before being eliminated by Květa Peschke and Francesca Schiavone.


2005 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles
Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs won the final, defeating Elena Likhovtseva and Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2005 Bank of the West Classic – Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but retired in the second round against Anna-Lena Grönefeld due to a low back strain.


2005 Bank of the West Classic – Singles
Kim Clijsters won the title, defeating Venus Williams 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2005 Bank of the West Classic – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2005 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
The 2005 Banka Koper Slovenia Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the Slovenia Open, and was part of the WTA Tier IV tournaments of the 2005 women's professional tennis season. It was held in Portorož, Slovenia, in mid-September, 2006.


2005 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Finals, Doubles
Anabel Medina Garrigues /  Roberta Vinci claimed the title, when  Jelena Kostanić /  Katarina Srebotnik, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2


2005 Banka Koper Slovenia Open – Doubles
The Doubles Tournament at the 2005 Banka Koper Slovenia Open took place in mid-September on outdoor hard courts in Portorož, Slovenia.


2005 Banka Koper Slovenia Open – Doubles
Anabel Medina Garrigues and Roberta Vinci emerged as the winners.


2005 Banka Koper Slovenia Open – Singles
The Singles Tournament at the 2005 Banka Koper Slovenia Open took place in mid-September on outdoor hard courts in Portorož, Slovenia.


2005 Barbarians end of season tour
The 2005 Barbarians rugby union tour  was a series of matches played in May 2005 in by Barbarians F.C.


2005 Barbarians end of season tour, Results
In the first match, Scotland, without the player involved in Cardiff with the Lions tour to New Zealand, won easily.


2005 Barbarians end of season tour, Results
Scotland. : C.Paterson; Rory Lamont, Mark di Rollo, A.Henderson, Sean Lamont; G.Ross, Mike Blair; Allan Jacobsen, S. Lawson, B.Douglas, S.Grimes, S.Murray, K.Brown, A.Hogg, J.Petrie(capt) – Replacements: D Hall, E.0 Murray, C. Hamilton, A.Wilson, G.Beveridge, Dan Parks, Hugo Southwell.


2005 Barbarians end of season tour, Results
Barbarians: G.Dempsey (Ireland); B.Lima (Samoa), M-Burke(Australia), K.Maggs (Ireland), Sereli Bobo (Fiji); D.Humphreys (capt. ), B.redpath; A. lo Cicero, F.Sheahan (Ireland), D.Morris (Wales), Gary Longwell (Ireland), AJ Venter (South Africa), O.Finegan (Australia), Semo Sititi (Samoa), E.Miller (Ireland) -Replacements: R.Ibanez (France), C.Visagie (South Africa), S.Boome (South Africa), J.O'Connor (Ireland), M.Robinson (New Zealand), T.Castaignede (France), K.Logan (Scotland).


2005 Barbarians end of season tour, Results
Against Ireland (also without the better player involved in the Lions's tour, Barbarians obtain an easy win)


2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission
The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission preliminary list was released by the United States Department of Defense on May 13, 2005. It was the fifth Base Realignment and Closure ("BRAC") proposal generated since the process was created in 1988. It recommended closing 22 major United States military bases and the "realignment" (either enlarging or shrinking) of 33 others. On September 15, 2005,  President George W. Bush approved the BRAC Commission's recommendations, leaving the fate of the bases in question to the United States Congress.


2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission
Congress had a maximum of 45 days to reject the proposal by passing a joint resolution of disapproval, or the recommendations automatically enter into effect. Such a resolution (H.J.Res. 65) was introduced to the House of Representatives on September 23, 2005, by Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) (no such resolution was introduced in the Senate). The House took up debate of the resolution on October 26, 2005. The resolution failed to pass by a 324-85 margin, thereby enacting the list of recommendations. The Secretary of Defense was required to begin implementing the recommendations by September 15, 2007 and to complete implementation no later than September 15, 2011.


2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, Justifications
Pentagon officials calculated that, if adopted in full by the nine-member BRAC Commission, the recommendations would have saved almost $50 billion over 20 years. The BRAC Commission (officially known as the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission) disputed this claim, pointing out what it considered to be significant flaws in the Department's methodology. The Commission recalculated the 20-year savings of the DOD recommendation list at just above $37 billion. Between late May and late August, the Commission reviewed the list and amended many of the Pentagon's recommendations, removing several major installations from the closure list. The Commission calculated the overall 20-year savings to the government in carrying out its amended list of recommendations as close to $15 billion.


2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, Justifications
On May 12, 2005 Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the two-year effort to produce the list had several objectives:


2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, Justifications
The 2005 BRAC round was the fifth since the process was initiated in 1988, and the first since 1995. It differed significantly from preceding rounds in several respects:


2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, Recommendations
By merging adjacent installations belonging to different services 13 Joint Bases were created.


2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, Results
The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission resulted in a $35 billion increase in military spending, partly due to building new facilities. The military claimed, however, that it also resulted in a $4 billion reduction in annual spending.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2005 proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from recent players, voting Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs into the Hall. The Veterans Committee held a separate election to select from players retired more than 20 years, but did not elect anyone.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Induction ceremonies in Cooperstown were held July 31 with Commissioner Bud Selig presiding.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The BBWAA was again authorized to elect players active in 1985 or later, but not after 1999; the ballot included candidates from the 2004 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 1999. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. Results of the 2005 election by the BBWAA were announced on January 4. The ballot consisted of 27 players; 516 ballots were cast, with 387 votes required for election. A total of 3263 individual votes were cast, an average of 6.32 per ballot. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote (26 votes) will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). The two candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The newly-eligible candidates included 10 All Stars (two of whom were not on the ballot), who were selected for a combined total of 43 times. Wade Boggs, a 12-time All Star, and Darryl Strawberry, an eight-time All Star, were the only new candidates selected five or more times. The ballot included one Rookie of the Year (Strawberry), one Cy Young Award-winner (Jack McDowell), and one MVP (Willie McGee).


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Paul Assenmacher, Jeff Blauser, Mike Blowers, John Cangelosi, Jim Corsi, Rich DeLucia, Tony Fossas, Carlos García, Jack Howell, Darrin Jackson, Jeff King, Mike Macfarlane, Kirt Manwaring, Derrick May, Brian McRae, Eric Plunk, Mark Portugal, Mel Rojas, Paul Sorrento, and Dale Sveum.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Of the new players on the ballot, only Wade Boggs was elected; Willie McGee was the only other first-timer to receive enough votes to remain on the ballot, receiving the exact minimum (26) to stay eligible.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee
Rules enacted in August 2001 provided that the Veterans Committee would be expanded from its previous 15 members, elected to limited terms, to include the full living membership of the Hall. Elections for players retired over 20 years would be held every other year, with elections of non-players (managers, umpires and executives) held every fourth year. No candidates were elected from either ballot in 2003. Following 2004, when no Veterans election was held, the Committee voted in 2005 on players who were active no later than 1983; the next such election was in 2007. There was no 2005 election for non-players; the last such election was in 2003, and the next was held in 2007.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Preliminary phase
In December 2003, a Historical Overview Committee of nine sportswriters appointed by the BBWAA's Board of Directors met at the Hall of Fame's library and nominated 200 players who were active in the major leagues no later than 1983. They were provided with statistical information by the Elias Sports Bureau, official statistician for Major League Baseball since the 1920s, which also identified the 1,400 players with 10 or more years of play who were eligible.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Preliminary phase
The Historical Overview Committee comprised Bob Elliott (Toronto Sun), Steve Hirdt (Elias Sports Bureau), Rick Hummel (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), Moss Klein (Newark Star-Ledger), Bill Madden (New York Daily News), Ken Nigro (former Baltimore Sun writer), Jack O'Connell (The Hartford Courant), Tracy Ringolsby (Rocky Mountain News), and Mark Whicker (Orange Country Register). Their list of 200 players was announced April 19, 2004.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Preliminary phase
Players. († marks those newly eligible since 2003 (eight). They last played in the majors during 1982 or 1983.)


