February 2010 in sports

Deaths in February

Current sporting seasons

Auto racing 2010

Sprint Cup
World Rally Championship
Nationwide Series
Camping World Truck Series
V8 Supercar
GP2 Asia Series
Rolex Sports Car Series

Basketball 2010

NBA
NCAA Division I men
NCAA Division I women
Euroleague
Eurocup
EuroChallenge
Australia
France
Germany
Greece
Iran
Israel
Italy
Philippines
- Philippine Cup Finals
Russia
Spain
Turkey

Cricket 2009–2010

Australia:
- Sheffield Shield
- Ford Ranger Cup
Bangladesh:
- National League
India:
- Ranji Trophy
New Zealand:
- Plunket Shield
Pakistan:
- Quaid-i-Azam Trophy
South Africa:
- SuperSport Series
Sri Lanka:
- Premier Trophy
Zimbabwe:
- Logan Cup

Football (soccer) 2010

National teams competitions

International clubs competitions

Domestic (national) competitions

Argentina
Australia
England
France
Germany
Iran
Italy
Scotland
Spain

Golf 2010

PGA Tour
European Tour
LPGA Tour
Champions Tour

Days of the month

February 28, 2010 (Sunday)

Athletics

Tokyo Marathon:
- Men: Masakazu Fujiwara (JPN) 2:12:19
- Women: Alevtina Biktimirova (RUS) 2:34:39

Auto racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
- Shelby American in Las Vegas, Nevada:
  - (1) Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (2) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing) (3) Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports)
    - Drivers' standings (after 3 of 36 races): (1) Harvick 506 points (2) Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing) 459 (3) Mark Martin (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 457

Bandy

Women's World Championship in Drammen, Norway:
- Bronze medal game: Norway 3–2 Canada
- Gold medal game: Sweden 3–2 Russia
  - Sweden win the title for the fifth consecutive time.

Cricket

Australia in New Zealand:
- 2nd T20I in Christchurch:
  - New Zealand 214/6 (20 overs, BB McCullum 116*); Australia 214/4 (20 overs). Match tied; New Zealand win the Super Over. 2-match series drawn 1–1.
England in Bangladesh:
- Mirpur
  :
  - Bangladesh 228 (45.4 overs, Tamim Iqbal 125); England 229/4 (46 overs). England won by 6 wickets, lead 3-match series 1–0.
Zimbabwe in West Indies
:
- Only T20I in Port of Spain, Trinidad
  :
  - Zimbabwe 105 (19.5 overs); West Indies 79/7 (20 overs). Zimbabwe win by 26 runs, win 1-match series 1–0.

Field hockey

New Delhi, India
:
- Pool B:
  - South Africa 2–4 Spain
  - Australia 2–3 England
  - India 4–1 Pakistan

Football (soccer)

Football League Cup Final at Wembley Stadium
, London:
- Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester United
  - Manchester United win the trophy for the fourth time.

Golf

PGA Tour:
- Scottsdale, Arizona
  :
  - Winner: Hunter Mahan (USA) 268 (−16)
    - Mahan wins his second PGA Tour title.
LPGA Tour:
- HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore:
  - Winner: Ai Miyazato (JPN) 278 (−10)
    - Miyazato completes a sweep of both events in the tour's opening Asian swing, giving her three LPGA Tour titles in her career.

Motorcycle racing

Superbike
:
- Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round in Phillip Island (Victoria), Australia:
  - Race 1: (1) Leon Haslam (UK) (Suzuki GSX-R1000) (2) Michel Fabrizio (ITA) (Ducati 1098R) (3) Noriyuki Haga (JPN) (Ducati 1098R)
    - Haslam wins the race by 0.004 seconds, the closest-recorded finish in the history of the Superbike World Championship.
  - Race 2: (1) Carlos Checa (ESP) (Ducati 1098R) (2) Haslam (3) Fabrizio
    - Rider's standings (after 2 of 26 races): (1) Haslam 45 points (2) Fabrizio 36 (3) Checa 34.
Supersport
:
- Phillip Island Supersport World Championship round in Phillip Island (Victoria), Australia:
  - (1) Eugene Laverty (IRL) (Honda CBR600RR) (2) Joan Lascorz (ESP) (Kawasaki ZX-6R) (3) Kenan Sofuoğlu (TUR) (Honda CBR600RR)
    - Rider's standings (after 1 of 13 races): (1) Laverty 25 points (2) Lascorz 20 (3) Sofuoğlu 16.

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Cross-country skiing – Men's 50 kilometre classical: Petter Northug (NOR) 2:05:35.5 Axel Teichmann (GER) +0.3 Johan Olsson (SWE) +1.0
  - Northug wins his second title and fourth medal of the Games, and becomes the most decorated male athlete.
  - Olsson wins his third medal of the Games and the fourth medal of his career.
- Ice hockey – Men:
  - Gold medal game: United States 2–3 (OT) Canada
    - Sidney Crosby's goal after 7:40 minutes in overtime gives Canada their fourteenth gold medal of the Games, the most earned by a country in a single Winter Olympics.
    - Team Canada becomes the fourth team, after the United States men in 1960 and 1980 and Canada's women in these Games, to win the gold medal on home ice.
    - Team Canada player Eric Staal and coach Mike Babcock become the newest members of the Triple Gold Club, consisting of individuals who have won an Olympic gold, a World Championship gold, and the Stanley Cup. Babcock becomes the first coach in history to win all three competitions.
    - The USA win their 37th medal, the most by any country in a single Winter Olympics.
- General records:
  - Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen is the most decorated athlete of the Games, with five medals, including three gold. Her teammate Petter Northug is the most decorated man, with four medals (2 gold).
  - Chinese short track speed skater Wang Meng is the only other triple gold medallist.

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
- Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
  - Final: Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 7–5, 5–7, 6–3
    - Djokovic wins his 17th career title and his second successive title at this event.
- Delray Beach
  , United States:
  - Final: Ernests Gulbis (LAT) def. Ivo Karlović (CRO) 6–2, 6–3
    - Gulbis wins his first career title.
WTA Tour:
- Malaysia Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
  - Final: Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) def. Elena Dementieva (RUS) 6–3, 6–2
    - Kleybanova wins her first career title.

February 27, 2010 (Saturday)

Auto racing

Nationwide Series:
- Sam's Town 300 in Las Vegas, Nevada
  :
  - (1)
    Roush Fenway Racing
    )
    Drivers' standings (after 3 of 35 races): (1) Edwards 505 points (2)
    Braun Racing
    ) 457

V8 Supercars:
- Desert 400 in Sakhir, Bahrain
  - Race 4: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (NZL) (Ford Falcon)
    - Drivers' standings (after 4 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 600 points (2) Winterbottom 543 (3) Van Gisbergen 471

Cricket

South Africa In India:
- Ahmedabad
  :
  - South Africa 365/2 (50 overs, JH Kallis 104*, AB de Villiers 102*); India 275 (44.3 overs). South Africa win by 90 runs. India win 3-match series 2–1.

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
- Alpine skiing – men's slalom: Giuliano Razzoli (ITA) 1:39.32 Ivica Kostelić (CRO) +0.16 André Myhrer (SWE) +0.44
  - Kostelić wins his second medal of the Games (both silver) and the third medal of his career.
  - The Austrian men fail to win a medal in alpine skiing for the first time since 1936.
- Bobsleigh – four-man: Steven Holcomb/Steve Mesler/Curtis Tomasevicz/Justin Olsen (USA) 3:24.46 André Lange/Kevin Kuske/Alexander Rödiger/Martin Putze (GER) +0.38 Lyndon Rush/David Bissett/Lascelles Brown/Chris le Bihan (CAN) +0.39
  - Team United States win their first gold medal in bobsleigh since 1948.
  - Lange and Kuske both win the fifth medal of their career, but fail to win the four-man title for the third successive time.
- Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1:30:33.7 Marit Bjørgen (NOR) +0.3 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN
  ) +1:05.0
  - Kowalczyk wins the fourth medal of her career, and becomes the first ever woman from Poland to win gold medal at the Winter Olympics, and only the second Polish champion in Winter Olympics history.
  - Bjørgen wins her fifth medal of the Games, and the seventh medal of her career. She is the most decorated athlete of the Games, with three gold medals, one silver and one bronze.
  - Saarinen wins the third medal of her career.
- Curling – men's tournament:
  - Bronze medal final: Sweden (Edin) 4–5 Switzerland (Stöckli)
  - Gold medal final: Canada (Martin) 6–3 Norway (Ulsrud)
    - The Canadian team, led by skip Kevin Martin, win the title for the second successive time, and become the first unbeaten winner in Olympic curling history.
- Snowboarding – men's parallel giant slalom: Jasey-Jay Anderson (CAN) Benjamin Karl (AUT) Mathieu Bozzetto (FRA)
- Speed skating – men's team pursuit:
  - Final A: Mathieu Giroux/Lucas Makowsky/Denny Morrison (CAN) 3:41.37 def. Brian Hansen/Chad Hedrick/Jonathan Kuck/Trevor Marsicano (USA) +0.21
  - Final B: Jan Blokhuijsen/Sven Kramer/Simon Kuipers/Mark Tuitert (NED) 3:39.95 OR def. Håvard Bøkko/Henrik Christiansen/Fredrik van der Horst (NOR) +0.55
    - Hedrick wins the fifth medal of his career.
    - Kramer wins the fourth medal of his career.
    - Tuitert wins the third medal of his career.
- Speed skating – women's team pursuit:
  - Final A: Daniela Anschütz-Thoms/Stephanie Beckert/Anni Friesinger-Postma/Katrin Mattscherodt (GER) 3:02.82 def. Masako Hozumi/Nao Kodaira/Maki Tabata (JPN) +0.02
  - Final B: Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś/Katarzyna Woźniak/Luiza Złotkowska (POL) 3:03.73 def. Catherine Raney-Norman/Jennifer Rodriguez/Jilleanne Rookard (USA) +1.57
    - Beckert wins her third medal of the Games.
    - Friesinger-Postma wins the third title and the fifth medal of her career.
    - Poland win its first medal in speed skating since 1960.
- Ice hockey – men's tournament:
  - Bronze medal game: Finland 5–3 Slovakia

Rugby union

Six Nations Championship, week 3:
- Italy 16–12 Scotland in Rome
- England 16–20 Ireland in London
  - Standings (after three matches): France 6 points, England, Ireland 4, Wales, Italy 2, Scotland 0.
2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying:
- European Nations Cup First Division, matchday 8: (teams in bold qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated from qualifying contention)
  - ~~Germany~~ 0–69 Portugal in Heusenstamm
  - Tbilisi

Tennis

ATP Tour:
Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico:
Final: David Ferrer (ESP) def. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Ferrer wins the eighth title of his career.

WTA Tour:
Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico:
Final: Venus Williams (USA) def. Polona Hercog (SLO) 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Williams wins her second title in successive weeks and the 43rd title of her career. She also wins this event for the second straight year.

February 26, 2010 (Friday)

Auto racing

V8 Supercars:
Desert 400 in Sakhir, Bahrain:
Race 3: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon) (3) Craig Lowndes (AUS) (Holden Commodore)
Drivers' standings (after 3 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 450 points (2) Winterbottom 405 (3) Lowndes 378

Cricket

Australia in New Zealand:
Wellington
:
New Zealand 118 (20 overs); Australia 119/4 (16.0 overs). Australia win by 6 wickets, lead 2-match series 1–0.

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Šárka Záhrobská (CZE
) +1.01
Riesch wins her second title of the Games.

Záhrobská wins the first ever medal for the Czech Republic in alpine skiing.

Maxim Tchoudov/Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS
) +38.8 (0 + 4)
Bjørndalen wins the sixth title and the 11th medal of his career.

Hanevold wins the third title and the sixth medal of his career.

Svendsen wins his second title and third medal of the Games.

Austria win its first ever medal in the men's relay.

Curling – Women:
Bronze medal final: China (Wang) 12–6 Switzerland (Ott)
China win the first ever medal in curling.

Gold medal final: Canada (Bernard) 6–7 Sweden (Norberg)
The Swedish team of Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl and Anna Le Moine win the title for the second successive time.

Short track speed skating – Men's 500 metres: Charles Hamelin (CAN) 40.981 Sung Si-bak (KOR) +0.359 François-Louis Tremblay (CAN) +6.385
Hamelin sets a new Olympic record of 40.770 in the quarter-final.

Short track speed skating – Women's 1000 metres: Wang Meng (CHN) 1:29.213 Katherine Reutter (USA) +0.111 Park Seung-hi (KOR) +0.166
Wang wins her third title of the Games, and the fourth title and sixth medal of her career.

China win all four women's events.

world record
of 1:29.049 in the semi-final, but is disqualified in the final.

Short track speed skating – Men's 5000 metre relay: Charles Hamelin/François Hamelin/Olivier Jean/François-Louis Tremblay (CAN) 6:44.24 Kwak Yoon-gy/Lee Ho-suk/Lee Jung-su/Sung Si-bak (KOR) +0.202 J. R. Celski/Travis Jayner/Jordan Malone/Apolo Ohno (USA) +0.274
Charles Hamelin wins his second title of the Games and third medal of his career.

Tremblay wins the second title and fifth medal of his career.

Ohno wins his third medal of the Games, and the eighth medal of his career.

Lee Ho-suk wins the fifth medal of his career.

Lee Jung-su wins his third medal of the Games.

Ekaterina Ilyukhina (RUS) Marion Kreiner (AUT
)
Sauerbreij wins the first medal for Netherlands in a winter sport other than speed skating or figure skating.

Bobsleigh – Four-man:
Standings after 2 runs: (1) Steven Holcomb/Steve Mesler/Curtis Tomasevicz/Justin Olsen (USA) 1:41.75 (2) Lyndon Rush/David Bissett/Lascelles Brown/Chris le Bihan (CAN) +0.40 (3) André Lange/Kevin Kuske/Alexander Rödiger/Martin Putze (GER) +0.44

Ice hockey – Men:
Semifinals:
United States 6–1 Finland

Canada 3–2 Slovakia
USA and Canada will meet in a repeat of the 2002 Olympic final.

Rugby union

Six Nations Championship, week 3:
Wales 20–26 France in Cardiff
Standings: France 6 points (3 matches), England 4 (2), Ireland 2 (2), Wales 2 (3), Scotland, Italy 0 (2).

February 25, 2010 (Thursday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 4 (teams eliminated from quarterfinal contention in ~~strike~~):
Group E:
~~Panathinaikos Athens~~ 67–70 Regal FC Barcelona

Partizan Belgrade 79–76 Maroussi Athens
Standings: Barcelona, Partizan 3–1; Maroussi 2–2; Panathinaikos 0–4.

Montepaschi Siena

Standings:
Efes Pilsen
, Montepaschi 2–2.

Unicaja Málaga

Standings:
Asseco Prokom Gdynia
3–1; Unicaja, Žalgiris 1–3.

Khimki Moscow Region 83–94 Caja Laboral Baskonia

Standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 4–0; Caja Laboral Baskonia, Khimki Moscow Region 2–2; Cibona Zagreb 0–4.

Darts

Belfast, Northern Ireland
:
Mervyn King (ENG) 6–8 Ronnie Baxter (ENG)

Adrian Lewis (ENG) 6–8 Terry Jenkins (ENG)

Simon Whitlock (AUS) 8–5 Raymond van Barneveld (NED)

Phil Taylor (ENG) 8–2 James Wade (ENG)
High Checkout: Ronnie Baxter 164
Standings (after three rounds): Taylor 6 points, King, Jenkins 4, Baxter, Whitlock 3, Lewis, van Barneveld 2, Wade 0.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Europa League Round of 32
, second leg:
Anderlecht 4–0 (1–1) Athletic Bilbao. Anderlecht win 5–1 on aggregate.

Marseille 3–1 (3–1) Copenhagen. Marseille win 6–2 on aggregate.

Roma 2–3 (2–3) Panathinaikos
. Panathinaikos win 6–4 on aggregate.

Galatasaray 1–2 (1–1) Atlético Madrid
. Atlético Madrid win 3–2 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 (1–2) Fulham. Fulham win 3–2 on aggregate.

Unirea Urziceni 1–3 (0–1) Liverpool. Liverpool win 4–1 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven 3–2 (0–1) Hamburg. 3–3 on aggregate, Hamburg win on away goals.

Wolfsburg 4–1 (2–2) Villarreal. Wolfsburg win 6–3 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg 0–0 (2–3) Standard Liège. Standard Liège win 3–2 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen 4–1 (0–1) Twente. Werder Bremen win 4–2 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe 1–1 (1–2) Lille. Lille win 3–2 on aggregate.

Sporting CP 3–0 (1–2) Everton
. Sporting win 4–2 on aggregate.

Juventus 0–0 (2–1) Ajax. Juventus win 2–1 on aggregate.

after extra time
). Valencia win 3–1 on aggregate.

Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–0 (0–3) Rubin Kazan. Rubin Kazan win 3–0 on aggregate.

Copa Libertadores second stage:
Group 2: Once Caldas 2–1 São Paulo
Standings (after 2 matches): Once Caldas 6 points, São Paulo, Monterrey 3, Nacional 0.

Group 4:
Blooming 1–4 Lanús

Universitario 0–0 Libertad

Standings (after 3 matches): Libertad, Universitario 7 points, Lanús 3, Blooming 0.

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Alpine skiing – Women's giant slalom: Viktoria Rebensburg (GER) 2:27.11 Tina Maze (SLO) +0.04 Elisabeth Görgl (AUT) +0.14
Rebensburg's title is her first ever win as a senior.

Virpi Kuitunen/Riitta-Liisa Roponen/Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN
) +30.4
Bjørgen wins her third title and fourth medal of the Games, and the sixth medal of her career.

Sachenbacher-Stehle wins the fifth medal of her career.

Kim Yuna (KOR) 228.56 WR (Free skating 150.06 WR) Mao Asada (JPN) 205.50 Joannie Rochette (CAN
) 202.64
Kim wins the first ever medal for Korea in figure skating, and smashes her own world record by 18 points.

Rochette wins the first medal for Canada in the women's event since Elizabeth Manley in 1988, just few days after the sudden death of her mother.

The United States fail to win a medal in the women's event for the first time since 1964, the Olympics that followed the airplane crash that decimated the entire US figure skating world team.

Asia emerge as the leading continent in figure skating for the first time with two titles and five medals.

Russia or the Soviet Union, and the entire European continent, fail to win any title in figure skating for the first time since 1960.

Freestyle skiing – Men's aerials: Aleksei Grishin (BLR) 248.41 Jeret Peterson (USA) 247.21 Liu Zhongqing (CHN) 242.53
Grishin wins the first ever gold medal for Belarus in the Winter Olympics.

Nordic combined – Individual large hill/10 km: Bill Demong (USA) 25:32.9 Johnny Spillane (USA) +4.0 Bernhard Gruber (AUT) +10.8
Demong becomes the first American Olympic champion in any Nordic skiing discipline, while Spillane wins his third silver medal of the Games. The United States, that never won a medal in Nordic combined before these Games, finished as the most successful team in this sport.

Ice hockey – Women:
Bronze medal game: Sweden 2–3 (OT) Finland

Gold medal game: Canada 2–0 United States
Canada win the title for the third successive time and extend its winning streak to 15 games.

Curling – Men:
Semifinals:
Sweden (Edin) 3–6 Canada (Martin)

Switzerland (Stöckli) 5–7 Norway (Ulsrud)

Curling – Women:
Semifinals:
Canada (Bernard) 6–5 Switzerland (Ott)

China (Wang) 4–9 Sweden (Norberg)

February 24, 2010 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 4:
Efes Pilsen Istanbul 63–56 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Standings: Montepaschi Siena 2–1, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Efes Pilsen Istanbul 2–2, Real Madrid 1–2.

Asseco Prokom Gdynia 88–81 CSKA Moscow

Standings: CSKA Moscow, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 3–1, Unicaja Málaga 1–2, Žalgiris Kaunas 0–3.

Group H: Cibona Zagreb 94–97 Olympiacos Piraeus
Standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 4–0, Caja Laboral Baskonia 2–1, Khimki Moscow Region 1–2, Cibona Zagreb 0–4.

Cricket

South Africa In India:
Gwalior
:
India 401/3 (50 overs, Sachin Tendulkar 200*); South Africa 248 (42.5 overs, AB de Villiers 114*). India win by 153 runs, lead the 3-match series 2–0.
Tendulkar hits the highest individual score in the history of One Day International cricket, and becomes the first batsman to score a double century.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League Round of 16
, first leg:
CSKA Moscow 1–1 Sevilla

Internazionale 2–1 Chelsea

Copa Libertadores second stage:
Group 1: Corinthians 2–1 Racing
Standings (after 1 match): Corinthians 3 points, Independiente Medellín, Cerro Porteño 1, Racing 0.

Group 2: Monterrey 2–1 Nacional
Standings: Once Caldas, São Paulo 3 points (1 match), Monterrey 3 (2), Nacional 0 (2)

Group 3: Juan Aurich 2–0 Bolívar
Standings (after 2 matches):
Alianza Lima 6 points, Estudiantes
, Juan Aurich 3, Bolívar 0.

Group 7: Cruzeiro 4–1 Colo-Colo
Standings (after 2 matches):
Deportivo Italia
0.

Group 8:
Flamengo 2–0 Universidad Católica

Standings (after 1 match): Flamengo,
Caracas
, Universidad Católica 0.

AFC Champions League, Round 1:
Group C:
Pakhtakor Tashkent

Sepahan

Group D:
Al-Hilal

Al-Ahli

Group G:
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 Gamba Osaka

Singapore Armed Forces

Group H:
Shandong Luneng

Adelaide United 1–0 Pohang Steelers

International friendlies
Under-17 men's match at
United States 4–1 Mexico

Men's match at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida, United States: United States 2–1 El Salvador

Men's match at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Mexico 5–0 Bolivia

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Elana Meyers (USA
) +1.12
Canadian women win their first medals in bobsleigh.

Cross-country skiing – Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay: Daniel Rickardsson/Johan Olsson/Anders Södergren/Marcus Hellner (SWE) 1:45:05.4 Martin Johnsrud Sundby/Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset/Lars Berger/Petter Northug (NOR) +15.9 Martin Jakš/Lukáš Bauer/Jiří Magál/Martin Koukal (CZE) +16.5
Hellner wins his second title of the Games.

Northug wins his third medal of the Games.

Olsson wins the third medal of his career.

Sweden win its first gold medal in the men's relay since 1988.

Czech Republic win its first ever medal in any relay event.

Freestyle skiing – Women's aerials: Lydia Lassila (AUS) 214.74 Li Nina (CHN) 207.23 Guo Xinxin (CHN) 205.22
Li, the three-time reigning world champion in this event, has to settle for Olympic silver for the second time.

WR Jessica Gregg/Kalyna Roberge/Marianne St-Gelais/Tania Vicent (CAN) +2.527 Allison Baver/Alyson Dudek/Lana Gehring/Katherine Reutter (USA
) +7.471
South Korea initially win the race but disqualified, and thus has its four-time winning streak in this event ended.

Wang wins her second title of the Games, and the third title and fourth medal of her career.

Zhou also win her second title of the Games.

Speed skating – Women's 5000 metres: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 6:50.92 Stephanie Beckert(GER) +0.48 Clara Hughes (CAN) +4.82
Sáblíková wins her second title and third medal of the Games.

Hughes wins the fourth medal of her career in speed skating and her sixth medal overall (she also won two Olympic medals in cycling).

Alpine skiing – Women's giant slalom:
Standings after 1 run: (1) Elisabeth Görgl (AUT) 1:15.12 (2) Taïna Barioz (FRA) +0.02 (3) Kathrin Zettel (AUT) +0.16
The second run is postponed due to bad weather and rescheduled to February 25.

Ice hockey – Men:
Quarterfinals:
United States 2–0   Switzerland

Russia 3–7 Canada

Finland 2–0 Czech Republic

Sweden 3–4 Slovakia

Curling – Men:
Tie-breaker: Sweden (Edin) 7–6 Great Britain (Murdoch)

February 23, 2010 (Tuesday)

Basketball

ULEB Eurocup Last 16
, matchday 4 (teams clinching a quarterfinal berth in bold; teams eliminated in ~~strike~~):
Group I:
ALBA Berlin

DKV Joventut 80–73 Le Mans

Standings: Joventut 3–1; Aris, ALBA 2–2; Le Mans 1–3.

Group J:
UNICS Kazan

Galatasaray Café Crown
(OT)
Standings: Hapoel, Valencia 3–1; UNICS 2–2; Galatasaray 0–4.

Group K:
Brose Baskets

Panellinios BC

Standings: Bilbao 4–0, Panellinios 3–1, Brose 1–3, Benetton 0–4.
Group L:
ČEZ Nymburk 79–71 Gran Canaria 2014
(OT)

Crvena zvezda 76–78 Türk Telekom
Standings: Crvena zvezda 3–1; Gran Canaria 2014, Nymburk 2–2; Türk Telekom 1–3.

Cricket

West Indies in Australia:
2nd T20I in Hobart:
West Indies 138/7 (20 overs); Australia 142/2 (11.4 overs). Australia win by 8 wickets, win the 2-match series 2–0.

ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 4:

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
. Afghanistan win by 6 wickets.

Nairobi
. Kenya win by 5 wickets.
Standings: Afghanistan 57 points (4 matches), Scotland 49 (3), Kenya 43 (5), Zimbabwe XI 23 (2), Netherlands 15 (3), Ireland 12 (3), Canada 9 (4).

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League Round of 16
, first leg:
Stuttgart 1–1 Barcelona

Olympiacos 0–1 Bordeaux

UEFA Europa League Round of 32
, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
Benfica 4–0 (1–1) Hertha BSC. Benfica win 5–1 on aggregate.

AFC Champions League, Round 1:
Group A:
Al-Jazira 1–2 Al-Gharafa

Al-Ahli 1–2 Esteghlal

Group B:
Bunyodkor 3–0 Al-Ittihad

Al-Wahda

Group E:
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale

Beijing Guoan 1–0 Melbourne Victory

Group F:
Persipura Jayapura 1–4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Changchun Yatai

Copa Libertadores second stage:
Group 5:
Emelec

Group 6:
Morelia 0–0 Nacional

Standings (after 2 matches):
Deportivo Cuenca
0.

Group 7:
Deportivo Italia 0–1 Vélez Sarsfield

Standings: Vélez Sársfield 6 points (2 matches), Colo-Colo 3 (1), Cruzeiro 0 (1), Deportivo Italia 0 (2)

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Alpine skiing – Men's giant slalom: Carlo Janka (SUI) 2:37.83 Kjetil Jansrud (NOR) +0.39 Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) +0.61

Marie Dorin/Sandrine Bailly (FRA) +32.8 (10) Kati Wilhelm/Simone Hauswald/Martina Beck/Andrea Henkel (NED
) +37.1 (5)
Wilhelm wins the seventh medal of her career.

Beck and Henkel both win the fourth medal of their career.

Freestyle skiing – Women's ski cross: Ashleigh McIvor (CAN) Hedda Berntsen (NOR) Marion Josserand (FRA)

Nordic combined – Team large hill/4 x 5 km: Mario Stecher/David Kreiner/Bernhard Gruber/Felix Gottwald (AUT) 49:31.6 Brett Camerota/Todd Lodwick/Bill Demong/Johnny Spillane (USA) +5.2 Tino Edelmann/Johannes Rydzek/Björn Kircheisen/Eric Frenzel (GER) +19.5
Gottwald wins the third title and seventh medal of his career.

Speed skating – Men's 10000 metres: Lee Seung-hoon (KOR) 12:58.55 OR Ivan Skobrev (RUS) +3.52 Bob de Jong (NED
) +8.18

WR (2) Mao Asada (JPN) 73.78 (3) Joannie Rochette (CAN
) 71.36
Kim sets a world record for the short program, improving her previous mark of 76.28.

Bobsleigh – Two-woman:
Standings after 2 runs: (1) Kaillie Humphries/Heather Moyse (CAN) 1:46.20 (2) Helen Upperton/Shelley-Ann Brown (USA) +0.13 (3) Cathleen Martini/Romy Logsch (GER) +0.40

Ice hockey – Men:
Qualification playoffs:
Switzerland 3–2 (SO) Belarus

Canada 8–2 Germany

Czech Republic 3–2 (OT) Latvia

Slovakia 4–3 Norway

Curling – Men: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics secure tie-breakers)
Draw 12:
China (Wang) 3–10 Canada (Martin)

Sweden (Edin) 7–6 Denmark (Schmidt)

Great Britain (Murdoch) 5–9 Norway (Ulsrud)

Switzerland (Stöckli) 6–2 France (Dufour)
Final standings: Canada 9–0, Norway 7–2, Switzerland 6–3, Great Britain, Sweden 5–4, Germany 4–5, France 3–6, China, Denmark, United States 2–7.

Curling – Women: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Draw 11:
Japan (Meguro) 6–10 Sweden (Norberg)

Switzerland (Ott) 4–2 Germany (Schöpp)

United States (McCormick) 5–6 China (Wang)

Canada (Bernard) 6–5 Great Britain (Muirhead)

Draw 12:
Switzerland (Ott) 10–3 United States (McCormick)

Canada (Bernard) 7–3 Russia (Privivkova)

Japan (Meguro) 4–7 Denmark (Jensen)

Sweden (Norberg) 8–7 Germany (Schöpp)
Final standings: Canada 8–1, Sweden 7–2, China, Switzerland 6–3, Denmark 4–5, Germany, Japan, Russia, Great Britain 3–6, United States 2–7.

February 22, 2010 (Monday)

Cricket

ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 3:

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
. Afghanistan require another 454 runs with 10 wickets remaining.

Nairobi
. Netherlands lead by 130 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 2nd innings.

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Cross-country skiing – Men's team sprint: Øystein Pettersen/Petter Northug (NOR) 19:01.0 Tim Tscharnke/Axel Teichmann (GER) +1.3 Nikolay Morilov/Alexey Petukhov (RUS) +1.5

Anna Haag (SWE) +0.6 Irina Khazova/Natalya Korostelyova (RUS
) +4.0

Figure skating – Ice dancing: Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) 221.57 points Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) 215.74 Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin (RUS
) 207.64
Virtue/Moir are the first non-European dance couple to win the Olympic title, and also the youngest ever champions in this event.

Ski jumping – Large hill team: Wolfgang Loitzl/Andreas Kofler/Thomas Morgenstern/Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 1107.9 Michael Neumayer/Andreas Wank/Martin Schmitt/Michael Uhrmann (GER) 1035.8 Anders Bardal/Tom Hilde/Johan Remen Evensen/Anders Jacobsen (NOR) 1030.3
Schlierenzauer wins his third medal of the Games.

Morgenstern wins the third title of his career.

Kofler wins the second title and third medal of his career.

Ice hockey – Women:
Seventh place game:
China 3–1 Slovakia

Fifth place game:
Switzerland 2–1 (SO) Russia

Semifinals:
Sweden 1–9 United States

Finland 0–5 Canada

Curling – Men: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics secure at least tie-breakers, teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated from semifinal contention)
Draw 10:
~~France~~ (Dufour) 2–9 Norway (Ulsrud)

Canada (Martin) 7–2 ~~United States~~ (Shuster)

Germany (Kapp) 7–6 ~~China~~ (Wang)

Switzerland (Stöckli) 7–3 Sweden (Edin)

Draw 11:
~~Germany~~ (Kapp) 2–8 Great Britain (Murdoch)

~~France~~ (Dufour) 6–5 ~~Denmark~~ (Schmidt)

~~China~~ (Wang) 11–5 ~~United States~~ (Shuster)
Standings (after draw 11): Canada 8–0, Norway 6–2, Switzerland, Great Britain 5–3, Sweden 4–4, Germany 4–5, France 3–5, Denmark, China 2–6, United States 2–7.

Curling – Women:
Draw 10: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, teams in italics secure at least tie-breakers, teams in ~~strike~~ are eliminated from semifinal contention)
Russia (Privivkova) 7–4 China (Wang)

Japan (Meguro) 4–10 Switzerland (Ott)

Sweden (Norberg) 2–6 Canada (Bernard)

Great Britain (Muirhead) 8–9 Denmark (Jensen)
Standings (after draw 10): Canada 6–1, Sweden 5–2, China 5–3, Switzerland 4–3, Japan, Germany 3–4, Russia, Great Britain, Denmark 3–5, United States 2–5.

February 21, 2010 (Sunday)

Auto racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
Auto Club 500 in Fontana, California:
(1) Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) (2) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing) (3) Jeff Burton (Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing)
Drivers' standings (after 2 of 36 races): (1) Harvick 331 points (2)
Roush Fenway Racing
) 304

Basketball
ASEAN Basketball League Finals:
Satria Muda BritAma
, Patriots win series 3–0.

Spanish Cup Final in Bilbao:
FC Barcelona 80–61 Real Madrid
Barcelona win the Cup for the 21st time.

Casalecchio
:
Montepaschi Siena 83–75 Virtus Bologna

Siena win the Cup for the second straight time and second time overall.

Turkish Cup Final:
Fenerbahçe Ülker

Fenerbahçe Ülker win the Cup for the second time.

Serbian Cup
Final:
Partizan 72–62 FMP
Partizan win the Cup for the third straight time and 11th time overall.

Semaine des As Cup Final:
Orléans

ASVEL win the trophy for the first time.

Polish Cup Final:
Turów Zgorzelec 75–80 AZS Koszalin

Cricket

South Africa In India:
1st ODI in Jaipur
India 298/9 (50.0 overs); South Africa 297 (50.0 overs). India win by 1 run, lead the 3-match series 1–0.

West Indies in Australia:
1st T20I in Hobart
Australia 179/8 (20.0 overs); West Indies 141/8 (20.0 overs). Australia win by 38 runs, lead the 2-match series 1–0.

ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 2:

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
. Afghanistan trail by 456 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Nairobi
. Kenya trail by 150 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Golf

World Golf Championships:
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona, United States:
Final: Ian Poulter (ENG) def. Paul Casey (ENG) 4 & 2
Poulter collects his first WGC title, which is also his first on the PGA Tour and ninth on the European Tour.

Consolation Match: Camilo Villegas (COL) def. Sergio García (ESP) 5 & 4

PGA Tour:
Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya in Cancún
, Mexico:
Winner: Cameron Beckman (USA) 269 (−15)
Beckman wins his third PGA Tour title.

LPGA Tour:
Chonburi, Thailand
:
Winner: Ai Miyazato (JPN) 267 (−21)
Miyazato wins her second LPGA Tour title.

Champions Tour
:
Allianz Championship in Boca Raton, Florida
:
Winner: Bernhard Langer (GER) 199 (−17)
Langer wins his ninth Champions Tour title.

Mixed martial arts

Sydney, Australia
:
Preliminary Card:
Light Heavyweight Bout:
James Te-Huna (NZL) def. Igor Pokrajac (CRO
) via TKO (strikes) in round 3

Middleweight Bout:
Goran Reljic (CRO
) via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)

Welterweight Bout: Chris Lytle (USA) def. Brian Foster (USA) via submission (kneebar) at 1:41 of round 1

Light Heavyweight Bout: Krzysztof Soszynski (POL) def. Stephan Bonnar (USA) via TKO (cut) at 1:04 of round 3

Main Card:
Heavyweight Bout:
Mirko Filipović (CRO) def. Anthony Perosh (AUS
) via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2

Light Heavyweight Bout: Ryan Bader (USA) def. Keith Jardine (USA) via KO (punch) at 2:10 of round 3

Lightweight Bout: George Sotiropoulos (AUS) def. Joe Stevenson (USA) via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)

Middleweight Bout: Wanderlei Silva (BRA) def. Michael Bisping (ENG) via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)

Heavyweight Bout: Cain Velasquez (USA) def. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (BRA) via KO (punches) at 2:20 of round 1

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Alpine skiing – Men's combined: Bode Miller (USA) 2:44.92 Ivica Kostelić (CRO) +0.33 Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI) +0.40
Miller wins his third medal of the Games and the fifth of his career.

Biathlon – Men's mass start: Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) 35:35.7 (0 penalties) Martin Fourcade (FRA) +10.5 (3) Pavol Hurajt (SVK) +16.6 (0)

Biathlon – Women's mass start: Magdalena Neuner (GER) 35:19.6 (2 penalties) Olga Zaitseva (RUS) +5.5 (1) Simone Hauswald (GER) +7.3 (2)
Neuner wins her second title and third medal of the Games.

Andre Florschütz/Richard Adjei (GER) +0.22 Alexandr Zubkov/Alexey Voyevoda (RUS
) +0.86
Lange and Kuske win their fourth Olympic titles – two each in two-man and four-man.

Freestyle skiing – Men's ski cross: Michael Schmid (SUI) Andreas Matt (AUT) Audun Grønvold (NOR)
Ski cross is a new event on the Olympic program.

Speed skating – Women's 1500 metres: Ireen Wüst (NED) 1:56.89 Kristina Groves (CAN) +0.25 Martina Sáblíková (CZE) +1.07

Figure skating – Ice dancing
:
Standings after Original Dance: (1) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) 111.15 points (2) Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) 108.55 (3) Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin (RUS) 106.60

Ice hockey – Men: (teams in bold advance to the quarter-finals)
Group A:
Canada 3–5 United States
Final standings: United States 9 points, Canada 5, Switzerland 3, Norway 1.

Group B:
Russia 4–2 Czech Republic
Final standings: Russia 7 points, Czech Republic 6, Slovakia 5, Latvia 0.

Group C:
Sweden 3–0 Finland
Final standings: Sweden 9 points, Finland 6, Belarus 3, Germany 0.

Preliminary standings: 1. United States 2. Sweden 3. Russia 4. Finland 5. Czech Republic 6. Canada 7. Slovakia 8. Switzerland 9. Belarus 10. Norway 11. Germany 12. Latvia

Curling – Men:
Draw 9: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
United States (Shuster) 2–4 Great Britain (Murdoch)

Norway (Ulsrud) 7–8 Sweden (Edin)

Switzerland (Stöckli) 4–6 Canada (Martin)

Denmark (Schmidt) 9–5 Germany (Kapp)
Standings (after draw 9): Canada 7–0, Norway 5–2, Switzerland, Great Britain, Sweden 4–3, Germany 3–4, France 2–4, United States, Denmark 2–5, China 1–5.

Curling – Women:
Draw 8:
Great Britain (Muirhead) 6–10 Switzerland (Ott)

Germany (Schöpp) 5–6 Denmark (Jensen)

Canada (Bernard) 9–2 United States (McCormick)

Russia (Privivkova) 9–12 Japan (Meguro)

Draw 9:
China (Wang) 6–5 Canada (Bernard)

Japan (Meguro) 6–7 Germany (Schöpp)

United States (McCormick) 3–9 Sweden (Norberg)
Standings (after draw 9): Canada, Sweden 5–1, China 5–2, Japan, Switzerland 3–3, Great Britain, Germany 3–4, Denmark, Russia, United States 2–5.

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, United States:
Final: Sam Querrey (USA) def. John Isner (USA) 6–7(3), 7–6(5), 6–3
Querrey wins the third title of his career.

Open 13 in Marseille, France:
Final: Michaël Llodra (FRA) def. Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6–3, 6–4
Llodra wins the fourth title of his career.

Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires, Argentina:
Final: Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) def. David Ferrer (ESP) 5–6, 6–4, 6–3
Ferrero wins the 14th title of his career.

WTA Tour:
Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia
:
Mariana Duque Mariño (COL) def. Angelique Kerber (GER) 6–4, 6–3
Duque Marino wins her first career title.

February 20, 2010 (Saturday)

Auto racing

Nationwide Series:
Stater Bros 300 in Fontana, California:
(1)
Penske Racing
)
Drivers' standings (after 2 of 35 races): (1)
Roush Fenway Racing) 335 points (2) Joey Logano
(Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing) 311 (3) Busch 304

V8 Supercars:
Yas V8 400 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
Race 2: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon) (3) Shane van Gisbergen (NZL) (Ford Falcon)
Drivers' standings (after 2 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 300 points (2) Winterbottom 267 (3) Craig Lowndes (AUS) (Holden Commodore) 249

Basketball

Ellinikon, Athens
:
Olympiacos 68–64 Panathinaikos
Olympiacos, runner-up to arch rival Panathinaikos in previous two finals, win the Cup for the eighth time.

Cricket

England v Pakistan in UAE
:
Dubai

England 148/6 (20.0 overs); Pakistan 149/6 (19.0 overs). Pakistan win by 4 wickets. 2-match series drawn 1–1.

ICC Intercontinental Cup, day 1:

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Nairobi
.

Football (soccer)

OFC Champions League Group stage, Matchday 4:
Group A: Waitakere United 4–1 AS Magenta
Standings (after 4 matches):
AS Manu-Ura
1.

Handball

African Men's Championship in Egypt: (teams in bold qualify for 2011 World Championship)
Bronze medal match: Congo DR 22–30 Algeria

Gold medal match: Tunisia 24–21 Egypt
Tunisia win the title for the eighth time.

African Women's Championship in Egypt: (teams in bold qualify for 2011 World Championship)
Bronze medal match: Ivory Coast 32–28 Algeria

Gold medal match: Angola 31–30 Tunisia
Angola win the title for the seventh straight time and the tenth time overall.

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Alpine skiing – Women's super-G: Andrea Fischbacher (AUT) 1:20.14 Tina Maze (SLO) +0.49 Lindsey Vonn (USA) +0.74

Cross-country skiing – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit: Marcus Hellner (SWE) 1:15:11.4 Tobias Angerer (GER) +2.1 Johan Olsson (SWE) +2.8
Angerer wins the fourth medal of his career.

Short track speed skating – Women's 1500 metres: Zhou Yang (CHN) 2:16.993 OR Lee Eun-byul (KOR) +0.856 Park Seung-hi (KOR) +0.934

Short track speed skating – Men's 1000 metres: Lee Jung-su (KOR) 1:23.747 OR Lee Ho-suk (KOR) +0.054 Apolo Ohno (USA) +0.381
Lee Jung-su wins his second title of the Games.

Ohno wins his seventh Olympic medal and becomes the most decorated American in Winter Olympics.

Ski jumping – Large hill individual: Simon Ammann (SUI) 283.6 points Adam Małysz (POL) 269.4 Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 262.2
Ammann wins his second title of the Games and becomes the first ski jumper in history to win four individual Olympic gold medals.

Małysz wins the fourth medal of his career.

Speed skating – Men's 1500 metres: Mark Tuitert (NED) 1:45.57 Shani Davis (USA) +0.13 Håvard Bøkko (NOR) +0.22
Davis wins the fourth medal of his career.

Bobsleigh – Two-man:
Standings after 2 runs: (1)
Andre Florschütz/Richard Adjei (GER) +0.11 (3) Alexandr Zubkov/Alexey Voyevoda (RUS
) +0.50

Ice hockey – Men:
Group A:
Norway 4–5 (OT)   Switzerland
Standings: United States 6 points (2 games), Canada 5 (2), Switzerland 3 (3), Norway 1 (3).

Group B:
Latvia 0–6 Slovakia
Standings: Czech Republic 6 points (3 games), Slovakia 5 (3), Russia 4 (2), Latvia 0 (3).

Group C:
Germany 3–5 Belarus
Standings: Sweden, Finland 6 points (2 matches), Belarus 3 (3), Germany 0 (3).

Ice hockey – Women:
Fifth place semifinals:
Switzerland 6–0 China

Russia 4–2 Slovakia

Curling – Men:
Draw 7:
Norway (Ulsrud) 6–3 Denmark (Schmidt)

France (Dufour) 4–9 Germany (Kapp)

China (Wang) 4–9 Great Britain (Murdoch)

Sweden (Edin) 7–8 United States (Shuster)

Draw 8:
Switzerland (Stöckli) 9–5 China (Wang)

Sweden (Edin) 4–5 France (Dufour)

Canada (Martin) 7–6 Great Britain (Murdoch)
Standings (after draw 8): Canada 6–0, Norway 5–1, Switzerland 4–2, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden 3–3, France, United States 2–4, China, Denmark 1–5.

Curling – Women:
Draw 7:
Sweden (Norberg) 1–10 Russia (Privivkova)

United States (McCormick) 6–5 Great Britain (Muirhead)

Denmark (Jensen) 7–8 Switzerland (Ott)

Germany (Schöpp) 7–9 China (Wang)
Standings (after draw 7): Canada 4–0, Sweden 4–1, China 4–2, Great Britain 3–3, Japan 2–2, Germany, United States, Switzerland 2–3, Russia 2–4, Denmark 1–5.

Tennis

WTA Tour:
Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
Final: Venus Williams (USA) def. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 6–3, 7–5
Williams wins the 42nd title of her career, and her second consecutive title at the event.

Cellular South Cup in Memphis, United States:
Final: Maria Sharapova (RUS) def. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6–2, 6–1
Sharapova wins the 20th title of her career.

February 19, 2010 (Friday)

Auto racing

V8 Supercars:
Yas V8 400 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
Race 1: (1) Jamie Whincup (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (2) Craig Lowndes (AUS) (Holden Commodore) (3) Mark Winterbottom (AUS) (Ford Falcon)
Drivers' standings (after 1 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 150 points (2) Lowndes 138 (3) Winterbottom 129

Cricket

Bangladesh in New Zealand:
Only Test in Hamilton, day 5:
New Zealand 553/7d (135 overs) and 258/5d (71.0 overs); Bangladesh 408 (97.3 overs) and 282 (76.0 overs, Shakib Al Hasan 100). New Zealand win by 121 runs, win the 1-match series 1–0.

West Indies in Australia:
5th ODI in Melbourne
Australia 324/5 (50.0 overs); West Indies 199 (36.5 overs). Australia win by 125 runs, win the 5-match series 4–0.

England v Pakistan in UAE
:
Dubai

Pakistan 129/8 (20 overs); England 130/3 (18.3 overs). England win by 7 wickets, lead the 2-match series 1–0.

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon: (teams in bold qualify for 2011 World Championship)
Bronze medal match: Saudi Arabia 30–33 (OT) Japan

Gold medal match: Bahrain 25–32 South Korea
South Korea win the title for the second straight time and the eighth time overall.

African Men's Championship in Egypt:
Semifinals: (the winners qualify for 2011 World Championship)
Tunisia 37–22 Congo DR

Egypt 26–24 Algeria

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Alpine skiing – Men's super-G: Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 1:30.34 Bode Miller (USA) +0.28 Andrew Weibrecht (USA) +0.31

Justyna Kowalczyk (POL
) +9.3
Bjørgen wins her second Olympic title and the third medal of these Games.

Skeleton – Men: Jon Montgomery (CAN) 3:29.73 Martins Dukurs (LAT) +0.07 Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) +1.02

Skeleton – Women: Amy Williams (GBR) 3:35.64 Kerstin Szymkowiak (GER) +0.56 Anja Huber (GER) +0.72

Figure skating – Ice dancing
:
Standings after Compulsory Dance: (1) Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin (RUS) 43.76 (2) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) (3) Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) 41.47

Ice hockey – Men:
Group B:
Czech Republic 5–2 Latvia
Standings: Czech Republic 6 points, Russia 4, Slovakia 2, Latvia 0.

Group C:
Belarus 2–4 Sweden

Finland 5–0 Germany
Standings: Sweden, Finland 6 points, Germany, Belarus 0.

Curling – Men:
Draw 6:
Germany 7–6 Switzerland

Denmark 3–10 Canada

France 3–4 United States

Norway 7–5 China
Standings (after draw 6): Canada 5–0, Norway 4–1, Sweden 3–1, Switzerland 3–2, Great Britain 2–2, Germany 2–3, France, China 1–3, Denmark, United States 1–4.

Curling – Women:
Draw 5:
Germany 4–7 Great Britain

Russia 4–6 United States

China 11–1 Denmark

Draw 6:
Denmark 4–5 Canada

Sweden 6–4 China

Great Britain 4–11 Japan

Switzerland 8–5 Russia
Standings (after draw 6): Canada, Sweden 4–0, China, Great Britain 3–2, Germany, Japan 2–2, United States, Switzerland 1–3, Russia, Denmark 1–4.

February 18, 2010 (Thursday)

Basketball

Tel Aviv
:
Bnei HaSharon

Maccabi Tel Aviv win the Cup for the first time in four years and the 37th time overall.

Cricket

South Africa In India:
2nd Test in Kolkata, day 5:
South Africa 296 (85 overs) and 289 (131.3 overs, Hashim Amla 127*); India 643/6d (153 overs). India win by an innings and 58 runs. 2-match series drawn 1–1.

Bangladesh in New Zealand:
Only Test in Hamilton, day 4:
New Zealand 553/7d (135 overs) and 258/5d (71.0 overs); Bangladesh 408 (97.3 overs) and 88/5 (30.0 overs). Bangladesh require another 316 runs with 5 wickets remaining.

Netherlands in Kenya:
2nd ODI in Nairobi:
Netherlands 200 (48.4 overs); Kenya 120 (32.0 overs). Netherlands win by 80 runs. 2-match series drawn 1–1.

Canada vs Afghanistan in UAE
:
Sharjah
:
Afghanistan 177 (43.1 overs); Canada 178/6 (39.2 overs). Canada win by 4 wickets. 2-match series drawn 1–1.

Darts

Premier League round 2 in Bournemouth, England:
Adrian Lewis (ENG) 8–3 Raymond van Barneveld (NED)

Terry Jenkins (ENG) 7–7 Simon Whitlock (AUS)

Phil Taylor (ENG) 8–6 Ronnie Baxter (ENG)

James Wade (ENG) 4–8 Mervyn King (ENG)
High Checkout: Adrian Lewis 121
Standings: Taylor, King 4 points, Lewis, Jenkins, van Barneveld 2, Baxter, Whitlock 1, Wade 0.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Europa League Round of 32
, first leg:
Rubin Kazan 3–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv

Ajax 1–2 Juventus

Club Brugge 1–0 Valencia

Twente 1–0 Werder Bremen

Lille 2–1 Fenerbahçe

Standard Liège 3–2 Red Bull Salzburg

Villarreal 2–2 Wolfsburg

Athletic Bilbao 1–1 Anderlecht

Galatasaray

Copenhagen 1–3 Marseille

Fulham 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk

Hamburg 1–0 PSV Eindhoven

Hertha BSC 1–1 Benfica

Liverpool 1–0 Unirea Urziceni

Roma

Copa Libertadores second stage:
Alianza Lima 4–1 Estudiantes

Standings: Alianza Lima 6 points (2 matches), Estudiantes 3 (2), Bolívar, Juan Aurich 0 (1).

Caracas

Standings: Universidad de Chile 3 points (1 match),
Flamengo, Universidad Católica
0 (0), Caracas 0 (1)

Handball

African Women's Championship in Egypt:
Semifinals: (the winners qualify for 2011 World Championship)
Ivory Coast 24–27 Angola

Algeria 16–36 Tunisia

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Maria Riesch (GER) 2:09.14 Julia Mancuso (USA) +0.94 Anja Pärson (SWE
) +1.05
Pärson wins the sixth medal of her career.

Biathlon – Women's individual: Tora Berger (NOR) 40:52.8 (1 shot missed) Elena Khrustaleva (KAZ) +20.7 (0) Darya Domracheva (BLR) +28.2 (1)
Berger wins the 100th gold medal for Norway in Winter Olympics history.

Sergei Novikov (BLR
) +9.5 (0)
Bjørndalen wins the tenth medal of his career.

Figure skating – Men: Evan Lysacek (USA) 257.67 Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) 256.36 Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) 247.23
Lysacek wins the first gold medal for USA in the men's event since Brian Boitano in 1988, which was also the last time a Russian or Soviet skater didn't win the title.

Takahashi becomes the first Japanese medallist in men's figure skating.

Snowboarding – Women's halfpipe: Torah Bright (AUS) 45.0 Hannah Teter (USA) 42.4 Kelly Clark (USA) 42.2

Speed skating – Women's 1000 metres: Christine Nesbitt (CAN) 1:16.56 Annette Gerritsen (NED) +0.02 Laurine van Riessen (NED) +0.16

Skeleton – Men:
Standings after 2 runs: (1) Martins Dukurs (LAT) 1:44.91 (2) Jon Montgomery (CAN) +0.26 (3) Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) +0.84

Skeleton – Women:
Standings after 2 runs: (1) Amy Williams (GBR) 1:47.96 (2) Kerstin Szymkowiak (GER) +0.30 (3) Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) +0.39

Ice hockey – Men:
Group A:
United States 6–1 Norway

Switzerland 2–3 (SO) Canada
Standings (after 2 games): United States 6 points, Canada 5, Switzerland 1, Norway 0.

Group B:
Slovakia 2–1 (SO) Russia
Standings: Russia 4 points (2 games), Czech Republic 3 (1), Slovakia 2 (2), Latvia 0 (1).

Ice hockey – Women:
Group B: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
United States 6–0 Finland

China 1–2 Russia
Final standings: USA 9 points, Finland 6 points, Russia 3, China 0.

Curling – Men:
Draw 4:
Denmark (Schmidt) 7–6 United States (Shuster)

Germany (Kapp) 4–7 Norway (Ulsrud)

Canada (Martin) 7–3 Sweden (Edin)

Great Britain (Murdoch) 3–4 Switzerland (Stöckli)

Draw 5:
Sweden (Edin) 6–5 China (Wang)

Great Britain (Murdoch) 9–4 Denmark (Schmidt)

Norway (Ulsrud) 7–4 Switzerland (Stöckli)

France (Dufour) 5–10 Canada (Martin)
Standings (after draw 5): Canada 4–0, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway 3–1, Great Britain 2–2, France, China 1–2, Denmark, Germany 1–3, United States 0–4.

Curling – Women:
Draw 4:
Canada (Bernard) 6–5 Germany (Schöpp)

China (Wang) 9–5 Japan (Meguro)

Russia (Privivkova) 3–10 Great Britain (Muirhead)

Denmark (Jensen) 7–6 United States (McCormick)
Standings (after draw 4): Sweden, Canada 3–0, China, Germany, Great Britain 2–1, Japan, Denmark, Russia 1–2, United States, Switzerland 0–3.

Snooker

Pro Challenge Series – Event 5 in Liverpool, England:
Final: Barry Hawkins (ENG) def. Michael Holt (ENG) 5–1

February 17, 2010 (Wednesday)

Cricket

South Africa In India:
2nd Test in Kolkata, day 4:
South Africa 296 (85 overs) and 115/3 (35.0 overs); India 643/6d (153 overs). South Africa trail by 232 runs with 7 wickets remaining

Bangladesh in New Zealand:
Only Test in Hamilton, day 3:
New Zealand 553/7d (135 overs) and 9/1 (5.0 overs); Bangladesh 408 (97.3 overs, Mahmudullah 115). New Zealand lead by 154 runs with 9 wickets remaining

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League Round of 16
, first leg:
Porto 2–1 Arsenal

Bayern Munich 2–1 Fiorentina

Copa Libertadores second stage:
Universitario 2–0 Lanús

Standings (after 2 matches): Libertad, Universitario 6 points, Lanús, Blooming 0.

Deportivo Cuenca 1–4 Banfield

Standings: Banfield 6 points (2 matches),
Morelia
0 (1), Deportivo Cuenca 0 (2).

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon:
Semifinals: (the winners qualify for 2011 World Championship)
Saudi Arabia 25–26 Bahrain

South Korea 30–23 Japan

African Men's Championship in Egypt: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals.)
Group D:
Algeria 21–21 Tunisia
Final standings: Tunisia, Algeria 3 points, Angola 0

Group E:
Morocco 28–30 Congo DR
Final standings: Egypt 4 points, Congo DR 2, Morocco 0

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Alpine skiing – Women's downhill: Lindsey Vonn (USA) 1:44.19 Julia Mancuso (USA) +0.56 Elisabeth Görgl (AUT) +1.46

Nikita Kriukov (RUS) 3:36.3 Alexander Panzhinskiy (RUS) +0.0 Petter Northug (NOR
) +9.2

Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) +1.1 Petra Majdič (SLO
) +1.8

Juris Sics (LAT) +0.264 Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch (GER
) +0.335

Short track speed skating – Women's 500 metres: Wang Meng (CHN) 43.048 Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) +0.659 Arianna Fontana (ITA) +0.756

Snowboarding – Men's halfpipe: Shaun White (USA) 48.4 Peetu Piiroinen (CAN) 45.0 Scotty Lago (USA) 42.8

Speed skating – Men's 1000 metres: Shani Davis (USA) 1:08.94 Mo Tae-bum (KOR) +0.18 Chad Hedrick (USA) +0.38

Ice hockey – Men:
Group B:
Czech Republic 3–1 Slovakia

Group C:
Finland 5–1 Belarus

Sweden 2–0 Germany

Ice hockey – Women:
Group A: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Canada 13–1 Sweden

Switzerland 2–5 Slovakia
Final standings: Canada 9 points, Sweden 6, Switzerland 3, Slovakia 0.

Curling – Men:
Draw 3:
Great Britain (Murdoch) 9–4 France (Dufour)

United States (Shuster) 6–7 Switzerland (Stöckli)

Denmark (Schmidt) 1–8 China (Wang)

Germany (Kapp) 3–6 Sweden (Edin)
Standings (after draw 3): Canada, Sweden, Switzerland 2–0, France, Norway, China, Great Britain 1–1, Germany 1–2, Denmark 0–2, United States 0–3.

Curling – Women:
Draw 2:
China (Wang) 4–5 Great Britain (Muirhead)

Germany (Schöpp) 6–5 United States (McCormick)

Switzerland (Ott) 7–8 Sweden (Norberg)

Japan (Meguro) 6–7 Canada (Bernard)

Draw 3:
Russia (Privivkova) 7–3 Denmark (Jensen)

Great Britain (Muirhead) 4–6 Sweden (Norberg)

China (Wang) 8–6 Switzerland (Ott)
Standings (after draw 3): Sweden 3–0, Canada, Germany 2–0, Japan, China, Russia, Great Britain 1–1, Denmark, United States 0–2, Switzerland 0–3.

February 16, 2010 (Tuesday)

Cricket

South Africa In India:
2nd Test in Kolkata, day 3:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni
132).

Bangladesh in New Zealand:
Only Test in Hamilton, day 2:
New Zealand 553/7d (135 overs, Martin Guptill 189, Brendon McCullum 185); Bangladesh 87/1 (17.0 overs)

Netherlands in Kenya:
1st ODI in Nairobi:
Netherlands 219/9 (50 overs, Ryan ten Doeschate 109*); Kenya 221/4 (34.5 overs). Kenya win by 6 wickets, lead 2-match series 1–0.

Canada vs Afghanistan in UAE
:
Sharjah
:
Afghanistan 289/6 (50 overs, Mohammad Shahzad 118); Canada 288/7 (50 overs). Afghanistan win by 1 run, lead 2-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League Round of 16
, first leg:
Real Madrid

Milan 2–3 Manchester United

UEFA Europa League Round of 32
, first leg:
Sporting CP

Copa Libertadores second stage:
Group 4: Libertad 4–0 Blooming

Group 7:
Deportivo Italia

Handball

African Men's Championship in Egypt: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals.)
Group D:
Angola 19–26 Algeria
Standings: Tunisia, Algeria 2 points (1 match), Angola 0 (2)

Group E:
Egypt 44–21 Morocco
Standings: Egypt 4 points (2 matches), Congo DR, Morocco 0 (1)

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Alpine skiing – Men's combined: postponed

Anastazia Kuzmina (SVK) +12.3 (2) Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA
) +28.3 (0)

Biathlon – Men's pursuit: Björn Ferry (SWE) 33:38.4 (1 penalty) Christoph Sumann (AUT) +16.5 (2) Vincent Jay (FRA) +28.2 (2)

Luge – Women's singles: Tatjana Hüfner (GER) 2:46.524 Nina Reithmayer (AUT) +0.490 Natalie Geisenberger (FRA) +0.577

Snowboarding – Women's snowboard cross: Maëlle Ricker (CAN) Déborah Anthonioz (FRA) Olivia Nobs (SUI)

Speed skating – Women's 500 metres: Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) 76.09 Jenny Wolf (GER) 76.14 Wang Beixing (CHN) 76.63

Figure skating – Men's short program: (1) Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) 90.85 (2) Evan Lysacek (USA) 90.30 (3) Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) 90.25

Ice hockey – Men:
Group A:
United States 3–1   Switzerland

Canada 8–0 Norway

Group B:
Russia 8–2 Latvia

Ice hockey – Women:
Group B: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Russia 0–13 United States

Finland 2–1 China
Standings: USA, Finland 6 points, China, Russia 0.

Curling – Men:
Draw 1:
Great Britain (Murdoch) 4–6 Sweden (Edin)

Norway (Ulsrud) 6–7 Canada (Martin)

United States (Shuster) 5–7 Germany (Kapp)

Switzerland (Stöckli) 6–5 Denmark (Schmidt)

Draw 2:
Canada (Martin) 9–4 Germany (Kapp)

China (Wang) 5–6 France (Dufour)

United States (Shuster) 5–6 Norway (Ulsrud)
Standings: Canada 2–0, Sweden, Switzerland, France 1–0, Norway, Germany 1–1, China, Denmark, Great Britain 0–1, United States 0–2.

Curling – Women:
Draw 1:
United States (McCormick) 7–9 Japan (Meguro)

Denmark (Jensen) 5–6 Sweden (Norberg)

Germany (Schöpp) 9–5 Russia (Privivkova)

Canada (Bernard) 5–4 Switzerland (Ott)

February 15, 2010 (Monday)

Cricket

South Africa In India:
2nd Test in Kolkata, day 2:
South Africa 296 (85 overs); India 342/5 (76 overs, Virender Sehwag 165, Sachin Tendulkar 106). India lead by 46 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Bangladesh in New Zealand:
Only Test in Hamilton, day 1:
New Zealand 258/5 (68.1 overs)

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Group E:
Qatar 26–26 Saudi Arabia

Japan 36–23 Iran
Final standing: Saudi Arabia 5 points, Japan 4, Qatar 3, Iran 0.

Group F:
Syria 25–35 South Korea

Lebanon 18–36 Bahrain
Final standing: South Korea 6 points, Bahrain 4, Syria 2, Lebanon 0.

African Men's Championship in Egypt:
Group D:
Tunisia 33–21 Angola
Standings: Tunisia 2 points (1 match), Algeria 0 (0), Angola 0 (1).

Group E:
Congo DR 17–32 Egypt
Standings: Egypt 2 points (1 match), Morocco 0 (0), Congo DR 0 (1).

African Women's Championship in Egypt:
Quarter-final:
Cameroon 17–30 Angola

Ivory Coast 38–32 Egypt

Tunisia 40–23 Congo DR

Congo 26–27 Algeria

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Alpine skiing – Men's downhill: Didier Défago (SUI) 1:54.31 Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 1:54.38 Bode Miller (USA) 1:54.40

Cross-country skiing – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle: Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 24:58.4 Kristina Šmigun-Vähi (EST) 25:05.0 Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 25:14.3

Cross-country skiing – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle: Dario Cologna (SUI) 33:36.3 Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 34:00.9 Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 34:12.0

Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER
) 210.60
Shen & Zhao win the first Olympic gold medal for China in figure skating, as Russia or USSR fail to win the pairs title for the first time since 1960.

Snowboarding – Men's snowboard cross: Seth Wescott (USA) Mike Robertson (CAN) Tony Ramoin (FRA)

Speed skating – Men's 500 metres: Mo Tae-bum (KOR) 69.82 Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN) 69.98 Joji Kato (JPN) 70.01

Ice hockey – Women:
Group A: (teams in bold advance to the semifinals)
Switzerland 1–10 Canada

Sweden 6–2 Slovakia
Standings: Canada, Sweden 6 points, Switzerland, Slovakia 0.

Luge – Women's singles:
Standings after 2 runs: (1) Tatjana Hüfner (GER) 1:23.241 (2) Nina Reithmayer (AUT) 1:23.291 (3) Natalie Geisenberger (GER) 1:23.400

February 14, 2010 (Sunday)

Auto racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida:
(1)
Roush Fenway Racing
)

World Rally Championship
:
Ford Focus RS WRC 09) 3:09:30.4 Sébastien Loeb (FRA)/Daniel Elena (MON) (Citroën C4 WRC) 3:10:12.7 Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN)/Miikka Anttila (FIN
) (Ford Focus RS WRC 09) 3:10:45.8

Basketball

Arlington, Texas
, United States:
East 141, West 139
In front of a crowd of 108,713, the largest ever to attend a basketball game,
MVP
.

Cricket

South Africa In India:
2nd Test in Kolkata, day 1:
South Africa 266/9 (81.0 overs, Hashim Amla 114, Alviro Petersen 100)

West Indies in Australia:
4th ODI in Brisbane:
Australia 324/7 (50 overs), Ricky Ponting 106; West Indies 274/8 (50 overs). Australia win by 50 runs, lead 5-match series 3–0.

Football (soccer)

Tokyo
, Japan:
Hong Kong 0–2 China

Japan 1–3 South Korea
Final standings: China PR 7 points, Korea Republic 6, Japan 4, Hong Kong 0.
China PR win the tournament for the second time.

OFC Champions League Group stage, Matchday 4:
Marist FC

Standings (after 4 matches): Lautoka F.C. 9 points,
Tafea FC
7, Marist FC 0.

A-League:
Melbourne Victory
2–0 to win the A-League Premiership.

Golf

PGA Tour:
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, California
:
Winner: Dustin Johnson (USA) 270 (−16)
Johnson wins his third PGA Tour title.

European Tour:
Avantha Masters in New Delhi, India:
Winner: Andrew Dodt (AUS) 274 (−14)
Dodt wins his first European Tour title.

Champions Tour
:
The ACE Group Classic in Naples, Florida

Winner: Fred Couples (USA) 199 (−17)
In the first full-field event of the Champions Tour season, Couples collects his first victory on the senior circuit in his second start.

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon: (teams in bold advance to the final round)
Group E:
Iran 21–22 Qatar

Japan 26–28 Saudi Arabia
Standings (after 2 matches): Saudi Arabia 4 points, Japan, Qatar 2, Iran 0.

Group F:
South Korea 39–26 Bahrain

Syria 32–29 Lebanon
Standings (after 2 matches): South Korea 4 points, Bahrain, Syria 2, Lebanon 0.

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Alpine skiing – Women's combined: postponed

Biathlon – Men's sprint: Vincent Jay (FRA) 24:07.8 (0 penalties) Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 24:20.0 (1) Jakov Fak (CRO) 24:21.8 (0)

Freestyle skiing – Men's moguls: Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN) 26.75 Dale Begg-Smith (AUS) 26.58 Bryon Wilson (USA) 26.08
Bilodeau becomes the first Canadian to win a gold medal in an Olympics hosted by the country.

Luge – Men's singles: Felix Loch (GER) 3:13.085 David Möller (GER) 3:13.764 Armin Zöggeler (ITA) 3:14.375

Nordic combined – Individual normal hill/10 km: Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 25:47.1 Johnny Spillane (USA) +0.4 Alessandro Pittin (ITA) +0.8

Speed skating – Women's 3000 metres: Martina Sáblíková (CZE) 4:02.53 Stephanie Beckert (GER) 4:04.62 Kristina Groves (CAN) 4:04.84

Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER) 75.96 (3) Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS
) 74.16
Shen/Zhao set a new world record in short program, improving their previous mark by 1.3 points.

Ice hockey – Women:
Group B:
United States 12–1 China

Finland 5–1 Russia

Rugby union

Six Nations Championship, week 2:
Italy 12–17 England in Rome
Standings (after 2 matches): France, England 4 points, Ireland, Wales 2, Scotland, Italy 0.

IRB Sevens World Series
USA Sevens in Whitney, Nevada:
Cup Final: New Zealand 12–33 Samoa

Standings after 4 of 8 rounds: (1) New Zealand 84 points (2) Samoa 70 (3) Fiji 68

Sailing

Valencia, Spain
:
Race 2:
BMW Oracle Racing (USA) defeat Alinghi (SUI
) by 5:26 minutes. BMW Oracle Racing win best-of-3 series 2–0.

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
Costa do Sauípe
, Brazil:
Final: Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) def. Łukasz Kubot (POL), 6–1, 6–0
Ferrero wins his 13th career title.

ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands:
Final: Robin Söderling (SWE) def. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS), 6–4, 2–0, ret.
Söderling wins his fifth career title.

SAP Open in San Jose, United States:
Final: Fernando Verdasco (ESP) def. Andy Roddick (USA), 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Verdasco wins his fourth career title.

WTA Tour:
Open GDF Suez in Paris, France:
Final: Elena Dementieva (RUS) def. Lucie Šafářová (CZE) 6–7(5), 6–1, 6–4
Dementieva wins her 16th career title.

Pattaya, Thailand
:
Final: Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA), 6–4, 6–4
Zvonareva wins the tenth title of her career, and her second consecutive title at the event.

February 13, 2010 (Saturday)

Auto racing

Nationwide Series:
DRIVE4COPD 300 in Daytona Beach, Florida
:
(1)
Roush Fenway Racing) (3) Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet, Kevin Harvick Incorporated
)
Danica Patrick is involved in a 12-car crash in her NASCAR debut.

Cricket

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in United Arab Emirates:
Super Four: (teams in bold advance to the final and qualify for 2010 ICC World Twenty20)

Dubai
. Afghanistan win by 4 wickets.

Dubai
. Ireland win by 65 runs.
Final standings: Ireland, Afghanistan 4 points, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands 2.

Dubai
. Afghanistan win by 8 wickets.

Football (soccer)

East Asian Women's Football Championship in Tokyo, Japan:
Chinese Taipei 0–3 China

Japan 2–1 South Korea
Final standings: Japan 9 points, China 6, Korea 3, Chinese Taipei 0.
Japan win the tournament for the second consecutive time.

OFC Champions League Group stage, Matchday 4:
Tafea FC

Standings: PRK Hekari United, Tafea FC 7 points (4 matches),
Marist FC
0 (3)

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon:
Group E:
Iran 19–26 Saudi Arabia

Japan 29–20 Qatar
Standings (after 1 match): Japan, Saudi Arabia 2 points, Iran, Qatar 0.

Group F:
Syria 32–35 Bahrain

South Korea 38–23 Lebanon
Standings (after 1 match): South Korea, Bahrain 2 points, Syria, Lebanon 0.

African Men's Championship in Egypt: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
Group A:
Libya 18–26 Congo DR

Nigeria 20–33 Tunisia
Final standings: Tunisia 6 points, Congo DR, Nigeria 3, Libya 0.

Group B:
Cameroon 33–33 Gabon

Egypt 28–20 Angola
Final standings: Egypt 6 points, Angola 4, Gabon, Cameroon 1.

Group C:
Morocco 16–35 Algeria

Ivory Coast 20–22 Congo
Finals standings: Algeria 6 points, Morocco 4, Congo 2, Côte d'Ivoire 0.

African Women's Championship in Egypt:
Group A:
Cameroon 23–24 Algeria

Ivory Coast 27–31 Tunisia
Final standings: Tunisia 6 points, Côte d'Ivoire 4, Algeria 2, Cameroon 0.

Group B:
Angola 25–25 Congo

Congo DR 29–29 Egypt
Final standings: Angola 5 points, Congo 4, Egypt 2, Congo DR 1.

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
Alpine skiing – Men's downhill: postponed

Marie Dorin (FRA
) 20:06.5 (0)

Freestyle skiing – Women's moguls: Hannah Kearney (USA) 26.63 Jennifer Heil (CAN) 25.69 Shannon Bahrke 25.43

J.R. Celski (USA
) 2:18.053

Ski jumping – Normal hill individual: Simon Ammann (SUI) 276.5 points (105.0m/108.0m) Adam Małysz (POL) 269.5 (103.5/105) Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 268.0 (101.5/106.5)

Speed skating – Men's 5000 metres: Sven Kramer (NED) 6:14.60 OR Lee Seung-hoon (KOR) 6:16.95 Ivan Skobrev (RUS) 6:18.05

Ice hockey – Women:
Group A:
Sweden 3–0   Switzerland

Canada 18–0 Slovakia

Luge – Men's singles:
Standings after 2 runs: (1) Felix Loch (GER) 1:36.570 (2) David Möller (GER) +0.282 (3) Armin Zöggeler (ITA) +0.432

Rugby union

Six Nations Championship, week 2:
Wales 31–24 Scotland in Cardiff

France 33–10 Ireland in Paris
Standings: France 4 points (2 matches), England 2 (1), Ireland, Wales 2 (2), Scotland 0 (2), Italy 0 (1).

2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying:
European Nations Cup First Division, matchday 7:
Romania 67–5 Germany in Constanța

Lisbon

Spain 20–38 Russia in Madrid
Standings: Georgia 20 points (7 matches), Russia 19 (7), Portugal 14 (7), Romania 12 (6), Spain 8 (6), Germany 7 (7).

February 12, 2010 (Friday)

Cricket

West Indies in Australia:
3rd ODI in Sydney:
Australia 225 (49.5 overs); West Indies 6/0 (1.0 overs). No result. Australia lead 5-match series 2–0.

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in United Arab Emirates:
Super Four:

Dubai
. Netherlands win by 4 wickets.

Dubai
. Ireland win by 22 runs.
Standings (after 2 matches): Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates 2 points.

Football (soccer)

OFC Champions League Group stage, Matchday 4:
AS Manu-Ura 0–2 Auckland City FC

Standings: Auckland City FC 10 points (4 matches), Waitakere United 5 (3), AS Magenta 2 (3), AS Manu-Ura 1 (4).

Handball

African Men's Championship in Egypt: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
Group A:
Libya 27–31 Nigeria

Congo DR 22–36 Tunisia
Standings: Tunisia 4 points, Nigeria 3, Congo DR 1, Libya 0.

Group B:
Gabon 25–27 Angola

Cameroon 17–30 Egypt
Standings: Egypt, Angola 4 points, Gabon, Cameroon 0.

Group C:
Congo 13–31 Algeria

Ivory Coast 23–32 Morocco
Standings: Algeria, Morocco 4 points, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire 0.

African Women's Championship in Egypt:
Group A:
Cameroon 15–17 Ivory Coast

Algeria 20–35 Tunisia
Standings: Tunisia, Côte d'Ivoire 4 points, Cameroon, Algeria 0.

Group B:
Congo DR 15–24 Angola

Egypt 27–27 Congo
Standings: Angola 4 points, Congo 3, Egypt 1, Congo DR 0.

Sailing

Valencia, Spain
:
Race 1:
BMW Oracle Racing (USA) defeat Alinghi (SUI
) by 15:28 minutes. BMW Oracle Racing lead best-of-3 series 1–0.

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada:
News: Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies in a crash during a practice run just few hours before the Opening ceremony.

February 11, 2010 (Thursday)

Auto racing

News:
green-white-checker rule for all of its national series, effective with today's Gatorade Duels. Up to three attempts at a green-flag finish can now be made, up from one last season. (ESPN)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 3:
Group E:
Maroussi Athens 57–49 Partizan Belgrade

Regal FC Barcelona 83–71 Panathinaikos Athens
Standings: Regal FC Barcelona, Maroussi Athens, Partizan Belgrade 2–1, Panathinaikos Athens 0–3.

Group F:
Efes Pilsen Istanbul

Montepaschi Siena 83–76 Real Madrid

Standings: Montepaschi Siena, Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1, Real Madrid, Efes Pilsen Istanbul 1–2.

Khimki Moscow Region

Standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 3–0, Caja Laboral Baskonia 2–1, Khimki Moscow Region 1–2, Cibona Zagreb 0–3.

Cricket

Bangladesh in New Zealand:
3rd ODI in Christchurch:
Bangladesh 241/9 (50 overs); New Zealand 244/7 (44.5 overs). New Zealand win by 3 wickets, win the 3-match series 3–0.

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in United Arab Emirates: (teams in bold advance to the Super Four)
Group A:

Dubai
. Afghanistan win by 29 runs.

Dubai
. Ireland win by 37 runs.
Final standings: Afghanistan 6 points, Ireland 4, United States 2, Scotland 0.

Group B:
United Arab Emirates; Canada 142/7 (20 overs) 100 (15.5 overs) in Abu Dhabi. United Arab Emirates win by 42 runs.

Kenya 130 (19.4 overs); Netherlands 133/3 (19.1 overs) in Abu Dhabi. Netherlands win by 7 wickets .
Final standings: United Arab Emirates 6 points, Netherlands 4, Kenya 2, Canada 0.

Darts

Premier League round 1 in London, England:
Ronnie Baxter (ENG) 7–7 Terry Jenkins (ENG)

Mervyn King (ENG) 8–5 Adrian Lewis (ENG)

Raymond van Barneveld (NED) 8–5 James Wade (ENG)

Simon Whitlock (ENG) 3–8 Phil Taylor (ENG)
High Checkout: Mervyn King 124
Standings: Taylor, King, van Barneveld 2 points, Jenkins, Baxter 1, Lewis, Wade, Whitlock 0.

Football (soccer)

Tokyo
, Japan:
Japan 3–0 Hong Kong
Standings (after 2 matches): China, Japan 4 points, Korea 3, Hong Kong 0.

Tokyo
, Japan:
Japan 3–0 Chinese Taipei
Standings (after 2 matches): Japan 6 points, Korea, China 3, Chinese Taipei 0.

Copa Libertadores second stage:
Group 1: Cerro Porteño 1–1 Independiente Medellín

Group 3: Estudiantes 5–1 Juan Aurich

Group 4:
Universitario

Group 6:
Deportivo Cuenca

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
Group B:
Japan 31–27 Bahrain
Final standings: Japan 4 points, Bahrain 2, Iraq 0.

Group C:
South Korea 29–23 Qatar
Final standings: South Korea 4 points, Qatar, United Arab Emirates 1.

African Men's Championship in Egypt:
Group A:
Congo DR 27–27 Nigeria

Tunisia 43–24 Libya

Group B:
Angola 25–22 Cameroon

Egypt 27–21 Gabon

Group C:
Congo 24–27 Morocco

Ivory Coast 11–29 Algeria

African Women's Championship in Egypt:
Group A:
Ivory Coast 22–19 Algeria

Tunisia 25–19 Cameroon

Group B:
Congo 37–31 Congo DR

Angola 32–21 Egypt

February 10, 2010 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 3:
Group G:
Asseco Prokom Gdynia

Unicaja Málaga 86–68 Žalgiris Kaunas

Standings: CSKA Moscow 3–0, Asseco Prokom Gdynia 2–1, Unicaja Málaga 1–2, Žalgiris Kaunas 0–3.

Group H: Olympiacos Piraeus 78–75 Cibona Zagreb
Standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 3–0, Caja Laboral Baskonia, Khimki Moscow Region 1–1, Cibona Zagreb 0–3.

Cricket

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in United Arab Emirates: (teams in bold advance to the Super Four)
Group A:
Afghanistan 131/7 (20 overs); Scotland 119/7 (20 overs) in Abu Dhabi. Afghanistan win by 14 runs.

Ireland 202/4 (20 overs); United States 124/6 (20 overs) in Abu Dhabi. Ireland win by 78 runs.
Standings: Afghanistan 4 points, Ireland, United States 2, Scotland 0.

Group B:

Dubai
. Kenya win by 9 wickets.

Dubai
. United Arab Emirates win by 6 wickets.
Standings: United Arab Emirates 4 points, Kenya, Netherlands 2, Canada 0.

Football (soccer)

East Asian Men's Football Championship in Tokyo, Japan:
China 3–0 South Korea
Standings: China 4 points (2 matches), Korea 3 (2), Japan 1 (1), Hong Kong 0 (1).

East Asian Women's Football Championship in Tokyo, Japan:
China 2–1 South Korea
Standings: Korea 3 points (2 matches), Japan 3 (1), China 3 (2), Chinese Taipei 0 (1).

Copa Libertadores First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
Emelec 2–1 (0–0) Newell's Old Boys
. Emelec win 2–1 on aggregate.

Copa Libertadores second stage:
Group 2: São Paulo 2–0 Monterrey

Group 3:
Alianza Lima

Group 6:
Morelia

Group 7: Vélez Sarsfield 2–0 Cruzeiro

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
Group A:
Saudi Arabia 20–22 China
Final standings: Syria 2 points, Saudi Arabia 2, China 2.

Group D:
Iran 25–16 Lebanon
Final standings: Iran 4 points, Lebanon 2, Jordan 0.

February 9, 2010 (Tuesday)

Basketball

ULEB Eurocup Last 16
, matchday 3:
Group I:
ALBA Berlin 61–65 Aris BSA 2003

DKV Joventut

Group J:
UNICS Kazan 78–71 Hapoel Jerusalem

Galatasaray Café Crown 78–82 Power Elec Valencia

Group K:
Panellinios BC 88–79 Benetton Basket

Bizkaia Bilbao Basket

Group L:
Türk Telekom 67–89 Crvena zvezda

ČEZ Nymburk

Cricket

South Africa In India:
1st Test in Nagpur:
South Africa 558/6d (Hashim Amla 253*, Jacques Kallis 173); India 233 (Virender Sehwag 109, Dale Steyn 7–51) and 319 (Sachin Tendulkar 100) (f/o). South Africa win by an innings and 6 runs, lead the 2-match series 1–0.

West Indies in Australia:
2nd ODI in Adelaide:
West Indies 170 (39.4 overs); Australia 171/2 (26.3 overs). Australia win by 8 wickets, lead the 5-match series 2–0.

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in United Arab Emirates:
Group A:

Dubai
. Afghanistan win by 13 runs.

Scotland 120/7 (20 overs); United States 121/4 (20 overs) in Abu Dhabi. USA win by 6 wickets.

Group B:

Dubai
. Netherlands win by 6 wickets.

United Arab Emirates 165/5 (20 overs); Kenya 150/5 (20 overs) in Abu Dhabi. UAE win by 15 runs.

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
Colón. 5–5 on aggregate, Universidad Católica win 5–3 in penalty shootout
.

Copa Libertadores second stage:
Group 2: Nacional 0–2 Once Caldas

Group 4: Lanús 0–2 Libertad

Group 5:
Deportivo Quito

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
Group B:
Iraq 19–30 Bahrain

Standings: Japan (Heian period), Bahrain 2 points (1 match), Iraq 0 (2).

Group C:
United Arab Emirates 25–25 Qatar

Standings: South Korea 2 points (1 match), Qatar 1 (1), United Arab Emirates 1 (2).

February 8, 2010 (Monday)

Cricket

Bangladesh in New Zealand:
Dunedin
:
Bangladesh 183/8 (50 overs); New Zealand 185/5 (27.3 overs). New Zealand win by 5 wickets, lead the 3-match series 2–0.

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon: (teams in bold advance to the main round)
Group A:
Syria 28–21 China

Standings: Saudi Arabia 2 points (1 match), Syria 2 (2), China 0 (1).

Group D:
Iran 38–23 Jordan

Standings: Iran, Lebanon 2 points (1 match), Jordan 0 (2).

February 7, 2010 (Sunday)

American football

NFL:
Miami Gardens, Florida
:
New Orleans Saints 31, Indianapolis Colts 17
The Saints' first world championship was propelled by Drew Brees' leadership that led him to his Most Valuable Player award. Tracy Porter's seventy-yard interception of a Peyton Manning pass for a touchdown was the margin of victory.

Baseball

Caribbean Series in Margarita Island, Venezuela:
Indios de Mayagüez 8–2 Naranjeros de Hermosillo

Leones del Escogido 7–4 Leones del Caracas
Final standings: Leones del Escogido 5–1, Indios de Mayagüez 4–2, Naranjeros de Hermosillo 2–4, Leones del Caracas 1–5.

Leones del Escogido win the Caribbean Series for the third time. Fernando Martínez wins the MVP award.

Cricket

West Indies in Australia:
1st ODI in Melbourne:
Australia 256/8 (50 overs); West Indies 143 (34.2 overs). Australia win by 113 runs, lead the 5-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)

Warsaw
, Poland:
Group A: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Germany, Kazakhstan, Turkey

Group B: Andorra, Armenia, Macedonia, Republic of Ireland, Russia, Slovakia

Group C: Estonia, Faroe Islands, Italy, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Slovenia

Group D: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Luxembourg, Romania

Group E: Finland, Hungary, Moldova, Netherlands, San Marino, Sweden

Group F: Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Malta

Group G: Bulgaria, England, Montenegro,   Switzerland, Wales

Group H: Cyprus, Denmark, Iceland, Portugal, Norway

Group I: Czech Republic, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Scotland, Spain

Tokyo
, Japan:
South Korea 5–0 Hong Kong

Tokyo
, Japan:
South Korea 4–0 Chinese Taipei

Golf

PGA Tour:
Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades, California
:
Winner: Steve Stricker (USA) 268 (−16)
Stricker wins his eighth PGA Tour title.

European Tour:
Dubai Desert Classic in United Arab Emirates:
Winner: Miguel Ángel Jiménez (ESP) 277 (−11)
Jiménez wins his sixteenth European Tour title.

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon:
Group B:
Japan 35–21 Iraq

Group C:
South Korea 30–23 United Arab Emirates

Rugby union

Six Nations Championship, week 1:
Scotland 9–18 France in Edinburgh

Ski jumping

World Cup in Willingen, Germany:
HS 145 Team: Germany (Michael Neumayer, Pascal Bodmer, Martin Schmitt, Michael Uhrmann) 965.5 points Norway (Johan Remen Evensen, Tom Hilde, Anders Jacobsen, Bjørn Einar Romøren) 959.6 Austria (Florian Schabereiter, Michael Hayböck, Stefan Thurnbichler, David Zauner) 937.1

Tennis

ATP World Tour:
Movistar Open in Santiago, Chile:
Final: Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) def. Juan Mónaco (ARG) 6–2, 0–6, 6–4
It was Bellucci's first title of the year and second of his career.

PBZ Zagreb Indoors in Zagreb, Croatia:
Final: Marin Čilić (CRO) def. Michael Berrer (GER) 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–3
Čilić wins the tournament for the second straight year, for his second title of the year and 5th of his career.

SA Tennis Open in Johannesburg, South Africa:
Final: Feliciano López (ESP) def. Stéphane Robert (FRA) 7–5, 6–1
López wins his second career title.

Fed Cup:
World Group first round, day 2:
Ukraine 1–4 Italy

Czech Republic 3–2 Germany

Serbia 2–3 Russia

France 1–4 United States

World Group II First round, day 2:
Australia 3–2 Spain

Poland 2–3 Belgium

Estonia 4–1 Argentina

Slovakia 3–2 China

February 6, 2010 (Saturday)

American football

College bowl games:
El Paso, Texas

Texas 36, The Nation 17
LSU's Trindon Holliday and the all-star Texas squad helped bring down the final curtain on the college football postseason with a 36–17 victory over The Nation squad. Holliday was named Offensive Player of the Game.

NFL news:
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announces its induction class of 2010. Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dick LeBeau, Floyd Little, John Randle, Jerry Rice, and Emmitt Smith will enter the Hall on August 7.

Auto racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
Budweiser Shootout in Daytona Beach, Florida:
(1) Kevin Harvick (2) Kasey Kahne (3) Jamie McMurray

Daytona 500 pole qualifying:
Mark Martin claims pole position, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. on his outside. The remainder of the field will be set in twin 150-mile qualifiers on February 11.

Baseball

Caribbean Series in Margarita Island, Venezuela:
Naranjeros de Hermosillo 2–7 Leones del Escogido

Indios de Mayagüez 7–1 Leones del Caracas
Standings: Leones del Escogido 4–1, Indios de Mayagüez 3–2, Naranjeros de Hermosillo 2–3, Leones del Caracas 1–4.

Basketball

FIBA Americas League Final Four in Mar del Plata, Argentina:
Espartanos de Margarita

Halcones Xalapa

Final standings: Peñarol 3–0, Espartanos de Margarita, Halcones Xalapa, Quimsa 1–2.
Peñarol win the title for the second time in three years.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Canmore, Canada:
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) Sara Renner (CAN
)
Overall standings: (1) Kowalczyk 1595 points (2) Petra Majdič (SLO) 1191 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 909

Sprint standings: (1) Majdič 446 points (2) Kowalczyk 439 (3) Saarinen 295

Men's Sprint Classic: Emil Jönsson (SWE) John Kristian Dahl (NOR) Dario Cologna (SUI)
Overall standings: (1) Petter Northug (NOR) 1060 points (2) Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 763 (3) Cologna 735

Sprint standings: (1) Jönsson 327 points (2) Dahl 280 (3) Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 250

Football (soccer)

AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, Final Round:
Singapore Armed Forces 0–0 (4–3 pen.) Muangthong United

Churchill Brothers
East Asian Men's Football Championship in Tokyo, Japan:
Japan 0–0 China

East Asian Women's Football Championship in Tokyo, Japan:
Japan 2–0 China

Handball

Asian Men's Championship in Beirut, Lebanon:
Group A:
Saudi Arabia 23–22 Syria

Group D:
Jordan 21–34 Lebanon

Rugby union

Six Nations Championship, week 1:
Ireland 29–11 Italy in Dublin

England 30–17 Wales in London

2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying:
European Nations Cup First Division, matchday 6:
Sochi

Bucharest
— postponed (snow)

Tbilisi

Standings: Georgia 17 points (6 matches), Russia 16 (6), Portugal 13 (6), Romania 9 (5), Spain 7 (5), Germany 6 (6).

IRB Sevens World Series
Wellington
:
Cup Final: Samoa 14–19 Fiji

Standings after 3 of 8 rounds: (1) New Zealand 64 points (2) Fiji 60 (3) Samoa 46

Ski jumping

World Cup in Willingen, Germany:
HS 145: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 273.3 points (142.5m/137.5m) Anders Jacobsen (NOR) 269.0 (139.0m/138.5m) Michael Neumayer (GER) 264.5 (140.5m/141.0m)
Individual standings (after 19 of 23 events): (1) Simon Ammann (SUI) 1249 (2) Schlierenzauer 1192 (3) Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 749

Snowboarding

Sudelfeld
, Germany:
Men's parallel giant slalom: Andreas Prommegger (AUT) Benjamin Karl (AUT) Roland Haldi (SUI
)
Standings (after 7 of 10 events): (1) Karl 4800 points (2) Prommegger 4190 (3) Jasey-Jay Anderson (CAN
) 3800

Women's parallel giant slalom: Amelie Kober (GER) Nicolien Sauerbreij (NED) Marion Kreiner (AUT
)
Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli (SUI
) 3420

Tennis

Fed Cup:
World Group First round, day 1:
Ukraine 1–1 Italy

Czech Republic 1–1 Germany

Serbia 1–1 Russia

France 0–2 United States

World Group II First round, day 1:
Australia 1–1 Spain

Poland 1–1 Belgium

Estonia 2–0 Argentina

Slovakia 2–0 China

February 5, 2010 (Friday)

Baseball

Caribbean Series in Margarita Island, Venezuela:
Indios de Mayagüez 7, Leones del Escogido 3

Naranjeros de Hermosillo 3, Leones del Caracas 2
Standings: Leones del Escogido 3–1, Indios de Mayagüez, Naranjeros de Hermosillo 2–2, Leones del Caracas 1–3.

Basketball

FIBA Americas League Final Four in Mar del Plata, Argentina:
Espartanos de Margarita

Quimsa

Standings: Peñarol 2–0, Quimsa, Halcones Xalapa 1–1, Espartanos de Margarita 0–2.

Cricket

Pakistan in Australia:
Only T20I in Melbourne:
Australia 127 (18.4/20 ov); Pakistan 125/9 (20/20 ov). Australia win by 2 runs.

Bangladesh in New Zealand:
1st ODI in Napier:
New Zealand 336/9 (50 ov); Bangladesh 190 (43.5 ov). New Zealand win by 146 runs, lead the 3-match series 1–0.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Canmore, Canada:
Women's 10 km Freestyle:
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) Irina Khazova (RUS
)
Overall standings: (1) Kowalczyk 1495 points (2) Petra Majdič (SLO) 1167 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 909

Distance standings: (1) Kowalczyk 756 points (2) Majdič 425 (3) Saarinen 414

Men's 15 km Freestyle: Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) Dario Cologna (SUI)
Overall standings: (1) Petter Northug (NOR) 1060 points (2) Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 763 (3) Cologna 675

Distance standings: (1) Northug 514 points (2) Marcus Hellner (SWE) 379 (3) Bauer 363

February 4, 2010 (Thursday)

Baseball

Caribbean Series in Margarita Island, Venezuela:
Indios de Mayagüez 5, Naranjeros de Hermosillo 3

Leones del Escogido 3, Leones del Caracas 2
Standings: Leones del Escogido 3–0, Leones del Caracas, Naranjeros de Hermosillo, Indios de Mayagüez 1–2.

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 2:
Group E: Maroussi Athens 80–78 Panathinaikos Athens
Standings: Partizan Belgrade 2–0, Regal FC Barcelona, Maroussi Athens 1–1, Panathinaikos Athens 0–2.

Group F: Maccabi Tel Aviv 81–76 Real Madrid
Standings: Efes Pilsen Istanbul, Real Madrid, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Montepaschi Siena 1–1.

Group H: Cibona Zagreb 75–78 Caja Laboral Baskonia
Standings: Olympiacos Piraeus 2–0, Caja Laboral Baskonia, Khimki Moscow Region 1–1, Cibona Zagreb 0–2.

FIBA Americas League Final Four in Mar del Plata, Argentina:
Quimsa

Espartanos de Margarita

Cricket

Associates Twenty20 Series in Kenya:
Scotland 123 (19.2/20 ov); Kenya 126/0 (14.3/20 ov) in Nairobi. Kenya win by 10 wickets.
Final standings: Kenya 8 points, Scotland 4, Uganda 0.

Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka:

Colombo
. Afghanistan win by 5 wickets.

Colombo
. Sri Lanka A win by 5 wickets.
Final standings: Sri Lanka A 6 points, Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland 2.

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
Junior
. Racing win 4–2 on aggregate.

February 3, 2010 (Wednesday)

Baseball

Caribbean Series in Margarita Island, Venezuela:
Leones del Escogido 7, Naranjeros de Hermosillo 1

Leones del Caracas 5, Indios de Mayagüez 2
Standings: Leones del Escogido 2–0, Leones del Caracas, Naranjeros de Hermosillo 1–1, Indios de Mayagüez 0–2.

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, matchday 2:
Group E: Partizan Belgrade 67–66 (OT) Regal FC Barcelona
Barça lose for the first time in this season's Euroleague.

Montepaschi Siena

Group G:
Žalgiris Kaunas 68–83 CSKA Moscow

Asseco Prokom Gdynia

Standings: Asseco Prokom Gdynia, CSKA Moscow 2–0, Unicaja Málaga, Žalgiris Kaunas 0–2.

Khimki Moscow Region

Cricket

Bangladesh in New Zealand:
Only T20I in Hamilton:

Bangladesh 78 (17.3 overs); New Zealand 79/0 (8.2 overs). New Zealand win by 10 wickets.

Associates Twenty20 Series in Kenya:
Scotland 163/4 (20/20 ov); Uganda 107/9 (20/20 ov) in Nairobi. Scotland win by 56 runs.
Standings: Kenya 6 points (3 matches), Scotland 4 (3), Uganda 0 (4).

Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka:

Colombo
. Canada win by 4 runs.

Colombo
. Sri Lanka A win by 69 runs.
Standings (after 2 matches): Sri Lanka A 4 points, Canada, Ireland 2, Afghanistan 0.

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
Estudiantes Tecos 1–2 (0–2) Juan Aurich
. Juan Aurich win 4–1 on aggregate.

Cruzeiro 7–0 (1–1) Real Potosí. Cruzeiro win 8–1 on aggregate.

Ski jumping

Klingenthal
, Germany:
HS 140:
Adam Malysz (POL) 257.2 (130.5m/134.0m) Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT
) 245.4 (129.0m/129.5m)
Individual standings (after 18 of 23 events): (1) Ammann 1249 (2) Schlierenzauer 1092 (3) Thomas Morgenstern (AUT
) 699

February 2, 2010 (Tuesday)

Baseball

Caribbean Series in Margarita Island, Venezuela:
Leones del Escogido 2, Indios de Mayagüez 1

Naranjeros de Hermosillo 7, Leones del Caracas 1

Basketball

ULEB Eurocup Last 16
, matchday 2:
Group I:
DKV Joventut

Aris BSA 2003 71–72 Le Mans

Group J:
UNICS Kazan 68–72 Power Elec Valencia

Galatasaray Café Crown

Group K:
Brose Baskets 73–63 Benetton Basket

Panellinios BC

Group L:
Crvena zvezda 97–67 Gran Canaria 2014

ČEZ Nymburk

Cricket

Associates Twenty20 Series in Kenya:
Kenya 186/3 (20 overs); Uganda 172/9 (20 overs) in Nairobi. Kenya win by 14 runs.
Standings: Kenya 6 points (3 matches), Scotland 2 (2), Uganda 0 (3).

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores First Stage, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)
Deportivo Táchira
. Libertad win 3–2 on aggregate.

February 1, 2010 (Monday)

Cricket

Associates Twenty20 Series in Kenya:
Scotland 109/9 (20/20 ov); Kenya 110/0 (12.3/20 ov) in Nairobi. Kenya win by 10 wickets.
Standings (after 2 matches): Kenya 4 points, Scotland 2, Uganda 0.

Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka:
Canada 93/6 (20/20 ov); Sri Lanka A 94/1 (13/20 ov) in Colombo. Sri Lanka A win by 9 wickets.

Afghanistan 121/9 (20/20 ov); Ireland 124/5 (18.1/20 ov) in Colombo. Ireland win by 5 wickets.

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