2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format
The All-Ireland Quarter-Finals: Each of the four Provincial Champions played one of the four winners from Round 4. The All-Ireland Semi-Finals shall be on a Provincial rots basis, initially determined by the Central Council. If a Provincial Championship winning team is defeated in its Quarter-Final, the team that defeats it shall take its place in the Semi-Final.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers
The losers of the Preliminary round matches and quarter final matches of each provincial championship started the qualifier.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 2
The winners of round 1 were joined by the semi final losers of each provincial championship. The matches would be between a round 2 winner and a provincial championship semi final loser.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 3
The winners of round 2 contest as the matches from here were lowered to four. Matches were open.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 4
The winners of round 3 were joined by the losers of each provincial championship final. The matches would be between a round 3 winner and the loser of a provincial championship final.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland series
The provincial champions and the winners of round 4 contested the quarter finals. The quarter final matches would be between a provincial champion and a round 4 winner.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 118th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Tyrone captained by Brian Dooher won their second title with a three-point win.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the second greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 119th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the provincial fixtures took place on 17 October 2004. The championship began on 15 May 2005 and ended on 11 September 2005.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
On 11 September 2005, Cork won the championship after a 1–21 to 1–16 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. This was their 30th All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Galway's Ger Farragher was the championship's top scorer with 3-57.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, New Format
On 17 April 2004, the Hurling Development Committee's proposal to restructure the entire championship system was endorsed by Congress. The new format resulted in a three-tier championship. In the top grade 12 teams would compete for the Liam MacCarthy Cup, with the first round losers and beaten semi-finalists from Leinster and Munster joining Antrim and Galway in a league section split into two groups. The group winners would re-enter the championship at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage, meeting the losing provincial finalists. The runners-up in each group would face the Leinster and Munster champions in the last eight.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, New Format
The new format provided two additional quarter-finals, a minimum of three games for each team and four for the vast majority. In the league section, matches would be played on a home and away basis. The bottom-placed teams in both groups would contest the relegation section with the eventual loser being relegated to the Christy Ring Cup.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams, Overview
Twelve teams participated in hurling's top tier in 2005. These were the same 12 teams who competed in Division 1 of the National Hurling League. The provincial championships in Leinster and Munster featured five teams each, while Antrim and Galway entered the championship at the group stage.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match that took place on Sunday, 11 September 2005. The match was played at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, to determine the winner of the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The final was contested by Cork and Galway, with Cork winning on a score line of 1–21 to 1–16. It was their second consecutive All-Ireland title.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
This was the 29th championship meeting between Cork and Galway in over one hundred years of competitive games. Cork had won the previous twenty-four encounters while Galway had only put Cork to the sword four times. Furthermore, Cork had a 100% record over Galway in All-Ireland finals. Their last meeting at this stage of the championship was in 1990, when Cork staged a great comeback to take the title. Galway's four victories over Cork, on the other hand, came in games when Cork were expected to win easily.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland semi-finals of 1975, 1979 and 1985 saw Galway catch Cork on the hop, while their most recent victory over 'the Rebels' came in an All-Ireland qualifier in 2002. The game was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ Two as part of the Sunday game live with match commentary provided by Ger Canning and analysis by Michael Duignan.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half
Cork, as reigning All-Ireland champions, began the game in confident mood. Their defence stood up to the Galway attack with Ronan Curran producing his best game of the year.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half
It was 0–4 to 0–1 after just ten minutes, during which time Brian Corcoran looked threatening in full-forward line. All of the Cork players settled much better than their Galway counterparts, with Timmy McCarthy, Tom Kenny and Jerry O'Connor all winning the most of the possession in the centre of the field.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half
Cork were almost totally in control by the half-way stage of the opening thirty-five minutes. It wasn't a surprise, then, to see them produce a goal in the sixteenth minute, coming from Ben O'Connor's clinical finishing. Cork were now six points in front and there were still no signs of Galway repeating their semi-final performance and springing an ambush.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half
Derek Hardiman and Alan Kerins launched the Galway attack. The latter scored three points against John Gardiner, resulting in the Cork number five being moved to the opposite wing. Kerins might have had a goal immediately after O’Connor's strike, only for Donal Óg Cusack bringing off a terrific save.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half
Niall Healy was unable to trouble full-back Diarmuid O'Sullivan, while Damien Hayes didn't get enough ball to trouble corner-back Pat Mulcahy.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half
There was no appreciable change in the direction of the game until about 15 minutes from half time, by which time Galway had begun to make real progress. It started with a tightening of the defence, which saw former captain Ollie Canning excel in the left corner, Tony Óg Regan starting to come to terms with the threat from Corcoran and David Collins coming into his own at left-half.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half
Cork gave away frees which presented Ger Farragher with two scores and saw the two midfielders each put over a score.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half
For the first time, Cork were beginning to struggle as a result of their lack of penetration in the half-forward line, the inability of Joe Deane to make any headway against Damien Joyce and Corcoran's struggle to make space for himself at full-forward.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half
Inaccuracy was another factor which lessened their influence and Galway finished the half trailing by only two points – 1–9 to 0–10.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half
On the restart Cork quickly recovered their form with three points in a seven-minute period. It meant that Cork's ability to pick off scores more easily than Galway gave them the confidence to hurl comfortably within themselves, without being put under serious pressure.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half
That self-belief also came through after Hayes put the ball in the net following another excellent save by Cusack, from Richie Murray. The margin was now down to just a single point.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half
The game was now at its most critical stage, when Galway were either going to continue their revival or the champions were going to draw on their reserves of confidence and craft. Essentially, the latter happened. Once again, they came out on top in defence – John Gardiner's move to left wing-back benefiting him, while captrain Seán Óg Ó hAilpín was inspirational in everything he did.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half
Galway contributed to their own downfall through poor shooting and a disappointing response from Murray and David Forde in the half-forward line.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half
The advantage from the back gradually moved forward, eliciting excellent play once more from Kenny and Jerry O’Connor, who put valuable scores on the board.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half
Cork scored six points to Galway's two over the last 10 minutes. With Ronan Curran finishing as strongly as he started the game and Ben O’Connor picking off some great scores, Cork eased their way to victory – 1–21 to 1–16.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Galway. It was Cork's first final and Galway's third. Galway were also the reigning champions, having won the 2004 final. Galway led 0–4 to 0–3 at half-time, but Player of the Match, Valerie Mulcahy, subsequently scored 1–5 to help Cork win their first All-Ireland title. Cork eventually won 1–11 to 0–8. It was also the first of five consecutive All-Ireland finals that Cork would win between 2005 and 2009.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The Galway team featured Annette Clarke as well as Claire Molloy, a future Ireland women's rugby union international, and Niamh Fahey, a future Republic of Ireland women's association football international.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Elaine Harte2 Bríd Stack3 Angela Walsh4 Rena Buckley5 Briege Corkery6 Ciara Walsh7 S. O'Reilly8 Juliet Murphy (c)9 Norita Kelly10 Amanda Murphy11 Regina Curtin12 Nollaig Cleary13 Valerie Mulcahy14 Caoimhe Creedon15 Geraldine O'Flynn


2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Mary O'Connor forO’Flynn (27)Deirdre O'Reilly for Creedon (40)A O'Connor forCurtin (55)N Keohane for A. Murphy (62)


2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Una Carroll2 M. Glynn3 Ruth Stephens4 Anne-Marie McDonough5 Marie O'Connell6 Aoibheann Daly (c)7 Emer Flaherty8 Annette Clarke9 Edel Concannon10 Geraldine Conneally11  Niamh Duggan12 Philomena Ni Fhlatharta13 Rebecca McPhilbin14 Niamh Fahey15 Lorna Joyce


2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Patricia Gleeson for Joyce (41)Claire Molloy for McDonough(44)Lisa Cohill for McPhilbin (52)


2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 42nd staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament for players under the age of twenty-one. The championship began on 31 May 2005 and ended on 18 September 2005.


2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
On 18 September 2005, Galway won the championship following a 1-15 to 1-14 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 8th All-Ireland title and their first since 1996.


2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
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2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick on 18 September 2005 to determine the winners of the 2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 42nd season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Galway of Connacht and Kilkenny of Leinster, with Galway winning by 1-15 to 1-14.


2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Galway and Kilkenny was their sixth meeting in a decider, including one replay. Galway were hoping to claim their 8th championship. Kilkenny, the reigning champions of the previous two years, were hoping to claim their 10th title and a hat-trick of titles for the first time in their history.


2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Galway led 1-7 to 1-6 at the break, with Eoin Larkin scoring all but one of Kilkenny's points. Aonghus Callanan scored Galway's goal in the 13th minute. Kilkenny looked certain winners as they went into the final six minutes armed with a 1-14 to 1-11 lead, however, they failed to score again. Galway cracked home the final four points, including two from 2004 minor-winner Kerril Wade, to clinch a one-point victory.


2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Galway's All-Ireland victory was their first since 1996. The victory put them in joint third position with Tipperary on the all-time roll of honour.


2005 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team
The 2005 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-10 Conference teams for the 2005 college football season. The USC Trojans won the conference, posting an undefeated 8–0 conference record (though this was later vacated).. USC then lost to the Texas Longhorns in the Rose Bowl BCS National Championship Game 41 to 38. USC running back Reggie Bush was voted Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. Oregon defensive tackle Haloti Ngata and Arizona State linebacker Dale Robinson were voted Pat Tillman Pac-10 Co-Defensive Players of the Year.


2005 All-Pro Team
The 2005 All-Pro Team was composed of the National Football League players that were named to the Associated Press, Pro Football Writers Association, and The Sporting News All-Pro Teams in 2005. Both first and second teams are listed for the AP team. These are the three teams that are included in Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League. In 2005 the Pro Football Writers Association and Pro Football Weekly combined their All-pro teams, a practice which continued through 2008.


2005 All-SEC football team
The 2005 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2005 All-SEC football team
The Georgia Bulldogs won the conference, beating the LSU Tigers 34 to 14 in the SEC Championship.


2005 All-SEC football team
Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler was voted AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Alabama linebacker Demeco Ryans, a unanimous selection by both AP and the coaches, was voted AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.


2005 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP


2005 Allan Cup
The 2005 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 2004-05 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Lloydminster Border Kings in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan/Alberta. The 2005 tournament marked the 97th year that the Allan Cup has been awarded.


2005 Allan Cup
This Allan Cup coincided with the 2004-05 NHL lockout which had wiped out the entire 2004-05 NHL season including the Stanley Cup Playoffs. As a result, the tournament enjoyed considerably more media coverage compared to what is typically devoted to the Allan Cup. Among the participants involved was Theoren Fleury, a former National Hockey League all-star, playing for the Horse Lake Thunder during the lockout.


2005 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad
The 2005 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad in Switzerland and was part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It was the 60th edition of the tournament and was held from July 4 through July 10, 2004.


2005 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Finals, Doubles
František Čermák /  Leoš Friedl defeated  Michael Kohlmann /  Rainer Schüttler 7–6(8–6), 7–6(13–11)


2005 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad – Doubles
Leander Paes and David Rikl were the two-time defending champions, but did not participate this year. Rikl was also the three-time defending champion, having won the title with Joshua Eagle in 2002.


2005 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad – Doubles
František Čermák and Leoš Friedl won the title, defeating Michael Kohlmann and Rainer Schüttler in the final, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(13–11).


2005 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad – Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


2005 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad – Singles
Gastón Gaudio won the tournament, beating Stanislas Wawrinka in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2005 Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan 2005, part of the 2005 Swedish football season, was the 81st Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 9 April 2005 and the last match was played 23 October 2005. Djurgårdens IF won the league ahead of runners-up IFK Göteborg, while Landskrona BoIS, GIF Sundsvall and Assyriska Föreningen were relegated.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Combined, Calendar
For the first time the combined was held as a separate event.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Combined, Final point standings
In Men's Combined World Cup 2004/05 only one competition was held.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill
The 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill season involved 11 events at sites in North America and Europe between November 2004 and March 2005. Austria's Michael Walchhofer won the individual title, while his Austrian team took the team title.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill, Final point standings
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Final point standings
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super G, Final point standings
In Men's Super G World Cup 2004/05 all results count.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super G, Final point standings
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super G, Men's Super G Team Results
The last race saw two winners, both from the United States.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Combined, Final point standings
In Women's Combined World Cup 2004/05 only one competition was held.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.


2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Super G, Final point standings
In Women's Super G World Cup 2004/05 all results count.


2005 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2005 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 26–28 at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, second-seeded Maine defeated third-seeded Vermont, 6-5, to win its third tournament championship (its second under head coach Paul Kostacopoulos). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament.


2005 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and four seeds were matched up in one game, while the two and three seeds were matched up in the other.


2005 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2005 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 4–6 at the Binghamton University Events Center. The final was held on March 12, at Patrick Gym on the campus of the University of Vermont. Vermont gained its third consecutive berth to the NCAA Tournament with its win over Northeastern. Vermont was given the 13th seed in the Austin Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the second round to Michigan State 72–61, after upsetting #4 Syracuse 60–57 in overtime. Both Boston University and Northeastern gained a bid to the NIT and lost in the first round to Georgetown and Memphis respectively.


2005 American Le Mans Series
The 2005 American Le Mans Series season was the 35th season for the IMSA GT Championship, with it being the seventh under the American Le Mans Series moniker. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began March 19, 2005 and ended October 16, 2005 after 10 races.


2005 American Le Mans Series, Schedule
The schedule change from 2004 to 2005 was minimal, with only one event being added to the existing schedule. The Grand Prix of Atlanta returned once more, once again shortly after the 12 Hours of Sebring.


2005 American Le Mans Series, Season results
† - The #8 B-K Motorsports entry failed to finish but completed enough laps to score points.


2005 American Le Mans Series, Teams Championship
Points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:


2005 American Le Mans Series, Teams Championship
Exceptions were for the 4 Hour Monterey Sports Car Championships was scored in the following order:


2005 American Le Mans Series, Teams Championship
And for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:


2005 American Le Mans Series, Teams Championship
Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.


2005 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio
The 2005 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio was the third race for the 2005 American Le Mans Series season held at Mid-Ohio sports car course. It took place on May 22, 2005.


2005 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2005 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio, Official results
† - #10 Miracle Motorsports was disqualified for having a driver in the car over the maximum allowable limit.


2005 American League Championship Series
The 2005 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the second round of the 2005 American League playoffs, which determined the 2005 American  League  champion, matched the Central Division champion Chicago White Sox against the West Division champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The White Sox, by virtue of having the best record in the AL during the 2005 season, had the home-field advantage.


2005 American League Championship Series
The White Sox won the series four games to one to become the American League champions, and faced the Houston Astros in the 2005 World Series, in which the White Sox swept the Astros in four games to win their first World Series championship in 88 years; as a result of the 2005 All-Star Game played in Detroit, Michigan at Comerica Park on July 12, the White Sox had home-field advantage in the World Series.


2005 American League Championship Series
The series was notable both for a controversial call in Game 2 of the series, and the outstanding pitching and durability of Chicago's starting rotation, pitching four consecutive complete games; the +2⁄3 of an inning Neal Cotts pitched in the first game was the only work the White Sox bullpen saw the entire series.


2005 American League Championship Series
The White Sox and Angels were victorious in the AL Division Series (ALDS), with the White Sox defeating the defending World Champion and wild card qualifier Boston Red Sox three games to none, and the Angels defeating the Eastern Division champion New York Yankees three games to two. It was the  first ALCS since 2002 not to feature the Red Sox or the Yankees.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In the series opener, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim won 3–2 in their third game in as many nights and as many cities. The Angels took the lead in the second inning on a Garret Anderson leadoff home run. Next inning, Steve Finley and Adam Kennedy hit back-to-back leadoff singles and advanced one base each on Chone Figgins's sacrifice bunt. Orlando Cabrera's single and Vladimir Guerrero's groundout scored a run each. White Sox starter José Contreras allowed no more runs, going 8+1⁄3 innings.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In the bottom of the inning, Joe Crede's home run off of Paul Byrd put the Sox on the board. Next inning, Chicago's Carl Everett singled with one out, moved to second on a groundout, and scored on A. J. Pierzynski's single to make it a one-run game. However, neither team would score for the rest of the game. It was the first time in six tries that the Angels won a Game 1 under manager Mike Scioscia, despite having won the World Series in 2002. This turned out to be the only game the White Sox would lose in the entire postseason.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Then-Senator and future President of the United States Barack Obama threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Behind a complete game from Mark Buehrle and a now infamous strikeout in the bottom of the ninth, the White Sox evened the series at a game apiece. In the bottom of the first, Scott Podsednik reached second on an error, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on Jermaine Dye's ground out. Jarrod Washburn and two relievers held the Sox scoreless over the next seven innings while Robb Quinlan's fifth inning home run tied the game.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
It remained tied until the bottom of the ninth. With two strikes, A. J. Pierzynski swung and missed at a low pitch from Angels pitcher Kelvim Escobar for strike three. Josh Paul, the Angels catcher, rolled the ball to the mound and left the infield. Pierzynski realized strike three had been called, so he ran to first base in case the umpire ruled that the catcher had not legally caught the strike-three pitch (see Uncaught third strike rule).


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
In a controversial call, home-plate umpire Doug Eddings ruled that the ball hit the ground before going into the catcher's glove and signalled strike 3 but did not call him out, so the pitch was considered uncaught and Pierzynski was safe at first. A pinch-runner, Pablo Ozuna, stole second base. Third baseman Joe Crede delivered a base hit three pitches later, scoring Ozuna for the winning run.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Friday, October 14, 2005 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Chicago jumped to a 3−0 lead in the first inning off of John Lackey as the series moved west to Anaheim. Scott Podsednik hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and came home on Jermaine Dye's single before Paul Konerko's two-run home run capped the scoring. Tadahito Iguchi singled to lead off the third, moved to second on a walk, and scored on Carl Everett's single. Two innings later, Iguchi doubled with one out and scored on Konerko's two-out single to put Chicago up 5−0. A two-run home run by Orlando Cabrera in the sixth cut the lead to 5−2, but it would not be enough as the White Sox took the series lead, two games to one, with Jon Garland pitching a complete game.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Saturday, October 15, 2005 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The visitors again jumped to a 3−0 lead in the first. Angel starter Ervin Santana walked Scott Podsednik and hit Tadahito Iguchi before Paul Konerko, after a disputed check swing on a 2–2 pitch, homered for the second straight game. The Angels cut it to 3−1 in the second when Darin Erstad walked with one out, moved to third on Casey Kotchman's single and White Sox pitcher Freddy Garcia's throwing error to first, then scored on Bengie Molina's single.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
With men on first and third, Steve Finley hit a ground ball to second for an inning-ending double play, but argued that Sox catcher A. J. Pierzynski had interfered with his swing. Chicago got that run back when Jermaine Dye reached on shortstop Orlando Cabrera's throwing error to first, stole second, and scored on Carl Everett's base hit. Pierzynski's home run next inning made it 5−1.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the bottom of the inning, Angel Garret Anderson singled with one out and scored on Coachman's two-out double, but in the fifth, Podsednik drew a leadoff walk and after Scot Shields relieved Santana, stole second and scored on Everett's single. Esteban Yan walked Everett to lead off the eighth, allowed a subsequent double to Aaron Rowand followed by Joe Crede's two-run single to put the Sox up 8−2. García pitched the White Sox's third straight complete game, helping put them one win from their first World Series visit since 1959.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Sunday, October 16, 2005 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Still on the road, Chicago struck first in Game 5 when Aaron Rowand hit a leadoff ground-rule double in the third off of Paul Byrd, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, then scored on Joe Crede's sacrifice fly. But the Angels tied it in the third when Juan Rivera hit a leadoff double, moved to third on pitcher Jose Contreras's pickoff attempt error, and scored on Adam Kennedy's single.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the top of the fifth, Juan Uribe doubled and scored on Jermaine Dye's single, but in the bottom of the inning, Kennedy hit a leadoff single and scored on Chone Figgins's double. Figgins scored on a Garret Anderson sacrifice fly to put the Angels up 3−2. Crede's leadoff home run in the seventh off of Kelvim Escobar tied the game. Next inning, Escobar walked Rowand with two outs and an error moved him to second. Francisco Rodriguez relieved Escobar and Crede greeted him with an RBI single to put the White Sox up 4−3.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
They got two insurance runs in the ninth when Paul Konerko's double after back-to-back walks and Rowand's sacrifice fly scored a run each. Contreras delivered the fourth consecutive complete game by a White Sox pitcher, retiring the Angels in order in the ninth. Chicago captured its first American League pennant since 1959. This marked the first time in 77 years that a team threw four straight complete-game victories in the playoffs, becoming the first time it was done by four different pitchers since the Chicago Cubs did it in the 1907 World Series.


2005 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Konerko was named the ALCS MVP. He finished the series batting .286, with two home runs and seven RBIs. His two home runs came in the first innings of Games 3 and 4; he became only the third player in Major League history to hit homers in the first inning of consecutive playoff games, the other two having been Dan Ford during the 1979 ALCS and Carlos Beltrán during the 2004 NLCS.


2005 American League Championship Series, Composite box
2005 ALCS (4–1): Chicago White Sox over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim


2005 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
Doug Edding's controversial call in Game 2, when he ruled that a strikeout to A.J. Pierzynski by Kelvim Escobar had not been legally caught (an uncaught third strike) by catcher Josh Paul but made no audible call that the ball hit the ground, proved to be the most pivotal point in the series. At the team's ten-year anniversary in 2015, White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf acknowledged that losing home-field advantage and going down 0-2 in a best-of-seven series would have been too difficult of a hole to climb out of.


2005 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
Catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who was at the center of the call, said the year before when he was in San Francisco, he was on the other end of that same type of play. Both Paul Konerko and general manager Kenny Williams believed that  Edding's likely got the call wrong. According to umpire supervisor Rich Rieker, the replays showed "there was definitely a change in direction there" indicating the ball touched the ground and felt, at best, the replay was inconclusive. A.J. Pierzynski was booed every time he played in Anaheim until his retirement for his role in the controversy. Major League Baseball did not adopt review via instant replay on calls such as this until the 2014 season.


2005 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
To date, the White Sox four straight complete games from starting pitchers from Game 2 through 5 was the last time a team pitched four straight complete games in the postseason. In an era where managers show more trust in fresh relievers than tired starters, it is likely to assume it will be the last.


2005 American League Division Series
The 2005 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2005 American League postseason, began on Tuesday, October 4, and ended on Monday, October 10, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:


2005 American League Division Series
The higher seed (#1 is the highest) had the home field advantage.


2005 American League Division Series
2005 was the first year since 2001 that the Minnesota Twins had not participated in the ALDS. Other than the White Sox' victory in the AL Central, the participants were identical to those of the previous year.


2005 American League Division Series
The two victorious teams went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The victorious White Sox advanced to defeat the National League champion Houston Astros and win the 2005 World Series, their first World Series title since1917.


2005 American League Division Series, Matchups, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. New York Yankees
†: Game was postponed due to rain on October 8


2005 American League Division Series, Chicago vs. Boston, Game 1
The White Sox rocked Red Sox starter Matt Clement for five runs in the first inning. Clement hit Scott Podsednik to lead off the game. Podsednik moved to second on a groundout, then after another hit-by-pitch, stole third and scored on Paul Konerko's force out at second. Carl Everett singled before Konerko scored on Aaron Rowand's RBI single, then A.J. Pierzynski's three-run home run made it 5–0 Chicago. Konerko's home run in the third made it 6–0 White Sox.


2005 American League Division Series, Chicago vs. Boston, Game 1
The Red Sox scored their only runs of the game in the fourth when Trot Nixon and Jason Varitek hit back-to-back singles aided by an error to put them on third and second, respectively. Jose Contreras's wild pitch scored Nixon, then Kevin Millar's double scored Varitek. Contreras went 7+2⁄3 innings, giving up eight hits. In the bottom of the fourth, Juan Uribe's two-run home run extended Chicago's lead to 8–2 and forced Clement out of the game. Geremi Gonzalez allowed a leadoff walk and subsequent hit-by-pitch in the sixth.


2005 American League Division Series, Chicago vs. Boston, Game 1
One out later, a single by Uribe scored a run, then Scott Podsednik's three-run home run made it 12–2 Chicago. Podsednik had gone homerless in the regular season and this was his first home run since September 30, 2004. In the eighth, Pierzynski's second home run of the game off of Bronson Arroyo made it 13–2 Chicago. After two walks, Willie Harris's RBI single capped the scoring at 14–2 Chicago. Cliff Politte pitched a scoreless ninth to give the White Sox a 1–0 series lead. Boston's postseason winning streak was snapped at eight games with this loss. This was the White Sox' first postseason home win since Game 1 of the 1959 World Series.


2005 American League Division Series, Chicago vs. Boston, Game 2
The Red Sox struck first in Game 2 on Manny Ramirez's two-run single off of Mark Buehrle with runners on second and third. In the fourth, they loaded the bases on a single, double and intentional walk before Jason Varitek's single and Trot Nixon's groundout scored a run each. David Wells (6+2⁄3 innings, two earned runs, seven hits) looked tough, giving up only two hits in the first four innings. But in the White Sox half of the fifth, the White Sox struck pay-dirt. Carl Everett hit a leadoff single, then scored on Aaron Rowand's double.


2005 American League Division Series, Chicago vs. Boston, Game 2
One out later, Rowand scored on Joe Crede's single. Boston second baseman's Tony Graffanino error on Juan Uribe's ground ball put two runners on and one out later, Tadahito Iguchi's three-run home run put the White Sox up 5–4, those three runs unearned. Buehrle (seven innings, four earned runs, eight hits) earned the win with the save going to Bobby Jenks.


2005 American League Division Series, Chicago vs. Boston, Game 3
For the first time since 1993, the White Sox secured their place in the ALCS by beating the Red Sox in Game 3. Freddy García (five innings, five hits, three earned runs) faced Tim Wakefield (5+1⁄3 innings, six hits, four runs). The White Sox struck first, when Juan Uribe doubled with two outs, then Scott Podsednik's double and Tadahito Iguchi's single scored a run each in the third. Back-to-back home runs by David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez leading off the fourth tied the game.


