October 2005 in Sports - 12 October 2005

12 October 2005

National Football League: Three players — Ronde Barber of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Baltimore Ravens teammates Terrell Suggs and Ed Reed — were fined for interfering with game officials during their games this week. Barber will pay $30,000 (US) and Suggs and Reed will pay $15,000 apiece.
Major League Baseball (Non-Postseason news): Sam Perlozzo signed a three-year deal to become the full-time manager of the Baltimore Orioles, and Mel Stottlemyre announced he will resign as pitching coach of the New York Yankees, berating owner George Steinbrenner in the process.

Major League Baseball playoffs
- 2005 American League Championship Series Game 2
  - Chicago White Sox 2, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1.
    - WP: Mark Buehrle. LP: Kelvim Escobar. HR: LAA — Robb Quinlan. A controversial call by home plate umpire Doug Eddings, saying that the ball on A.J. Pierzynski's ninth inning strikeout hit the dirt and permitted him to go to first base after it was thought to have been caught, allowed Joe Crede's ensuing double to score pinch runner Pablo Ozuna as the White Sox evened the ALCS. Series tied, 1–1.
- 2005 National League Championship Series Game 1
  - St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 3.
    - WP: Chris Carpenter. LP: Andy Pettitte. SV: Jason Isringhausen. HRs: Hou — Chris Burke (pinch-hit); StL — Reggie Sanders. The Cardinals used the strong pitching of Chris Carpenter and Reggie Sanders' home run as Andy Pettitte gave up five runs and the Redbirds took an early jump on the Astros in the opening game rematch of last year's NLCS. Cardinals lead series, 1–0.

Football (soccer): Football World Cup 2006 Qualifying Matches
- Asia – 5th place playoff, second leg
  - Bahrain 0–0 Uzbekistan
    - Bahrain win the Asian fifth-place play-off on away goals and will play Trinidad and Tobago in the Asia/CONCACAF playoff for a spot in Germany.
- CONCACAF
  - Guatemala 3 – 1 Costa Rica
    - Despite Guatemala's win, they are knocked out when Trinidad and Tobago win.
  - Trinidad and Tobago 2 – 1 Mexico
    - The Soca Warriors advance to the Asia/CONCACAF playoff against Bahrain with this win.
  - USA 2 – 0 Panama
- Europe
  - Albania 0–1 Turkey
  - Andorra 0–3 Armenia
  - Austria 2–0 Northern Ireland
  - Belarus 0–1 Norway
  - England 2–1 Poland
    - England wins UEFA Group 6.
  - Finland 0–3 Czech Republic
  - France 4–0 Cyprus
    - France wins UEFA Group 4.
  - Greece 1–0 Georgia
  - Hungary 0–0 Croatia
  - Republic of Ireland 0–0 Switzerland
    - Switzerland gain a play-off place at Ireland's expense.
  - Italy 2–1 Moldova
  - Kazakhstan 1–2 Denmark
  - Lithuania 1–1 Belgium
  - Luxembourg 0–2 Estonia
  - Malta 1–1 Bulgaria
  - Netherlands 0–0 Macedonia
  - Portugal 3–0 Latvia
    - With two goals, Pauleta surpasses Eusébio as Portugal's all-time goal scoring leader.
  - San Marino 0–6 Spain
    - Spain's goal fiesta does not save them from having to go into the play-offs.
  - Serbia and Montenegro 1–0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
    - Serbia and Montenegro secures first place in UEFA Group 7.
  - Slovakia 0–0 Russia
  - Slovenia 0–3 Scotland
  - Sweden 3–1 Iceland
    - Sweden secures an automatic berth in Germany as one of the top two second-place teams in UEFA qualifying.
  - Wales 2–0 Azerbaijan
    - The following countries will contest the play-offs for the last three places in Germany available for European teams: Spain, Slovakia, Turkey, Norway, Czech Republic and Switzerland. The draw to determine who plays who will take place on Friday.
- South America
  - Brazil 3–0 Venezuela
  - Chile 0–0 Ecuador
  - Paraguay 0–1 Colombia
  - Peru 4–1 Bolivia
  - Uruguay 1–0 Argentina
    - Uruguay's victory secures them 5th place in the South American group and advances to a playoff with Australia for a World Cup berth.