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Deaths in March
[edit]Current sporting seasons
[edit]- Formula One
- Sprint Cup
- Nationwide Series
- Camping World Truck Series
- A1 Grand Prix
- GP2 Asia Series
- WTTC
- V8 Supercar
- Speedcar Series
- American Le Mans
- Rolex Sports Car Series
- Super GT
Days of the month
[edit]March 31, 2009 (Tuesday)
[edit]- Euroleague Quarterfinals:
- Game 3 of best-of-5 series:
- TAU Cerámica
69–62
Regal FC Barcelona. TAU leads series 2–1.
- Real Madrid
71–63
Olympiacos Piraeus. Olympiacos leads series 2–1.
- Montepaschi Siena
53–72
Panathinaikos Athens. Panathinaikos leads series 2–1.
- Partizan Igokea
56–67
CSKA Moscow. CSKA wins series 3–0.
- CSKA advance to the Final Four for the seventh straight season.
- TAU Cerámica
- Game 3 of best-of-5 series:
- NCAA Division I Women's Tournament
- Regional Finals (seeding in parentheses):
- Trenton region in Trenton, New Jersey:
- (1) Connecticut 83, (6) Arizona State 64
- Oklahoma City region in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:
- Trenton region in Trenton, New Jersey:
- Regional Finals (seeding in parentheses):
- National Invitation Tournament:
- Final Four in New York:
- Semifinals:
- Baylor 76, San Diego State 62
- Penn State 67, Notre Dame 59
- Semifinals:
- Final Four in New York:
- CollegeInsider.com Tournament:
- Championship game in Peoria, Illinois:
- Old Dominion 66, Bradley 62
- Championship game in Peoria, Illinois:
- NBA:
- The Denver Nuggets clinch a playoff berth with 111–104 win over the New York Knicks.
- The San Antonio Spurs also clinch a playoff berth despite losing 95–96 to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
- CONMEBOL (South America), matchday 12:
- Friendly internationals:
- South Africa
0–2
Portugal in Lausanne, Switzerland
- Angola
0–2
Morocco
- South Africa
March 30, 2009 (Monday)
[edit]- NCAA Division I Women's Tournament
- Regional Finals (seeding in parentheses, all times EDT):
- Raleigh region in Raleigh, North Carolina:
- (3) Louisville 77, (1) Maryland 60
- Berkeley region in Berkeley, California:
- (2) Stanford 74, (4) Iowa State 53
- Raleigh region in Raleigh, North Carolina:
- Regional Finals (seeding in parentheses, all times EDT):
- College Basketball Invitational:
- Championship best-of-3 series, game 1 in Corvallis, Oregon:
- Oregon State 75, UTEP 69
- Championship best-of-3 series, game 1 in Corvallis, Oregon:
- India in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 5:
New Zealand 619/9d;
India 305 and 476/4 (f/o, Gautam Gambhir 137, V.V.S. Laxman 124*). Match drawn, India lead 3-match series 1–0.
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 5:
March 29, 2009 (Sunday)
[edit]- Formula One:
- Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia:
- (1)
Jenson Button (2)
Rubens Barrichello (3)
Lewis Hamilton
- Brawn GP take first and second in their first ever race, with Button becoming the first driver since Juan Manuel Fangio at the French Grand Prix in 1954 to win from pole in a first drive for a brand new team.
- Jarno Trulli finished third in the race, but was given a 25-second penalty post-race for passing Hamilton under the stabilised safety car conditions, in which the race finished.
- (1)
- Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia:
- Sprint Cup Series:
- Goody's Cool Orange 500 in Ridgeway, Virginia:
- (1) Jimmie Johnson
(2) Denny Hamlin
(3) Tony Stewart
- Drivers' standings (after 6 races): (1) Jeff Gordon
959 points (2) Clint Bowyer
−89 (3) Kurt Busch
−132
- Drivers' standings (after 6 races): (1) Jeff Gordon
- (1) Jimmie Johnson
- Goody's Cool Orange 500 in Ridgeway, Virginia:
- V8 Supercars:
- NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Regional Finals (seeding in parentheses):
- Midwest region in Indianapolis, Indiana:
- (2) Michigan State 64, (1) Louisville 52
- South region in Memphis, Tennessee:
- (1) North Carolina 72, (2) Oklahoma 60
- Final Four matchups:
- Midwest region in Indianapolis, Indiana:
- Regional Finals (seeding in parentheses):
- NCAA Division I Women's Tournament
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
- Trenton region in Trenton, New Jersey:
- (1) Connecticut 77, (4) California 53
- (6) Arizona State 84, (2) Texas A&M 69
- Oklahoma City region in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:
- (6) Purdue 67, (7) Rutgers 61
- (1) Oklahoma 70, (4) Pittsburgh 59
- Sooners center Courtney Paris becomes the first player in U.S. college basketball history—regardless of governing body, division or gender—with 2,500 points and 2,000 rebounds in her career.
- Trenton region in Trenton, New Jersey:
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
- NBA:
- The Los Angeles Lakers secure the #1 seed in the Western Conference and home advantage in the first three rounds of the playoffs despite losing 76–86 to the Atlanta Hawks, as their nearest rivals, the San Antonio Spurs, lose 86–90 to the New Orleans Hornets.
- India in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 4:
New Zealand 619/9d;
India 305 and 252/2 (f/o, Gautam Gambhir 102*). India trail by 62 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 4:
- England in West Indies:
- 4th ODI in Bridgetown, Barbados:
West Indies 239/9 (50 ov);
England 136/1 (18.3/20 ov). England win by 9 wickets (D/L method), 5-match series level 2–2.
- 4th ODI in Bridgetown, Barbados:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Twenty20 in Centurion:
South Africa 156/5 (20/20 ov);
Australia 139/8 (20/20 ov). South Africa win by 17 runs and win 2-match series 2–0.
- 2nd Twenty20 in Centurion:
- Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland:
- Women's keirin:
Guo Shuang
Clara Sanchez
Willy Kanis
- Men's omnium:
Leigh Howard
19 pts
Zachary Bell
21
Tim Veldt
24
- Women's points race 25 km:
Giorgia Bronzini
18 pts
Yumari González
15
Elizabeth Armitstead
13
- Men's sprint:
- Final:
Grégory Baugé
beat
Azizul Hasni Awang
2–1
- Bronze medal race:
Kévin Sireau
beat Shane Perkins
2–0
- Final:
- Women's keirin:
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
- COMNEBOL (South America), matchday 11:
- CAF (Africa) third round, matchday 1:
- Group 2:
- Mozambique
0–0
Nigeria
- Mozambique
- Group 3:
- Group 4:
- Group 5:
- Ivory Coast
5–0
Malawi
- 22 spectators die and more than a hundred are injured in a stampede after a wall collapse in Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium shortly before the kick-off.[1]
- Ivory Coast
- Group 2:
- PGA Tour:
- Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida:
- Winner: Tiger Woods
275 (−5)
- Woods wins his first title since his comeback from injury and sixth title at this tournament.
- Winner: Tiger Woods
- Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida:
- European Tour:
- Open de Andalucia in Andalusia, Spain:
- Winner: Søren Kjeldsen
274 (−14)
- Winner: Søren Kjeldsen
- Open de Andalucia in Andalusia, Spain:
- LPGA Tour:
- Phoenix LPGA International in Phoenix, Arizona:
- Winner: Karrie Webb
274 (−14)
- Winner: Karrie Webb
- Phoenix LPGA International in Phoenix, Arizona:
- NHL:
- The Detroit Red Wings clinch the Central Division title as their nearest rivals, the Chicago Blackhawks, lose 0–4 to the Vancouver Canucks.
- 155th University Boat Race on the River Thames, London:
- Oxford University Boat Club (Michal Plotkowiak, Colin Smith, Alex Hearne, Ben Harrison, Sjoerd Hamburger, Tom Solesbury, George Bridgewater, Ante Kušurin, Colin Groshong) 17:00 beat Cambridge University Boat Club (Rob Weitemeyer, Henry Pelly, Ryan Monaghan, Peter Marsland, Deaglan McEachern, Hardy Cubasch, Tom Ransley, Silas Stafford, Rebecca Dowbiggin) by 12 secs (3½ lengths)
- The Dark Blues' win reduces Cambridge's overall lead to 79 against 75, with one dead heat.
- Oxford University Boat Club (Michal Plotkowiak, Colin Smith, Alex Hearne, Ben Harrison, Sjoerd Hamburger, Tom Solesbury, George Bridgewater, Ante Kušurin, Colin Groshong) 17:00 beat Cambridge University Boat Club (Rob Weitemeyer, Henry Pelly, Ryan Monaghan, Peter Marsland, Deaglan McEachern, Hardy Cubasch, Tom Ransley, Silas Stafford, Rebecca Dowbiggin) by 12 secs (3½ lengths)
- Sevens World Series:
- Hong Kong Sevens in Hong Kong
- Final: South Africa
24–26
Fiji
- Final: South Africa
- Hong Kong Sevens in Hong Kong
- World Cup 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia:
- 15 km mass start men: (1) Simon Eder
37min 14.4sec (0 penalties) (2) Dominik Landertinger
at 12.1 (1) (3) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
17.0 (3)
- Final overall World Cup standings (after 26 events): (1) Bjørndalen 1080 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
870 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen
844
- Final World Cup mass-start standings (after five events): (1) Landertinger 208 points (2) Bjørndalen 199 (3) Christoph Sumann
197
- Final overall World Cup standings (after 26 events): (1) Bjørndalen 1080 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
- 12.5 km mass start women: (1) Simone Hauswald
36:54.6 (1 penalty) (2) Helena Jonsson
at 15.1 (0) (3) Andrea Henkel
26.9 (3)... 6. Kati Wilhelm
1:20.3 (2)
- Final overall World Cup standings (after 26 events): (1) Jonsson 952 points (2) Wilhelm 952 (3) Tora Berger
894
- Jonsson wins the title because she won 4 races against 3 wins for Wilhelm.
- Final World Cup mass-start standings (after five events): (1) Jonsson 210 points (2) Wilhelm 186 (3) Hauswald 174
- Final overall World Cup standings (after 26 events): (1) Jonsson 952 points (2) Wilhelm 952 (3) Tora Berger
- 15 km mass start men: (1) Simon Eder
- World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea: (seeding in parentheses)
March 28, 2009 (Saturday)
[edit]- World Cross Country Championships in Amman, Jordan:
- Senior men – 12 km:
Gebregziabher Gebremariam
35:02
Moses Kipsiro
35:04
Zersenay Tadese
35:04
- Senior women – 8 km:
Florence Jebet Kiplagat
26:13
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai
26:16
Meselech Melkamu
26:19
- Senior men – 12 km:
- NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Regional Finals (seeding in parentheses):
- West region in Glendale, Arizona:
- (1) Connecticut 82, (3) Missouri 75
- East region in Boston, Massachusetts:
- (3) Villanova 78, (1) Pittsburgh 76
- West region in Glendale, Arizona:
- Regional Finals (seeding in parentheses):
- NCAA Division I Women's Tournament
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
- Raleigh region in Raleigh, North Carolina:
- (3) Louisville 56, (2) Baylor 39
- (1) Maryland 78, (4) Vanderbilt 74
- Berkeley region in Berkeley, California:
- (4) Iowa State 69, (9) Michigan State 68
- (2) Stanford 84, (3) Ohio State 66
- Raleigh region in Raleigh, North Carolina:
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
- India in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 3:
New Zealand 619/9d;
India 305 and 47/1 (f/o). India trail by 267 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 3:
- Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland:
- Women's omnium:
Josephine Tomic
26
Tara Whitten
27
Yvonne Hijgenaar
27
- Women's Sprint:
- Final:
Victoria Pendleton
bt
Willy Kanis
2–1
- Bronze medal race:
Simona Krupeckaitė
bt Olga Panarina
2–0
- Final:
- Men's madison 50 km:
Denmark (Michael Mørkøv, Alex Rasmussen)
Australia (Leigh Howard, Cameron Meyer)
Czech Republic (Martin Bláha, Jiří Hochmann)
- Women's omnium:
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
- UEFA (Europe):
- Group 1:
- Group 2:
- Luxembourg
0–4
Latvia
- Moldova
0–2
Switzerland
- Israel
1–1
Greece
- Greece and Switzerland share the lead on 10 points, with Israel one point behind.
- Luxembourg
- Group 3:
- Northern Ireland
3–2
Poland
- Slovenia
0–0
Czech Republic
- Northern Ireland goes to the top of the group on 10 points from 6 games, followed by Slovakia on 9 points from 4 games.
- Northern Ireland
- Group 4:
- Russia
2–0
Azerbaijan
- Wales
0–2
Finland
- Germany
4–0
Liechtenstein
- Germany lead the group on 13 points, Russia second on 9 points and a game in hand.
- Russia
- Group 5:
- Group 7:
- Group 8:
- Cyprus
2–1
Georgia
- Montenegro
0–2
Italy
- Republic of Ireland
1–1
Bulgaria
- Italy takes sole possession of first place on 13 points, 2 points ahead of Ireland.
- Cyprus
- Group 9:
- Netherlands
3–0
Scotland
- Netherlands maintains its perfect record with 12 points from 4 games.
- Netherlands
- COMNEBOL (South America), matchday 11:
- CONCACAF (North-Central America) fourth round, matchday 2:
- Trinidad and Tobago
1–1
Honduras
- The Soca Warriors salvage a point at home courtesy of a Khaleem Hyland goal in the 90th minute.
- Mexico
2–0
Costa Rica
- Mexico gets level with Costa Rica in second place on 3 points.
- El Salvador
2–2
United States
- Team USA comes back from a 2–0 deficit in San Salvador behind goals from Jozy Altidore and Frankie Hejduk, and takes sole possession of first place in the hexagonal with 4 points from 2 matches.
- Trinidad and Tobago
- AFC (Asia) fourth round, matchday 6:
- Group A:
- Japan
1–0
Bahrain
- Japan goes to the top of the group, with 11 points from 5 games, ahead of Australia with 10 pts from 4 games.
- Uzbekistan
4–0
Qatar
- Uzbekistan gets level with Bahrain and Qatar on 5 points
- Japan
- Group B:
- North Korea
2–0
United Arab Emirates
- North Korea goes to the top of the group with 10 points from 5 games, ahead of South Korea with 8 points from 4 games.
- Iran
1–2
Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia replace Iran in third place on 7 points.
- North Korea
- Group A:
- CAF (Africa) third round, matchday 1:
- UEFA (Europe):
- Friendly internationals:
- England
4–0
Slovakia
- David Beckham comes in as substitute for his 109th cap, a record for an English outfield player.
- South Africa
2–1
Norway
- South Korea
2–1
Iraq
- England
- OFC Champions League Group stage, matchday 6:
- Group B: Koloale FC Honiara
1–0
Ba F.C.
- Koloale advance to the final.
