AP Poll: Duke retains the top spot. UConn moves up one spot to second after defeating Villanova yesterday. Memphis moves up one spot to No. 3, Villanova drops from No. 2 to No. 4, and Gonzaga remains at No. 5.
(5) Gonzaga 75, San Francisco 72: Adam Morrison leads all scorers with 34 points, but his assist with 1.0 second remaining on a three-pointer by Pierre Marie Altidor-Cespedes gives the Bulldogs their margin of victory. The Bulldogs complete their second unbeaten season in West Coast Conference play in the last three years.
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AP Poll: North Carolina returns to No. 1 after their Saturday win over Duke, who drops to No. 2. LSU, Maryland, and Ohio State fill out the top five.
(3) UConn 89, (2) Villanova 75: Behind a career-high 23 points from Denham Brown and 17 from the nation's leading scorer off the bench, Rashad Anderson, the homestanding Huskies avenge a loss two weeks ago to the Wildcats that knocked them from the top spot in the polls.
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Florida 95, (5) Tennessee 93 (OT): A historic loss for the Lady Vols on Senior Day in Knoxville. This is their first loss to an unranked team at home since 1984, and marks the first time since the women's rankings began in 1976 that they have lost twice to unranked teams in the same season.
South Korea's Jin Sun-Yu wins her third gold of the Games in the women's 1000m. Chinese women Wang Meng and Yang Yang take the silver and bronze respectively. (CBC)
South Korea wins the gold medal in the men's 5000m relay. Ahn wins his third gold medal of the Games, bringing his total number of medal in Turin to four. Canada takes the silver, while the United States gets bronze. (CBC)
In a tight match which saw no tries by either side, Chris Paterson's five penalties lead the Scots to a win over their Auld Enemy, claiming the Calcutta Cup for the first time since 2000 and sending the Murrayfield crowd home delirious.
The Crusaders got home in a tight match with a Dan Carterdrop 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.
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.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat, with some late hitting by Nathan Astle bringing his score up to 118 not out and New Zealand to 276–6 with three sixes of the last three balls of the innings. Ian Bradshaw was the pick of the West Indian bowlers, with 3–41 off 8 overs. In reply the West Indies were all out at the end of 49 overs. Astle was named Man of the Match. Cricinfo
Duke player JJ Redick breaks the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring record that was previously held by Dickie Hemric and has stood since 1955. Scoring 11 points against Temple, Redick upped his career total to 2,590 points, surpassing Hemric's record of 2,587.
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(2) North Carolina 77, (1) Duke 65: Ivory Latta scores 18 points, and Erlana Larkins and La'Tangela Atkinson both rack up double-doubles, as the Tar Heels score their fifth consecutive win over the Blue Devils, likely returning them to No. 1 in the polls. This was the first advance sellout ever for the women's team at Carmichael Auditorium.
The Hurricanes picked up a bonus point for four tries with Lome Fa'atau scoring 2. The Cats were leading 5 minutes before half-time, despite being large underdogs. TVNZ
The Chiefs picked up their first win of the season, scoring 3 tries to nothing. This included a team try where Sosene Anesi got past several defenders, which saw Mark Ranby score under the posts. The Force had a poor kicking game, with pointless kicks and several going out on the full. The Force have a bye next weekend. ARU
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.
Bob de Jong of the Netherlands, the reigning world champion, set the winning time at 13:01.57 for the gold medal in the men's 10000m event. American Chad Hedrick skated to a silver medal. The bronze went to Carl Verheijen, also of the Netherlands. (CBC)
Canada used a six-point sixth end to defeat Finland 10–4 in the gold medal match to win the nation's first gold medal in men's curling after winning silver in 1998 and 2002. (CBC)
Despite missing veteran Olga Pyleva, suspended for two years after failing an anti-doping test last week, the Russian team of Albina Akhatova, Anna Bogaliy, Svetlana Ishmuratova and Olga Zaitseva led from start to finish, posting a gold medal-winning time of 1:16:12.5. Two-time defending Olympic gold medallists from Germany finished 50.7 seconds behind for the silver. The French team took the bronze, more than two minutes back. (CBC)
The Swedish women's team skipped by Anette Norberg win the gold medal match against Switzerland with a 7–6 double take out on the last stone of the 11th end. (CBC)
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first, restricting the West Indies to 200–9 off 50 overs. New Zealand recovered from 13–4 after 3.2 overs to win with 3 wickets in hand. Daniel Vettori was awarded Man of the match for his all-round figures of 53 not out and 28–1 off ten overs.
Bangladesh defeats Sri Lanka by four wickets in Bogra, Bangladesh, prompting scenes of celebration in the country . It is Bangladesh's first victory against Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh won the toss and sent Sri Lanka into bat. The tourists struggled to 212 from their allotted overs, with only opener Sanath Jayasuriya (96 runs from 110 balls) passing fifty. Bangladesh reached the target with two overs to spare to win by four wickets. Scorecard
Russia 2 – Canada 0 Kazakh-born goaltender Evgeni Nabokov hands the Canadians their third shutout in four games, eliminating the defending champion from the tournament.(CBC)
Sven Fischer, Michael Greis, Ricco Groß and Michael Rösch of Germany posted a winning time of one hour, 21 minutes and 51.5 seconds. Russia claimed the silver and France took the bronze. The win gives Fischer his fourth career Olympic gold during his 13-year career. (CBC)
Austrian Felix Gottwald completed the course in 18 minutes, 29 seconds. Norwegian Magnus Moan (5.4 seconds behind) took the silver medal, while Germany's Georg Hettich (9.6 seconds behind) claimed the bronze. These were the same three medallists in the 15-km event, each getting a different medal. (CBC)
ItalianEnrico Fabris, with a time of one minute, 45.97 seconds, became the first non-American to win an individual men's event through the first four races of these Winters Games. Shani Davis captured the silver medal in 1:46.13, and Chad Hedrick took the bronze in 1:46.22. (CBC)
Italy takes the gold in the men's 4 × 10-kilometre relay, with Italian anchor Cristian Zorzi crossing the finish line 15 seconds ahead of silver medalist, GermanySweden was the bronze medalist while Norway failed to medal in this event for the first time since 1988.
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.
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.
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 Dan 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.
The Cheetahs picked up their first Super 14 victory, coming from being 10 points behind at half time to win by a point. Giscard Pieters scored two tries in the victory.
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.
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 off 10 overs.
The United States takes gold and silver in the men's 1000m with Shani Davis outskating Joey Cheek for first. Erben Wennemars of the Netherlands receives bronze. Davis' victory makes him the first black person to win an individual gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics.
After a disappointing performance on the K90 hill, Austrian ski jumpers Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Kofler take gold and silver on the large hill, with the smallest possible margin of 0.1 points between them. Lars Bystøl, winner of gold on the normal hill, places third.
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.
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.
In a remarkable upset, Sweden defeats the United States 3–2 in a shootout to advance to the gold medal game against Canada. The United States had previously never been defeated in Olympic play by any team except Canada; however, an incredible game by Swedish goaltender Kim Martin brought the Swedes an unexpected victory. The United States will play for the bronze medal against Finland. (CBC)
Canada soundly defeats Finland 6–0 in their semi-final, to set up a Canada – Sweden gold medal game. The United States will play Finland for bronze. (CBC)
CanadiansDuff Gibson and Jeffrey Pain win gold and silver despite Pain nearly losing control of his sled coming around the penultimate corner. Switzerland's Gregor Staehli finishes third, beating out Canadian Paul Boehm by only two-tenths of a second to prevent a Canadian sweep of the podium. The 39-year-old Gibson becomes the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympics history. (CBC)
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 tailenderShane Bond facing. Bond hit a four, sending the game into 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 18 February.
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.
Olga Pyleva, who placed second at the 15km, has been disqualified from the Games following a positive test for carphedon. She has been stripped of her medal. (CBC.ca), (Olympic.org)
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. (CBC.ca)
Seth Wescott of USA wins the inaugural Men's Snowboard Cross final. Radoslav Židek of Slovakia is second and Paul-Henri Delarue of France is third. (CBC.ca)
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. (NBC Olympics)[permanent dead link]
Jason McElwain, a high school senior with autism, scored 20 points in his first and only high school basketball game. Video footage of the game made international headlines.
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 off 91 balls. Russel Arnold made 76 off 71. Sri Lanka's final score was 266–9 off 50 overs. In Australia's innings, openersAdam 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.
Sven Fischer won 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, Norwegians take the two other medals. (CBC.ca)
Thobias Fredriksson and Björn Lind from 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. (BBC Sport)
34-year-old RussianSvetlana 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. (CBC.ca)
Unheralded 21-year-old Ted Ligety of the 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 takes silver, while bronze goes to Rainer Schönfelder of Austria. (CBC.ca)
India defeat Pakistan by five wickets, after 47.4 overs.
India won the toss and elect to field first. Shoaib Malik made 108 off 120 balls during 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.
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. (CBC.ca)
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(CBC.ca)
Just as in the men's competition, USA clinch gold and silver, while a 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. (CBC.ca)
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. (AP)Archived 8 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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. (CBC.ca)
In the latest AP polls, the top six teams remain the same from last week: UConn, Duke, Memphis, Villanova, Gonzaga, and Texas. Bucknell enters the rankings for the first time in history, at No. 24.
#4 Villanova 69, No. 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 No. 1 team since beating University of Connecticut in 1995.
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After North Carolina's loss to Maryland Thursday night, Duke regains the top spot. LSU rises to No. 2 after defeating Tennessee the same night. North Carolina drops to third, Maryland rises to No. 4, and Tennessee remains No. 5.
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's Derrick Brooks was named the game's most valuable player.
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.
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. (NBC Olympics)Archived 19 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
15+15km 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. (CBC.ca)[dead link]
Figure skating: Michelle Kwan (United States) withdrew from the Ladies' Figure Skating competition due to her illness and injuries. Despite not winning an Olympic gold medal, Kwan finishes her career as a five-time World Champion and nine time US Champion. Emily Hughes, pending approval from IOC and the ISU, will be Kwan's replacement.
Group A: Canada 12–0 Russia: Despite angry e-mails following their record 16–0 win over Italy in the tournament opener (Reuters/Yahoo), the Canadian women have now outscored their opposition 28–0.
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(CBC.ca)
Koreans Ahn Hyun-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. (AP)Archived 19 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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 (CBC.ca).
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 CBC, finished outside the podium. (CBC.ca)
Australia scored 368/5 off their fifty overs after being 10/3 at the start of the third 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 14 February at the Brisbane Cricket Ground. Andrew Symonds was named man of the match. Australia won the match by 167 runs.
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.
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 gold medallist Halvard Hanevold records his second medal on an Olympic 20km, pipping Russia's Sergei Tchepikov to the medal by 0.8 seconds. (NBC Olympics)Archived 28 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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. (NBC Olympics)Archived 20 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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. (NBC Olympics)Archived 20 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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. (NBC Olympics)Archived 6 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
Last years runners up the Waratahs win a close match in Brisbane over the Reds. The final score was 16–12, with the Reds securing a bonus point for a loss under 7 points.
In the season opener in Auckland between the Blues and 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 Brumbies 25 – 10.
Cheetahs also lose first Super 14 match against the Bulls at home, 18–30. The Bulls also picked up a bonus point for their four tries.
#14Pittsburgh 57, No. 9 West Virginia 53: In the first Backyard Brawl basketball meeting in which both teams were ranked going into the game, the homestanding Panthers hand the Mountaineers their first Big East loss. The Mountaineers shot 34% from the field and 22% from three-point range, and star Kevin Pittsnogle went scoreless.
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#6Maryland 98, No. 1 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.
The national team must play their next six competitive home matches behind closed doors at a site in a UEFA country and at least 500km from the Turkish border.
Turkey assistant Mehmet Özdilek 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.
College BasketballNCAA Top 25: No. 2 Duke 87, No. 24 North Carolina 83: JJ Redick scores 35 points (22 in the second half alone), the first time he has scored more than 20 in the hostile "Dean Dome", as the Blue Devils survive a 17-point comeback from the Tar Heels. Reyshaun Terry led the Heels with 17 points.
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. (in French)Yahoo! France Sport
NCAA Basketball
(17) Georgetown Hoyas 61, (9) Pitt 58: The Hoyas passed up the Panthers in the Big East standings, and almost passed them up in the next morning's AP poll, which boosted the Hoyas to No. 15 and dropped Pitt to #14.
Kansas 59, (19) Oklahoma 58: The Jayhawks, who stunned the Sooners at home, are now in second place in the Big 12, argued that the victory demonstrated that they were underrated.
Q2: Guinea 2–3 SenegalSenegal 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.
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