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Preliminary phase
Babe Adams - Joe Adcock - Dick Allen - Felipe Alou - Sal Bando - Dick Bartell - Ginger Beaumont - †Mark Belanger - Wally Berger - Bobby Bonds - Ken Boyer - Harry Brecheen - Tommy Bridges - Pete Browning - Charlie Buffinton - Lew Burdette - George H. Burns - George J. Burns - Dolph Camilli - †Bert Campaneris - Bob Caruthers - George Case - Norm Cash - Phil Cavarretta - Spud Chandler - Ben Chapman - Rocky Colavito - Mort Cooper - Walker Cooper - Wilbur Cooper - Doc Cramer - Del Crandall - Gavvy Cravath - Lave Cross - Mike Cuellar - Bill Dahlen - Alvin Dark - Jake Daubert - Tommy Davis - Willie Davis - Paul Derringer - Dom DiMaggio - Patsy Donovan - Larry Doyle - Jimmy Dykes - Bob Elliott - Del Ennis - Carl Erskine - Elroy Face - Wes Ferrell - Freddie Fitzsimmons - Curt Flood - Bill Freehan - Jim Fregosi - Carl Furillo - Mike Garcia - Junior Gilliam - Jack Glasscock - Joe Gordon - Charlie Grimm - Dick Groat - Heinie Groh - Stan Hack - Harvey Haddix - Mel Harder - Jeff Heath - Tommy Henrich - Babe Herman - Pinky Higgins - John Hiller - Gil Hodges - Ken Holtzman - Willie Horton - Elston Howard - Frank Howard - Dummy Hoy - Larry Jackson - Jackie Jensen - Sam Jethroe - Bob L. Johnson - Davey Johnson - Joe Judge - †Jim Kaat - Willie Kamm - Ken Keltner - Don Kessinger - Johnny Kling - Ted Kluszewski - Ray Kremer - Harvey Kuenn - Joe Kuhel - Vern Law - Sam Leever - Mickey Lolich - Sherm Lollar - Herman Long - Eddie Lopat - Dolf Luque - †Sparky Lyle - Sal Maglie - Jim Maloney - Firpo Marberry - Marty Marion - Roger Maris - Mike G. Marshall - Pepper Martin - †Lee May - Carl Mays - Tim McCarver - Frank McCormick - Lindy McDaniel - Gil McDougald - Sam McDowell - Stuffy McInnis - Denny McLain - Roy McMillan - Dave McNally - Andy Messersmith - Bob Meusel - Irish Meusel - Bing Miller - Stu Miller - Minnie Miñoso - Terry Moore - Tony Mullane - Thurman Munson - †Bobby Murcer - Johnny Murphy - Buddy Myer - Art Nehf - Don Newcombe - Bobo Newsom - Lefty O'Doul - Tony Oliva - Claude Osteen - Andy Pafko - Milt Pappas - Camilo Pascual - Ron Perranoski - Jim Perry - Johnny Pesky - Rico Petrocelli - Deacon Phillippe - Billy Pierce - Vada Pinson - Wally Pipp - Johnny Podres - Boog Powell - Jack Quinn - Vic Raschi - Ed Reulbach - Allie Reynolds - Eddie Rommel - Charlie Root - Al Rosen - Schoolboy Rowe - Pete Runnels - Jimmy Ryan - Johnny Sain - Ron Santo - Hank Sauer - Wally Schang - George Scott - Rip Sewell - Bob Shawkey - Urban Shocker - Roy Sievers - Curt Simmons - †Reggie Smith - Vern Stephens - Riggs Stephenson - Mel Stottlemyre - Harry Stovey - Jesse Tannehill - Tony Taylor - Johnny Temple - Fred Tenney - Bobby Thomson - †Luis Tiant - Mike Tiernan - Joe Torre - Cecil Travis - Hal Trosky - Virgil Trucks - Johnny Vander Meer - George Van Haltren - Bobby Veach - Mickey Vernon - Dixie Walker - Bucky Walters - Lon Warneke - Will White - Cy Williams - Ken R. Williams - Maury Wills - Smoky Joe Wood - Wilbur Wood - Glenn Wright - Jimmy Wynn - Rudy York


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Preliminary phase
The 200 players were almost evenly divided between players retired less than 50 years (99 players retired from 1955 to 1983) and those retired over 50 years (101 players retired 1954 or earlier).


