30 April 2005 (Saturday) Boxing: Iván Calderón retains his WBO world Minimumweight title with an eighth-round knockout of Noel Tunacao, Nelson Dieppa loses his WBO world Light Flyweight title with a ten-round technical decision against Hugo Cazares in San Juan, Puerto Rico; John Ruiz loses his WBA world Heavyweight title to James Toney by a twelve-round unanimous decision at New York, New York and announces his retirement from boxing, and Christy Martin posts a second-round knockout win over Lana Alexander in Lula, Mississippi.Boxrec.com Bundesliga: Kaiserslautern 0–4 Bayern Munich Bayern win their 19th Bundesliga title and their third in the last five years. (Eurosport) Premier League: Bolton 0–2 Chelsea Chelsea win their first Premier League Championship in 50 years. (Eurosport) 2005 English cricket season: County Championship – Division One: Gloucestershire (8pts) drew with Kent (11pts) Nottinghamshire (22pts) beat Sussex (6pts) by 10 wickets Surrey (18pts) beat Glamorgan (5pts) by 5 wickets Warwickshire (22pts) beat Middlesex (5pts) by 7 wickets County Championship – Division Two: Essex (22pts) beat Somerset (2pts) by 9 wickets Lancashire (17pts) beat Worcestershire (6pts) by 76 runs Northamptonshire (12pts) drew with Derbyshire (7pts)
29 April 2005 (Friday) 2005 English cricket season: MCC University matches in 2005: Gloucestershire beat Cardiff UCCE by 95 runs Leicestershire drew with Durham UCCE
28 April 2005 (Thursday) Former Toronto Maple Leafs player Red Horner, the oldest living member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the oldest former NHLer, passes away at age 95. TSN Football: UEFA Cup semi-finals, first leg: Parma 0 – 0 CSKA Moscow (UEFA.com) Sporting 2 – 1 AZ Alkmaar (UEFA.com)
27 April 2005 (Wednesday) Football (soccer): UEFA Champions League, semi-final, first leg: Chelsea 0 – 0 Liverpool (UEFA.com)
26 April 2005 (Tuesday) ICC Intercontinental Cup: United Arab Emirates (30pts) beat Hong Kong (12.5pts) in Sharjah Football (soccer): UEFA Champions League, semi-final, first leg: AC Milan 2 – 0 PSV Eindhoven (UEFA.com)
25 April 2005 (Monday) Football (soccer): The Football Association asks UEFA to grant Liverpool a place in next season's Champions League should they win the competition this year but finish below fourth place in the FA Premier League. UEFA have indicated that they will not allow five teams from one country to take part. The FA could still place Liverpool in the Champions League if they win it – but they would have to deny the fourth placed Premiership club (currently Liverpool's intracity rivals Everton) in order to do so. (sportinglife.com)
24 April 2005 (Sunday) 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup: Kenya (32pts) beat Uganda (15pts) by 168 runs in Kampala 2005 English cricket season: National League Division One in 2005: Gloucestershire (4pts) beat Northamptonshire (0pts) by 9 runs Middlesex (4pts) beat Lancashire (0pts) by 69 runs National League Division Two in 2005: Durham (4pts) beat Surrey (0pts) by 138 runs Kent (4pts) beat Leicestershire (0pts) by 6 runs (D/L method) Sussex (4pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by 2 runs (D/L method) Yorkshire (4pts) beat Somerset (0pts) by 5 wickets Basketball: Defending champions Guangdong Southern Tigers defeat Jiangsu Dragons in the fifth and final match of the best-of-five Chinese Basketball Association finals, winning the finals 3 games to 2. Guangdong had a 42-point fourth quarter, overcoming a 14-point deficit in the early minutes of that quarter to win the final match by eight points, 107–99. Rugby union, Heineken Cup semifinal: Leicester Tigers 19, Toulouse 27 at Walkers Stadium, Leicester. Toulouse will face fellow French side Stade Français in the final on 22 May at Murrayfield, Edinburgh. (BBC) Formula One: Fernando Alonso wins a dramatic San Marino Grand Prix, beating Michael Schumacher by just 0.215 seconds. It is the closest finish in Formula One (not involving teammates) since 1992. (Formula1.com)