June 2004 in sports
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- Euro 2004: In the first semi-final Portugal beat the Netherlands 2-1. This is the first time Portugal have reached the final of a major football tournament.
- Wimbledon quarter-finals:
- IRL: Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser, Jr. announces his retirement from racing after over twenty years racing in CART and the IRL.
- NASCAR: Tony Stewart was fined US $50,000 by NASCAR for an altercation with Brian Vickers following Sunday's Dodge/Save Mart 350. He was also docked 25 championship points, dropping him to sixth in the Nextel Cup Championship points race. NASCAR stopped short of suspending Stewart for a race, which would likely have eliminated him from the points race altogether.
- MLB: Colorado Rockies hitter Larry Walker gets his 2,000th hit in a 5-4 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Walker is the 234th player to reach the milestone.
- Pakistan's top amateur boxing prospect, Maurin Karim, is banned from the Olympic Games for testing positive for a banned substance during a previous competition.
- Cricket: West Indies defeat England by 7 wickets in a One-day International at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
- Euro 2004: In the last quarterfinal, the Czech Republic defeats Denmark 3-0. The Czechs blew open a game which had been scoreless at halftime with a goal by Jan Koller and two by Milan Baroš.
- College World Series: Cal State Fullerton wins the NCAA baseball College World Series, defeating Texas 3-2 to win the best-of-three championship series 2-0.
- Arena Football League: The San Jose SaberCats defeat the Arizona Rattlers, 69-62, to win ArenaBowl XVIII.
- NASCAR: Jeff Gordon wins the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway.
- PGA TOUR: Australian Adam Scott wins the Booz Allen Classic at Golf: Ya-Ni Tseng of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) came back from four holes down to upset defending champion Michelle Wie at the United States Gymnastics Olympic trials: Courtney Kupets and Courtney McCool finish the competition in first and second place, respectively. Other top-ten finishers include Carly Patterson (#3), Tasha Schwiker (#7) and Carly Janiga (#9).
- Baseball: Carlos Pena hits a grand slam home run with two outs and two strikes in the bottom of the ninth inning, as the Detroit Tigers defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9 to 5.
- Drag racing: NHRA driver Darrell Russell dies of injuries sustained during an accident at the Sears Craftsman Nationals at Madison, Illinois.
- Wimbledon: On People's Sunday, Englishman Tim Henman advances to the third round by defeating Hicham Arazi 7-6 (6), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Amongst the others advancing are Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, defending women's champion Serena Williams and defending men's champion Roger Federer.
- United States Gymnastics Olympic trials: Courtney Kupets and Courtney McCool finish the competition in first and second place, respectively. Other top-ten finishers include Carly Patterson (#3), Tasha Schwiker (#7) and Carly Janiga (#9). [(http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=1830589 (ESPN)]
- Baseball: Carlos Pena hits a grand slam home run with two outs and two strikes in the bottom of the ninth inning, as the Detroit Tigers defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9 to 5.
- Rugby union:
- Euro 2004: In the third quarter-final, the Netherlands beat Sweden 5-4 on penalties. The match ended 0-0 after extra time.
- NHL Draft: With the first pick in the 2004 NHL draft, the Washington Capitals select Alexander Ovechkin from Russia, the second Russian to go first in the draft in NHL history. (Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers was drafted first in 2001.) Yevgeny Malkin was selected second by the Pittsburgh Penguins and Cam Barker from Canada was selected third by the Chicago Blackhawks.
- Wimbledon: Rain washed out play for the second day in a week. For only the third time in Wimbledon's history, matches will be played on Sunday to try to catch up.
- College World Series: Cal State, Fullerton defeats Texas, 6-4, in the first game of the best of three championship series.
- IRL: Dan Wheldon wins the SunTrust Indy Challenge at June 25, 2004
- NBA: Colorado District Judge Terry Ruckriegle set the starting date of the sexual assault trial of NBA star Kobe Bryant for August 27. On that date, prospective jurors will be questioned. The trial, to be held in Eagle, Colorado, is expected to last three to four weeks.
- Euro 2004: In the second quarter-final, unfancied Greece surprisingly beat strong favourites France 1-0. Until this tournament Greece had never won a match in European Championships or World Cup finals tournaments.
- Wimbledon: Second seed and French Open champion Anastasia Myskina is upset by American June 24, 2004
- Euro 2004: In the first quarter-final, Portugal beat England 6-5 on penalties after the two teams drew 2-2 after extra time. The referee Urs Meier controversially disallowed a goal by England in the last minute of normal time.
- NBA Draft: Dwight Howard from Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy is selected in the first pick of the draft by the Orlando Magic. Emeka Okafor of the University of Connecticut is selected by the Charlotte Bobcats with the second pick. Ben Gordon, also from Connecticut, is selected third by the Chicago Bulls. Shaun Livingston from Peoria Central High School is selected fourth by the Los Angeles Clippers. Devin Harris from the University of Wisconsin was selected fifth by the Washington Wizards, but is, in actuality, part of the trade made Wednesday with the Dallas Mavericks.
- Wimbledon: Third seed Venus Williams is upset in the second round of play by MLB: Kansas City Royals star Carlos Beltran is traded to the Houston Astros in a three-team deal. The Oakland Athletics receive reliever Barry Bonds lashes out in public at sprinter Tim Montgomery, after Montgomery accused him the week before of being involved with the BALCO steroids company.
- NHL: Vancouver Canucks star Todd Bertuzzi was formally charged with assault by Vancouver police after a four-month investigation stemming from a March 8 hit on the Colorado Avalanche's Steve Moore that left him with three fractured vertebrae, post-concussion symptoms and amnesia. Bertuzzi had been previously suspended without pay by the NHL for the final 13 games of the past season and the entire playoffs for the incident.
