February 2009 in sports

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Deaths in February[]

Main article: Deaths in February 2009
  • 1: Jim McWithey
  • 2: Paul Birch

Current sporting seasons[]

Auto racing 2008[]

Basketball 2008–09[]

Cricket 2008–09[]

Football (soccer)[]

Golf 2009[]

Ice hockey 2008–09[]

Rugby league 2009[]

  • Super League

Rugby union 2008–09[]

Winter sports[]

Days of the month[]

28 February 2009 (Saturday)[]

Auto racing[]

  • Nationwide Series:
    • Sam's Town 300 in Las Vegas, Nevada
      • (1) Greg Biffle Washington (state) (2) Carl Edwards Missouri (3) Brian Vickers North Carolina

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 3:
      •  England 600/6d;  West Indies 398/5 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 184*). West Indies trail by 202 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the first innings.
  • Australia in South Africa:
    • 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 3:
      •  Australia 466 and 51/1;  South Africa 220 (AB de Villiers 104*). Australia led by 297 runs with 9 wickets remaining.

Football (soccer)[]

  • A-League Grand Final in Melbourne:
    • Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United
      • Victory win their second A-League Grand Final thanks to a 60th-minute strike from Tom Pondeljak.

Rugby union[]

  • Six Nations Championship, week 3:
    • Scotland  26–6  Italy in Edinburgh
    • Ireland 14–13  England in Dublin
      • Ireland score its third win and lead the standings on 6 points, ahead of France and Wales with 4 points.

Tennis[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Women's World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria:
    • downhill: (1) Andrea Fischbacher Austria 1:45.81 (2) Tina Maze Slovenia 1:46.07 (3) Fabienne Suter Switzerland 1:46.20
      • World Cup overall standings (after 27 of 34 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn United States 1456 points (2) Maria Riesch Germany 1120 (3) Anja Pärson Sweden 960
      • World Cup downhill standings (after 6 of 7 races): (1) Vonn 410 points (2) Dominique Gisin Switzerland 291 (3) Fischbacher 281
        • Vonn secures the World Cup downhill title.
  • Men's World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:
    • Giant slalom: (1) Ted Ligety United States 2:19.92 (2) Didier Cuche Switzerland 2:20.11 (3) Massimiliano Blardone Italy 2:20.26
      • World Cup overall standings (after 30 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic Croatia 813 points (2) Benjamin Raich Austria 785 (3) Jean Baptiste Grange France 775
Cross-country skiing[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • 30 km Freestyle Mass Start women: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk Poland 1:16:10.6 (2) Yevgeniya Medvedeva Russia 1:16:19.4 (3) Valentina Shevchenko Ukraine 1:16:19.9
      • Kowalczyk wins her second title of the championships.
Figure skating[]
  • World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria:
    • Ladies: (1) Alena Leonova Russia 157.18 points (2) Caroline Zhang United States 154.67 (3) Ashley Wagner United States 153.57.
Nordic combined[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • Gundersen HS134/10.0 km men: (1) Bill Demong United States 23mins 36.6secs (8) (2) Bjoern Kircheisen Germany at 12.8 (7) (3) Jason Lamy-Chappuis France 31.4 (1)
Skeleton[]
  • World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
    • Men: (1) Gregor Staehli Switzerland 2.46.58 (2) Adam Pengilly United Kingdom +0.35 (3) Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia +0.51
Ski jumping[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • Team HS134 men: (1)  Austria 1034.3 points (Wolfgang Loitzl, Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer) (2)  Norway 1000.8 (Anders Bardal, Tom Hilde, Johan Remen Evensen, Anders Jacobsen) (3)  Japan 981.2 (Shohhei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe, Daiki Ito, Noriaki Kasai)
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Sunday River, United States:
    • Snowboardcross men: (1) Graham Watanabe United States (2) Lukas Grüner Austria (3) Ross Powers United States
    • Snowboardcross women: (1) Maëlle Ricker Canada (2) Helene Olafsen Norway (3) Mellie Francon Switzerland

27 February 2009 (Friday)[]

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 2:
      •  England 600/6d (Ravi Bopara 104, Paul Collingwood 96);  West Indies 85/1. West Indies trail by 515 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the first innings.
  • Australia in South Africa:
    • 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 2:
      •  Australia 466 (Marcus North 117);  South Africa 85/3. South Africa trail by 381 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the first innings.
  • India in New Zealand:
    • 2nd Twenty20 in Wellington:
      •  India 149/6 (20/20 ov);  New Zealand 150/5 (20/20 ov). New Zealand win by 5 wickets on the last ball and win the series 2–0.

Rugby union[]

  • Six Nations Championship, week 3:
    • France  21–16  Wales in Paris
      • In the tournament's first ever Friday night match, France rallied from ten points behind to stop Wales' winning streak at eight matches, and inflict coach Warren Gatland's first defeat as Welsh head coach.

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Women's World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria:
    • downhill: (1) Fabienne Suter Switzerland 1:45.68 (2) Andrea Fischbacher Austria 1:46.83 (3) Nadia Fanchini Italy & Lindsey Vonn United States 1:46.92
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 26 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1434 points (2) Maria Riesch Germany 1088 (3) Anja Pärson Sweden 960
Cross-country skiing[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
Figure skating[]
  • World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria:
    • Ice dancing: (1) Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein United States 172.55 points (2) Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani United States 162.15 (3) Ekaterina Riazanova/Jonathan Guerreiro Russia 161.80
Skeleton[]
  • World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
Ski jumping[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • HS134 men: (1) Andreas Küttel Switzerland 141.3 points (133.5m) (2) Martin Schmitt Germany 140.9 (133.0) (3) Anders Jacobsen Norway 139.5 (132.5)
      • The competition is reduced to one jump only due to bad weather.

26 February 2009 (Thursday)[]

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague Top 16, week 4:
    • Group E:
      • Olympiacos Greece 84–71 Poland Asseco Prokom Sopot
        • Olympiacos and TAU Cerámica lead the group on 3–1. Sopot (0–4) is eliminated from quarterfinals contention.
    • Group F:
      • Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 69–73 Spain Real Madrid
        • Real Madrid (4–0) score its first win in Tel Aviv in 13 years and advance to the quarterfinals. Maccabi is 0–5 against Spanish teams this season.
      • ALBA Berlin Germany 57–75 Spain Regal FC Barcelona
        • Barcelona (3–1) is on the brink of qualifying to the quarterfinals, while ALBA (0–4) is eliminated.
    • Group G:
      • Lottomatica Roma Italy 71–90 Greece Panathinaikos
        • Panathinaikos (4–0) and Partizan (3–1) advance to the quarterfinals, while Roma and Málaga are eliminated.

Cricket[]

Football (soccer)[]

  • UEFA Cup Round of 32, second leg:
    (Teams in bold advance to the last-16 round; first leg score in parentheses)
    • CSKA Moscow Russia 2–0 (1–1) England Aston Villa
    • Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine 2–0 (1–0) Italy Sampdoria
    • Hamburg Germany 1–0 (3–0) Netherlands NEC
    • Twente Netherlands 0–1(AET) (1–0) France Marseille
      • Marseille wins 7–6 on penalties.
    • Wolfsburg Germany 1–3 (0–2) France Paris Saint-Germain
    • Galatasaray Turkey 4–3 (0–0) France Bordeaux
    • Stuttgart Germany 1–2 (1–2) Russia Zenit St. Petersburg
    • Milan Italy 2–2 (1–1) Germany Werder Bremen
      • Bremen win on away goals.
    • Standard Liège Belgium 1–1 (0–3) Portugal Braga
    • Udinese Italy 2–1 (2–2) Poland Lech Poznań
    • Manchester City England 2–1 (2–2) Denmark Copenhagen
    • Ajax Netherlands 1–1 (1–0) Italy Fiorentina
    • Saint-Étienne France 2–1 (3–1) Greece Olympiacos
    • Deportivo Spain 1–3 (0–3) Denmark Aalborg BK
    • Tottenham Hotspur England 1–1 (0–2) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
    • Valencia Spain 2–2 (1–1) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
      • Dynamo win on away goals.
  • Copa Libertadores group stage:
    • Group 5:
      • Estudiantes Argentina 1–0 Bolivia Universitario de Sucre
    • Group 8:
  • CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals, first leg:

Winter sports[]

Cross-country skiing[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • 4x5 km Relay women: (1)  Finland (Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen) 54mins 24.3seconds (2)  Germany (Katrin Zeller, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Miriam Gössner, Claudia Künzel-Nystad) at 13.0 (3)  Sweden (Lina Andersson, Britta Norgren, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla) 13.4
      • Saarinen wins her third title and fourth medal of the championships.
Figure skating[]
Nordic combined[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • Team HS134/4x5 km men: (1)  Japan 48mins 32.3secs (Yusuke Minato, Taihei Kato, Akito Watabe, Norihito Kobayashi) (2)  Germany at 0.1 (Ronny Ackermann, Eric Frenzel, Björn Kircheisen, Tino Edelmann) (3)  Norway 3.6 (Mikko Kokslien, Petter Tande, Jan Schmid, Magnus Moan)
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Sunday River, United States:
    • Parallel GS men: (1) Benjamin Karl Austria (2) Siegfried Grabner Austria (3) Jasey Jay Anderson Canada
    • Parallel GS women: (1) Amelie Kober Germany (2) Tomoka Takeuchi Japan (3) Alexa Loo Canada

25 February 2009 (Wednesday)[]

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague Top 16, week 4:
    • Group E:
      • AJ Milano Italy 74–107 Spain TAU Cerámica
    • Group G:
    • Group H:

Cricket[]

  • Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
    • 1st Test in Karachi, day 5:
      •  Sri Lanka 644/7d & 144/5 (Kumar Sangakkara 65);  Pakistan 765/6d (Younis Khan 313). Match drawn.
  • India in New Zealand:
    • 1st Twenty20 in Christchurch:
      •  India 162/8 (Suresh Raina 61*);  New Zealand 166/3 (18.5 ov) (Brendon McCullum 56*). New Zealand win by 7 wickets and lead the 2-match Twenty20 series 1–0.

Football (soccer)[]

Winter sports[]

Cross-country skiing[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • 1.3 km Classic Team Sprint women: (1)  Finland (Aino-Kaisa Saarinen/Virpi Kuitunen) 19mins 43.7secs (2)  Sweden (Anna Olsson/Lina Andersson) at 20.0 (3)  Italy (Marianna Longa/Arianna Follis) 23.8
      • Saarinen wins her second title and third medal of the championships.
    • 1.6 km Classic Team Sprint men: (1)  Norway (Johan Kjølstad/Ola Vigen Hattestad) 22mins 48.5secs (2)  Germany (Tobias Angerer/Axel Teichmann) at 0.5 (3)  Finland (Ville Nousiainen/Sami Jauhojärvi) 0.5
      • Hattestad wins a second title a day after he won the individual sprint.
Figure skating[]

24 February 2009 (Tuesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
    • 1st Test in Karachi, day 4:
      •  Sri Lanka 644/7d;  Pakistan 574/5 (Younis Khan 306*). Pakistan trail by 70 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the first innings.
        The Test sees two historic milestones:
        • For the first time in Test history, both captains (Younis and Mahela Jayawardene) hit innings of 200 or more.
        • The three double centuries so far in the match tie a Test record set in 1965 by the West Indies and Australia.

Football (soccer)[]

Winter sports[]

Cross-country skiing[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • 1.3 km Freestyle Sprint women: (1) Arianna Follis Italy (2) Kikkan Randall United States (3) Pirjo Muranen Finland
    • 1.6 km Freestyle Sprint men: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad Norway (2) Johan Kjølstad Norway (3) Nikolay Morilov Russia
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Branäs, Sweden:
    • Skicross men: (1) Lars Lewen Sweden (2) Christopher Delbosco Canada (3) Michael Schmid Switzerland
    • Skicross women: (1) Ophelie David France (2) Karin Huttary Austria (3) Canada

23 February 2009 (Monday)[]

Cricket[]

  • Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
    • 1st Test in Karachi, day 3:
      •  Sri Lanka 644/7d;  Pakistan 296/3 (Younis Khan 149*). Pakistan trail by 348 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the first innings.

22 February 2009 (Sunday)[]

Auto racing[]

  • Sprint Cup Series:
    • Auto Club 500 in Fontana, California:
      • (1) Matt Kenseth Wisconsin (2) Jeff Gordon California (3) Kyle Busch Nevada
        • Kenseth, who won the Daytona 500 last week, becomes the first driver to win the first two races of a Cup season since Gordon in 1997.
  • A1 Grand Prix:
    • Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa in Midrand, South Africa:

Basketball[]

  • Greek Cup Final in Ellinikon:
    • Olympiacos 70–80 Panathinaikos
  • Italian Cup Final in Casalecchio di Reno:
    • Montepaschi Siena 70–69 Virtus Bologna
  • Spanish Cup Final in Madrid:
  • French Cup Final in Le Havre:
  • Turkish Cup Final in İzmir:
    • Efes Pilsen 79–70 Erdemirspor

Cricket[]

  • Sri Lanka in Pakistan:
    • 1st Test in Karachi, day 2:
      •  Sri Lanka 644/7d (Mahela Jayawardene 240, Thilan Samaraweera 231);  Pakistan 44/1. Pakistan trail by 600 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the first innings.
        • Jayawardene and Samaraweera put on a stand of 437 for the fourth wicket – breaking the world record of 411 set in May 1957 by England's Peter May and Colin Cowdrey. The 437 stand is also the eighth-highest recorded stand in the history of Test cricket, and is the fourth-highest stand in Sri Lankan history.

Golf[]

  • PGA Tour:
    • Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades, California:
      • Winner: Phil Mickelson United States 269 (−15)
        • Mickelson successfully defends his title from last year.
  • European Tour:
    • Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth, Australia:
      • Winner: Danny Lee (am) New Zealand 271 (−17)
        • Lee becomes the youngest winner in European Tour history, aged 18 years and 213 days – breaking the record of Dale Hayes, who was 77 days older when he won the 1971 Dutch Open. As Lee is an amateur, he is not entitled to the prize money of $304,286.

Snooker[]

  • Welsh Open in Newport, United Kingdom:
    • Final: Ali Carter England 9–5 Northern Ireland Joe Swail

Tennis[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Women's World Cup in Tarvisio, Italy:
    • Super giant slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn United States 1min 21.72sec (2) Fabienne Suter Switzerland 1:22.23 (3) Tina Maze Slovenia 1:22.39
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 25 of 34 events): (1) Vonn 1374 points (2) Maria Riesch Germany 1075 (3) Anja Pärson Sweden 960
  • Men's World Cup in Sestriere, Italy:
    • Super combined: (1) Romed Baumann Austria 2:25.73 (2) Julien Lizeroux France 2:26.05 (3) Carlo Janka Switzerland & Christof Innerhofer Italy 2:26.41
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 29 of 38 events): (1) Ivica Kostelic Croatia 802 points (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 771 (3) Benjamin Raich Austria 769
      • Final Combined World Cup standings: (1) Janka 242 points (2) Silvan Zurbriggen Switzerland 231 (3) Baumann 169
Biathlon[]
  • World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
    • Women's 12.5 km Mass Start: (1) Olga Zaitseva Russia 34:18.3 (2) (2) Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia at 7.5 sec (2) (3) Helena Jonsson Sweden 12.3 (2)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 18 out of 26 races): (1) Kati Wilhelm Germany 729 points (2) Jonsson 703 (3) Magdalena Neuner Germany 626
    • Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay: (1)  Norway (Emil Hegle Svendsen, Lars Berger, Halvard Hanevold, Ole Einar Bjørndalen) 1:08:04.1 (11) (2)  Austria (Daniel Mesotitsch, Simon Eder, Dominik Landertinger, Christoph Sumann) 1:08:16.7 (7) (3)  Germany (Michael Rösch, Christoph Stephan, Arnd Peiffer, Michael Greis) 1:08:36.8 (10)
      • Bjørndalen wins his fourth title of the championships.
      • World Cup Relay standings (after 5 of 6 races): (1) Austria 276 points (2) Norway 249 (3) Germany 231
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
Bobsleigh and Skeleton[]
  • World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
Cross-country skiing[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • 30 km Pursuit men: (1) Petter Northug Norway 1hour 15:52.4 (2) Anders Södergren Sweden at 3.1sec (3) Giorgio Di Centa Italy 11.9
Nordic combined[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • Gundersen HS100/10.0 km men: (1) Todd Lodwick United States 24mins 22.3 (1) (2) Jan Schmid Norway at 13.0 (2) (3) Bill Demong United States 33.5 (12)
      • Lodwick wins his second title of the championships.
Snowboarding[]

21 February 2009 (Saturday)[]

Auto racing[]

  • Nationwide Series:
    • Stater Brothers 300 in Fontana, California
      • (1) Kyle Busch Nevada (2) Kevin Harvick California (3) Joey Logano Connecticut
        • Busch, who won the San Bernardino County 200 in the Truck Series earlier today, becomes the first driver in NASCAR history to win races in two national touring series on the same day.

Basketball[]

  • 21 Feb:
    • Russian Cup Final:
      • Dynamo Moscow 60–81 UNICS Kazan

Cricket[]

Tennis[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Women's World Cup in Tarvisio, Italy:
    • downhill: (1) Gina Stechert Germany 1:59.94 (2) Lindsey Vonn (USA) 1:59.95 (3) Anja Pärson Sweden 2:00.33
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 24 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1274 points (2) Maria Riesch Germany 1061 (3) Pärson 960
  • Men's World Cup in Sestriere, Italy:
    • Giant slalom: (1) Didier Cuche Switzerland 2:49.57 (1:22.76 + 1:26.81) (2) Stephan Goergl Austria 2:50.23 (1:24.04 + 1:26.19) (3) Benjamin Raich Austria 2:50.46 (1:23.73 + 1:26.73)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 28 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic Croatia 766 points (2) Benjamin Raich Austria 740 (3) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 726
Biathlon[]
  • World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
    • Men's 15 km Mass start: (1) Dominik Landertinger Austria 38min 32.5sec (3) (2) Christoph Sumann Austria at 8.9 (3) (3) Ivan Tcherezov Russia 13.9 (2)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 18 of 26 events): (1) Tomasz Sikora Poland 696 points (2) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway 673 (3) Maxim Tchoudov Russia 609
    • Women's 4 x 6 km Relay: (1)  Russia (Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva) 1hr 13min 12.9sec (0) (2)  Germany (Martina Beck, Magdalena Neuner, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm) at 1:15.1 (3) (3)  France (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Marie Dorin, Sandrine Bailly) 1:27.5 (1)
      • World Cup Relay standings (after 5 of 6 events): (1)  Germany 276 points (2)  France 242 (3)  Sweden 208
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States:
    • Two-woman: (1)  United Kingdom (Nicole Minichiello, Gillian Cooke) 3:48.22 (2) USA (Shauna Rohbock, Elana Meyers) +0.38 (3)  Germany (Cathleen Martini, Janine Tischer) +0.62
Cross-country skiing[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • 15 km Pursuit women: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk Poland 40:55.3 (2) Kristin Stoermer Steira Norway at 1.7 (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland 8.0
Luge[]
  • World Cup 9 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada:
    • Men: (1) David Möller Germany 1:33.919 (2) Armin Zöggeler Italy 1:33.938 (3) Felix Loch Germany 1:34.028
      • Final World Cup standings: (1) Zöggeler 786 points (2) Möller 659 (3) Jan Eichhorn Germany 506
Ski jumping[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • HS100 men: (1) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 282.0 points (103.5/99.0m) (2) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 275.0 (102.0/99.0) (3) Simon Ammann Switzerland 274.5 (102.0/99.5)
Snowboarding[]

20 February 2009 (Friday)[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Women's World Cup in Tarvisio, Italy:
    • Super combined: (1) Maria Riesch Germany 2:18.57 (1:31.98 + 46.59) (2) Lindsey Vonn United States 2:19.06 (1:31.22 + 47.84) (3) Kathrin Zettel Austria 2:20.60 (1:33.57 + 47.03)
      • World Cup overall standings (after 23 from 34 races): (1) Vonn 1194 points (2) Riesch 1035 (3) Anja Pärson Sweden 900
      • Final super-combined standings: (1) Pärson 205 points (2) Vonn 180 (3) Zettel 162
Cross-country skiing[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • 15 km Classic men: (1) Andrus Veerpalu Estonia 38min 54.4sec (2) Lukáš Bauer Czech Republic at 6.3s (3) Matti Heikkinen Finland 16.4
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in –Voss, Norway:
    • Moguls men: (1) Alexandre Bilodeau Canada 26.63 (2) Tapio Luusua Finland 25.99 (3) Michael Morse United States 25.86
    • Moguls women: (1) Aiko Uemura Japan 27.12 (2) Nikola Sudova Czech Republic 25.37 (3) Miki Ito Japan 24.78
Luge[]
  • World Cup 9 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada:
    • Women: (1) Natalie Geisenberger Germany 1:38.012 (49.020+48.992) (2) Tatjana Hüfner Germany 1:38.369 (49.122+49.247) (3) Anke Wischnewski Germany 1:38.612 (49.338+49.274)
      • Final World Cup standings: (1) Hüfner 855 points (2) Geisenberger 785 (3) Wischnewski 592
    • Doubles: (1) André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich Germany 1:37.584 (2) Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch Germany 1:37.624 (3) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger Austria 1:37.731
      • Final World Cup standings: (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber Italy 735 points (2) Leitner/Resch 629 (3) Linger/Linger 590
Nordic combined[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • Mass Start HS100/10.0 km men: (1) Todd Lodwick United States 276.0 points (1) (2) Tino Edelmann Germany 273.7 (2) (3) Jason Lamy Chappuis France 265.2 (20)
Ski jumping[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • HS100 women: (1) Lindsey Van United States 243.0 points (89.0/97.5m) (2) Ulrike Graessler Germany 239.0 (93.5/93.0) (3) Anette Sagen Norway 238.5 (93.5/94.0)
Snowboarding[]

19 February 2009 (Thursday)[]

Basketball[]

  • Israeli State Cup Final in Tel Aviv:
    • Hapoel Holon 69–68 Maccabi Haifa
      • scores a three-pointer as time expires to give Holon its first Cup in history.

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 3rd Test in St John's, Antigua, day 5:
      •  England 566/9d and 221/8d;  West Indies 285 and 370/9 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 106). Match drawn, West Indies lead 5-match series 1–0.

Football (soccer)[]

  • UEFA Cup Round of 32, first leg:
    • Lech Poznań Poland 2–2 Italy Udinese
    • Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–0 England Tottenham Hotspur
    • Copenhagen Denmark 2–2 England Manchester City
    • Marseille France 0–1 Netherlands Twente
    • Fiorentina Italy 0–1 Netherlands Ajax
  • Copa Libertadores group stage:

Golf[]

  • Tiger Woods announces that his first event since knee surgery after the 2008 U.S. Open will be next week's Accenture Match Play Championship. (ESPN)

Winter sports[]

Biathlon[]
  • World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
    • Mixed Relay: (1)  France (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Vincent Defrasne, Simon Fourcade) 1:10:30.0 (6) (2)  Sweden (Helena Jonsson, Anna Carin Olofsson, David Ekholm, Carl Johan Bergman) at 1:10:36.2 (3) (3)  Germany (Andrea Henkel, Simone Hauswald, Arnd Peiffer, Michael Greis) 1:10:39.0 (11)
Cross-country skiing[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • 10 km Classic women: (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland 28mins 12.8secs (2) Marianna Longa Italy at 4.2 (3) Justyna Kowalczyk Poland 11.5
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in –Voss, Norway:
    • Skicross men: (1) Tomas Kraus Czech Republic (2) Thomas Zangerl Austria (3) Andreas Matt Austria
    • Skicross women: (1) Ophelie David France (2) Katharina Gutensohn Austria (3) Karin Huttary Austria
Nordic combined[]
  • Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic:
    • Mass Start HS100/10.0 km men: Ski jumping postponed to Friday
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Stoneham, Canada:
    • Snowboardcross men: (1) Markus Schairer Austria (2) Jonathan Cheever United States (3) Seth Wescott United States
    • Snowboardcross women: (1) Lindsey Jacobellis United States (2) Mellie Francon Switzerland (3) Maëlle Ricker Canada

18 February 2009 (Wednesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 3rd Test in St John's, Antigua, day 4:
      •  England 566/9d and 221/8d;  West Indies 285 and 143/3. West Indies require another 360 runs with 7 wickets remaining.

Football (soccer)[]

Winter sports[]

Biathlon[]
  • World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
    • Women's 15 km Individual: (1) Kati Wilhelm Germany 44:03.1 (1) (2) Teja Gregorin Slovenia at 39.5 sec (1) (3) Tora Berger Norway 46.5 (1)
      • Wilhelm wins her second title and third medal of the championships.
      • Overall World Cup standings after 17 out of 26 races: (1) Wilhelm 718 points (2) Helena Jonsson Sweden 655 (3) Magdalena Neuner Germany 590

17 February 2009 (Tuesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 3rd Test in St John's, Antigua, day 3:
      •  England 566/9d and 31/1;  West Indies 285. England led by 312 runs with 9 wickets remaining.

Football (soccer)[]

  • Copa Libertadores group stage:

Winter sports[]

Biathlon[]
  • World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
    • Men's 20 km Individual: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway 52:28.0 (0+0+2+1) (2) Christoph Stephan Germany 52:42.1 (1+0+0+0) (3) Jakov Fak Croatia 52:45.1 (0+0+0+1)
      • Bjørndalen wins his third title of the championships, the 13th World Championship title of his career, and also wins his 87th World Cup race, and breaks the record held by Ingemar Stenmark.
      • World Cup overall standings after 17 out of 26 competitions: (1) Tomasz Sikora Poland 658 points (2) Bjørndalen 630 (3) Maxim Tchoudov Russia 573

16 February 2009 (Monday)[]

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 3rd Test in St John's, Antigua, day 2:
      •  England 566/9d (Andrew Strauss 169, Paul Collingwood 113);  West Indies 55/1. West Indies trail by 511 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the first innings.

Golf[]

  • PGA Tour:
    • AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, California
      • Winner: Dustin Johnson United States 201 (−15). Tournament suspended after 54 holes due to unplayable course conditions.

15 February 2009 (Sunday)[]

Auto racing[]

  • Sprint Cup Series:
  • World Rally Championship:

Basketball[]

  • NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, Arizona:
    • West 146, East 119.
      • The MVP Award is shared by Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Phoenix Suns' Shaquille O'Neal, each winning the award for the third time.

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 3rd Test in St John's, Antigua, day 1:
      •  England 301/3 (Andrew Strauss 169)
  • New Zealand in Australia:
    • Only T20I in Sydney:
      •  Australia 150/7 (20/20 ov);  New Zealand 149/5 (20/20 ov). Australia win by 1 run.

Golf[]

Rugby union[]

  • Six Nations Championship, week 2:
    • Italy  9–38 Ireland in Rome
      • Ireland top the table on 4 points from 2 matches, ahead of Wales on scoring differential.
  • Sevens World Series:
    • USA Sevens in San Diego:
      • Final:  England 14–19  Argentina
        • Standings after 4 of 8 events: (1)  South Africa &  England 60 pts (3)  New Zealand 52

Tennis[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • World Championships in Val d'Isère, France:
    • Men's Slalom: (1) Manfred Pranger Austria 1:44.17 (52.49 + 51.68) (2) Julien Lizeroux France 1:44.48 (52.98 + 51.50) (3) Michael Janyk Canada 1:45.70 (54.37 + 51.33)
Biathlon[]
  • World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
    • Women's 10 km Pursuit: (1) Helena Jonsson Sweden 34:12.3 (2) (2) Kati Wilhelm Germany at 18.3sec (6) (3) Olga Zaitseva Russia 24.1 (6)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 16 out of 26 races): (1) Wilhelm 658 points (2) Jonsson 621 (3) Magdalena Neuner Germany 590
    • Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway 31:46.7 (4) (2) Maxim Tchoudov Russia at 41.7 sec (3) (3) Alexander Os Norway 52.8 (3)
      • Bjørndalen wins his second gold medal of the championship and a record twelfth World Championship title.
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 16 out of 26 races): (1) Tomasz Sikora Poland 626 points (2) Bjørndalen 570 (3) Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway 570
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Klingenthal, Germany:
    • 10 km Gundersen: (1) Bill Demong United States 27mins 04.4secs (7) (2) Jason Lamy-Chappuis France at 0.6 (2) (3) Pavel Churavy Czech Republic 1.7 (1)
      • Overall World Cup rankings (after 19 of the 23 races): (1) Anssi Koivuranta Finland 1169 points (2) Magnus Moan Norway 1120 (3) Bjoern Kircheisen Germany 840
Short track speed skating[]
  • in Dresden, Germany
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
    • 213m flying hill team: (1)  Finland 1413.8 (Kalle Keituri/Juha-Matti Ruuskanen/Matti Hautamäki/Harri Olli) (2)  Russia 1378.3 (Denis Kornilov/Pavel Karelin/Ilja Rosliakov/Dimitry Vassiliev) (3)  Austria 1354.3 (Wolfgang Loitzl/Markus Eggenhofer/Andreas Kofler/Martin Koch)
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Cypress Mountain, Canada:
    • Parallel GS men: Cencelled
    • Parallel GS women: Cancelled
Speed skating[]
  • World Cup 8 in Heerenveen, Netherlands:
    • Men 1500 m: (1) Shani Davis United States 1:45.40 (2) Enrico Fabris Italy 1:45.88 (3) Trevor Marsicano United States 1:46.09
    • Men 10000 m: (1) Sven Kramer Netherlands 13:03.51 (2) Håvard Bøkko Norway 13:07.93 (3) Bob de Jong Netherlands 13:09.16
    • Women 5000 m: (1) Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic 6:59.08 (2) Stephanie Beckert Germany 7:01.33 (3) Kristina Groves Canada 7:05.08
    • Women 1500 m: (1) Anni Friesinger Germany 1:57.48 (2) Christine Nesbitt Canada 1:57.58 (3) Kristina Groves Canada 1:58.40

14 February 2009 (Saturday)[]

Auto racing[]

  • Nationwide Series:
    • Camping World 300 in Daytona Beach, Florida
      • (1) Tony Stewart Indiana

Basketball[]

  • NBA All-Star Saturday Night
    • Slam Dunk Contest: Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks reclaims the championship after beating defending champion Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard garnering 52% of the fan vote. Robinson's dunk include jumping over Howard's shoulder, while Howard dunked on an 11-foot basket.
    • Three-Point Shootout: Daequan Cook of the Miami Heat forced overtime and won on the extra shootout against Rashard Lewis of the Orlando Magic. Cook converted his last 4 shots to tie Lewis; in the extra shootout, Lewis got cold as he tallied only 7 points against Cook's 19.
    • Skills Challenge: Chicago Bull Derrick Rose dunked on the final stunt to clinch the Skills Challenge championship over Devin Harris of the New Jersey Nets.
    • Shooting Stars Competition: Team Detroit won over Team Phoenix

Golf[]

Rugby union[]

  • Six Nations Championship, week 2:
    • France  22–13  Scotland in Paris
    • Wales  23–15  England in Cardiff
      • Wales lead the standings with 4 points from 2 matches.

Tennis[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
Biathlon[]
  • World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea:
    • Women's 7.5 km sprint: (1) Kati Wilhelm Germany 21:11.1 (0 penalty) (2) Simone Hauswald Germany at 9.9 (0) (3) Olga Zaitseva Russia 27.1 (0)
      • Overall World Cup standings after 15 out of 26 races: (1) Wilhelm 604 points (2) Helena Jonsson Sweden 561 (3) Magdalena Neuner Germany 560
    • Men's 10 km sprint: (1) Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway 24:16.5 (2 penalties) (2) Lars Berger Norway at 1.2 (2) (3) Halvard Hanevold Norway 12.5 (0)
      • World Cup overall standings after 15 out of 26 races: (1) Tomasz Sikora Poland 583 points (2) Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway 570 (3) Bjørndalen 510
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Cup 8 in Park City, Utah, United States:
    • Four-man: (1) Steven Holcomb/Justin Olsen/Steve Mesler/Curtis Tomasevicz United States 1:34.80 (2) Janis Minins/Daumants Dreiskens/Oskars Melbardis/Intars Dambis Latvia 1:35.35 (3) Alexandr Zubkov/Roman Oreshnikov/Dmitry Trunenkov/Dmitriy Stepushkin Russia 1:35.57
      • Final World Cup standings: (1) Zubkov 1646 (2) Minins 1549 (3) Andre Lange Germany 1251
Cross-country skiing[]
  • World Cup in Valdidentro, Italy:
    • Men's 15 km classic: (1) Anders Södergren Sweden 37:58.0 (2) Jens Arne Svartedal Norway at 1.9 (3) Johan Olsson Sweden 2.2
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 23 of 32 races): (1) Dario Cologna Switzerland 939 points (2) Petter Northug Norway 736 (3) Axel Teichmann (GER) 663
    • Women's 10 km classic: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk Poland 29:37.4 (2) Marianna Longa Italy at 12.4 (3) Petra Majdič Slovenia 30.3
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 22 of 32 races): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland 1276 points (2) Majdic 1250 (3) Kowalczyk 1167
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Åre, Sweden:
    • Dual Moguls men: (1) Alexandre Bilodeau Canada (2) Guilbaut Colas France (3) Maxime Gingras Canada
    • Dual Moguls women: (1) Hannah Kearney United States (2) Aiko Uemura Japan (3) Margarita Marbler Austria
  • in Moscow, Russia:
    • Aerials men: (1) United States 249.94 (2) Dmitri Dashinski Belarus 247.86 (3) Stanislav Kravchuk Ukraine 243.64
    • Aerials women: (1) Xu Mengtao China 195.98 (2) Cheng Shuang China 192.81 (3) Lydia Lassila Australia 192.11
Luge[]
  • World Cup 8 in Calgary, Canada
    • Men: (1) Armin Zöggeler Italy 1:30.375 (2) Felix Loch Germany 1:30.690 (3) Albert Demtschenko Russia 1:30.796
      • World Cup standings (after 8 of 9 races): (1) Zöggeler 701 points (2) David Möller Germany 559 (3) Jan Eichhorn Germany 460
        • Zöggeler secures his eighth World Cup title.
    • Doubles: (1) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber Italy (2) Peter Penz/Georg Fischler Austria (3) Gerhard Plankensteiner/Oswald Haselrieder Italy
      • World Cup standings (after 8 of 9 races): (1) Oberstolz/Gruber 680 points (2) Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch Germany 544 (3) Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger Austria 520
        • Oberstolz/Gruber secure their second World Cup title.
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Klingenthal, Germany:
    • 10 km Gundersen: (1) Anssi Koivuranta Finland 27:16.7 (2) Magnus Moan Norway 27:32.1 (3) Jan Schmid Norway 28:20.8
      • World Cup standings (after 18 of 23 events): (1) Koivuranta 1133 points (2) Moan 1070 (3) Björn Kircheisen Germany 840
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany:
    • 213m flying hill: (1) Harri Olli Finland 435.8 pts (225.5/216.0 m), (2) Anders Jacobsen Norway 428.6 (218.0/212.5), (3) Johan Remen Evensen Norway 426.5 (211.5/223.5)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 21 of 27 rounds): (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 1652 points, (2) Simon Ammann Switzerland 1418, (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 1252
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Cypress Mountain, Canada:
    • Halfpipe men: (1) Shaun White United States (2) Japan (3) Iouri Podladtchikov Switzerland
    • Halfpipe women: (1) Kelly Clark United States (2) Liu Jiayu China (3) Hannah Teter United States

13 February 2009 (Friday)[]

Baseball[]

  • The City Commission of Miami, Florida, defeats a construction agreement that would have permitted the construction of Marlins Park, a new baseball stadium for the Florida Marlins, by a vote of 2–2 with one absence. The deal will be renegotiated and is rescheduled for a new meeting on 12 March.

Basketball[]

  • NBA All-Star Weekend:
    • Rookie Challenge: Sophomores 122, Rookies 116. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder won the MVP honors with a Rookie Challenge scoring record of 46 points.

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 2nd Test in North Sound, Antigua, day 1:
      •  England 7/0;  West Indies. Match drawn, West Indies lead 5-match series 1–0.
        • The match is abandoned after only ten balls being bowled due to overly sandy outfield that made bowling impossible. The series will be extended to five matches and resume on Sunday, at the nearby Antigua Recreation Ground.
  • New Zealand in Australia:
    • 5th ODI in Brisbane:
      •  Australia 168/4 (22/22 ov);  New Zealand 123/6 (14/20 ov). No result, 5-match series tied 2–2.

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • World Championships in Val d'Isère, France:
    • Men's Giant slalom: (1) Carlo Janka Switzerland 2:18.82 (1:08.25 + 1:10.57) (2) Benjamin Raich Austria 2:19.53 (1:08.73 + 1:10.80) (3) Ted Ligety United States 2:19.81 (1:09.96 + 1:09.85)
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Cup 8 in Park City, Utah, United States:
    • Four-man: (1) Steven Holcomb/Justin Olsen/Steve Mesler/Curtis Tomasevicz United States 1:34.34 (47.03/47.31) (2) Janis Minins/Daumants Dreiškens/Oskars Melbardis/Intars Dambis Latvia 1:34.57 (47.28/47.29) (3) Alexandr Zubkov/Roman Oreshnikov/Dmitry Trunenkov/Dmitriy Stepushkin Russia 1:34.68 (47.26/47.42)
      • World Cup standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Zoubkov 1446 pts (2) Miņins 1339 (3) Wolfgang Stampfer Austria 1136
    • Two-woman: (1) Cathleen Martini/Janine Tischer Germany 1:38.66 (49.28/49.38) (2) Kaillie Humphries/Shelley-Ann Brown Canada 1:38.84 (49.30/49.54) (3) Sandra Kiriasis/Patricia Polifka Germany 1:39.34 (49.67/49.67)
      • Final World Cup standings: (1) Kiriasis 1679 pts (2) Martini 1599 (3) Nicole Minichiello United Kingdom 1434
        • Kiriasis wins her sixth straight World Cup title.
Cross-country skiing[]
  • World Cup in Valdidentro, Italy:
    • Men's sprint freestyle: (1) Ola Vigen Hattestad Norway (2) Alexei Petukhov Russia (3) Emil Joensson Sweden
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 22 of 32 events): (1) Dario Cologna Switzerland 926 points (2) Petter Northug Norway 720 (3) Axel Teichmann Germany 649
    • Women's sprint freestyle: (1) Petra Majdič Slovenia (2) Pirjo Muranen Finland (3) Magda Genuin Italy
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 22 of 32 events): (1) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland 1240 points (2) Majdic 1190 (3) Virpi Kuitunen Finland 1069
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Åre, Sweden:
    • Moguls men: (1) Alexandre Bilodeau Canada 26.11 (2) Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau Canada 25.96 (3) Canada 25.44
    • Moguls women: (1) Margarita Marbler Austria 24.89 (2) Jennifer Heil Canada 24.74 (3) Aiko Uemura Japan 24.66
Luge[]
  • World Cup 8 in Calgary, Canada
    • Women: (1) Tatjana Hüfner Germany (2) Natalie Geisenberger Germany (3) Veronika Halder Austria
      • World Cup standings (after 8 of 9 races): (1) Hüfner 770 points (2) Geisenberger 685 (3) Anke Wischnewski Germany 522
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Cypress Mountain, Canada:
    • Snowboardcross men: (1) Markus Schairer Austria (2) Mike Robertson Canada (3) Seth Wescott United States
    • Snowboardcross women: (1) Lindsey Jacobellis United States (2) Olivia Nobs Switzerland (3) Helene Olafsen Norway

