2005 in sports
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- 9.1 World Motorcycle Championship 9.1.1 MotoGP class (990 cc )
- 9.1.2 250 cc class
- 9.1.3 125 - cc class
American Football
- February 6: The New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., against the Philadelphia Eagles with 24:21.
- June 26: The Marburg Mercenaries win the final of the EFAF Cup 2005 Elan Court against the Templars with 49:14.
- July 9: The Vienna Vikings win Euro Bowl XIX against the Bergamo Lions with 29:6.
- July 17: The Germanized national team wins the final of the 2005 World Games in Duisburg MSV - Arena with 20:6 against Sweden.
- July 30: The National team of Sweden wins in Malmo, Sweden, to Germany with 16:7 the European Championship.
- October 8: The Braunschweig Lions win German Bowl XXVII at the AWD Arena, Hannover, Hamburg against the Blue Devils with 31:28.
Badminton
Highlights of Badminton 2005 were the World Cup and the Sudirman Cup.
World Badminton Grand Prix
Basketball
Beach volleyball
Formula 1
Football
Golf
Athletics
Motorcycle Racing
World Motorcycle Championship
- Motorcycle World Championship 2005
MotoGP class (990 cc )
- In the MotoGP class, the 26- year-old Italian Valentino Rossi wins on Yamaha won the seventh world title of his career and the fourth in a row in this category. He sits down against his compatriot Marco Melandri and the American Nicky Hayden (both Honda) by. In the constructors' championship ahead of Honda and Yamaha wins Ducati.
250 cc class
- In the 250 cc class of the 20 - year-old Spaniard Dani Pedrosa on Honda defended ahead of Australian Casey Stoner (Aprilia ) and Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) had won in the previous title. In the Constructors' Championship, Honda enforces against Aprilia and KTM.
125 cc class
- The world title in the eighth liter class win, the 19- year-old Swiss Thomas Luthi on Honda. Second is the Finn Mika Kallio, third in the Hungarian Gábor Talmacsi, both on KTM. In the Constructors' Championship KTM wins ahead of Honda and Aprilia.
Superbike World Championship
- The Australian Troy Corser wins on Suzuki ahead of his compatriot Chris Vermeulen (Honda ) and the Japanese Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha ) the drivers' standings. For the 34 -year-olds, this is after 1996, the second world title of his career in this category. In the constructors' standings ahead of Honda and Suzuki sets by Ducati.
Details: Superbike World Championship 2005
Supersport World Championship
- The 32- year-old Frenchman Sébastien Charpentier wins on Honda ahead of Australian Kevin Curtain ( Yamaha ) and the Japanese Katsuaki Fujiwara (Honda) the drivers' standings. In the Constructors' Championship, Honda enforces against Yamaha and Ducati.
Details: Supersport World Championship 2005
Olympic games
- July 6th: Olympics: The IOC will decide on the venue of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cycling
Tennis
Grand Slam tournaments
World Tour Finals
- Tennis Masters Cup: November 13 to 20 in Shanghai
- WTA Championships
Other tournaments
- World Team Cup
- Fed Cup
- Hopman Cup: 1 to 8 January in Perth
Winter sports
Died
- January 6: Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer ( b. 1933 )
- January 11: Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcycle racer ( b. 1957 )
- February 8: Gaston Rahier, Belgian motocross rider ( b. 1947 )
- MARCH 16: Arciso Artesiani, Italian motorcycle racer (* 1922)
- MAY 23: Ernst Jakob Henne, German motorcycle racer (* 1904)
- October 20: Rudi rims Heier, German motorcycle racer ( b. 1930 )
- NOVEMBER 25: Richard Burns, British rally driver ( b. 1971 )