2005 American League Division Series, Chicago vs. Boston, Game 3
In the sixth, Paul Konerko, with Jermaine Dye on base, hit a home run to put the White Sox in the lead for good. Ramirez's second home run of the game in the bottom of the inning cut the lead to 4–3, then Damaso Marte relieved Garcia and allowed a single and two walks to load the bases with no outs. El Duque, Orlando Hernández, came in relief and induced Jason Varitek to foul out, Tony Graffanino to pop out to short, and Johnny Damon to strike out to end the inning without giving up another run.


2005 American League Division Series, Chicago vs. Boston, Game 3
He proceeded to pitch three total innings, giving up one hit. The White Sox got an insurance run in the ninth off of Mike Timlin when A.J. Pierzynski hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Juan Uribe's fielder's choice. Bobby Jenks retired the Red Sox in order in the bottom half, earning his second save of the series. This was the White Sox's first postseason series win since the 1917 World Series.


2005 American League Division Series, Chicago vs. Boston, Composite line score
2005 ALDS (3–0): Chicago White Sox over Boston Red Sox


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 1
The Yankees were able to get to AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colón early. Three two-out singles loaded the bases in the top of the first, then rookie Robinson Canó lifted a line drive over the reaching hand of left fielder Garret Anderson. The double would clear the bases, giving the Yankees a 3–0 lead. Next inning, Derek Jeter singled with two outs, moved to second on a hit-by-pitch, and scored on Jason Giambi's single. Though Colón and Scot Shields held the Yankees scoreless for the rest of the game, starter Mike Mussina pitched 5+2⁄3 innings.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 1
Bengie Molina's home run in the seventh off of Tanyon Sturtze put the Angels on the board. In the ninth, Mariano Rivera walked Vladimir Guerrero with one out. After stealing second, Guerrero scored on Darin Erstad's single, but Rivera retired the next two batters to give the Yankees a 1–0 series lead.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 2
In Game 2, the starters were John Lackey for the Angels and Chien-Ming Wang for the Yankees. The Yankees scored the first run of the game in the second when Hideki Matsui and Robinson Canó hit back-to-back doubles. They made it 2–0 in the fifth after Alex Rodríguez walked, moved to third on Jason Giambi's double and scored on Gary Sheffield's ground out. The Angels got on the board in the bottom of that inning on Juan Rivera's home run. In the sixth, Alex Rodríguez's error allowed Orlando Cabrera to make it to first base.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 2
He would move to second on Vladimir Guerrero's ground out and score on Bengie Molina's single, tying the game at two. In the next inning, Wang's throwing error would allow Jeff DaVanon and Steve Finley to reach third and second, respectively. Both scored on Cabrera's single, giving the Angels a 4–2 lead. In the eighth, Molina's home run off of Al Leiter extended the Angels lead to three. In the ninth, Jorge Posada's home run off of Francisco Rodriguez cut the lead back to two, but K. Rod retired the next three batters to end the game and tie the series heading to New York.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 3
In Game 3, it was Randy Johnson pitching for the Yankees while Paul Byrd pitched for the Angels. Johnson ran into trouble early, giving up a three-run home run to Garret Anderson in the first after back-to-back two-out singles and a two-run homer to Bengie Molina in the third to give the Angels a 5–0 lead. After allowing a double and single in the fourth without getting an out, Johnson was taken out of the game while being booed. The Yankees rallied in the bottom of the inning. First, Hideki Matsui homered to put the Yanks on the board 5–1.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 3
Then Robinson Canó and Bernie Williams hit back to back singles and moved one base each on a groundout. Canó scored on Jorge Posada's groundout and Williams on Derek Jeter's single. After a walk, Brendan Donnelly relieved Byrd and Jason Giambi's single scored Jeter and cut the Angels' lead to one. In the next inning, after Matsui walked, Canó doubled to left and a throwing error by Cabrera allowed Matsui to score and Canó to go to third.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 3
Scot Shields relieved Donnelly and gave up a sacrifice fly to Bernie Williams that scored Canó, giving the Yankees a 6–5 lead, but in the sixth Reliever Aaron Small allowed a one-out double to Juan Rivera before Darin Erstad's RBI single tied the game. After a strikeout and single, Chone Figgins's RBI single put the Angels back in front 7–6. Tom Gordon allowed a leadoff single and subsequent hit-by-pitch before Garret Anderson's RBI single made it 8–6 Angels. Two errors loaded the bases before Steve Finley's RBI groundout off of Al Leiter made it 9–6 Angels.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 3
In the eighth, Leiter allowed a leadoff triple, then after a one-out intentional walk, back-to-back RBI singles by José Molina and Anderson off of Scott Proctor made it 11–6 Angels. The Yankees got only one more run on Jeter's leadoff home run in the eighth off of Kelvim Escobar as the Angels' 11–7 win put them one win away from the ALCS.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 4
The Angels struck first in Game 4, scoring two runs in the top of the sixth on two doubles by Chone Figgins and Orlando Cabrera off Yankees starting pitcher Shawn Chacón after a leadoff walk. The Yankees cut the lead to one in the bottom of the inning when Alex Rodriguez walked, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Gary Sheffield's single off Angels starting pitcher John Lackey. In the bottom of the next inning, Robinson Canó singled and Jorge Posada walked off of Scot Shields. They would score on singles from Rubén Sierra and Derek Jeter. Al Leiter earned the win in relief and Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect eighth and ninth as the Yankees won 3–2 to force a Game 5 back in Anaheim.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 5
Game 5 had the same starting pitchers as in Game 1, Bartolo Colón for the Angels and Mike Mussina for the Yankees. Colón left the game in the second inning due to a hand injury after giving up two hits in the first and was relieved by Ervin Santana, who walked Robinson Canó (who was caught out stealing), Bernie Williams, and Jorge Posada. Williams scored on Bubba Crosby's single and Posada on Derek Jeter's sacrifice fly as the Yankees took an early 2–0 lead.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 5
Mussina, however, after pitching a perfect first, allowed a leadoff home run to Garret Anderson in the second to cut the lead to one. Then, Bengie Molina singled to center. After getting two outs, Mussina walked Steve Finley before Adam Kennedy hit the ball to right center. Bubba Crosby and Gary Sheffield collided on the outfield wall trying to catch it, allowing Molina and Finley to score to give the Angels a 3–2 lead. Next inning, Mussina allowed back-to-back leadoff singles to put runners on first and third, then Anderson's sacrifice fly scored a run.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Game 5
After a single again put runners on first and third, Darin Erstad's RBI single extended the Angels' lead to 5–2. Mussina was pulled from the game one out later in his shortest postseason start ever. Randy Johnson, making his first postseason relief appearance since Game 7 of the 2001 World Series with the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Yankees, kept the Angels scoreless for the rest of the game, allowing just three hits. Jeter's home run in the seventh off Santana cut the lead to two. Jeter opened the ninth with a single off closer Francisco Rodríguez, but Alex Rodriguez grounded into a double play. Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield both hit singles afterward, but Hideki Matsui grounded out to first to end the game. The Angels would face the Chicago White Sox in the ALCS.


2005 American League Division Series, Los Angeles vs. New York, Composite line score
2005 ALDS (3–2): Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over New York Yankees


2005 American Society of Cinematographers Awards
The 20th American Society of Cinematographers Awards were held on February 26, 2006, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 2005.


2005 American Society of Cinematographers Awards, Winners and nominees, Television
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries, Pilot, or Television Film


2005 Amman bombings
The 2005 Amman bombings were a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks on three hotel lobbies in Amman, Jordan, on 9 November 2005. This attack occurred about 4 years after the tragedy of 9/11 in the United States. The explosions at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the Radisson SAS Hotel, and the Days Inn started at around 20:50 local time (18:50 UTC) at the Grand Hyatt. The three hotels are frequented by foreign diplomats. The bomb at the Radisson SAS exploded in the Philadelphia Ballroom, where a Jordanian wedding hosting hundreds of guests was taking place. The attacks killed 57 people and injured 115 others.


2005 Amman bombings
Al-Qaeda in Iraq was quick to claim the attack. The bombings, a rare terror attack in Jordan, then spurred a wave of new anti-terror measures by the Jordanian government.


2005 Amman bombings, The attacks, Radisson SAS
At the Radisson SAS Hotel (now known as the "Landmark Hotel"), two suicide bombers (a husband and wife team—Ali Hussein Ali al-Shamari and Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi)—entered the Philadelphia Ballroom, where Ashraf Akhras and his bride, Nadia Al-Alami, were celebrating their wedding with around 900 Jordanian and Palestinian guests. Sajida al-Rishawi was unable to detonate her belt. Her husband Ali al-Shamari, apparently admonished her and told her to get out of the room. As she was leaving, the lights went out in the ballroom, Ali jumped onto a dining-room table and detonated himself.


