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[edit] 28 February 2006 (Tuesday)
- Football (Soccer): England Under-21s defeat Norway Under-21 3-1 at the Madejski Stadium. Anton Ferdinand had struck the post for England before Peter Whittingham's low free-kick put them ahead on 24 minutes. Borre Steenslid levelled on 52 minutes with a neat header, David Bentley quickly restored the lead with a cool finish. And he soon added another, controlling a mis-hit volley from Tom Huddlestone and firing into the corner of the net.
[edit] 27 February 2006 (Monday)
- Baseball: Seventeen new members are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in a special vote for candidates from the Negro Leagues: Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, Effa Manley, José Méndez, Alex Pompez, Cum Posey, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Cristóbal Torriente, Sol White, J.L. Wilkinson, and Jud Wilson. Manley is the first woman ever elected.
- NCAA College Basketball
- Men's:
- AP Poll: Duke retains the top spot. UConn moves up one spot to second after defeating Villanova yesterday. Memphis moves up one spot to #3, Villanova drops from #2 to #4, and Gonzaga remains at #5.
- (16) West Virginia 67, (8) Pittsburgh 62: In the last home game for Mountaineers seniors Kevin Pittsnogle, Mike Gansey, and Joe Herber, Pittsnogle scores 26 and Herber adds 16 to clinch a first-round bye in the upcoming Big East tournament.
- (5) Gonzaga 75, San Francisco 72: Adam Morrison leads all scorers with 34 points, but his assist with 1.0 second remaining on a three-pointer by Pierre Marie Altidor-Cespedes gives the Bulldogs their margin of victory. The Bulldogs complete their second unbeaten season in West Coast Conference play in the last three years.
- Women's:
- AP Poll: North Carolina returns to #1 after their Saturday win over Duke, who drops to #2. LSU, Maryland, and Ohio State fill out the top five.
- Men's:
[edit] 26 February 2006 (Sunday)
- Rugby union:
- 2006 Six Nations - Round 3
- Road running:
- Lornah Kiplagat and Wilson Kiprotich win the feminine and masculine branch of the World's Best 10K Race in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, final day:
- Cross-country skiing:
- Giorgio di Centa of Italy wins the 50 km freestyle event. Russian Evgenji Dementiev claims the silver and Austrian Mikhail Botvinov gets the bronze. (CBC)
- Ice hockey, Men's Gold Medal Game
- Defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom scores the winning, third-period goal, leading Sweden to a 3-2 win over Finland, in the men's ice hockey final, capturing the last gold medal of the Turin Games. (CBC)
- Cross-country skiing:
- Auto racing: NASCAR Nextel Cup: Even though Greg Biffle led the most laps, he blew his engine to fall out of contention at the Auto Club 500. Biffle's Roush Racing teammate Matt Kenseth won the event.
- NCAA College Basketball
- Men's:
- (3) UConn 89, (2) Villanova 75: Behind a career-high 23 points from Denham Brown and 17 from the nation's leading scorer off the bench, Rashad Anderson, the homestanding Huskies avenge a loss two weeks ago to the Wildcats that knocked them from the top spot in the polls.
- Women's:
- Florida 95, (5) Tennessee 93 (OT): A historic loss for the Lady Vols on Senior Day in Knoxville. This is their first loss to an unranked team at home since 1984, and marks the first time since the women's rankings began in 1976 that they have lost twice to unranked teams in the same season.
