26 August 2005 (Friday) Football: UEFA Super Cup Liverpool 3–1 CSKA Moscow (aet) Djibril Cissé scored twice as a substitute — a game-tying goal in the 81st minute and the winning goal in the 103rd minute — to lead the UEFA Champions League titleholders past the winners of the UEFA Cup at Stade Louis II in Monaco. Cissé also assisted on the team's final goal, a header by Luis García in the 112th minute. UEFA web site Domestic Leagues The inaugural Hyundai A-League association football competition kicks-off, heralding a new era in Australian domestic football. (Official Website) 25 August 2005 (Thursday) Cricket: 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup: Bermuda (30.5pts) beat Canada (17.5pts) by 48 runs in Toronto to go top of the Americas group. Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa manages his 2,195th win, passing Sparky Anderson to become the third-winningest manager in the history of Major League Baseball. (ESPN) Football: UEFA Champions League: Group stage draw (UEFA.com) Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Club Brugge, Rapid Vienna Group B: Arsenal, Ajax, Sparta Prague, FC Thun Group C: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen, Udinese Group D: Man United, Villarreal, Lille, Benfica Group E: A.C. Milan, PSV, Schalke, Fenerbahçe Group F: Real Madrid, Lyon, Olympiakos, Rosenborg Group G: Liverpool, Chelsea, Anderlecht, Real Betis Group H: Internazionale, Porto, Rangers, Artmedia UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round, second leg, Progressing teams shown in bold. (UEFA.com) Southern/Mediterranean zone Red Star Belgrade 4–0 Inter Zaprešić Maccabi Petach Tikva 6–0 FK Baskimi AC Omonia 2–1 Dinamo București Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 OFK Beograd (away goals) Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 APOEL (aet) HNK Rijeka 2–1 Litex Lovech (away goals) Beşiktaş 5–1 FC Vaduz FK Vardar 1–1 Rapid București Levski Sofia 3–0 NK Publikum Široki Brijeg 4–2 FK Zeta NK Domžale 1–1 F.C. Ashdod (away goals) Central/Eastern zone BATE Borisov 0–2 Krylya Sovetov Samara Metalurh Donetsk 2–1 MFC Sopron Wisła Płock 3–2 Grasshopper (away goals) Grazer AK 1–0 Nistru Otaci Austria Vienna 2–2 MŠK Žilina Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 SV Pasching (away goals) FK Teplice 2–1 MTZ-RIPO Minsk Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–0 Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4–0 FC Banants FC Zürich 4–1 Legia Warsaw Northern zone Linfield 2–4 Halmstads BK B36 2–2 Midtjylland Allianssi 0–2 Brann KRC Genk 3–0 Liepājas Metalurgs Viking FK 2–1 Rhyl Dundee United 2–2 MyPa (away goals) Carmarthen Town 0–2 FC København Keflavík 0–2 Mainz 05 Cork City 0–0 Djurgårdens IF (away goals) Tromsø 0–1 EfB