- Group B: Koloale FC Honiara
- World Cup 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia:
- 12.5 km pursuit men: (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen
33mins 03.3secs (2 penalties) (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
at 0.1 (2) (3) Christoph Sumann
23.8 (2)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 26 events): (1) Bjørndalen 1032 points (champion) (2) Tomasz Sikora
863 (3) Svendsen 818
- Final World Cup pursuit standings (after seven events): (1) Bjørndalen 342 (2) Svendsen 308 (3) Sikora 276
- Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 26 events): (1) Bjørndalen 1032 points (champion) (2) Tomasz Sikora
- 10 km pursuit women: (1) Magdalena Neuner
27min 53.0sec (2 penalties) (2) Michela Ponza
at 28.8 (0) (3) Marie Dorin
30.5 (1)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 26 events): (1) Helena Jonsson
915 points (2) Kati Wilhelm
915 (3) Neuner 878
- Final World Cup pursuit standings (after seven events): (1) Wilhelm 272 points (2) Tora Berger
246 (3) Martina Beck
244
- Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 26 events): (1) Helena Jonsson
- 12.5 km pursuit men: (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen
- World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea: (seeding in parentheses)
- World Championships in Los Angeles, United States:
- Ladies:
Kim Yuna
207.71
Joannie Rochette
191.29
Miki Ando
190.38
- Kim becomes the first ever World champion in figure skating from Korea, and the first woman to score over 200 points. Rochette is the first Canadian woman to win a medal in 21 years.
- Ladies:
March 27, 2009 (Friday)
[edit]- NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
- Midwest region in Indianapolis, Indiana:
- (1) Louisville 103, (12) Arizona 64
- (2) Michigan State 67, (3) Kansas 62
- South region in Memphis, Tennessee:
- (2) Oklahoma 84, (3) Syracuse 71
- (1) North Carolina 98, (4) Gonzaga 77
- Midwest region in Indianapolis, Indiana:
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
- India in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 2:
New Zealand 619/9d (Jesse Ryder 201, Brendon McCullum 115);
India 79/3. India trail by 540 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 2:
- England in West Indies:
- 3rd ODI in Bridgetown, Barbados:
England 117 (41.3/44 ov);
West Indies 117/2 (14.4/44 ov, Chris Gayle 80). West Indies win by 8 wickets (D/L method), lead 5-match series 2–1.
- 3rd ODI in Bridgetown, Barbados:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 1st Twenty20 in Johannesburg:
Australia 166/7 (20/20 ov, David Hussey 88*);
South Africa 168/6 (19.2/20 ov). South Africa win by 4 wickets with 4 balls remaining, lead 2-match series 1–0.
- 1st Twenty20 in Johannesburg:
- Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland:
- Men's 1 km time trial:
Stefan Nimke
1:00.666
Taylor Phinney
1:01.611
Mohd Rizal Tisin
1:01.658
- Women's scratch 10 km:
Yumari González Valdinieso
Lizzie Armitstead
Belinda Goss
- Men's team pursuit:
- Final:
Denmark (Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Mørkøv, Alex Rasmussen) 3min 58.246 bt
Australia (Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Leigh Howard, Cameron Meyer) 3:58.863
- Bronze medal race:
New Zealand (Westley Gough, Peter Latham, Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent) 4:00.248 bt
Great Britain (Jonathan Bellis, Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh) 4:01.838
- Final:
- Men's 1 km time trial:
- World Cup 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia:
- 7.5 km sprint women: (1) Tina Bachmann
20min 49.8sec (0 penalties) (2) Simone Hauswald
at 3.7s (0) (3) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek
19.3 (0)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 24 of 26 events): (1) Helena Jonsson
904 points (2) Kati Wilhelm
893 (3) Magdalena Neuner
832
- Final World Cup sprint standings (after 10 events): (1) Jonsson 372 points (2) Neuner 358 (3) Tora Berger
352
- Overall World Cup standings (after 24 of 26 events): (1) Helena Jonsson
- 7.5 km sprint women: (1) Tina Bachmann
- World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea: (seeding in parentheses)
- World Championships in Los Angeles, United States:
- Ladies' short program: (1) Kim Yuna
76.12 (2) Joannie Rochette
67.90 (3) Mao Asada
66.06
- Ice dance:
Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
206.30
Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
205.08
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
200.40
- Ladies' short program: (1) Kim Yuna
March 26, 2009 (Thursday)
[edit]- Euroleague Quarterfinals:
- Game 2 of best-of-5 series:
- CSKA Moscow
77–50
Partizan Igokea. CSKA leads series 2–0.
- Olympiacos Piraeus
79–73
Real Madrid. Olympiacos leads series 2–0.
- Regal FC Barcelona
85–62
TAU Cerámica. Series tied 1–1.
- Panathinaikos Athens
79–84
Montepaschi Siena. Series tied 1–1.
- CSKA Moscow
- Game 2 of best-of-5 series:
- NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
- West region in Glendale, Arizona:
- (1) Connecticut 72, (5) Purdue 60
- (3) Missouri 102, (2) Memphis 91
- East region in Boston, Massachusetts:
- (1) Pittsburgh 60, (4) Xavier 55
- (3) Villanova 77, (2) Duke 54
- West region in Glendale, Arizona:
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
- India in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 1:
New Zealand 351/4 (Ross Taylor 151, Jesse Ryder 137*)
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 1:
- Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland:
- Men's scratch 15 km:
Morgan Kneisky
Angel Colla
Andreas Müller
- Women's team sprint:
- Final:
Australia (Anna Meares, Kaarle McCulloch) 33.149sec bt
Great Britain (Shanaze Reade, Victoria Pendleton) 33.380
- Bronze medal race:
Lithuania (Gintarė Gaivenytė, Simona Krupeckaitė) 33.495 bt
France (Sandie Clair, Clara Sanchez) 33.638
- Final:
- Men's individual pursuit:
- Final:
Taylor Phinney
4min 15.160sec bt
Jack Bobridge
4:17.419
- Bronze medal race:
Dominique Cornu
4:19.197 bt Volodymyr Dyudya
4:19.786
- Final:
- Women's team pursuit:
- Final:
Great Britain (Wendy Houvenaghel, Joanna Rowsell, Lizzie Armitstead) 3:25.147 bt
New Zealand (Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen, Alison Shanks) 3:26.023
- Bronze medal race:
Australia (Ashlee Ankudinoff, Sarah Kent, Josephine Tomic) 3:27.719 bt
Netherlands (Vera Koedooder, Amy Pieters, Ellen van Dijk) 3:30.893
- Final:
- Men's keirin:
Maximilian Levy
François Pervis
Teun Mulder
- Men's scratch 15 km:
- World Cup 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia:
- 10 km sprint men: (1) Arnd Peiffer
25min 51.1sec (0 penalties) (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
at 23.1s (1) (3) Christoph Sumann
27.3 (0)
- World Cup overall standings (after 24 of 26 events): (1) Bjørndalen 978 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
854 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen
& Maxim Tchoudov
758
- Bjørndalen secure his sixth overall World Cup title.
- Final World Cup sprint standings (after 10 events): (1) Bjørndalen 372 points (2) Sikora 337 (3) Svendsen 318
- World Cup overall standings (after 24 of 26 events): (1) Bjørndalen 978 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
- 10 km sprint men: (1) Arnd Peiffer
- World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
(teams in bold advance to the playoff, teams in italics play in tiebreaker)- Draw 15:
- Draw 16:
Denmark 6–2
Scotland
- Denmark secure a playoff berth, while Scotland is eliminated
Norway 2–11
Sweden
- Sweden secure at least a tiebreaker place.
Germany 9–6
South Korea
Switzerland 8–5
Italy
- Switzerland remain in contention for a tiebreaker.
- Standings after 16 draws: China 9–1, Canada, Denmark 8–2, Sweden 7–4, Switzerland 6–4.
- Draw 17:
- World Championships in Los Angeles, United States:
- Ice dance standings after original dance: (1) Oksana Domnina – Maxim Shabalin
105.45 (2) Tanith Belbin – Benjamin Agosto
104.81 (3) Tessa Virtue – Scott Moir
100.42
- Men:
Evan Lysacek
242.23
Patrick Chan
237.58
Brian Joubert
235.97
- Ice dance standings after original dance: (1) Oksana Domnina – Maxim Shabalin
March 25, 2009 (Wednesday)
[edit]- NBA:
- The Orlando Magic clinch the Southeast Division title and at least a #4 seed in the playoff with an 84–82 win over the Boston Celtics.
- The Atlanta Hawks clinch a playoff berth despite a 92–102 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.
- Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland:
- Women's 500 m time trial:
Simona Krupeckaitė
33.296 (WR)
Anna Meares
33.796
Victoria Pendleton
34.102
- Men's points race 40 km:
Cameron Meyer
24 points
Daniel Kreutzfeldt
22
Chris Newton
21
- Women's individual pursuit:
- Final:
Alison Shanks
3:29.807 def.
Wendy Houvenaghel
3:32.174
- Bronze medal race:
Vilija Sereikaitė
3:33.583 def. Joanna Rowsell
3:35.209
- Final:
- Men's team sprint:
- Final:
France (Grégory Baugé, Mickaël Bourgain, Kévin Sireau) 43.512 def.
Great Britain (Matthew Crampton, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff) 43.869
- Bronze medal race:
Germany (René Enders, Robert Förstemann, Stefan Nimke) 43.912 def.
Australia (Daniel Ellis, Shane Perkins, Scott Sunderland) 43.986
- Final:
- Women's 500 m time trial:
- NHL:
- The New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals clinch playoff berths as a result of Florida Panthers 3–5 loss to Buffalo Sabres.
- World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
- Draw 12:
- Draw 13:
- Draw 14:
- Standings after 14 draws (teams in bold advance to the playoffs, teams in italics secure at least a tie breaker, teams in
strikeare eliminated): China 8–1, Canada, Denmark 7–2, Sweden 6–3, Switzerland 5–4, Germany, Russia, Scotland, USA 4–5,Korea3–6,Italy,Norway1–8.
- World Championships in Los Angeles, United States:
- Men's short program: (1) Brian Joubert
84.40 (2) Evan Lysacek
82.70 (3) Patrick Chan
82.55
- Pairs:
Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy
203.48
Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao
186.52
Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov
186.39
- Men's short program: (1) Brian Joubert
March 24, 2009 (Tuesday)
[edit]- Euroleague Quarterfinals:
- Game 1 of best-of-5 series:
- CSKA Moscow
56–47
Partizan Igokea. CSKA leads series 1–0.
- Panathinaikos Athens
90–85
Montepaschi Siena. Panathinaikos leads series 1–0.
- Olympiacos Piraeus
88–79
Real Madrid. Olympiacos leads series 1–0.
- Regal FC Barcelona
75–84
TAU Cerámica. TAU leads series 1–0.
- CSKA Moscow
- Game 1 of best-of-5 series:
- NCAA Division I Women's Tournament:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
- Trenton Region:
- (1) Connecticut 87, (8) Florida 59
- (2) Texas A&M 73, (10) Minnesota 42
- Berkeley Region:
- (9) Michigan State 63, (1) Duke 49
- (4) Iowa State 71, (12) Ball State 57
- Raleigh Region:
- (1) Maryland 71, (9) Utah 56
- (3) Louisville 62, (6) LSU 52
- (2) Baylor 60, (7) South Dakota State 58
- Oklahoma City Region:
- (1) Oklahoma 69, (9) Georgia Tech 50
- Trenton Region:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
- News:
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India announces that the second season of the Indian Premier League will be moved to South Africa due to security concerns. (Cricinfo)
- World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
- Draw 9:
- Draw 10:
- Draw 11:
- Standings after 11 draws: Canada, China, Denmark 6–1, Sweden 5–2, Scotland, Switzerland 4–3, Germany, USA 3–4, Korea, Russia 2–5, Italy 1–6, Norway 0–7.
- World Championships in Los Angeles, United States:
- Compulsory Dance: (1) Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
40.77 (2) Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
39.65 (3) Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
39.37
- Pairs Short Program: (1) Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
72.30 (2) Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
68.94 (3) Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang
67.42
- Compulsory Dance: (1) Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
March 23, 2009 (Monday)
[edit]- World Baseball Classic:
- Final in Los Angeles, California, United States:
- South Korea
3–5
Japan (10 innings)
- Ichiro Suzuki hits a two-run single in the top of the 10th, and Yu Darvish closes the door on South Korea as Japan successfully defends its 2006 title. Japan's Daisuke Matsuzaka is named MVP for the second time in two Classics.
- South Korea
- Final in Los Angeles, California, United States:
- NCAA Division I Women's Tournament:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
- Trenton region:
- (6) Arizona State 63, (3) Florida State 58
- (4) California 99, (5) Virginia 73
- Berkeley region:
- (3) Ohio State 64, (11) Mississippi State 58
- (2) Stanford 77, (10) San Diego State 49
- Raleigh region:
- (4) Vanderbilt 74, (5) Kansas State 61
- Oklahoma City region:
- (6) Purdue 85, (3) North Carolina 70
- (7) Rutgers 80, (2) Auburn 52
- (4) Pittsburgh 65, (12) Gonzaga 60
- Trenton region:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
- World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
- Draw 6:
- Draw 7:
- Draw 8:
- Standings after 8 draws: Canada, Denmark 5–0, China, Sweden 4–1, Scotland, Switzerland 3–2, Germany 2–3, Italy, South Korea, Russia, USA 1–4, Norway 0–5.
March 22, 2009 (Sunday)
[edit]- Tokyo Marathon:
- Men: (1) Salim Kipsang
2hr 10min 27sec (2) Kazuhiro Maeda
2:11:01 (3) Kensuke Takahashi
2:11:25
- Women: (1) Mizuho Nasukawa
2:25:38 (2) Yukari Sahaku
2:28:55 (3) Reiko Tosa
2:29:19
- Men: (1) Salim Kipsang
- Sprint Cup Series:
- Food City 500 in Bristol, Tennessee
- (1) Kyle Busch
(2) Denny Hamlin
(3) Jimmie Johnson
- Drivers' standings (after 5 races): (1) Jeff Gordon
794 points (2) Kurt Busch
−76 (3) Clint Bowyer
−79
- Drivers' standings (after 5 races): (1) Jeff Gordon
- (1) Kyle Busch
- Food City 500 in Bristol, Tennessee
- V8 Supercars:
- Clipsal 500 in Adelaide
- Round 2: (1) Jamie Whincup
(2) Will Davison
(3) Garth Tander
- Standings (after 2 of 26 races): (1) Whincup 300 (2) W. Davison 267 (3) Lee Holdsworth 249
- Round 2: (1) Jamie Whincup
- Clipsal 500 in Adelaide
- WTCC:
- HSBC Race of Mexico in Puebla, Mexico:
- Round 3: (1) Rickard Rydell
(2) Augusto Farfus
(3) Andy Priaulx
- Round 4: (1) Yvan Muller
(2) Priaulx (3) Rydell
- Drivers' standings (after 4 of 24 events): (1) Muller & Rydell 30 points (3) Farfus 20
- Round 3: (1) Rickard Rydell
- HSBC Race of Mexico in Puebla, Mexico:
- World Baseball Classic:
- Semifinals in Los Angeles, California, United States:
- United States
4–9
Japan
- United States
- Semifinals in Los Angeles, California, United States:
- NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
- Midwest region:
- (1) Louisville 79, (9) Siena 72 in Dayton, Ohio
- (12) Arizona 71, (13) Cleveland State 57 in Miami, Florida
- (3) Kansas 60, (11) Dayton 43 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- (2) Michigan State 74, (10) USC 69 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- West region:
- (3) Missouri 83, (6) Marquette 79 in Boise, Idaho
- East region:
- (1) Pittsburgh 84, (8) Oklahoma State 76 in Dayton, Ohio
- (4) Xavier 60, (5) Wisconsin 49 in Boise, Idaho
- South region:
- (3) Syracuse 78, (6) Arizona State 67 in Miami, Florida
- Midwest region:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
- NCAA Division I Women's Tournament:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
- Trenton Region:
- (1) Connecticut 104, (16) Vermont 65
- (8) Florida 70, (9) Temple 57
- (10) Minnesota 79, (7) Notre Dame 71
- (2) Texas A&M 80, (15) Evansville 45
- Berkeley Region:
- (1) Duke 83, (16) Austin Peay 42
- (9) Michigan State 60, (8) Middle Tennessee 59
- (4) Iowa State 85, (13) East Tennessee State 53
- (12) Ball State 71, (5) Tennessee 55
- The Cardinals inflict on the two-time defending champion Lady Vols their first loss in the first or second round in school history. Tennessee also becomes the first ever defending champion to lose in the first round.
- Raleigh Region:
- (1) Maryland 82, (16) Dartmouth 53
- (9) Utah 60, (8) Villanova 30
- (6) LSU 69, (11) UW-Green Bay 59
- (3) Louisville 62, (14) Liberty 42
- (7) South Dakota State 90, (10) TCU 55
- (2) Baylor 87, (15) Texas-San Antonio 82 (OT)
- Oklahoma City Region:
- (1) Oklahoma 76, (16) Prairie View 47
- (9) Georgia Tech 76, (8) Iowa 62
- Trenton Region:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
- Australia in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 4:
Australia 209 & 422 (Mitchell Johnson 123*);
South Africa 651. South Africa win by an innings and 20 runs; Australia win 3-match series 2–1.
- South Africa inflict an innings defeat on Australia for the first time since India inflicted an innings & 219 runs defeat in March 1998. However, Australia had already won the series.
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 4:
- England in West Indies:
- 2nd ODI in Providence, Guyana:
West Indies 264/8 (50 ov);
England 243 (48.2 ov). West Indies win by 21 runs, 5-match series level 1–1.
- 2nd ODI in Providence, Guyana:
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Final:
- New Zealand
166 (47.2 ov);
England 167/6 (46.1 ov) in North Sydney. England win by 4 wickets and wins the title for the third time. Claire Taylor was named player of the tournament.
- New Zealand
- Final:
- PGA Tour:
- Transitions Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida:
- Winner:
Retief Goosen 276 (−8)
- Winner:
- Transitions Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida:
- European Tour:
- Madeira Island Open in Madeira, Portugal:
- Winner:
Estanislao Goya 278 (−6)
- Winner:
- Madeira Island Open in Madeira, Portugal:
- LPGA Tour:
- MasterCard Classic in Mexico City, Mexico:
- Winner:
Pat Hurst 206 (−10)
- Winner:
- MasterCard Classic in Mexico City, Mexico:
- NHL:
- The Boston Bruins clinch the Northeast Division title and the first playoff berth in the Eastern Conference with 4–1 win over the New Jersey Devils.
- ATP Tour and WTA Tour:
- BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, United States:
- Men's final:
Rafael Nadal def.
Andy Murray 6–1, 6–2
- Women's final:
Vera Zvonareva def.
Ana Ivanovic, 7–6(5), 6–2
- Men's final:
- BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, United States:
- World Cup 8 in Trondheim, Norway:
- 15 km mass start men: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
41mins 12.9secs (0 penalties) (2) Simon Eder
at 39.1 (1) (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen
53.4 (2)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 23 of the 26 races): (1) Bjørndalen 924 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
853 (3) Maxim Tchoudov
737
- Mass start standings (after 4 of 5 races): (1) Bjørndalen 191 points (2) Christoph Sumann
175 (3) Dominik Landertinger
154
- Overall World Cup standings (after 23 of the 26 races): (1) Bjørndalen 924 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
- 12.5 km mass start women: (1) Tora Berger
39:29.7 (1) (2) Simone Hauswald
39:30.7 (2) (3) Sandrine Bailly
39:31.8 (1)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 23 of the 26 races): (1) Helena Jonsson
894 points (2) Kati Wilhelm
872 (3) Berger 800
- Mass start standings (after 4 of 5 races): (1) Jonsson 185 points (2) Wilhelm 159 (3) Olga Zaitseva
154
- Overall World Cup standings (after 23 of the 26 races): (1) Helena Jonsson
- 15 km mass start men: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
- World Cup in Falun, Sweden:
- 15 km freestyle handicap men: (1) Dario Cologna
1:40:45.3 (2) Vincent Vittoz
at 41.3 (3) Alexander Legkov
1:05.4
- Final overall World Cup rankings: (1) Cologna 1344 points (2) Petter Northug
1217 (3) Ola Vigen Hattestad
792
- Final overall World Cup rankings: (1) Cologna 1344 points (2) Petter Northug
- 10 km freestyle handicap women: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk
1:06:06.8 (2) Therese Johaug
at 20.0 (3) Charlotte Kalla
23.4
- Final overall World Cup rankings: (1) Kowalczyk 1810 points (2) Petra Majdič
1710 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
1463
- Final overall World Cup rankings: (1) Kowalczyk 1810 points (2) Petra Majdič
- 15 km freestyle handicap men: (1) Dario Cologna
- World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
- Draw 3:
- Draw 4:
- Draw 5:
- Standings after draw 5: Canada, Denmark, Sweden 3–0, China, Scotland, Switzerland 2–1, Germany, Korea, Russia 1–2, Italy, Norway, USA 0–3
- World Cup in Planica, Slovenia:
- HS215: (1) Harri Olli
424.6 points (211.0m, 219.5m) (2) Adam Małysz
412.4 (210.0m, 209.5m) (3) Simon Ammann
409.6 (210.0m, 208.0m) & Robert Kranjec
409.6 (205.5m, 212.5m)
- Final World Cup Overall standings: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
2083 points (2) Ammann 1776 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
1396
- Final World Cup Ski Flying standings: (1) Schlierenzauer 477 points (2) Olli 372 points (3) Ammann 370
- Final Nations Cup standings: (1)
Austria 7331 points (2)
Finland 4270 (3)
Norway 4175
- Final World Cup Overall standings: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
- HS215: (1) Harri Olli
- World Cup in Valmalenco, Italy:
- Parallel GS men: (1) Jasey-Jay Anderson
(2) Benjamin Karl
(3) Siegfried Grabner
- Grabner wins the overall and parallel World Cup titles.
- Parallel GS women: (1) Amelie Kober
(2) Caroline Calve
(3) Doris Guenther
- Guenther wins the overall World Cup title, Kober wins the parallel title.
- Parallel GS men: (1) Jasey-Jay Anderson
March 21, 2009 (Saturday)
[edit]- Nationwide Series:
- Scotts Turf Builder 300 in Bristol, Tennessee:
- (1) Kevin Harvick
(2) Carl Edwards
(3) Clint Bowyer
- (1) Kevin Harvick
- Scotts Turf Builder 300 in Bristol, Tennessee:
- V8 Supercars:
- Clipsal 500 in Adelaide
- Round 1: (1) Jamie Whincup
(2) Lee Holdsworth
(3) Will Davison
- Round 1: (1) Jamie Whincup
- Clipsal 500 in Adelaide
- American Le Mans Series:
- 12 Hours of Sebring in Sebring, Florida, United States
- World Baseball Classic:
- Semifinals in Los Angeles, California, United States:
- South Korea
10–2
Venezuela
- South Korea
- Semifinals in Los Angeles, California, United States:
- NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
- West region:
- (1) Connecticut 92, (9) Texas A&M 66
- (5) Purdue 76, (4) Washington 74
- (2) Memphis 89, (10) Maryland 70
- East region:
- South region:
- (1) North Carolina 84, (8) LSU 70
- (4) Gonzaga 83, (12) Western Kentucky 81
- (2) Oklahoma 73, (10) Michigan 63
- West region:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
- NCAA Division I Women's Tournament:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
- Trenton region:
- (6) Arizona State 58, (11) Georgia 47
- (3) Florida State 83, (14) North Carolina A&T 71
- (4) California 70, (13) Fresno State 47
- (5) Virginia 68, (12) Marist 61
- Berkeley region:
- (11) Mississippi State 71, (6) Texas 63
- (3) Ohio State 77, (14) Sacred Heart 63
- (10) San Diego State 76, (7) DePaul 70
- (2) Stanford 74, (15) UC Santa Barbara 39
- Raleigh region:
- (4) Vanderbilt 73, (13) Western Carolina 44
- (5) Kansas State 68, (12) Drexel 44
- Oklahoma City region:
- (3) North Carolina 85, (14) UCF 80
- (6) Purdue 65, (11) Charlotte 52
- (2) Auburn 85, (15) Lehigh 49
- (7) Rutgers 56, (10) Virginia Commonwealth 49
- (4) Pittsburgh 64, (13) Montana 35
- (12) Gonzaga 74, (5) Xavier 59
- Trenton region:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
- India in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 4:
New Zealand 279 and 279;
India 520 and 39/0. India win by 10 wickets, lead 3-match series 1–0.
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 4:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 3:
Australia 209 and 102/2;
South Africa 651 (Jacques Kallis 102, AB de Villiers 163). Australia trail by 340 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 3:
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
- 3rd place play-off:
- Australia
142 (44.4/46 ov);
India 145/7 (43.5/46 ov) in Bankstown. India win by 3 wickets (D/L method).
- Australia
- 5th place play-off:
- Pakistan
131 (46.3 ov);
West Indies 135/7 (46.3 ov) in Drummoyne. West Indies win by 3 wickets.
- Pakistan
- 3rd place play-off:
- Six Nations Championship, week 5:
- Italy
8–50
France in Rome
- France win their third consecutive Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.
- England
26–12
Scotland in London
- England win the 121st Calcutta Cup.
- Wales
15–17 Ireland in Cardiff
- Ronan O'Gara scores a drop goal with three minutes remaining to give Ireland their first Six Nations title since 1985, and also their first Grand Slam since 1948 and fourth Triple Crown in the last six years.
- Italy
- World Cup 8 in Trondheim, Norway:
- 12.5 km pursuit men: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
33min 18.3sec (2) (2) Simon Eder
at 25.1sec (1) (3) Tomasz Sikora
25.3 (2)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 22 of 26 races): (1) Bjørndalen 864 points (2) Sikora 828 (3) Maxim Tchoudov
709
- World Cup pursuit standings (after 6 of 7 events): (1) Bjørndalen 288 points (2) Sikora 276 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen
248
- Overall World Cup standings (after 22 of 26 races): (1) Bjørndalen 864 points (2) Sikora 828 (3) Maxim Tchoudov
- 10 km pursuit women: (1) Andrea Henkel
30:08.8 0 penalty (10th) (2) Olga Zaitseva
at 12.9 1 (1st) (3) Marie-Laure Brunet
28.3 1 (6th)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 22 of 26 races): (1) Helena Jonsson
865 points (2) Wilhelm 832 (3) Magdalena Neuner
762
- World Cup pursuit standings (after 6 of 7 races): (1) Wilhelm 272 points (2) Martina Beck
235 (3) Tora Berger
234
- Overall World Cup standings (after 22 of 26 races): (1) Helena Jonsson
- 12.5 km pursuit men: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
- World Cup in Falun, Sweden:
- 20 km pursuit men: (1) Dario Cologna
54:59.5 (2) Marcus Hellner
55:01.2 (3) Tobias Angerer
55:01.9
- 10 km pursuit women: (1) Riitta-Liisa Roponen
29mins 24.7secs (2) Therese Johaug
at 1.3 (3) Justyna Kowalczyk
4.2
- 20 km pursuit men: (1) Dario Cologna
- World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
- Draw 1:
- Draw 2:
- Standings after 2 draws: Scotland, Sweden 2–0, Canada, Denmark, Russia, Switzerland 1–0, China, Germany, Norway, USA 0–1, Italy, Korea 0–2.
- World Cup in Planica, Slovenia:
- Team HS215: (1)
Norway 793.4 points (Tom Hilde, Johan Remen Evensen, Anders Jacobsen, Anders Bardal) (2)
Poland 761.9 (Kamil Stoch, Lukasz Rutkowski, Stefan Hula, Adam Małysz) (3)
Russia 734.6 (Denis Kornilov, Pavel Karelin, Ilja Roslakov, Dimitry Vassiliev)
- One-jump only because of bad weather
- Team HS215: (1)
- World Cup in Valmalenco, Italy:
- Halfpipe men: (1) Gary Zebrowski
(2) Nathan Johnstone
(3) Zeng Xiaoye
- Halfpipe women: (1) Liu Jiayu
(2) Holly Crawford
(3) Sarah Conrad
- Halfpipe men: (1) Gary Zebrowski
March 20, 2009 (Friday)
[edit]- NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
- Midwest region:
- (1) Louisville 74, (16) Morehead State 54
- (9) Siena 74, (8) Ohio State 72 (2 OT)
- (12) Arizona 84, (5) Utah 71
- (13) Cleveland State 84, (4) Wake Forest 69
- (3) Kansas 84, (14) North Dakota State 74
- (11) Dayton 68, (6) West Virginia 60
- (10) USC 72, (7) Boston College 55
- (2) Michigan State 77, (15) Robert Morris 62
- West region:
- (6) Marquette 58, (11) Utah State 57
- (3) Missouri 78, (14) Cornell 59
- East region:
- (8) Oklahoma State 77, (9) Tennessee 75
- (1) Pittsburgh 72, (16) East Tennessee State 62
- (4) Xavier 77, (13) Portland State 59
- (12) Wisconsin 61, (5) Florida State 59 (OT)
- South region:
- (3) Syracuse 59, (14) Stephen F. Austin 44
- (6) Arizona State 66, (11) Temple 57
- Midwest region:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
- India in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 3:
New Zealand 279 and 75/3;
India 520 (Sachin Tendulkar 160). New Zealand trail by 166 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 3:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 2:
Australia 209;
South Africa 404/3 (Ashwell Prince 150, Jacques Kallis 102*). South Africa lead by 195 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 2:
- England in West Indies:
- 1st ODI in Providence, Guyana:
England 270/7 (50 ov);
West Indies 244/7 (46.2 ov). England win by 1 run (D/L method), lead 5-match series 1–0.
- After losing their seventh wicket, the West Indies batsmen are offered the light and take it, believing that they would win the match. However, this turned out to be wrong as the West Indies required a score of 246 after 46.2 overs under the Duckworth–Lewis method in order to win the match.
