February 2006 in Sports - 11 February 2006 (Saturday)

11 February 2006 (Saturday)

• Cricket : Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2005–06
  • India level the 5 match ODI series 1–1.
    • Pakistan win the toss and bat, setting India 266 to win at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Shoaib Malik scored 95 before being run out. India chased down the total with 6.5 overs left, for a 7 wicket victory. Yuvraj Singh made 83 not out.
• XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, opening day:
  • Biathlon, men's 20 km individual:
    • Michael Greis of Germany wins gold in the time of 54:23.0, despite missing one of his 20 shots, in what NBC describes as an "upset". Defending Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjørndalen clinches silver, 16 seconds behind Greis, after missing two shots, while 1998 gold medallist Halvard Hanevold records his second medal on an Olympic 20 km, pipping Russia's Sergei Tchepikov to the medal by 0.8 seconds. (NBC Olympics)
  • Nordic combined, Gundersen:
    • Georg Hettich of Germany defends his lead after the ski jumping portion with a race of 39:44.6 to record Germany's second gold medal at the Olympics, after two events. Silver medallist Felix Gottwald of Austria and bronze medallist Magnus Moan of Norway both managed to beat Hettich by more than a minute in the cross-country leg, but after eleventh and ninth place respectively in the ski jumping leg, their cross-country skiing is not enough to take them to the very top of the podium. Moan beats compatriot Petter Tande in a dash for the finish line. (NBC Olympics)
  • Speed skating, men's 5000 m:
    • In his quest to emulate Eric Heiden and win five golds at the Winter Olympics, the American and former inline skater Chad Hedrick begins well by winning the opening distance of 5000 metres. His race time of 6:14.68 is 0.02 seconds behind the four-year-old Olympic record of Jochem Uytdehaage. Dutchman Sven Kramer wins silver, 1.72 seconds adrift, while home skater Enrico Fabris takes Italy's first medal with a bronze (NBC Olympics)
  • Freestyle skiing, women's moguls:
    • Qualifying winner and two-time World Cup winner Jennifer Heil of Canada wins the first gold medal for the Canucks in 2006, finishing with a total of 26.50, nearly one point ahead of Norway's defending Olympic champion Kari Traa, who takes Norway's fourth medal of the Games. France's Sandra Laoura wins bronze with 25.37 points. (NBC Olympics)
  • Ice hockey, women's group stage:
    • Group A:
      Sweden 3–1 Russia
      Canada 16–0 Italy: The sixteen goals is an all-time record for women's hockey.
    • Group B:
      Finland 3–0 Germany
      United States 6–0 Switzerland (NBC Olympics)
  • Luge, men's singles:
    • Italy's Armin Zoeggeler is well placed to take the home nation's first gold after clocking the fastest time in both of the runs in the singles event, leading with a time of 1:43.132. The event continues with two more runs tomorrow, with Russian Albert Demtschenko in second place and American Tony Benshoof in third. (NBC Olympics)
• Rugby Union: 2006 Six Nations Championship
  • England 31–16 Italy
    • England secures a hard-fought victory over Italy, who led 9–7 in the second half.
  • France 43–31 Ireland
    • France hold off a strong Irish comeback in the second half after leading 43–3.
• Rugby Union: 2006 Super 14 Season
  • Current title holders, the Crusaders defeat southern neighbours, the Highlanders 38–15 in Christchurch.
  • Last years runners up the Waratahs win a close match in Brisbane over the Reds. The final score was 16–12, with the Reds securing a bonus point for a loss under 7 points.
  • The Stormers win 23–12 over the favourites for the wooden spoon, the Cats in Johannesburg
  • The Sharks get their Super 14 campaign started with a 30–21 over the visiting New Zealand side the Chiefs in Durban.