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Preliminary phase
The list of 200 was almost identical to the list prepared for the 2003 election; apart from the eight players who were newly eligible, only Larry Doyle, Andy Pafko and Smoky Joe Wood were added to the list, for a net change of 11 individuals. Perhaps due to the reliance on official statistics – often incomplete in the sport's early years – provided by the Elias Sports Bureau, the committee included very few players from the sport's first half-century, which remained poorly represented in the Hall; only 15 players were included who made their debut before 1893.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Preliminary phase
Although the Hall's current membership included fewer than a dozen non-pitchers of the 1870s and 1880s, compared to nearly 50 from the 1930s and 1940s, the committee included nearly 50 more players from the period between 1920 and 1945, but only 7 who played primarily in the 25 years before 1893: first baseman/outfielder Harry Stovey, shortstop Jack Glasscock, outfielder Pete Browning, and pitchers Charlie Buffinton, Bob Caruthers, Tony Mullane and Will White. The inclusion of Will White was remarkable in that his brother Deacon White is widely accepted as having been a far greater player. In addition to Deacon White, stars of the 19th century who were omitted included Paul Hines, Deacon McGuire, Cupid Childs, Bobby Lowe, George Gore, Hardy Richardson, Ezra Sutton, Arlie Latham, Fred Pfeffer and Joe Start.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Preliminary phase
By primary fielding position the nominees were starting pitchers (66), relief pitchers (9), catchers (10), first basemen (24), second basemen (8), third basemen (13), shortstops (19), left fielders (18), center fielders (17) and right fielders (16).


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Phase two
The Historical Overview nominations were forwarded to a 60-member BBWAA screening committee comprising two writers from each major league city. In summer 2004 they elected 25 players who would appear on the final ballot. (Everyone voted for 25 nominees.) Meanwhile, a committee of six Hall of Fame members independently selected five of the 200 nominees who would appear on the final ballot, which would thereby comprise 25 to 30 players.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Phase two
Evidently the writers named all of the Hall of Fame members' five selections, for there were 25 on the final ballot.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Final ballot
On December 6, 2004, the final ballot of 25 candidates was announced. Those selected played primarily from the 1950s onward, with only 5 of the 25 candidates having retired before 1960, and only three pitchers – Smoky Joe Wood, Carl Mays and Wes Ferrell – having retired before 1950. The BBWAA screening committee had failed to include any candidates from the era before 1910. This likely reflected a tendency among the voting writers to vote only for those players they had seen themselves, and to withhold votes from earlier players.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Final ballot
All 60 living members of the Hall were eligible to cast ballots in the final election, along with the 8 living recipients of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, the 14 living recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award, and the sole additional member of the pre-2001 Veterans Committee whose term had not yet expired (John McHale). Balloting was conducted by mail in January 2005, with voters permitted to vote for up to 10 candidates from the ballot of 25 individuals; all candidates who received at least 75% of the vote would be elected. Results of the voting by the Veterans Committee were announced on March 2.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Final ballot
There were 83 eligible voters, 80 of whom cast ballots; 60 votes were required for election. In all, 458 individual votes were cast, for an average of 5.73 votes per ballot. For the second consecutive Veterans Committee election, no player was elected. Of the 21 candidates who were also on the 2003 ballot, only 7 gained more votes in 2005, with only Joe Torre (7), Ron Santo (6) and Ken Boyer (4) increasing their totals by more than two votes. Candidates who were considered by the Committee for the first time are indicated here with a †; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The complete ballot, with the number of votes cast for each candidate, was:


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Reaction
Hall of Fame chairwoman Jane Forbes Clark responded to the Committee's failure to elect anyone by saying: "The results of the last two elections show that the writers – by and large – have done a great job of electing players to the Hall of Fame. The current process works by upholding the Hall of Fame's high standards for election and by providing a more open, more inclusive and more understandable process." Noting that the top candidates gained slightly from the 2003 voting, she added: "What's encouraging for me is that this shows the process to be dynamic, not static."


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Reaction
Hall of Fame member Tom Seaver, noting that he had voted for three candidates including Gil Hodges, said of the chances of future selections: "I'm of the opinion it's going to be awfully hard, and maybe that's how it should be." He added: "Will somebody make it out of this committee one day? Absolutely. I'm convinced they will."


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Reaction
But response from observers in the press and throughout baseball was widely critical. Stephen Cannella of Sports Illustrated wrote: "Seaver's right. Hall of Fame standards should be high. But letting the inmates play gatekeeper allows them to make those standards unreachable. ... it might be too much to ask Hall of Famers to be guardians of their realm. ... Would you want to belong to a club that would have anyone else as a member?"