- 1st ODI in Providence, Guyana:
- World Cup in Falun, Sweden:
- 3.3 km freestyle sprint men: (1) Axel Teichmann
8min 33.1sec (2) Dario Cologna
at 0.2sec (3) Martin Koukal
5.3
- 2.5 km freestyle sprint women: (1) Claudia Nystad
7min 12.5sec (2) Charlotte Kall
at 2.7sec (3) Justyna Kowalczyk
3.0
- 3.3 km freestyle sprint men: (1) Axel Teichmann
- World Cup in Planica, Slovenia:
- HS215: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
196.1pts (203.0m), (2) Adam Małysz
195.0 (202.5), (3) Dimitry Vassiliev
193.6 (200.5)
- The second round of the competition was cancelled due to unstable wind conditions.
- Schlierenzauer win his 13th competition of the season, which is a new single-season record.
- Overall World Cup standings (after 26 of 27 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 2038pts, (2) Simon Ammann
1716, (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
1378
- HS215: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
- World Cup in Valmalenco, Italy:
- Snowboardcross men: (1) Michal Novotny
(2) Nick Baumgartner
(3) David Speiser
- Snowboardcross women: (1) Maëlle Ricker
(2) Dominique Maltais
(3) Zoe Gillings
- Snowboardcross men: (1) Michal Novotny
March 19, 2009 (Thursday)
[edit]- World Baseball Classic:
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
- Japan
6–2
South Korea
- Japan
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
- NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
- West region:
- (9) Texas A&M 79, (8) Brigham Young 66
- (1) Connecticut 103, (16) Chattanooga 47
- (5) Purdue 61, (12) Northern Iowa 56
- (4) Washington 71, (13) Mississippi State 58
- (2) Memphis 81, (15) Cal State Northridge 70
- (10) Maryland 84, (7) California 71
- East region:
- (3) Villanova 80, (14) American 67
- (6) UCLA 65, (11) Virginia Commonwealth 64
- (7) Texas 76, (10) Minnesota 62
- (2) Duke 86, (15) Binghamton 62
- South region:
- (8) LSU 75, (9) Butler 71
- (1) North Carolina 101, (16) Radford 58
- (4) Gonzaga 77, (13) Akron 64
- (12) Western Kentucky 76, (5) Illinois 72
- (10) Michigan 62, (7) Clemson 59
- (2) Oklahoma 82, (15) Morgan State 54
- West region:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
- India in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 2:
New Zealand 279;
India 278/4. India trail by 1 run with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 2:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 1:
Australia 209;
South Africa 57/0. South Africa trail by 152 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 1:
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Super Six's:
England 161 (49.3 overs);
Australia 163/2 (33.5 overs) in North Sydney. Australia win by 8 wickets.
West Indies 84 (44.4 overs);
India 86/2 (17.5 overs) in Bankstown. India win by 8 wickets.
New Zealand 373/7 (50.0 overs);
Pakistan 150 (48.1 overs) in Drummoyne. New Zealand win by 223 runs.
- England and New Zealand will play in the final on Sunday. Australia and India will play for 3rd place.
- Super Six's:
- UEFA Cup round of 16, second leg:
- Metalist Kharkiv
3–2
Dynamo Kyiv
- 3–3 on aggregate, Kyiv win by away goals rule.
- Shakhtar Donetsk
2–0
CSKA Moscow
- Donetsk win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Zenit St. Petersburg
1–0
Udinese
- Udinese win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Galatasaray
2–3
Hamburg
- Hamburg win 4–3 on aggregate.
- Aalborg
2–0
Manchester City
- 2–2 on aggregate, Manchester City win 4–3 in penalty shootout.
- Braga
0–1
Paris Saint-Germain
- PSG win 1–0 on aggregate.
- Metalist Kharkiv
- Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 3:
- Nacional
3–0
River Plate
- Nacional
- Group 5:
- Group 3:
- 2009 Major League Soccer season
- Seattle Sounders FC
3-0
New York Red Bulls
- Seattle win 3–0.
- Seattle Sounders FC
- World Cup 8 in Trondheim, Norway:
- Men's 10 km sprint (penalty laps in brackets): (1) Michael Greis
26:11.3 (0+0) (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
26:29.6 (1+0) (3) Simon Eder
26:43.1 (0+0)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 26 rounds): (1) Bjørndalen 804 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
780 (3) Maxim Tchoudov
692
- World Cup sprint standings (after nine of 10 rounds): (1) Sikora 337 points (2) Bjørndalen 318 (3) Alexander Os
290
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 26 rounds): (1) Bjørndalen 804 points (2) Tomasz Sikora
- Women's 7.5 km sprint (penalty laps in brackets): (1) Olga Zaitseva
22min 56.9sec (0), (2) Helena Jonsson
at 5.5sec (0), (3) Sylvie Becaert
11.1 (1)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 26 rounds): (1) Jonsson 834 pts, (2) Kati Wilhelm
792, (3) Magdalena Neuner
739
- World Cup sprint standings (after nine of 10 rounds): (1) Jonsson 362 pts, (2) Neuner 331, (3) Tora Berger
326
- Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 26 rounds): (1) Jonsson 834 pts, (2) Kati Wilhelm
- Men's 10 km sprint (penalty laps in brackets): (1) Michael Greis
March 18, 2009 (Wednesday)
[edit]- World Baseball Classic (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, team in italics eliminated):
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
- Japan
5–0
Cuba
- In an elimination match, Japan defeats their 2006 final opponent for the second time in this pool, and will now face South Korea for semifinal seeding.
- Japan
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
- Venezuela
10–6
United States
- Venezuela wins Pool 2 and will play the loser of Korea-Japan game in the semifinal.
- Venezuela
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
- NBA:
- The Boston Celtics clinch the Atlantic Division title and at least a #4 seed in the playoff with a 112–108 overtime win over the Miami Heat. The Celtics trail Cleveland Cavaliers by 4 games in the race for the Eastern Conference top seed.
- India in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 1:
New Zealand 279 (Jesse Ryder 102, Daniel Vettori 118);
India 29/0. India trail by 250 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 1:
- UEFA Cup round of 16, second leg:
- Saint-Étienne
2–2
Werder Bremen
- Bremen win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Ajax
2–2(AET)
Marseille
- Marseille win 4–3 on aggregate.
- Saint-Étienne
- Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 2:
- Guaraní
1–3
Boca Juniors
- Guaraní
- Group 4:
- Group 5:
- Group 7:
- Group 8:
- San Lorenzo
0–1
Libertad
- San Luis
2–2
Universitario
- Libertad advance to the last-16 round.
- San Lorenzo
- Group 2:
- CONCACAF Champions League semifinals, first leg:
- Santos Laguna
2–1
Atlante
- Santos Laguna
- AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 2:
- Group C:
- Esteghlal
1–1
Al-Jazira
- Umm-Salal
1–3
Al-Ittihad
- Esteghlal
- Group D:
- Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
2–0
Bunyodkor
- Al-Ettifaq
2–1
Sepahan
- Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
- Group G:
- Group H:
- Group C:
- World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden:
- Sprint classic men: (1) Johan Kjoestad
(2) John Kristian Dahl
(3) Eldar Roenning
- Sprint classic women: (1) Petra Majdič
(2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
(3) Anna Olsson
- Sprint classic men: (1) Johan Kjoestad
- World Cup in La Plagne, France:
- Dual moguls men:
- Dual moguls women:
March 17, 2009 (Tuesday)
[edit]- NFL news:
- President Barack Obama has nominated Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Ireland. (AP/ESPN)
- World Baseball Classic (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, team in italics is eliminated):
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
- Japan
1–4
South Korea
- South Korea scores 3 runs in the first inning and cruises into the semifinals. Japan now faces Cuba, with the winner advancing to the semifinals and the loser going home.
- Japan
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
- Puerto Rico
5–6
United States
- David Wright hits a two-RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to put the US in the semifinals.
- Puerto Rico
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Super Six's:
India 207 (49.4 overs);
New Zealand 210/5 (47.4 overs) in North Sydney. New Zealand win by 5 wickets
England 236/8 (50.0 overs);
West Indies 90 (38.2 overs) in Drummoyne. England win by 146 runs
- England (8 pts from 4 matches) advance to the final. New Zealand (6 pts), Australia or India (both 4 pts) could be their opponent.
- Super Six's:
- Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 2:
- Group 6:
- Group 4:
- CONCACAF Champions League semifinals, first leg:
- AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 2:
- Group A:
- Group B:
- Al-Shabab
0–0
Persepolis
- Sharjah
0–2
Al-Gharafa
- Al-Shabab
- Group E:
- Group F:
- NHL:
- The New Jersey Devils' Martin Brodeur takes sole possession of the record for most regular-season NHL wins by a goaltender, collecting his 552nd in a 3–2 Devils victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
- The San Jose Sharks secure the Pacific Division title, as their nearest rivals, the Dallas Stars, lose 2–4 to the Vancouver Canucks.
March 16, 2009 (Monday)
[edit]- World Baseball Classic (team in bold advances to semifinals, team in italics eliminated):
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
- Cuba
7–4
Mexico
- Cuba eliminates Mexico and will play the Japan–South Korea loser for a semifinal place.
- Cuba
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
- Venezuela
2–0
Puerto Rico
- Venezuela advances to the semifinals as Félix Hernández and relievers combine on a shutout.
- Venezuela
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
- Women's NCAA tournament #1 seeds:
- Trenton Region: Connecticut (overall #1 seed)
- Berkeley Region: Duke
- Raleigh Region: Maryland
- Oklahoma City Region: Oklahoma
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
March 15, 2009 (Sunday)
[edit]- World Rally Championship:
- Cyprus Rally:
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
(2) Mikko Hirvonen
(3) Petter Solberg
- Drivers overall standings: (1) Loeb 30 pts (2) Hirvonen 22 (3) Dani Sordo
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- Drivers overall standings: (1) Loeb 30 pts (2) Hirvonen 22 (3) Dani Sordo
- (1) Sébastien Loeb
- Cyprus Rally:
- BWF Super Series:
- Swiss Open Super Series in Basel:
- Men's singles:
Lee Chong Wei
- Women's singles:
Wang Yihan
- Men's doubles:
Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong
- Women's doubles:
Du Jing & Yu Yang
- Mixed doubles:
Zheng Bo & Ma Jin
- Men's singles:
- Swiss Open Super Series in Basel:
- World Baseball Classic (teams in italics eliminated):
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
- Japan
6–0
Cuba
- Mexico
2–8
South Korea
- Japan
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
- US college basketball
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- ACC in Atlanta: Duke 79, Florida State 69
- Big Ten in Indianapolis: Purdue 65, Ohio State 61
- SEC in Tampa: Mississippi State 64, Tennessee 61
- Southland in Katy, Texas: Stephen F. Austin 68, Texas-San Antonio 57
- Men's NCAA Tournament #1 seeds:
- Midwest Region: Louisville (overall #1 seed)
- West Region: Connecticut
- East Region: Pittsburgh
- South Region: North Carolina
- For the first time ever, the same conference (the Big East) produces three #1 seeds.
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- America East in West Hartford, Connecticut: Vermont 74, Boston University 66
- Big South in High Point, North Carolina: Liberty 51, Gardner–Webb 50
- Big 12 in Oklahoma City: Baylor 72, Texas A&M 63
- CAA in Harrisonburg, Virginia: Drexel 64, James Madison 58
- Horizon League in Green Bay, Wisconsin: UW-Green Bay 65, UW-Milwaukee 41
- Mid-American in Cleveland: Ball State 55, Bowling Green 51
- Missouri Valley in St. Charles, Missouri: Evansville 47, Creighton 45
- NEC in Fairfield, Connecticut: Saint Francis 74. Sacred Heart 66
- Pac-10 in Los Angeles: Stanford 89, USC 64
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8 at Ottawa, Ontario:
- Consolation Final: (5) Ottawa Gee-Gees 83, (7) Concordia Stingers 76
- Championship final: (1) Carleton Ravens 87, (3) UBC Thunderbirds 77
- The Ravens win their sixth title in seven years, this time at home. The Ravens will host the Final 8 again next year. Stuart Turnbull was named game MVP in a 22-point outing.
- England in West Indies:
- Only T20I in Port of Spain, Trinidad:
England 121 (19.1/20 ov);
West Indies 123/4 (18/20 ov). West Indies win by 6 wickets.
- Only T20I in Port of Spain, Trinidad:
- World Golf Championships:
- WGC-CA Championship in Doral, Florida
- Winner:
Phil Mickelson 269 (−19)
- Winner:
- WGC-CA Championship in Doral, Florida
- PGA Tour:
- Puerto Rico Open in Río Grande, Puerto Rico
- Winner:
Michael Bradley 274 (−14)
- Winner:
- Puerto Rico Open in Río Grande, Puerto Rico
- NHL:
- The Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks are the first two teams to clinch playoff berths, with wins over the Columbus Blue Jackets and Anaheim Ducks respectively.
- Six Nations Championship, week 4:
- World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden:
- Team event: (1)
Italy (2)
Austria (3)
Switzerland
- Team event: (1)
- World Cup 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 4 x 7.5 km relay men: (1)
Sweden (Vincent Ekholm, Mattias Nilsson, Fredrik Lindström, Carl Johan Bergman) 1hr 16min 18.6sec (0 penalty laps) (2)
France (Vincent Jay, Vincent Defrasne, Martin Fourcade, Simon Fourcade) 6.3sec behind (0) (3)
Germany (Simon Schempp, Daniel Böhm, Arnd Peiffer, Michael Rösch) 16.4sec behind (0)
- 4 x 7.5 km relay men: (1)
- World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
- Gundersen HS117/10 km: (1) Bill Demong
26mins 31.6secs (12th after ski jump) (2) Petter Tande
at 9.8 (17) (3) Mikko Kokslien
10.3 (34)
- Final World Cup standings: (1) Anssi Koivuranta
1461 points (2) Magnus Moan
1350 (3) Demong 1060
- Final World Cup standings: (1) Anssi Koivuranta
- Gundersen HS117/10 km: (1) Bill Demong
- World Team Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands:
- Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
- HS207: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
386.4 points (207.5m/192.0m) (2) Simon Ammann
379.7 (191.0m/202.5m) (3) Dimitry Vassiliev (RUS) 372.2 (184.5m/204.0m)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of the 27 jumps): (1) Schlierenzauer 1938 points (2) Ammann 1676 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
1356
- Schlierenzauer secures the World Cup title, Amman will take the silver globe and Loitzl the bronze.
- Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of the 27 jumps): (1) Schlierenzauer 1938 points (2) Ammann 1676 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
- HS207: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
- World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
March 14, 2009 (Saturday)
[edit]- World Baseball Classic:
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
- Netherlands
1–3
Venezuela
- United States
1–11
Puerto Rico (7 innings, mercy rule)
- Netherlands
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
- US college basketball
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- America East in Vestal, New York: Binghamton 61, UMBC 51
- The Bearcats book their first-ever trip to "The Big Dance".
- Atlantic 10 in Atlantic City, New Jersey: Temple 69, Duquesne 64
- Big East in New York City: Louisville 76, Syracuse 66
- Big 12 in Oklahoma City: Missouri 73, Baylor 60
- Big West in Anaheim, California: Cal State Northridge 71, Pacific 65
- Conference USA in Memphis: Memphis 64, Tulsa 39
- The Tigers extend their winning streak in C-USA play to 61 and state their case for a #1 seed.
- MEAC in Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Morgan State 83, Norfolk State 69
- Mid-American in Cleveland: Akron 65, Buffalo 53
- Mountain West in Las Vegas: Utah 52, San Diego State 50
- Pac-10 in Los Angeles: USC 66, Arizona State 63
- SWAC in Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama State 65, Jackson State 58
- WAC in Reno, Nevada: Utah State 72, Nevada 62
- America East in Vestal, New York: Binghamton 61, UMBC 51
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- Big Sky in Missoula, Montana: Montana 69, Portland State 62
- Big West in Anaheim, California: UC Santa Barbara 64, Cal Poly 57
- MEAC in Winston-Salem, North Carolina: North Carolina A&T 76, Hampton 54
- Mountain West in Las Vegas: Utah 63, San Diego State 58
- Southland in Katy, Texas: UTSA 74, Texas–Arlington 63
- SWAC in Birmingham, Alabama: Prairie View 74, Southern 49
- WAC in Reno, Nevada: Fresno State 56, Nevada 49
- In another women's game:
- Old Dominion's 62–41 loss to Drexel in the semifinals of the CAA tournament ends the Lady Monarchs' NCAA Division I record of 17 consecutive conference tournament titles.
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8:
- Consolation round:
- (7) Concordia Stingers 72, (6) Dalhousie Tigers 61
- (5) Ottawa Gee-Gees 85, (8) St.FX X-Men 63
- Semifinals:
- (3) UBC Thunderbirds 79, (2) Calgary Dinos 74
- (1) Carleton Ravens 66, (4) Western Ontario Mustangs 65
- Consolation round:
- India in New Zealand:
- 5th ODI in Auckland:
India 149 (36.3/43 ov);
New Zealand 151/2 (23.2/43 ov). New Zealand win by 8 wickets. India win 5-match series 3–1.
- 5th ODI in Auckland:
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Super Six's:
India 234/5 (50 ov);
Australia 218/7 (50 ov) in North Sydney. India win by 16 runs.
England 201/5 (50 ov);
New Zealand 170 (48.4 ov) in Bankstown. England win by 31 runs.
West Indies 132/9 (50 ov);
Pakistan 134/6 (47.5 ov) in Drummoyne. Pakistan win by 4 wickets.
- Standings after 3 of 5 matches: England 6 points, India & New Zealand 4, Australia & Pakistan 2, West Indies 0.
- 7th place playoff:
Sri Lanka 75 (39 ov);
South Africa 76/1 (28.3 ov) in North Sydney. South Africa win by 9 wickets.
- Super Six's:
- NHL:
- New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur collects his 551st regular-season NHL win in a 3–1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens, tying the record of Patrick Roy.
- Superbike World championship:
- Losail Superbike World Championship round in Doha, Qatar
- Superbike:
- Race 1: (1) Ben Spies
(2) Noriyuki Haga
(3) Max Biaggi
- Race 2: (1) Spies (2) Haga (3) Biaggi
- Riders' standings (after 2 of 14 events): (1) Haga 85 points (2) Spies 75 (3) Max Neukirchner
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- Riders' standings (after 2 of 14 events): (1) Haga 85 points (2) Spies 75 (3) Max Neukirchner
- Race 1: (1) Ben Spies
- Supersport:
- (1) Eugene Laverty
(2) Andrew Pitt
(3) Cal Crutchlow
- Riders' standings (after 2 of 14 events): (1) Pitt 40 points (2) Kenan Sofuoğlu
38 (3) Laverty 36
- Riders' standings (after 2 of 14 events): (1) Pitt 40 points (2) Kenan Sofuoğlu
- (1) Eugene Laverty
- Six Nations Championship, week 4:
- Italy
15–20
Wales in Rome
- Scotland
15–22 Ireland in Edinburgh
- Ireland remain on track for a potential Grand Slam. A win or draw against Wales next week in Cardiff will secure them the championship. Wales must win by at least 13 points to win the title. France could also be the winner, if they beat England in London on Sunday and Italy in Rome next week, and Wales beat Ireland.
- Italy
- World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden
- Slalom men: (1) Mario Matt
1:45.71 (54.24 + 51.47) (2) Julien Lizeroux
1:45.80 (54.06 + 51.74) (3) Jean-Baptiste Grange
1:45.86 (54.72 + 51.14)
- Final World Cup overall standings: (1) Aksel Lund Svindal
1009 points (2) Benjamin Raich
1007 (3) Didier Cuche
919
- Final World Cup slalom standings: (1) Grange 541 (2) Ivica Kostelic
454 (3) Lizeroux 419
- Final World Cup overall standings: (1) Aksel Lund Svindal
- Giant slalom women: (1) Tina Maze
2:26.41 (1:13.74 + 1:12.67) (2) Tanja Poutiainen
2:27.53 (1:14.32 + 1:13.21) (3) Manuela Moelgg
2:27.80 (1:14.76 + 1:13.04)
- Final World Cup overall standings: (1) Lindsey Vonn
1788 points (2) Maria Riesch
1404 (3) Anja Paerson
1059
- Final World Cup giant slalom standings: (1) Poutiainen 508 (2) Kathrin Zettel
501 (3) Maze 368
- Final World Cup overall standings: (1) Lindsey Vonn
- Slalom men: (1) Mario Matt
- World Cup 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 4 x 6 km relay women: (1)
Germany (Kati Wilhelm, Magdalena Neuner, Martina Beck, Andrea Henkel) 1:11:49.8 (2)
China (Wang Chunli, Liu Xianying, Dong Xue, Liu Yuan-Yuan) 1:13:05.0 (3)
Russia (Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva) 1:13:40.3
- Final World Cup relay standings: (1) Germany 288 points (2)
France 242 (3)
Ukraine 232
- Final World Cup relay standings: (1) Germany 288 points (2)
- 4 x 6 km relay women: (1)
- World Cup in Trondheim, Norway:
- 50 km mass start classic men: (1) Sami Jauhojärvi
2:02:39.0 (2) Tobias Angerer
at 21.8 (3) Alex Harvey
33.2
- Overall World Cup standings (after 28 of the 32 races): (1) Petter Northug
1042 points (2) Dario Cologna
1022 (3) Ola Vigen Hattestad
760
- Overall World Cup standings (after 28 of the 32 races): (1) Petter Northug
- 30 km mass start classic women: (1) Petra Majdič
1:25:22.2 (2) Justyna Kowalczyk
at 11.7 (3) Masako Ishida
12.0
- Overall World Cup standings (after 28 out of 32 races): (1) Majdic 1567 points (2) Kowalczyk 1476 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
1365
- Overall World Cup standings (after 28 out of 32 races): (1) Majdic 1567 points (2) Kowalczyk 1476 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
- 50 km mass start classic men: (1) Sami Jauhojärvi
- World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
- Gundersen HS117/10 km: (1) Anssi Koivuranta
(2) Bill Demong
(3) Magnus Moan
- World Cup standings (after 22 of 23 events): (1) Koivuranta 1429 points (2) Moan 1330 (3) Demong 1060
- Koivuranta need only to finish in 29th place in the last event on Sunday to win the World Cup title.
- World Cup standings (after 22 of 23 events): (1) Koivuranta 1429 points (2) Moan 1330 (3) Demong 1060
- Gundersen HS117/10 km: (1) Anssi Koivuranta
- Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
- Team HS207: (1)
Austria 1543.5 pts (Martin Koch, Wolfgang Loitzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer) (2)
Finland 1499.0 (Matti Hautamäki, Kalle Keituri, Ville Larinto, Harri Olli) (3)
Norway 1485.0 (Johan Remen Evensen, Bjørn Einar Romøren, Anders Bardal, Anders Jacobsen)
- Team HS207: (1)
- World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
March 13, 2009 (Friday)
[edit]- NBL Grand Final:
- Game 5 in Melbourne, Australia:
- South Dragons 102–81 Melbourne Tigers. Dragons win series 3–2.
- Game 5 in Melbourne, Australia:
- NBA:
- The Cleveland Cavaliers clinch the Central Division title for the first time in 33 years, with 126–123 win in overtime over Sacramento Kings.
- US college basketball:
- Men's conference championship game — winner earns a bid to the NCAA tournament
- Patriot League in Washington, D.C.: American 73, Holy Cross 57
- Men's conference championship game — winner earns a bid to the NCAA tournament
- Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8 quarterfinals at Ottawa, Ontario: (CIS ranking in parentheses)
- (4) Western Ontario Mustangs 75, (5) Ottawa Gee-Gees 48
- (1) Carleton Ravens 94, (8) St. FX X-Men 57
- (2) Calgary Dinos 76, (7) Concordia Stingers 67
- (3) UBC Thunderbirds 78, (6) Dalhousie Tigers 54
- World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden
- Giant slalom men: (1) Benjamin Raich
2:18.95 (1:09.94 + 1:09.01) (2) Ted Ligety
2:19.08 (1:10.65 + 1:08.43) (3) Didier Cuche
2:19.66 (1:10.80 + 1:08.86)... 19. Aksel Lund Svindal
2:20.96 (1:11.93 + 1:09.03)
- World Cup overall standings (after 36 of 37 events): (1) Svindal 1009 points (2) Raich 1007 (3) Cuche 919
- The overall title will be decided on the last race of the season, the slalom on Saturday.
- World Cup giant slalom standings (after all eight events): (1) Cuche 474 points (champion) (2) Raich 462 (3) Ligety 421
- World Cup overall standings (after 36 of 37 events): (1) Svindal 1009 points (2) Raich 1007 (3) Cuche 919
- Slalom women: (1) Sandrine Aubert
1:49.23 (52.27+56.96) (2) Fanny Chmelar
1:49.29 (52.89+56.40) (3) Therese Borssen
1:49.46 (52.77+56.69) & Šárka Záhrobská
1:49.46 (51.80+57.66)
- World Cup overall standings (after 33 of 34 events): (1) Lindsey Vonn
1788 points (champion) (2) Maria Riesch
1404 (3) Anja Pärson
1059
- World Cup slalom standings (after all nine events): (1) Riesch 625 points (champion) (2) Záhrobská 459 (3) Vonn 440
- World Cup overall standings (after 33 of 34 events): (1) Lindsey Vonn
- Giant slalom men: (1) Benjamin Raich
- World Cup 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 7.5 km sprint women: (1) Helena Jonsson
19:43.6 (0+0) (2) Magdalena Neuner
19:44.3 (0+1) (3) Olga Zaitseva
19:45.2 (0+0)
- Sprint World Cup standings (after 8 of 10 events): (1) Neuner 315 points (2) Jonsson 308 (3) Kati Wilhelm
298
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 26 events): (1) Jonsson 780 points (2) Wilhelm 764 (3) Neuner 723
- Sprint World Cup standings (after 8 of 10 events): (1) Neuner 315 points (2) Jonsson 308 (3) Kati Wilhelm
- 10 km sprint men: (1) Lars Berger
24:06.5 (0) (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
at 14.1 (0) (3) Christoph Sumann
39.5 (0)
- Overall World Cup sprint standings (after eight of 10 rounds): (1) Tomasz Sikora
309 points (2) Bjørndalen 264 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen
245
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 26 rounds): (1) Sikora 752 points (2) Bjørndalen 750 (3) Maxim Tchoudov
649
- Overall World Cup sprint standings (after eight of 10 rounds): (1) Tomasz Sikora
- 7.5 km sprint women: (1) Helena Jonsson
- Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
- HS138: (1) Harri Olli
288.7pts (135.5/142.0 m), (2) Dimitry Vassiliev
275.2 (137.0/133.0), (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer
268.9 (128.5/138.0)
- Overall standings (after 24 of 27 rounds): (1) Schlierenzauer 1838 points, (2) Simon Ammann
1596, (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
1340
- Schlierenzauer need just 59 more points to secure the World Cup title.
- Overall standings (after 24 of 27 rounds): (1) Schlierenzauer 1838 points, (2) Simon Ammann
- HS138: (1) Harri Olli
- World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
- World Cup in La Molina, Spain:
- Snowboardcross men:
- Snowboardcross women:
March 12, 2009 (Thursday)
[edit]- World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round)- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
- Mexico
4–16
Cuba (7 innings, via mercy rule)
- Mexico
- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
- Euroleague Top 16, week 6 (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group E:
- TAU Cerámica
80–88
Olympiacos
- Olympiacos defeats TAU in Vitoria-Gasteiz to claim first place in the group.
- AJ Milano
72–96
Asseco Prokom Sopot
- Prokom win their only game in the Top 16 phase.
- TAU Cerámica
- Group F:
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
74–90
Regal FC Barcelona
- Barça secures first place in the group with a win in Tel Aviv. Maccabi is 0–6 against Spanish opponents this season.
- Real Madrid
83–82
ALBA Berlin
- Real's win at the buzzer leaves ALBA the only winless team in the Top 16 phase.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Quarterfinal matchups (first named team has home advantage in best-of-five series):
- Olympiacos vs. Real
- Barça vs. TAU
- Group E:
- US college basketball:
- Big East quarterfinals in New York City: Syracuse 127, Connecticut 117 (6OT)
- This is the second-longest game in NCAA history, and the longest since the shot clock era.
- Big East quarterfinals in New York City: Syracuse 127, Connecticut 117 (6OT)
- NBA:
- The Los Angeles Lakers clinch the Pacific Division title and the first playoff berth in the Western Conference with a 102–95 win over the San Antonio Spurs.
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
(teams in bold advance to Super Six stage)- Group A:
Australia 211/7 (50 ov);
West Indies 164/7 (50 ov) in Drummoyne. Australia win by 47 runs.
New Zealand 250/5 (50 ov);
South Africa 51 (22.1 ov) in Bowral. New Zealand win by 199 runs.
- Group B:
- Group A:
- UEFA Cup round of 16, first leg:
- Werder Bremen
1–0
Saint-Étienne
- CSKA Moscow
1–0
Shakhtar Donetsk
- Udinese
2–0
Zenit St. Petersburg
- Paris Saint-Germain
0–0
Braga
- Dynamo Kyiv
1–0
Metalist Kharkiv
- Manchester City
2–0
Aalborg
- Marseille
2–1
Ajax
- Hamburg
1–1
Galatasaray
- Werder Bremen
- Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 1:
- Group 3:
- World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden
- Super giant slalom men: (1) Werner Heel
1min 13.41sec (2) Aksel Lund Svindal
1:13.48 (3) Christof Innerhofer
1:13.61
- World Cup overall standings (after 35 of 37 events): (1) Svindal 1009 points (2) Benjamin Raich
907 (3) Didier Cuche
859
- Final World Cup Super-G standings (after all five events): (1) Svindal (NOR) 292 (winner) (2) Heel 256 (3) Didier Defago
242
- World Cup overall standings (after 35 of 37 events): (1) Svindal 1009 points (2) Benjamin Raich
- Super giant slalom women: (1) Lindsey Vonn
1min 20.63sec (2) Nadia Fanchini
1:20.71 (3) Maria Riesch
1:20.87
- World Cup overall standings (after 32 of 34 events): (1) Vonn 1788 points (winner) (2) Riesch 1359 (3) Anja Paerson
1035
- Final World Cup Super-G standings (after all seven events): (1) Vonn 461 pts (winner) (2) Fanchini 416 (3) Fabienne Suter
408
- World Cup overall standings (after 32 of 34 events): (1) Vonn 1788 points (winner) (2) Riesch 1359 (3) Anja Paerson
- Super giant slalom men: (1) Werner Heel
- World Cup in Trondheim, Norway:
- Sprint classic men: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad
(2) Petter Northug
(3) Jon Kristian Dahl
- World Cup sprint standings (after 11 of 12 events): (1) Hattestad 760 points (winner) (2) Tor Arne Hetland
353 (3) Renato Pasini
335
- Overall World Cup standings (after 27 of 32 events): (1) Dario Cologna
1006 points (2) Northug 952 (3) Hattestad 760
- World Cup sprint standings (after 11 of 12 events): (1) Hattestad 760 points (winner) (2) Tor Arne Hetland
- Sprint classic women: (1) Petra Majdič
(2) Alena Prochazkova
(3) Justyna Kowalczyk
- World Cup sprint standings (after 11 of 12 events): (1) Majdic 825 points (winner) (2) Arianna Follis
454 (3) Pirjo Muranen
421
- Overall World Cup standings (after 27 of 32 events): (1) Majdic 1462 points (2) Kowalczyk 1351 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
1321
- World Cup sprint standings (after 11 of 12 events): (1) Majdic 825 points (winner) (2) Arianna Follis
- Sprint classic men: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad
- World Cup in Grindelwald, Switzerland:
March 11, 2009 (Wednesday)
[edit]- World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round, teams in italics are eliminated)- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
- Mexico
16–1
Australia (6 innings, via mercy rule)
- Mexico
- Pool C in Toronto, Canada:
- Pool D in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
- Euroleague Top 16, week 6 (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group G:
- Panathinaikos
103–95 (OT)
Unicaja Málaga
- Lottomatica Roma
88–72
Partizan Igokea
- Roma's only win in the Top 16 phase hands first place in the group to Panathinaikos, even before their overtime win.
- Panathinaikos
- Group H:
- Cibona Zagreb
63–73
CSKA Moscow
- Fenerbahçe Ülker
68–73
Montepaschi Siena
- Cibona Zagreb
- Quarterfinal matchups (first named team has home advantage in best-of-five series):
- Panathinaikos vs. Montepaschi
- CSKA vs. Partizan
- Group G:
- US college basketball:
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- Women's conference championship game — winner earns a bid to the NCAA tournament
- Patriot League in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Lehigh 64, Lafayette 56
- NBA:
- The Orlando Magic become the third team to clinch a playoff berth with their 107–79 win over the Chicago Bulls, combined with the New Jersey Nets' 116–112 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
- India in New Zealand:
- 4th ODI in Hamilton:
New Zealand 270/5 (47/47 ov);
India 201/0 (23.3/23.3 ov, Virender Sehwag 125*). India win by 84 runs (D/L method), lead 5-match series 3–0.
- 4th ODI in Hamilton:
- UEFA Champions League First knockout round, second leg:
- Porto
0–0
Atlético Madrid
- 2–2 on aggregate. Porto advance on away goals rule.
- Barcelona
5–2
Lyon
- Barcelona win 6–3 on aggregate.
- Roma
1–0
Arsenal
- 1–1 on aggregate. Arsenal win 7–6 on penalties after extra time.
- Manchester United
2–0
Internazionale
- Porto
- Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 2:
- Group 6:
- Everton
1–1
Lanús
- Guadalajara
1–0
Caracas
- Everton
- Group 7:
- Boyacá Chicó
0–1
Grêmio
- Boyacá Chicó
- AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 1:
- Group A:
- Al-Hilal
1–1
Saba Battery
- Al-Hilal
- Group C:
- Al-Jazira
0–1
Umm-Salal
- Al-Ittihad
2–1
Esteghlal
- Al-Jazira
- Group D:
- Sepahan
2–0
Al-Shabab
- Bunyodkor
2–1
Al-Ettifaq
- Sepahan
- Group G:
- Group H:
- Group A:
- World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden
- Downhill men: (1) Aksel Lund Svindal
1min 22.26sec (2) Didier Cuche
1:22.46 (3) Hans Olsson
1:22.62
- Overall World Cup standings (after 34 of 37 events) (1) Svindal 929 points (2) Benjamin Raich
857 (3) Cuche 843
- Final World Cup downhill standings (after all nine events): (1) Michael Walchhofer
470 pts (champion) (2) Klaus Kroell
424 (3) Didier Defago
363
- Overall World Cup standings (after 34 of 37 events) (1) Svindal 929 points (2) Benjamin Raich
- Downhill women: (1) Lindsey Vonn
1min 42.49sec (2) Maria Riesch
1:42.89 (3) Renate Goetschl
1:43.75
- Overall World Cup standings (after 31 of 34 events): (1) Vonn 1688 points (champion) (2) Riesch 1299 (3) Anja Paerson
990
- Final World Cup Downhill standings (after all seven events): (1) Vonn 502 pts (champion) (2) Andrea Fischbacher
326 (3) Riesch 292
- Overall World Cup standings (after 31 of 34 events): (1) Vonn 1688 points (champion) (2) Riesch 1299 (3) Anja Paerson
- Downhill men: (1) Aksel Lund Svindal
- World Cup 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 15 km individual women: (1) Simone Hauswald
42min 44.6sec (0) (2) Olga Zaitseva
39.3sec (1) (3) Vita Semerenko
1:05.8 (1)
- Final World Cup 15 km standings (after 4 events): (1) Magdalena Neuner
129 points (2) Éva Tófalvi
123 (3) Tora Berger
122
- Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 26 events): (1) Kati Wilhelm
730 points (2) Helena Jonsson
720 (3) Neuner 669
- Final World Cup 15 km standings (after 4 events): (1) Magdalena Neuner
- 20 km individual men: (1) Vincent Jay
49min 53.9sec 0 penalty (2) Daniel Boehm
at 19.0 1 (3) Jeremy Teela
23.3 1
- Final World Cup 20 km standings (after all four events): (1) Michael Greis
146 points (2) Ivan Tcherezov
120 (3) Maxim Tchoudov
119
- World Cup overall standings (after 19 of 26 events): (1) Tomasz Sikora
726 points (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen
696 (3) Tchoudov 635
- Final World Cup 20 km standings (after all four events): (1) Michael Greis
- 15 km individual women: (1) Simone Hauswald
March 10, 2009 (Tuesday)
[edit]- World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round, teams in italics are eliminated)- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
- Pool C in Toronto, Canada:
- Pool D in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
- Dominican Republic
1–2
Netherlands, 11 innings
- The Dutch shock the Dominicans for the second time, scoring two runs off Carlos Mármol in the bottom of the 11th inning.
- Dominican Republic
- US college basketball
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- Horizon League in Indianapolis: Cleveland State 57, Butler 54
- The Summit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: North Dakota State 66, Oakland 64
- The Bison become the first men's team since Southwestern Louisiana, now Louisiana–Lafayette, in 1972 to make the "Big Dance" in their first year of postseason eligibility.
- Sun Belt in Hot Springs, Arkansas: Western Kentucky 64, South Alabama 56
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- Big East in Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut 75, Louisville 36
- The Summit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: South Dakota State 79, Oakland 69
- The Jackrabbits make the "Big Dance" in their first season of postseason eligibility.
- Sun Belt in Hot Springs, Arkansas: Middle Tennessee 74, Arkansas-Little Rock 54
- Other women's games:
- Dartmouth claims the Ivy League regular-season crown and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a 64–51 home win over Harvard.
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- England in West Indies:
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 5:
England 546/6d and 237/6d (Kevin Pietersen 102) ;
West Indies 544 and 114/8. Match drawn. West Indies win series 1–0.
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 5:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 5:
Australia 352 and 331/5d;
South Africa 138 and 370. Australia win by 175 runs, lead 3-match series 2–0
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 5:
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
(teams in bold advance to the Super Six stage)- Group A:
New Zealand 192/8 (50 ov);
West Indies 136/8 (50 ov) in Bankstown. New Zealand win by 56 runs.
Australia 258/4 (50 ov);
South Africa 197 (49.3 ov) in Newcastle. Australia win by 61 runs.
- Group B:
India 169 (48.4 ov);
England 172/1 (38.4 ov) in North Sydney. England win by 9 wickets.
- Group A:
- UEFA Champions League First knockout round, second leg:
- Panathinaikos
1–2
Villarreal
- Villarreal win 4–3 on aggregate.
- Liverpool
4–0
Real Madrid
- Liverpool win 5–0 on aggregate.
- Bayern
7–1
Sporting CP
- Bayern win 12–1 on aggregate, the biggest aggregate score in Champions League history.
- Juventus
2–2
Chelsea
- Chelsea win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Panathinaikos
- Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 4:
- Group 5:
- Group 8:
- AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 1:
- Group A:
- Al-Hilal
–
Saba Battery
- postponed because of a sandstorm
- Al-Ahli
1–2
Pakhtakor
- Al-Hilal
- Group B:
- Persepolis
3–1
Sharjah
- Al-Gharafa
1–3
Al-Shabab
- Persepolis
- Group E:
- Group F:
- Gamba Osaka
3–0
Shandong Luneng
- Sriwijaya
2–4
Seoul
- Gamba Osaka
- Group A:
- Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Kuopio, Finland:
- HS127: (1) Takanobu Okabe
241.7 points (123.5/123.0m) (2) Simon Ammann
240.4 (119.5/126.0) (3) Adam Małysz
239.3 (119.0/127.0)
- Okabe wins his first World Cup in 11 years and becomes the oldest ever World Cup winner in ski jumping.
- World Cup standings (after 23 of 27 events): (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
1778 points (2) Ammann 1578 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
1300
- HS127: (1) Takanobu Okabe
- World Cup in Kuopio, Finland:
March 9, 2009 (Monday)
[edit]- World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round, teams in italics are eliminated)- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
- South Korea
1–0
Japan
- South Korea win the rematch in the game between both Pool A qualifiers, which only determined seeding for the next round.
- South Korea
- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
- South Africa
3–14
Mexico
- South Africa is eliminated. Mexico will next play the loser of Cuba vs. Australia.
- South Africa
- Pool C in Toronto, Canada:
- Pool D in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
- Netherlands
1–3
Puerto Rico
- Netherlands next plays a rematch against the Dominican Republic, with the winner advancing and the loser eliminated.
- Netherlands
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
- US college basketball
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- CAA in Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Commonwealth 71, George Mason 50
- MAAC in Albany, New York: Siena 77, Niagara 70
- Southern in Chattanooga, Tennessee: Chattanooga 80, College of Charleston 69
- West Coast in Paradise, Nevada: Gonzaga 83, Saint Mary's 58
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- Atlantic 10 in Charlotte: Charlotte 59, Richmond 54
- Southern in Chattanooga, Tennessee: Western Carolina 101, College of Charleston 87 (3 OT)
- West Coast in Paradise, Nevada: Gonzaga 66, San Diego 56
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- England in West Indies:
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 4:
England 546/6d and 80/3;
West Indies 544 (Brendan Nash 109, Chris Gayle 102, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 147*). England lead by 82 runs with 7 innings remaining.
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 4:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 4:
Australia 352 and 331/5d (Phillip Hughes 160);
South Africa 138 and 244/2. South Africa trail by 301 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 4:
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
March 8, 2009 (Sunday)
[edit]- European Indoor Championships in Turin, Italy, day 3:
- Men:
- Shot put:
Tomasz Majewski
21.02 metres
Yves Niaré
20.42
Ralf Bartels
20.39
- Pole vault:
Renaud Lavillenie
5.81 metres
Pavel Gerasimov
5.76
Alexander Straub
5.76
- Heptathlon:
Mikk Pahapill
6362 points
Oleksiy Kasyanov
6205
Roman Šebrle
6142
- 800 m:
Yuriy Borzakovskiy
1:48.55
Luis Alberto Marco
1:49.14
Mattias Claesson
1:49.32
- Long jump:
Sebastian Bayer
8.71 metres
Nils Winter
8.22
Marcin Starzak
8.18
- 1500 m:
Rui Silva
3:44.38
Diego Ruiz
3:44.70
Yoann Kowal
3:44.75
- 60 m:
Dwain Chambers
6.46 seconds
Fabio Cerutti
6.56
Emanuele di Gregorio
6.56
- Shot put:
- Women:
- Triple jump:
Anastasiya Taranova-Potapova
14.68 metres
Marija Šestak
14.60
Dana Veldáková
14.40
- High jump:
Ariane Friedrich
2.01 metres
Ruth Beitia
1.99
Viktoriya Klyugina
1.96
- 800 m:
Mariya Savinova
1:58.10
Oksana Zbrozhek
1:59.20
Elisa Cusma Piccione
2:00.23
- 3,000 m:
Alemitu Bekele
8:46.50
Sara Moreira
8:48.18
Mary Cullen
8:48.47
- 60 m:
Yevgeniya Polyakova
7.18 seconds
Ezinne Okparaebo
7.21
Verena Sailer
7.22
- Triple jump:
- Men:
- Sprint Cup Series:
- Kobalt Tools 500 in Hampton, Georgia
- (1) Kurt Busch
(2) Jeff Gordon
(3) Carl Edwards
- Drivers' standings (after 4 races): (1) Gordon 634 points (2) Clint Bowyer
591 (3) Kurt Busch 588
- Drivers' standings (after 4 races): (1) Gordon 634 points (2) Clint Bowyer
- (1) Kurt Busch
- Kobalt Tools 500 in Hampton, Georgia
- WTCC:
- HSBC Race of Brazil in Curitiba, Brazil:
- Round 1: (1) Yvan Muller
(2) Jordi Gené
(3) Rickard Rydell
- Round 2: (1) Gabriele Tarquini
(2) Rydell (3) Gené
- Drivers' standings (after 2 of 24 events): (1) Muller & Tarquini 15 points (3) Rydell & Gené 14
- Round 1: (1) Yvan Muller
- HSBC Race of Brazil in Curitiba, Brazil:
- BWF Super Series:
- All England Super Series in Birmingham:
(Seeding in parentheses)- Men's singles: Lin Dan
(2) bt Lee Chong Wei
(1) 21–19, 21–12
- Women's singles: Wang Yihan
bt Tine Rasmussen
(1) 21–19, 21–23, 21–11
- Men's doubles: Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng
(7) bt Han Sang Hoon/Hwang Ji Man
21–17, 21–15
- Women's doubles: Zhang Yawen/Zhao Tingting
(7) bt Cheng Sui/Zhao Yunlei
21–13, 21–15
- Mixed doubles: He Hanbin/Yu Yang
(3) bt Ko Sung Hyun/Ha Jung Eun
13–21, 21–15, 21–9
- Men's singles: Lin Dan
- All England Super Series in Birmingham:
- World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round, teams in italics are eliminated)- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
- China
0–14
South Korea (via mercy rule)
- Korea will play against Japan on Monday to decide the group winner.
