The shirt worn by George Best when he scored six goals in Manchester United's 8-2 FA Cup victory in 1970 was sold at auction at Christie's.

Tennis star Maria Sharapova beat Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4 at the US Open, it was her 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 1st US Open title.

Thirty year-old Tiger Woods had a five-shot victory in the 88th PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club.

The U.S. won their sixth consecutive first place finish in the Tour de France with Floyd Landis.

Canada won its first world lacrosse title in 28 years by defeating the U.S. 15-10 in front of 7,735 fans.

Carnell "Cadillac" Williams of the Tampa Bay Bucs rushed for 158 yards to become the first NFL player in history to begin his career with three consecutive 100-yard rushing games.

At the FIG Congress in Antalya, gold medalist Nellie Kim was elected President of the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee.

Brazil added another gold medal to their collection at the 2004 Olympic Games men’s Volleyball competition with a 3-1 victory over Italy.

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games (officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) closing ceremony included performances of various Greek singers, and featured traditional Greek dance performances.

Bonds started the record setting run in 1992 as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates and recorded five seasons (2000-2004) with 40 or more home runs after signing with Giants as a free agent in 1993.