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Cricket :
- Quarter finals, first leg.
2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament , Regional Finals
2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament , Regional Finals
2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament , Regional Semi-Finals
2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament , Regional Finals
teenager Kimmie Meissner outskates the favorites (including fellow American Sasha Cohen ) and wins the ISU World Figure Skating Ladies' Championship in Calgary, Alberta .
Football (soccer)
2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament , Regional Finals
2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament , Regional Semi-Finals
2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament , Regional Semi-Finals
- beats Cuba 10-6, to win the first World Baseball Classic at PETCO Park in San Diego, California . Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was named Most Valuable Player.
- Cricket :
- --- West Indian Cricket Team In New Zealand In 2005-06 :
--''' 192 ( Morton 63, Franklin 5/53) and 215 ( Gayle 68) lose to New Zealand 372 ( Fleming 97, Fulton 75, Astle 65, Edwards 5/65) and 36/0 by ten wickets. New Zealand leads three-Test series 2-0. Cricinfo scorecard
- , who has served as the commissioner of the NFL since 1987, will retire in July.
- won the rain-delayed NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Golden Corral 500 . Bill Lester , the first African-American to quafify for a top level NASCAR race since Willy T. Ribbs two decades earlier, finished in 38th place, three laps behind.
2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament , Second Round
- Bridgeport Region
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--(11) Hartford 64, (6) Temple 58
--(3) Georgia 75, (14) Marist 60
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--(1) Duke 96, (16) Southern 27: ''The Jaguars set an all-time record low score for an NCAA Women's Tournament game.''
--(8) Southern Cal 67, (9) South Florida 65
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--(7) Virginia Tech 82, (10) Missouri 57
--(2) UConn 77, (15) Coppin State 54
- Cleveland Region
- ---
--(2) dunked twice in this game, the first time in NCAA Women's Championship history that has happened.''
--(7) George Washington 87, (10) Old Domintion 72
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--(4) Purdue 73, (13) Missouri State 52
--(5) UCLA 74, (12) Bowling Green 61
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--(3) Rutgers 63, (14) Dartmouth 58
--(11) TCU 68, (6) Texas A&M 65
- Albuquerque Region
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--(7) St. John's 78, (10) Cal 68
--(2) Maryland 95, (15) Sacred Heart 54
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--(8) Boston College 78, (9) Notre Dame 61
--(1) Ohio State 68, (16) Oakland (MI) 45
2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament , Second Round
- Cricket :
- --- Australian Cricket Team In South Africa In 2005-06 :
-- First Test at Newlands , Cape Town - South Africa 205 ( Clark 5/55) and 197 (Clark 4/34) loses to Australia 308 ( Hayden 94, Ponting 74, Symonds 55) and 95/3 ( Ntini 3/28) by seven wickets. Australia leads three-Test series 1-0. Scorecard
- World Baseball Classic Semi Finals
- --- Cuba 3, Dominican Republic 1
- --- Japan 6, Korea 0
The final will be on Monday ( March 20 ) at San Diego at 9 PM US EST (0200 Tuesday UTC).
- --- Italy 10 – 13 Scotland
- --- Wales 16 – 21 France
- --- England 24 – 28 Ireland
France win their third Six Nations title in five years, but had to struggle to overcome Wales; they then had to wait for the England-Ireland match to take place to confirm their championship - Ireland could have taken the title if they'd beaten England by 34 clear points. Ireland settle for the Triple Crown , defeating England with a last-minute try.
- 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament , First Round
- Bridgeport Region
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--(4) Michigan State 65, (13) Wisconsin-Milwaukee 46
--(5) Kentucky 69, (12) Chattanooga 59
- San Antonio Region
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--(9) Washington 73, (8) Minnesota 69
--(1) LSU 72, (16) Florida Atlantic 48
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--(4) DePaul 68, (13) Liberty 43
--(12) Tulsa 71, (5) NC State 61
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--(2) Oklahoma 78, (15) Pepperdine 66
--(7) BYU 67, (10) Iowa 62
--(6) Florida State 80, (11) Louisiana Tech 71
--(3) Stanford 72, (14) Southeast Missouri State 45
- Cleveland Region
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--(1) North Carolina 75, (16) UC Riverside 51
--(8) Vanderbilt 76, (9) Louisville 69
- Albuqurque Region
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--(5) Utah 76, (12) Middle Tennessee 71
--(4) Arizona State 80, (13) Stephen F. Austin 61
--(3) Baylor 74, (14) Northern Arizona 56
--(11) New Mexico 83, (6) Florida 59
2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament , Second Round:
- Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens
- ---Final: New Zealand beat England 29-21
- ---Bronze medal playoff: Fiji beat Australia 24-17
- 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament , First Round:
- Minneapolis Region
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--(2) Ohio State 70, (15) Davidson 62
--(7) Georgetown 54, (10) Northern Iowa 49
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--(9) Arizona 94 (8) Wisconsin 75
--(1) Villanova 58, (16) Monmouth 45
- Atlanta Region
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--(14) Northwestern State 64, (3) Iowa 63
--(6) West Virginia 64, (11) Southern Illinois 46
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--(10) NC State 57, (7) Cal 52
--(2) Texas 60, (15) Penn 52
- Oakland Region
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--(9) Bucknell 59, (8) Arkansas 55
--(1) Memphis 94, (16) Oral Roberts 78
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--(5) Pitt 79, (12) Kent State 64
--(13) Bradley 76, (4) Kansas 73
- Washington, DC Region
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--(11) George Mason 75 (6) Michigan State 65
--(3) North Carolina 69, (14) Murray State 65
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--(1) UConn 72, (16) Albany 59
--(8) Kentucky 69, (9) UAB 64
2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament , First Round:
- Washington, DC Region
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--(7) Wichita State 86, (10) Seton Hall 66
--(2) Tennessee 63, (15) Winthrop 61
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--(4) Illinois 78, (13) Air Force 69
--(5) Washington 75, (12) Utah State 61
- Minneapolis Region
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--(11) Wisconsin-Milwaukee 82, (6) Oklahoma 74
--(3) Florida 76, (14) South Alabama 50
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--(4) Boston College 88, (13) Pacific 76 (2 OT )
--(12) Montana 87, (5) Nevada 79
- Atlanta Region
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--(8) George Washington 88, (9) UNC-Wilmington 85 (OT)
--(1) Duke 70, (16) Southern 54
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--(4) LSU 80, (13) Iona 64
--(12) Texas A&M 66, (5) Syracuse 58
- Oakland Region
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--(10) Alabama 90, (7) Marquette 85
--(2) UCLA 78, (15) Belmont 44
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--(3) Gonzaga 79, (14) Xavier (OH) 75
--(6) Indiana 87, (11) San Diego State 83
Games in San Diego were delayed by an hour due to a bomb threat inside Cox Arena .''
- Commonwealth Games, 2006 kicks off at Melbourne , Australia .
- World Baseball Classic , Second Round
- --- Pool 1 :
-- Korea defeats Japan , 2-1 .
Korea advances to the semifinals.
- --- Pool 2 :
-- Cuba defeats Puerto Rico 4-3 .
- - Round of 16, second leg, progressing teams shown in .
- --- Hamburg 3–1
--''Aggregate score 3-3. Rapid win on away goals.''
- --- 2–0 Lille
--''Aggregate score 2-1.''
- --- Roma 2–1
--''Aggregate score 2-2. Middlesbrough win on away goals.''
- Jeff King wins XXXIV Iditarod and becomes one of five four-time champions. At 50 years of age, he is also the oldest musher to win the race. The race covered more than 1,049 Mi (1,600+ km) from Anchorage , across the U.S. state of Alaska .
- wins the final sprint race of the season in Changchun , P.R. China to win the women's sprint World Cup overall. With one race to go in the overall World Cup, Bjørgen leads ahead of Canadian Beckie Scott . (Aftenposten)
- World Baseball Classic , Second Round
- --- Pool 1 :
-- Japan defeats Mexico , 6-1 .
- --- Pool 2 :
-- Dominican Republic defeats Venezuela , 2-1 .
The Dominicans, who give up only one hit to Venezuela, advance to the semifinals.
- - Round of 16, second leg. Progressing team shown in .
- --- 1–0 Ajax (UEFA.com)
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- --- Monmouth 71, Hampton 49
- Jeff King is the first to reach Unalakleet in the Iditarod XXXIV , and wins the Gold Coast Award. The Inuit town of Unalakleet is the first checkpoint on the Norton Sound of the Bering Sea .
- World Baseball Classic , Second Round:
- --- Pool 1 :
-- USA defeats Japan , 4-3 .
-- Korea defeats Mexico , 2-1 .