- China
- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
- South Africa
1–8
Cuba
- Cuba hit 6 home runs.
- Australia
17–7
Mexico (mercy rule)
- Australia score 13 unanswered runs from 4–7 down after 4 innings, and set a WBC record of 22 hits.
- South Africa
- Pool C in Toronto, Canada:
- United States
15–6
Venezuela
- The U.S. scores 8 runs in the 6th inning and advances to the second round. Venezuela next plays the winner of Canada vs Italy on Tuesday.
- United States
- Pool D in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
- Dominican Republic
9–0
Panama
- Panama is eliminated, while the Dominicans will next play the loser of Netherlands vs Puerto Rico on Tuesday.
- Dominican Republic
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
- US college basketball
- Men's conference championship game — winner earns a bid to the NCAA tournament
- Missouri Valley in St. Louis: Northern Iowa 60, Illinois State 57 (OT)
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- ACC in Greensboro, North Carolina: Maryland 92, Duke 89 (OT)
- Big Ten in Indianapolis: Ohio State 67, Purdue 66
- Conference USA in New Orleans: UCF 65, Southern Miss 54 (OT)
- MAAC in Albany, New York: Marist 78, Canisius 63
- SEC in North Little Rock, Arkansas: Vanderbilt 61, Auburn 54
- Men's conference championship game — winner earns a bid to the NCAA tournament
- England in West Indies:
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 3:
England 546/6d;
West Indies 349/4 (Chris Gayle 100 retired hurt). West Indies trail by 197 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 3:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 3:
Australia 352 and 292/3 (Phillip Hughes 136*);
South Africa 138. Australia lead by 506 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
- Hughes scores his second century of the match.
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 3:
- India in New Zealand:
- 3rd ODI in Christchurch:
India 392/4 (50/50 ov, Sachin Tendulkar 163);
334 (45.1/50 ov, Jesse Ryder 105). India win by 58 runs, lead 5-match series 2–0.
- The aggregate total of 726 runs is the second-highest in the history of One Day Internationals.
- 3rd ODI in Christchurch:
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Group A:
New Zealand 205 (48/50 ov);
Australia 132/6 (33/50 ov) in North Sydney. New Zealand win by 13 runs (D/L).
South Africa 116 (45.2/50 ov);
West Indies 117/8 (48.4/50 ov) in Newcastle. West Indies win by 2 wickets.
- Group A:
- PGA Tour:
- Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- Winner:
Yang Yong-eun 271 (−9)
- Winner:
- Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- LPGA Tour:
- HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore
- Winner:
Jiyai Shin 277 (−11)
- Winner:
- HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore
- Davis Cup:
- World Group first round, day 3:
(Teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)Argentina 5–0
Netherlands in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Czech Republic 3–2
France in Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Radek Štěpánek beat Gilles Simon 7–6(2) 6–3 7–6(0) in the fourth rubber to put Czech Republic through to a quarterfinals tie at home against Argentina.
United States 4–1
Switzerland in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Andy Roddick clinch the decisive point for USA for the 11th time in a Davis Cup tie, defeating Stanislas Wawrinka 6–4 6–4 6–2.
Croatia 5–0
Chile in Poreč, Croatia
- Croatia will host USA in the quarterfinals.
Sweden 2–3
Israel in Malmö, Sweden
- Israel advance to the quarterfinals for just the second time in its Davis Cup history, after wins for Dudi Sela over Thomas Johansson and Harel Levy over Andreas Vinciguerra, both in five sets. For Sweden it's the first defeat ever after leading 2–1.
Romania 1–4
Russia in Sibiu, Romania
- Dmitry Tursunov come back from two sets down to beat Victor Hănescu and book Russia's trip to Israel in the quarterfinals.
Germany 3–2
Austria in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- Nicolas Kiefer clinch victory for Germany with 7–6(3) 6–4 6–4 win over Jürgen Melzer in the fourth rubber. Austria lose in the first round for the sixth successive year.
Spain 4–1
Serbia in Benidorm, Spain
- World No. 1 Rafael Nadal defeat Novak Djokovic 6–4 6–4 6–1 and sends Spain, the defending champion, to a quarterfinals tie at home against Germany.
- World Group first round, day 3:
- WTA Tour:
- Monterrey Open in Monterrey, Mexico
- Final:
Marion Bartoli def.
Li Na 6–4, 6–3
- Final:
- Monterrey Open in Monterrey, Mexico
- Men's World Cup in Kvitfjell, Norway:
- Super giant slalom: Cancelled
- World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- 15 km freestyle men: (1) Alexander Legkov
33min 5.9sec (2) Pietro Piller Cottrer
at 7.5 (3) Christian Hoffmann
20.7
- World Cup standings (after 26 of 32 events): (1) Dario Cologna
991 points (2) Petter Northug
872 (3) Axel Teichmann
663
- World Cup standings (after 26 of 32 events): (1) Dario Cologna
- 10 km freestyle women: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk
24min 38.6sec (2) Charlotte Kalla
at 22.4 (3) Marthe Kristoffersen
27.1
- World Cup standings (after 26 of 32 events): (1) Petra Majdič
1362 points (2) Kowalczyk 1291 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
1276
- World Cup standings (after 26 of 32 events): (1) Petra Majdič
- 15 km freestyle men: (1) Alexander Legkov
- World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan:
- Dual moguls men:
Alexandre Bilodeau
Jesper Bjoernlund
Tapio Luusua
- Dual moguls women:
Aiko Uemura
Miki Ito
Hannah Kearney
- Uemura wins her second title of the championships.
- Dual moguls men:
- World Championships in Vienna, Austria:
- Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- HS97: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
242.0 points (92.5/92.5m) (2) Simon Ammann
236.0 (90.5/94.5) (3) Dimitry Vassiliev
234.0 (94.5/90.0)
- The competition was moved from the 130m hill due to poor wind conditions.
- World Cup standings (after 22 of 27 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 1752 points (2) Ammann 1498 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl
1268
- HS97: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer
- World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
March 7, 2009 (Saturday)
[edit]- European Indoor Championships in Turin, Italy, day 2:
- Men:
- High jump:
Ivan Ukhov
2.32 metres
Kyriakos Ioannou
2.29
Aleksey Dmitrik
2.29
- Triple jump:
Fabrizio Donato
17.59 metres
Viktor Yastrebov
17.25
Igor Spasovkhodskiy
17.15
- 3,000 m:
Mo Farah
7:40.17
Bouabdellah Tahri
7:42.14
Jesús España
7:43.29
- 400 m:
Johan Wissman
45.89 seconds
Claudio Licciardello
46.32
Ioan Vieru
46.54
- High jump:
- Women:
- Pole vault:
Yuliya Golubchikova
4.75 metres
Silke Spiegelburg
4.75
Anna Battke
4.65
- Long jump:
Ksenija Balta
6.87 metres
Yelena Sokolova
6.84
Olga Kucherenko
6.82
- 1,500 m:
Anna Alminova
4:07.76
Natalia Rodríguez
4:08.72
Sonja Roman
4:11.42
- 400 m:
Antonina Krivoshapka
51.18 seconds
Nataliya Pyhyda
51.44
Darya Safonova
51.85
- Pole vault:
- Men:
- World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round, teams in italics are eliminated)- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
- China
4–1
Chinese Taipei
- Chinese Taipei is the first team eliminated from the competition.
- Japan
14–2
South Korea (via mercy rule)
- Japan advance to the second round, while Korea will play against China on Sunday for the second berth from this pool.
- China
- Pool C in Toronto, Canada:
- Canada
5–6
United States
- Italy
0–7
Venezuela
- Canada
- Pool D in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
- US college basketball
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- Atlantic Sun in Nashville: East Tennessee State 85, Jacksonville 68
- Big South in Radford, Virginia: Radford 108, VMI 94
- Ohio Valley in Nashville: Morehead State 67, Austin Peay 65 (2 OT)
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- Atlantic Sun in Nashville: East Tennessee State 58, Jacksonville 52
- Ohio Valley in Nashville: Austin Peay 69, Eastern Illinois 65 (2 OT)
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
- England in West Indies:
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 2:
England 546/6d (Andrew Strauss 142, Paul Collingwood 161, Matt Prior 131*);
West Indies 92/1. West Indies trail by 454 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 2:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 2:
Australia 352;
South Africa 138/7. South Africa trail by 214 runs, with three wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 2:
- Women's World Cup in Australia:
- OFC Champions League Group stage, matchday 5:
(teams in italics are eliminated)- Group A: Port Vila Sharks
2–3
Waitakere United
- Waitakere gets level with Auckland on 7 points, ahead of their match on April 5 in Waitakere.
- Group B: PRK Hekari United
1–0
Koloale FC Honiara
- Hekari goes to the top of the group on 6 points, with Koloale and Ba, who meet in the last match, on 4 points.
- Group A: Port Vila Sharks
- World Cup Sevens in Dubai:
- Women's final: New Zealand
10–15
Australia
- Men's final: Wales
19–12
Argentina
- Women's final: New Zealand
- Davis Cup:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)- World Group first round, day 2:
Argentina 3–0
Netherlands in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Lucas Arnold Ker and Martín Vassallo Argüello see Argentina through to the quarterfinals for the eighth straight year with a comfortable 6–4 7–5 6–3 victory against Jesse Huta Galung and Rogier Wassen.
Czech Republic 2–1
France in Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štěpánek's four-set defeat of Richard Gasquet and Michaël Llodra give the Czechs the lead.
United States 2–1
Switzerland in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Bob and Mike Bryan beat Yves Allegro and Stanislas Wawrinka 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(2) for their 15th Davis Cup win and put USA ahead in the tie.
Croatia 3–0
Chile in Poreč, Croatia
- Mario Ančić and Marin Čilić seal Croatia's place in the next round, defeating Paul Capdeville and Nicolás Massú 6–3 6–3 3–6 6–4.
Sweden 2–1
Israel in Malmö, Sweden
- While Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt beat Andy Ram and Amir Hadad 6–4 1–6 7–6(4) 6–4 in the near-empty arena to give Sweden the lead in the tie, a crowd of 7000 people hold a demonstration against Israel recent military operation in Gaza Strip near the stadium, and several demonstrators who throw rocks and fire crackers at the police force and try to break into the Baltic Hall are arrested.[2]
Romania 1–2
Russia in Sibiu, Romania
- Marius Copil and Horia Tecău come back from two sets down to produce a surprise victory over Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov and keep Romanian hopes alive.
Germany 2–1
Austria in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- Philipp Kohlschreiber and Nicolas Kiefer defeat Julian Knowle and Alexander Peya 6–3 7–6(6) 3–6 6–4 to give Germany the lead.
Spain 2–1
Serbia in Benidorm, Spain
- David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal both win the singles matches postponed from day 1 in straight sets and put Spain 2–0 ahead. Victor Troicki and Nenad Zimonjić keep Serbia in contention by winning the doubles rubber 7–6(5) 6–4 7–6(7) over Feliciano López and Tommy Robredo.
- World Group first round, day 2:
- Women's World Cup in Ofterschwang, Germany:
- Slalom: (1) Sandrine Aubert
1:46.28 (53:54 + 52.74) (2) Frida Hansdotter
1:46.71 (53.87 + 52.84) (3) Nicole Hosp
1:47.10 (54.67 + 52.43)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 30 of 34 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn
1588 points (2) Maria Riesch
1219 (3) Anja Pärson
990
- Vonn need just 32 more points in the remaining 4 races to clinch the title.
- Slalom standings (after 8 of 9 races): (1) Riesch 625 points (2) Vonn 440 (3) Šárka Záhrobská
399
- Riesch secure the slalom World Cup title.
- Overall World Cup standings (after 30 of 34 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn
- Slalom: (1) Sandrine Aubert
- Men's World Cup in Kvitfjell, Norway:
- Downhill: (1) Klaus Kroll
1min 32.12sec (2) Michael Walchhofer
1:32.39 (3) Manuel Osborne-Paradis
1:32.58
- Overall World Cup standings (after 33 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic
& Benjamin Raich
837 points (3) Aksel Lund Svindal
829
- Downhill standings (after 8 of 9): (1) Walchhofer 470 pts (2) Kroll 395 (3) Didier Défago
337
- Walchhofer need 10th place in the last race to secure the downhill title if Kroll wins, or 25th place if Kroll is second.
- Overall World Cup standings (after 33 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic
- Downhill: (1) Klaus Kroll
- World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- 1.5 km sprint freestyle men: (1) Petter Northug
(2) Ola Vigen Hattestad
(3) Nikolay Morilov
- Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 32 events): (1) Dario Cologna
939 points (2) Northug 836 (3) Axel Teichmann
663
- Sprint standings (after 10 of 12 events): (1) Hattestad (NOR) 660 points (secure sprint World Cup title) (2) Tor Arne Hetland
335 (3) Renato Pasini
321
- Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 32 events): (1) Dario Cologna
- 1.3 km sprint freestyle women: (1) Petra Majdič
(2) Arianna Follis
(3) Pirjo Muranen
- Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 32 events): (1) Majdic 1350 points (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
1276 (3) Justyna Kowalczyk
1191
- Sprint standings (after 10 of 12 events): (1) Majdic 725 points (secure sprint World Cup title) (2) Muranen 421 (3) Follis 414
- Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 32 events): (1) Majdic 1350 points (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
- 1.5 km sprint freestyle men: (1) Petter Northug
- World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan:
- Moguls men:
Patrick Deneen
23.41 points
Tapio Luusua
21.89
Vincent Marquis
21.66
- Moguls women:
Aiko Uemura
24.71
Jennifer Heil
22.88
Nikola Sudová
21.76
- Moguls men:
- World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- Gundersen HS130/10 km: (1) Magnus Moan
26:34.5 (2) Anssi Koivuranta
26:34.5 (3) Bill Demong
26:37.0
- World Cup standings (after 21 of 23 events): (1) Koivuranta 1329 points (2) Moan 1270 (3) Demong 980
- Gundersen HS130/10 km: (1) Magnus Moan
- Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- Team HS130: (1)
Austria 1017.5 points (Wolfgang Loitzl, Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer) (2)
Finland 1013.8 (Ville Larinto, Kalle Keituri, Harri Olli, Matti Hautamäki) (3)
Norway 996.8 Anders Bardal, Tom Hilde, Johan Remen, Anders Jacobsen
- Team HS130: (1)
- World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- World Cup in Moscow, Russia:
- Big Air men: (1) Stefan Gimpl
(2) Thomas Franc
(3) Marko Grilc
- Big Air men: (1) Stefan Gimpl
- World Cup Final in Salt Lake City, United States:
- 500 m women: (1) Wang Beixing
37.25 (2) Jenny Wolf
+0.14 (3) Yu Jing
+0.37
- 1000 m men: (1) Shani Davis
1:06.42 WR (2) Trevor Marsicano
+0.46 (3) Denny Morrison
+0.69
- 1500 m women: (1) Kristina Groves
1:54.08 (2) Maki Tabata
+0.71 (3) Brittany Schussler
+0.83
- 5000 m men: (1) Sven Kramer
6:06.64 (2) Håvard Bøkko
+3.30 (3) Carl Verheijen
+6.53
- 100 m women: (1) Jenny Wolf
10.25 (2) Yu Jing
+0.19 (3) Shihomi Shinya
+0.20
- 100 m men: (1) Yuya Oikawa
9.49 (2) Lee Kang-seok
+0.14 (3) Yu Fengtong
+0.31
- 500 m women: (1) Wang Beixing
March 6, 2009 (Friday)
[edit]- European Indoor Championships in Turin, Italy, day 1:
- Men:
- 60 m hurdles:
Ladji Doucouré
7.55 seconds
Gregory Sedoc
7.55
Petr Svoboda
7.61
- 60 m hurdles:
- Women:
- Shot put:
Petra Lammert
19.66 metres
Denise Hinrichs
19.63
Anca Heltne
18.71
- Pentathlon:
Anna Bogdanova
4761 points
Jolanda Keizer
4644
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida
4618
- 60 m hurdles:
Eline Berings
7.92 seconds
Lucie Škrobáková
7.94
Derval O'Rourke
7.97
- Shot put:
- Men:
- World Baseball Classic:
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
- Chinese Taipei
0–9
South Korea
- A six-run first inning including a grand slam from Lee Jin-Young lead to Korea's easy win.
- Chinese Taipei
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
- U.S. college basketball:
- Cornell clinches its second straight Ivy League title with an 83–59 home win over Penn, and becomes the first team to secure a bid to the NCAA tournament.
- England in West Indies:
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 1:
England 258/2 (Andrew Strauss 139*)
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 1:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 1:
Australia 303/4 (Phillip Hughes 115, Simon Katich 108)
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 1:
- India in New Zealand:
- 2nd ODI in Wellington:
India 188/4 (28.4/34 ov). No result, India lead 5-match series 1–0.
- 2nd ODI in Wellington:
- Davis Cup:
- World Group first round, day 1:
Argentina 2–0
Netherlands in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Czech Republic 1–1
France in Ostrava, Czech Republic
United States 1–1
Switzerland in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Andy Roddick beat Marco Chiudinelli for his 30th win in Davis Cup, which puts him level with Andre Agassi in 6th place on USA all-time list.
Croatia 2–0
Chile in Poreč, Croatia
Sweden 1–1
Israel in Malmö, Sweden
- The tie is being played in crowd-less arena for fear of anti-Israeli disturbances.
Romania 0–2
Russia in Sibiu, Romania
Germany 1–1
Austria in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Spain 0–0
Serbia in Benidorm, Spain
- The first day singles matches were postponed to Saturday.
- World Group first round, day 1:
- Women's World Cup in Ofterschwang, Germany:
- Giant slalom: (1) Kathrin Zettel
2min 36:48sec (1:19.56 + 1:19.92) (2) Elisabeth Gorgl
2:36.60 (1:20:05 + 1:16.55) (3) Tanja Poutiainen
2:37:00 (1:20.09 + 1:16.91)
- World Cup overall standings (after 29 of 34 events): (1) Lindsey Vonn
1588 points (2) Maria Riesch
1174 (3) Anja Pärson
990
- Vonn needs just 87 more points to secure the World Cup title.
- World Cup overall standings (after 29 of 34 events): (1) Lindsey Vonn
- Giant slalom: (1) Kathrin Zettel
- Men's World Cup in Kvitfjell, Norway:
- Downhill: (1) Manuel Osborne-Paradis
1min 47.09sec (2) Michael Walchhofer
1:47.40 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal
1:47.46
- World Cup overall standings (after 32 of 38 events): (1) Ivica Kostelic
& Benjamin Raich
837 points (3) Svindal 811
- World Cup overall standings (after 32 of 38 events): (1) Ivica Kostelic
- Downhill: (1) Manuel Osborne-Paradis
- World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- Gundersen HS130/10 km: (1) Bill Demong
26:10.8 (6th place after jump) (2) Anssi Koivuranta
at 7.2 (1) (3) Jason Lamy-Chappuis
11.5 (2)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 out 23 races): (1) Koivuranta 1249 points (2) Magnus Moan
1170 (3) Demong 720
- Overall World Cup standings (after 20 out 23 races): (1) Koivuranta 1249 points (2) Magnus Moan
- Gundersen HS130/10 km: (1) Bill Demong
- World Cup Final in Salt Lake City, United States:
- 500 m men: (1) Yu Fengtong
34.37 (2) Lee Kyou-hyuk
+0.01 (3) Tucker Fredricks
+0.14
- 1000 m women: (1) Anni Friesinger 1:13.86
(2) Sayuri Yoshii
+0.19 (3) Christine Nesbitt
+0.55
- 1500 m men: (1) Shani Davis
1:41.80 WR (2) Trevor Marsicano
+0.51 (3) Denny Morrison
+0.76
- 3000 m women: (1) Martina Sáblíková
3:58.62 (2) Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
+1.26 (3) Kristina Groves
+1.38
- 500 m men: (1) Yu Fengtong
March 5, 2009 (Thursday)
[edit]- World Baseball Classic:
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
- China
0–4
Japan
- Japan begin the defense of its title with a win, thanks to a two-run homer from Shuichi Murata in the third inning and a no-hitter through four innings by Yu Darvish.
- China
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
- Euroleague Top 16, week 5:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in italics are eliminated)- Group E:
- Olympiacos
84–81
AJ Milano
- Both Olympiacos and TAU Cerámica clinch quarterfinal berths. The winner of their showdown next week in Vitoria-Gasteiz will finish atop the group.
- Olympiacos
- Group F:
- ALBA Berlin
70–76
Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Maccabi fail to advance to the quarterfinals after 8 successive seasons. ALBA remain winless in the Top 16 stage.
- ALBA Berlin
- Group G:
- Partizan Igokea
63–56
Panathinaikos
- In front of a Euroleague-record crowd of 22,567 at Belgrade Arena, Partizan draw level with Panathinaikos atop the group, although PAO holds the tiebreaker.
- Partizan Igokea
- Group H:
- Montepaschi Siena
86–70
Cibona Zagreb
- Montepaschi get the 7-point win they needed to punch their quarterfinal ticket. The result also assures that CSKA Moscow will finish atop the group.
- Montepaschi Siena
- Group E:
- Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 3:
- Group 4:
- Group 8:
- Libertad
2–0
San Lorenzo
- Libertad
- CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals, second leg:
- Santos Laguna
5–2
Montreal Impact
- 2 late goals by Carlos Quintero give Santos Laguna a 5–4 aggregate win and a semifinals match with Atlante.
- Santos Laguna
- World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan:
- Half-pipe men:
Kevin Rolland
45.5 points
Justin Dorey
45.3
Xavier Bertoni
43.5
- Half-pipe women:
Virginie Faivre
40.4
Megan Gunning (CAN) 40.2
Jen Hudak
38.4
- Half-pipe men:
March 4, 2009 (Wednesday)
[edit]- Euroleague Top 16, week 5:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in italics are eliminated)- Group E:
- Asseco Prokom Sopot
72–92
TAU Cerámica
- TAU all but mathematically qualify to the quarterfinals. They will definitely do so if Olympiacos beat Milano on Thursday.
- Asseco Prokom Sopot
- Group F:
- Regal FC Barcelona
90–79
Real Madrid
- Barcelona's win gives them a quarterfinal berth and the tie-break advantage over their Spanish rivals.
- Regal FC Barcelona
- Group G:
- Group H:
- CSKA Moscow
77–60
Fenerbahçe Ülker
- CSKA's win gives them a quarterfinal berth, while Fenerbahçe is eliminated.
- CSKA Moscow
- Group E:
- NBA:
- The Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics clinch the first two playoff berths, with wins over the Milwaukee Bucks and New Jersey Nets respectively.
- Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 1:
- Group 2:
- Group 5:
- Group 7:
- CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals, second leg:
(Aggregate score in parentheses)- Marathón
0–1 (1–3)
Puerto Rico Islanders
- UNAM
0–1 (0–2)
Cruz Azul
- Puerto Rico and Cruz Azul will meet in the semifinals.
- Marathón
- World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan:
March 3, 2009 (Tuesday)
[edit]- National Football League:
- The United States Coast Guard ends the search for three missing people, including football players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith.
- Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
- 2nd Test in Lahore, day 3:
Sri Lanka 606;
Pakistan 110/1. Match abandoned. 2-match series drawn 0–0.
- The Test match and the series are abandoned following a terrorist attack against the Sri Lankan team as they were on the way to the ground for the third day's play. Seven players and assistant coach Paul Farbrace are injured, but none seriously. (Cricinfo), (BBC)
- 2nd Test in Lahore, day 3:
- India in New Zealand:
- 1st ODI in Napier:
India 273/4 (MS Dhoni 84*, Virender Sehwag 77, 38/38 ov);
New Zealand 162/9 (Martin Guptill 64, 28/28 ov). India win by 53 runs (D/L method) and lead the 5-match series 1–0.
- 1st ODI in Napier:
- Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 1:
- Group 6:
- Caracas
2–0
Guadalajara
- Caracas
- CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals, second leg:
- Atlante
3–0
Houston Dynamo
- Atlante wins 4–1 on aggregate.
- Atlante
March 2, 2009 (Monday)
[edit]- England in West Indies:
- 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 5:
England 600/6d & 279/2 (Alastair Cook 139*);
West Indies 749/9d. Match drawn, West Indies lead 5-match series 1–0.
- 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 5:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 5:
Australia 466 and 207;
South Africa 220 and 291. Australia win by 162 runs, lead 3-match series 1–0.
- 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 5:
- Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
- 2nd Test in Lahore, day 2:
Sri Lanka 606 (Thilan Samaraweera 214, Tillakaratne Dilshan 145, Kumar Sangakkara 104);
Pakistan 110/1. Pakistan trail by 496 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
- 2nd Test in Lahore, day 2:
- World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan:
March 1, 2009 (Sunday)
[edit]- Sprint Cup Series:
- Shelby 427 in Las Vegas, Nevada:
- (1) Kyle Busch
(2) Clint Bowyer
(3) Jeff Burton
- Drivers' standings (after 3 races): (1) Jeff Gordon
459 points (2) Bowyer 441 (3) Matt Kenseth
419
- Drivers' standings (after 3 races): (1) Jeff Gordon
- (1) Kyle Busch
- Shelby 427 in Las Vegas, Nevada:
- England in West Indies:
- 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 4:
England 600/6d & 6/0;
West Indies 749/9d (Ramnaresh Sarwan 291, Denesh Ramdin 166). England trail by 143 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
- Sarwan and Ramdin put on 261 for the sixth wicket as West Indies post their third-highest score ever, and the ninth-highest total in history.
- 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 4:
- Australia in South Africa:
- 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 4:
Australia 466 & 207 (Phillip Hughes 75);
South Africa 220 & 178/2 (Graeme Smith 69). South Africa require another 276 runs to win with 8 wickets remaining.
- 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 4:
- Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
- 2nd Test in Lahore, day 1:
Sri Lanka 317/4 (Thilan Samaraweera 133*)
- 2nd Test in Lahore, day 1:
- Football League Cup Final in London:
- Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 (aet) Manchester United
- Manchester United win 4–1 on penalties.
- Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 (aet) Manchester United
- Phillip Island World Championship round in Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia:
- Superbike:
- Race 1: (1) Noriyuki Haga
(2) Max Neukirchner
(3) Yukio Kagayama
- Race 2: (1) Ben Spies
(2) Haga (3) Leon Haslam
- Riders standings (after 1 of 14 events): (1) Haga 45 points (2) Neukirchner 30 (3) Haslam 26
- Race 1: (1) Noriyuki Haga
- Supersport:
- (1) Kenan Sofuoğlu
(2) Andrew Pitt
(3) Anthony West
- Riders standings (after 1 of 14 events): (1) Sofuoğlu 25 points (2) Pitt 20 (3) West 16
- (1) Kenan Sofuoğlu
- Superbike:
- World Golf Championships:
- WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona:
- Final: Geoff Ogilvy
def.
Paul Casey 4 & 3
- Playoff for 3rd place: Stewart Cink
def.
Ross Fisher 1 up
- Final: Geoff Ogilvy
- WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona:
- PGA Tour:
- Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya in Cancún, Mexico:
- Winner:
Mark Wilson 267 (−13)
- Winner:
- Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya in Cancún, Mexico:
- European Tour:
- Astro Indonesia Open in Bali, Indonesia:
- Winner:
Thongchai Jaidee 276 (−12)
- Winner:
- Astro Indonesia Open in Bali, Indonesia:
- LPGA Tour:
- Honda LPGA Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand:
- Winner:
Lorena Ochoa 274 (−14)
- Winner:
- Honda LPGA Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand:
- World Club Challenge in Leeds, England:
- ATP Tour:
- Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in Delray Beach, Florida, United States:
- Final:
Mardy Fish def.
Evgeny Korolev 7–5, 6–3
- Final:
- Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in Delray Beach, Florida, United States:
- Women's World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria:
- Super giant slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn
1min 14.49sec (2) Fabienne Suter
1:15.07 (3) Tina Maze
1:15.40
- Overall World Cup standings (after 28 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1556 points (2) Maria Riesch
1165 (3) Anja Paerson
986
- Overall World Cup standings (after 28 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1556 points (2) Maria Riesch
- Super giant slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn
- Men's World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:
- Slalom: (1) Julien Lizeroux
1:40.11 (48.91 + 51.20) (2) Giuliano Razzoli
1:40.45 (48.74 + 51.71) (3) Felix Neureuther
1:40.67 (49.27 + 51.40)
- Overall World Cup standings (after 31 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic
837 points (2) Benjamin Raich
835 (3) Jean-Baptiste Grange
777
- Overall World Cup standings (after 31 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic
- Slalom: (1) Julien Lizeroux
- World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
- Four-man: (1)
United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz) 3:36.61 (2)
Germany (André Lange, Alexander Rödiger, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze) + 0.97 (3)
Latvia (Jānis Miņins, Daumants Dreiškens, Oskars Melbārdis, Intars Dambis) + 1.00
- United States wins its first World Championships bobsleigh title in 50 years and Latvia wins its first ever medal.
- Four-man: (1)
- Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
- 50 km Freestyle Mass Start men: (1) Petter Northug
1hr 59.38.1 (2) Maxim Vylegzhanin
at 0.7sec (3) Tobias Angerer
2.0
- Northug wins his third title of the championships, and the Norwegian men win five out of six cross country gold medals to finish on top of the medals standings. Angerer wins his third medal of the championships and sixth medal of his career, but none of them is gold.
- 50 km Freestyle Mass Start men: (1) Petter Northug