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Reaction
Mike Downey of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "And once again these gentlemen made it crystal clear they like their society being extremely exclusive. They act as aristocratically as a board from a private school or a homeowners association in the Hamptons. ... if the vote were left strictly to former players, they might not let another soul in."


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Reaction
Dave Anderson wrote in The New York Times: "It's time not only for the Cooperstown pooh-bahs to rethink this realigned committee's selection process, but also to question the responsibility of the do-nothing committee ... after two veterans committee shutouts, it's fair to wonder how responsibly do the Hall of Famers, especially the 58 ex-players among them, take their duty as voters?


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Reaction
Do they really study the two pages of statistics, rankings and highlights supplied to them for each of the 25 candidates on the ballot – particularly those of players from other eras whom they never competed against and probably know nothing about? Do they just glance at the list and make a snap judgment?"


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Reaction
Some writers specifically lamented the failure to elect particular candidates. Ken Rosenthal wrote for The Sporting News: "The writers blew it, and now the Veterans Committee is blowing it. Former Cubs third baseman Ron Santo should be in the Hall of Fame. Santo's career .826 OPS is more than 100 points higher than Brooks Robinson's and is only 30 points lower than George Brett's. Nine All-Star Games, five Gold Gloves – what exactly is the problem?" And Bill Madden of the New York Daily News wrote: "Another exercise in futility by the new and expanded Veterans Committee has again left Gil Hodges waiting on the Hall of Fame doorstep."


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee, Reaction
Candidate Tony Oliva responded to the election by saying: "It's almost impossible to go into the Hall of Fame the way the system is now. It's ridiculous." And Ron Santo said: "It was a very tough day. ... I'm fortunate to have a wonderful family that puts everything into perspective. ... It was hard to believe no one got in. One thing I can say is the next time I won't be sitting at home waiting for the phone."


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Peter Gammons received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring a baseball writer. (The award was voted at the December 2004 meeting of the BBWAA, dated 2004, and conferred in the summer 2005 ceremonies.)


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
The Spink Award has been presented by the BBWAA at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1962. It recognizes a sportswriter "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing". The recipients are not members of the Hall of the Fame, merely featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum, but writers and broadcasters commonly call them "Hall of Fame writers" or words to that effect. Living recipients were members of the Veterans Committee for elections in odd years 2003 to 2007.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Three final candidates, selected by a BBWAA committee, were named on July 13, 2004 in Houston in conjunction with All-Star Game activities; the finalists were: Peter Gammons of The Boston Globe, Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine; the late Vern Plagenhoef, who covered the Detroit Tigers for Michigan's Booth Newspaper Group; and Tracy Ringolsby, who has covered the Colorado Rockies for the Rocky Mountain News since 1993 and has completed 30 seasons as a baseball writer. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to cast ballots in voting conducted by mail in November.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
On December 12, Peter Gammons was announced as the recipient, having received 248 votes out of the 448 ballots cast, with Ringolsby receiving 134 votes and Plagenhoef receiving 66.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
Jerry Coleman received the Ford C. Frick Award honoring a baseball broadcaster.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
The Frick Award has been presented at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1978. It recognizes a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball". The recipients are not members of the Hall of the Fame, merely featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum, but writers and broadcasters commonly call them "Hall of Fame broadcaster" or words to that effect. Living honorees were members of the Veterans Committee for elections in odd years 2003 to 2007.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
To be eligible, an active or retired broadcaster must have a minimum of 10 years of continuous major league broadcast service with a ball club, a network, or a combination of the two; more than 160 candidates were eligible.


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
On December 13, 2004, 10 finalists were announced. In accordance with guidelines established in 2003, seven were chosen by a research committee at the museum: Jerry Coleman, Ken Coleman, Dizzy Dean, Gene Elston, Tony Kubek, France Laux and Graham McNamee. Three additional candidates – Dave Niehaus, Tom Cheek and Ron Santo – were selected in voting by over 65,000 fans prior to November 2004 at the Hall's official website .