- Men's:
[edit] 25 February 2006 (Saturday)
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day fifteen:
- Speed skating:
- Clara Hughes of Canada sets the winning times at 6:59.07 for the gold medal in the 5000m event. German Claudia Pechstein skates to a silver medal. Cindy Klassen, also from Canada, gets the bronze, her fifth medal at these Games. (CBC)
- Biathlon:
- Anna Carin Olofsson of Sweden wins the women's 12.5-km free gold with Kati Wilhelm of Germany taking the silver and her compatriot Uschi Disl capturing the bronze. (CBC)
- Michael Greis of Germany win the men's 15-km freestyle to capture his third gold medal in Turin. Tomasz Sikora of Poland wins the silver and Ole Einar Bjørndalen the bronze. (CBC)
- Short track speed skating:
- American Apolo Anton Ohno wins the men's 500m, earning his second career gold medal. Canada's François-Louis Tremblay wins the silver, while Ahn Hyun-Soo of South Korea is denied of his third individual gold medal of the Olympics, settling for the bronze and his third career Olympic medal. (Reuters), (CBC)
- South Korea's Jin Sun-Yu wins her third gold of the Games in the women's 1000m. Chinese women Wang Meng and Yang Yang take the silver and bronze respectively. (CBC)
- South Korea wins the gold medal in the men's 5000m relay. Ahn wins his third gold medal of the Games, bringing his total number of medal in Turin to four. Canada takes the silver, while the United States gets bronze. (CBC)
- Alpine skiing:
- The Austrian team takes all three medals in the men's slalom: Gold for Benjamin Raich, silver for Reinfried Herbst, bronze for Rainer Schönfelder. (CBC)
- Ice Hockey: Men's Bronze Medal Game
- Czech Republic 3 — Russia 0 (CBC)
- Bobsleigh:
- The German bob driven by Andre Lange wins gold in the 4-man event 0.13 seconds ahead of the Russian bob driven by Alexandre Zoubkov and 0.41 seconds ahead of Martin Annen's Swiss sleigh. Pierre Lueders pilots his Canada 1 sleigh to a fourth-place finish, missing the podium by 0.09 seconds. (CBC)
- Speed skating:
- Lacrosse:
- 2006 NLL All Star Game
- West Division All Star Team 14–13 East Division All Star Team
- 2006 NLL All Star Game
- Rugby union:
- 2006 Six Nations - Round 3
- France 37–12 Italy
- The scoreline flatters an error-riddled France team, which had to come back from a 12-8 halftime deficit in front of their home fans.
- Scotland 18–12 England
- In a tight match which saw no tries by either side, Chris Paterson's five penalties lead the Scots to a win over their Auld Enemy, claiming the Calcutta Cup for the first time since 2000 and sending the Murrayfield crowd home delirious.
- France 37–12 Italy
- 2006 Super 14 - Round 3.
- Crusaders defeat Sharks (1 BP) 22-20 in Timaru
- The Crusaders got home in a tight match with a Daniel Carter drop goal with six and a half minutes remaining. The Sharks led most of the game before this, with Percy Montgomery intercepting a Carter pass early in the match. The overall officiating of the match was poor, with two Crusaders tries disallowed when television replays proved differently.
- Reds (1 BP) loss to Blues 20-21 in Brisbane
- The Blues held on to a one point win late in the game. The win was the first for the Blues this season while the Reds are 13th on the table (out of 14) on two points. The Reds are yet to win a game.
- Crusaders defeat Sharks (1 BP) 22-20 in Timaru
- 2006 Six Nations - Round 3
- Cricket: West Indies in New Zealand
- Game Three in the Five match One Day International series.
- New Zealand defeat the West Indies by 21 runs in Christchurch and win the series.
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat, with some late hitting by Nathan Astle bringing his score up to 118 not out and New Zealand to 276-6 with three sixes of the last three balls of the innings. Ian Bradshaw was the pick of the West Indian bowlers, with 3-41 off 8 overs. In reply the West Indies were all out at the end of 49 overs. Astle was named Man of the Match. Cricinfo
- New Zealand defeat the West Indies by 21 runs in Christchurch and win the series.
- Game Three in the Five match One Day International series.
- NCAA College Basketball:
- Men's:
- Duke player J. J. Redick breaks the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring record that was previously held by Dickie Hemric and has stood since 1955. Scoring 11 points against Temple, Redick upped his career total to 2,590 points, surpassing Hemric's record of 2,587.
- Women's:
- (2) North Carolina 77, (1) Duke 65: Ivory Latta scores 18 points, and Erlana Larkins and La'Tangela Atkinson both rack up double-doubles, as the Tar Heels score their fifth consecutive win over the Blue Devils, likely returning them to #1 in the polls. This was the first advance sellout ever for the women's team at Carmichael Auditorium.
- Men's:
[edit] 24 February 2006 (Friday)
- Rugby union: 2006 Super 14 - Round 3.
- Hurricanes (1BP) defeat Cats 29–16 in Wellington.
- The Hurricanes picked up a bonus point for four tries with Lome Fa'atau scoring 2. The Cats were leading 5 minutes before half-time, despite being large underdogs. TVNZ
- Force loss to Chiefs 26–9 in Perth.
- The Chiefs picked up their first win of the season, scoring 3 tries to nothing. This included a team try where Sosene Anesi got past several defenders, which saw Mark Ranby score under the posts. The Force had a poor kicking game, with pointless kicks and several going out on the full. The Force have a bye next weekend. ARU
- Stormers drew with Brumbies 15 all in Cape Town.
- The Brumbies drew with the Stormers 15-all after missing several chances. All of the Stormers points came from penalties, while the Brumbies scored two tries.
- Hurricanes (1BP) defeat Cats 29–16 in Wellington.
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day fourteen:
- Cross-country skiing:
- Kateřina Neumannová of the Czech Republic wins the women's 30 km freestyle event. Russian Julija Tchepalova claims the silver and Pole Justyna Kowalczyk gets the bronze. (CBC)
- Alpine skiing:
- American Julia Mancuso captures gold in the women's giant slalom. Finland's Tanja Poutianen wins the silver and Swede Anna Ottosson the bronze. (CBC)
- Speed skating:
- Bob de Jong of the Netherlands, the reigning world champion, set the winning time at 13:01.57 for the gold medal in the men's 10000m event. American Chad Hedrick skated to a silver medal. The bronze went to Carl Verheijen, also of the Netherlands. (CBC)
- Curling:
- The United States men's team defeats Great Britain with a score of 8-6 to take the bronze medal. (CBC)
- Canada used a six point sixth end to defeat Finland 10-4 in the gold medal match to win the nation's first gold medal in men's curling after winning silver in 1998 and 2002. (CBC)
- Ice hockey, men's semi finals:
- Sweden 7 – Czech Republic 3 (CBC)
- Finland 4 – Russia 0: Antero Niittymäki posted his third shutout of the tournament. (CBC)
- Cross-country skiing:
[edit] 23 February 2006 (Thursday)
- Football: UEFA Cup 2005-06 - Round of 32, second leg, progressing teams shown in bold.
- Strasbourg 0–0 Litex Lovech
- Espanyol 0–3 Schalke 04
- Steaua Bucharest 0–1 Heerenveen
- Rapid Bucharest 2–0 Hertha Berlin
- AS Monaco 1–1 FC Basel
- AZ Alkmaar 2–1 Real Betis
- Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 Rosenborg
- Levski Sofia 2–0 Artmedia Bratislava
- Marseille 2–1 Bolton Wanderers
- Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 Lille
- Lens 1–0 Udinese
- Sevilla 2–0 Lokomotiv Moscow
- Roma 2–1 Club Brugge
- Middlesbrough 0–1 VfB Stuttgart
- Middlesbrough win on the away goals rule.
- Palermo 1–0 Slavia Prague
- Palermo win on the away goals rule.
