March 2009 in sports

Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland:
- Women's keirin: Script error: No such module "sort". Guo Shuang Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Clara Sanchez Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Willy Kanis Template:Flagicon
- Men's omnium: Script error: No such module "sort". Leigh Howard Template:Flagicon 19 pts Script error: No such module "sort". Zachary Bell Template:Flagicon 21 Script error: No such module "sort". Tim Veldt Template:Flagicon 24
- Women's points race 25 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Giorgia Bronzini Template:Flagicon 18 pts Script error: No such module "sort". Yumari González Template:Flagicon 15 Script error: No such module "sort". Elizabeth Armitstead Template:Flagicon 13
- Men's sprint:
  - Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Grégory Baugé Template:Flagicon beat Script error: No such module "sort". Azizul Hasni Awang Template:Flagicon 2–1
  - Bronze medal race: Script error: No such module "sort". Kévin Sireau Template:Flagicon beat Shane Perkins Template:Flagicon 2–0

Football (soccer)

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
- COMNEBOL (South America), matchday 11:
  - Ecuador File:Flag of Ecuador.svg 1–1 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
  - Peru File:Flag of Peru.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
    - Standings after 11 of 18 rounds: Paraguay 23 pts, Argentina, Chile 19, Brazil 18, Uruguay 16, Colombia 14, Ecuador 13, Venezuela 10, Bolivia 9, Peru 7.
- CAF (Africa) third round, matchday 1:
  - Group 2:
    - Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg 0–0 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
  - Group 3:
    - Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg 1–1 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
  - Group 4:
    - Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin
  - Group 5:
    - Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg 5–0 File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
      - 22 spectators die and more than a hundred are injured in a stampede after a wall collapse in Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium shortly before the kick-off.^[1]

Golf

PGA Tour:
- Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida:
  - Winner: Tiger Woods Template:Flagicon 275 (−5)
    - Woods wins his first title since his comeback from injury and sixth title at this tournament.
European Tour:
- Open de Andalucia in Andalusia, Spain:
  - Winner: Søren Kjeldsen Template:Flagicon 274 (−14)
LPGA Tour:
- Phoenix LPGA International in Phoenix, Arizona:
  - Winner: Karrie Webb Template:Flagicon 274 (−14)

Ice hockey

NHL:
- The Detroit Red Wings clinch the Central Division title as their nearest rivals, the Chicago Blackhawks, lose 0–4 to the Vancouver Canucks.

Rowing

155th University Boat Race on the River Thames, London:
- Oxford University Boat Club (Michal Plotkowiak, Colin Smith, Alex Hearne, Ben Harrison, Sjoerd Hamburger, Tom Solesbury, George Bridgewater, Ante Kušurin, Colin Groshong) 17:00 beat Cambridge University Boat Club (Rob Weitemeyer, Henry Pelly, Ryan Monaghan, Peter Marsland, Deaglan McEachern, Hardy Cubasch, Tom Ransley, Silas Stafford, Rebecca Dowbiggin) by 12 secs (3½ lengths)
  - The Dark Blues' win reduces Cambridge's overall lead to 79 against 75, with one dead heat.

Rugby union

Sevens World Series:
- Hong Kong Sevens in Hong Kong
  - Final: South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 24–26 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji

Winter sports

Biathlon

World Cup 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia:
- 15 km mass start men: (1) Simon Eder Template:Flagicon 37min 14.4sec (0 penalties) (2) Dominik Landertinger Template:Flagicon at 12.1 (1) (3) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Flagicon 17.0 (3)
  - Final overall World Cup standings (after 26 events): (1) Bjørndalen 1080 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Template:Flagicon 870 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Template:Flagicon 844
  - Final World Cup mass-start standings (after five events): (1) Landertinger 208 points (2) Bjørndalen 199 (3) Christoph Sumann Template:Flagicon 197
- 12.5 km mass start women: (1) Simone Hauswald Template:Flagicon 36:54.6 (1 penalty) (2) Helena Jonsson Template:Flagicon at 15.1 (0) (3) Andrea Henkel Template:Flagicon 26.9 (3)... 6. Kati Wilhelm Template:Flagicon 1:20.3 (2)
  - Final overall World Cup standings (after 26 events): (1) Jonsson 952 points (2) Wilhelm 952 (3) Tora Berger Template:Flagicon 894
    - Jonsson wins the title because she won 4 races against 3 wins for Wilhelm.
  - Final World Cup mass-start standings (after five events): (1) Jonsson 210 points (2) Wilhelm 186 (3) Hauswald 174

Curling

World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea: (seeding in parentheses)
- Final:
  - Script error: No such module "sort". (1) Template:Flagicon China 8–6 Script error: No such module "sort". (4) Template:Flagicon Sweden
- Bronze medal game:
  - Script error: No such module "sort". (2) Template:Flagicon Denmark 7–6 (3) Template:Flagicon Canada

March 28, 2009 (Saturday)

Athletics

World Cross Country Championships in Amman, Jordan:
- Senior men – 12 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Gebregziabher Gebremariam Template:Flagicon 35:02 Script error: No such module "sort". Moses Kipsiro Template:Flagicon 35:04 Script error: No such module "sort". Zersenay Tadese Template:Flagicon 35:04
  - Teams: Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 28 Script error: No such module "sort". File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 28 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 50
- Senior women – 8 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Florence Jebet Kiplagat Template:Flagicon 26:13 Script error: No such module "sort". Linet Chepkwemoi Masai Template:Flagicon 26:16 Script error: No such module "sort". Meselech Melkamu Template:Flagicon 26:19
  - Teams: Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 14 Script error: No such module "sort". File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia 28 Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu 72

Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Regional Finals (seeding in parentheses):
  - West region in Glendale, Arizona:
    - (1) Connecticut 82, (3) Missouri 75
  - East region in Boston, Massachusetts:
    - (3) Villanova 78, (1) Pittsburgh 76
NCAA Division I Women's Tournament
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
  - Raleigh region in Raleigh, North Carolina:
    - (3) Louisville 56, (2) Baylor 39
    - (1) Maryland 78, (4) Vanderbilt 74
  - Berkeley region in Berkeley, California:
    - (4) Iowa State 69, (9) Michigan State 68
    - (2) Stanford 84, (3) Ohio State 66

Cricket

India in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 3:
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 619/9d; File:Flag of India.svg India 305 and 47/1 (f/o). India trail by 267 runs with 9 wickets remaining.

Cycling

Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland:
- Women's omnium: Script error: No such module "sort". Josephine Tomic Template:Flagicon 26 Script error: No such module "sort". Tara Whitten Template:Flagicon 27 Script error: No such module "sort". Yvonne Hijgenaar Template:Flagicon 27
- Women's Sprint:
  - Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Victoria Pendleton Template:Flagicon bt Script error: No such module "sort". Willy Kanis Template:Flagicon 2–1
  - Bronze medal race: Script error: No such module "sort". Simona Krupeckaitė Template:Flagicon bt Olga Panarina Template:Flagicon 2–0
- Men's madison 50 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "flag". (Michael Mørkøv, Alex Rasmussen) Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (Leigh Howard, Cameron Meyer) Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "flag". (Martin Bláha, Jiří Hochmann)

Football (soccer)

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
- UEFA (Europe):
  - Group 1:
    - Malta File:Flag of Malta.svg 0–3 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
    - Albania File:Flag of Albania.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
    - Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg 0–0 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
      - Denmark and Hungary lead the group on 10 points.
  - Group 2:
    - Luxembourg File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg 0–4 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
    - Moldova File:Flag of Moldova.svg 0–2 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
    - Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg 1–1 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
      - Greece and Switzerland share the lead on 10 points, with Israel one point behind.
  - Group 3:
    - Northern Ireland File:Ulster Banner.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
    - Slovenia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg 0–0 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
      - Northern Ireland goes to the top of the group on 10 points from 6 games, followed by Slovakia on 9 points from 4 games.
  - Group 4:
    - Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
    - Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg 0–2 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
    - Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein
      - Germany lead the group on 13 points, Russia second on 9 points and a game in hand.
  - Group 5:
    - Armenia File:Flag of Armenia.svg 2–2 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
    - Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2–4 File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina
    - Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
      - Spain lead the group with perfect record of 15 points from 5 games.
  - Group 7:
    - Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg 2–3 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
    - Lithuania File:Flag of Lithuania.svg 0–1 File:Flag of France.svg France
      - Serbia on top with 12 points, followed by Lithuania on 9 points.
  - Group 8:
    - Cyprus File:Flag of Cyprus.svg 2–1 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
    - Montenegro File:Flag of Montenegro.svg 0–2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
    - Republic of Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg 1–1 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
      - Italy takes sole possession of first place on 13 points, 2 points ahead of Ireland.
  - Group 9:
    - Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
      - Netherlands maintains its perfect record with 12 points from 4 games.
- COMNEBOL (South America), matchday 11:
  - Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
  - Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Venezuela
  - Colombia File:Flag of Colombia.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
    - Argentina win its first official match with Diego Maradona as coach, and leap over Brazil into second place on 19 points, 4 points befind leader Paraguay. Uruguay goes into fourth place on 16 pts. Colombia in sixth place on 14 pts.
- CONCACAF (North-Central America) fourth round, matchday 2:
  - Trinidad and Tobago File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1–1 File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras
    - The Soca Warriors salvage a point at home courtesy of a Khaleem Hyland goal in the 90th minute.
  - Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
    - Mexico gets level with Costa Rica in second place on 3 points.
  - El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg 2–2 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
    - Team USA comes back from a 2–0 deficit in San Salvador behind goals from Jozy Altidore and Frankie Hejduk, and takes sole possession of first place in the hexagonal with 4 points from 2 matches.
- AFC (Asia) fourth round, matchday 6:
  - Group A:
    - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
      - Japan goes to the top of the group, with 11 points from 5 games, ahead of Australia with 10 pts from 4 games.
    - Uzbekistan File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
      - Uzbekistan gets level with Bahrain and Qatar on 5 points
  - Group B:
    - North Korea File:Flag of North Korea.svg 2–0 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
      - North Korea goes to the top of the group with 10 points from 5 games, ahead of South Korea with 8 points from 4 games.
    - Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg 1–2 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
      - Saudi Arabia replace Iran in third place on 7 points.
- CAF (Africa) third round, matchday 1:
  - Group 1:
    - Togo File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg 1–0 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
    - Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg 1–2 File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
  - Group 2:
    - Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg 1–2 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
  - Group 3:
    - Rwanda File:Flag of Rwanda.svg 0–0 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
  - Group 4:
    - Sudan File:Flag of Sudan.svg 1–1 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
  - Group 5:
    - Burkina Faso File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 4–2 File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Friendly internationals:
- England File:Flag of England.svg 4–0 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
  - David Beckham comes in as substitute for his 109th cap, a record for an English outfield player.
- South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 2–1 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
- South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 2–1 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
OFC Champions League Group stage, matchday 6:
- Group B: Koloale FC Honiara Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Ba F.C.
  - Koloale advance to the final.

Winter sports

Biathlon

World Cup 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia:
- 12.5 km pursuit men: (1) Emil Hegle Svendsen Template:Flagicon 33mins 03.3secs (2 penalties) (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Flagicon at 0.1 (2) (3) Christoph Sumann Template:Flagicon 23.8 (2)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 26 events): (1) Bjørndalen 1032 points (champion) (2) Tomasz Sikora Template:Flagicon 863 (3) Svendsen 818
  - Final World Cup pursuit standings (after seven events): (1) Bjørndalen 342 (2) Svendsen 308 (3) Sikora 276
- 10 km pursuit women: (1) Magdalena Neuner Template:Flagicon 27min 53.0sec (2 penalties) (2) Michela Ponza Template:Flagicon at 28.8 (0) (3) Marie Dorin Template:Flagicon 30.5 (1)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 26 events): (1) Helena Jonsson Template:Flagicon 915 points (2) Kati Wilhelm Template:Flagicon 915 (3) Neuner 878
  - Final World Cup pursuit standings (after seven events): (1) Wilhelm 272 points (2) Tora Berger Template:Flagicon 246 (3) Martina Beck Template:Flagicon 244

Curling

World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea: (seeding in parentheses)
- Playoffs:
  - (3) Template:Flagicon Canada 4–5 (4) Template:Flagicon Sweden (11 ends)
    - Sweden will play against Denmark in the semifinal, Canada will play for bronze medal.
- Semifinal:
  - (2) Template:Flagicon Denmark 6–7 (4) Template:Flagicon Sweden
    - Sweden advance to the final against China, Denmark will play for bronze medal against Canada.

Figure skating

World Championships in Los Angeles, United States:
- Ladies: Script error: No such module "sort". Kim Yuna Template:Flagicon 207.71 Script error: No such module "sort". Joannie Rochette Template:Flagicon 191.29 Script error: No such module "sort". Miki Ando Template:Flagicon 190.38
  - Kim becomes the first ever World champion in figure skating from Korea, and the first woman to score over 200 points. Rochette is the first Canadian woman to win a medal in 21 years.

March 27, 2009 (Friday)

Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
  - Midwest region in Indianapolis, Indiana:
    - (1) Louisville 103, (12) Arizona 64
    - (2) Michigan State 67, (3) Kansas 62
  - South region in Memphis, Tennessee:
    - (2) Oklahoma 84, (3) Syracuse 71
    - (1) North Carolina 98, (4) Gonzaga 77

Cricket

India in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 2:
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 619/9d (Jesse Ryder 201, Brendon McCullum 115); File:Flag of India.svg India 79/3. India trail by 540 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
England in West Indies:
- 3rd ODI in Bridgetown, Barbados:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 117 (41.3/44 ov); File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 117/2 (14.4/44 ov, Chris Gayle 80). West Indies win by 8 wickets (D/L method), lead 5-match series 2–1.
Australia in South Africa:
- 1st Twenty20 in Johannesburg:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 166/7 (20/20 ov, David Hussey 88*); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 168/6 (19.2/20 ov). South Africa win by 4 wickets with 4 balls remaining, lead 2-match series 1–0.

Cycling

Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland:
- Men's 1 km time trial: Script error: No such module "sort". Stefan Nimke Template:Flagicon 1:00.666 Script error: No such module "sort". Taylor Phinney Template:Flagicon 1:01.611 Script error: No such module "sort". Mohd Rizal Tisin Template:Flagicon 1:01.658
- Women's scratch 10 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Yumari González Valdinieso Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Lizzie Armitstead Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Belinda Goss Template:Flagicon
- Men's team pursuit:
  - Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "flag". (Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Mørkøv, Alex Rasmussen) 3min 58.246 bt Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Leigh Howard, Cameron Meyer) 3:58.863
  - Bronze medal race: Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (Westley Gough, Peter Latham, Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent) 4:00.248 bt Template:Flagu (Jonathan Bellis, Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh) 4:01.838

Winter sports

Biathlon

World Cup 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia:
- 7.5 km sprint women: (1) Tina Bachmann Template:Flagicon 20min 49.8sec (0 penalties) (2) Simone Hauswald Template:Flagicon at 3.7s (0) (3) Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Template:Flagicon 19.3 (0)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 24 of 26 events): (1) Helena Jonsson Template:Flagicon 904 points (2) Kati Wilhelm Template:Flagicon 893 (3) Magdalena Neuner Template:Flagicon 832
  - Final World Cup sprint standings (after 10 events): (1) Jonsson 372 points (2) Neuner 358 (3) Tora Berger Template:Flagicon 352

Curling

World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea: (seeding in parentheses)
- Playoffs:
  - (1) Template:Flagicon China 6–3 (2) Template:Flagicon Denmark
    - China advance to the final, Denmark will play against Canada/Sweden winner

Figure skating

World Championships in Los Angeles, United States:
- Ladies' short program: (1) Kim Yuna Template:Flagicon 76.12 (2) Joannie Rochette Template:Flagicon 67.90 (3) Mao Asada Template:Flagicon 66.06
- Ice dance: Script error: No such module "sort". Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin Template:Flagicon 206.30 Script error: No such module "sort". Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Template:Flagicon 205.08 Script error: No such module "sort". Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Template:Flagicon 200.40

March 26, 2009 (Thursday)

Basketball

Euroleague Quarterfinals:
- Game 2 of best-of-5 series:
  - CSKA Moscow Template:Flagicon 77–50 Template:Flagicon Partizan Igokea. CSKA leads series 2–0.
  - Olympiacos Piraeus Template:Flagicon 79–73 Template:Flagicon Real Madrid. Olympiacos leads series 2–0.
  - Regal FC Barcelona Template:Flagicon 85–62 Template:Flagicon TAU Cerámica. Series tied 1–1.
  - Panathinaikos Athens Template:Flagicon 79–84 Template:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena. Series tied 1–1.
NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Regional semifinals (seeding in parentheses):
  - West region in Glendale, Arizona:
    - (1) Connecticut 72, (5) Purdue 60
    - (3) Missouri 102, (2) Memphis 91
  - East region in Boston, Massachusetts:
    - (1) Pittsburgh 60, (4) Xavier 55
    - (3) Villanova 77, (2) Duke 54

Cricket

India in New Zealand:
- 2nd Test in Napier, day 1:
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 351/4 (Ross Taylor 151, Jesse Ryder 137*)

Cycling

Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland:
- Men's scratch 15 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Morgan Kneisky Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Angel Colla Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Müller Template:Flagicon
- Women's team sprint:
  - Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (Anna Meares, Kaarle McCulloch) 33.149sec bt Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (Shanaze Reade, Victoria Pendleton) 33.380
  - Bronze medal race: Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "flag". (Gintarė Gaivenytė, Simona Krupeckaitė) 33.495 bt Template:Flagu (Sandie Clair, Clara Sanchez) 33.638
- Men's individual pursuit:
  - Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Taylor Phinney Template:Flagicon 4min 15.160sec bt Script error: No such module "sort". Jack Bobridge Template:Flagicon 4:17.419
  - Bronze medal race: Script error: No such module "sort". Dominique Cornu Template:Flagicon 4:19.197 bt Volodymyr Dyudya Template:Flagicon 4:19.786
- Women's team pursuit:
  - Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (Wendy Houvenaghel, Joanna Rowsell, Lizzie Armitstead) 3:25.147 bt Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen, Alison Shanks) 3:26.023
  - Bronze medal race: Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (Ashlee Ankudinoff, Sarah Kent, Josephine Tomic) 3:27.719 bt Template:Flagu (Vera Koedooder, Amy Pieters, Ellen van Dijk) 3:30.893
- Men's keirin: Script error: No such module "sort". Maximilian Levy Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". François Pervis Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Teun Mulder Template:Flagicon

Winter sports

Biathlon

World Cup 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia:
- 10 km sprint men: (1) Arnd Peiffer Template:Flagicon 25min 51.1sec (0 penalties) (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Flagicon at 23.1s (1) (3) Christoph Sumann Template:Flagicon 27.3 (0)
  - World Cup overall standings (after 24 of 26 events): (1) Bjørndalen 978 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Template:Flagicon 854 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Template:Flagicon & Maxim Tchoudov Template:Flagicon 758
    - Bjørndalen secure his sixth overall World Cup title.
  - Final World Cup sprint standings (after 10 events): (1) Bjørndalen 372 points (2) Sikora 337 (3) Svendsen 318

Curling

World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
(teams in bold advance to the playoff, teams in italics play in tiebreaker)
- Draw 15:
  - Template:Flagicon Sweden 7–8 Template:Flagicon China
  - Template:Flagicon Scotland 7–6 Template:Flagicon United States
  - Template:Flagicon Italy 5–8 Template:Flagicon Canada
    - Canada secure a playoff berth.
  - Template:Flagicon South Korea 8–10 Template:Flagicon 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:
  - Template:Flagicon Denmark 6–2 Template:Flagicon Scotland
    - Denmark secure a playoff berth, while Scotland is eliminated
  - Template:Flagicon Norway 2–11 Template:Flagicon Sweden
    - Sweden secure at least a tiebreaker place.
  - Template:Flagicon Germany 9–6 Template:Flagicon South Korea
  - Template:Flagicon Switzerland 8–5 Template:Flagicon 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:
  - Template:Flagicon Russia 6–8 Template:Flagicon Germany
  - Template:Flagicon Canada 10–7 Template:Flagicon Switzerland
    - Switzerland's loss means Sweden advance to the playoff.
  - Template:Flagicon United States 3–9 Template:Flagicon Denmark
  - Template:Flagicon China 7–2 Template:Flagicon 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

World Championships in Los Angeles, United States:
- Ice dance standings after original dance: (1) Oksana Domnina – Maxim Shabalin Template:Flagicon 105.45 (2) Tanith Belbin – Benjamin Agosto Template:Flagicon 104.81 (3) Tessa Virtue – Scott Moir Template:Flagicon 100.42
- Men: Script error: No such module "sort". Evan Lysacek Template:Flagicon 242.23 Script error: No such module "sort". Patrick Chan Template:Flagicon 237.58 Script error: No such module "sort". Brian Joubert Template:Flagicon 235.97

March 25, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball

NBA:
- The Orlando Magic clinch the Southeast Division title and at least a #4 seed in the playoff with an 84–82 win over the Boston Celtics.
- The Atlanta Hawks clinch a playoff berth despite a 92–102 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.

Cycling

Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland:
- Women's 500 m time trial: Script error: No such module "sort". Simona Krupeckaitė Template:Flagicon 33.296 (WR) Script error: No such module "sort". Anna Meares Template:Flagicon 33.796 Script error: No such module "sort". Victoria Pendleton Template:Flagicon 34.102
- Men's points race 40 km: Script error: No such module "sort". Cameron Meyer Template:Flagicon 24 points Script error: No such module "sort". Daniel Kreutzfeldt Template:Flagicon 22 Script error: No such module "sort". Chris Newton Template:Flagicon 21
- Women's individual pursuit:
  - Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Alison Shanks Template:Flagicon 3:29.807 def. Script error: No such module "sort". Wendy Houvenaghel Template:Flagicon 3:32.174
  - Bronze medal race: Script error: No such module "sort". Vilija Sereikaitė Template:Flagicon 3:33.583 def. Joanna Rowsell Template:Flagicon 3:35.209
- Men's team sprint:
  - Final: Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (Grégory Baugé, Mickaël Bourgain, Kévin Sireau) 43.512 def. Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (Matthew Crampton, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff) 43.869
  - Bronze medal race: Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Flagu (René Enders, Robert Förstemann, Stefan Nimke) 43.912 def. Template:Flagu (Daniel Ellis, Shane Perkins, Scott Sunderland) 43.986

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 7:
  - Aurora Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Grêmio

Ice hockey

NHL:
- The New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals clinch playoff berths as a result of Florida Panthers 3–5 loss to Buffalo Sabres.

Winter sports

Curling

World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
- Draw 12:
  - Template:Flagicon South Korea 6–7 Template:Flagicon Canada
  - Template:Flagicon Italy 6–7 Template:Flagicon Russia (11 ends)
  - Template:Flagicon Scotland 3–4 Template:Flagicon China (11 ends)
  - Template:Flagicon Sweden 5–10 Template:Flagicon United States
- Draw 13:
  - Template:Flagicon United States 2–8 Template:Flagicon Switzerland
  - Template:Flagicon China 8–2 Template:Flagicon Germany
  - Template:Flagicon Russia 7–2 Template:Flagicon Norway
  - Template:Flagicon Canada 5–7 Template:Flagicon Denmark
- Draw 14:
  - Template:Flagicon Norway 8–6 Template:Flagicon Italy
  - Template:Flagicon Denmark 4–7 Template:Flagicon South Korea
  - Template:Flagicon Switzerland 6–8 Template:Flagicon Sweden
  - Template:Flagicon Germany 7–6 Template:Flagicon 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

World Championships in Los Angeles, United States:
- Men's short program: (1) Brian Joubert Template:Flagicon 84.40 (2) Evan Lysacek Template:Flagicon 82.70 (3) Patrick Chan Template:Flagicon 82.55
- Pairs: Script error: No such module "sort". Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy Template:Flagicon 203.48 Script error: No such module "sort". Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao Template:Flagicon 186.52 Script error: No such module "sort". Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov Template:Flagicon 186.39

March 24, 2009 (Tuesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Quarterfinals:
- Game 1 of best-of-5 series:
  - CSKA Moscow Template:Flagicon 56–47 Template:Flagicon Partizan Igokea. CSKA leads series 1–0.
  - Panathinaikos Athens Template:Flagicon 90–85 Template:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena. Panathinaikos leads series 1–0.
  - Olympiacos Piraeus Template:Flagicon 88–79 Template:Flagicon Real Madrid. Olympiacos leads series 1–0.
  - Regal FC Barcelona Template:Flagicon 75–84 Template:Flagicon TAU Cerámica. TAU leads series 1–0.
NCAA Division I Women's Tournament:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
  - Trenton Region:
    - (1) Connecticut 87, (8) Florida 59
    - (2) Texas A&M 73, (10) Minnesota 42
  - Berkeley Region:
    - (9) Michigan State 63, (1) Duke 49
    - (4) Iowa State 71, (12) Ball State 57
  - Raleigh Region:
    - (1) Maryland 71, (9) Utah 56
    - (3) Louisville 62, (6) LSU 52
    - (2) Baylor 60, (7) South Dakota State 58
  - Oklahoma City Region:
    - (1) Oklahoma 69, (9) Georgia Tech 50

Cricket

News:
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India announces that the second season of the Indian Premier League will be moved to South Africa due to security concerns. (Cricinfo)

Winter sports

Curling

World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
- Draw 9:
  - Template:Flagicon China 8–5 Template:Flagicon Denmark
  - Template:Flagicon United States 12–7 Template:Flagicon Norway
  - Template:Flagicon Canada 8–7 Template:Flagicon Germany
  - Template:Flagicon Russia 4–8 Template:Flagicon Switzerland
- Draw 10:
  - Template:Flagicon Germany 10–1 Template:Flagicon Sweden
  - Template:Flagicon Switzerland 5–7 Template:Flagicon Scotland
  - Template:Flagicon Denmark 7–4 Template:Flagicon Italy
  - Template:Flagicon Norway 8–9 Template:Flagicon South Korea
- Draw 11:
  - Template:Flagicon Scotland 4–6 Template:Flagicon Russia
  - Template:Flagicon South Korea 2–9 Template:Flagicon United States
  - Template:Flagicon Sweden 7–4 Template:Flagicon Canada
  - Template:Flagicon Italy 3–9 Template:Flagicon 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

World Championships in Los Angeles, United States:
- Compulsory Dance: (1) Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin Template:Flagicon 40.77 (2) Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Template:Flagicon 39.65 (3) Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Template:Flagicon 39.37
- Pairs Short Program: (1) Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Template:Flagicon 72.30 (2) Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Template:Flagicon 68.94 (3) Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang Template:Flagicon 67.42

March 23, 2009 (Monday)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
- Final in Los Angeles, California, United States:
  - South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 3–5 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (10 innings)
    - Ichiro Suzuki hits a two-run single in the top of the 10th, and Yu Darvish closes the door on South Korea as Japan successfully defends its 2006 title. Japan's Daisuke Matsuzaka is named MVP for the second time in two Classics.

Basketball

NCAA Division I Women's Tournament:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
  - Trenton region:
    - (6) Arizona State 63, (3) Florida State 58
    - (4) California 99, (5) Virginia 73
  - Berkeley region:
    - (3) Ohio State 64, (11) Mississippi State 58
    - (2) Stanford 77, (10) San Diego State 49
  - Raleigh region:
    - (4) Vanderbilt 74, (5) Kansas State 61
  - Oklahoma City region:
    - (6) Purdue 85, (3) North Carolina 70
    - (7) Rutgers 80, (2) Auburn 52
    - (4) Pittsburgh 65, (12) Gonzaga 60

Winter sports

Curling

World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
- Draw 6:
  - Template:Flagicon Switzerland 7–6 Template:Flagicon South Korea
  - Template:Flagicon Germany 8–1 Template:Flagicon Italy
  - Template:Flagicon Norway 7–8 Template:Flagicon Scotland (11 ends)
  - Template:Flagicon Denmark 7–6 Template:Flagicon Sweden (11 ends)
- Draw 7:
  - Template:Flagicon Italy 9–6 Template:Flagicon United States
  - Template:Flagicon South Korea 6–7 Template:Flagicon China
  - Template:Flagicon Sweden 9–3 Template:Flagicon Russia
  - Template:Flagicon Scotland 3–9 Template:Flagicon Canada
- Draw 8:
  - Template:Flagicon Canada 8–5 Template:Flagicon Norway
  - Template:Flagicon Russia 4–7 Template:Flagicon Denmark
  - Template:Flagicon China 8–7 Template:Flagicon Switzerland
  - Template:Flagicon United States 7–6 Template:Flagicon 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)

Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
  - Midwest region:
    - (1) Louisville 79, (9) Siena 72 in Dayton, Ohio
    - (12) Arizona 71, (13) Cleveland State 57 in Miami, Florida
    - (3) Kansas 60, (11) Dayton 43 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
    - (2) Michigan State 74, (10) USC 69 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  - West region:
    - (3) Missouri 83, (6) Marquette 79 in Boise, Idaho
  - East region:
    - (1) Pittsburgh 84, (8) Oklahoma State 76 in Dayton, Ohio
    - (4) Xavier 60, (5) Wisconsin 49 in Boise, Idaho
  - South region:
    - (3) Syracuse 78, (6) Arizona State 67 in Miami, Florida
NCAA Division I Women's Tournament:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
  - Trenton Region:
    - (1) Connecticut 104, (16) Vermont 65
    - (8) Florida 70, (9) Temple 57
    - (10) Minnesota 79, (7) Notre Dame 71
    - (2) Texas A&M 80, (15) Evansville 45
  - Berkeley Region:
    - (1) Duke 83, (16) Austin Peay 42
    - (9) Michigan State 60, (8) Middle Tennessee 59
    - (4) Iowa State 85, (13) East Tennessee State 53
    - (12) Ball State 71, (5) Tennessee 55
      - The Cardinals inflict on the two-time defending champion Lady Vols their first loss in the first or second round in school history. Tennessee also becomes the first ever defending champion to lose in the first round.
  - Raleigh Region:
    - (1) Maryland 82, (16) Dartmouth 53
    - (9) Utah 60, (8) Villanova 30
    - (6) LSU 69, (11) UW-Green Bay 59
    - (3) Louisville 62, (14) Liberty 42
    - (7) South Dakota State 90, (10) TCU 55
    - (2) Baylor 87, (15) Texas-San Antonio 82 (OT)
  - Oklahoma City Region:
    - (1) Oklahoma 76, (16) Prairie View 47
    - (9) Georgia Tech 76, (8) Iowa 62

Cricket

Australia in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 4:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 209 & 422 (Mitchell Johnson 123*); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 651. South Africa win by an innings and 20 runs; Australia win 3-match series 2–1.
    - South Africa inflict an innings defeat on Australia for the first time since India inflicted an innings & 219 runs defeat in March 1998. However, Australia had already won the series.
England in West Indies:
- 2nd ODI in Providence, Guyana:
  - File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 264/8 (50 ov); File:Flag of England.svg England 243 (48.2 ov). West Indies win by 21 runs, 5-match series level 1–1.
Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Final:
  - New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 166 (47.2 ov); File:Flag of England.svg England 167/6 (46.1 ov) in North Sydney. England win by 4 wickets and wins the title for the third time. Claire Taylor was named player of the tournament.

Golf

PGA Tour:
- Transitions Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida:
  - Winner: Template:Flagicon Retief Goosen 276 (−8)
European Tour:
- Madeira Island Open in Madeira, Portugal:
  - Winner: Template:Flagicon Estanislao Goya 278 (−6)
LPGA Tour:
- MasterCard Classic in Mexico City, Mexico:
  - Winner: Template:Flagicon Pat Hurst 206 (−10)

Ice hockey

NHL:
- The Boston Bruins clinch the Northeast Division title and the first playoff berth in the Eastern Conference with 4–1 win over the New Jersey Devils.