2005 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
On February 22, Jerry Coleman was announced as the 2005 recipient ; a former major league infielder and the voice of the San Diego Padres almost continuously since 1972, he was selected in a January vote by a 20-member committee composed of the 14 living recipients, along with six additional broadcasting historians or columnists: Bob Costas (NBC), Barry Horn (The Dallas Morning News), Stan Isaacs (formerly of New York Newsday), Ted Patterson (historian), Curt Smith (historian) and Larry Stewart (Los Angeles Times). Committee members are asked to base the selection on the following criteria: longevity; continuity with a club; honors, including national assignments such as the World Series and All-Star Games; and popularity with fans.


2005 Baseball World Cup
The 2005 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 36th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the second time, in the Netherlands, from September 2 to 17. Cuba defeated South Korea in the final, winning its 26th title.


2005 Baseball World Cup
There were 18 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals. Games were played in the Dutch cities of Rotterdam, Haarlem, Almere, Amsterdam and Eindhoven.


2005 Baseball World Cup
The next three competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.


2005 Basilicata regional election
The Basilicata regional election of 2005 took place on 17–18 April 2005.


2005 Basilicata regional election
Due to some legal issues with the presentation of the list of Social Alternative, Basilicata did not vote along with the other Italian regions in the 3-4 April 2005 regional elections, but a couple of weeks later instead, on 17–18 April 2005. The victory of The Union coalition, which obtained more than two thirds of the vote, was the largest in Italy and Vito De Filippo (DL) was elected President by a landslide.


2005 Basque regional election
The 2005 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 17 April 2005, to elect the 8th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.


2005 Basque regional election
The electoral coalition Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) won 29 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE) came second with 18 seats, the People's Party (PP) came in third with 15 seats. The controversial Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (PCTV/EHAK) won 9 seats, having been endorsed by the banned Batasuna party.


2005 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Basque Parliament was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a lehendakari.


2005 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency.


2005 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa, being allocated a fixed number of 25 seats each to provide for an equal representation of the three provinces in parliament as required under the regional statute of autonomy. This meant that Álava was allocated the same number of seats as Biscay and Gipuzkoa, despite their populations being, as of 1 January 2005: 298,830, 1,132,163 and 684,269, respectively.


2005 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.


2005 Basque regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Basque Parliament expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Basque Country (BOPV), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 13 May 2001, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 13 May 2005. The election decree was required to be published in the BOPV no later than 19 April 2005, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 12 June 2005.


2005 Basque regional election, Overview, Election date
The lehendakari had the prerogative to dissolve the Basque Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament was to be dissolved and a fresh election called.


2005 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


2005 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


2005 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.


2005 Batman Begins 400
The 2005 Batman Begins 400 was a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series racing event held on June 19, 2005, at Michigan International Speedway in the American community of Brooklyn, Michigan.


2005 Batman Begins 400
Run over 200 laps, the race was the fifteenth in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season and took place around the time of the controversial 2005 United States Grand Prix that Michael Schumacher would dominate.


2005 Batman Begins 400, Race recap
On April 27, 2005 Warner Bros. would announce that the race would be sponsored by the movie Batman Begins, marking the first time a motion picture sponsored a Cup Series race. In a press release, NASCAR CEO and chairman Brian France said "Batman will cheer on the 43 super heroes that will be competing for the Batman Begins 400 at Michigan International Speedway." Along with the sponsorship, the Batmobile served as the honorary pace car for the race, while Batman was the grand marshal, and Karen Newman sang the national anthem.


2005 Batman Begins 400, Race recap
Mark Martin also ran a Batman Begins paint scheme, along with Ricky Craven at the Paramount Health Insurance 200 on the previous day. Defending race winner Ryan Newman of Penske Racing won the pole position after breaking the track record with a speed of 194.232 miles per hour (312.586 km/h), breaking the original record held by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in 2001, while Roush Racing's Greg Biffle won the race. Michigan International Speedway has been a Ford dominated track starting in 1984, and a Mercury track before that from 1969-78. It was also a track that suited a smooth driver or a driver that could change his driving tactics for Michigan International Speedway.


2005 Batman Begins 400, Race recap
Tony Stewart would dominate the race, he would end up leading a race-high 97 laps. However, on lap 168, Stewart took a four-tire pit stop, while Greg Biffle, Elliott Sadler and  Roush Racing teammates Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and Kurt Busch, as they and other drivers had pitted 12 laps earlier; Joe Nemechek and Michael Waltrip also beat Stewart to the track, forcing him to start in eighth on lap 174. Biffle, who led 67 laps, would go on to win his eighth career Cup race and fifth of the season.