- --- Pool 2 :
-- Cuba defeats Venezuela , 7-2 .
-- Puerto Rico defeats Dominican Republic , 7-1 .
- Auto Racing :
- --- defeats seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher to win the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix .
- ---, California .
- --- led the most laps, but Jimmie Johnson passed him in the last 300 yards under the green-white-checkers to win the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 in Las Vegas, Nevada .
- :
- --- South Africa defeats Australia by one wicket in Johannesburg .
:Australia compiled a world-record score of 434-4 from 50 overs, Ricky Ponting top-scoring with 164 off 105 balls. South Africa responded with 438-9, breaking Australia's record to win the match with one ball to spare. Herschelle Gibbs top-scored for South Africa with 175 off 111 balls, while Australian fast-bowler Mick Lewis (113-0 from 10 overs) became the first bowler to concede over 100 runs in a ten-over bowling spell. The match has been named as one of the all time great One Day Game . Scorecard
--See full article Australia In South Africa, 5th ODI, 2006 .
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- --- France 31 – 6 England
France trounce a hapless England side, and have the championship in their sights.
- College Basketball :
- ---Conference championship games (winners, , advance to the NCAA tournament):
--''' 78, (11) Boston College 76
--''' 49, South Carolina 47
--''' 95, Sam Houston State 87
--''' 80, (8) Texas 68
--''' 67, (7) Ohio State 60
- ---Duke, UConn , Memphis and Villanova were named the top seeds for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament . The play-in game will be played by Hampton and Monmouth on Tuesday, March 14 .
- Biathlon :
- ---Russia's second team of Anna Bogaliy-Titovets , Sergey Tchepikov , Irina Malgina and Nikolay Krouglov won the second World Championships in mixed relay at Pokljuka , Slovenia in strong winds. The four Russians were nearly a minute ahead of silver medalist team Norway, while bronze medalists France were a further minute adrift. (SI.com)
- Snowboard :
- ---Swedish Olympic competitor Jonatan Johansson suffers a fatal accident during training for a FIS World Cup boarder cross race at Lake Placid, New York . (SI.com)
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- --- Wales 18 – 18 Italy
Italy win their first-ever Six Nations point away from home, while Wales leave the Millennium Stadium to a chorus of boos.
- --- Ireland 15 – 9 Scotland
The last-ever Six Nations match at Lansdowne Road before the stadium is redeveloped sees an old-fashioned tryless game in pouring rain. Ireland's five penalties are scored by Ronan O'Gara , while Scotland's three penalties are scored by Chris Paterson .
- College Basketball :
- ---Conference championship games (winners, , advance to the NCAA Tournament ):
--''' 80, Vermont 67
--''' 57, (24) UAB 46
--''' 62, Saint Joseph's 61
--''' 60, Delaware State 56
--''' 71, Cal 52
--''' 71, Toledo 66
--''' 65, (15) Pittsburgh 61
--''' 57, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 44
--''' 70, Utah State 63 (OT)
--''' 69, Wyoming 64 (OT)
--''' 78, Long Beach State 70
- Alpine Skiing :
- --- Benjamin Raich of Austria clinch the overall World Cup with four races to go after finishing fourth in the slalom race in Shiga Kogen , Japan . Michael Walchhofer lies second, 477 points adrift. (BBC)
- --- Croatia n Janica Kostelić wins the slalom World Cup after a second place in the race at Levi , Finland , though with a 254-point lead before the last four races in Åre she will have to take more points before she can be certain of the overall trophy. (BBC)
- Cross Country Skiing :
- --- Tobias Angerer of Germany clinched the overall men's World Cup title despite finishing 40th in the 50 km freestyle race in Holmenkollen , Norway , over nine minutes behind Swedish winner Anders Södergren . It is the third successive time a German wins the World Cup. [http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/6/0,1872,3910374,00.html (ZDF.de)
- Paul Gebhardt is the first to reach Ruby in Iditarod XXXIV , and wins the First to the Yukon Award. Ruby is the first checkpoint on the Yukon River .
- .
- --- Chiefs 19–25 in Hamilton . The Chiefs received one bonus point for finishing within 7 points of the winning score.
:The Crusaders got an early lead, thanks to a Daniel Carter Try . However, the Chiefs kept in touch for the whole half and managed to take the lead in the final minute of the first half with Sitiveni Sivivatu scoring under the posts. The Crusaders managed to regained the lead in the second half and held on to the win in the dying moments.
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