February 2006 in sports 3927767 222800888 2008-07-01T04:45:37Z Djsasso 149061 cleanup using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] __NOTOC__ [[2006 in sports]] : [[December 2005 in sports|←]] - [[January 2006 in sports|January]] - [[February 2006 in sports|February]] - [[March 2006 in sports|March]] - [[April 2006 in sports|April]] - [[May 2006 in sports|May]] - [[June 2006 in sports|June]] - [[July 2006 in sports|July]] - [[August 2006 in sports|August]] - [[September 2006 in sports|September]] - [[October 2006 in sports|October]] - [[November 2006 in sports|November]] - [[December 2006 in sports|December]] - [[January 2007 in sports|→]] {|border=0 align=right |- | {{February 2006 events| in sports}} |- | {| class="infobox" width="250" | ===Deaths in February=== *[[February 26|26]]: [[Ace Adams]] *[[February 23|23]]: [[Telmo Zarraonaindía]] *[[February 20|20]]: [[Curt Gowdy]] *[[February 16|16]]: [[Ernie Stautner]] *[[February 14|14]]: [[Jackie Pallo]] *[[February 11|11]]: [[Ken Fletcher]] *[[February 3|3]]: [[Johnny Vaught]] *[[February 1|1]]: [[Dick Bass]] *1: [[Dick Brooks]] *1: [[Jake Wade]] ''[[Deaths in February 2006]]'' ===Sporting seasons=== *[[Cricket]] [[International cricket in 2005–06|2005–06]]: [[2005–06 Australian cricket season|Australia]];&nbsp;[[2005–06 West Indian cricket season|West Indies]] *[[Football (soccer)]] [[:Category:2006 in football (soccer)|2006]]: **[[FA Premier League 2005–06|England: Premier League]];&nbsp;&nbsp;[[2005–06 in English football|England (general)]] **[[2005–06 in Scottish football|Scotland]] **[[Danish Superliga 2005–06|Denmark: Superliga]] **[[2005–2006 in Ligue 1|France: Ligue 1]]; **[[UEFA Champions League 2005–06|UEFA Champions League]];&nbsp;&nbsp;[[UEFA Cup 2005–06|UEFA Cup]] **[[2005–2006 in Argentine football|Argentina]] **[[A-League 2005–06|Australia: Hyundai A-League]] *[[Rugby football|Rugby]] [[Rugby union|union]] 2005–06: [[2005–6 Heineken Cup|Heineken Cup]], [[2006 Super 14 season|2006 Super 14]] *[[Sports in the United States|U.S.]] and [[Sports in Canada|Canadian sports]] 2005–06: **[[2005–06 NHL season|NHL]];&nbsp;&nbsp;[[2005–06 NBA season|NBA]];&nbsp;&nbsp;[[2006 in NASCAR|NASCAR]] ===Related pages=== * [[2008 in sports]] * [[2007 in sports]] * [[2006 in sports]] * [[2005 in sports]] * [[2004 in sports]] * [[2003 in sports]] * [[2002 in sports]] * [[2001 in sports]] * [[2000 in sports]] ''[[Sports timeline|Other Years in sports]]'' <br/> |} |} <div id="28_February_2006"> </div> ===[[28 February]] [[2006]] (Tuesday)=== *[[Football (Soccer)]]: [[England national under-21 football team|England Under-21]]s defeat [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norway Under-21]] 3–1 at the [[Madejski Stadium]]. [[Anton Ferdinand]] had struck the post for [[England national football team|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. <div id="27_February_2006"> </div> ===[[27 February]] [[2006]] (Monday)=== *[[Baseball]]: Seventeen new members are [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2006|elected]] to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in a special vote for candidates from the [[Negro league baseball|Negro Leagues]]: [[Ray Brown (baseball player)|Ray Brown]], [[Willard Brown (baseball outfielder)|Willard Brown]], [[Andy Cooper]], [[Frank Grant]], [[Pete Hill]], [[Biz Mackey]], [[Effa Manley]], [[José Méndez]], [[Alex Pompez]], [[Cumberland Posey|Cum Posey]], [[Louis Santop]], [[Mule Suttles]], [[Ben Taylor (Negro Leagues)|Ben Taylor]], [[Cristóbal Torriente]], [[Sol White]], [[J.L. Wilkinson]], and [[Jud Wilson]]. Manley is the first woman ever elected. *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[College basketball|College Basketball]] **Men's: ***[[Associated Press|AP]] Poll: [[Duke University|Duke]] retains the top spot. [[University of Connecticut|UConn]] moves up one spot to second after defeating [[Villanova University|Villanova]] yesterday. [[University of Memphis|Memphis]] moves up one spot to #3, Villanova drops from #2 to #4, and [[Gonzaga University|Gonzaga]] remains at #5. ***(16) [[West Virginia University|West Virginia]] 67, (8) [[University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]] 62: ''In the last [[WVU Coliseum|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 Conference|Big East]] tournament.'' ***(5) Gonzaga 75, [[University of San Francisco|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: [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] returns to #1 after their Saturday win over Duke, who drops to #2. [[Louisiana State University|LSU]], [[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]], and [[Ohio State University|Ohio State]] fill out the top five. <div id="26_February_2006"> </div> ===[[26 February]] [[2006]] (Sunday)=== *[[Rugby union]]: **[[2006 Six Nations Championship|2006 Six Nations]] - Round 3 ***[[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] 31–5 [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] * [[Road running]]: ** [[Lornah Kiplagat]] and [[Wilson Kiprotich]] win the feminine and masculine branch of the [[World's Best 10K]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]]. *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin, Italy|Turin]], final day: ** [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]: ***[[Giorgio di Centa]] of [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] wins the [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics#50 km Freestyle mass start|50 km freestyle]] event. [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] [[Evgenji Dementiev]] claims the silver and [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austrian]] [[Mikhail Botvinov]] gets the bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/crosscountry/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/26/Sports/crosscountry_men50km060226.html (CBC)] ** [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]], Men's Gold Medal Game *** [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defenceman]] [[Nicklas Lidström]] scores the winning, third-period goal, leading [[Swedish national men's hockey team|Sweden]] to a 3–2 win over [[Finnish national men's hockey team|Finland]], in the men's [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|ice hockey]] final, capturing the last [[2006 Winter Olympics medal count|gold medal of the Turin Games]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/26/Sports/Finland-Sweden060226.html (CBC)] *[[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. *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[College basketball|College Basketball]] **Men's: ***(3) [[University of Connecticut|UConn]] 89, (2) [[Villanova University|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 [[Harry A. Gampel Pavilion|homestanding]] Huskies avenge a loss two weeks ago to the Wildcats that knocked them from the top spot in the polls.'' **Women's: ***[[University of Florida|Florida]] 95, (5) [[University of Tennessee|Tennessee]] 93 (OT): ''A historic loss for the Lady Vols on Senior Day [[Thompson-Boling Arena|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.'' <div id="25_February_2006"> </div> ===[[25 February]] [[2006]] (Saturday)=== *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin, Italy|Turin]], day fifteen: ** [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: *** [[Clara Hughes]] of [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] sets the winning times at 6:59.07 for the gold medal in the 5000m event. [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] [[Claudia Pechstein]] skates to a silver medal. [[Cindy Klassen]], also from Canada, gets the bronze, her fifth medal at these Games. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/speedskating/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/25/Sports/klassen060225.html (CBC)] ** [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/biathlon/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/25/Sports/womens_biathlon060225.html (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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/biathlon/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/25/Sports/biathlon_men15km060225.html (CBC)] ** [[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]: *** [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=winterOlympics&storyID=2006-02-25T233050Z_01_L25786730_RTRUKOC_0_US-OLYMPICS-SHORT-TRACK-SKATING.xml (Reuters)], [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/shorttrack/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/25/Sports/shorttrack_roundup060225.html (CBC)] *** South Korea's [[Jin Sun-Yu]] wins her third gold of the Games in the women's 1000m. Chinese women [[Wang Meng (athlete)|Wang Meng]] and [[Yang Yang (A)|Yang Yang]] take the silver and bronze respectively. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/shorttrack/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/25/Sports/shorttrack_roundup060225.html (CBC)] *** [[South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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 at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] takes the silver, while the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] gets bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/shorttrack/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/shorttrack_womenrelay060222.html (CBC)] ** [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]: *** The [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austrian]] team takes all three medals in the men's [[Slalom skiing|slalom]]: Gold for [[Benjamin Raich]], silver for [[Reinfried Herbst]], bronze for [[Rainer Schönfelder]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/alpineskiing/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/25/Sports/mens_slalom060225.html (CBC)] ** [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice Hockey]]: Men's Bronze Medal Game *** [[Czech national men's hockey team|Czech Republic]] 3 — [[Russian national men's hockey team|Russia]] 0 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/25/Sports/czechrepublic-russia060225.html (CBC)] ** [[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]: *** The [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] bob driven by [[Andre Lange]] wins gold in the 4-man event 0.13 seconds ahead of the [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] bob driven by [[Alexandre Zoubkov]] and 0.41 seconds ahead of [[Martin Annen]]'s [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swiss]] sleigh. [[Pierre Lueders]] pilots his ''Canada 1'' sleigh to a fourth-place finish, missing the podium by 0.09 seconds. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/bobsleigh/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/25/Sports/Lueders-bobsleigh060225.html (CBC)] *[[Lacrosse]]: **[[National Lacrosse League All-Star Game#2006|2006 NLL All Star Game]] ***West Division All Star Team 14–13 East Division All Star Team *[[Rugby union]]: **[[2006 Six Nations Championship|2006 Six Nations]] - Round 3 ***[[France national rugby union team|France]] 37–12 [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] ****The scoreline flatters an error-riddled France team, which had to come back from a 12–8 halftime deficit in front of their [[Stade de France|home]] fans. ***[[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] 18–12 [[England national rugby union team|England]] ****In a tight match which saw no tries by either side, [[Chris Paterson|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 Stadium|Murrayfield]] crowd home delirious. **[[2006 Super 14 season|2006 Super 14]] - Round 3. ***'''[[Crusaders (rugby)|Crusaders]]''' defeat [[Sharks (rugby club)|Sharks]] (1 BP) 22–20 in [[Alpine Energy Stadium|Timaru]] ****The Crusaders got home in a tight match with a [[Daniel Carter (rugby player)|Daniel Carter]] [[Drop goal#Rugby football|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. ***[[Queensland Reds|Reds]] (1 BP) loss to '''[[Auckland Blues|Blues]]''' 20–21 in [[Suncorp Stadium|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. *[[Cricket]]: [[West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005–06|West Indies in New Zealand]] **Game Three in the Five match [[One Day International]] series. ***[[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] defeat the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] by 21 runs in [[Jade Stadium|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]]. [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/nzvwi/content/current/story/238641.html Cricinfo] *[[College basketball|NCAA College Basketball]]: **Men's: ***[[Duke University|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 University|Temple]], Redick upped his career total to 2,590 points, surpassing Hemric's record of 2,587. **Women's: ***(2) [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] 77, (1) Duke 65: ''Ivory Latta scores 18 points, and Erlana Larkins and La'Tangela Atkinson both rack up [[double-double]]s, 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]].'' <div id="24_February_2006"> </div> ===[[24 February]] [[2006]] (Friday)=== *[[Rugby union]]: [[2006 Super 14 season|2006 Super 14]] - Round 3. **'''[[Wellington Hurricanes|Hurricanes]]''' (1BP) defeat [[Cats (rugby club)|Cats]] 29–16 in [[Westpac Stadium|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. [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/497100/666278 TVNZ] **[[Western Force|Force]] loss to '''[[Waikato Chiefs|Chiefs]]''' 26–9 in [[Subiaco Oval|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. [http://rugby.com.au/news/western_force_v_chiefs,41724.html/section/21893 ARU] **[[Stormers (rugby club)|Stormers]] drew with [[ACT Brumbies|Brumbies]] 15 all in [[Newlands Stadium|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. *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin, Italy|Turin]], day fourteen: **[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]: *** [[Kateřina Neumannová]] of the [[Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Czech Republic]] wins the women's 30 km freestyle event. [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] [[Julija Tchepalova]] claims the silver and [[Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Pole]] [[Justyna Kowalczyk]] gets the bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/crosscountry/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/24/Sports/crosscountryski_women30km060224.html (CBC)] ** [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]: *** [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|American]] [[Julia Mancuso]] captures gold in the women's [[giant slalom]]. [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland's]] [[Tanja Poutianen]] wins the silver and [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swede]] [[Anna Ottosson]] the bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/alpineskiing/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/24/Sports/giant_slalom060224.html (CBC)] ** [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: *** [[Bob de Jong]] of the [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/speedskating/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/24/Sports/hedrick060224.html (CBC)] **[[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: *** The [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] men's team defeats [[Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] with a score of 8–6 to take the bronze medal. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/24/Sports/greatbritain-unitedstates060224.html (CBC)] *** [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] used a six point sixth end to defeat [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/24/Sports/curlingm_final060224.html (CBC)] ** [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]], men's semi finals: *** [[Swedish national men's ice hockey team|Sweden]] 7 – [[Czech national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]] 3 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/24/Sports/Sweden-Czech060224.html (CBC)] *** [[Finnish national men's ice hockey team|Finland]] 4 – [[Russian national ice hockey team|Russia]] 0: ''[[Antero Niittymäki|Antero Niittymaki]] posted his third [[shutout]] of the tournament.'' [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/24/Sports/finland-russia060225.html (CBC)] <div id="23_February_2006"> </div> ===[[23 February]] [[2006]] (Thursday)=== *[[Football (soccer)|Football]]: [[UEFA Cup 2005–06]] - Round of 32, second leg, progressing teams shown in '''bold'''. **'''[[RC Strasbourg|Strasbourg]]''' 0–0 [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] **[[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]] 0–3 '''[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]''' **'''[[FC Steaua Bucureşti|Steaua Bucharest]]''' 0–1 [[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]] **'''[[FC Rapid Bucureşti|Rapid Bucharest]]''' 2–0 [[Hertha BSC Berlin|Hertha Berlin]] **[[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]] 1–1 '''[[FC Basel]]''' **[[AZ Alkmaar]] 2–1 '''[[Real Betis]]''' **'''[[FC Zenit St. Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]]''' 2–1 [[Rosenborg B.K.|Rosenborg]] **'''[[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]''' 2–0 [[FC Artmedia Bratislava|Artmedia Bratislava]] **'''[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]''' 2–1 [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] **[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] 0–0 '''[[Lille OSC|Lille]]''' **[[RC Lens|Lens]] 1–0 '''[[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]''' **'''[[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]''' 2–0 [[Lokomotiv Moscow]] **'''[[A.S. Roma|Roma]]''' 2–1 [[Club Brugge]] **'''[[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]''' 0–1 [[VfB Stuttgart]] ***''Middlesbrough win on the away goals rule.'' **'''[[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]]''' 1–0 [[SK Slavia Praha|Slavia Prague]] ***''Palermo win on the away goals rule.'' **'''[[Hamburger SV|Hamburg]]''' 2–0 [[FC Thun]] [http://www.uefa.com/ (UEFA.com)] *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin, Italy|Turin]], day thirteen: **[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]], women's [[parallel giant slalom]]: *** Defending world cup champion [[Daniela Meuli]] of [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] won gold with [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany's]] [[Amelie Kober]] taking the silver and [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|American]] [[Rosey Fletcher]] the bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/snowboard/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/23/Sports/snowboard_alpinewomen060223.html (CBC)] **[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]], women's 4x6-km relay: *** Despite missing veteran [[Olga Pyleva]], suspended for two years after failing an anti-[[Doping (sport)|doping]] test last week, the [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/biathlon/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/23/Sports/biathlon060223.html (CBC)] **[[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: *** [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/23/Sports/curlingw_final060223.html (CBC)] *** The [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swedish]] women's team skipped by [[Anette Norberg]] win the gold medal match against [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] with a 7–6 double take out on the last stone of the 11th end. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/23/Sports/norway-switzerland060223.html (CBC)] **[[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]: *** [[China at the 2006 Winter Olympics|China]]'s [[Han Xiaopeng]] wins gold in men's aerials by just over 2 points over [[Dmitri Dashinski]] of [[Belarus at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Belarus]]. [[Vladimir Lebedev]] of [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] wins Bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/freestyleskiing/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/23/Sports/aerialsm_final060223.html (CBC)] ** [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure Skating]]: *** [[Shizuka Arakawa]] of [[Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Japan]] performs a conservative but clean free skate to defeat [[Sasha Cohen]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] and [[Irina Slutskaya]] of [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]], who both suffer falls and take silver and bronze respectively. Arakawa's win gives Japan their first medal in Turin. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/figureskating/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/23/Sports/women_figureskategold060223.html (CBC)] <div id="22_February_2006"> </div> ===[[22 February]] [[2006]] (Wednesday)=== *[[Football (soccer)|Football]]: [[UEFA Champions League 2005–06]] - Round of 16, first leg. **[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] 1–2 [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] **[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] 2–2 [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] **[[Werder Bremen]] 3–2 [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] **[[Ajax Amsterdam|Ajax]] 2–2 [[Internazionale Milano F.C.|Internazionale]] [http://www.uefa.com/ (UEFA.com)] *[[Cricket]]: [[West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005–06|West Indies in New Zealand]] **[[One Day International|ODI Series]] Game Two in the Five match series. ***[[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] defeat [[West Indies cricket team|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-rounder|all-round]] figures of 53 [[not out]] and 28–1 off ten overs. *[[Cricket]]: [[Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06|Sri Lanka in Bangladesh]] **[[One Day International|ODI Series]] Game Two of Three. ***[[Bangladeshi cricket team|Bangladesh]] defeats [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] by four wickets in [[Bogra]], [[Bangladesh]], prompting scenes of celebration in the country [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/bdeshvsl/content/current/story/238396.html]. 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. [http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005-06/SL_IN_BDESH/SCORECARD/SL_BDESH_ODI2_22FEB2006.html Scorecard] *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin, Italy|Turin]], day twelve: **[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]], Women's 1.1 km Sprint: *** [[Chandra Crawford]] of [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/crosscountry/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/crosscountry_sprints060222.html (CBC)], [http://www.Turin2006.org/ENG/IDF/CC/C73D3_CCW601000.html (Turin2006.org)] **[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]], Men's Sprint ***[[Björn Lind]] of [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.Turin2006.org/ENG/IDF/CC/C73D3_CCM601000.html (Turin2006.org)] **[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]], [[parallel giant slalom]]: *** [[Philipp Schoch]] of [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/snowboard/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/snowboarding_pgs060222.html (CBC)] ** [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]], women's slalom: *** [[Anja Pärson]] of [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] wins her first Olympic gold medal and the fifth Olympic medal of her career. [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austrians]] [[Nicole Hosp]] and [[Marlies Schild]] take silver and bronze. [[Janica Kostelić]] of [[Croatia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Croatia]] fails to add to her record six career women's alpine medals, finishing 0.15 seconds behind Schild. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/alpineskiing/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/slalomw060222.html (CBC)] **[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]], women's 1,500 metres: ***[[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadians]] [[Cindy Klassen]] and [[Kristina Groves]] finish one-two, with Klassen winning by a dominant 1.47 seconds. [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Dutch]] [[Ireen Wust]] takes bronze, while [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] medal favourite [[Anni Friesinger]] finishes fourth and misses out on the medals. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/results/speedskating/1500_m_women.shtml (CBC)] ** [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]], men's quarterfinals: *** Sweden 6 – Switzerland 2 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/Sweden-Switzerland060222.html (CBC)] *** Finland 4 – USA 3 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/finland-unitedstates060222.html (CBC)] *** Russia 2 – Canada 0 ''[[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]]-born goaltender [[Evgeni Nabokov]] hands the Canadians their third shutout in four games, eliminating the defending champion from the tournament.'' [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/Canada-Russia060222.html (CBC)] *** Czech Republic 3 – Slovakia 1 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/czech_slovakia060222.html (CBC)] ** [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: *** Men's semi-finals: **** Finland 4 – Great Britain 3 **** Canada 11 – USA 5 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/curlingm_semi060222.html (CBC)] *** Women's semi-finals **** Sweden 5 – Norway 4 **** Switzerland 7 – Canada 5 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/kleibrink060222.html (CBC)] ** [[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]: *** [[South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics|South Korea]] wins the gold medal in the women's 3,000 m relay, while [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] takes silver, and [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] bronze. [http://www.Turin2006.org/ENG/IDF/ST/C73B_STW430100.html (Turin2006.org)], [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/shorttrack/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/22/Sports/shorttrack_womenrelay060222.html (CBC)] ** [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]: *** [[Sasha Cohen]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] leads after the ladies' short program, edging out [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] competitor [[Irina Slutskaya]] by only 0.03 points. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/figureskating/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/women_figureskating060221.html (CBC)] <div id="21_February_2006"> </div> ===[[21 February]] [[2006]] (Tuesday)=== *[[Football (soccer)|Football]]: **[[UEFA Champions League 2005–06]] - Round of 16, first leg. ***[[Bayern Munich]] 1–1 [[A.C. Milan]] ***[[SL Benfica|Benfica]] 1–0 [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] ***[[Real Madrid]] 0–1 [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]: ''Arsenal become the first English team ever to beat Real Madrid on [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|their own ground]]''. ***[[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]] 0–1 [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] [http://www.uefa.com/ (UEFA.com)] **The English [[The Football Association|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 national football team|England's]] pre-[[Football World Cup 2006|World Cup]] friendly matches against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] on [[30 May]] and [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]] on [[3 June]] have also been moved, to [[Old Trafford (football)|Old Trafford]], [[Trafford]], [[Greater Manchester]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4731888.stm (BBC)] *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin, Italy|Turin]], day eleven: **[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]], men's relay: *** [[Sven Fischer]], [[Michael Greis]], [[Ricco Gross]] and [[Michael Rösch]] of [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/biathlon/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/mens_relay060221.html (CBC)] ** [[Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/nordiccombined/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/Gottwald-nordic060221.html (CBC)] ** [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]], men's 1500-m: *** [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/speedskating/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/Fabris-sskating060221.html (CBC)] ** [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]], men's preliminary round: *** Switzerland 3 – Italy 3 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/m-hockey060221.html (CBC)] *** Kazakhstan 5 – Latvia 2 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/m-hockey060221.html (CBC)] *** Canada 3 – Czech Republic 2 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/can-cze060221.html (CBC)] *** Finland 2 – Germany 0: ''Finland wins Group A undefeated.'' [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/finns_germans060221.html (CBC)] *** Slovakia 3 – Sweden 0: ''Slovakia wins Group B undefeated.'' [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/slovakia-sweden060221.html (CBC)] *** Russia 5 – United States 4 [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/russia-americans060221.html (CBC)] ** [[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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). [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/bobsleigh/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/21/Sports/upperton-boblseigh060221.html (CBC)] <div id="20_February_2006"> </div> ===[[20 February]] [[2006]] (Monday)=== *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin, Italy|Turin]], day ten: **[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]], men's giant slalom: *** [[Benjamin Raich]] of [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] comes from fifth place in the first run to win the [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Giant slalom|men's giant slalom]] event after two runs. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/alpineskiing/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/20/Sports/mens_giantslalom060220.html (CBC)] **[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]], women's super-g: *** [[Michaela Dorfmeister]] wins the [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Super-G 2|women's super-g]] event and grabs her second gold medal of the Games and Austria's second gold of the day. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/alpineskiing/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/15/Sports/womens_downhill060215.html (CBC)] **Women's [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: *** The [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] shuts out [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] 4–0 in the women's bronze medal game. [[Katie King]] scores a [[hat trick]] for the Americans. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/20/Sports/finland-usa060220.html (CBC)] ***[[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] defeats [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] 4–1 in the women's [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|ice hockey]] gold medal game, winning its second straight Olympic gold medal in the event. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/20/Sports/whockey_gold060220.html (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]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/20/Sports/wickenheiser_injury060220.html (CBC)] <div id="19_February_2006"> </div> ===[[19 February]] [[2006]] (Sunday)=== *[[Major League Baseball]]: [[Barry Bonds]] tells [[USA Today]]'s Bob Nightingale that 2006 will be his final season. *[[National Basketball Association|NBA]] **[[2006 NBA All-Star Game]] at [[Toyota Center|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." *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin, Italy|Turin]], day nine: **[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]], 4 x 10 km men's relay: *** [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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 at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]]. ** [[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]: *** The [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] bob driven by [[Andre Lange]] wins gold in the men's 2-man event 0.21 seconds ahead of the [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] bob driven by [[Pierre Lueders]] and 0.35 seconds ahead of [[Martin Annen]]'s [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swiss]] sled. ** [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]], women's 1000m: *** [[Marianne Timmer]] of the [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Netherlands]] wins the women's 1000m in 1.16.05, 8 years after winning in [[1998 Winter Olympics|Nagano]]. [[Cindy Klassen]] of [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] comes in second and favorite [[Anni Friesinger]] of [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]] wins the bronze, 0.06 seconds behind Timmer. *[[Cricket]]: ICC [[Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2005–06|Under-19 World Cup 2005–06]] **[[Pakistani national cricket team|Pakistan]] defeat [[Indian national cricket team|India]] in the final by 38 runs. ***Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first ending all out on 109. India's top order failed, with 4 of the first 6 batsmen scoring 0 leaving India at one stage 9/6. India eventually ended all out on 71. <div id="18_February_2006"> </div> ===[[18 February]] [[2006]] (Saturday)=== *[[Rugby union]]: [[2006 Super 14 season|2006 Super 14]] - Round two. **[[Wellington Hurricanes|Hurricanes]] (1BP) 29–5 [[Western Force]] at [[Yarrow Stadium|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. **[[Queensland Reds|Reds]] 21–47 (1BP) [[Crusaders (rugby)|Crusaders]] at [[Suncorp Stadium|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 (rugby player)|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 (rugby club)|Sharks]] (1 BP) 26–27 (1 BP) [[Central Cheetahs|Cheetahs]] at [[Kings Park Stadium|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 (rugby club)|Stormers]] (1 BP) 26–32 (1 BP) [[NSW Waratahs|Waratahs]] at [[Newlands Stadium|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. *[[Cricket]]: [[West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005–06|West Indies in New Zealand]] **First [[One Day International|ODI]] of the five match series - [[Black Caps|New Zealand]] defeat [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] by 81 runs in [[Westpac Stadium|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. *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin, Italy|Turin]], day eight: ** [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]], women's 20 km relay: *** [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] wins the 20km women's relay handily, finishing 10 seconds ahead of silver medalists [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]] and 11 seconds ahead of bronze winners [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]]. ** [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: *** In the men's competition, [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] shocks [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] 6–5, while the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] beats [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]] 8–5. [[Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] edges [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]], 6–5, and [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] takes out [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]] 7–3. ** [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: *** [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] stuns [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] 2–0 in the men's competition. [[Carolina Hurricanes]] goaltender [[Martin Gerber]] has 49 saves in the win. ** [[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]: *** [[Jin Sun-Yu]] and [[Choi Eun-Kyung]] of [[South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics|South Korea]] take gold and silver in the women's 1500m. China's [[Wang Meng (athlete)|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 at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: *** The [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] takes gold and silver in the men's 1000m with [[Shani Davis]] outskating [[Joey Cheek]] for first. [[Erben Wennemars]] of the [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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 at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]]: *** After a disappointing performance on the K90 hill, [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. <div id="17_February_2006"> </div> ===[[17 February]] [[2006]] (Friday)=== *[[Rugby union]]: [[2006 Super 14 season|2006 Super 14]] - Round two. **[[Otago Highlanders|Highlanders]] 25–13 [[Auckland Blues|Blues]] at [[Carisbrook (stadium)|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 (rugby club)|Cats]] 21–16 [[Waikato Chiefs|Chiefs]] (1 BP) [[Ellis Park Stadium|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 (rugby club)|Bulls]] 21–27 [[ACT Brumbies|Brumbies]] [[Loftus Versfeld Stadium|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. *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin, Italy|Turin]], day seven: **[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]], 15 km men: ***[[Andrus Veerpalu]] wins [[Estonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Estonia]]'s third cross-country gold medal, successfully defending his gold from the 2002 Games. [[Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Czech]] [[Lukáš Bauer]] wins silver, 15 seconds behind Veerpalu, while [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] [[Tobias Angerer]] bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/crosscountry/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/17/Sports/menxc_060217.html (CBC)] **[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]], women's cross: ***[[Tanja Frieden]] of [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] takes the first ever Olympic gold medal in women's snowboard cross, passing the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|American]] [[Lindsey Jacobellis]] near the end of the race. [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/results/snowboard/snowboard_cross_women.shtml (CBC)] **[[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]], women's semifinal: ***In a remarkable upset, [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] defeats the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] 3–2 in a [[shootout]] to advance to the gold medal game against [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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 at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/17/Sports/US-Sweden060217.html (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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/17/Sports/Canada-Finland060217.html (CBC)] **[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Skeleton]], men's: ***[[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadians]] [[Duff Gibson]] and [[Jeffrey Pain]] win gold and silver despite Pain nearly losing control of his sled coming around the penultimate corner. [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]]'s [[Gregor Stähli|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. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/skeleton/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/17/Sports/skeleton_men060217.html (CBC)] <div id="16_February_2006"> </div> ===[[16 February]] [[2006]] (Thursday)=== *[[Football (soccer)|Football]]: [[UEFA Cup 2005–06]] - Round of 32, First leg. **[[VfB Stuttgart]] 1–2 [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] **[[SK Slavia Praha|Slavia Prague]] 3–1 [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]] **[[FC Thun]] 1–0 [[Hamburger SV|Hamburg]] *[[Cricket]]: [[West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005–06|West Indies in New Zealand]] **[[Twenty20]]: [[Tie (draw)|Tied]] match. [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] defeat [[West Indian cricket team|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 [[Chris Gayle]] had only 31 runs scored of their bowling, reducing the Black Caps to 110–8. New Zealand then required 17 to win off the last over and the game looked beyond them. A [[James Franklin]] six off the second ball changed things and off the last ball, New Zealand required 5 to win and 4 to tie with [[tailender]] [[Shane Bond]] facing. Bond hit a four, sending the game in to a bowl off. The 12 balls missed the stumps and it took two hits from last ball hero Shane Bond to break the deadlock and then a hit from [[Scott Styris]] gave New Zealand a 3–0 win in the bowl off. The first ODI starts on [[February 18]]. **[[One Day International|ODI]]: [[Indian national cricket team|India]] defeat [[Pakistani national cricket team|Pakistan]] by 5 wickets at the [[Multan Cricket Stadium]] in the fourth ODI. ***India win the 5 match series 3–1. ****India won the toss and sent Pakistan into bat. The choice paid off as Pakistan ended all out for 161. [[Yuvraj Singh]] picked up 4 wickets and India coasted to an easy win to take the series. *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin]], day six: **[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]], women's sprint: ***[[Florence Baverel-Robert]] of [[France at the 2006 Winter Olympics|France]] wins the women's biathlon 7.5 km sprint. [[Anna Carin Olofsson]] of Sweden and [[Lilia Efremova]] of Ukraine complete the podium. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/biathlon/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/16/Sports/biathlon_sprint060216.html (CBC.ca)] ***[[Olga Pyleva]], who placed second at the 15&nbsp;km, has been disqualified from the Games following a positive test for [[carphedon]]. She has been stripped of her medal. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/biathlon/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/16/Sports/russian_doping060216.html (CBC.ca)], [http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1684 (Olympic.org)] **[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]: ***[[Kristina Šmigun]] wins her second gold medal of these Games, but she's still the only Estonian to medal. Three Norwegians follow, though over 20 seconds behind Šmigun. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/crosscountry/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/16/Sports/crosscountry_womenpursuit_060216.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]], team: ***[[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] win the team competition after [[Mario Stecher]] catches up with [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany's]] [[Jens Gaiser]] on the final 5km leg. [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] win bronze nearly a minute ahead of the rest of the field. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/curling/5111378/detail.html (NBC Olympics)] **[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]], snowboard cross: ***[[Seth Wescott]] of [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|USA]] wins the inaugural Men's Snowboard Cross final. [[Radoslav Zidek]] of Slovakia is second and Paul-Henri Delarue of France is third. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/snowboard/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/16/Sports/snowboardcross_men060216.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]], team pursuit: ***The [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italian]] men's team of [[Matteo Anesi]], [[Stefano Donagrandi]], [[Enrico Fabris]], [[Ermanno Ioriatti]], and [[Ippolito Sanfratello]] upsets the [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadians]] in the final to take the gold medal, after the [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Dutch]] team fell with a large lead in Italy's semi-final. The Dutch recover in the bronze-medal race to take third place. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/results/speedskating/team_pursuit_men.shtml (CBC)] ***World Cup-leading [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]]'s team of [[Daniela Anschütz]], [[Anni Friesinger]], [[Lucille Opitz]], [[Claudia Pechstein]], and [[Sabine Völker]] defeat the Canadian team for the women's gold medal. [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] takes bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/results/speedskating/team_pursuit_women.shtml (CBC)] **[[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]], men's free skate ***Three-time world champion [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] [[Yevgeny Plushenko]] takes an unsurprising gold medal after a first-place free skate and short program. [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]]'s [[Stephane Lambiel]] takes silver, while [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] [[Jeffrey Buttle]] overcomes a poor short program to finish in third place. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/results/figureskating/individual_men.shtml (CBC)] **[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Skeleton]] *** Two-time world champion [[Maya Pedersen]] sets the two fastest times to win the [[Skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]], and [[Switzerland]]'s first Gold of the Games. [[Shelley Rudman]] wins silver, the UK's first medal of any color. [[Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards]] takes bronze for [[Canada]]. <div id="15_February_2006"> </div> ===[[15 February]] [[2006]] (Wednesday)=== *[[Football (soccer)|Football]]: [[UEFA Cup 2005–06]] - Round of 32, First leg. **[[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] 0–2 [[RC Strasbourg|Strasbourg]] **[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] 2–1 [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]] **[[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]] 1–3 [[FC Steaua Bucureşti|Steaua Bucharest]] **[[Hertha BSC Berlin|Hertha Berlin]] 0–1 [[FC Rapid Bucureşti|Rapid Bucharest]] **[[FC Basel]] 1–0 [[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]] **[[Real Betis]] 2–0 [[AZ Alkmaar]] **[[Rosenborg B.K.|Rosenborg]] 0–2 [[FC Zenit St. Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]] **[[FC Artmedia Bratislava|Artmedia Bratislava]] 0–1 [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] **[[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] 0–0 [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] **[[Lille OSC|Lille]] 3–2 [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] **[[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] 3–0 [[RC Lens|Lens]] **[[Lokomotiv Moscow]] 0–1 [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] **[[Club Brugge]] 1–2 [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] [http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/UefaCup/index.html# (UEFA.com)] *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin]], day five: **[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]: *** [[Michaela Dorfmeister]] of [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] wins the women's [[downhill]]. [[Martina Schild]] of Switzerland and [[Anja Pärson]] of Sweden complete the podium. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/alpineskiing/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/15/Sports/womens_downhill060215.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]]: *** High winds in the ski jumping hill force the jury to abandon the team competition midway through the second round. The teams will resume tomorrow. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/nordiccombined/5108470/detail.html (NBC Olympics)] **[[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]: *** [[Wang Meng (athlete)|Wang Meng]] wins the women's 500-m race, capturing the first gold medal in the Turin Games for [[China at the 2006 Winter Olympics|China]]. [[Bulgaria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Bulgaria]]'s [[Evgenia Radanova]] takes the silver, while [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]]'s [[Anouk Leblanc-Boucher]] claims the bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/results/shorttrack/500_m_women.shtml (CBC.ca)] ** [[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]: *** Transplanted Canadian skier [[Dale Begg-Smith]] wins [[Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Australia]]'s first gold medal in men's [[Mogul (skiing)|moguls]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/freestyleskiing/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/15/Sports/m-moguls060215.html (CBC.ca)] <div id="14_February_2006"> </div> ===[[14 February]] [[2006]] (Tuesday)=== *[[Cricket]]: [[2005–06 VB Series]] **[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] defeat [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] by 9 wickets at [[Brisbane Cricket Ground]] after 45.3 overs. ***Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. After being 2–28, [[Kumar Sangakkara]] and [[Mahela Jayawardene]] put on a 100 run partnership. Jayawardene went on to score 86 of 91 balls. [[Russel Arnold]] made 76 off 71. Sri Lanka's final score was 266–9 off 50 overs. In Australia's innings, [[opener]]s [[Adam Gilchrist]] and [[Simon Katich]] scored centuries to win the game by 9 wickets. Captain [[Ricky Ponting]] was not out with Katich on 28. Australia came from behind in the finals to win 2–1. [[Andrew Symonds]] was named man of the series, and [[Adam Gilchrist]] man of the match. *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin]], day four: **[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]], men's 10-kilometre sprint : *** [[Sven Fischer]] won [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]]'s second gold medal in biathlon with a perfect day on the shooting range and skiing the 10 kilometres in 26 minutes, 11.6 seconds. As in the men's individual, [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norwegians]] take the two other medals. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/biathlon/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/14/Sports/fischer-biathlon060214.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country]], men's team sprint, classical style: *** [[Thobias Fredriksson]] and [[Björn Lind]] from [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] wins the gold medal at the men's team sprint, classical style, bringing in Sweden's first medal of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Minutes earlier, [[Lina Andersson]] and [[Anna Dahlberg]], also from Sweden, won the women's gold medal in the same event. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/results/4689944.stm (BBC Sport)] **[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]], women's 500 metres: ***34-year-old [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] [[Svetlana Zhurova]], who left speed skating in 2003 to become a mother, becomes the oldest woman to win a speed skating gold medal by clocking times of 38.23 and 38.34. In the last pair of the second round, she beat Chinese [[Wang Manli]], runner-up in the first round with 38.31, by 0.13 seconds to secure the gold medal. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/speedskating/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/14/Sports/rempel060214.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]], men's combined: ***Unheralded 21-year-old [[Ted Ligety]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|USA]] wins gold by virtue of two nearly-flawless slalom runs. The heavy favorite, Ligety's countryman [[Bode Miller]], was disqualified for straddling a gate in his first slalom run after leading by two full seconds following the downhill segment. [[Ivica Kostelić]] of [[Croatia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Croatia]] takes silver, while bronze goes to [[Rainer Schönfelder]] of [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/alpineskiing/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/14/Sports/alpinem_combi060214.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]] [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Women's Competition|Women's Group Stage]] ***Pool "A" ****Italy 1–5 Russia: ''After over 128 minutes, the Italians scored their first goal in the Olympics, thanks to Sabina Floran on a two-man advantage.'' ****Canada 8–1 Sweden: ''Gillian Apps scored two goals in the rout of the Swedes.'' ***Pool "B" ****Switzerland 1–2 Germany ****USA 7–3 Finland: ''The USA scored six straight times between the late second period and the entire third period to put this game away.'' **SEMIFINALS (Friday [[February 17]]): Finland vs. Canada, USA vs. Sweden. <div id="13_February_2006"> </div> ===[[13 February]] [[2006]] (Monday)=== *[[Cricket]]: [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2005–06|India in Pakistan 2005–06]] **Third [[One Day International|One Dayer]] in the Best of Five Series. ***[[Indian cricket team|India]] defeat [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] by five wickets, after 47.4 overs. ****[[Indian cricket team|India]] won the toss and elect to field first. [[Shoaib Malik]] made 108 off 120 balls during [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]]'s [[innings]] of 288/8 off their 50 overs. [[Abdul Razzaq]] made 64 [[not out]] off 56 balls. [[Irfan Pathan]] ended the innings with 49/3 off ten overs, which included 2 maidens. In India's innings, [[Sachin Tendulkar]]'s 95 guided the Indian's towards victory. [[Yuvraj Singh]] scored 79* and put on a 102 run stand with [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]], who scored 72* off 46 balls. This partnership was [[not out]] and secured India the win. India now lead the series 2–1. *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin]], day three: **[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]], women's 15 km individual: ***Russia occupies the top two spots on the podium of this distance, with [[Svetlana Ishmouratova]] claiming gold 45.5 seconds ahead of compatriot [[Olga Pyleva]]. [[Martina Glagow]] claimed bronze despite missing one target on the final shooting, thus preventing an all-Russian sweep. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/biathlon/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/13/Sports/womens_biathlon060213.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]] ***Men's draw 1: ****Great Britain 7–5 Italy ****Sweden 6–3 New Zealand ****United States 11–5 Norway ''The Olympic champion [[Pål Trulsen]] resign in the eighth end after giving up five points'' [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/13/Sports/mens_curling060213.html (CBC.ca)] ****Finland 7–2 Switzerland ***Men's draw 2: [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/13/Sports/mens_curling060213.html (CBC.ca)] ****Canada 10–5 Germany ****Finland 4–3 United States ****Great Britain 10–5 New Zealand ****Sweden 7–5 Italy ***Women's draw 1: ****Great Britain 3–2 Denmark ''Five ends were blanked; [[Rhona Martin]] eventually secured a point with the hammer in the tenth end'' ****Norway 11–6 United States ****Sweden 7–5 Canada ''[[Anette Norberg]] claimed a 6–4 lead in the eighth end and held on to beat Canada's Olympic debutant team, skipped by [[Shannon Kleibrink]]'' [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/13/Sports/curlingw060213.html (CBC.ca)] ****Switzerland 11–4 Italy ** [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]: *** [[Tatiana Totmianina]] and [[Maxim Marinin]] of [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] takes gold in the pairs event. Two Chinese pairs claim silver and bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/figureskating/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/13/Sports/pairs_final060213.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]], [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Women's competition|women's group stage]]: ***Group A: Sweden 11–0 Italy: ''The Italian team have now given up 27 goals in two games. Sweden clinches a spot in the medal round.'' ***Group B: Finland 4–0 Switzerland: ''The Finns clinch a spot in the medal round.'' ***The USA and Canada, who were off from competition, also joined these teams in the medal round. **[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]], women's halfpipe: ***Just as in the men's competition, USA clinch gold and silver, while a [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] settles for a bronze medal. 19-year-old [[Hannah Teter]] made runs of 44.6 and 46.4 points, of which the highest score counted; both scores were higher than any others. [[Gretchen Bleiler]] won silver and Norway's [[Kjersti Buaas]] bronze. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/snowboard/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/13/Sports/snowboard-whalfpipe060213.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]], men's 500 metres: ***[[Joey Cheek]] becomes the second American to win speed skating gold in two days, as the only skater to go below 35 seconds in a race; he does it in both races, ending with a total time of 69.76 seconds, while [[Dmitry Dorofeyev]], who won silver, had a best time of 35.17 to end with 70.43 seconds. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/speedskating/5104090/detail.html (AP)] **Eleven athletes are injured during the day: three female downhill skiers crash, including 2002 gold medallist [[Carole Montillet]], in addition, five lugers, two figure skaters and a snowboarder sustain injuries. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/stories/headlines.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/13/Sports/crashes060213.html (CBC.ca)] *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[College basketball|College Basketball]]: **Men's: ***In the latest [[Associated Press|AP]] polls, the top six teams remain the same from last week: [[University of Connecticut|UConn]], [[Duke University|Duke]], [[University of Memphis|Memphis]], [[Villanova University|Villanova]], [[Gonzaga University|Gonzaga]], and [[University of Texas at Austin|Texas]]. [[Bucknell University|Bucknell]] enters the rankings for the first time in history, at #24. ***<nowiki>#4</nowiki> Villanova 69, #1 University of Connecticut 64: The Wildcats, playing at their second home of the [[Wachovia Center]], storm back from a 12-point deficit early in the second half to score their first win over a #1 team since beating University of Connecticut in [[1995]]. **Women's: ***After [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina's]] loss to [[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]] Thursday night, Duke regains the top spot. [[Louisiana State University|LSU]] rises to #2 after defeating [[University of Tennessee|Tennessee]] the same night. North Carolina drops to third, Maryland rises to #4, and Tennessee remains #5. <div id="12_February_2006"> </div> ===[[12 February]] [[2006]] (Sunday)=== *[[Football]]: [[NFL]] **In the [[Pro Bowl]], the NFL's season finale, played in [[Hawaii]], the NFC took advantage of six turnovers by the AFC as the NFC squad won 23–17. [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers|Tampa Bay]]'s [[Derrick Brooks]] was named the game's most valuable player. *[[Auto racing]]: [[NASCAR]] **Rookie [[Denny Hamlin]], who qualified for the [[Bud Shootout]] by winning the pole for the fall race at [[Phoenix International Raceway]] last season, stuns the field by winning the invitation-only event over teammate [[Tony Stewart]] and [[Dale Earnhardt, Jr.]], who both finished in a dead heat for second. *[[Rugby Union]]: [[2006 Six Nations Championship]] **[[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] 28–18 [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] ***Scotland score two tries (one unconverted) in the last minutes to make a more respectable score, but they were never in the match after being reduced to 14 men after 20 minutes. *[[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin]] **[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]], men's downhill: ***[[Antoine Dénériaz]] of [[France]] claims victory 0.72 seconds ahead of [[Austria]]'s [[Michael Walchhofer]], who had staved off attacks from all other Austrians, Norwegians and Americans before going down to the Frenchman, who "pulled off a startling upset" according to NBC. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/alpine/5101469/detail.html (NBC Olympics)] **[[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]: ***7.5+7.5 km double pursuit, women: [[Kristina Šmigun]] wins [[Estonia]]'s first gold medal at these Games by overtaking [[Kateřina Neumannová]] on the final stretch. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/crosscountry_w_pursuit/5101208/detail.html (NBC Olympics)] ***15+15 km double pursuit, men: [[Russia]]'s [[Yevgeny Dementiev]] wins an event decided in the final 100 metres, overtaking several skiers to win a three-man sprint. [[Frode Estil]] takes the fifth medal for Norway in these Games, but fails to reach gold; Estil broke his ski in a fall at the start, but caught up with the pack to beat Italian [[Pietro Piller Cottrer]] and win silver. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/crosscountry/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/12/Sports/dementiev-crosscountry060212.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Figure Skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]: [[Michelle Kwan]] ([[United States|USA]]) withdrew from the Ladies' Figure Skating competition due to her illness and injuries. [[Emily Hughes]], pending approval from [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] and the [[International Skating Union|ISU]], will be Kwan's replacement. ** [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]], [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Women's competition|women's group stage]]: *** Group A:<br>[[Canadian national women's ice hockey team|Canada]] 12–0 [[Russian national women's ice hockey team|Russia]]: ''Despite angry e-mails following their record 16–0 win over Italy in the tournament opener [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060213/wl_canada_nm/canada_olympics_ice_hockey_women_emails_col (Reuters/Yahoo)], the Canadian women have now outscored their opposition 28–0.'' *** Group B:<br>[[German national women's ice hockey team|Germany]] 0–5 [[American national women's ice hockey team|United States]] **[[Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Luge]], men's singles: ***Defending Olympic and World champion [[Armin Zöggeler]] takes the first gold medal for the host nation by defending his lead in the singles competition, ahead of Russian [[Albert Demtschenko]] and Latvian [[Martins Rubenis]] [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/luge/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/12/Sports/lugem060212.html (CBC.ca)] **[[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]], men's 1500 meters: ***Koreans [[Ahn Hyung-soo]] and [[Lee Ho-suk]] win the first medals for their country, and make it a 1–2 finish, and [[Li Jiajun]] makes it an all-Asian podium. Defending Olympic champion [[Apolo Ohno]] stumbles in the penultimate lap of the semi-final, fails to qualify, and eventually finishes eighth. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/shorttrack/5102629/detail.html (AP)] **[[Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]], normal hill (HS106): ***[[Lars Bystøl]] is the first Norwegian to strike gold in Turin; he leapt from seventh to first place by soaring 103.5 metres in the second round to claim gold ahead of [[Matti Hautamäki]], Finland, and another Norwegian, [[Roar Ljøkelsøy]]. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/skijumping/5102572/detail.html (Reuters)] **[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]], [[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's Halfpipe|men's halfpipe]]: ***Americans [[Shaun White]] (46.8 points) and [[Danny Kass]] (44.0 points) claims gold and silver at the halfpipe event, keeping the defending World Champion [[Antti Autti]] out of the podium. [[Mason Aguirre]] also takes fourth place, but Finn [[Markku Koski]] splits the Americans with a run worth 41.5 points [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/snowboard/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/12/Sports/mens_halfpipe060212.html (CBC.ca)]. **[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]], [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 3000 metres|Women's 3000 metres]]: ***The Dutch women complete the third 1–2 finish of the day; 19-year-old [[Ireen Wüst]] skates a time of 4:02.43 in the tenth pair and watches as all the remaining skaters finish behind her. [[Renate Groenewold]] beats Canadian [[Cindy Klassen]] in their pair, but the two end up taking silver and bronze. [[Anni Friesinger]], who was, along with Klassen, considered a favourite by [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], finished outside the podium. [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/speedskating/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/12/Sports/klassen060212.html (CBC.ca)] *[[Cricket]]: [[2005–06 VB Series]] – Second Final ** [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] defeat [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] to level the best of three final 1 all. ***Australia scored 368/5 off their fifty overs after being 10/3 at the start of the 3rd over. Both [[Ricky Ponting]] and [[Andrew Symonds]] scored centuries. [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] finished the innings with figures of 99/0 off 10 overs, the most expensive in ODI history for a 10 over spell. In reply, Sri Lanka ended all out on 201, with [[Mahela Jayawardene]] and [[Russel Arnold]] scoring half centuries. The series will now be decided on the 14th of February at the [[Brisbane Cricket Ground]]. Andrew Symonds was named man of the match. Australia won the match by 167 runs. <div id="11_February_2006"> </div> ===[[11 February]] [[2006]] (Saturday)=== * [[Cricket]] : [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2005–06]] **[[Indian cricket team|India]] level the 5 match ODI series 1–1. ***[[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] win the toss and bat, setting India 266 to win at the [[Rawalpindi]] Cricket Stadium. [[Shoaib Malik]] scored 95 before being run out. India chased down the total with 6.5 overs left, for a 7 wicket victory. [[Yuvraj Singh]] made 83 not out. * [[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Winter Olympic Games]], [[Turin]], opening day: ** [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]], men's 20 km individual: *** [[Michael Greis]] of [[Germany]] wins gold in the time of 54:23.0, despite missing one of his 20 shots, in what NBC describes as an "upset". Defending Olympic champion [[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]] clinches silver, 16 seconds behind Greis, after missing two shots, while [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] gold medallist [[Halvard Hanevold]] records his second medal on an Olympic 20 km, pipping Russia's [[Sergei Tchepikov]] to the medal by 0.8 seconds. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/biathlon/5099598/detail.html (NBC Olympics)] ** [[Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]], Gundersen: *** [[Georg Hettich]] of Germany defends his lead after the ski jumping portion with a race of 39:44.6 to record Germany's second gold medal at the Olympics, after two events. Silver medallist [[Felix Gottwald]] of [[Austria]] and bronze medallist [[Magnus Moan]] of [[Norway]] both managed to beat Hettich by more than a minute in the cross-country leg, but after eleventh and ninth place respectively in the ski jumping leg, their cross-country skiing is not enough to take them to the very top of the podium. Moan beats compatriot [[Petter Tande]] in a dash for the finish line. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/nordiccombined/5099747/detail.html (NBC Olympics)] ** [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]], [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's 5000 metres|men's 5000 m]]: *** In his quest to emulate [[Eric Heiden]] and win five golds at the Winter Olympics, the [[United States|American]] and former [[inline skating|inline skater]] [[Chad Hedrick]] begins well by winning the opening distance of 5000 metres. His race time of 6:14.68 is 0.02 seconds behind the four-year-old Olympic record of [[Jochem Uytdehaage]]. [[Netherlands|Dutchman]] [[Sven Kramer]] wins silver, 1.72 seconds adrift, while home skater [[Enrico Fabris]] takes [[Italy]]'s first medal with a bronze [http://www.nbcolympics.com/nordiccombined/5099747/detail.html (NBC Olympics)] ** [[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]], [[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's Moguls|women's moguls]]: *** Qualifying winner and two-time World Cup winner [[Jennifer Heil]] of [[Canada]] wins the first gold medal for the Canucks in 2006, finishing with a total of 26.50, nearly one point ahead of Norway's defending Olympic champion [[Kari Traa]], who takes Norway's fourth medal of the Games. [[France]]'s [[Sandra Laoura]] wins bronze with 25.37 points. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/freestyle/5100354/detail.html (NBC Olympics)] ** [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]], [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Women's competition|women's group stage]]: *** Group A:<br> [[Swedish national women's ice hockey team|Sweden]] 3–1 [[Russian national women's ice hockey team|Russia]]<br>[[Canadian national women's ice hockey team|Canada]] 16–0 [[Italy national women's ice hockey team|Italy]]: ''The sixteen goals is an all-time record for women's hockey.'' *** Group B:<br> [[Finnish national women's ice hockey team|Finland]] 3–0 [[German national women's ice hockey team|Germany]]<br>[[American national women's ice hockey team|United States]] 6–0 [[Swiss national women's ice hockey team|Switzerland]] [http://www.nbcolympics.com/results/1501551/detail.html (NBC Olympics)] ** [[Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Luge]], men's singles: *** [[Italy]]'s [[Armin Zoeggeler]] is well placed to take the home nation's first gold after clocking the fastest time in both of the runs in the singles event, leading with a time of 1:43.132. The event continues with two more runs tomorrow, with Russian [[Albert Demtschenko]] in second place and American [[Tony Benshoof]] in third. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/results/1500523/detail.html (NBC Olympics)] *[[Rugby Union]]: [[2006 Six Nations Championship]] **[[England national rugby union team|England]] 31–16 [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] ***England secures a hard-fought victory over Italy, who led 9–7 in the second half. **[[France national rugby union team|France]] 43–31 [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] ***France hold off a strong Irish comeback in the second half after leading 43–3. *[[Rugby Union]]: [[2006 Super 14 Season]] **Current title holders, the [[Crusaders (rugby)|Crusaders]] defeat southern neighbours, the [[Otago Highlanders|Highlanders]] 38–15 in [[Jade Stadium|Christchurch]]. **Last years runners up the [[NSW Waratahs|Waratahs]] win a close match in [[Suncorp Stadium|Brisbane]] over the [[Queensland Reds|Reds]]. The final score was 16–12, with the Reds securing a bonus point for a loss under 7 points. **The [[Stormers (rugby club)|Stormers]] win 23–12 over the favourites for the wooden spoon, the [[Cats (rugby club)|Cats]] in [[Ellis Park Stadium|Johannesburg]] **The [[Sharks (rugby club)|Sharks]] get their Super 14 campaign started with a 30–21 over the visiting [[New Zealand]] side the [[Waikato Chiefs|Chiefs]] in [[Kings Park Stadium|Durban]]. <div id="10_February_2006"> </div> ===[[10 February]] [[2006]] (Friday)=== *[[Football (soccer)|Football]]: [[2006 African Cup of Nations]] - Final **[[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] 0–0 [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|Côte d'Ivoire]] ([[extra time|aet]], 4–2 [[penalty shootout (football)|on penalties]]) ***''Egypt win the penalty shoot-out 4–2, to win the [[African Cup of Nations]] for a record fifth time (after 1957, 1959, 1986, and 1998).'' *[[Cricket]]: [[2005–06 VB Series]] - [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] beat [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] by 22 runs in the first game of the VB Series final, with [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] involved in 4 run outs and a catch. *[[Rugby Union]]: [[2006 Super 14 Season]] **In the season opener in [[Auckland]] between the [[Auckland Blues|Blues]] and [[Wellington Hurricanes|Hurricanes]], the visiting Hurricanes storm back from a 16–3 halftime deficit to score a 37–19 bonus-point win over the Blues. **[[Western Force]] lose their first Super 14 match at home, against the [[ACT Brumbies|Brumbies]] 25 – 10. **[[Central Cheetahs|Cheetahs]] also lose first Super 14 match against the [[Bulls (rugby club)|Bulls]] at home, 18–30. The Bulls also picked up a bonus point for their four tries. <div id="9_February_2006"> </div> ===[[9 February]] [[2006]] (Thursday)=== *[[Football (soccer)|Football]]: [[2006 African Cup of Nations]] - Third-place playoff **[[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] 0–1 [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] ***''Nigeria finish in third place for the third successive Cup of Nations.'' *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[College Basketball]] Top 25 **Men's: ***<nowiki>#14</nowiki> [[University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]] 57, #9 [[West Virginia University|West Virginia]] 53: ''In the first [[Backyard Brawl]] basketball meeting in which both teams were ranked going into the game, the [[Petersen Events Center|homestanding]] Panthers hand the Mountaineers their first [[Big East Conference|Big East]] loss. The Mountaineers shot 34% from the field and 22% from three-point range, and star [[Kevin Pittsnogle]] went scoreless.'' **Women's: ***<nowiki>#6</nowiki> [[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]] 98, #1 [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] 95 (OT): ''The Terrapins' Ashleigh Newman hits a desperation three-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime, and the Terps go on to hand the Tar Heels their first loss of the season.'' ***<nowiki>#3</nowiki> [[Louisiana State University|LSU]] 72, #5 [[University of Tennessee|Tennessee]] 69: ''Behind 32 points from [[Seimone Augustus]], the Lady Tigers become the first [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] team to defeat the Lady Vols [[Thompson-Boling Arena|in Knoxville]] since December 1996.'' <div id="8_February_2006"> </div> ===[[8 February]] [[2006]] (Wednesday)=== *[[American Football]] - [[ESPN]] announces that they have hired [[Mike Tirico]], [[Joe Theismann]], and [[Pardon the Interruption|PTI's]] [[Tony Kornheiser]] to be the new announcers of [[Monday Night Football]], which will air on the cable sports network starting next season. The move means that [[Al Michaels]], who has been with ABC for almost 30 years, is now free to join [[John Madden (football)|John Madden]] on [[NBC|NBC's]] Sunday night NFL broadcasts. In exchange for Michaels, NBC gave ABC/ESPN expanded Olympic highlights, coverage of the Friday [[Ryder Cup]] matches starting in [[2008]], and gave [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] the rights to [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]], a character created by [[Walt Disney]] and owned by [[NBC Universal|Universal]]. <div id="7_February_2006"> </div> ===[[7 February]] [[2006]] (Tuesday)=== *[[Football (soccer)|Football]]: **[[2006 African Cup of Nations]] - Semifinals ***S1: [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] 2–1 [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] ***S2: [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|Côte d'Ivoire]] 1–0 [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] **The [[FIFA]] Disciplinary Committee hands down its decisions regarding the fracas between [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] and [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] following the second leg of their [[Football World Cup 2006 - European Qualification Playoffs|World Cup qualifying playoff]] in [[Istanbul]] on [[16 November]] [[2005]] ([http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,114431,00.html?articleid=114431 FIFA.com]): ***The [[Turkish Football Federation]] is fined [[Swiss franc|CHF]] 200,000 ([[United States dollar|USD]] 154,000). ***The national team must play their next six competitive home matches behind closed doors at a site in a [[UEFA]] country and at least 500 km from the Turkish border. ***Turkey assistant [[Mehmet Ozdilek]] is banned from football for 12 months and fined CHF 15,000. ***Turkey players [[Alpay Özalan]] and [[Emre Belözoğlu]] and Switzerland player [[Benjamin Huggel]] are all banned for their national team's next six competitive matches and fined CHF 15,000 each. ***Turkey player [[Serkan Balcı]] and Swiss physiotherapist [[Stephan Meyer]] receive two-match bans and fines of CHF 5,000 and 6,500 respectively. Unlike the other punishments, these cannot be appealed to the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]]. *[[Ice Hockey]] - Former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player and [[Phoenix Coyotes]] assistant coach [[Rick Tocchet]] is implicated for being in charge of a gambling ring that includes several NHL players, as well as [[Wayne Gretzky|Wayne Gretzky's]] wife, [[Janet Jones]]. *[[College Basketball]] [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Top 25: #2 [[Duke University|Duke]] 87, #24 [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] 83: [[J.J. Redick]] scores 35 points (22 in the second half alone), the first time he has scored more than 20 in the hostile "[[Dean Smith Center|Dean Dome]]", as the Blue Devils survive a 17-point comeback from the Tar Heels. [[Reyshaun Terry]] led the Heels with 17 points. <div id="6_February_2006"> </div> ===[[6 February]] [[2006]] (Monday)=== *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Men's [[College basketball|College Basketball]]: **In today's latest [[Associated Press|AP]] poll, the top five teams remain the same—[[University of Connecticut|UConn]], [[Duke University|Duke]], [[University of Memphis|Memphis]], [[Villanova University|Villanova]], and [[Gonzaga University|Gonzaga]]. <div id="5_February_2006"> </div> ===[[5 February]] [[2006]] (Sunday)=== *[[Super Bowl XL]] at [[Ford Field]], [[Detroit, Michigan]] ** [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] 21, [[Seattle Seahawks]] 10: ''A 75-yard touchdown run by [[Willie Parker]] and a 43-yard touchdown pass from [[Antwaan Randle El]] to MVP [[Hines Ward]] help the Steelers win their fifth NFL title, joining the [[Dallas Cowboys]] and [[San Francisco 49ers]]. [[Jerome Bettis]] announces his retirement after the game.'' ([http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/boxscore?gid=20060205023 Yahoo! Sports]) *[[Bandy]]: [[Bandy World Championships|World Championships]]: **Final: [[Russian national bandy team|Russia]] defeat [[Swedish national bandy team|Sweden]], 3–2, to win the world championship. *[[Rugby Union]]: [[2006 Six Nations Championship]] **[[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] 20–16 [[France national rugby union team|France]] ***Scotland beat France at [[Murrayfield Stadium|Murrayfield]] for the first time in a decade, upsetting the widely-fancied French team. *[[Team handball]]: [[2006 European Men's Handball Championship|2006 European Men's Championship]]: **Final: [[Spain national handball team|Spain]] 23–31 [[France national handball team|France]] ***France win their first European handball title with an eight-goal advantage in the final, holding Spain to 23 goals; [[Nikola Karabatic]] nets 11 goals for the victors. {{fr icon}} [http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/05022006/1/la-france-affronte-l-espagne-en-finale-de-l-euro.html Yahoo! France Sport] *NCAA Basketball **(17) [[Georgetown Hoyas]] 61, (9) [[University of Pittsburgh|Pitt]] 58: ''The Hoyas passed up the Panthers in the [[Big East Conference|Big East]] standings, and almost passed them up in the next morning's AP poll, which boosted the Hoyas to #15 and dropped Pitt to #14.'' **[[University of Kansas|Kansas]] 59, (19) [[University of Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] 58: ''The Jayhawks, who stunned the Sooners at home, are now in second place in the [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]], argued that the victory demonstrated that they were underrated.'' <div id="4_February_2006"> </div> ===[[4 February]] [[2006]] (Saturday)=== *[[Football (soccer)|Football]]: [[2006 African Cup of Nations]] - Quarterfinal **Q3: [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] 1–1 [[Côte d'Ivoire national football team|Côte d'Ivoire]] ([[extra time|a.e.t.]]) ***''Côte d'Ivoire win an amazing [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty shootout]], 12 goals to 11. The 24-shot shootout is believed to be a record in international competition.'' **Q4: [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] 1–1 [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] ([[extra time|a.e.t.]]) ***''Nigeria win 6–5 on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalties]].'' *[[Rugby Union]]: [[2006 Six Nations Championship]] **[[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] 26–16 [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] ***Ireland were unimpressive in what was to have been an easy victory. **[[England national rugby union team|England]] 47–13 [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] ***England easily defeated the injury-hit reigning Six Nations champions. *[[National Football League]]: Six new members are named to the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]], the most since 2001. First-time candidates [[Troy Aikman]], [[Warren Moon]], and [[Reggie White]] are selected along with veterans' committee candidates [[John Madden (football)|John Madden]] and [[Rayfield Wright]], plus Giants linebacker [[Harry Carson]], who earns his selection in his 7th year as a finalist for the Hall. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2318924] <div id="3_February_2006"> </div> ===[[3 February]] [[2006]] (Friday)=== *[[Football (soccer)|Football]]: [[2006 African Cup of Nations]] - Quarterfinal **Q1: [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] 4–1 [[Congo DR national football team|Congo DR]] **Q2: [[Guinea national football team|Guinea]] 2–3 [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] ''Senegal go through to the semi-finals when both teams score in time added on. There is a scuffle involving players of both sides in the centre of the pitch for several minutes at the end of the match.'' <div id="2_February_2006"> </div> <!-- No entries for this day, provide an id destination so links work. --> <div id="1_February_2006"> </div> ===[[1 February]] [[2006]] (Wednesday)=== *[[Cricket]] - [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] defeat [[Indian cricket team|India]] by 341 runs in the third and final [[Test cricket|Test]] in [[Karachi]], winning the three-Test series 1–0. [http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005-06/IND_IN_PAK/SCORECARDS/IND_PAK_T3_29JAN-02FEB2006.html Scorecard.] {{Events in sports by month links}} [[Category:2006 in sports|*02]] [[cs:Sportovní aktuality únor 2006]] [[fr:Sport en février 2006]] [[ja:スポーツ 最近の出来事 2006年2月]]