2005 Batman Begins 400, Race recap
Stewart was able to fight his way into second, while Mark Martin finished in third. Kenseth and Edwards rounded out the top five. Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished the race in 32nd and 17th, respectively, and were knocked out of contention for the 2005 Chase for the Nextel Cup.


2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships
The 2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the Amelia Island Championships, and was part of the WTA Tier II series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, Florida, from April 4 through April 10, 2005.


2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Finals, Singles
It was the 2nd title for Davenport in the season and the 47th title in her singles career.


2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Finals, Doubles
It was the 2nd title for both Stewart and Stosur in their respective doubles careers.


2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles
Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but were forced to withdraw as Shaughnessy suffered a lower back injury during her singles match against Peng Shuai.


2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles
Bryanne Stewart and Samantha Stosur won the title by defeating Květa Peschke and Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion and successfully defended her title by defeating Silvia Farina Elia 7–5, 7–5 in the final.


2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2005 Bavarian Cup
The 2005 Bavarian Cup was the eighth edition of this competition, organised by the Bavarian Football Association (BFV), which was started in 1998. It ended with the Jahn Regensburg winning the competition. Together with the finalist, FC Ingolstadt 04, both clubs were qualified for the DFB Cup 2005-06.


2005 Bavarian Cup
The competition is open to all senior men's football teams playing within the Bavarian football league system and the Bavarian clubs in the Regionalliga Süd (III).


2005 Bavarian Cup, Rules & History
The seven Bezirke in Bavaria each play their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup (DFB-Pokal). Since 1998 these seven cup-winners plus the losing finalist of the region that won the previous event advance to the newly introduced Bavarian Cup, the Toto-Pokal. The two finalists of this competition advance to the German Cup. Bavarian clubs which play in the first or second Bundesliga are not permitted to take part in the event, their reserve teams however can. The seven regional cup winners plus the finalist from last season's winners region are qualified for the first round.


2005 Bavarian Cup, Participating clubs
The following eight clubs qualified for the 2006 Bavarian Cup:


2005 Bavarian Cup, DFB Cup 2005-06
The two clubs, Jahn Regensburg and FC Ingolstadt 04, who qualified through the Bavarian Cup for the DFB Cup 2005-06 both were knocked out in the first round of the national cup competition:


2005 Bayern–Rundfahrt
The 2005 Bayern–Rundfahrt was the 26th edition of the Bayern–Rundfahrt cycle race and was held on 25 May to 29 May 2005. The race started in Kempten and finished in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. The race was won by Michael Rich.


2005 Baylor Bears baseball team
The 2005 Baylor Bears baseball team represented Baylor University in the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball season. The head coach was Steve Smith, serving his 11th year. The team played its home games at Baylor Ballpark in Waco, Texas.


2005 Baylor Bears baseball team, Season summary
The Bears played one of the toughest schedules in the nation and managed a 39-21 record going into NCAA postseason play. The team won the Big 12 Conference behind a 19-8 conference record and hosted an NCAA Regional in Waco. The Bears defeated UTSA, TCU, and Stanford, to progress to an NCAA Super Regional. The Clemson Tigers, out of the ACC Conference, came to Waco for the two-of-three series. The Bears lost the Saturday night game but rebounded on Sunday and Monday to advance to the 2005 College World Series.


2005 Baylor Bears baseball team, Season summary
In the CWS, the Bears were matched against the University of Texas, whom they had beaten 3 times during conference play. The Longhorns defeated the Bears in Game 1, putting Baylor into an elimination bracket with Oregon State. In an extra innings contest, the Bears defeated Oregon State, 4-3, to advance to play #1 Tulane. After being down 7-0 early in the game, Baylor scored 8 runs in the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings, including 3 runs in the 9th, to beat the highly ranked Green Wave, 8-7.


2005 Baylor Bears baseball team, Season summary
In a rematch against the University of Texas, Baylor led 3-2 in the 8th inning, but fell to the Longhorns 4-3 to end the season. The strength of the 2005 team was their pitching, with a weekend rotation of Trey Taylor, Cory VanAllen, and Mark McCormick with closers Abe Woody and Ryan LaMotta. The offense was criticized heavily in the regular season for lack of power, but produced in postseason play. Many players from this team continue to play baseball.


2005 Baylor Bears football team
The 2005 Baylor Bears football team (variously "Baylor", "BU", or the "Bears") represented Baylor University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They were coached by head coach Guy Morriss.


2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships
These page shows the results of the Beach Volleyball World Championships, held 21–26 June 2005 in Berlin, Germany. It was the fifth official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships (1987–1996) all held in Rio de Janeiro.


2005 Bedford municipal election
The 2005 Town of Bedford municipal election took place on November 6, 2005, to elect a mayor and councillors in the town of Bedford, Quebec. All members of council were returned without opposition.


2005 Begumpet suicide bombing
The 2005 Begumpet suicide bombing resulted in the deaths of two persons at the Hyderabad City Police Commissioner's Task Force office at Begumpet. On 12 October 2005, at around 7.30 PM IST, a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the Task Force office killing himself and 45-year-old home guard A. Satyanarayana.


2005 Begumpet suicide bombing
The suicide bomber was reported to be a Bangladeshi national Dalin alias Mohtasim Billal, member of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI), a banned Islamic terror group.


2005 Begumpet suicide bombing
Ghulam Yazdani and Shahed Bilal key accused in the bombing died on 8 March 2006 and 30 August 2007 respectively. The bombing was reported to be carried out to avenge the killing of Mujahid Salim, son of SIMI patron Maulana Abdul Aleem Islahi, by Gujarat police in 2004.


2005 Beijing Guoan F.C. season
The  2005 Beijing Guoan F.C. season  was their 2nd consecutive season in the Chinese Super League, established  in the 2004, and 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. They competed in the Chinese Super League, FA Cup and Super League Cup.


2005 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2005 Belarusian First League
2005 Belarusian First League was the fifteenth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2005.


2005 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2004 season
Two top teams of the last season (Lokomotiv Minsk and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2004 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and Belshina Bobruisk).


2005 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2004 season
Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2004 season table (Vertikal Kalinkovichi and Dinamo-Juni Minsk) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2004 Second League (Smena Minsk and Orsha).


2005 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2004 season
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa were not able to fulfill Premier League licensing criteria and remained in the First League.


2005 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2004 season
Molodechno-2000 (who finished 13th last season) withdrew to the Second League due to insufficient financing.


2005 Belarusian Premier League
The 2005 Belarusian Premier League was the 15th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 16 and ended on November 5, 2005. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.


2005 Belarusian Premier League, Team changes from 2004 season
Two lowest placed teams in 2004 (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and Belshina Bobruisk) relegated to First League. Lokomotiv Minsk won the 2004 First League and were promoted. Vedrich-97 Rechytsa finished 2nd in First League and were supposed to be promoted as well. However, due to weak club infrastructure they couldn't obtain licence to compete in Premiere League and decided to stay in First League.


2005 Belarusian Premier League, Team changes from 2004 season
Torpedo-SKA Minsk, who finished 6th in 2004, lost financial support from their sponsor in early 2005 and, after losing almost all their main squad and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to Second League. BFF decided not to replace two withdrawn teams with anyone and the league was reduced to 14 clubs. Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk changed their name to Zvezda-BGU Minsk.


2005 Belarusian Premier League, Overview
Shakhtyor Soligorsk won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2005–06 Cup winners BATE Borisov qualified for UEFA Cup. Zvezda-BGU Minsk and Slavia, who finished on last two places, relegated to the First League.


2005 Belfast City Council election
Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.


2005 Belfast City Council election
The DUP emerged as the largest party, and Wallace Browne became Lord Mayor.


2005 Belfast City Council election, District results, Balmoral
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2005 Belfast City Council election, District results, Castle
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2001-2005 Change: No change


2005 Belfast City Council election, District results, Court
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2005 Belfast City Council election, District results, Laganbank
2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2005 Belfast City Council election, District results, Lower Falls
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2005: 5 x Sinn Féin2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP


2005 Belfast City Council election, District results, Oldpark
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2001-2005 Change: UUP gain from PUP


2005 Belfast City Council election, District results, Pottinger
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Sinn Féin


2005 Belfast City Council election, District results, Upper Falls
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2001-2005 Change: No change


2005 Belfast City Council election, District results, Victoria
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance2005: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP