March 2005 in sports

14 March 2005 (Monday)

• Dogsled racing 2005 Iditarod
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  • AKST (March 14 5:45 UTC), and start the final stretch down the shore of the Bering Sea to Nome
    . Bjørnar Andersen, Sørlie's teammate, is the only rookie in the top 10.
• John Chaney will coach in the National Invitation Tournament. He had previously been suspended for actions committed on February 28 during a game against Saint Joseph's University
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• Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Matthew Stevens 10 frames to 8 to win his third Irish Masters title. (BBC)
• UAW–DaimlerChrysler 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch. There were a race-record 10 cautions and race-equalling 25 lead changes. (NASCAR)
• Curling:
  • In Pinerolo, Italy, at the World Junior Curling Championships, the Canadian team skipped by Kyle George won gold beating Sweden's Nils Carlsén 6–5 in 11 ends. Scotland won bronze. (CBC) (TSN)
  • 2005 Tim Hortons Brier: Randy Ferbey and his Alberta team win their 4th Brier in 5 years as they defeat Shawn Adams of Nova Scotia 5–4. Ferbey and his team of David Nedohin, Marcel Rocque and Scott Pfeifer make history as the first complete team to win 4 Briers. (CBC sports)
• Baseball:
  • The Kansas City Star reports in today's edition that former major-league player Jeremy Giambi, currently signed to a minor-league contract by the Chicago White Sox, has admitted to having used anabolic steroids. Jeremy's older brother, current major-leaguer Jason Giambi, has previously been linked to steroid use. (AP/ESPN)
  • The New York Daily News reports today that former superstar slugger Mark McGwire was mentioned several times in a federal steroids investigation in the 1990s, although he was not the target of the probe, nor was any evidence collected against him. (AP/ESPN)
• Cricket:
  • Australia (432 and 135/1) beat New Zealand (433 and 131) by 9 wickets in the 1st Test at Christchurch. (Wisden Cricinfo)
  • South Africa (480/7 dec) beat Zimbabwe (265 and 149) by an innings and 62 runs in the 2nd Test at Centurion. (Wisden Cricinfo)
• Rugby union: Six Nations
  • Scotland 22–46 Wales (Murrayfield, Edinburgh) (BBC)
• Golf:
  • Honda Classic
    at the Country Club at Mirasol. It's Harrington's first win in the United States.
  • PGA European Tour: Ernie Els wins the Qatar Masters.
• Basketball:
  • Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's basketball championship (TSN)
• Ice hockey:
  • Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship (CIS)
    . The loss ended a three-year championship streak for the Pandas, as well as a 112-game undefeated streak against CIS opponents.

• Cricket: Pakistan (312 and 496/9 dec.) draw with India (516 and 85/1) in the 1st Test at Mohali. (Wisden Cricinfo)
• Football (soccer): Swedish referee Anders Frisk announces his retirement with immediate effect, after receiving so-far unspecified threats. (BBC)
• Rugby Union: Six Nations
  • Twickenham, London) (BBC)
  • Ireland 19–26 France (Lansdowne Road, Dublin) (BBC)
• Sport of athletics – Kerron Clement sets a new Indoor World Record for the 400m at the NCAA championships in Arkansas. (BBC)
• Curling
  • Switzerland, skipped by Tania Grivel wins the Women's World Junior Curling Championships 10–2 over Sweden's Stina Viktorsson. Canada wins bronze. (WCF)
  • 2005 Tim Hortons Brier: In the semi-final, Nova Scotia's Shawn Adams rink defeat Randy Dutiaume and his Manitoba rink 8–7. Nova Scotia will play Randy Ferbey of Alberta in the final. (CBC sports)

11 March 2005 (Friday)

• Jean-Michel Menard's Quebec rink in the 3–4 game advancing Nova Scotia to the semi-final. In the 1–2 game, Randy Ferbey's Alberta defeats Randy Dutiuame's Manitoba rink 7–4. Manitoba goes to the semis while Alberta gets a bye to the final. (CBC sports) (CBC sports)

• Dogsled racing 2005 Iditarod
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  • AKST (10:41 UTC
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  • Rick Swenson, the only five-time winner of the Iditarod, scratches for the first time in 29 races.
• UEFA Cup, round of 16, first leg: (UEFA.com)
  • Partizan Belgrade 1 – 1 CSKA Moscow
  • Olympiacos 1 – 3 Newcastle United
  • Shakhtar Donetsk 1 – 3 AZ Alkmaar
  • Austria Vienna 1 – 1 Real Zaragoza
  • Sporting Lisbon
  • Lille 0 – 1 Auxerre
  • Parma
  • Steaua Bucharest – Villarreal
    (postponed, snow; first leg rescheduled for 16 March, second leg on 20 March)
• Jean-Michel Menard at 7–4. (CBC sports)

• Football (soccer) UEFA Champions League
  , knock-out round of 16, second leg (advancing teams in bold):
  • Real Madrid (after extra time) (UEFA.com)
  • Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 3 Liverpool (UEFA.com)
  • AS Monaco 0 – 2 PSV (UEFA.com)
  • Bayern Munich (UEFA.com)
• Curling: 2005 Tim Hortons Brier – Randy Ferbey's Alberta rink continues to lead the way with an 8–1 record and wins against Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories. Randy Dutiaume's Manitoba rink has sole possession of second place at 7–2 as they won both their games against Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. With one day left of the round-robin, only Alberta has clinched a berth. (CBC sports)

8 March 2005 (Tuesday)

• Dogsled racing: Norwegian Robert Sørlie, who became the first non-American to win in 2003, takes the lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and arrives first at checkpoints 8 and 9, in Rohn, and Nikolai
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• Football (soccer) UEFA Champions League
  , knock-out round of 16, second leg (advancing teams in bold):
  • Chelsea 4 – 2 Barcelona (UEFA.com)
  • Werder Bremen (UEFA.com)
  • A.C. Milan 1 – 0 Manchester United (UEFA.com)
• Curling – 2005 Tim Hortons Brier – Randy Ferbey's Alberta rink pulls away from the pack with wins against Manitoba and Prince Edward Island and have a record of 6–1. Manitoba (skipped by Randy Dutiaume) falls to 5–2 coupled with a win over P.E.I, while Nova Scotia skipped by Shawn Adams win both their games and also sit at 5–2. (CBC sports)