LSU. (ESPN) Baseball: The Kansas City Royals end their 19-game losing streak with a 2–1 victory over the Oakland Athletics. The Royals were two games shy of the Baltimore Orioles' American League record of 21 straight losses, and four losses away from the all-time modern record of 23 set in 1961 by the Philadelphia Phillies. This is Kansas City's first win since July 27. Oakland's lead over the New York Yankees in the American League wild card race drops to half a game. (ESPN) Football: English Premiership (Official Premiership site; see "Results" link) Manchester United 1–0 (0–0) Aston Villa Charlton Athletic 1–0 (1–0) Wigan Athletic Newcastle United 0–0 West Ham United West Bromwich Albion 2–1 (1–0) Portsmouth Blackburn Rovers 2–1 (1–0) Fulham Liverpool 1–0 (1–0) Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 (0–0) Middlesbrough Birmingham City 1–2 (1–1) Manchester City Rugby union: The South Africa Springboks defeat the Australia Wallabies 22–19 at Subiaco Oval in Perth in the fourth match of the Tri Nations Series, the Boks' first win in Australia since 1998. The Australians last lost four consecutive Tests in 1981-82. (BBC) 2005 Little League World Series: Kalen Pimentel of Vista, California, representing the West team, strikes out 18 batters in a 6-inning game to lead his team over Owensboro, Kentucky, representing the Great Lakes, 7–2. 19 August 2005 (Friday) Cricket: 2005 English cricket season: NatWest Women's Series: Australia Women (193 for 8) beat England Women (128) by 65 runs in the 2nd One Day International at Kidderminster. (BBC) County Championship, Division One: Surrey (463) drew with Gloucestershire (350 & 294 for 6). (BBC) County Championship, Division Two: Essex (306 & 337 for 5) beat Derbyshire (426 & 216) by 5 wickets. (BBC) Lancashire (537) drew with Yorkshire (417 & 323 for 6). (BBC) Worcestershire (696 for 8 dec.) beat Somerset (318 & 322) by an innings and 56 runs. (BBC) 18 August 2005 (Thursday) Cricket: 2005 English cricket season: Australians in England in 2005: The tour match between Scotland and Australia is abandoned due to bad weather. (BBC) 17 August 2005 (Wednesday) Basketball: The NCAA settles a lawsuit against organizers of the National Invitation Tournament by buying the tournament rights from their current holders, the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association, for $56.5 million (US). (Yahoo! Sports via AP) Cricket: 2005 English cricket season: National League, Division One: Glamorgan (203 for 5) beat Northamptonshire (201) by 5 wickets. (BBC) County Championship, Division One: