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: 2005 In Sports
- , Slovenia , the world record was improved several times. The new best result is 239 metres by Bjørn Einar Romøren of Norway . Janne Ahonen of Finland flew 240 metres, but fell.
- (407 and 407/9 dec) beat Pakistan (393 and 226) by 195 runs in the 2nd Test at Kolkata , taking a 1-0 lead in the series. (Wisden Cricinfo)
- Basketball -
- ---In the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Men's Basketball Championship , the Carleton Ravens defeat the Concordia Stingers 68-48.
- --- NCAA Tournament , second round (regional seeds included; advancing teams in ):
--Albuquerque Regional:
- (4) 76, Georgia Tech (5) 54 (AP/ESPN)
--Austin Regional:
- (5) 72, Vermont (13) 61 (AP/ESPN)
- (1) 63, Mississippi State (9) 55 (AP/ESPN)
--Chicago Regional:
- (2) 85, SIU (7) 77 (AP/ESPN)
--Syracuse Regional:
- UConn (2) 62, (10) 65 (AP/ESPN)
- Florida (4) 65, (5) 76 (AP/ESPN)
- (1) 92, Iowa State (9) 65 (AP/ESPN)
- (6) 71, Bucknell (14) 62 (AP/ESPN)
- wins the Malaysian Grand Prix for his second career victory in F1. Jarno Trulli and Nick Heidfeld join him on the podium. (Formula1.com)
- wins the Golden Corral 500 on a last-lap pass of Jimmie Johnson . It is Edwards' first career Nextel Cup victory and comes a day after he won his first career Busch Series race. (NASCAR.com)
- --- Wales complete a Grand Slam by defeating Ireland 32-20 at Millennium Stadium , Cardiff . It's the first Grand Slam by Wales since 1978, and is also Wales' first overall win in the competition since 1994 (when it was still the Five Nations). (BBC)
- --- Italy 13-56 France ( Stadio Flaminio , Rome ) (BBC)
- --- England 43-22 Scotland ( Twickenham , London ) (BBC) .
- Basketball - NCAA Tournament , second round (regional seeds included; advancing teams in ):
- ---Albuquerque Regional:
-- Gonzaga (3) 67, (6) 71 (AP/ESPN)
-- (1) 97, Pacific (8) 79 (AP/ESPN)
-- Wake Forest (2) 105, (7) 111 (2 OT) (AP/ESPN)
- ---Austin Regional:
-- Oklahoma (3) 58, (6) 67 (AP/ESPN)
-- (1) 71, Nevada (9) 59 (AP/ESPN)
-- (2) 69, Cincinnati (7) 60 (AP/ESPN)
- ---Chicago Regional:
-- (3) 85, UAB (11) 63 (AP/ESPN)
-- Boston College (4) 75, (12) 83 (AP/ESPN)
- Basketball - NCAA Tournament , first round (regional seeds included; advancing teams in ):
- ---Albuquerque Regional:
-- (4) 68, Louisiana-Lafayette (13) 62 (AP/ESPN)
-- (5) 80, George Washington (12) 68 (AP/ESPN)
- ---Austin Regional:
-- Syracuse (4) 57, (13) 60 (OT) (AP/ESPN)
-- (1) 57, Delaware State (16) 46 (AP/ESPN)
-- (5) 89, Old Dominion (12) 81 (AP/ESPN)
-- Stanford (8) 70, (9) 93 (AP/ESPN)
- ---Chicago Regional:
-- (2) 63, SE Louisiana (15) 50 (AP/ESPN)
-- (7) 65, St. Mary's (10) 56 (AP/ESPN)
- ---Syracuse Regional:
-- Charlotte (7) 63, (10) 75 (AP/ESPN)
-- (4) 67, Ohio (13) 62 (AP/ESPN)
-- Minnesota (8) 53, (9) 64 (AP/ESPN)
-- (2) 77, UCF (15) 71 (AP/ESPN)
-- (5) 55, New Mexico (12) 47 (AP/ESPN)
-- (1) 96, Oakland (16) 68 (AP/ESPN)
-- (6) 57, Northern Iowa (11) 52 (AP/ESPN)
-- Kansas (3) 63, (14) 64 (AP/ESPN)
- Round of 16, second leg (advancing teams in ):
- --- 2 – 0 Partizan Belgrade (UEFA.com)
- --- 1 – 0 Middlesbrough (UEFA.com)
- --- 1 – 0 Sevilla (UEFA.com)
- --- 0 – 0 Lille (UEFA.com)
- --- Real Zaragoza 2 – 2 (decided on Away Goals ) (UEFA.com)
- Basketball - NCAA Tournament , first round (regional seeds included; advancing teams in ):
- ---Albuquerque Regional:
-- (8) 79, Pittsburgh (9) 71 (AP/ESPN)
-- (1) 88, Montana (16) 77 (AP/ESPN)
-- (2) 70, Chattanooga (15) 54 (AP/ESPN)
-- (3) 74, Winthrop (14) 64 (AP/ESPN)
-- (7) 63, Creighton (10) 61 (AP/ESPN)
-- (6) 78, UCLA (11) 66 (AP/ESPN)
- ---Austin Regional:
-- (2) 72, Eastern Kentucky (15) 64 (AP/ESPN)
-- (3) 84, Niagara (14) 67 (AP/ESPN)
-- (7) 76, Iowa (10) 64 (AP/ESPN)
-- (6) 60, UTEP (11) 54 (AP/ESPN)
- ---Chicago Regional:
-- Alabama (5) 73, (12) 83 (AP/ESPN)
-- (4) 85, Penn (13) 65 (AP/ESPN)
-- Texas (8) 57, (9) 61 (AP/ESPN)
-- (3) 66, Utah State (14) 53 (AP/ESPN)
-- (1) 67, Fairleigh Dickinson (16) 55 (AP/ESPN)
-- LSU (6) 68, (11) 82 (AP/ESPN)
- beats Matthew Stevens 10 frames to 8 to win his third Irish Masters title. (BBC)
- wins the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch . There were a race-record 10 cautions and race-equalling 25 lead changes. (NASCAR)
- Curling :
- ---In Pinerolo, Italy , at the World Junior Curling Championships , the Canadian team skipped by Kyle George won gold beating Sweden's Nils Carlsén 6-5 in 11 ends. Scotland won bronze. (CBC) (TSN)
- --- and his Alberta team win their 4th Brier in 5 years as they defeat Shawn Adams of Nova Scotia 5-4. Ferbey and his team of David Nedohin , Marcel Rocque and Scott Pfeifer make history as the first complete team to win 4 Briers. (CBC sports)
- Baseball :
- ---'' The Kansas City Star '' reports in today's edition that former Major-league player Jeremy Giambi , currently signed to a minor-league contract by the Chicago White Sox , has admitted to having used Anabolic Steroid s. Jeremy's older brother, current major-leaguer Jason Giambi , has previously been linked to steroid use. (AP/ESPN)
- ---The '' New York Daily News '' reports today that former superstar slugger Mark McGwire was mentioned several times in a federal steroids investigation in the 1990s , although he was not the target of the probe, nor was any evidence collected against him. (AP/ESPN)
- Cricket :
- --- Australia (432 and 135/1) beat New Zealand (433 and 131) by 9 wickets in the 1st Test at Christchurch . (Wisden Cricinfo)
- --- South Africa (480/7 dec) beat Zimbabwe (265 and 149) by an innings and 62 runs in the 2nd Test at Centurion . (Wisden Cricinfo)
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- --- Scotland 22-46 Wales ( Murrayfield , Edinburgh ) (BBC)
- Golf :
- --- defeats Vijay Singh on the second sudden-death playoff hole to win the Honda Classic in Mirasol, Florida . It's Harrington's first win in the United States .
- --- wins the Qatar Masters .
- Basketball :
- --- Canadian Interuniversity Sport - The Simon Fraser Clan defeat the Winnipeg Wesmen 70-60 in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Women's Basketball Championship (TSN)
- Ice Hockey :
- --- Canadian Interuniversity Sport - The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks defeat the Alberta Pandas 4-1 in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Women's Ice Hockey Championship (CIS) . The loss ended a three-year championship streak for the Pandas, as well as a 112-game undefeated streak against CIS opponents.
- Dogsled Racing 2005 Iditarod :
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- --- Rick Swenson , the only five-time winner of the Iditarod, scratches for the first time in 29 races.
- Football (soccer) - UEFA Cup , round of 16, first leg: (UEFA.com)
- --- Partizan Belgrade 1 – 1 CSKA Moscow
- --- Olympiacos 1 – 3 Newcastle United
- --- Shakhtar Donetsk 1 – 3 AZ Alkmaar
- --- Austria Vienna 1 – 1 Real Zaragoza
- --- Middlesbrough 2 – 3 Sporting Lisbon
- --- Lille 0 – 1 Auxerre
- --- Sevilla 0 – 0 Parma
- --- Steaua Bucharest – Villarreal (postponed, snow; first leg rescheduled for 16 March, second leg on 20 March)
- - After the round-robin play is completed, Team Alberta , skipped by Randy Ferbey sits at fist place with a 9-2 record. In second place is Team Manitoba , skipped by Randy Dutiaume with an 8-3 record. Also with an 8-3 record is Team Nova Scotia , skipped by Shawn Adams who finishes third because they lost their game to Manitoba. Rounding off the playoff-bound teams is Quebec skipped by Jean-Michel Menard at 7-4. (CBC sports)
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