2005 Amman bombings, The attacks, Radisson SAS
Among the 38 people killed in the explosion were the fathers of the bride and groom. In addition, the explosion destroyed the ballroom, blew out the large windows bordering the street, and knocked down ceiling panels. The hotel lobby was also affected: ceiling panels and light fixtures collapsed, furniture was destroyed, and the hotel's glass doors were shattered. Cleanup and rebuilding commenced shortly afterwards. The hotel was actually targeted in the 2000 millennium attack plots nearly six years prior, but the plan was foiled.


2005 Amman bombings, The attacks, Grand Hyatt
The second blast happened about 500 yards (457 metres) from the Radisson SAS. It destroyed the hotel's entrance and brought down pillars and ceiling tiles, along with badly damaging the reception and bar areas. After the bomber ordered orange juice in the hotel's coffee shop, he went to another room (possibly to get his explosive belt) and then came back and detonated his bomb. Seven hotel employees were killed in this blast, as were Syrian-American movie producer Moustapha Akkad and his daughter, Rima.


2005 Amman bombings, The attacks, Grand Hyatt
Akkad, who is best known for producing the Halloween series of slasher films, was also the producer of Mohammad, Messenger of God. At the time of his death, he was in the early stages of producing a film about Saladin, the Kurdish Muslim leader who expelled the Crusaders from the Levant. Hyatt began cleanup shortly after the attacks and reopened their hotel on November 19.


2005 Amman bombings, The attacks, Days Inn
At the Days Inn, the bomber entered the restaurant on the hotel's ground floor. He tried to detonate his explosive belt but had trouble; a waiter noticed this and called security. The bomber ran outside the hotel and successfully detonated himself, killing three members of a Chinese military delegation. Property damage at the Days Inn was expected to amount to around $200,000.


2005 Amman bombings, The attacks, Casualties
According to one Jordanian official, Maj. Bashir al-Da'aja, early in the investigation, local authorities confirmed a series of coordinated suicide attacks as the cause of the blasts. Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Marwan al-Muasher initially announced that at least 67 people had died and 300 people had been injured. However, the Jordanian government subsequently revised the number of casualties down to at least 59 dead and 115 injured.


2005 Amman bombings, The attacks, Casualties
Among the dead were thirty-six Jordanians, mostly from a Muslim wedding, including the fathers of both the bride and groom. The rest were six Iraqis, five Palestinians, four Americans, two Arab-Israelis, two Bahrainis, three Chinese delegates of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), one Saudi, and one Indonesian citizen. Famous filmmaker Moustapha Akkad died with his daughter.


2005 Amman bombings, The attacks, Casualties
The Palestinian fatalities included Major-General Bashir Nafeh, the head of military intelligence in the West Bank, Colonel Abed Allun, a high-ranking Preventive Security forces official, Jihad Fatouh, the commercial attache at the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo, and Mosab Khorma, a senior Palestinian-American banker and former Paltel CEO. Both of the Israeli fatalities were Arabs. One was Husam Fathi Mahajna, a businessman from Umm al-Fahm, the other was an unidentified resident of East Jerusalem.


2005 Amman bombings, The attacks, Suspects
Jordanian police initially stated that there were at least four attackers (the fourth, a female, was later captured), including a couple. A number of Iraqis were among the more than 100 suspects who were arrested in the following days. Police claimed to have found maps that were used in planning the attack. On November 12, Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher confirmed that the attackers were Iraqi and that there were only three suicide bombers.


2005 Amman bombings, The attacks, Suspects
On November 13, King Abdullah announced the arrest of a woman believed to be a fourth would-be suicide bomber, whose explosive belt failed to detonate. The three dead suicide bombers were identified, and their names were announced by Deputy Prime Minister Muasher. They were Ali Hussein Ali al-Shamari (SAS Radisson), Rawad Jassem Mohammed Abed (Grand Hyatt), and Safaa Mohammed Ali (Days Inn). The woman in custody was identified as Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi. She was married to al-Shamari and intended to blow herself up at the Radisson. Muasher also said that she was the sister of a close aide of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Rishawi was executed in February 2015 in response to the murder of Jordanian air force pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh by ISIL.


2005 Amman bombings, Perpetrators
An internet statement released the day after claimed that the bombers were: Abu Khabib, Abu Muaz, Abu Omaira and Om Omaira, all Iraqis.


2005 Amman bombings, Perpetrators
Al-Qaeda in Iraq immediately claimed the attack on a website, saying they were trying to hit "American and Israeli intelligence and other Western European governments".


2005 Amman bombings, Perpetrators
The Radisson hotel was previously an Islamist target during the 2000 millennium attack plots. Jordanian police foiled the original attempt after arresting Khadr Abu Hoshar, a Palestinian militant, along with 15 others on December 12, 1999. It is believed that some of the hotels are frequented by American, Israeli, and European military contractors, journalists, business people, and diplomats, and the city itself has long been described as a "gateway" for Westerners into Baghdad and Iraq at large, leading many to entertain the possibility of a connection between the Amman bombings and the War in Iraq.


2005 Amman bombings, Response, Domestic
Jordan - King Abdullah II cut short a state visit to Kazakhstan and returned to Jordan, where he pledged that "justice will pursue the criminals" and condemned the attacks. King Abdullah also cancelled an upcoming visit to Israel.


2005 Amman bombings, Response, Domestic
Jordanians reacted to the bombings with outrage. Thousands of people in Amman participated in protests against the bombings, chanting "burn in hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi". King Abdullah and Queen Rania visited several victims of the bombings in hospital. The King said "The pain you felt for the loss of your beloved ones, who were killed for no crime they committed, was shared by all Jordanians, regardless of their origins or religions." A relative of one of the victims presented a copy of the Qur'an to Abdullah during his visit to the hospital.


2005 Amman bombings, Response, Domestic
The family of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Khalayleh tribe, took out half-page advertisements in Jordan's three main newspapers, to denounce him and his actions. 57 members of the al-Khalayleh family, including al-Zarqawi's brother and cousin, also reiterated their strong allegiance to the king. The ads said,


2005 Amman bombings, Response, Domestic
"As we pledge to maintain homage to King Abdullah and to our precious Jordan ... we denounce in the clearest terms all the terrorist actions claimed by the so-called Ahmed Fadheel Nazzal al-Khalayleh, who calls himself Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi ... We announce, and all the people are our witnesses, that we - the sons of the al-Khalayleh tribe - are innocent of him and all that emanates from him, whether action, assertion or decision. ... We sever links with him until doomsday."


2005 Amman bombings, Response, International
United Nations - Secretary-General Kofi Annan had planned to visit Jordan on November 10, 2005, but postponed the trip in light of the bombings. Kofi Annan issued a statement "strongly condemning" the attacks, and underscoring the need for additional security measures against terrorist attacks worldwide.


2005 Amman bombings, Response, International
United States - A spokesman for the White House called the bombings "a heinous act of terror." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the bombings a "great tragedy" that show "the very difficult war that we're fighting." President George W. Bush said "The bombing should remind all of us that there's an enemy in the world that is willing to kill innocent people, willing to bomb a wedding celebration in order to advance their cause." The New York City Police Department had Brandon del Pozo, a newly-stationed overseas intelligence officer, working in Amman. He investigated the incident on behalf of New York City, rather than the US federal government, to ascertain what vulnerabilities it might reveal in the way the city protected its hotels from similar threats.


2005 Amman bombings, New anti-terror measures
After the incident, Jordanian government pledged to take new anti-terror measures to ensure that this would not happen again. No major successful terrorist attacks have since been reported in the country.


2005 Amstel Gold Race
These are the results for the 40th edition of the annual Amstel Gold Race cycling classic, which was held on Sunday April 17, 2005 and gave Liquigas–Bianchi its first major classic win.


2005 Amsterdam Admirals season
The 2005 Amsterdam Admirals season was the 11th season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Bart Andrus in his fifth year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in second place with a record of six wins and four losses. In World Bowl XIII, Amsterdam defeated the Berlin Thunder 27–21. The victory marked the franchise's first World Bowl championship.


2005 Amsterdam Tournament
The LG Amsterdam Tournament 2005 was a pre-season football tournament contested by Ajax, Arsenal, Boca Juniors and Porto on 29 July and 31 July 2005 at the Amsterdam Arena.


2005 Amsterdam Tournament, Table
NB: An extra point is awarded for each goal scored.


2005 Amílcar Cabral Cup
The 2005 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Conakry, Guinea at the Stade du 28 Septembre. The winner was Guinea, which beat Senegal 1-0.


2005 Anaheim Storm season
The Anaheim Storm were a lacrosse team based in Anaheim, California playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 4th in franchise history, second in Anaheim (previously the New Jersey Storm), and last before the franchise folded.


2005 Anaheim Storm season
The Storm followed up their 1–15 inaugural season in Anaheim by improving to 5–11, and finishing 4th in the West division. The 5–11 record was tied for the best in team history, and was the first time the Storm (whether based in Anaheim or New Jersey) had not finished last in their division. The Storm suspended operations following the 2005 season.


2005 Anaheim Storm season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2005 Anaheim Storm season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2005 Anaheim Storm season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2005 Andorran parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 24 April 2005. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party of Andorra, which won 14 of the 28 seats. Its leader, Marc Forné Molné, remained Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 80.4%.


2005 Angola Cup
The 2005 Taça de Angola was the 24th edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition following the Girabola. ASA beat Interclube 1–0 in the final to secure its third title.


2005 Angola Cup
Interclube, the runner-up, qualified to the CAF Confederation Cup since ASA, the winner, contested the CAF Champions League in their capacity as the Girabola runner-up.


2005 Angola Cup, Championship bracket
The knockout rounds were played according to the following schedule:


2005 Angola Cup, Final
Squad: Black, Dias Caires, Fofaná, Hugo, Humberto, Jacinto, Jamba, Kadima, Lofo, Love, Malamba, Manuel, Milex, Nuno, Papy, Rasca, Rats, Simão, Vieira, Yamba Asha, Yemo Head Coach: Bernardino Pedroto


2005 Anguillian general election
General elections were held in Anguilla on 21 February 2005 to elect the seven elected seats in the House of Assembly. The Anguilla United Front, an alliance of the Anguilla National Alliance and the Anguilla Democratic Party, won the elections retaining four of the elected seats.


2005 Anguillian general election, Background
In the previous elections in 2000, the governing Anguilla United Party was defeated by a coalition of the Anguilla National Alliance and the Anguilla Democratic Party. Together the two parties won four of the seven elected seats and the leader of the Anguilla National Alliance, Osbourne Fleming, became Chief Minister. In May 2004 the leadership of the opposition passed from Hubert Hughes, leader of the Anguilla United Movement party, to Edison Baird, leader of the Anguilla Strategic Alliance. This came after one member of the House of Assembly, Albert Hughes, changed parties.


2005 Anguillian general election, Electoral system
The House of Assembly has 11 members. Seven members are directly elected by the plurality voting system while the other four members are appointed. One of the appointed members is chosen by the governing party, while the other three are appointed by the Governor, with one of the three appointments being made in consultation with the opposition.


2005 Anguillian general election, Campaign
Towards the end of January 2005 Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming announced that the election would be held on 21 February, with nominations required by the 8 February. A record 25 candidates put themselves up for election by the 7,560 eligible voters.


2005 Anguillian general election, Campaign
The governing Anguilla United Front stood based on the development they had brought over the past five years, including the island's first 18 hole golf course, the renovation of Wallblake Airport and plans for a luxury hotel. Osbourne Fleming claimed that the developments would bring jobs and had made Anguilla significantly different from how it had been five years before.


2005 Anguillian general election, Campaign
Three opposition parties, the Anguilla Strategic Alliance, Anguilla United Movement and Anguilla Progressive Party  fielded candidates. Opposition leader Edison Baird of the Anguilla Strategic Alliance said that the government had not been open enough in explaining how the development project would benefit ordinary Anguillans. Opposition parties also criticised tax concessions given to the company who would be building the luxury hotel.


2005 Anguillian general election, Results
All 6 incumbents who sought re-election kept their seats in the election. The only change took place in Valley North where the previous representative, Eric Reid, stood down and was succeeded by Evans McNeil Rogers.


2005 Anguillian general election, Aftermath
The day after the elections was declared a national holiday and the four elected members of the Anguilla United Front were sworn into government by the Governor Alan Huckle. Following the election, Albert Hughes, left the Anguilla Strategic Alliance and joined the government. This meant the opposition was evenly split between the Anguilla Strategic Alliance and the Anguilla United Movement, so the Governor did not appoint a Leader of the Opposition.


2005 Antrim Borough Council election
Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.


2005 Antrim Borough Council election, Districts results, Antrim North West
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP


2005 Antrim Borough Council election, Districts results, Antrim South East
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance2001-2005 Change: Alliance gain from UUP


2005 Antrim Borough Council election, Districts results, Antrim Town
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP


2005 Anzac Test
The 2005 Anzac Test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on 22 April 2005. It was the 6th Anzac test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997 and the first to be played in Brisbane.


2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
The 2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by 17th-year head coach Jerry Moore and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.


2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
The Mountaineers won the NCAA  Division I-AA Football Championship. Appalachian State is the only university  in North Carolina, public or private, to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship in football.


2005 Apulian regional election
The Apulian regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.


2005 Apulian regional election
Nichi Vendola (Communist Refoundation Party) defeated incumbent Raffaele Fitto (Forza Italia). The success of Vendola came somewhat unexpected. In a Southern Italian Region, expected to be morally conservative, Vendola, a communist and homosexual, defeated Fitto, a conservative Christian democrat. Vendola was the first candidate ever to be appointed by its coalition through a primary election instead of agreements between parties. A defeat of Vendola might have resulted in a cancellation of the primary election of The Union for choosing the candidate for Prime Minister in the 2006 general election.


2005 Arab Athletics Championships
The 2005 Arab Athletics Championships was the fourteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries which took place in Radès/Tunis, Tunisia from 12–15 September.


2005 Arab Futsal Championship
The 2005 Arab Futsal Championship took place in Cairo, Egypt from 19 July to 24 July 2005.


2005 Ards Borough Council election
Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.


2005 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Ards East
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance2005: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP2001-2005 Change: DUP gain (two seats) from UUP and Alliance


2005 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Ards West
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2001-2005 Change: No change


2005 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Newtownards
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent


2005 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Peninsula
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2001-2005 Change: No change


2005 Arena Football League season
The 2005 Arena Football League season was the 19th season of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Colorado Crush, who defeated the Georgia Force in ArenaBowl XIX. The AFL changed its playoff format to allow the top four teams per conference to make the playoffs. Previously, the top eight teams in the league make the playoffs, regardless of their conference. Also, there was no inter-conference play in the playoffs until the Arena Bowl starting in 2005. The division champions also received an automatic playoff berth. This was probably brought on by the fact that the year before the Eastern Division champion New York Dragons missed the playoffs.


2005 Argentina rugby union tour of Scotland and Italy
The 2005 Argentina rugby union tour of Scotland and Italy was a series of matches played in November 2005 in Scotland and Italy by Argentina national rugby union team. The "Pumas" won both the matches.


2005 Argentina rugby union tour of Scotland and Italy
After the victory with Scotland, Argentina beat also Italy after a first half where Italy was very close in the results.


2005 Argentina rugby union tour of Scotland and Italy, Results
Scotland: 15.Chris Paterson, 14.Rory Lamont, 13.Marcus di Rollo, 12.Andrew Henderson, 11.Sean Lamont, 10.Dan Parks, 9.Mike Blair, 8.Simon Taylor , 7.Ally Hogg, 6.Jason White (capt), 5.Scott Murray, 4.Craig Hamilton, 3.Bruce Douglas, 2.Dougie Hall, 1.Gavin Kerr,  - replacements: 16.Scott Lawson, 17.Craig Smith, 18.Allan Jacobsen, 19.Alastair Kellock, 21.Chris Cusiter, 22.Hugo Southwell    -  No entry : 20.Kelly BrownArgentina: 15.Juan Martin Hernandez, 14.Federico Aramburu, 13.Manuel Contepomi, 12.Felipe Contepomi, 11.Francisco Leonelli, 10.Federico Todeschini, 9.Agustin Pichot (capt. ), 8.Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 7.Martin Schusterman, 6.Martin Durand, 5.Pablo Bouza, 4.Ignacio Fernadez Lobbe, 3.Omar Hasan Jalil, 2.Mario Ledesma, 1.Rodrigo Roncero,  - replacements: 17.Martin Scelzo, 18.Manuel Carizza, 19.Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 21.Lucas Borges, 22.Bernardo Stortoni     -  No entry: 16.Eusebio Guinazu, 20.Nicolas Fernandez Miranda


2005 Argentina rugby union tour of Scotland and Italy, Results
Italy: 15.Ezio Galon, 14.Mirco Bergamasco, 13.Gonzalo Canale, 12.Cristian Stoica, 11.Ludovico Nitoglia, 10.Ramiro Pez, 9.Paul Griffen, 8.Josh Sole, 7.Aaron Persico, 6.Sergio Parisse, 5.Marco Bortolami  (capt. ), 4.Carlo Antonio del Fava, 3.Carlos Nieto, 2.Carlo Festuccia, 1.Andrea Lo Cicero,  - replacements: 16.Fabio Ongaro, 17.Matias Aguero, 18.Martin Castrogiovanni, 19.Mauro Bergamasco, 20.Alessandro Zanni     -  No entry : 21.Pablo Canavosio, 22.Luciano OrqueraArgentina: 15.Bernardo Stortoni, 14.Federico Aramburu, 13.Gonzalo Tiesi, 12.Felipe Contepomi, 11.Francisco Leonelli, 10.Juan Martin Hernandez, 9.Agustin Pichot  (capt. ), 8.Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 7.Santiago Sanz, 6.Martin Durand, 5.Pablo Bouza, 4.Ignacio Fernadez Lobbe, 3.Omar Hasan Jalil, 2.Mario Ledesma, 1.Rodrigo Roncero,  - replacements: 16.Eusebio Guinazu, 17.Martin Scelzo, 18.Manuel Carizza, 19.Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 20.Nicolas Fernandez Miranda     -  No entry: 21.Federico Todeschini, 22.Lucas Borges


2005 Argentine legislative election
Argentina held national parliamentary elections on Sunday, 23 October 2005. For the purpose of these elections, each of the 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are considered electoral districts.