- Hamburg 2–0 FC Thun (UEFA.com)
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day thirteen:
- Snowboarding, women's parallel giant slalom:
- Defending world cup champion Daniela Meuli of Switzerland won gold with Germany's Amelie Kober taking the silver and American Rosey Fletcher the bronze. (CBC)
- Biathlon, women's 4x6-km relay:
- Despite missing veteran Olga Pyleva, suspended for two years after failing an anti-doping test last week, the Russian team of Albina Akhatova, Anna Bogaliy, Svetlana Ishmuratova and Olga Zaitseva led from start to finish, posting a gold medal-winning time of 1:16:12.5. Two-time defending Olympic gold medallists from Germany finished 50.7 seconds behind for the silver. The French team took the bronze, more than two minutes back. (CBC)
- Curling:
- Canada (Glenys Bakker, Amy Nixon, Christine Keshen, Sandra Jenkins and Shannon Kleibrink) wins the bronze medal in women's curling, defeating Norway 11-5 in eight ends. (CBC)
- The Swedish women's team skipped by Anette Norberg win the gold medal match against Switzerland with a 7-6 double take out on the last stone of the 11th end. (CBC)
- Freestyle skiing:
- China's Han Xiaopeng wins gold in men's aerials by just over 2 points over Dmitri Dashinski of Belarus. Vladimir Lebedev of Russia wins Bronze. (CBC)
- Figure Skating:
- Shizuka Arakawa of Japan performs a conservative but clean free skate to defeat Sasha Cohen of the United States and Irina Slutskaya of Russia, who both suffer falls and take silver and bronze respectively. Arakawa's win gives Japan their first medal in Turin. (CBC)
- Snowboarding, women's parallel giant slalom:
[edit] 22 February 2006 (Wednesday)
- Football: UEFA Champions League 2005-06 - Round of 16, first leg.
- Chelsea 1–2 Barcelona
- Rangers 2–2 Villarreal
- Werder Bremen 3–2 Juventus
- Ajax 2–2 Internazionale (UEFA.com)
- Cricket: West Indies in New Zealand
- ODI Series Game Two in the Five match series.
- New Zealand defeat West Indies by 3 wickets and go 2-0 up.
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first, restricting the West Indies to 200-9 of 50 overs. New Zealand recovered from 13-4 after 3.2 overs to win with 3 wickets in hand. Daniel Vettori was awarded Man of the match for his all-round figures of 53 not out and 28-1 off ten overs.
- New Zealand defeat West Indies by 3 wickets and go 2-0 up.
- ODI Series Game Two in the Five match series.
- Cricket: Sri Lanka in Bangladesh
- ODI Series Game Two of Three.
- Bangladesh defeats Sri Lanka by four wickets in Bogra, Bangladesh, prompting scenes of celebration in the country [1]. It is Bangladesh's first victory against Sri Lanka.
- Bangladesh won the toss and sent Sri Lanka into bat. The tourists struggled to 212 from their allotted overs, with only opener Sanath Jayasuriya (96 runs from 110 balls) passing fifty. Bangladesh reached the target with two overs to spare to win by four wickets. Scorecard
- Bangladesh defeats Sri Lanka by four wickets in Bogra, Bangladesh, prompting scenes of celebration in the country [1]. It is Bangladesh's first victory against Sri Lanka.
- ODI Series Game Two of Three.
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day twelve:
- Cross-country skiing, Women's 1.1 km Sprint:
- Chandra Crawford of Canada sprinted in a time of two minutes, 12.3 seconds to a gold medal in her Olympic debut. Germany's Claudia Künzel edged out Russian Alena Sidko to earn the silver while Beckie Scott finished fourth. (CBC), (Turin2006.org)
- Cross-country skiing, Men's Sprint
- Björn Lind of Sweden sprinted to a gold medal after a superior race which left his opponents a long way behind. France's Roddy Darragon edged out Swede Thobias Fredriksson to earn the silver while Cristian Zorzi of Italy could not repeat his performance from the relay and finished in fourth place. (Turin2006.org)
- Snowboarding, parallel giant slalom:
- Philipp Schoch of Switzerland bested his elder brother Simon Schoch in the final of the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom to successfully defend his Olympic gold medal. Siegfried Gabner of Austria took bronze. (CBC)
- Alpine skiing, women's slalom:
- Anja Pärson of Sweden wins her first Olympic gold medal and the fifth Olympic medal of her career. Austrians Nicole Hosp and Marlies Schild take silver and bronze. Janica Kostelić of Croatia fails to add to her record six career women's alpine medals, finishing 0.15 seconds behind Schild. (CBC)
- Speed skating, women's 1,500 metres:
- Canadians Cindy Klassen and Kristina Groves finish one-two, with Klassen winning by a dominant 1.47 seconds. Dutch Ireen Wust takes bronze, while German medal favourite Anni Friesinger finishes fourth and misses out on the medals. (CBC)
- Ice hockey, men's quarterfinals:
- Curling:
- Short track speed skating:
- South Korea wins the gold medal in the women's 3,000 m relay, while Canada takes silver, and Italy bronze. (Turin2006.org), (CBC)
- Figure skating:
- Sasha Cohen of the United States leads after the ladies' short program, edging out Russian competitor Irina Slutskaya by only 0.03 points. (CBC)
- Cross-country skiing, Women's 1.1 km Sprint:
[edit] 21 February 2006 (Tuesday)
- Football:
- UEFA Champions League 2005-06 - Round of 16, first leg.
- Bayern Munich 1–1 A.C. Milan
- Benfica 1–0 Liverpool
- Real Madrid 0–1 Arsenal: Arsenal become the first English team ever to beat Real Madrid on their own ground.
- PSV 0–1 Lyon (UEFA.com)
- The English Football Association announces that the final of the FA Cup in May will be held at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, as the new Wembley Stadium in London will not have been completed in time. The Football League playoff finals will also take place in Cardiff. England's pre-World Cup friendly matches against Hungary on 30 May and Jamaica on 3 June have also been moved, to Old Trafford, Trafford, Greater Manchester. (BBC)
- UEFA Champions League 2005-06 - Round of 16, first leg.
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day eleven:
- Biathlon, men's relay:
- Sven Fischer, Michael Greis, Ricco Gross and Michael Rösch of Germany posted a winning time of one hour, 21 minutes and 51.5 seconds. Russia claimed the silver and France took the bronze. The win gives Fischer his fourth career Olympic gold during his 13-year career. (CBC)
- Nordic combined, men's 7.5-kilometre sprint:
- Austrian Felix Gottwald completed the course in 18 minutes, 29 seconds. Norwegian Magnus Moan (5.4 seconds behind) took the silver medal, while Germany's Georg Hettich (9.6 seconds behind) claimed the bronze. These were the same three medallists in the 15-km event, each getting a different medal. (CBC)
- Speed skating, men's 1500-m:
- Italian Enrico Fabris, with a time of one minute, 45.97 seconds, became the first non-American to win an individual men's event through the first four races of these Winters Games. Shani Davis captured the silver medal in 1:46.13, and Chad Hedrick took the bronze in 1:46.22. (CBC)
- Ice hockey, men's preliminary round:
- Bobsleigh, Two-woman event:
- Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze of Germany won the two-woman bobsleigh competition on a combined four-run time of three minutes, 49.98 seconds. Americans Shauna Rohbock and Valerie Fleming earned a silver medal (3:50.69), while Gerda Weissensteiner and Jennifer Isacco of Italy took the bronze (3:51.01). (CBC)
- Biathlon, men's relay:
[edit] 20 February 2006 (Monday)
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day ten:
- Alpine skiing, men's giant slalom:
- Benjamin Raich of Austria comes from fifth place in the first run to win the men's giant slalom event after two runs. (CBC)
- Alpine skiing, women's super-g:
- Michaela Dorfmeister wins the women's super-g event and grabs her second gold medal of the Games and Austria's second gold of the day. (CBC)
- Women's Ice hockey:
- The United States shuts out Finland 4-0 in the women's bronze medal game. Katie King scores a hat trick for the Americans. (CBC)
- Canada defeats Sweden 4-1 in the women's ice hockey gold medal game, winning its second straight Olympic gold medal in the event. (CBC) Canadian forward Hayley Wickenheiser, playing despite a bone fracture in her wrist, was named the Olympic women's hockey tournament's most valuable player. (CBC)
- Alpine skiing, men's giant slalom:
[edit] 19 February 2006 (Sunday)
- Major League Baseball: Barry Bonds tells USA Today's Bob Nightingale that 2006 will be his final season.
- NBA
- 2006 NBA All-Star Game at Houston, Texas: The East All Stars defeated the West All Stars, 122-120. LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers was named the game's MVP with 29 points, 2 assists, and 6 rebounds. Tracy McGrady of the host Houston Rockets led all scorers with 36.
- Auto racing: Daytona 500
- In the 48th edition of "The Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing", Jimmie Johnson wins his first "Great American Race."
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day nine:
- Cross country skiing, 4 x 10 km men's relay:
- Italy takes the gold in the men's 4x10-kilometre relay, with Italian anchor Cristian Zorzi crossing the finish line 15 seconds ahead of silver medalist, Germany.
- Bobsleigh:
- The German bob driven by Andre Lange wins gold in the men's 2-man event 0.21 seconds ahead of the Canadian bob driven by Pierre Lueders and 0.35 seconds ahead of Martin Annen's Swiss sled.
- Speed skating, women's 1000m:
- Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands wins the women's 1000m in 1.16.05, 8 years after winning in Nagano. Cindy Klassen of Canada comes in second and favorite Anni Friesinger of Germany wins the bronze, 0.06 seconds behind Timmer.
- Cross country skiing, 4 x 10 km men's relay:
- Cricket: ICC Under-19 World Cup 2005-06
[edit] 18 February 2006 (Saturday)
- Rugby union: 2006 Super 14 - Round two.
- Hurricanes (1BP) 29–5 Western Force at New Plymouth
- The Hurricanes enjoyed their second bonus point win of the season, with four tries, including 2 within the first 10 minutes. The Force turned down 5 kickable penalties in the first 20 minutes and their only points came as a consolation try after the siren.
- Reds 21–47 (1BP) Crusaders at Brisbane
- The Crusaders recorded their second bonus point victory over the Reds, despite being down 14–11 at half time and fly half and goal kicker Daniel Carter missing several penalty attempts. However, Carter, the 2005 IRB player of the year, led a comeback midway through the second half, scoring two tries himself. The Crusaders went on to score 4 second half tries.
- Sharks (1 BP) 26–27 (1 BP) Cheetahs at Durban
- The Cheetahs picked up their first Super 14 victoy, coming from being 10 points behind at half time to win by a point. Giscard Pieters scored two tries in the victory.
- Stormers (1 BP) 26–32 (1 BP) Waratahs at Cape Town
- The Waratahs recorded their second victory off the season with a come-from-behind win. Trailing 20-10 at the break, the Waratahs scored 3 second half tries, including one in the final minutes of the match.
- Hurricanes (1BP) 29–5 Western Force at New Plymouth
- Cricket: West Indies in New Zealand
- First ODI of the five match series - New Zealand defeat West Indies by 81 runs in Wellington.
- New Zealand recorded a comprehensive victory with Nathan Astle scoring 90 and New Zealand ending up on 288-9 off 50 overs. West Indies never looked like winning, with wickets falling at regular intervals, despite Ramnaresh Sarwan and Daren Ganga both scoring 50s. Vice Captain Daniel Vettori was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers with 2-29 of 10 overs.
- First ODI of the five match series - New Zealand defeat West Indies by 81 runs in Wellington.
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day eight:
- Cross country skiing, women's 20 km relay:
- Curling:
- In the men's competition, Italy shocks Canada 6-5, while the United States beats Germany 8-5. Great Britain edges Switzerland, 6-5, and Finland takes out Norway 7-3.
- Ice hockey:
- Switzerland stuns Canada 2-0 in the men's competition. Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Martin Gerber has 49 saves in the win.
- Short track speed skating:
- Jin Sun-Yu and Choi Eun-Kyung of South Korea take gold and silver in the women's 1500m. China's Wang Meng takes bronze. In the men's 1000m, Ahn Hyun-Soo and Lee Ho-Suk of South Korea take gold and silver with United States' Apolo Anton Ohno taking the bronze.
- Speed skating:
- The United States takes gold and silver in the men's 1000m with Shani Davis outskating Joey Cheek for first. Erben Wennemars of the Netherlands receives bronze. Davis' victory makes him the first black person to win an individual gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics.
- Ski jumping:
- After a disappointing performance on the K90 hill, Austrian ski jumpers Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Kofler take gold and silver on the large hill, with the smallest possible margin of 0.1 points between them. Lars Bystøl, winner of gold on the normal hill, places third.
[edit] 17 February 2006 (Friday)
- Rugby union: 2006 Super 14 - Round two.
- Highlanders 25–13 Blues at Dunedin
- The Highlanders had a lucky win over the Blues, with two tries in the second half. One was an intercept in the Highlanders 22 and the second was a very close video replay try.
- Cats 21–16 Chiefs (1 BP) Johannesburg
- The Chiefs lose their second South African Super 14 match. However they picked up a bonus point for their 5 point loss.
- (1 BP) Bulls 21–27 Brumbies Pretoria
- Stirling Mortlock scores and converts a try at the death to give the Brumbies their second win on the road, over the Bulls, who got a bonus point for their 6 point loss.
- Highlanders 25–13 Blues at Dunedin
- XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day seven:
- Cross country skiing, 15 km men:
- Andrus Veerpalu wins Estonia's third cross-country gold medal, successfully defending his gold from the 2002 Games. Czech Lukáš Bauer wins silver, 15 seconds behind Veerpalu, while German Tobias Angerer bronze. (CBC)
- Snowboarding, women's cross:
- Tanja Frieden of Switzerland takes the first ever Olympic gold medal in women's snowboard cross, passing the American Lindsey Jacobellis near the end of the race. Canada's Dominique Maltais finishes with bronze. Maltais's teammate Maelle Ricker suffered a bruised hip and a mild concussion after a spectacular crash early in the race. (CBC)
- Ice hockey, women's semifinal:
- In a remarkable upset, Sweden defeats the United States 3-2 in a shootout to advance to the gold medal game against Canada. The United States had previously never been defeated in Olympic play by any team except Canada; however, an incredible game by Swedish goaltender Kim Martin brought the Swedes an unexpected victory. The United States will play for the bronze medal against Finland. (CBC)
- Canada soundly defeats Finland 6-0 in their semi-final, to set up a Canada - Sweden gold medal game. The United States will play Finland for bronze. (CBC)
- Skeleton, men's:
- Canadians Duff Gibson and Jeffrey Pain win gold and silver despite Pain nearly losing control of his sled coming around the penultimate corner. Switzerland's Gregor Staehli finishes third, beating out Canadian Paul Boehm by only two tenths of a second to prevent a Canadian sweep of the podium. The 39-year-old Gibson becomes the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympics history. (CBC)
- Cross country skiing, 15 km men:
[edit] 16 February 2006 (Thursday)
- Football: UEFA Cup 2005-06 - Round of 32, First leg.
- VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Middlesbrough
- Slavia Prague 3–1 Palermo
- FC Thun 1–0 Hamburg
- Cricket: West Indies in New Zealand
- Twenty20: Tied match. New Zealand defeat West Indies in a bowl off 3-0.
- Note: Chris Cairns' final international cricket game for New Zealand.
- The New Zealanders won the toss, playing in the beige uniforms of the 80's, and sent the West Indies in. The "Windies" scored a modest 126-7 off their 20 overs, a run rate of only 6.30 an over. In reply, Lou Vincent scored 42 off 37, the highest score in the match. New Zealand looked to have the game in the bag, needing just 47 off nine overs. However, in the next 7 overs, Dwayne Smith and
- Note: Chris Cairns' final international cricket game for New Zealand.
- Twenty20: Tied match. New Zealand defeat West Indies in a bowl off 3-0.