October 2005 in Sports - 24 October 2005

24 October 2005

• Formula One: The 2006 Formula One season will feature a new qualifying format, and, after a year's absence, tire changes. The new qualifying session will be done in knockout form — all 20 cars will go out. After 15 minutes, the 5 slowest cars will be kicked off the track; after another 15 minutes, 5 more cars will be kicked off, leaving 10 cars to duke it out for 20 more minutes. (Yahoo!)
• NFL
  • Monday Night Football
    • Atlanta Falcons 27, New York Jets 14: The Falcons score 17 points off of three Vinny Testaverde fumbles in the first 17+ minutes of the game, as they easily defeat the injury-plagued Jets. (Yahoo! Sports/AP)
  • St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz will miss the remainder of the 2005 season with the heart valve disease he suffered earlier this month.
  • Ahman Green, the Green Bay Packers' leading rusher, was lost for the season with a broken leg.
• Football: Celtic manager Gordon Strachan is named Scotland's FIFA SOS Ambassador for next year's World Cup, joining Wayne Rooney from Manchester United and England's national squad.