- College World Series: Cal State, Fullerton advances to the College World Series finals, defeating South Carolina, 4-0.
- Euro 2004: Group D - In the final group matches, Czech Republic, which had already qualified for the quarterfinals as group winners, beat Germany 2-1, and Netherlands beat Latvia 3-0. The Netherlands qualifies for the quarterfinals as group runners-up.
- College World Series:
- Texas eliminates Georgia from competition, 7-6, and secures itself a place in the College World Series finals.
- South Carolina defeated Cal State Fullerton 5-3 to force a rematch between the two teams on Thursday to determine which team will play in the College World Series finals.
- Wimbledon: Matches get suspended due to rain.
- NBA: The Dallas Mavericks trade Antawn Jamison, the 2003-04 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award winner, to the Washington Wizards for Jerry Stackhouse, Christian Laettner and the Wizards' first-round draft pick (fifth pick overall). It is thought that the Mavericks, who have reportedly been attempting to establish a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers for star center Shaquille O'Neal, made the trade as a possible means to sweeten any potential trade with the Lakers. The trade was officially consummated at the NBA Draft the next day.
- Euro 2004: Group B - Croatia and France draw 2-2.
- Euro 2004: Group B - England beat Switzerland 3-0. Wayne Rooney scores twice, becoming the youngest scorer in the history of these championships.
- Euro 2004: Italy's Francesco Totti is banned by UEFA for three matches for "gross sporting misconduct", effective immediately, after spitting at Christian Poulsen of Denmark during their match earlier this week.
- U.S. Open: After the first day of play, veteran Jay Haas and Shigeki Maruyama of Japan both shot a 4-under par 66 to take an early lead before afternoon rounds were suspended because of the threat of thunderstorms. Angel Cabrera was also at 4-under par after 12 holes before play was suspended for the day. Sergio García, Tom Kite and Tiger Woods all shot 2-over par 72s. June 16, 2004
- Euro 2004: Group A - Portugal beat Russia 2-0. Russia can no longer qualify for the knock-out stage of the competition.
- Euro 2004: Group A - Greece and Spain draw 1-1.
- Wimbledon: The All England Club announces the seedings for the Wimbledon Championships. The number one seed on the women's side is Serena Williams, followed by Anastasia Myskina, Venus Williams, Amelie Mauresmo and Lindsay Davenport. On the men's side, defending champion Roger Federer is the top seed, followed by Andy Roddick, Guillermo Coria, David Nalbandian and Tim Henman.
- NASCAR: Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick were both fined US $25,000 and placed on probation for intentionally spinning each other out at the end of last Sunday's June 15, 2004
- NBA Finals: The Detroit Pistons defeat the Los Angeles Lakers, 100-87, in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win the series and upset the heavily-favored Lakers in front of a home crowd in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Chauncey Billups was named the NBA Finals MVP.
- NBA: Following Game 5 of the NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson says there is a "slim chance" he will return to coach the Lakers next year.
- Euro 2004: Group D - Germany and the Netherlands draw 1-1.
- Euro 2004: Group D - The Czech Republic beat Latvia 2-1.
- Tennis: Andre Agassi withdraws from Wimbledon due to a hip injury, leaving the tournament without one of the world's top tennis players.
- Euro 2004: Group B - France beat England 2-1 with two late goals from Zinedine Zidane, having been 1-0 down until stoppage time.
- Euro 2004: Group B - Switzerland and Croatia draw 0-0.
- NBA Finals: The Detroit Pistons defeat the Los Angeles Lakers, 88-80, in Game 4 of the NBA Finals to take a 3-1 series lead. No team has ever rebounded from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals.
- Test cricket: England beat New Zealand by four wickets at Trent Bridge to win the test series 3-0. England's Graham Thorpe hits his 14th Test century, finishing on 104 not out.
- Football (soccer): The Pumas de UNAM beat the Chivas de Guadalajara, 0-0 (5-4 on penalties) to win Mexico's association football championship.
- NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson wins the Pocono 500.
- Formula One: Michael Schumacher wins the Canadian Grand Prix.
- 24 hours of Le Mans: Tom Kristensen (Denmark), Seiji Ara (Japan) and Rinaldo Capello (Italy) won the 24-hour Le Mans race with a record 379 laps in 24 hours.
- PGA TOUR: Sergio García wins the Buick Open.
- LPGA: Annika Sörenstam wins the LPGA Championship, her seventh major title.
- Rugby union: The Wallabies (Australia) defeat Scotland 35-15 in the first test, at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne.
- Arena Football League: The Arizona Rattlers defeat the Colorado Crush, 45-41, to earn a berth in ArenaBowl XVIII.
- Boxing: Azumah Nelson, Carlos Palomino, Dwight Muhammad Qawi and Daniel Zaragoza, among others, are inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
- Euro 2004: Group A - Spain beat Russia 1-0.
- Euro 2004: Group A - Greece beat hosts Portugal 2-1 in a surprise result in the competition's opening match.
- NFL Europe: The Berlin Thunder defeat the Frankfurt Galaxy, 30-24 in World Bowl XII.
- Rugby union: In their first game under new coach Graham Henry and new captain Tana Umaga, the All Blacks (New Zealand) defeat England 36-3 in the first test, at Carisbrook in Dunedin.
- Rugby union: The Springboks (South Africa) defeat Ireland 37-17 in the first test, at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein.
- Rugby union: The Pumas (Argentina) defeat Wales 50-44 in the first test, in Tucumán.
- IRL: Tony Kanaan wins the Bombardier 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Arena Football League: The San Jose SaberCats defeat the Chicago Rush, 49-35, to earn a berth in ArenaBowl XVIII.
- Boxing: Two division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. gets charged with two misdemeanor counts, stemming from two fights with women, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