2005 Argentine legislative election
Each district elected a number of members of the Lower House (the Argentine Chamber of Deputies) roughly proportional to their population. Eight districts (Buenos Aires, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, San Juan, San Luis, and Santa Cruz) also elected members to the Upper House of Congress (the Argentine Senate); as usual, three senators were elected (two for the majority, one for the first minority).


2005 Argentine legislative election
In most provinces, the national elections were conducted in parallel with local ones, whereby a number of municipalities elected legislative officials (concejales) and in some cases also a mayor (or the equivalent executive post). Each provincial election followed local regulations.


2005 Argentine legislative election
A number of districts had held primary elections beforehand. In most cases, primary elections are optional and can be called for by the local political parties as needed; in Santa Fe, however, the primaries were universal and compulsory due to a recent law that repealed the much-criticized Ley de Lemas.


2005 Argentine legislative election, Background
The main parties and coalitions competing in these elections were:


2005 Argentine legislative election, Background
In some districts, different factions of the Justicialist Party (PJ) presented candidates separately. In Buenos Aires Province and the city of Buenos Aires, the main intra-party division of the PJ was between the center-right, traditional Peronist faction led by Hilda González de Duhalde (wife of former governor and interim president Eduardo Duhalde), and the more center-left "heterodox" faction with candidates that answer to President Néstor Kirchner. These included his own wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and Minister of Foreign Relations, Rafael Bielsa. In the Province of Buenos Aires, this split was protested by other parties, on the grounds that the PJ (taken as a whole) would most likely win the three senatorial benches available (as it finally occurred).


2005 Argentine legislative election, Background
Kirchner took a prominent role in the campaign for "his" candidates of the Front for Victory (Frente para la Victoria, FV) in most provinces, explicitly stating that these elections were a referendum on his administration. Kirchner also campaigned against former President Carlos Menem, a leading conservative Peronist, in La Rioja Province, where the latter was ultimately elected to the Senate for the third (minority party) seat. The opening and closing campaign meetings of the FV were both held in Rosario, a typically progressive city that, since 1987, had been governed successfully by a Socialist local government. This party changed the traditional electoral paradigm in the Province of Santa Fe, largely displacing Peronism and the UCR in that district.


2005 Argentine legislative election, Results
Buoyed by a strong recovery in the Argentine economy, candidates endorsed by Kirchner (mainly on the Front for Victory ticket) obtained an overwhelming triumph. Of the 127 deputies elected, the FV won 69 seats (54%); the UCR only got 19. The rest of the Justicialist Party obtained 11 seats; Recrear got 9, the ARI got 8, and the Socialist Party got 5.


2005 Argentine legislative election, Results
Only the three most voted in this list have an established national structure; Recrear and the ARI are relatively recent offshoots of the UCR (to the right- and left-wing side of the political spectrum, respectively), and the Socialist Party's five deputies all belong to the province of Santa Fe, the only district where the PS is strong.


2005 Argentine legislative election, Results
As explained above, eight provinces were also scheduled to renew their senators (the Senate is renewed by thirds every two years). The Front for Victory won 17 of the 24 senatorial seats. The other factions of Peronism got 4 senators. The UCR got the remaining 3 seats.


2005 Argentine legislative election, Results
Among the remarkable results were the victory of First Lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Buenos Aires, the largest in the country, beating former First Lady Hilda González de Duhalde by about 25% of the votes; and the defeat of Carlos Menem in his home district, La Rioja (though he won the first minority seat).


2005 Arizona Cardinals season
The 2005 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 86th in the National Football League, their 107th overall and their 18th in Arizona. The team was unable to improve upon their 6–10 record from the previous season, and failed to make the playoffs for the seventh year in a row.


2005 Arizona Cardinals season
The October 2 game was the first regular season game to be played outside the United States, and was known as NFL Futbol Americano. The game was a Cardinals home game, and the Cardinals defeated their division rivals, the San Francisco 49ers, 31–14.


2005 Arizona Cardinals season
The Cardinals, as a team, had a paltry 1,138 rushing yards in 2005, only 71.1 yards per game. Remarkably, the Cardinals only had one 100-yard rushing game, when they ran for 129 yards in the season finale at Indianapolis. Arizona's season total is the fifth-fewest rushing yards by a team in a 16-game season.


2005 Arizona Cardinals season
The Cardinals passing offense, however, led the league, with 4,437 yards. Kurt Warner's 271.3 passing yards per game were third in the NFL, and his 24.2 pass completions per-game led the league. Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald tied for the league lead in receptions, with 103, edging out his teammate Anquan Boldin, who had 102 (tied for third in the NFL) Fitzgerald's 1,409 yards, and Boldin’s 1,402 yards receiving were fourth and fifth in the NFL, respectively, in 2005. Boldin’s 100.1 receiving yards per game led the NFL.


2005 Arizona Cardinals season
The season also saw the Cardinals change their logo and uniforms, which remains in use today. It was also their final season playing at Sun Devil Stadium.


2005 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Schedule
In the 2005 regular season, the Cardinals’ non-divisional, conference opponents were primarily from the NFC East, although they also played the Carolina Panthers from the NFC South, and the Detroit Lions from the NFC North. Their non-conference opponents were from the AFC South.


2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season
The 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team looked to improve on their 51–111 record from 2004. They looked to contend in what was once again a weak National League West Division. They finished the season with a record of 77–85, good for second place in the division.


2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2005 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 2005 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. It played its home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.


2005 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The September 10 game vs. LSU was scheduled to be played at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, but was moved to Tempe due to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in south Louisiana. LSU's Pete Maravich Assembly Center, which is just north of Tiger Stadium, was serving as a triage center for seriously injured victims from the storm. Arizona State had to grant dispensation for ESPN to televise the game, as the Pac-10 did not have a broadcast contract in place with ESPN at the time, and for the use of Southeastern Conference game officials in a Pac-10 stadium.


2005 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
After a victory over the Arizona Wildcats in the Territorial Cup, Arizona State went on to play in the 2005 Insight Bowl defeating the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 45-40 for their second consecutive bowl victory in a row.


2005 Arizona Sting season
The Arizona Sting are a lacrosse team based in Arizona playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 5th in franchise history and 2nd as the Sting (formerly the Columbus Landsharks).


2005 Arizona Sting season
The Sting finished 2nd in the West division with a 9-7 record, and hosted the Colorado Mammoth in the opening round of the playoffs. Arizona defeated Colorado 16-13 to advance to the Western division final against the defending champion Calgary Roughnecks. The Sting defeated Calgary 19-15 in Calgary, advancing to the Championship game in only their second year in Arizona. The Sting faced the Toronto Rock in Toronto for the Championship, and with an NLL record crowd of over 19,400 fans, the Rock defeated the Sting 19-13 to win their fifth championship in seven years.


2005 Arizona Sting season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2005 Arizona Sting season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2005 Arizona Sting season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2005 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 2005 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by Mike Stoops.


2005 Arkansas High School AAAAA Boys Soccer Season
The 2005 Arkansas High School AAAAA Boys Soccer Season was the 8th season of the highest classification of high school boys soccer in Arkansas since being sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association. It was contested by 28 of the largest 32 schools in the state.


2005 Arkansas High School AAAAA Boys Soccer Season, Conference Alignment
The 2005 season was the first under the 2004-2006 classification cycle. Four of the thirty two AAAAA schools did not field teams.


2005 Arkansas High School AAAAA Boys Soccer Season, State Playoffs
The top four teams from each conference qualified to state. The first three rounds were hosted by Conway at First State Park. The championship match was played at Ladyback Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas.


2005 Arkansas High School AAAAA Boys Soccer Season, All State
A total of 46 players were selected to the All State team.


2005 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 2005 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was Arkansas' second straight losing season under Houston Nutt after six straight bowl appearances.


2005 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Running back Darren McFadden became the first freshman to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season (1,113) for Arkansas.


2005 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Preseason
Arkansas was ranked as the 45th best team in the country by NationalChamps.net and projected to finish 6-5.


2005 Arkansas State Indians football team
The 2005 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I FBS college football season.


2005 Arkansas State Indians football team, After the season
A 31-month-long investigation by the NCAA discovered that 31 ineligible athletes in various sports were fielded in several different sports programs at Arkansas State. As a result, four of the 2005 football season wins and all six of the 2006 season wins were vacated as self-imposed penalties by Arkansas State University.


2005 Arlington mayoral election
The 2005 Arlington mayoral election was held on May 7, 2005 to elect the mayor of Arlington. The election was officially nonpartisan. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Robert Cluck.


2005 Arlington mayoral election
If no candidate had obtained a majority of the vote, a runoff would have been held.


2005 Armagh City and District Council election
Elections to Armagh City and District 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 22 councillors.


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


2005 Armagh City and District Council election, Districts results, Crossmore
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2005 Armagh City and District Council election, Districts results, Cusher
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2005 Armagh City and District Council election, Districts results, The Orchard
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2001-2005 Change: No change


2005 Armenian Cup
The 2005 Armenian Cup was the 14th edition of the Armenian Cup, a football competition. In 2005, the tournament had 17 participants, out of which 5 were reserve teams.


2005 Armenian Cup, Results, Preliminary round
The first leg was played on the 8 March 2005. The second leg was played on the 11 March 2005.


2005 Armenian Cup, Results, First round
The first legs were played on 14 and 15 March 2005. The second legs were played on 19 and 20 March 2005.


2005 Armenian Cup, Results, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 3 and 4 April 2005. The second legs were played on 7 and 8 April 2005.


2005 Armenian Cup, Results, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 22 April 2005. The second legs were played on 26 and 28 April 2005.


2005 Armenian First League
The 2005 Armenian First League season started on 19 April 2005. The last matches were played on 8 October 2005. Pyunik-2 became the league champions, but because they are a reserve team they were unable to promote to the Armenian Premier League. As a result, the second placed team Ararat Yerevan was given promotion. The third placed team Gandzasar played in the promotion/relegation play-off, which they lost.


2005 Armenian Premier League
The 2005 Armenian Premier League season was the fourteenth since its establishment, and started on 12 April 2005. The last matches were played on 6 November 2005. FC Pyunik were the defending champions.


2005 Armenian Premier League, Championship round, Championship round league table
The qualified teams only keep their head-to-head results to participate in the Championship stage, resulting in the following table.


2005 Armenian Premier League, Relegation round, Relegation round league table
The qualified teams kept their complete results before entering the stage. The team finishing in 7th position remained in the Premier League, the 8th ranked team played the Promotion/Relegation play-off, while the 9th team was relegated.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Armenia on 27 November 2005. The referendum was on a series of changes to the constitution of Armenia which were backed by the international community. The official results had a high turnout and overwhelming support for the changes. However the opposition and election monitors said that there were serious irregularities with the referendum.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum
The referendum was nicknamed the "referendum of ghosts" by the opposition.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Background
As part of Armenia's commitment on joining the Council of Europe in 2001 changes to the 1995 constitution of Armenia were required. An earlier attempt at amending it were unsuccessful at a 2003 referendum. The early drafts of a new constitution were criticised by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe but amendments were made in September 2005 to address their objections. The new constitution was passed by the National Assembly of Armenia unanimously after the opposition parties boycotted the vote.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Background
The changes to the constitution would transfer some powers from the President to the National Assembly, the Prime Minister and other ministers. The independence of the judiciary was meant to be strengthened by removing the President from the Council of Judges, which appoints the judges in Armenia. The amended constitution was intended to introduce more respect for human rights and permit Armenians who live overseas to gain citizenship by allowing Armenians to be citizens of more than one nation.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Background
Other changes would give the President immunity from prosecution for most offences while in office, remove the requirement for a referendum to be held on any changes to the borders and make the mayoralty of Yerevan an elected post. Most of the changes to the constitution would come into effect after the next parliamentary elections in 2007.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Campaign
In order for the referendum to be successful a majority of those who voted had to support the changes and the supporters had to be at least a third of the 2.3 million registered voters of Armenia. This requirement for a third of voters to vote became the biggest issue in the referendum with most talk over whether that turnout would be reached. Opinions polls for Yerevan in July and September showed that there would only be a low turnout, with the September poll showing only 13% would definitely vote.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Campaign
A coalition of 17 opposition parties came out against the changes in the constitution. They were opposed to some specific changes such as giving the president immunity and giving overseas Armenians citizenship. However their main opposition was based less on any specific clauses in the constitution, but because they said that the government which was proposing the changes was illegitimate. Their position was that the President Robert Kocharyan had come into, and stayed in, power through rigged elections.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Campaign
The opposition called on voters to boycott the vote, to take part in civil disobedience and tried to use the Rose Revolution in Georgia as an example. However the opposition had little access to the media and their campaign saw widespread public apathy. An opposition rally in Yerevan on the weekend before the election saw only about 1,500 people take part, while another rally on the day before the election had a participation in the hundreds.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Campaign
The government campaigned in favour of the constitution and attempted to get copies of the draft constitution to every family in Armenia in the weeks before the referendum. They confidently predicted success and President Kocharyan pledged to respect the results of the referendum.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Campaign
The European Union, United States and Council of Europe all backed the proposed changes to the constitution. After the changes made to the proposed draft constitution in September 2005, the Venice Commission backed the changes, and the Council of Europe urged Armenians to vote in order to show their commitment to Europe. The United States said that the changes would strengthen the institutions in Armenia. As the election neared the British Council sponsored a "Rock the Referendum" concert to try to increase voter interest.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Campaign
Few international Election monitors observed the referendum, with only 12 coming from the Council of Europe. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) did not send any observers as they said they had not received any invitation from the government of Armenia. The Armenian government's position was that the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights had no mandate to observe referendums. A local group, Choice is Yours, did arrange for around 2,000 Armenians to monitor the referendum.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Conduct
On the day of the election President Kocharyan was among the people to vote and the opposition criticised him for publicly showing his 'yes' ballot paper, which they said violated the constitution. Reports on the vote said that many polling places were deserted with few people voting. However the official results showed a turnout of over 65% of the electorate with an overwhelming yes vote, thus easily meeting the required level. This turnout level was one of the highest in Armenia's post-soviet history.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Conduct
The opposition said that there was massive ballot stuffing and that turnout in reality was only 16 to 21% of the electorate. The observers from the Council of Europe reported that there were serious abuses in the referendum and said that the official turnout figures did not match reality. However they did believe that the required 33% turnout level was probably met. The United States State Department called on the government to investigate abuses in the referendum while the European Union expressed concern. Neither, however, supported the protests that the opposition were calling for.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Conduct
President Kocharyan described the result as "a great victory in the strengthening of democracy and the making of civil society in Armenia." The governing political parties in Armenia also described the referendum as a success and said that any problems with the referendum would not have affected the result. Some government members and supporters expressed concerns including, Hranush Kharatian, the head of the government department of ethnic minorities and religious affairs and Alvard Petrosian, a deputy from the governing Armenian Revolutionary Federation party. The head of the Central Electoral Commission certified the results but with the opposition members of the commission disagreeing.


2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, Aftermath
The opposition held a series of rallies in the two weeks following the referendum but did not attract a large number of people confirming the largely apathetic feelings of much of the population. The first rally on the 28 November attracted five to ten thousand people but over the next two weeks the rallies gradually fizzled out.


2005 Army Black Knights football team
The 2005 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2005 Aruban general election
General elections were held in Aruba on 23 September 2005. They were won by the People's Electoral Movement, which took 11 of the 21 seats in the Estates.


2005 Aruban general election, Results
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2005 Ashes series
The 2005 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing cricket rivalry between England and Australia. Starting on 21 July 2005, England and Australia played five Tests, with the Ashes held by Australia as the most recent victors. The final result was a 2–1 series win for England, who succeeded (for the first time since 1986–87) in their biennial attempt to win the urn.


2005 Ashes series
In March, Australia captain Ricky Ponting said this Ashes series would be the closest since Australia's dominance began in 1989. Since 1989, when Australia started their winning Ashes streak, England had lost by more than one match in all but one of the series played, that of 1997. During that period, Australia were the pre-eminent side in the world, while England had dropped from being the top-rated in 1981 to sixth for much of the 1990s. They reached a low point in 1999 with a series loss to New Zealand leaving them bottom of the unofficial Wisden Cricketers' Almanack rankings.


2005 Ashes series
However, since the previous series in 2002–03, England had improved on their fifth place in the official rankings, and were second before this series. Australia were still top-ranked, but England had won 14 and drawn three of their 18 previous Test matches since March 2004, and had won six successive series. Nonetheless, before the First Test some Australians, including fast bowler Glenn McGrath, were suggesting that a 5–0 win in the series for Australia was a serious possibility.


2005 Ashes series
The BBC reported on the day after the series that it was "hailed as the most thrilling series ever". Individual matches were very closely fought, with one match decided by a two-run margin, one match drawn with only one wicket remaining, and one match won by three wickets. The outcome of the contest was not decided until the last day of the series.