12 February 2009 (Thursday)[]

Auto racing[]

  • Sprint Cup Series:
    • Gatorade Duel in Daytona Beach, Florida
      • Winners: Jeff Gordon California & Kyle Busch Nevada

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague Top 16, week 3:
    • Group F:
    • Group G:
      • Panathinaikos Greece 92–67 Italy Lottomatica Roma
    • Group H:
      • Cibona Zagreb Croatia 55–65 Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker
        • Real Madrid and Panathinaikos are unbeaten after 3 games.

Football (soccer)[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Cup 7 in Park City, Utah, United States:
    • Two-man: (1) Alexandre Zoubkov/Alexey Voevoda Russia 1:36.51 (48.26/48.25) (2) Thomas Florschütz/Marc Kühne Germany 1:36.68 (48.44/48.24) (3) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter Switzerland 1:36.69 (48.30/48.39)
      • World Cup standings (after 7 of 8 events): (1) Hefti 1581 pts (2) André Lange Germany 1501 (3) Florschuetz 1453
Skeleton[]
  • World Cup 8 in Park City, Utah, United States:
    • Men: (1) Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia 1:39.33 (49.66/49.67) (2) Florian Grassl Germany 1:39.40 (49.83/49.57) (3) Frank Rommel Germany 1:39.56 (49.73/49.83)
      • Final World Cup standings: (1) Tretyakov 1526 pts (2) Grassl 1453 (3) Rommel 1436
    • Women: (1) Marion Trott Germany 1:41.28 (50.51/50.77) (2) Katie Uhlaender United States 1:41.59 (50.69/50.90) (3) Mellisa Hollingsworth Canada 1:41.62 (50.89/50.73)
      • Final World Cup standings: (1) Trott 1572 pts (2) Shelley Rudman United Kingdom 1468 (3) Uhlaender 1466

11 February 2009 (Wednesday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL news:
    • Three-time MVP Brett Favre announces his retirement. Unlike last postseason, when he initially announced his retirement but decided to return, he filed official retirement papers with the NFL offices. (ESPN)

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague Top 16, week 3:
    • Group E:
      • Asseco Prokom Sopot Poland 68–93 Greece Olympiacos
      • TAU Cerámica Spain 108–90 Italy AJ Milano
    • Group G:
    • Group H:
      • Montepaschi Siena Italy 74–56 Russia CSKA Moscow
  • PBA Philippine Cup Finals:
    • Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 93, Alaska Aces 89, Talk 'N Text wins championship series, 4–3
      • The franchise of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company wins their third PBA championship and second Philippine Cup.

Football (soccer)[]

  • 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
    • AFC (Asia) Fourth Round, matchday 5:
      • Group A:
        • Japan  0–0  Australia
          • The draw leaves both teams undefeated, with Australia on top with 10 pts, 2 ahead of Japan.
        • Uzbekistan  0–1  Bahrain
          • Bahrain gets level with Qatar in third place on 4 points, while Uzbekistan is at the bottom with just 1-point.
      • Group B:
        • Iran  1–1  South Korea
          • Both teams remain unbeaten. South Korea at the top with 8 points, Iran in third place on 6 points.
        • North Korea  1–0  Saudi Arabia
          • North Korea climb to second place on 7 points, Saudi Arabia in fourth place on 4 pts.
    • UEFA (Europe):
      • Group 1:
      • Group 3:
        • San Marino  0–3  Northern Ireland
      • Group 8:
        • Republic of Ireland  2–1  Georgia
          • Ireland gets level with Italy at the top on 10 points.
    • CONCACAF (North-Central America) Fourth Round, matchday 1:
      • United States  2–0  Mexico
        • The Americans keep their nine-year home unbeaten streak against their continental rivals alive with a pair of goals from Michael Bradley.
      • El Salvador  2–2  Trinidad and Tobago
        • The Salvadorans come back from 0–2 down to earn a draw with a pair of late goals from William Romero.
      • Costa Rica  2–0  Honduras
  • Friendly internationals (selected):
    • Germany  0–1  Norway
    • France  0–2  Argentina
    • Spain  2–0  England
  • Copa Libertadores group stage:

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • World Championships in Val d'Isère, France:
    • Teams: Cancelled
Skeleton[]
  • World Cup 7 in Park City, Utah, United States:
    • Men: (1) Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia 1:38.82 (49.49/49.33) (2) Eric Bernotas United States 1:38.85 (49.26/49.59) (3) Frank Rommel Germany 1:38.88 (49.35/49.53)
      • World Cup standing (after 7 of 8 events): (1) Tretyakov 1301 pts (2) Florian Grassl Austria 1243 (3) Rommel 1236
    • Women: (1) Mellisa Hollingsworth Canada 1:41.62 (50.89/50.89) (2) Marion Trott Germany 1:41.83 (50.94/50.89) (3) Noelle Pikus-Pace United States 1:41.89 (51.02/50.87)
      • World Cup standing (after 7 of 8 events): (1) Trott 1347 pts (2) Shelley Rudman United Kingdom 1308 (3) Anja Huber Germany 1275
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Klingenthal, Germany:
    • 140m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 261.2 points (131.5/135.0m) (2) Anders Jacobsen Norway 260.3 (135.0/131.0) (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 257.1 (134.0/130.5)
      • Schlierenzauer wins sixth event in a row and tenth of the season.
      • Overall standings (after 20 of 27 events): (1) Schlierenzauer 1620 points (2) Simon Ammann Switzerland 1368 (3) Loitzl 1242

10 February 2009 (Tuesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • India in Sri Lanka:
    • Twenty20 at Colombo:
      •  Sri Lanka 171/4 (20/20 ov);  India 174/7 (19.2/20 ov). India win by 3 wickets (with 4 balls remaining).
  • New Zealand in Australia:
    • 4th ODI in Adelaide:
      •  New Zealand 244/8 (50 ov);  Australia 247/4 (48.2 ov). Australia win by 6 wickets and levels the 5-match series 2–2.

Football (soccer)[]

9 February 2009 (Monday)[]

Baseball[]

  • Alex Rodriguez admits that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003. (ESPN)

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • World Championships in Val d'Isère, France:
    • Men's Super combined: (1) Aksel Lund Svindal Norway 2:23.00 (1:30.99 + 52.01) (2) Julien Lizeroux France 2:23.90 (1:33.92 + 49.98) (3) Natko Zrncic-Dim Croatia 2:24.58 (1:32.59 + 51.99)
    • Women's downhill: (1) Lindsey Vonn United States 1:30.31 (2) Lara Gut Switzerland 1:30.83 (3) Nadia Fanchini Italy 1:30.88
      • Vonn wins her second gold medal of the championships, while Gut wins a second silver.

8 February 2009 (Sunday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL:
    • Pro Bowl in Honolulu:
      • NFC 30, AFC 21
        • The Arizona Cardinals' wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald scores two touchdowns for the NFC and is named the game's MVP.

Cricket[]

  • India in Sri Lanka:
    • 5th ODI at Colombo:
      •  Sri Lanka 320/8 (50 ov);  India 252 (48.5 ov). Sri Lanka win by 68 runs. India win 5-match series 4–1
  • New Zealand in Australia:
    • 3rd ODI in Sydney:
      •  Australia 301/9 (50 ov);  New Zealand 269 (47.3 ov). Australia win by 32 runs. New Zealand lead 5-match series 2–1

Golf[]

  • PGA Tour:
    • Buick Invitational in La Jolla, California:
      • Winner: Nick Watney United States 277 (−11)
  • European Tour:
    • Indian Masters in Delhi, India: Cancelled

Ice hockey[]

Rugby union[]

  • Six Nations Championship, week 1:
    • Scotland  13–26  Wales in Edinburgh

Tennis[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
Luge[]
  • World Championships in Lake Placid, New York, United States:
    • Mixed Team Relay: (1)  Germany (Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, André Florschütz, Torsten Wustlich) 2:39.630 (2)  Austria (Daniel Pfister, Nina Reithmeyer, Peter Penz, Georg Fischler) +1.510 (3)  Latvia (Guntis Rekis, Maija Tiruma, Andris Sics, Juris Sics) +2.869
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
    • 10 km Gundersen: (1) Magnus Moan Norway 29:18.8 (2) Mario Stecher Austria 29:22.0 (3) Anssi Koivuranta Finland 29:52.5
      • World Cup standings (after 17 of 23 events): (1) Koivuranta 1033 pts (2) Moan 990 (3) Björn Kircheisen Germany 790
    • Team 3x5km: cancelled
Short track speed skating[]
  • in Sofia, Bulgaria:
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Willingen, Germany
    • 145m hill: (1) Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 267.2 points (144.0/135.0m) (2) Simon Ammann Switzerland 265.2 (133.5/145.5) (3) Noriaki Kasai Japan 261.8 (136.0/140.0)
      • Schlierenzauer wins fifth event in a row and ninth this season.
      • World Cup standings (after 19 of 27 rounds): (1) Schlierenzauer 1,520 pts (2) Ammann 1,328 (3) Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 1,182
Speed skating[]

7 February 2009 (Saturday)[]

Auto racing[]

  • Sprint Cup Series:
    • Budweiser Shootout in Daytona Beach, Florida:

Baseball[]

  • Sports Illustrated reports that New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, a season when he was American League MVP with the Texas Rangers. (Sports Illustrated)

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 1st Test in Kingston, Jamaica, day 4:
      •  England 318 and 51;  West Indies 392. West Indies win by an innings and 23 runs, lead 4-match series 1–0.
        • England's 51 is their third-lowest Test innings score in history.

Ice hockey[]

Rugby union[]

  • Six Nations Championship, week 1:
    • England  36–11  Italy in London
    • Ireland 30–21  France in Dublin
  • Sevens World Series:

Tennis[]

  • Fed Cup:
    • World Group First Round, day 1:
      •  Russia 2–0  China in Moscow, Russia
      •  France 0–2  Italy in Orléans, France
      •  United States 1–1  Argentina in Surprise, Arizona, United States
      •  Czech Republic 1–1  Spain in Brno, Czech Republic
    • World Group II First Round, day 1:
      •  Slovakia 2–0  Belgium in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
      •   Switzerland 1–1  Germany in Zürich, Switzerland
      •  Serbia 2–0  Japan in Belgrade, Serbia
      •  Ukraine 1–1  Israel in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Cup 7 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada:
    • Four-man: (1) Jānis Miņins/Daumants Dreiškens/Oskars Melbardis/Intars Dambis Latvia 1:42.17 (50.97/51.20) (2) Steven Holcomb/Justin Olsen/Steve Mesler/Curtis Tomasevicz United States 1:42.23 (50.99/51.24) (3) Alexandre Zoubkov/Philippe Egorov/Petr Moiseev/Alexey Andryunin Russia 1:42.67 (51.18/51.49)
      • World Cup standings (after 6 of 7 races): (1) Zoubkov 1246 pts (2) Miņins 1129 (3) Wolfgang Stampfer Austria 984
Figure skating[]
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Cypress Mountain, Canada:
    • Moguls men: (1) Alexandre Bilodeau Canada 25.65 (2) Yugo Tsukita Japan 25.09 (3) Guilbaut Colas France 24.78
    • Moguls women: (1) Jennifer Heil Canada 24.79 (2) Hannah Kearney United States 24.18 (3) Margarita Marbler Austria 23.84
Luge[]
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Seefeld, Austria:
    • 10 km Gundersen: (1) Mario Stecher Austria 25:29.0 (2) Jan Schmid Norway 25:33.8 (3) Lukas Klapfer Austria 25:33.9
      • World Cup standings (after 16 of 22 events): (1) Anssi Koivuranta Finland 973 pts (2) Magnus Moan Norway 890 (3) Björn Kircheisen Germany 790
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Willingen, Germany
    • 145m hill team: (1)  Austria 902.9 pts (2)  Norway 901.2 (3)  Finland 793.2
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy:
    • Halfpipe men: (1) Mathieu Crepel France (2) Nathan Johnstone Australia (3) Iouri Podladtchikov Switzerland
    • Halfpipe women: (1) Kelly Clark United States (2) Hannah Teter United States (3) Gretchen Bleiler United States

6 February 2009 (Friday)[]

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 1st Test in Kingston, Jamaica, day 3:
      •  England 318;  West Indies 352/7 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 107, Chris Gayle 104). West Indies led by 34 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the first innings.
  • New Zealand in Australia:
    • 2nd ODI in Melbourne:
      •  Australia 225/5 (50 ov);  New Zealand 226/4 (48.5 ov). New Zealand win by 6 wickets and lead 5-match series 2–0.

Ice hockey[]

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
Bobsleigh[]
  • World Cup 7 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada:
    • Two-man: (1) Thomas Florschütz/Marc Kühne Germany 1:43.95 (51.99/51.96) (2) Beat Hefti/Thomas Lamparter Switzerland 1:44.03 (52.08/51.95) (3) Pierre Lueders/David Bissett Canada 1:44.14 (51.98/52.16)
      • World Cup standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Hefti 1381 pts (2) André Lange Germany 1325 (3) Florschütz 1243
    • Two-woman: (1) Shauna Rohbock/Elana Meyers United States 1:47.10 (53.57/53.53) (2) Kaillie Humphries/Heather Moyse Canada 1:47.28 (53.62/53.66) (3) Erin Pac/Michelle Rzepka United States 1:47.40 (53.70/53.70)
      • World Cup standings (after 7 of 8 races): (1) Sandra Kiriasis Germany 1479 pts (2) Rohbock 1380 (3) Cathleen Martini Germany 1374
Figure skating[]
  • Four Continents Championships in Vancouver, Canada:
    • Ice dance: (1) Meryl Davis/Charlie White United States 192.39 pts (2) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir Canada 191.81 (3) Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates United States 180.79
    • Ladies: (1) Kim Yuna South Korea 189.07 pts (2) Joannie Rochette Canada 183.91 (3) Mao Asada Japan 176.52
Freestyle skiing[]
  • in Cypress Mountain, Canada:
    • Skicross men: (1) Christopher Delbosco Canada (2) Stanley Hayer Canada (3) Davey Barr Canada
    • Skicross women: (1) Aleisha Cline Canada (2) Canada (3) Karin Huttary Austria
    • Aerials men: (1) Steve Omischl Canada 250.96 pts (2) Anton Kushnir Belarus 250.96 (3) Stanislav Kravchuk Ukraine 250.64
    • Aerials women: (1) Evelyne Leu Switzerland 204.96 pts (2) China 192.73 (3) Cheng Shuang China 182.41
Luge[]

5 February 2009 (Thursday)[]

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague Top 16, week 2:
    • Group E:
      • Olympiacos Greece 73–70 Spain TAU Cerámica
      • Asseco Prokom Sopot Poland 60–62 Italy AJ Milano
    • Group F:

Boxing[]

  • Unbeaten super middleweight and light heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe announces his retirement. (BBC Sport)

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 1st Test in Kingston, Jamaica, day 2:
      •  England 318;  West Indies 160/1 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 74*, Chris Gayle 71*). West Indies trail by 158 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the first innings.
  • India in Sri Lanka:
    • 4th ODI at Colombo:
      •  India 332/5 (50 ov; Gautam Gambhir 150);  Sri Lanka 265 (48.0 ov). India win by 67 runs and lead 5-match series 4–0.

Ice hockey[]

Winter sports[]

Figure skating[]
  • Four Continents Championships in Vancouver, Canada:
    • Ice dance (after original dance): (1) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir Canada 97.30 pts (2) Meryl Davis/Charlie White United States 95.65 (3) Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates United States 90.89
    • Pairs: (1) Pang Qing/Tong Jian China 194.94 pts (2) Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison Canada 185.62 (3) Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao China 174.98
    • Men's short program: (1) Patrick Chan Canada 88.90 pts (2) Evan Lysacek United States 81.65 (3) Takahiko Kozuka Japan 76.61
Skeleton[]
  • World Cup 7 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada:
    • Men: (1) Jon Montgomery Canada 1:47.67 (53.68/53.99) (2) Gregor Stähli Switzerland 1:48.06 (53.69/54.37) (3) Jeff Pain Canada 1:48.19 (53.67/54.52) & Matthew Antoine United States 1:48.19 (53.83/54.36)
    • Women: (1) Marion Trott Germany 1:49.86 (54.90/54.96) (2) Amy Williams United Kingdom 1:50.39 (54.95/55.44) (3) Anja Huber Germany 1:50.71 (55.26/55.45)
      • World Cup standings (after 6 of 7 races): (1) Shelley Rudman United Kingdom 1148 pts (2) Trott 1137 (3) Huber 1131
Snowboarding[]
  • World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy:
    • Slopestyle men: cancelled
    • Slopestyle women: cancelled

4 February 2009 (Wednesday)[]

Basketball[]

  • Euroleague Top 16, week 2:
    • Group G:
      • Unicaja Málaga Spain 69–81 Greece Panathinaikos
      • Partizan Igokea Serbia 84–76 Italy Lottomatica Roma
    • Group H:

Cricket[]

  • England in West Indies:
    • 1st Test in Kingston, Jamaica, day 1:
      •  England 236/5 (Kevin Pietersen 97)
  • Zimbabwe in Kenya:
    • 5th ODI in Nairobi:
      •  Kenya 199 (48.5 ov);  Zimbabwe 203/3 (35 ov). Zimbabwe win by 7 wickets and win the series 5–0.

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
Figure skating[]
  • Four Continents Championships in Vancouver, Canada:
    • Compulsory dance: (1) Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir Canada 36.40 pts (2) Meryl Davis/Charlie White United States 35.23 (3) Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier Canada 32.43
    • Pairs' short program: (1) Pang Qing/Tong Jian China 65.60 pts (2) Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison Canada 64.36 (3) Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao China 63.20
    • Ladies' short program: (1) Kim Yuna South Korea 72.24 pts (2) Joannie Rochette Canada 66.90 (3) Cynthia Phaneuf Canada 60.98

3 February 2009 (Tuesday)[]

Cricket[]

  • India in Sri Lanka:
    • 3rd ODI at Colombo:
      •  India 363/5 (50 ov);  Sri Lanka 216 (41.4 ov). India win by 147 runs, lead 5-match series 3–0.

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • World Championships in Val d'Isère, France:
    • Women's Super giant slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn United States 1:20.73 (2) Marie Marchand-Arvier France 1:21.07 (3) Andrea Fischbacher Austria 1:21.13

2 February 2009 (Monday)[]

1 February 2009 (Sunday)[]

American football[]

  • NFL:
    • Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida:
      • Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Arizona Cardinals 23
        • The Steelers win the Vince Lombardi Trophy for a record sixth time.

Auto racing[]

Cricket[]

  • New Zealand in Australia:
    • 1st ODI in Perth:
      •  Australia 181 (48.4 ov);  New Zealand 185/8 (50.0 ov). New Zealand win by 2 wickets in the last ball, lead 5-match series 1–0.
  • Zimbabwe in Kenya:
    • 4th ODI in Nairobi:
      •  Zimbabwe 285/8 (50 ov);  Kenya 219 (49 ov). Zimbabwe win by 66 runs, lead 5-match series 4–0.

Darts[]

Football (soccer)[]

  • UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
    • Final:
      • Costa Rica  0–0  Panama
        • Panama win 5–3 on penalties, win first title
    • Third place:
      • El Salvador  0–1  Honduras

Golf[]

  • PGA Tour:
    • FBR Open in Scottsdale, Arizona
  • European Tour:

Handball[]

Tennis[]

  • Australian Open in Melbourne, day 14:
    (seeding in parentheses)
    • Men's singles final:
      • Rafael Nadal Spain (1) beat Roger Federer Switzerland (2) 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–2
        • Nadal wins his sixth Grand Slam title and becomes the first player who wins Grand Slams on three different surfaces within one year.
    • Mixed Doubles Final:
      • Sania Mirza India/Mahesh Bhupathi India beat Nathalie Dechy France/Andy Ram Israel 6–3, 6–1

Winter sports[]

Alpine skiing[]
  • Men's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
    • Slalom: (1) Manfred Mölgg Italy 1:46.77 (54.57 + 52.20) (2) Giorgio Rocca Italy 1:47.06 (54.60 + 52.46) (3) Reinfried Herbst Austria 1:47.37 (54.49 + 52.88)
      • Overall World Cup rankings (after 26 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic Croatia 742 points (2) Jean-Baptiste Grange France 706 (3) Benjamin Raich Austria 680
      • Slalom World Cup rankings (after eight of ten races): (1) Grange 479 points (2) Kostelic 408 (3) Herbst 376
  • Women's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany:
    • Super giant slalom: (1) Lindsey Vonn United States 1:22.16 (2) Anja Paerson Sweden 1:22.55 (3) Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Sweden 1:22.88
      • World Cup overall standings (after 22 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1114 points (2) Maria Riesch Germany 935 (3) Paerson 855
Cross-country skiing[]
  • World Cup in Rybinsk, Russia:
    • Men pursuit: cancelled
    • Women pursuit: cancelled
Nordic combined[]
  • World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France:
    • 10 km Gundersen: (1) Anssi Koivuranta Finland 27min 29.4sec (1st) (2) Christoph Bieler Austria at 4.0 (3rd) (3) Magnus Moan Norway 6.0 (27th)
      • Overall World Cup standings (after 15 of 22 events): (1) Koivuranta 953 points (2) Moan 861 (3) Bjorn Kircheisen Germany 754
Ski jumping[]
  • World Cup in Sapporo, Japan:
    • 134m hill: cancelled
Speed skating[]
  • World Cup 7 in Erfurt, Germany:
    • Men's 1000 m: (1) Shani Davis United States 1:08.40 (2) Denny Morrison Canada 1:08.78 (3) Jan Bos Netherlands 1:09.03
    • Women's 1000 m: (1) Anni Friesinger Germany 1:15.61 (2) Yu Jing China 1:16.41 (3) Jin Peiyu China 1:16.42
    • Men's Team Pursuit: (1)  Canada (Denny Morrison, Lucas Makowsky, ) 3:46.03 (2)  Italy (Matteo Anesi, Enrico Fabris, Luca Stefani) 3:46.56 (3)  Norway (Håvard Bøkko, Sverre Haugli, ) 3:48.39
      • Final World Cup standings: (1)  Canada 310 (2)  Italy 220 (3)  Japan 210
    • Women's Team Pursuit: (1)  Czech Republic (Karolína Erbanov��, Andrea Jirků, Martina Sáblíková) 3:05.32 (2)  Russia (Galina Likhachova, Alla Shabanova, Yekaterina Shikhova) 3:05.80 (3)  Poland (Natalia Czerwonka, Katarzyna Wojcicka, Luiza Złotkowska) 3:06.26
      • Final World Cup standings: (1)  Czech Republic 235 (2) USA 205 (3)  Netherlands 200

References[]

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