March 15, 2006 (Wednesday)
- Commonwealth Games, 2006 kicks off at Melbourne, Australia.
- World Baseball Classic, Second round
- Pool 1:
- Korea defeats Japan, 2–1.
- Korea advances to the semifinals.
- Pool 2:
- Cuba defeats Puerto Rico 4–3.
- Cuba will play the Dominican Republic in the semifinals.
- Pool 1:
- Football: 2005–06 UEFA Cup – Round of 16, second leg, progressing teams shown in bold.
- Hamburg 3–1 Rapid Bucharest
- Aggregate score 3–3. Rapid win on away goals.
- Sevilla 2–0 Lille
- Aggregate score 2–1.
- Roma 2–1 Middlesbrough
- Aggregate score 2–2. Middlesbrough win on away goals.
- Hamburg 3–1 Rapid Bucharest
- Dogsled racing: Musher Jeff King wins XXXIV Iditarod and becomes one of five four-time champions. At 50 years of age, he is also the oldest musher to win the race. The race covered more than 1,049 mi (1,600+ km) from Anchorage, across the United States state of Alaska.
- Cross-country skiing: Norwegian skier Marit Bjørgen wins the final sprint race of the season in Changchun, P.R. China to win the women's sprint World Cup overall. With one race to go in the overall World Cup, Bjørgen leads ahead of Canadian Beckie Scott. (Aftenposten)
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