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Days of the month

March 31, 2009 (Tuesday)

Basketball

Football (soccer)

March 30, 2009 (Monday)

Basketball

Cricket

March 29, 2009 (Sunday)

Auto racing

Basketball

Cricket

Cycling

Football (soccer)

Golf

Ice hockey

Rowing

Rugby union

Winter sports

Biathlon
Curling

March 28, 2009 (Saturday)

Athletics

Basketball

Cricket

Cycling

Football (soccer)

Winter sports

Biathlon
Curling
  • World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea: (seeding in parentheses)
    • Playoffs:
      • (3) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 4–5 (4) Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (11 ends)
        • Sweden will play against Denmark in the semifinal, Canada will play for bronze medal.
    • Semifinal:
      • (2) Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 6–7 (4) Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
        • Sweden advance to the final against China, Denmark will play for bronze medal against Canada.
Figure skating

March 27, 2009 (Friday)

Basketball

Cricket

Cycling

Winter sports

Biathlon
Curling
Figure skating

March 26, 2009 (Thursday)

Basketball

Cricket

Cycling

Winter sports

Biathlon
Curling
  • World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
    (teams in bold advance to the playoff, teams in italics play in tiebreaker)
    • Draw 15:
      • Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 7–8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
      • Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 7–6 Flag of the United States.svg United States
      • Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5–8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
        • Canada secure a playoff berth.
      • Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 8–10 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
        • Standings after 15 draws: China 9–1, Canada 8–2, Denmark 7–2, Sweden 6–4, Switzerland 5–4, Russia, Scotland 5–5, Germany 4–5.
    • Draw 16:
      • Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 6–2 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
        • Denmark secure a playoff berth, while Scotland is eliminated
      • Flag of Norway.svg Norway 2–11 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
        • Sweden secure at least a tiebreaker place.
      • Flag of Germany.svg Germany 9–6 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
      • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 8–5 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
        • Switzerland remain in contention for a tiebreaker.
        • Standings after 16 draws: China 9–1, Canada, Denmark 8–2, Sweden 7–4, Switzerland 6–4.
    • Draw 17:
      • Flag of Russia.svg Russia 6–8 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
      • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 10–7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
        • Switzerland's loss means Sweden advance to the playoff.
      • Flag of the United States.svg United States 3–9 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
      • Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 7–2 Flag of Norway.svg Norway
        • Final standings: China 10–1, Denmark, Canada 9–2, Sweden 7–4, Switzerland, Germany 6–5, Russia, Scotland 5–6, USA 4–7, Korea 3–8, Norway, Italy 1–10.
Figure skating

March 25, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Cycling

Football (soccer)

Ice hockey

Winter sports

Curling
  • World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
    • Draw 12:
      • Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 6–7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
      • Flag of Italy.svg Italy 6–7 Flag of Russia.svg Russia (11 ends)
      • Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3–4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (11 ends)
      • Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 5–10 Flag of the United States.svg United States
    • Draw 13:
      • Flag of the United States.svg United States 2–8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
      • Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 8–2 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
      • Flag of Russia.svg Russia 7–2 Flag of Norway.svg Norway
      • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 5–7 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
    • Draw 14:
      • Flag of Norway.svg Norway 8–6 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
      • Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 4–7 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
      • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 6–8 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
      • Flag of Germany.svg Germany 7–6 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland (11 ends)
    • Standings after 14 draws (teams in bold advance to the playoffs, teams in italics secure at least a tie breaker, teams in strike are eliminated): China 8–1, Canada, Denmark 7–2, Sweden 6–3, Switzerland 5–4, Germany, Russia, Scotland, USA 4–5, Korea 3–6, Italy, Norway 1–8.
Figure skating

March 24, 2009 (Tuesday)

Basketball

Cricket

Winter sports

Curling
  • World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
    • Draw 9:
      • Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 8–5 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
      • Flag of the United States.svg United States 12–7 Flag of Norway.svg Norway
      • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 8–7 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
      • Flag of Russia.svg Russia 4–8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
    • Draw 10:
      • Flag of Germany.svg Germany 10–1 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
      • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 5–7 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
      • Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 7–4 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
      • Flag of Norway.svg Norway 8–9 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
    • Draw 11:
      • Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 4–6 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
      • Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2–9 Flag of the United States.svg United States
      • Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 7–4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
      • Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3–9 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
    • Standings after 11 draws: Canada, China, Denmark 6–1, Sweden 5–2, Scotland, Switzerland 4–3, Germany, USA 3–4, Korea, Russia 2–5, Italy 1–6, Norway 0–7.
Figure skating

March 23, 2009 (Monday)

Baseball

Basketball

Winter sports

Curling
  • World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
    • Draw 6:
      • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 7–6 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
      • Flag of Germany.svg Germany 8–1 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
      • Flag of Norway.svg Norway 7–8 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland (11 ends)
      • Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 7–6 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (11 ends)
    • Draw 7:
      • Flag of Italy.svg Italy 9–6 Flag of the United States.svg United States
      • Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 6–7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
      • Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 9–3 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
      • Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3–9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
    • Draw 8:
      • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 8–5 Flag of Norway.svg Norway
      • Flag of Russia.svg Russia 4–7 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
      • Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 8–7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
      • Flag of the United States.svg United States 7–6 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
    • Standings after 8 draws: Canada, Denmark 5–0, China, Sweden 4–1, Scotland, Switzerland 3–2, Germany 2–3, Italy, South Korea, Russia, USA 1–4, Norway 0–5.

March 22, 2009 (Sunday)

Athletics

Auto racing

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Golf

Ice hockey

Tennis

Winter sports

Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
Curling
  • World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
    • Draw 3:
      • Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5–3 Flag of Norway.svg Norway
      • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 8–9 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
    • Draw 4:
      • Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 9–3 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
      • Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 8–5 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
      • Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4–6 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
      • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 10–3 Flag of the United States.svg United States
    • Draw 5:
      • Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 7–6 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
      • Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5–8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
      • Flag of the United States.svg United States 4–8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
      • Flag of Norway.svg Norway 6–8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
    • Standings after draw 5: Canada, Denmark, Sweden 3–0, China, Scotland, Switzerland 2–1, Germany, Korea, Russia 1–2, Italy, Norway, USA 0–3
Ski jumping
Snowboarding

March 21, 2009 (Saturday)

Auto racing

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Rugby union

Winter sports

Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
Curling
  • World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
    • Draw 1:
      • Flag of Norway.svg Norway 2–10 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
      • Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2–7 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
      • Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 4–6 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
      • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 7–5 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
    • Draw 2:
      • Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 11–2 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
      • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 11–5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
      • Flag of Russia.svg Russia 7–5 Flag of the United States.svg United States
      • Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 8–10 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (12 ends)
    • Standings after 2 draws: Scotland, Sweden 2–0, Canada, Denmark, Russia, Switzerland 1–0, China, Germany, Norway, USA 0–1, Italy, Korea 0–2.
Ski jumping
Snowboarding

March 20, 2009 (Friday)

Basketball

Cricket

Winter sports

Cross-country skiing
Freestyle skiing
Ski jumping
Snowboarding

March 19, 2009 (Thursday)

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Winter sports

Biathlon
Freestyle skiing

March 18, 2009 (Wednesday)

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Winter sports

Cross-country skiing
Freestyle skiing

March 17, 2009 (Tuesday)

American football

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

  • Women's World Cup in Australia:
    • Super Six's:
      • Flag of India.svg  India 207 (49.4 overs); Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 210/5 (47.4 overs) in North Sydney. New Zealand win by 5 wickets
      • Flag of England.svg  England 236/8 (50.0 overs); WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 90 (38.2 overs) in Drummoyne. England win by 146 runs
        • England (8 pts from 4 matches) advance to the final. New Zealand (6 pts), Australia or India (both 4 pts) could be their opponent.