Tennis

ATP Tour and WTA Tour:
- BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, United States:
  - Men's final: Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal def. Template:Flagicon Andy Murray 6–1, 6–2
  - Women's final: Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva def. Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic, 7–6(5), 6–2

Winter sports

Biathlon

World Cup 8 in Trondheim, Norway:
- 15 km mass start men: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Flagicon 41mins 12.9secs (0 penalties) (2) Simon Eder Template:Flagicon at 39.1 (1) (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Template:Flagicon 53.4 (2)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 23 of the 26 races): (1) Bjørndalen 924 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Template:Flagicon 853 (3) Maxim Tchoudov Template:Flagicon 737
  - Mass start standings (after 4 of 5 races): (1) Bjørndalen 191 points (2) Christoph Sumann Template:Flagicon 175 (3) Dominik Landertinger Template:Flagicon 154
- 12.5 km mass start women: (1) Tora Berger Template:Flagicon 39:29.7 (1) (2) Simone Hauswald Template:Flagicon 39:30.7 (2) (3) Sandrine Bailly Template:Flagicon 39:31.8 (1)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 23 of the 26 races): (1) Helena Jonsson Template:Flagicon 894 points (2) Kati Wilhelm Template:Flagicon 872 (3) Berger 800
  - Mass start standings (after 4 of 5 races): (1) Jonsson 185 points (2) Wilhelm 159 (3) Olga Zaitseva Template:Flagicon 154

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Falun, Sweden:
- 15 km freestyle handicap men: (1) Dario Cologna Template:Flagicon 1:40:45.3 (2) Vincent Vittoz Template:Flagicon at 41.3 (3) Alexander Legkov Template:Flagicon 1:05.4
  - Final overall World Cup rankings: (1) Cologna 1344 points (2) Petter Northug Template:Flagicon 1217 (3) Ola Vigen Hattestad Template:Flagicon 792
- 10 km freestyle handicap women: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Flagicon 1:06:06.8 (2) Therese Johaug Template:Flagicon at 20.0 (3) Charlotte Kalla Template:Flagicon 23.4
  - Final overall World Cup rankings: (1) Kowalczyk 1810 points (2) Petra Majdič Template:Flagicon 1710 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Flagicon 1463

Curling

World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
- Draw 3:
  - Template:Flagicon Germany 5–3 Template:Flagicon Norway
  - Template:Flagicon Switzerland 8–9 Template:Flagicon Denmark
- Draw 4:
  - Template:Flagicon China 9–3 Template:Flagicon Russia
  - Template:Flagicon Sweden 8–5 Template:Flagicon Scotland
  - Template:Flagicon Italy 4–6 Template:Flagicon South Korea
  - Template:Flagicon Canada 10–3 Template:Flagicon United States
- Draw 5:
  - Template:Flagicon Denmark 7–6 Template:Flagicon Germany
  - Template:Flagicon Russia 5–8 Template:Flagicon Canada
  - Template:Flagicon United States 4–8 Template:Flagicon China
  - Template:Flagicon Norway 6–8 Template:Flagicon 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

World Cup in Planica, Slovenia:
- HS215: (1) Harri Olli Template:Flagicon 424.6 points (211.0m, 219.5m) (2) Adam Małysz Template:Flagicon 412.4 (210.0m, 209.5m) (3) Simon Ammann Template:Flagicon 409.6 (210.0m, 208.0m) & Robert Kranjec Template:Flagicon 409.6 (205.5m, 212.5m)
  - Final World Cup Overall standings: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Flagicon 2083 points (2) Ammann 1776 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Template:Flagicon 1396
  - Final World Cup Ski Flying standings: (1) Schlierenzauer 477 points (2) Olli 372 points (3) Ammann 370
  - Final Nations Cup standings: (1) Script error: No such module "flag". 7331 points (2) Script error: No such module "flag". 4270 (3) Script error: No such module "flag". 4175

Snowboarding

World Cup in Valmalenco, Italy:
- Parallel GS men: (1) Jasey-Jay Anderson Template:Flagicon (2) Benjamin Karl Template:Flagicon (3) Siegfried Grabner Template:Flagicon
  - Grabner wins the overall and parallel World Cup titles.
- Parallel GS women: (1) Amelie Kober Template:Flagicon (2) Caroline Calve Template:Flagicon (3) Doris Guenther Template:Flagicon
  - Guenther wins the overall World Cup title, Kober wins the parallel title.

March 21, 2009 (Saturday)

Auto racing

Nationwide Series:
- Scotts Turf Builder 300 in Bristol, Tennessee:
  - (1) Kevin Harvick Template:Flagicon (2) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon (3) Clint Bowyer Template:Flagicon
V8 Supercars:
- Clipsal 500 in Adelaide
  - Round 1: (1) Jamie Whincup Template:Flagicon (2) Lee Holdsworth Template:Flagicon (3) Will Davison Template:Flagicon
American Le Mans Series:
- 12 Hours of Sebring in Sebring, Florida, United States
  - (1) Allan McNish Template:Flagicon, Rinaldo Capello Template:Flagicon & Tom Kristensen Template:Flagicon (2) Franck Montagny Template:Flagicon, Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Flagicon & Sébastien Bourdais Template:Flagicon (3) Mike Rockenfeller Template:Flagicon, Lucas Luhr Template:Flagicon & Marco Werner Template:Flagicon

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
- Semifinals in Los Angeles, California, United States:
  - South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 10–2 File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela

Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Second round (seeding in parentheses):
  - West region:
    - (1) Connecticut 92, (9) Texas A&M 66
    - (5) Purdue 76, (4) Washington 74
    - (2) Memphis 89, (10) Maryland 70
  - East region:
    - (3) Villanova 89, (6) UCLA 69
    - (2) Duke 74, (7) Texas 69
  - South region:
    - (1) North Carolina 84, (8) LSU 70
    - (4) Gonzaga 83, (12) Western Kentucky 81
    - (2) Oklahoma 73, (10) Michigan 63
NCAA Division I Women's Tournament:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
  - Trenton region:
    - (6) Arizona State 58, (11) Georgia 47
    - (3) Florida State 83, (14) North Carolina A&T 71
    - (4) California 70, (13) Fresno State 47
    - (5) Virginia 68, (12) Marist 61
  - Berkeley region:
    - (11) Mississippi State 71, (6) Texas 63
    - (3) Ohio State 77, (14) Sacred Heart 63
    - (10) San Diego State 76, (7) DePaul 70
    - (2) Stanford 74, (15) UC Santa Barbara 39
  - Raleigh region:
    - (4) Vanderbilt 73, (13) Western Carolina 44
    - (5) Kansas State 68, (12) Drexel 44
  - Oklahoma City region:
    - (3) North Carolina 85, (14) UCF 80
    - (6) Purdue 65, (11) Charlotte 52
    - (2) Auburn 85, (15) Lehigh 49
    - (7) Rutgers 56, (10) Virginia Commonwealth 49
    - (4) Pittsburgh 64, (13) Montana 35
    - (12) Gonzaga 74, (5) Xavier 59

Cricket

India in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 4:
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 279 and 279; File:Flag of India.svg India 520 and 39/0. India win by 10 wickets, lead 3-match series 1–0.
Australia in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 3:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 209 and 102/2; File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 651 (Jacques Kallis 102, AB de Villiers 163). Australia trail by 340 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
Women's World Cup in Australia:
- 3rd place play-off:
  - Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 142 (44.4/46 ov); File:Flag of India.svg India 145/7 (43.5/46 ov) in Bankstown. India win by 3 wickets (D/L method).
- 5th place play-off:
  - Pakistan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg 131 (46.3 ov); File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 135/7 (46.3 ov) in Drummoyne. West Indies win by 3 wickets.

Rugby union

Six Nations Championship, week 5:
- Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 8–50 File:Flag of France.svg France in Rome
  - France win their third consecutive Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.
- England File:Flag of England.svg 26–12 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland in London
  - England win the 121st Calcutta Cup.
- Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg 15–17 Ireland in Cardiff
  - Ronan O'Gara scores a drop goal with three minutes remaining to give Ireland their first Six Nations title since 1985, and also their first Grand Slam since 1948 and fourth Triple Crown in the last six years.

Winter sports

Biathlon

World Cup 8 in Trondheim, Norway:
- 12.5 km pursuit men: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Flagicon 33min 18.3sec (2) (2) Simon Eder Template:Flagicon at 25.1sec (1) (3) Tomasz Sikora Template:Flagicon 25.3 (2)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 22 of 26 races): (1) Bjørndalen 864 points (2) Sikora 828 (3) Maxim Tchoudov Template:Flagicon 709
  - World Cup pursuit standings (after 6 of 7 events): (1) Bjørndalen 288 points (2) Sikora 276 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Template:Flagicon 248
- 10 km pursuit women: (1) Andrea Henkel Template:Flagicon 30:08.8 0 penalty (10th) (2) Olga Zaitseva Template:Flagicon at 12.9 1 (1st) (3) Marie-Laure Brunet Template:Flagicon 28.3 1 (6th)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 22 of 26 races): (1) Helena Jonsson Template:Flagicon 865 points (2) Wilhelm 832 (3) Magdalena Neuner Template:Flagicon 762
  - World Cup pursuit standings (after 6 of 7 races): (1) Wilhelm 272 points (2) Martina Beck Template:Flagicon 235 (3) Tora Berger Template:Flagicon 234

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Falun, Sweden:
- 20 km pursuit men: (1) Dario Cologna Template:Flagicon 54:59.5 (2) Marcus Hellner Template:Flagicon 55:01.2 (3) Tobias Angerer Template:Flagicon 55:01.9
- 10 km pursuit women: (1) Riitta-Liisa Roponen Template:Flagicon 29mins 24.7secs (2) Therese Johaug Template:Flagicon at 1.3 (3) Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Flagicon 4.2

Curling

World Women's Championship in Gangneung, South Korea:
- Draw 1:
  - Template:Flagicon Norway 2–10 Template:Flagicon Denmark
  - Template:Flagicon Italy 2–7 Template:Flagicon Sweden
  - Template:Flagicon South Korea 4–6 Template:Flagicon Scotland
  - Template:Flagicon Switzerland 7–5 Template:Flagicon Germany
- Draw 2:
  - Template:Flagicon Scotland 11–2 Template:Flagicon Italy
  - Template:Flagicon Canada 11–5 Template:Flagicon China
  - Template:Flagicon Russia 7–5 Template:Flagicon United States
  - Template:Flagicon South Korea 8–10 Template:Flagicon 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

World Cup in Planica, Slovenia:
- Team HS215: (1) Script error: No such module "flag". 793.4 points (Tom Hilde, Johan Remen Evensen, Anders Jacobsen, Anders Bardal) (2) Template:Flagu 761.9 (Kamil Stoch, Lukasz Rutkowski, Stefan Hula, Adam Małysz) (3) Template:Flagu 734.6 (Denis Kornilov, Pavel Karelin, Ilja Roslakov, Dimitry Vassiliev)
  - One-jump only because of bad weather

Snowboarding

World Cup in Valmalenco, Italy:
- Halfpipe men: (1) Gary Zebrowski Template:Flagicon (2) Nathan Johnstone Template:Flagicon (3) Zeng Xiaoye Template:Flagicon
- Halfpipe women: (1) Liu Jiayu Template:Flagicon (2) Holly Crawford Template:Flagicon (3) Sarah Conrad Template:Flagicon

March 20, 2009 (Friday)

Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
  - Midwest region:
    - (1) Louisville 74, (16) Morehead State 54
    - (9) Siena 74, (8) Ohio State 72 (2 OT)
    - (12) Arizona 84, (5) Utah 71
    - (13) Cleveland State 84, (4) Wake Forest 69
    - (3) Kansas 84, (14) North Dakota State 74
    - (11) Dayton 68, (6) West Virginia 60
    - (10) USC 72, (7) Boston College 55
    - (2) Michigan State 77, (15) Robert Morris 62
  - West region:
    - (6) Marquette 58, (11) Utah State 57
    - (3) Missouri 78, (14) Cornell 59
  - East region:
    - (8) Oklahoma State 77, (9) Tennessee 75
    - (1) Pittsburgh 72, (16) East Tennessee State 62
    - (4) Xavier 77, (13) Portland State 59
    - (12) Wisconsin 61, (5) Florida State 59 (OT)
  - South region:
    - (3) Syracuse 59, (14) Stephen F. Austin 44
    - (6) Arizona State 66, (11) Temple 57

Cricket

India in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 3:
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 279 and 75/3; File:Flag of India.svg India 520 (Sachin Tendulkar 160). New Zealand trail by 166 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
Australia in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 2:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 209; File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 404/3 (Ashwell Prince 150, Jacques Kallis 102*). South Africa lead by 195 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
England in West Indies:
- 1st ODI in Providence, Guyana:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 270/7 (50 ov); File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 244/7 (46.2 ov). England win by 1 run (D/L method), lead 5-match series 1–0.
    - After losing their seventh wicket, the West Indies batsmen are offered the light and take it, believing that they would win the match. However, this turned out to be wrong as the West Indies required a score of 246 after 46.2 overs under the Duckworth–Lewis method in order to win the match.

Winter sports

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Falun, Sweden:
- 3.3 km freestyle sprint men: (1) Axel Teichmann Template:Flagicon 8min 33.1sec (2) Dario Cologna Template:Flagicon at 0.2sec (3) Martin Koukal Template:Flagicon 5.3
- 2.5 km freestyle sprint women: (1) Claudia Nystad Template:Flagicon 7min 12.5sec (2) Charlotte Kall Template:Flagicon at 2.7sec (3) Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Flagicon 3.0

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in La Plagne, France:
- Skicross men:
- Skicross women:

Ski jumping

World Cup in Planica, Slovenia:
- HS215: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Flagicon 196.1pts (203.0m), (2) Adam Małysz Template:Flagicon 195.0 (202.5), (3) Dimitry Vassiliev Template:Flagicon 193.6 (200.5)
  - The second round of the competition was cancelled due to unstable wind conditions.
  - Schlierenzauer win his 13th competition of the season, which is a new single-season record.
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 26 of 27 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 2038pts, (2) Simon Ammann Template:Flagicon 1716, (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Template:Flagicon 1378

Snowboarding

World Cup in Valmalenco, Italy:
- Snowboardcross men: (1) Michal Novotny Template:Flagicon (2) Nick Baumgartner Template:Flagicon (3) David Speiser Template:Flagicon
- Snowboardcross women: (1) Maëlle Ricker Template:Flagicon (2) Dominique Maltais Template:Flagicon (3) Zoe Gillings Template:Flagicon

March 19, 2009 (Thursday)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 6–2 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
    - The semifinals are now set, with Japan facing Team USA and South Korea facing Venezuela.

Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- First round (seeding in parentheses):
  - West region:
    - (9) Texas A&M 79, (8) Brigham Young 66
    - (1) Connecticut 103, (16) Chattanooga 47
    - (5) Purdue 61, (12) Northern Iowa 56
    - (4) Washington 71, (13) Mississippi State 58
    - (2) Memphis 81, (15) Cal State Northridge 70
    - (10) Maryland 84, (7) California 71
  - East region:
    - (3) Villanova 80, (14) American 67
    - (6) UCLA 65, (11) Virginia Commonwealth 64
    - (7) Texas 76, (10) Minnesota 62
    - (2) Duke 86, (15) Binghamton 62
  - South region:
    - (8) LSU 75, (9) Butler 71
    - (1) North Carolina 101, (16) Radford 58
    - (4) Gonzaga 77, (13) Akron 64
    - (12) Western Kentucky 76, (5) Illinois 72
    - (10) Michigan 62, (7) Clemson 59
    - (2) Oklahoma 82, (15) Morgan State 54

Cricket

India in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 2:
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 279; File:Flag of India.svg India 278/4. India trail by 1 run with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Australia in South Africa:
- 3rd Test in Cape Town, day 1:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 209; File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 57/0. South Africa trail by 152 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Super Six's:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 161 (49.3 overs); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 163/2 (33.5 overs) in North Sydney. Australia win by 8 wickets.
  - File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 84 (44.4 overs); File:Flag of India.svg India 86/2 (17.5 overs) in Bankstown. India win by 8 wickets.
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 373/7 (50.0 overs); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 150 (48.1 overs) in Drummoyne. New Zealand win by 223 runs.
    - England and New Zealand will play in the final on Sunday. Australia and India will play for 3rd place.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Cup round of 16, second leg:
- Metalist Kharkiv Template:Flagicon 3–2 Template:Flagicon Dynamo Kyiv
  - 3–3 on aggregate, Kyiv win by away goals rule.
- Shakhtar Donetsk Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow
  - Donetsk win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Zenit St. Petersburg Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Udinese
  - Udinese win 2–1 on aggregate.
- Galatasaray Template:Flagicon 2–3 Template:Flagicon Hamburg
  - Hamburg win 4–3 on aggregate.
- Aalborg Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Manchester City
  - 2–2 on aggregate, Manchester City win 4–3 in penalty shootout.
- Braga Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain
  - PSG win 1–0 on aggregate.
Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 3:
  - Nacional Template:Flagicon 3–0 Template:Flagicon River Plate
- Group 5:
  - Estudiantes Template:Flagicon 4–0 Template:Flagicon Deportivo Quito
2009 Major League Soccer season
- Seattle Sounders FC Template:Flagicon 3-0 Template:Flagicon New York Red Bulls
  - Seattle win 3–0.

Winter sports

Biathlon

World Cup 8 in Trondheim, Norway:
- Men's 10 km sprint (penalty laps in brackets): (1) Michael Greis Template:Flagicon 26:11.3 (0+0) (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Flagicon 26:29.6 (1+0) (3) Simon Eder Template:Flagicon 26:43.1 (0+0)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 26 rounds): (1) Bjørndalen 804 points (2) Tomasz Sikora Template:Flagicon 780 (3) Maxim Tchoudov Template:Flagicon 692
  - World Cup sprint standings (after nine of 10 rounds): (1) Sikora 337 points (2) Bjørndalen 318 (3) Alexander Os Template:Flagicon 290
- Women's 7.5 km sprint (penalty laps in brackets): (1) Olga Zaitseva Template:Flagicon 22min 56.9sec (0), (2) Helena Jonsson Template:Flagicon at 5.5sec (0), (3) Sylvie Becaert Template:Flagicon 11.1 (1)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 26 rounds): (1) Jonsson 834 pts, (2) Kati Wilhelm Template:Flagicon 792, (3) Magdalena Neuner Template:Flagicon 739
  - World Cup sprint standings (after nine of 10 rounds): (1) Jonsson 362 pts, (2) Neuner 331, (3) Tora Berger Template:Flagicon 326

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in La Plagne, France:
- Half-pipe men:
- Half-pipe women:

March 18, 2009 (Wednesday)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, team in italics eliminated):
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 5–0 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
    - In an elimination match, Japan defeats their 2006 final opponent for the second time in this pool, and will now face South Korea for semifinal seeding.
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
  - Venezuela File:Flag of Venezuela.svg 10–6 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
    - Venezuela wins Pool 2 and will play the loser of Korea-Japan game in the semifinal.

Basketball

NBA:
- The Boston Celtics clinch the Atlantic Division title and at least a #4 seed in the playoff with a 112–108 overtime win over the Miami Heat. The Celtics trail Cleveland Cavaliers by 4 games in the race for the Eastern Conference top seed.

Cricket

India in New Zealand:
- 1st Test in Hamilton, day 1:
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 279 (Jesse Ryder 102, Daniel Vettori 118); File:Flag of India.svg India 29/0. India trail by 250 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Cup round of 16, second leg:
- Saint-Étienne Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Werder Bremen
  - Bremen win 3–2 on aggregate.
- Ajax Template:Flagicon 2–2(AET) Template:Flagicon Marseille
  - Marseille win 4–3 on aggregate.
Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 2:
  - Guaraní Template:Flagicon 1–3 Template:Flagicon Boca Juniors
- Group 4:
  - Defensor Sporting Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon São Paulo
- Group 5:
  - Cruzeiro Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Universitario de Sucre
- Group 7:
  - Boyacá Chicó Template:Flagicon 3–0 Template:Flagicon Universidad de Chile
- Group 8:
  - San Lorenzo Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Libertad
  - San Luis Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Universitario
    - Libertad advance to the last-16 round.
CONCACAF Champions League semifinals, first leg:
- Santos Laguna Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Atlante
AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 2:
- Group C:
  - Esteghlal Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Al-Jazira
  - Umm-Salal Template:Flagicon 1–3 Template:Flagicon Al-Ittihad
- Group D:
  - Al-Shabab Al-Arabi Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Bunyodkor
  - Al-Ettifaq Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Sepahan
- Group G:
  - Kashima Antlers Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Shanghai Shenhua
  - Singapore Armed Forces Template:Flagicon 0–2 Template:Flagicon Suwon Samsung Bluewings
- Group H:
  - Pohang Steelers Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Kawasaki Frontale
  - Tianjin Teda Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Central Coast Mariners

Winter sports

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden:
- Sprint classic men: (1) Johan Kjoestad Template:Flagicon (2) John Kristian Dahl Template:Flagicon (3) Eldar Roenning Template:Flagicon
- Sprint classic women: (1) Petra Majdič Template:Flagicon (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Flagicon (3) Anna Olsson Template:Flagicon

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in La Plagne, France:
- Dual moguls men:
- Dual moguls women:

March 17, 2009 (Tuesday)

American football

NFL news:
- President Barack Obama has nominated Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Ireland. (AP/ESPN)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic (teams in bold advance to the semifinals, team in italics is eliminated):
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 1–4 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
    - South Korea scores 3 runs in the first inning and cruises into the semifinals. Japan now faces Cuba, with the winner advancing to the semifinals and the loser going home.
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
  - Puerto Rico File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 5–6 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
    - David Wright hits a two-RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to put the US in the semifinals.

Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament:
- Opening round game in Dayton, Ohio: Morehead State 58, Alabama State 43

Cricket

Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Super Six's:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 207 (49.4 overs); File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 210/5 (47.4 overs) in North Sydney. New Zealand win by 5 wickets
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 236/8 (50.0 overs); File: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)

Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 2:
  - Deportivo Cuenca Template:Flagicon 3–1 Template:Flagicon Deportivo Táchira
- Group 6:
  - Lanús Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Everton
- Group 4:
  - Independiente Medellín Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon América de Cali
CONCACAF Champions League semifinals, first leg:
- Puerto Rico Islanders Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Cruz Azul
AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 2:
- Group A:
  - Saba Battery Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Al-Ahli
  - Pakhtakor Tashkent Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Al-Hilal
- Group B:
  - Al-Shabab Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Persepolis
  - Sharjah Template:Flagicon 0–2 Template:Flagicon Al-Gharafa
- Group E:
  - Nagoya Grampus Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Beijing Guoan
  - Newcastle United Jets Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
- Group F:
  - Seoul Template:Flagicon 2–4 Template:Flagicon Gamba Osaka
  - Shandong Luneng Taishan Template:Flagicon 5–0 Template:Flagicon Sriwijaya

Ice hockey

NHL:
- The New Jersey Devils' Martin Brodeur takes sole possession of the record for most regular-season NHL wins by a goaltender, collecting his 552nd in a 3–2 Devils victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
- The San Jose Sharks secure the Pacific Division title, as their nearest rivals, the Dallas Stars, lose 2–4 to the Vancouver Canucks.

March 16, 2009 (Monday)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic (team in bold advances to semifinals, team in italics eliminated):
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
  - Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 7–4 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
    - Cuba eliminates Mexico and will play the Japan–South Korea loser for a semifinal place.
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
  - Venezuela File:Flag of Venezuela.svg 2–0 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
    - Venezuela advances to the semifinals as Félix Hernández and relievers combine on a shutout.

Basketball

Women's NCAA tournament #1 seeds:
- Trenton Region: Connecticut (overall #1 seed)
- Berkeley Region: Duke
- Raleigh Region: Maryland
- Oklahoma City Region: Oklahoma

Cricket

Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Super Six's:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 229/6 (50 ov); File: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

World Rally Championship:
- Cyprus Rally:
  - (1) Sébastien Loeb Template:Flagicon (2) Mikko Hirvonen Template:Flagicon (3) Petter Solberg Template:Flagicon
    - Drivers overall standings: (1) Loeb 30 pts (2) Hirvonen 22 (3) Dani Sordo Template:Flagicon 17

Badminton

BWF Super Series:
- Swiss Open Super Series in Basel:
  - Men's singles: Template:Flagicon Lee Chong Wei
  - Women's singles: Template:Flagicon Wang Yihan
  - Men's doubles: Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong
  - Women's doubles: Template:Flagicon Du Jing & Yu Yang
  - Mixed doubles: Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo & Ma Jin

Baseball

World Baseball Classic (teams in italics eliminated):
- Pool 1 in: San Diego, California, United States:
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 6–0 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
  - Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg 2–8 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
  - Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3–9 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

Basketball

US college basketball
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - ACC in Atlanta: Duke 79, Florida State 69
  - Big Ten in Indianapolis: Purdue 65, Ohio State 61
  - SEC in Tampa: Mississippi State 64, Tennessee 61
  - Southland in Katy, Texas: Stephen F. Austin 68, Texas-San Antonio 57
- Men's NCAA Tournament #1 seeds:
  - Midwest Region: Louisville (overall #1 seed)
  - West Region: Connecticut
  - East Region: Pittsburgh
  - South Region: North Carolina
  - For the first time ever, the same conference (the Big East) produces three #1 seeds.
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - America East in West Hartford, Connecticut: Vermont 74, Boston University 66
  - Big South in High Point, North Carolina: Liberty 51, Gardner–Webb 50
  - Big 12 in Oklahoma City: Baylor 72, Texas A&M 63
  - CAA in Harrisonburg, Virginia: Drexel 64, James Madison 58
  - Horizon League in Green Bay, Wisconsin: UW-Green Bay 65, UW-Milwaukee 41
  - Mid-American in Cleveland: Ball State 55, Bowling Green 51
  - Missouri Valley in St. Charles, Missouri: Evansville 47, Creighton 45
  - NEC in Fairfield, Connecticut: Saint Francis 74. Sacred Heart 66
  - Pac-10 in Los Angeles: Stanford 89, USC 64
Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8 at Ottawa, Ontario:
- Consolation Final: (5) Ottawa Gee-Gees 83, (7) Concordia Stingers 76
- Championship final: (1) Carleton Ravens 87, (3) UBC Thunderbirds 77
  - The Ravens win their sixth title in seven years, this time at home. The Ravens will host the Final 8 again next year. Stuart Turnbull was named game MVP in a 22-point outing.

Cricket

England in West Indies:
- Only T20I in Port of Spain, Trinidad:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 121 (19.1/20 ov); File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 123/4 (18/20 ov). West Indies win by 6 wickets.

Football (soccer)

Scottish League Cup Final in Glasgow:
- Celtic 2–0 (AET) Rangers

Golf

World Golf Championships:
- WGC-CA Championship in Doral, Florida
  - Winner: Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson 269 (−19)
PGA Tour:
- Puerto Rico Open in Río Grande, Puerto Rico
  - Winner: Template:Flagicon Michael Bradley 274 (−14)

Ice hockey

NHL:
- The Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks are the first two teams to clinch playoff berths, with wins over the Columbus Blue Jackets and Anaheim Ducks respectively.

Rugby union

Six Nations Championship, week 4:
- England File:Flag of England.svg 34–10 File:Flag of France.svg France in London
  - England jumps out to a 29–0 halftime lead and cruises from there. France's loss ends their championship hopes and means that the title will be decided in next week's Wales–Ireland match in Cardiff.

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden:
- Team event: (1) Template:Flagu (2) Script error: No such module "flag". (3) Template:Flagu

Biathlon

World Cup 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 4 x 7.5 km relay men: (1) Template:Flagu (Vincent Ekholm, Mattias Nilsson, Fredrik Lindström, Carl Johan Bergman) 1hr 16min 18.6sec (0 penalty laps) (2) Template:Flagu (Vincent Jay, Vincent Defrasne, Martin Fourcade, Simon Fourcade) 6.3sec behind (0) (3) Template:Flagu (Simon Schempp, Daniel Böhm, Arnd Peiffer, Michael Rösch) 16.4sec behind (0)
  - Final overall relay standings (after 6 events): (1) Script error: No such module "flag". 276 points (2) Script error: No such module "flag". 254, (3) Germany 247

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Meiringen–Hasliberg, Switzerland:
- Skicross men:
- Skicross women:

Nordic combined

World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
- Gundersen HS117/10 km: (1) Bill Demong Template:Flagicon 26mins 31.6secs (12th after ski jump) (2) Petter Tande Template:Flagicon at 9.8 (17) (3) Mikko Kokslien Template:Flagicon 10.3 (34)
  - Final World Cup standings: (1) Anssi Koivuranta Template:Flagicon 1461 points (2) Magnus Moan Template:Flagicon 1350 (3) Demong 1060

Short track speed skating

World Team Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands:

Ski jumping

Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
  - HS207: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Flagicon 386.4 points (207.5m/192.0m) (2) Simon Ammann Template:Flagicon 379.7 (191.0m/202.5m) (3) Dimitry Vassiliev (RUS) 372.2 (184.5m/204.0m)
    - Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of the 27 jumps): (1) Schlierenzauer 1938 points (2) Ammann 1676 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Template:Flagicon 1356
    - Schlierenzauer secures the World Cup title, Amman will take the silver globe and Loitzl the bronze.

Snowboarding

World Cup in La Molina, Spain:
- Parallel GS men:
- Parallel GS women:

Speed skating

World Single Distances Championships in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada:

March 14, 2009 (Saturday)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
- Pool 2 in Miami, Florida, United States:
  - Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
  - United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 1–11 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico (7 innings, mercy rule)

Basketball

US college basketball
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - America East in Vestal, New York: Binghamton 61, UMBC 51
    - The Bearcats book their first-ever trip to "The Big Dance".
  - Atlantic 10 in Atlantic City, New Jersey: Temple 69, Duquesne 64
  - Big East in New York City: Louisville 76, Syracuse 66
  - Big 12 in Oklahoma City: Missouri 73, Baylor 60
  - Big West in Anaheim, California: Cal State Northridge 71, Pacific 65
  - Conference USA in Memphis: Memphis 64, Tulsa 39
    - The Tigers extend their winning streak in C-USA play to 61 and state their case for a #1 seed.
  - MEAC in Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Morgan State 83, Norfolk State 69
  - Mid-American in Cleveland: Akron 65, Buffalo 53
  - Mountain West in Las Vegas: Utah 52, San Diego State 50
  - Pac-10 in Los Angeles: USC 66, Arizona State 63
  - SWAC in Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama State 65, Jackson State 58
  - WAC in Reno, Nevada: Utah State 72, Nevada 62
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - Big Sky in Missoula, Montana: Montana 69, Portland State 62
  - Big West in Anaheim, California: UC Santa Barbara 64, Cal Poly 57
  - MEAC in Winston-Salem, North Carolina: North Carolina A&T 76, Hampton 54
  - Mountain West in Las Vegas: Utah 63, San Diego State 58
  - Southland in Katy, Texas: UTSA 74, Texas–Arlington 63
  - SWAC in Birmingham, Alabama: Prairie View 74, Southern 49
  - WAC in Reno, Nevada: Fresno State 56, Nevada 49
- In another women's game:
  - Old Dominion's 62–41 loss to Drexel in the semifinals of the CAA tournament ends the Lady Monarchs' NCAA Division I record of 17 consecutive conference tournament titles.
Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8:
- Consolation round:
  - (7) Concordia Stingers 72, (6) Dalhousie Tigers 61
  - (5) Ottawa Gee-Gees 85, (8) St.FX X-Men 63
- Semifinals:
  - (3) UBC Thunderbirds 79, (2) Calgary Dinos 74
  - (1) Carleton Ravens 66, (4) Western Ontario Mustangs 65

Cricket

India in New Zealand:
- 5th ODI in Auckland:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 149 (36.3/43 ov); File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 151/2 (23.2/43 ov). New Zealand win by 8 wickets. India win 5-match series 3–1.
Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Super Six's:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 234/5 (50 ov); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 218/7 (50 ov) in North Sydney. India win by 16 runs.
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 201/5 (50 ov); File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 170 (48.4 ov) in Bankstown. England win by 31 runs.
  - File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 132/9 (50 ov); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 134/6 (47.5 ov) in Drummoyne. Pakistan win by 4 wickets.
    - Standings after 3 of 5 matches: England 6 points, India & New Zealand 4, Australia & Pakistan 2, West Indies 0.
- 7th place playoff:
  - File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 75 (39 ov); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 76/1 (28.3 ov) in North Sydney. South Africa win by 9 wickets.

