October 2005 in Sports - 14 October 2005

14 October 2005

• Football (soccer): Draw for European qualifying playoffs for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Matches to be held 12 and 16 November; first team listed will host the first leg.
  • Spain v Slovakia
  • Switzerland v Turkey
  • Norway v Czech Republic
• Major League Baseball (Non-postseason news): After failing to come to an agreement earlier in the month, Ken Macha will return to manage the Oakland Athletics after all, signing a three-year contract extension.
• Major League Baseball playoffs
  • 2005 American League Championship Series Game 3
    • Chicago White Sox 5, Los Angeles Angels 2.
      • WP: Jon Garland. LP: John Lackey. HRs: ChW — Paul Konerko; LAA — Orlando Cabrera. John Garland scattered four hits and Paul Konerko homered as the cap to a three-run first as part of a 3-for-4, 3 RBI performance to give the White Sox the win and the lead in the ALCS. The CG by Garland combined with Game 2's performance by Mark Buehrle marked the first time since 1997 that back-to-back complete games were hurled in post-season. White Sox lead series, 2–1.
• Cricket: Super Series: Australia (345 & 190) complete a 210-run victory over ICC World XI (190 & 144) inside four days of the only Supertest in the series. Stuart MacGill took nine wickets for 82 in the match, while Matthew Hayden returned scores of 111 and 77. (Cricinfo)