Football (soccer)

Ice hockey

March 16, 2009 (Monday)

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

  • Women's World Cup in Australia:
    • Super Six's:
      • Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 229/6 (50 ov); Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 122 (45.1 ov) in Bankstown. Australia win by 107 runs.
        • Australia gets level with New Zealand and India in second place on 4 points, while Pakistan is out of contention for the final.

March 15, 2009 (Sunday)

Auto racing

Badminton

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Golf

Ice hockey

Rugby union

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
Biathlon
Freestyle skiing
Nordic combined
Short track speed skating
Ski jumping
Snowboarding
Speed skating

March 14, 2009 (Saturday)

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Ice hockey

Motorcycle racing

Rugby union

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
Nordic combined
  • World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
    • Gundersen HS117/10 km: (1) Anssi Koivuranta Flag of Finland.svg (2) Bill Demong Flag of the United States.svg (3) Magnus Moan Flag of Norway.svg
      • World Cup standings (after 22 of 23 events): (1) Koivuranta 1429 points (2) Moan 1330 (3) Demong 1060
        • Koivuranta need only to finish in 29th place in the last event on Sunday to win the World Cup title.
Ski jumping
Snowboarding

March 13, 2009 (Friday)

Basketball

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
  • World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden
    • Giant slalom men: (1) Benjamin Raich Flag of Austria.svg 2:18.95 (1:09.94 + 1:09.01) (2) Ted Ligety Flag of the United States.svg 2:19.08 (1:10.65 + 1:08.43) (3) Didier Cuche Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2:19.66 (1:10.80 + 1:08.86)... 19. Aksel Lund Svindal Flag of Norway.svg 2:20.96 (1:11.93 + 1:09.03)
      • World Cup overall standings (after 36 of 37 events): (1) Svindal 1009 points (2) Raich 1007 (3) Cuche 919
        • The overall title will be decided on the last race of the season, the slalom on Saturday.
      • World Cup giant slalom standings (after all eight events): (1) Cuche 474 points (champion) (2) Raich 462 (3) Ligety 421
    • Slalom women: (1) Sandrine Aubert Flag of France.svg 1:49.23 (52.27+56.96) (2) Fanny Chmelar Flag of Germany.svg 1:49.29 (52.89+56.40) (3) Therese Borssen Flag of Sweden.svg 1:49.46 (52.77+56.69) & Šárka Záhrobská Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1:49.46 (51.80+57.66)
      • World Cup overall standings (after 33 of 34 events): (1) Lindsey Vonn Flag of the United States.svg 1788 points (champion) (2) Maria Riesch Flag of Germany.svg 1404 (3) Anja Pärson Flag of Sweden.svg 1059
      • World Cup slalom standings (after all nine events): (1) Riesch 625 points (champion) (2) Záhrobská 459 (3) Vonn 440
Biathlon
Ski jumping
Snowboarding

March 12, 2009 (Thursday)

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
Freestyle skiing

March 11, 2009 (Wednesday)

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
Biathlon

March 10, 2009 (Tuesday)

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Winter sports

Ski jumping

March 9, 2009 (Monday)

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

March 8, 2009 (Sunday)

Athletics

Auto racing

Badminton

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Golf

Tennis

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
Freestyle skiing
Short track speed skating
Ski jumping

March 7, 2009 (Saturday)

Athletics

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Rugby union

Tennis

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
Freestyle skiing
Nordic combined
Ski jumping
Snowboarding
Speed skating

March 6, 2009 (Friday)

Athletics

Baseball

Basketball

Cricket

Tennis

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
Nordic combined
Speed skating

March 5, 2009 (Thursday)

Baseball

Basketball

Football (soccer)

Winter sports

Freestyle skiing

March 4, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Football (soccer)

Winter sports

Freestyle skiing

March 3, 2009 (Tuesday)

American football

Cricket

Football (soccer)

March 2, 2009 (Monday)

Cricket

Winter sports

Freestyle skiing

March 1, 2009 (Sunday)

Auto racing

Cricket

Football (soccer)

Motorcycle racing

Golf

Rugby league

Tennis

Winter sports

Alpine skiing
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing

References