Ice hockey

NHL:
- New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur collects his 551st regular-season NHL win in a 3–1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens, tying the record of Patrick Roy.

Motorcycle racing

Superbike World championship:
- Losail Superbike World Championship round in Doha, Qatar
- Superbike:
  - Race 1: (1) Ben Spies Template:Flagicon (2) Noriyuki Haga Template:Flagicon (3) Max Biaggi Template:Flagicon
  - Race 2: (1) Spies (2) Haga (3) Biaggi
    - Riders' standings (after 2 of 14 events): (1) Haga 85 points (2) Spies 75 (3) Max Neukirchner Template:Flagicon 40
- Supersport:
  - (1) Eugene Laverty Template:Flagicon (2) Andrew Pitt Template:Flagicon (3) Cal Crutchlow Template:Flagicon
    - Riders' standings (after 2 of 14 events): (1) Pitt 40 points (2) Kenan Sofuoğlu Template:Flagicon 38 (3) Laverty 36

Rugby union

Six Nations Championship, week 4:
- Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 15–20 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales in Rome
- Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg 15–22 Ireland in Edinburgh
  - Ireland remain on track for a potential Grand Slam. A win or draw against Wales next week in Cardiff will secure them the championship. Wales must win by at least 13 points to win the title. France could also be the winner, if they beat England in London on Sunday and Italy in Rome next week, and Wales beat Ireland.

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden
- Slalom men: (1) Mario Matt Template:Flagicon 1:45.71 (54.24 + 51.47) (2) Julien Lizeroux Template:Flagicon 1:45.80 (54.06 + 51.74) (3) Jean-Baptiste Grange Template:Flagicon 1:45.86 (54.72 + 51.14)
  - Final World Cup overall standings: (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon 1009 points (2) Benjamin Raich Template:Flagicon 1007 (3) Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon 919
  - Final World Cup slalom standings: (1) Grange 541 (2) Ivica Kostelic Template:Flagicon 454 (3) Lizeroux 419
- Giant slalom women: (1) Tina Maze Template:Flagicon 2:26.41 (1:13.74 + 1:12.67) (2) Tanja Poutiainen Template:Flagicon 2:27.53 (1:14.32 + 1:13.21) (3) Manuela Moelgg Template:Flagicon 2:27.80 (1:14.76 + 1:13.04)
  - Final World Cup overall standings: (1) Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon 1788 points (2) Maria Riesch Template:Flagicon 1404 (3) Anja Paerson Template:Flagicon 1059
  - Final World Cup giant slalom standings: (1) Poutiainen 508 (2) Kathrin Zettel Template:Flagicon 501 (3) Maze 368

Biathlon

World Cup 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 4 x 6 km relay women: (1) Template:Flagu (Kati Wilhelm, Magdalena Neuner, Martina Beck, Andrea Henkel) 1:11:49.8 (2) Template:Flagu (Wang Chunli, Liu Xianying, Dong Xue, Liu Yuan-Yuan) 1:13:05.0 (3) Template:Flagu (Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva) 1:13:40.3
  - Final World Cup relay standings: (1) Germany 288 points (2) Template:Flagu 242 (3) Script error: No such module "flag". 232

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Trondheim, Norway:
- 50 km mass start classic men: (1) Sami Jauhojärvi Template:Flagicon 2:02:39.0 (2) Tobias Angerer Template:Flagicon at 21.8 (3) Alex Harvey Template:Flagicon 33.2
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 28 of the 32 races): (1) Petter Northug Template:Flagicon 1042 points (2) Dario Cologna Template:Flagicon 1022 (3) Ola Vigen Hattestad Template:Flagicon 760
- 30 km mass start classic women: (1) Petra Majdič Template:Flagicon 1:25:22.2 (2) Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Flagicon at 11.7 (3) Masako Ishida Template:Flagicon 12.0
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 28 out of 32 races): (1) Majdic 1567 points (2) Kowalczyk 1476 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Flagicon 1365

Nordic combined

World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
- Gundersen HS117/10 km: (1) Anssi Koivuranta Template:Flagicon (2) Bill Demong Template:Flagicon (3) Magnus Moan Template:Flagicon
  - 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

Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Vikersund, Norway:
  - Team HS207: (1) Script error: No such module "flag". 1543.5 pts (Martin Koch, Wolfgang Loitzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer) (2) Script error: No such module "flag". 1499.0 (Matti Hautamäki, Kalle Keituri, Ville Larinto, Harri Olli) (3) Script error: No such module "flag". 1485.0 (Johan Remen Evensen, Bjørn Einar Romøren, Anders Bardal, Anders Jacobsen)

Snowboarding

World Cup in La Molina, Spain:
- Halfpipe men:
- Halfpipe women:

March 13, 2009 (Friday)

Basketball

NBL Grand Final:
- Game 5 in Melbourne, Australia:
  - South Dragons 102–81 Melbourne Tigers. Dragons win series 3–2.
NBA:
- The Cleveland Cavaliers clinch the Central Division title for the first time in 33 years, with 126–123 win in overtime over Sacramento Kings.
US college basketball:
- Men's conference championship game — winner earns a bid to the NCAA tournament
  - Patriot League in Washington, D.C.: American 73, Holy Cross 57
Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8 quarterfinals at Ottawa, Ontario: (CIS ranking in parentheses)
- (4) Western Ontario Mustangs 75, (5) Ottawa Gee-Gees 48
- (1) Carleton Ravens 94, (8) St. FX X-Men 57
- (2) Calgary Dinos 76, (7) Concordia Stingers 67
- (3) UBC Thunderbirds 78, (6) Dalhousie Tigers 54

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden
- Giant slalom men: (1) Benjamin Raich Template:Flagicon 2:18.95 (1:09.94 + 1:09.01) (2) Ted Ligety Template:Flagicon 2:19.08 (1:10.65 + 1:08.43) (3) Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon 2:19.66 (1:10.80 + 1:08.86)... 19. Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Flagicon 1:49.23 (52.27+56.96) (2) Fanny Chmelar Template:Flagicon 1:49.29 (52.89+56.40) (3) Therese Borssen Template:Flagicon 1:49.46 (52.77+56.69) & Šárka Záhrobská Template:Flagicon 1:49.46 (51.80+57.66)
  - World Cup overall standings (after 33 of 34 events): (1) Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon 1788 points (champion) (2) Maria Riesch Template:Flagicon 1404 (3) Anja Pärson Template:Flagicon 1059
  - World Cup slalom standings (after all nine events): (1) Riesch 625 points (champion) (2) Záhrobská 459 (3) Vonn 440

Biathlon

World Cup 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 7.5 km sprint women: (1) Helena Jonsson Template:Flagicon 19:43.6 (0+0) (2) Magdalena Neuner Template:Flagicon 19:44.3 (0+1) (3) Olga Zaitseva Template:Flagicon 19:45.2 (0+0)
  - Sprint World Cup standings (after 8 of 10 events): (1) Neuner 315 points (2) Jonsson 308 (3) Kati Wilhelm Template:Flagicon 298
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 26 events): (1) Jonsson 780 points (2) Wilhelm 764 (3) Neuner 723
- 10 km sprint men: (1) Lars Berger Template:Flagicon 24:06.5 (0) (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Flagicon at 14.1 (0) (3) Christoph Sumann Template:Flagicon 39.5 (0)
  - Overall World Cup sprint standings (after eight of 10 rounds): (1) Tomasz Sikora Template:Flagicon 309 points (2) Bjørndalen 264 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Template:Flagicon 245
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 20 of 26 rounds): (1) Sikora 752 points (2) Bjørndalen 750 (3) Maxim Tchoudov Template:Flagicon 649

Ski jumping

Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway:
  - HS138: (1) Harri Olli Template:Flagicon 288.7pts (135.5/142.0 m), (2) Dimitry Vassiliev Template:Flagicon 275.2 (137.0/133.0), (3) Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Flagicon 268.9 (128.5/138.0)
    - Overall standings (after 24 of 27 rounds): (1) Schlierenzauer 1838 points, (2) Simon Ammann Template:Flagicon 1596, (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Template:Flagicon 1340
    - Schlierenzauer need just 59 more points to secure the World Cup title.

Snowboarding

World Cup in La Molina, Spain:
- Snowboardcross men:
- Snowboardcross women:

March 12, 2009 (Thursday)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round)
- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
  - Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg 4–16 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (7 innings, via mercy rule)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, week 6 (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group E:
  - TAU Cerámica Template:Flagicon 80–88 Template:Flagicon Olympiacos
    - Olympiacos defeats TAU in Vitoria-Gasteiz to claim first place in the group.
  - AJ Milano Template:Flagicon 72–96 Template:Flagicon Asseco Prokom Sopot
    - Prokom win their only game in the Top 16 phase.
- Group F:
  - Maccabi Tel Aviv Template:Flagicon 74–90 Template:Flagicon Regal FC Barcelona
    - Barça secures first place in the group with a win in Tel Aviv. Maccabi is 0–6 against Spanish opponents this season.
  - Real Madrid Template:Flagicon 83–82 Template:Flagicon ALBA Berlin
    - Real's win at the buzzer leaves ALBA the only winless team in the Top 16 phase.
- Quarterfinal matchups (first named team has home advantage in best-of-five series):
  - Olympiacos vs. Real
  - Barça vs. TAU
US college basketball:
- Big East quarterfinals in New York City: Syracuse 127, Connecticut 117 (6OT)
  - This is the second-longest game in NCAA history, and the longest since the shot clock era.
NBA:
- The Los Angeles Lakers clinch the Pacific Division title and the first playoff berth in the Western Conference with a 102–95 win over the San Antonio Spurs.

Cricket

Women's World Cup in Australia:
(teams in bold advance to Super Six stage)
- Group A:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 211/7 (50 ov); File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 164/7 (50 ov) in Drummoyne. Australia win by 47 runs.
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 250/5 (50 ov); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 51 (22.1 ov) in Bowral. New Zealand win by 199 runs.
- Group B:
  - File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 78 (39.5 ov); File:Flag of England.svg England 82/2 (23.1 ov) in North Sydney. England win by 8 wickets.
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 137/7 (50 ov); File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 102 (44.2 ov) in Bankstown. India win by 35 runs.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Cup round of 16, first leg:
- Werder Bremen Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Saint-Étienne
- CSKA Moscow Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Shakhtar Donetsk
- Udinese Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Zenit St. Petersburg
- Paris Saint-Germain Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Braga
- Dynamo Kyiv Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Metalist Kharkiv
- Manchester City Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Aalborg
- Marseille Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Ajax
- Hamburg Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Galatasaray
Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 1:
  - Colo-Colo Template:Flagicon 3–0 Template:Flagicon LDU Quito
- Group 3:
  - U. San Martín Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Nacional

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden
- Super giant slalom men: (1) Werner Heel Template:Flagicon 1min 13.41sec (2) Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon 1:13.48 (3) Christof Innerhofer Template:Flagicon 1:13.61
  - World Cup overall standings (after 35 of 37 events): (1) Svindal 1009 points (2) Benjamin Raich Template:Flagicon 907 (3) Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon 859
  - Final World Cup Super-G standings (after all five events): (1) Svindal (NOR) 292 (winner) (2) Heel 256 (3) Didier Defago Template:Flagicon 242
- Super giant slalom women: (1) Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon 1min 20.63sec (2) Nadia Fanchini Template:Flagicon 1:20.71 (3) Maria Riesch Template:Flagicon 1:20.87
  - World Cup overall standings (after 32 of 34 events): (1) Vonn 1788 points (winner) (2) Riesch 1359 (3) Anja Paerson Template:Flagicon 1035
  - Final World Cup Super-G standings (after all seven events): (1) Vonn 461 pts (winner) (2) Fanchini 416 (3) Fabienne Suter Template:Flagicon 408

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Trondheim, Norway:
- Sprint classic men: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad Template:Flagicon (2) Petter Northug Template:Flagicon (3) Jon Kristian Dahl Template:Flagicon
  - World Cup sprint standings (after 11 of 12 events): (1) Hattestad 760 points (winner) (2) Tor Arne Hetland Template:Flagicon 353 (3) Renato Pasini Template:Flagicon 335
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 27 of 32 events): (1) Dario Cologna Template:Flagicon 1006 points (2) Northug 952 (3) Hattestad 760
- Sprint classic women: (1) Petra Majdič Template:Flagicon (2) Alena Prochazkova Template:Flagicon (3) Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Flagicon
  - World Cup sprint standings (after 11 of 12 events): (1) Majdic 825 points (winner) (2) Arianna Follis Template:Flagicon 454 (3) Pirjo Muranen Template:Flagicon 421
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 27 of 32 events): (1) Majdic 1462 points (2) Kowalczyk 1351 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Flagicon 1321

Freestyle skiing

World Cup in Grindelwald, Switzerland:
- Skicross men:
- Skicross women:

March 11, 2009 (Wednesday)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round, teams in italics are eliminated)
- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
  - Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg 16–1 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (6 innings, via mercy rule)
- Pool C in Toronto, Canada:
  - Venezuela File:Flag of Venezuela.svg 5–3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
- Pool D in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
  - Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 0–5 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, week 6 (teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals):
- Group G:
  - Panathinaikos Template:Flagicon 103–95 (OT) Template:Flagicon Unicaja Málaga
  - Lottomatica Roma Template:Flagicon 88–72 Template:Flagicon Partizan Igokea
    - Roma's only win in the Top 16 phase hands first place in the group to Panathinaikos, even before their overtime win.
- Group H:
  - Cibona Zagreb Template:Flagicon 63–73 Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow
  - Fenerbahçe Ülker Template:Flagicon 68–73 Template:Flagicon Montepaschi Siena
- Quarterfinal matchups (first named team has home advantage in best-of-five series):
  - Panathinaikos vs. Montepaschi
  - CSKA vs. Partizan
US college basketball:
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - Big Sky in Ogden, Utah: Portland State 79, Montana State 77
  - Northeast Conference in Moon Township, Pennsylvania: Robert Morris 48, Mount St. Mary's 46
- Women's conference championship game — winner earns a bid to the NCAA tournament
  - Patriot League in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Lehigh 64, Lafayette 56
NBA:
- The Orlando Magic become the third team to clinch a playoff berth with their 107–79 win over the Chicago Bulls, combined with the New Jersey Nets' 116–112 loss to the Golden State Warriors.

Cricket

India in New Zealand:
- 4th ODI in Hamilton:
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 270/5 (47/47 ov); File:Flag of India.svg India 201/0 (23.3/23.3 ov, Virender Sehwag 125*). India win by 84 runs (D/L method), lead 5-match series 3–0.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League First knockout round, second leg:
- Porto Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Atlético Madrid
  - 2–2 on aggregate. Porto advance on away goals rule.
- Barcelona Template:Flagicon 5–2 Template:Flagicon Lyon
  - Barcelona win 6–3 on aggregate.
- Roma Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Arsenal
  - 1–1 on aggregate. Arsenal win 7–6 on penalties after extra time.
- Manchester United Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Internazionale
  - Manchester United win 2–0 on aggregate.
    - All four English teams – Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United – are through to the quarterfinals, while all Italian teams are out of the competition.
Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 2:
  - Deportivo Táchira Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Deportivo Cuenca
- Group 6:
  - Everton Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Lanús
  - Guadalajara Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Caracas
- Group 7:
  - Boyacá Chicó Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Grêmio
AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 1:
- Group A:
  - Al-Hilal Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Saba Battery
- Group C:
  - Al-Jazira Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Umm-Salal
  - Al-Ittihad Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Esteghlal
- Group D:
  - Sepahan Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Al-Shabab
  - Bunyodkor Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon Al-Ettifaq
- Group G:
  - Suwon Bluewings Template:Flagicon 4–1 Template:Flagicon Kashima Antlers
  - Shanghai Shenhua Template:Flagicon 4–1 Template:Flagicon SAFFC
- Group H:
  - Central Coast Mariners Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon Pohang Steelers
  - Kawasaki Frontale Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Tianjin Teda

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden
- Downhill men: (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon 1min 22.26sec (2) Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon 1:22.46 (3) Hans Olsson Template:Flagicon 1:22.62
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 34 of 37 events) (1) Svindal 929 points (2) Benjamin Raich Template:Flagicon 857 (3) Cuche 843
  - Final World Cup downhill standings (after all nine events): (1) Michael Walchhofer Template:Flagicon 470 pts (champion) (2) Klaus Kroell Template:Flagicon 424 (3) Didier Defago Template:Flagicon 363
- Downhill women: (1) Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon 1min 42.49sec (2) Maria Riesch Template:Flagicon 1:42.89 (3) Renate Goetschl Template:Flagicon 1:43.75
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 31 of 34 events): (1) Vonn 1688 points (champion) (2) Riesch 1299 (3) Anja Paerson Template:Flagicon 990
  - Final World Cup Downhill standings (after all seven events): (1) Vonn 502 pts (champion) (2) Andrea Fischbacher Template:Flagicon 326 (3) Riesch 292

Biathlon

World Cup 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
- 15 km individual women: (1) Simone Hauswald Template:Flagicon 42min 44.6sec (0) (2) Olga Zaitseva Template:Flagicon 39.3sec (1) (3) Vita Semerenko Template:Flagicon 1:05.8 (1)
  - Final World Cup 15 km standings (after 4 events): (1) Magdalena Neuner Template:Flagicon 129 points (2) Éva Tófalvi Template:Flagicon 123 (3) Tora Berger Template:Flagicon 122
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 19 of 26 events): (1) Kati Wilhelm Template:Flagicon 730 points (2) Helena Jonsson Template:Flagicon 720 (3) Neuner 669
- 20 km individual men: (1) Vincent Jay Template:Flagicon 49min 53.9sec 0 penalty (2) Daniel Boehm Template:Flagicon at 19.0 1 (3) Jeremy Teela Template:Flagicon 23.3 1
  - Final World Cup 20 km standings (after all four events): (1) Michael Greis Template:Flagicon 146 points (2) Ivan Tcherezov Template:Flagicon 120 (3) Maxim Tchoudov Template:Flagicon 119
  - World Cup overall standings (after 19 of 26 events): (1) Tomasz Sikora Template:Flagicon 726 points (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Template:Flagicon 696 (3) Tchoudov 635

March 10, 2009 (Tuesday)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round, teams in italics are eliminated)
- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
  - Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 5–4 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
    - Cuba advances, Australia plays Mexico to determine the other advancement slot.
- Pool C in Toronto, Canada:
  - Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 1–10 File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
    - Venezuela advance to the second round, and will play USA on Wednesday to decide the group winner.
- Pool D in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
  - Dominican Republic File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 1–2 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands, 11 innings
    - The Dutch shock the Dominicans for the second time, scoring two runs off Carlos Mármol in the bottom of the 11th inning.

Basketball

US college basketball
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - Horizon League in Indianapolis: Cleveland State 57, Butler 54
  - The Summit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: North Dakota State 66, Oakland 64
    - The Bison become the first men's team since Southwestern Louisiana, now Louisiana–Lafayette, in 1972 to make the "Big Dance" in their first year of postseason eligibility.
  - Sun Belt in Hot Springs, Arkansas: Western Kentucky 64, South Alabama 56
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - Big East in Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut 75, Louisville 36
  - The Summit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: South Dakota State 79, Oakland 69
    - The Jackrabbits make the "Big Dance" in their first season of postseason eligibility.
  - Sun Belt in Hot Springs, Arkansas: Middle Tennessee 74, Arkansas-Little Rock 54
- Other women's games:
  - Dartmouth claims the Ivy League regular-season crown and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a 64–51 home win over Harvard.

Cricket

England in West Indies:
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 5:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 546/6d and 237/6d (Kevin Pietersen 102); File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 544 and 114/8. Match drawn. West Indies win series 1–0.
Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 5:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 352 and 331/5d; File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 138 and 370. Australia win by 175 runs, lead 3-match series 2–0
Women's World Cup in Australia:
(teams in bold advance to the Super Six stage)
- Group A:
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 192/8 (50 ov); File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 136/8 (50 ov) in Bankstown. New Zealand win by 56 runs.
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 258/4 (50 ov); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 197 (49.3 ov) in Newcastle. Australia win by 61 runs.
- Group B:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 169 (48.4 ov); File:Flag of England.svg England 172/1 (38.4 ov) in North Sydney. England win by 9 wickets.

Football (soccer)

UEFA Champions League First knockout round, second leg:
- Panathinaikos Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Villarreal
  - Villarreal win 4–3 on aggregate.
- Liverpool Template:Flagicon 4–0 Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
  - Liverpool win 5–0 on aggregate.
- Bayern Template:Flagicon 7–1 Template:Flagicon Sporting CP
  - Bayern win 12–1 on aggregate, the biggest aggregate score in Champions League history.
- Juventus Template:Flagicon 2–2 Template:Flagicon Chelsea
  - Chelsea win 3–2 on aggregate.
Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 4:
  - América de Cali Template:Flagicon 1–1 Template:Flagicon Independiente Medellín
- Group 5:
  - Deportivo Quito Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Estudiantes
- Group 8:
  - Universitario Template:Flagicon 0–0 Template:Flagicon San Luis
AFC Champions League group stage, matchday 1:
- Group A:
  - Al-Hilal Template:Flagicon – Template:Flagicon Saba Battery
    - postponed because of a sandstorm
  - Al-Ahli Template:Flagicon 1–2 Template:Flagicon Pakhtakor
- Group B:
  - Persepolis Template:Flagicon 3–1 Template:Flagicon Sharjah
  - Al-Gharafa Template:Flagicon 1–3 Template:Flagicon Al-Shabab
- Group E:
  - Ulsan Hyundai Template:Flagicon 1–3 Template:Flagicon Nagoya Grampus
  - Beijing Guoan Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Newcastle Jets
- Group F:
  - Gamba Osaka Template:Flagicon 3–0 Template:Flagicon Shandong Luneng
  - Sriwijaya Template:Flagicon 2–4 Template:Flagicon Seoul

Winter sports

Ski jumping

Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Kuopio, Finland:
  - HS127: (1) Takanobu Okabe Template:Flagicon 241.7 points (123.5/123.0m) (2) Simon Ammann Template:Flagicon 240.4 (119.5/126.0) (3) Adam Małysz Template:Flagicon 239.3 (119.0/127.0)
    - Okabe wins his first World Cup in 11 years and becomes the oldest ever World Cup winner in ski jumping.
  - World Cup standings (after 23 of 27 events): (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Flagicon 1778 points (2) Ammann 1578 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Template:Flagicon 1300

March 9, 2009 (Monday)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round, teams in italics are eliminated)
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
  - South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
    - South Korea win the rematch in the game between both Pool A qualifiers, which only determined seeding for the next round.
- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
  - South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 3–14 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
    - South Africa is eliminated. Mexico will next play the loser of Cuba vs. Australia.
- Pool C in Toronto, Canada:
  - Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2–6 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
    - Italy and Venezuela will play to determine which team joins the United States in advancing from Pool C.
- Pool D in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
  - Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1–3 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
    - Netherlands next plays a rematch against the Dominican Republic, with the winner advancing and the loser eliminated.

Basketball

US college basketball
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - CAA in Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Commonwealth 71, George Mason 50
  - MAAC in Albany, New York: Siena 77, Niagara 70
  - Southern in Chattanooga, Tennessee: Chattanooga 80, College of Charleston 69
  - West Coast in Paradise, Nevada: Gonzaga 83, Saint Mary's 58
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - Atlantic 10 in Charlotte: Charlotte 59, Richmond 54
  - Southern in Chattanooga, Tennessee: Western Carolina 101, College of Charleston 87 (3 OT)
  - West Coast in Paradise, Nevada: Gonzaga 66, San Diego 56

Cricket

England in West Indies:
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 4:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 546/6d and 80/3; File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 544 (Brendan Nash 109, Chris Gayle 102, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 147*). England lead by 82 runs with 7 innings remaining.
Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 4:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 352 and 331/5d (Phillip Hughes 160); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 138 and 244/2. South Africa trail by 301 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Group B:
  - File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 161/7 (50 ov); File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 104 (39.4 ov) in Canberra. Pakistan win by 57 runs.

March 8, 2009 (Sunday)

Athletics

European Indoor Championships in Turin, Italy, day 3:
- Men:
  - Shot put: Script error: No such module "sort". Tomasz Majewski Template:Flagicon 21.02 metres Script error: No such module "sort". Yves Niaré Template:Flagicon 20.42 Script error: No such module "sort". Ralf Bartels Template:Flagicon 20.39
  - Pole vault: Script error: No such module "sort". Renaud Lavillenie Template:Flagicon 5.81 metres Script error: No such module "sort". Pavel Gerasimov Template:Flagicon 5.76 Script error: No such module "sort". Alexander Straub Template:Flagicon 5.76
  - Heptathlon: Script error: No such module "sort". Mikk Pahapill Template:Flagicon 6362 points Script error: No such module "sort". Oleksiy Kasyanov Template:Flagicon 6205 Script error: No such module "sort". Roman Šebrle Template:Flagicon 6142
  - 800 m: Script error: No such module "sort". Yuriy Borzakovskiy Template:Flagicon 1:48.55 Script error: No such module "sort". Luis Alberto Marco Template:Flagicon 1:49.14 Script error: No such module "sort". Mattias Claesson Template:Flagicon 1:49.32
  - Long jump: Script error: No such module "sort". Sebastian Bayer Template:Flagicon 8.71 metres Script error: No such module "sort". Nils Winter Template:Flagicon 8.22 Script error: No such module "sort". Marcin Starzak Template:Flagicon 8.18
  - 1500 m: Script error: No such module "sort". Rui Silva Template:Flagicon 3:44.38 Script error: No such module "sort". Diego Ruiz Template:Flagicon 3:44.70 Script error: No such module "sort". Yoann Kowal Template:Flagicon 3:44.75
  - 60 m: Script error: No such module "sort". Dwain Chambers Template:Flagicon 6.46 seconds Script error: No such module "sort". Fabio Cerutti Template:Flagicon 6.56 Script error: No such module "sort". Emanuele di Gregorio Template:Flagicon 6.56
- Women:
  - Triple jump: Script error: No such module "sort". Anastasiya Taranova-Potapova Template:Flagicon 14.68 metres Script error: No such module "sort". Marija Šestak Template:Flagicon 14.60 Script error: No such module "sort". Dana Veldáková Template:Flagicon 14.40
  - High jump: Script error: No such module "sort". Ariane Friedrich Template:Flagicon 2.01 metres Script error: No such module "sort". Ruth Beitia Template:Flagicon 1.99 Script error: No such module "sort". Viktoriya Klyugina Template:Flagicon 1.96
  - 800 m: Script error: No such module "sort". Mariya Savinova Template:Flagicon 1:58.10 Script error: No such module "sort". Oksana Zbrozhek Template:Flagicon 1:59.20 Script error: No such module "sort". Elisa Cusma Piccione Template:Flagicon 2:00.23
  - 3,000 m: Script error: No such module "sort". Alemitu Bekele Template:Flagicon 8:46.50 Script error: No such module "sort". Sara Moreira Template:Flagicon 8:48.18 Script error: No such module "sort". Mary Cullen Template:Flagicon 8:48.47
  - 60 m: Script error: No such module "sort". Yevgeniya Polyakova Template:Flagicon 7.18 seconds Script error: No such module "sort". Ezinne Okparaebo Template:Flagicon 7.21 Script error: No such module "sort". Verena Sailer Template:Flagicon 7.22

Auto racing

Sprint Cup Series:
- Kobalt Tools 500 in Hampton, Georgia
  - (1) Kurt Busch Template:Flagicon (2) Jeff Gordon Template:Flagicon (3) Carl Edwards Template:Flagicon
    - Drivers' standings (after 4 races): (1) Gordon 634 points (2) Clint Bowyer Template:Flagicon 591 (3) Kurt Busch 588
WTCC:
- HSBC Race of Brazil in Curitiba, Brazil:
  - Round 1: (1) Yvan Muller Template:Flagicon (2) Jordi Gené Template:Flagicon (3) Rickard Rydell Template:Flagicon
  - Round 2: (1) Gabriele Tarquini Template:Flagicon (2) Rydell (3) Gené
    - Drivers' standings (after 2 of 24 events): (1) Muller & Tarquini 15 points (3) Rydell & Gené 14

Badminton

BWF Super Series:
- All England Super Series in Birmingham:
  (Seeding in parentheses)
  - Men's singles: Lin Dan Template:Flagicon (2) bt Lee Chong Wei Template:Flagicon (1) 21–19, 21–12
  - Women's singles: Wang Yihan Template:Flagicon bt Tine Rasmussen Template:Flagicon (1) 21–19, 21–23, 21–11
  - Men's doubles: Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng Template:Flagicon (7) bt Han Sang Hoon/Hwang Ji Man Template:Flagicon 21–17, 21–15
  - Women's doubles: Zhang Yawen/Zhao Tingting Template:Flagicon (7) bt Cheng Sui/Zhao Yunlei Template:Flagicon 21–13, 21–15
  - Mixed doubles: He Hanbin/Yu Yang Template:Flagicon (3) bt Ko Sung Hyun/Ha Jung Eun Template:Flagicon 13–21, 21–15, 21–9

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round, teams in italics are eliminated)
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 0–14 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (via mercy rule)
    - Korea will play against Japan on Monday to decide the group winner.
- Pool B in Mexico City, Mexico:
  - South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 1–8 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
    - Cuba hit 6 home runs.
  - Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 17–7 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (mercy rule)
    - Australia score 13 unanswered runs from 4–7 down after 4 innings, and set a WBC record of 22 hits.
- Pool C in Toronto, Canada:
  - United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 15–6 File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
    - The U.S. scores 8 runs in the 6th inning and advances to the second round. Venezuela next plays the winner of Canada vs Italy on Tuesday.
- Pool D in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
  - Dominican Republic File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 9–0 File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama
  - Panama is eliminated, while the Dominicans will next play the loser of Netherlands vs Puerto Rico on Tuesday.

Basketball

US college basketball
- Men's conference championship game — winner earns a bid to the NCAA tournament
  - Missouri Valley in St. Louis: Northern Iowa 60, Illinois State 57 (OT)
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - ACC in Greensboro, North Carolina: Maryland 92, Duke 89 (OT)
  - Big Ten in Indianapolis: Ohio State 67, Purdue 66
  - Conference USA in New Orleans: UCF 65, Southern Miss 54 (OT)
  - MAAC in Albany, New York: Marist 78, Canisius 63
  - SEC in North Little Rock, Arkansas: Vanderbilt 61, Auburn 54

Cricket

England in West Indies:
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 3:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 546/6d; File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 349/4 (Chris Gayle 100 retired hurt). West Indies trail by 197 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 3:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 352 and 292/3 (Phillip Hughes 136*); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 138. Australia lead by 506 runs with 7 wickets remaining.
    - Hughes scores his second century of the match.
India in New Zealand:
- 3rd ODI in Christchurch:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 392/4 (50/50 ov, Sachin Tendulkar 163); Template:Flagicon 334 (45.1/50 ov, Jesse Ryder 105). India win by 58 runs, lead 5-match series 2–0.
    - The aggregate total of 726 runs is the second-highest in the history of One Day Internationals.
Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Group A:
  - File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 205 (48/50 ov); File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 132/6 (33/50 ov) in North Sydney. New Zealand win by 13 runs (D/L).
  - File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 116 (45.2/50 ov); File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 117/8 (48.4/50 ov) in Newcastle. West Indies win by 2 wickets.

Football (soccer)

African Championship of Nations:
- Final:
  - Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg 0–2 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo
    - DR Congo win the inaugural edition of the tournament.

Golf

PGA Tour:
- Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
  - Winner: Template:Flagicon Yang Yong-eun 271 (−9)
LPGA Tour:
- HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore
  - Winner: Template:Flagicon Jiyai Shin 277 (−11)

Tennis

Davis Cup:
- World Group first round, day 3:
  (Teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
  - File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 5–0 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  - File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3–2 File:Flag of France.svg France in Ostrava, Czech Republic
    - Radek Štěpánek beat Gilles Simon 7–6(2) 6–3 7–6(0) in the fourth rubber to put Czech Republic through to a quarterfinals tie at home against Argentina.
  - File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4–1 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    - Andy Roddick clinch the decisive point for USA for the 11th time in a Davis Cup tie, defeating Stanislas Wawrinka 6–4 6–4 6–2.
  - File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 5–0 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile in Poreč, Croatia
    - Croatia will host USA in the quarterfinals.
  - File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2–3 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel in Malmö, Sweden
    - Israel advance to the quarterfinals for just the second time in its Davis Cup history, after wins for Dudi Sela over Thomas Johansson and Harel Levy over Andreas Vinciguerra, both in five sets. For Sweden it's the first defeat ever after leading 2–1.
  - File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1–4 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia in Sibiu, Romania
    - Dmitry Tursunov come back from two sets down to beat Victor Hănescu and book Russia's trip to Israel in the quarterfinals.
  - File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3–2 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
    - Nicolas Kiefer clinch victory for Germany with 7–6(3) 6–4 6–4 win over Jürgen Melzer in the fourth rubber. Austria lose in the first round for the sixth successive year.
  - File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4–1 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia in Benidorm, Spain
    - World No. 1 Rafael Nadal defeat Novak Djokovic 6–4 6–4 6–1 and sends Spain, the defending champion, to a quarterfinals tie at home against Germany.
WTA Tour:
- Monterrey Open in Monterrey, Mexico
  - Final: Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli def. Template:Flagicon Li Na 6–4, 6–3

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Men's World Cup in Kvitfjell, Norway:
- Super giant slalom: Cancelled

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- 15 km freestyle men: (1) Alexander Legkov Template:Flagicon 33min 5.9sec (2) Pietro Piller Cottrer Template:Flagicon at 7.5 (3) Christian Hoffmann Template:Flagicon 20.7
  - World Cup standings (after 26 of 32 events): (1) Dario Cologna Template:Flagicon 991 points (2) Petter Northug Template:Flagicon 872 (3) Axel Teichmann Template:Flagicon 663
- 10 km freestyle women: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Flagicon 24min 38.6sec (2) Charlotte Kalla Template:Flagicon at 22.4 (3) Marthe Kristoffersen Template:Flagicon 27.1
  - World Cup standings (after 26 of 32 events): (1) Petra Majdič Template:Flagicon 1362 points (2) Kowalczyk 1291 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Flagicon 1276

Freestyle skiing

World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan:
- Dual moguls men: Script error: No such module "sort". Alexandre Bilodeau Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Jesper Bjoernlund Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Tapio Luusua Template:Flagicon
- Dual moguls women: Script error: No such module "sort". Aiko Uemura Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Miki Ito Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Hannah Kearney Template:Flagicon
  - Uemura wins her second title of the championships.

Short track speed skating

World Championships in Vienna, Austria:

Ski jumping

Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
  - HS97: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Template:Flagicon 242.0 points (92.5/92.5m) (2) Simon Ammann Template:Flagicon 236.0 (90.5/94.5) (3) Dimitry Vassiliev Template:Flagicon 234.0 (94.5/90.0)
    - The competition was moved from the 130m hill due to poor wind conditions.
    - World Cup standings (after 22 of 27 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 1752 points (2) Ammann 1498 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Template:Flagicon 1268

March 7, 2009 (Saturday)

Athletics

European Indoor Championships in Turin, Italy, day 2:
- Men:
  - High jump: Script error: No such module "sort". Ivan Ukhov Template:Flagicon 2.32 metres Script error: No such module "sort". Kyriakos Ioannou Template:Flagicon 2.29 Script error: No such module "sort". Aleksey Dmitrik Template:Flagicon 2.29
  - Triple jump: Script error: No such module "sort". Fabrizio Donato Template:Flagicon 17.59 metres Script error: No such module "sort". Viktor Yastrebov Template:Flagicon 17.25 Script error: No such module "sort". Igor Spasovkhodskiy Template:Flagicon 17.15
  - 3,000 m: Script error: No such module "sort". Mo Farah Template:Flagicon 7:40.17 Script error: No such module "sort". Bouabdellah Tahri Template:Flagicon 7:42.14 Script error: No such module "sort". Jesús España Template:Flagicon 7:43.29
  - 400 m: Script error: No such module "sort". Johan Wissman Template:Flagicon 45.89 seconds Script error: No such module "sort". Claudio Licciardello Template:Flagicon 46.32 Script error: No such module "sort". Ioan Vieru Template:Flagicon 46.54
- Women:
  - Pole vault: Script error: No such module "sort". Yuliya Golubchikova Template:Flagicon 4.75 metres Script error: No such module "sort". Silke Spiegelburg Template:Flagicon 4.75 Script error: No such module "sort". Anna Battke Template:Flagicon 4.65
  - Long jump: Script error: No such module "sort". Ksenija Balta Template:Flagicon 6.87 metres Script error: No such module "sort". Yelena Sokolova Template:Flagicon 6.84 Script error: No such module "sort". Olga Kucherenko Template:Flagicon 6.82
  - 1,500 m: Script error: No such module "sort". Anna Alminova Template:Flagicon 4:07.76 Script error: No such module "sort". Natalia Rodríguez Template:Flagicon 4:08.72 Script error: No such module "sort". Sonja Roman Template:Flagicon 4:11.42
  - 400 m: Script error: No such module "sort". Antonina Krivoshapka Template:Flagicon 51.18 seconds Script error: No such module "sort". Nataliya Pyhyda Template:Flagicon 51.44 Script error: No such module "sort". Darya Safonova Template:Flagicon 51.85

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
(teams in bold advance to the second round, teams in italics are eliminated)
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 4–1 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
    - Chinese Taipei is the first team eliminated from the competition.
  - Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 14–2 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (via mercy rule)
    - Japan advance to the second round, while Korea will play against China on Sunday for the second berth from this pool.
- Pool C in Toronto, Canada:
  - Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 5–6 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
  - Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 0–7 File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
- Pool D in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
  - Dominican Republic File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 2–3 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
  - Panama File:Flag of Panama.svg 0–7 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico

Basketball

US college basketball
- Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - Atlantic Sun in Nashville: East Tennessee State 85, Jacksonville 68
  - Big South in Radford, Virginia: Radford 108, VMI 94
  - Ohio Valley in Nashville: Morehead State 67, Austin Peay 65 (2 OT)
- Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament
  - Atlantic Sun in Nashville: East Tennessee State 58, Jacksonville 52
  - Ohio Valley in Nashville: Austin Peay 69, Eastern Illinois 65 (2 OT)

Cricket

England in West Indies:
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 2:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 546/6d (Andrew Strauss 142, Paul Collingwood 161, Matt Prior 131*); File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 92/1. West Indies trail by 454 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 2:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 352; File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 138/7. South Africa trail by 214 runs, with three wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Women's World Cup in Australia:
- Group B:
  - File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 57 (29 ov); File:Flag of India.svg India 58/0 (10 ov) in Bowral. India win by 10 wickets.
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 277/5 (Claire Taylor 101); File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 177/7 in Canberra. England win by 100 runs.

Football (soccer)

OFC Champions League Group stage, matchday 5:
(teams in italics are eliminated)
- Group A: Port Vila Sharks Template:Flagicon 2–3 Template:Flagicon Waitakere United
  - Waitakere gets level with Auckland on 7 points, ahead of their match on April 5 in Waitakere.
- Group B: PRK Hekari United Template:Flagicon 1–0 Template:Flagicon Koloale FC Honiara
  - Hekari goes to the top of the group on 6 points, with Koloale and Ba, who meet in the last match, on 4 points.

Rugby union

World Cup Sevens in Dubai:
- Women's final: New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 10–15 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- Men's final: Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg 19–12 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

Tennis

Davis Cup:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals)
- World Group first round, day 2:
  - File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3–0 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands in Buenos Aires, Argentina
    - Lucas Arnold Ker and Martín Vassallo Argüello see Argentina through to the quarterfinals for the eighth straight year with a comfortable 6–4 7–5 6–3 victory against Jesse Huta Galung and Rogier Wassen.
  - File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 2–1 File:Flag of France.svg France in Ostrava, Czech Republic
    - Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štěpánek's four-set defeat of Richard Gasquet and Michaël Llodra give the Czechs the lead.
  - File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2–1 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    - Bob and Mike Bryan beat Yves Allegro and Stanislas Wawrinka 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(2) for their 15th Davis Cup win and put USA ahead in the tie.
  - File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 3–0 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile in Poreč, Croatia
    - Mario Ančić and Marin Čilić seal Croatia's place in the next round, defeating Paul Capdeville and Nicolás Massú 6–3 6–3 3–6 6–4.
  - File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2–1 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel in Malmö, Sweden
    - While Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt beat Andy Ram and Amir Hadad 6–4 1–6 7–6(4) 6–4 in the near-empty arena to give Sweden the lead in the tie, a crowd of 7000 people hold a demonstration against Israel recent military operation in Gaza Strip near the stadium, and several demonstrators who throw rocks and fire crackers at the police force and try to break into the Baltic Hall are arrested.^[2]
  - File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1–2 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia in Sibiu, Romania
    - Marius Copil and Horia Tecău come back from two sets down to produce a surprise victory over Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov and keep Romanian hopes alive.
  - File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2–1 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
    - Philipp Kohlschreiber and Nicolas Kiefer defeat Julian Knowle and Alexander Peya 6–3 7–6(6) 3–6 6–4 to give Germany the lead.
  - File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2–1 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia in Benidorm, Spain
    - David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal both win the singles matches postponed from day 1 in straight sets and put Spain 2–0 ahead. Victor Troicki and Nenad Zimonjić keep Serbia in contention by winning the doubles rubber 7–6(5) 6–4 7–6(7) over Feliciano López and Tommy Robredo.

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Ofterschwang, Germany:
- Slalom: (1) Sandrine Aubert Template:Flagicon 1:46.28 (53:54 + 52.74) (2) Frida Hansdotter Template:Flagicon 1:46.71 (53.87 + 52.84) (3) Nicole Hosp Template:Flagicon 1:47.10 (54.67 + 52.43)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 30 of 34 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon 1588 points (2) Maria Riesch Template:Flagicon 1219 (3) Anja Pärson Template:Flagicon 990
    - Vonn need just 32 more points in the remaining 4 races to clinch the title.
  - Slalom standings (after 8 of 9 races): (1) Riesch 625 points (2) Vonn 440 (3) Šárka Záhrobská Template:Flagicon 399
    - Riesch secure the slalom World Cup title.
Men's World Cup in Kvitfjell, Norway:
- Downhill: (1) Klaus Kroll Template:Flagicon 1min 32.12sec (2) Michael Walchhofer Template:Flagicon 1:32.39 (3) Manuel Osborne-Paradis Template:Flagicon 1:32.58
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 33 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic Template:Flagicon & Benjamin Raich Template:Flagicon 837 points (3) Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon 829
  - Downhill standings (after 8 of 9): (1) Walchhofer 470 pts (2) Kroll 395 (3) Didier Défago Template:Flagicon 337
    - Walchhofer need 10th place in the last race to secure the downhill title if Kroll wins, or 25th place if Kroll is second.

Cross-country skiing

World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- 1.5 km sprint freestyle men: (1) Petter Northug Template:Flagicon (2) Ola Vigen Hattestad Template:Flagicon (3) Nikolay Morilov Template:Flagicon
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 32 events): (1) Dario Cologna Template:Flagicon 939 points (2) Northug 836 (3) Axel Teichmann Template:Flagicon 663
  - Sprint standings (after 10 of 12 events): (1) Hattestad (NOR) 660 points (secure sprint World Cup title) (2) Tor Arne Hetland Template:Flagicon 335 (3) Renato Pasini Template:Flagicon 321
- 1.3 km sprint freestyle women: (1) Petra Majdič Template:Flagicon (2) Arianna Follis Template:Flagicon (3) Pirjo Muranen Template:Flagicon
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 32 events): (1) Majdic 1350 points (2) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Template:Flagicon 1276 (3) Justyna Kowalczyk Template:Flagicon 1191
  - Sprint standings (after 10 of 12 events): (1) Majdic 725 points (secure sprint World Cup title) (2) Muranen 421 (3) Follis 414

Freestyle skiing

World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan:
- Moguls men: Script error: No such module "sort". Patrick Deneen Template:Flagicon 23.41 points Script error: No such module "sort". Tapio Luusua Template:Flagicon 21.89 Script error: No such module "sort". Vincent Marquis Template:Flagicon 21.66
- Moguls women: Script error: No such module "sort". Aiko Uemura Template:Flagicon 24.71 Script error: No such module "sort". Jennifer Heil Template:Flagicon 22.88 Script error: No such module "sort". Nikola Sudová Template:Flagicon 21.76

Nordic combined

World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- Gundersen HS130/10 km: (1) Magnus Moan Template:Flagicon 26:34.5 (2) Anssi Koivuranta Template:Flagicon 26:34.5 (3) Bill Demong Template:Flagicon 26:37.0
  - World Cup standings (after 21 of 23 events): (1) Koivuranta 1329 points (2) Moan 1270 (3) Demong 980

Ski jumping

Nordic Tournament:
- World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
  - Team HS130: (1) Script error: No such module "flag". 1017.5 points (Wolfgang Loitzl, Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer) (2) Script error: No such module "flag". 1013.8 (Ville Larinto, Kalle Keituri, Harri Olli, Matti Hautamäki) (3) Script error: No such module "flag". 996.8 Anders Bardal, Tom Hilde, Johan Remen, Anders Jacobsen

Snowboarding

World Cup in Moscow, Russia:
- Big Air men: (1) Stefan Gimpl Template:Flagicon (2) Thomas Franc Template:Flagicon (3) Marko Grilc Template:Flagicon

Speed skating

World Cup Final in Salt Lake City, United States:
- 500 m women: (1) Wang Beixing Template:Flagicon 37.25 (2) Jenny Wolf Template:Flagicon +0.14 (3) Yu Jing Template:Flagicon +0.37
- 1000 m men: (1) Shani Davis Template:Flagicon 1:06.42 WR (2) Trevor Marsicano Template:Flagicon +0.46 (3) Denny Morrison Template:Flagicon +0.69
- 1500 m women: (1) Kristina Groves Template:Flagicon 1:54.08 (2) Maki Tabata Template:Flagicon +0.71 (3) Brittany Schussler Template:Flagicon +0.83
- 5000 m men: (1) Sven Kramer Template:Flagicon 6:06.64 (2) Håvard Bøkko Template:Flagicon +3.30 (3) Carl Verheijen Template:Flagicon +6.53
- 100 m women: (1) Jenny Wolf Template:Flagicon 10.25 (2) Yu Jing Template:Flagicon +0.19 (3) Shihomi Shinya Template:Flagicon +0.20
- 100 m men: (1) Yuya Oikawa Template:Flagicon 9.49 (2) Lee Kang-seok Template:Flagicon +0.14 (3) Yu Fengtong Template:Flagicon +0.31

March 6, 2009 (Friday)

Athletics

European Indoor Championships in Turin, Italy, day 1:
- Men:
  - 60 m hurdles: Script error: No such module "sort". Ladji Doucouré Template:Flagicon 7.55 seconds Script error: No such module "sort". Gregory Sedoc Template:Flagicon 7.55 Script error: No such module "sort". Petr Svoboda Template:Flagicon 7.61
- Women:
  - Shot put: Script error: No such module "sort". Petra Lammert Template:Flagicon 19.66 metres Script error: No such module "sort". Denise Hinrichs Template:Flagicon 19.63 Script error: No such module "sort". Anca Heltne Template:Flagicon 18.71
  - Pentathlon: Script error: No such module "sort". Anna Bogdanova Template:Flagicon 4761 points Script error: No such module "sort". Jolanda Keizer Template:Flagicon 4644 Script error: No such module "sort". Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida Template:Flagicon 4618
  - 60 m hurdles: Script error: No such module "sort". Eline Berings Template:Flagicon 7.92 seconds Script error: No such module "sort". Lucie Škrobáková Template:Flagicon 7.94 Script error: No such module "sort". Derval O'Rourke Template:Flagicon 7.97

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
  - Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 0–9 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
    - A six-run first inning including a grand slam from Lee Jin-Young lead to Korea's easy win.

Basketball

U.S. college basketball:
- Cornell clinches its second straight Ivy League title with an 83–59 home win over Penn, and becomes the first team to secure a bid to the NCAA tournament.

Cricket

England in West Indies:
- 5th Test in Port of Spain, Trinidad, day 1:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 258/2 (Andrew Strauss 139*)
Australia in South Africa:
- 2nd Test in Durban, day 1:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 303/4 (Phillip Hughes 115, Simon Katich 108)
India in New Zealand:
- 2nd ODI in Wellington:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 188/4 (28.4/34 ov). No result, India lead 5-match series 1–0.

Tennis

Davis Cup:
- World Group first round, day 1:
  - File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2–0 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  - File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1–1 File:Flag of France.svg France in Ostrava, Czech Republic
  - File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1–1 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    - Andy Roddick beat Marco Chiudinelli for his 30th win in Davis Cup, which puts him level with Andre Agassi in 6th place on USA all-time list.
  - File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2–0 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile in Poreč, Croatia
  - File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1–1 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel in Malmö, Sweden
    - The tie is being played in crowd-less arena for fear of anti-Israeli disturbances.
  - File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 0–2 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia in Sibiu, Romania
  - File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1–1 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
  - File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0–0 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia in Benidorm, Spain
    - The first day singles matches were postponed to Saturday.

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Ofterschwang, Germany:
- Giant slalom: (1) Kathrin Zettel Template:Flagicon 2min 36:48sec (1:19.56 + 1:19.92) (2) Elisabeth Gorgl Template:Flagicon 2:36.60 (1:20:05 + 1:16.55) (3) Tanja Poutiainen Template:Flagicon 2:37:00 (1:20.09 + 1:16.91)
  - World Cup overall standings (after 29 of 34 events): (1) Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon 1588 points (2) Maria Riesch Template:Flagicon 1174 (3) Anja Pärson Template:Flagicon 990
    - Vonn needs just 87 more points to secure the World Cup title.
Men's World Cup in Kvitfjell, Norway:
- Downhill: (1) Manuel Osborne-Paradis Template:Flagicon 1min 47.09sec (2) Michael Walchhofer Template:Flagicon 1:47.40 (3) Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon 1:47.46
  - World Cup overall standings (after 32 of 38 events): (1) Ivica Kostelic Template:Flagicon & Benjamin Raich Template:Flagicon 837 points (3) Svindal 811

Nordic combined

World Cup in Lahti, Finland:
- Gundersen HS130/10 km: (1) Bill Demong Template:Flagicon 26:10.8 (6th place after jump) (2) Anssi Koivuranta Template:Flagicon at 7.2 (1) (3) Jason Lamy-Chappuis Template:Flagicon 11.5 (2)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 20 out 23 races): (1) Koivuranta 1249 points (2) Magnus Moan Template:Flagicon 1170 (3) Demong 720

Speed skating

World Cup Final in Salt Lake City, United States:
- 500 m men: (1) Yu Fengtong Template:Flagicon 34.37 (2) Lee Kyou-hyuk Template:Flagicon +0.01 (3) Tucker Fredricks Template:Flagicon +0.14
- 1000 m women: (1) Anni Friesinger 1:13.86 Template:Flagicon(2) Sayuri Yoshii Template:Flagicon +0.19 (3) Christine Nesbitt Template:Flagicon +0.55
- 1500 m men: (1) Shani Davis Template:Flagicon 1:41.80 WR (2) Trevor Marsicano Template:Flagicon +0.51 (3) Denny Morrison Template:Flagicon +0.76
- 3000 m women: (1) Martina Sáblíková Template:Flagicon 3:58.62 (2) Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Template:Flagicon +1.26 (3) Kristina Groves Template:Flagicon +1.38

March 5, 2009 (Thursday)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic:
- Pool A in Tokyo, Japan:
  - China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 0–4 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
    - Japan begin the defense of its title with a win, thanks to a two-run homer from Shuichi Murata in the third inning and a no-hitter through four innings by Yu Darvish.

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, week 5:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in italics are eliminated)
- Group E:
  - Olympiacos Template:Flagicon 84–81 Template:Flagicon AJ Milano
    - Both Olympiacos and TAU Cerámica clinch quarterfinal berths. The winner of their showdown next week in Vitoria-Gasteiz will finish atop the group.
- Group F:
  - ALBA Berlin Template:Flagicon 70–76 Template:Flagicon Maccabi Tel Aviv
    - Maccabi fail to advance to the quarterfinals after 8 successive seasons. ALBA remain winless in the Top 16 stage.
- Group G:
  - Partizan Igokea Template:Flagicon 63–56 Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos
    - In front of a Euroleague-record crowd of 22,567 at Belgrade Arena, Partizan draw level with Panathinaikos atop the group, although PAO holds the tiebreaker.
- Group H:
  - Montepaschi Siena Template:Flagicon 86–70 Template:Flagicon Cibona Zagreb
    - Montepaschi get the 7-point win they needed to punch their quarterfinal ticket. The result also assures that CSKA Moscow will finish atop the group.

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 3:
  - U. San Martín Template:Flagicon 2–1 Template:Flagicon River Plate
- Group 4:
  - América de Cali Template:Flagicon 1–3 Template:Flagicon São Paulo
- Group 8:
  - Libertad Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon San Lorenzo
CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals, second leg:
- Santos Laguna Template:Flagicon 5–2 Template:Flagicon Montreal Impact
  - 2 late goals by Carlos Quintero give Santos Laguna a 5–4 aggregate win and a semifinals match with Atlante.

Winter sports

Freestyle skiing

World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan:
- Half-pipe men: Script error: No such module "sort". Kevin Rolland Template:Flagicon 45.5 points Script error: No such module "sort". Justin Dorey Template:Flagicon 45.3 Script error: No such module "sort". Xavier Bertoni Template:Flagicon 43.5
- Half-pipe women: Script error: No such module "sort". Virginie Faivre Template:Flagicon 40.4 Script error: No such module "sort". Megan Gunning (CAN) 40.2 Script error: No such module "sort". Jen Hudak Template:Flagicon 38.4

March 4, 2009 (Wednesday)

Basketball

Euroleague Top 16, week 5:
(teams in bold advance to the quarterfinals, teams in italics are eliminated)
- Group E:
  - Asseco Prokom Sopot Template:Flagicon 72–92 Template:Flagicon TAU Cerámica
    - TAU all but mathematically qualify to the quarterfinals. They will definitely do so if Olympiacos beat Milano on Thursday.
- Group F:
  - Regal FC Barcelona Template:Flagicon 90–79 Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
    - Barcelona's win gives them a quarterfinal berth and the tie-break advantage over their Spanish rivals.
- Group G:
  - Unicaja Málaga Template:Flagicon 99–64 Template:Flagicon Lottomatica Roma
- Group H:
  - CSKA Moscow Template:Flagicon 77–60 Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe Ülker
    - CSKA's win gives them a quarterfinal berth, while Fenerbahçe is eliminated.
NBA:
- The Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics clinch the first two playoff berths, with wins over the Milwaukee Bucks and New Jersey Nets respectively.

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 1:
  - Sport Recife Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon LDU Quito
- Group 2:
  - Deportivo Táchira Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Boca Juniors
- Group 5:
  - Universitario de Sucre Template:Flagicon 0–1 Template:Flagicon Cruzeiro
- Group 7:
  - Universidad de Chile Template:Flagicon 3–0 Template:Flagicon Aurora
CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals, second leg:
(Aggregate score in parentheses)
- Marathón Template:Flagicon 0–1 (1–3) Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico Islanders
- UNAM Template:Flagicon 0–1 (0–2) Template:Flagicon Cruz Azul
  - Puerto Rico and Cruz Azul will meet in the semifinals.

Winter sports

Freestyle skiing

World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan:
- Aerials men: Script error: No such module "sort". Ryan St Onge Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Steve Omischl Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Warren Shouldice Template:Flagicon
- Aerials women: Script error: No such module "sort". Li Nina Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Xu Mengtao Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Jacqui Cooper Template:Flagicon

March 3, 2009 (Tuesday)

American football

National Football League:
- The United States Coast Guard ends the search for three missing people, including football players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith.

Cricket

Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
- 2nd Test in Lahore, day 3:
  - File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 606; File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 110/1. Match abandoned. 2-match series drawn 0–0.
    - The Test match and the series are abandoned following a terrorist attack against the Sri Lankan team as they were on the way to the ground for the third day's play. Seven players and assistant coach Paul Farbrace are injured, but none seriously. (Cricinfo), (BBC)
India in New Zealand:
- 1st ODI in Napier:
  - File:Flag of India.svg India 273/4 (MS Dhoni 84*, Virender Sehwag 77, 38/38 ov); File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 162/9 (Martin Guptill 64, 28/28 ov). India win by 53 runs (D/L method) and lead the 5-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)

Copa Libertadores group stage:
- Group 1:
  - Palmeiras Template:Flagicon 1–3 Template:Flagicon Colo-Colo
- Group 6:
  - Caracas Template:Flagicon 2–0 Template:Flagicon Guadalajara
CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals, second leg:
- Atlante Template:Flagicon 3–0 Template:Flagicon Houston Dynamo
  - Atlante wins 4–1 on aggregate.

March 2, 2009 (Monday)

Cricket

England in West Indies:
- 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 5:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 600/6d & 279/2 (Alastair Cook 139*); File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 749/9d. Match drawn, West Indies lead 5-match series 1–0.
Australia in South Africa:
- 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 5:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 466 and 207; File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 220 and 291. Australia win by 162 runs, lead 3-match series 1–0.
Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
- 2nd Test in Lahore, day 2:
  - File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 606 (Thilan Samaraweera 214, Tillakaratne Dilshan 145, Kumar Sangakkara 104); File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 110/1. Pakistan trail by 496 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

Winter sports

Freestyle skiing

World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan:
- Skicross men: Script error: No such module "sort". Andreas Matt Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Thomas Zangerl Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Davey Barr Template:Flagicon
- Skicross women: Script error: No such module "sort". Ashleigh McIvor Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Karin Huttary Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "sort". Meryl Boulangeat Template:Flagicon

March 1, 2009 (Sunday)

Auto racing

Sprint Cup Series:
- Shelby 427 in Las Vegas, Nevada:
  - (1) Kyle Busch Template:Flagicon (2) Clint Bowyer Template:Flagicon (3) Jeff Burton Template:Flagicon
    - Drivers' standings (after 3 races): (1) Jeff Gordon Template:Flagicon 459 points (2) Bowyer 441 (3) Matt Kenseth Template:Flagicon 419

Cricket

England in West Indies:
- 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 4:
  - File:Flag of England.svg England 600/6d & 6/0; File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies 749/9d (Ramnaresh Sarwan 291, Denesh Ramdin 166). England trail by 143 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
    - Sarwan and Ramdin put on 261 for the sixth wicket as West Indies post their third-highest score ever, and the ninth-highest total in history.
Australia in South Africa:
- 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 4:
  - File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 466 & 207 (Phillip Hughes 75); File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 220 & 178/2 (Graeme Smith 69). South Africa require another 276 runs to win with 8 wickets remaining.
Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
- 2nd Test in Lahore, day 1:
  - File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 317/4 (Thilan Samaraweera 133*)

Football (soccer)

Football League Cup Final in London:
- Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 (aet) Manchester United
  - Manchester United win 4–1 on penalties.

Motorcycle racing

Phillip Island World Championship round in Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia:
- Superbike:
  - Race 1: (1) Noriyuki Haga Template:Flagicon (2) Max Neukirchner Template:Flagicon (3) Yukio Kagayama Template:Flagicon
  - Race 2: (1) Ben Spies Template:Flagicon (2) Haga (3) Leon Haslam Template:Flagicon
    - Riders standings (after 1 of 14 events): (1) Haga 45 points (2) Neukirchner 30 (3) Haslam 26
- Supersport:
  - (1) Kenan Sofuoğlu Template:Flagicon (2) Andrew Pitt Template:Flagicon (3) Anthony West Template:Flagicon
    - Riders standings (after 1 of 14 events): (1) Sofuoğlu 25 points (2) Pitt 20 (3) West 16

Golf

World Golf Championships:
- WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona:
  - Final: Geoff Ogilvy Template:Flagicon def. Template:Flagicon Paul Casey 4 & 3
  - Playoff for 3rd place: Stewart Cink Template:Flagicon def. Template:Flagicon Ross Fisher 1 up
PGA Tour:
- Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya in Cancún, Mexico:
  - Winner: Template:Flagicon Mark Wilson 267 (−13)
European Tour:
- Astro Indonesia Open in Bali, Indonesia:
  - Winner: Template:Flagicon Thongchai Jaidee 276 (−12)
LPGA Tour:
- Honda LPGA Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand:
  - Winner: Template:Flagicon Lorena Ochoa 274 (−14)

Rugby league

World Club Challenge in Leeds, England:
- Leeds Rhinos Template:Flagicon 20–28 Template:Flagicon Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Tennis

ATP Tour:
- Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in Delray Beach, Florida, United States:
  - Final: Template:Flagicon Mardy Fish def. Template:Flagicon Evgeny Korolev 7–5, 6–3

Winter sports

Alpine skiing

Women's World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria:
- Super giant slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon 1min 14.49sec (2) Fabienne Suter Template:Flagicon 1:15.07 (3) Tina Maze Template:Flagicon 1:15.40
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 28 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1556 points (2) Maria Riesch Template:Flagicon 1165 (3) Anja Paerson Template:Flagicon 986
Men's World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:
- Slalom: (1) Julien Lizeroux Template:Flagicon 1:40.11 (48.91 + 51.20) (2) Giuliano Razzoli Template:Flagicon 1:40.45 (48.74 + 51.71) (3) Felix Neureuther Template:Flagicon 1:40.67 (49.27 + 51.40)
  - Overall World Cup standings (after 31 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic Template:Flagicon 837 points (2) Benjamin Raich Template:Flagicon 835 (3) Jean-Baptiste Grange Template:Flagicon 777

Bobsleigh

World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
- Four-man: (1) Template:Flagu (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz) 3:36.61 (2) Template:Flagu (André Lange, Alexander Rödiger, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze) + 0.97 (3) Script error: No such module "flag". (Jānis Miņins, Daumants Dreiškens, Oskars Melbārdis, Intars Dambis) + 1.00
  - United States wins its first World Championships bobsleigh title in 50 years and Latvia wins its first ever medal.

Cross-country skiing

Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
- 50 km Freestyle Mass Start men: (1) Petter Northug Template:Flagicon 1hr 59.38.1 (2) Maxim Vylegzhanin Template:Flagicon at 0.7sec (3) Tobias Angerer Template:Flagicon 2.0
  - Northug wins his third title of the championships, and the Norwegian men win five out of six cross country gold medals to finish on top of the medals standings. Angerer wins his third medal of the championships and sixth medal of his career, but none of them is gold.

References

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