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: 2005 In Sports
- , Durban , and now lead the three-match series 2-0. Wisden Cricinfo
- wins Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne by beating Kevin Van Impe in a sprint with 2.
- Football :
- --- 1 – 2 (UEFA.com)
- --- Chelsea defeats Liverpool 3-2 after Extra Time to win the Carling Cup ( English League Cup) at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff . Chelsea manager José Mourinho is sent off by the fourth official for taunting Liverpool fans after Liverpool star Steven Gerrard scores an Own Goal in the 79th minute to level the match. (BBC)
- --- English Premier League Referee Mike Dean is suspended indefinitely after officials learn of his involvement in a Betting Website . (Daily Mail)
- wins the Auto Club 500 at the California Speedway from Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch , with only 0.525 of a second separating the top three men. (NASCAR.com)
- , held In Dublin , Ireland use a try from captain Brian O'Driscoll and 14 points from Ronan O'Gara to defeat England 19-13. The win keeps Ireland on track for a possible Grand Slam showdown with Wales In Cardiff in three weeks. This also marks the first time since 1987 that England has lost three straight Six Nations matches. (BBC)
- , Manitoba , led by skip Jennifer Jones , defeats Jenn Hanna 's Ontario team 8-6 and becomes the Canadian national women's champion. With the win, Jones' rink has earned the right to represent Canada at the world championship, as well as an entry in the Canadian Olympic curling trials. (CBC sports) (Sportsnet)
- wins over Demarcus Corley by TKO after Corley took a knee on the fifth round to avoid further punishment. Cotto's corner immediately tells Corley that they are at the disposal of giving him a rematch.
- (264 for 5) beat New Zealand (178) by 86 runs in the third One-day International , Auckland , taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. (Wisden Cricinfo)
- ( Belgium ) wins the Omloop "Het Volk" . He finishes 14 seconds before the main group, of which his teammate Tom Boonen wins the sprint before Steven De Jongh and Nico Eeckhout .
- Rugby Union , Six Nations :
- --- Scotland fails to score a try against Italy , but six penalties by Chris Paterson provide all the points Scotland need to score its first win of this year's competition, 18-10, In Edinburgh . (BBC)
- ---In a game of two halves at Stade De France near Paris , France takes a 15-6 halftime lead over Wales , but the Welsh storm back behind two Martyn Williams tries to score a 24-18 win, keeping Wales on course for a possible Grand Slam. (BBC)
- 's Jenn Hanna rink advance to the finals against Manitoba as they defeated British Columbia 's Kelly Scott rink 9-7 in the semi-final. (CBC Sports)
- fifth round:
- --- Arsenal 1 - 1 Sheffield United
- --- Bolton Wanderers 1 - 0 Fulham
- --- Charlton Athletic 1 - 2 Leicester City
- --- Everton 0 - 2 Manchester United
- --- Southampton 2 - 2 Brentford
- (236 for 7) beat New Zealand (226) by just 10 runs in the first One-day International at Wellington .
- today, the two sides were unable to come to an agreement to end the current Lockout . The Current Season remains canceled, now with no hope of resurrection. (AP/Yahoo!)
- makes a successful 20th defense of his middleweight title with a one-sided unanimous decision over Howard Eastman In Los Angeles . Hopkins becomes the first Middleweight champion in boxing history to defend that category's title twenty or more times, and joins Joe Louis and Abe Attell , among few others, in the exclusive group of boxers with 20 or more title defenses in one division. (AP/Yahoo!) (Boxing Central)
- , Canada's national Curling championship for women begins play at Mile One Stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland And Labrador . Team Canada's Colleen Jones , the defending champion is upset by Jenn Hanna of team Ontario . Elsewhere, former Scott champion Cathy King of Alberta loses both her games. British Columbia 's Kelly Scott and Saskatchewan 's Stefanie Lawton both are undefeated at 2-0 while Manitoba 's Jennifer Jones , Nova Scotia 's Kay Zinck , New Brunswick 's Sandy Comeau in addition to Hanna are at 1-0. (CBC sports)
- linebacker Teddy Bruschi suffers a stroke.
- and its players' Union , the NHL Players Association , have reached agreement on a deal that would allow a Shortened Season to be played, despite the league's announced cancellation of the season. Reports, denied by both sides, were that a deal would be signed Tomorrow . (AP/Yahoo!) Update: The sides met on 19 February, but talks failed.
- National Basketball Association (NBA) :
- --- After being down by 18 points at halftime, the Boston Celtics put together a 16-0 run in the fourth quarter to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers 94-89 In Boston . (NBA)
- --- Indiana Pacers 94, Charlotte Bobcats 87 In Indianapolis . (NBA)
- --- Washington Wizards 95, San Antonio Spurs 87 In Washington, D.C. . (NBA)
- --- Milwaukee Bucks 110, Toronto Raptors 107 In Toronto . (NBA)
- --- Memphis Grizzlies 98, Philadelphia 76ers 95 In Philadelphia . (NBA)
- --- Miami Heat 116, New York Knicks 110 OT In New York . (NBA)
- --- Los Angeles Lakers 104, New Jersey Nets 103 OT In East Rutherford, New Jersey (NBA)
- --- Minnesota Timberwolves 98, Denver Nuggets 92 In Minneapolis . (NBA)
- --- Houston Rockets 105, Chicago Bulls 92 In Houston . (NBA)
- --- New Orleans Hornets 91, Portland Trail Blazers 80 In Portland . (NBA)
- qualifying continues in four regions:
- --- Asia : Stage 3, Matchday 1 of 6
-- 2-0 Kuwait
-- 2-1 Korea DPR
-- Bahrain 0-0 Iran
-- Uzbekistan 1-1 Saudi Arabia
- --- ''' 5-1 Kenya
- --- Europe
-- 5-0 San Marino
-- 2-1 Denmark
-- Albania 0-2
-- Macedonia FYR 1-1 Andorra
- --- CONCACAF : Final Stage, Matchday 1 of 10
-- Costa Rica 1-2
-- Trinidad And Tobago 1-2
-- Panama 0-0 Guatemala
- (311 for 7) beat England (304 for 8) by 7 runs in the closely-fought fifth One-day International at East London , taking an unassailable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series. (Wisden Cricinfo)
- , currently ranked #2 in the XC skiing World Cup season, is cleared of the charges of having taken the banned Diuretic Furosemide . Part B of the drug test process removed the doubts. (eurosport.com)
- , makers of Brown Sauce , whereby the HP logo will be present on the brown ball at all major tournaments, Jimmy White announces he has changed his name by Deed Poll to 'Jimmy Brown', and will wear brown clothing with a blue bow tie when competing at the upcoming Masters tournament. He has not ruled out either changing his name back after the tournament or keeping his new name.
- breaks the record for a single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyage, with a time of 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds for the 27,000 mile voyage. (BBC)
- National Basketball Association (NBA) :
- --- Rudy Tomjanovich steps down as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers , citing health reasons. (AP/Yahoo!)
- --- Boston Celtics 110, New Jersey Nets 86 In Boston . (NBA)
- --- Houston Rockets 118, Philadelphia 76ers 95 In Philadelphia . (NBA)
- --- Toronto Raptors 98, Indiana Pacers 97 In Indianapolis . (NBA)
- --- Detroit Pistons 99, Atlanta Hawks 84 In Auburn Hills, Michigan . (NBA)
- --- Phoenix Suns 108, Minnesota Timberwolves 79 In Minneapolis . (NBA)
- --- Dallas Mavericks 90, New Orleans Hornets 82 In New Orleans . (NBA)
- --- Portland Trail Blazers 97, Denver Nuggets 92 In Portland . (NBA)
- --- Sacramento Kings 111, Golden State Warriors 107 in overtime In Oakland . (NBA)
- (270 for 8) tie with England (270 for 5) in a dramatic conclusion to the second One-Day International at Bloemfontein . (BBC)
- have confirmed that police raided the premises of 19 suspects in the ongoing German Match Fixing scandal and found information that may implicate as many as 25 people in fixing ten matches in 2004 alone. In addition to disgraced referee and admitted fixer Robert Hoyzer , 14 players and three referees are suspected of involvement. The three Hertha BSC Berlin players previously linked to the scandal have been cleared. (AFP/Yahoo!)
- (WADA) have discovered a new designer Steroid , called Desoxy-Methyl Testosterone , or DMT, which has the ability to increase strength, muscle bulk and stamina. The steroid appears to be a new generation of Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), but is much more sophisticated than any previously discovered steroid for doping use. (CBC Sports)
- to host the 2012 European Football Championship finals. They are joint bids from Poland - Ukraine , Croatia - Hungary , and individual bids from Greece , Italy , Romania , Russia , Turkey , and Azerbaijan . Candidate bids have to submit their dossiers to UEFA by 21 July ; a shortlist of three candidacies will be chosen in November, and the successful bid will be chosen in December 2006 . The 2008 Finals will be held in Austria and Switzerland . (Reuters) .
- (307 for 8) beat the West Indies (277) by 30 runs to win a place in the final of the VB Series against Australia . (BBC)
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