March 2005 in sports

See also: 2005 in sports

8 March 2005

Cycling: Tom Boonen wins the first stage of Paris-Nice, while Erik Dekker takes over the lead in the general ranking.
Cricket: The International Cricket Council announces it will move its offices from England and Monaco to Dubai in August 2005. (ICC)
Curling: 2005 Tim Hortons Brier - Randy Ferbey's Alberta rink and Randy Dutiaume's Manitoba rink both lost their first games against Nova Scotia and Northern Ontario respectively while Brad Gushue's Newfoundland and Labrador rink win both their games against Yukon/Northwest Territories and Prince Edward Island to force a 3-way tie for top spot at 4-1. (CBC sports)

Rugby union: In the IRB Rugby Aid Match, a team of players from the Southern Hemisphere defeat the team from the Northern Hemisphere 54-19 at Twickenham, London. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Dogsled racing: Rachel Scdoris became the first legally blind musher to compete in the 1,049-mile Iditarod dog sled race across Alaska, U.S.
Cricket:
- Zimbabwe (54 and 265) lose to South Africa (340 for 3 declared) by an innings and 21 runs on the second day of the first Test of their two-Test series at Newlands, Cape Town. A number of records were set in the match: 54 is Zimbabwe's lowest-ever Test total; Jacques Kallis scored Test cricket's fastest-ever half-century in terms of balls bowled; South Africa's run rate of 6.8 was the highest for a first innings. (Wisden Cricinfo)
- Australia (347 for 5) beat New Zealand (225 for 8) by 122 runs in the fifth and final One-day international at Napier, winning the series in a 5-0 whitewash. (Wisden Cricinfo)
Curling - 2005 Tim Hortons Brier: Randy Dutiaume's Manitoba rink leads the pack with 2 wins (over British Columbia and Saskatchewan). Other undefeated rinks unclude Alberta (Randy Ferbey), Newfoundland and Labrador (Brad Gushue), Quebec (Jean-Michel Menard), and Ontario (Wayne Middaugh). (CBC sports)

Ice hockey: Reports indicate that the financiers who offered $3.5 billion for the National Hockey League earlier in the week are willing to increase their offer.

Boxing: Joseph Serrano undergoes a successful brain surgery to remove a bullet from his head, but he is still listed in critical condition, at a Puerto Rico hospital. (El Vocero, in Spanish)

Boxing: Former Olympian Joseph Serrano is injured with a gun shot to the head as he was leaving the Bairoa Gym, in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Having debuted at the Cotto vs. Corley undercard days ago, he has a record of 1 win and no losses.

Ice hockey: During the NHL's Board of Governors meeting in New York City, two firms from Boston make a proposal to buy the league and all 30 teams for $3.5 billion. League officials are interested, but owners don't seem as much. (The Detroit News)
Cricket: South Africa (207 for 5) beat Zimbabwe (206 for 8) by 5 wickets in the third and final One-day international at Port Elizabeth, winning the series 3-0.

Football: Arsenal F.C. midfielder Jermaine Pennant, currently on loan to Birmingham City F.C., is found guilty of drink-driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without insurance. He is sentenced to three months in prison. (BBC)
Cricket: Australia (236 for 3) beat New Zealand (233) by 7 wickets in the fourth One-day International. They lead the five-match series 4-0. (Wisden Cricinfo)

(For earlier sports events, see May 2004 and preceding months)