February 2006 in Sports - 18 February 2006 (Saturday)

18 February 2006 (Saturday)

• Rugby union: 2006 Super 14 – Round two.
  • Hurricanes (1BP) 29–5 Western Force at New Plymouth
    • The Hurricanes enjoyed their second bonus point win of the season, with four tries, including 2 within the first 10 minutes. The Force turned down 5 kickable penalties in the first 20 minutes and their only points came as a consolation try after the siren.
  • Reds 21–47 (1BP) Crusaders at Brisbane
    • The Crusaders recorded their second bonus point victory over the Reds, despite being down 14–11 at half time and fly half and goal kicker Daniel Carter missing several penalty attempts. However, Carter, the 2005 IRB player of the year, led a comeback midway through the second half, scoring two tries himself. The Crusaders went on to score 4 second half tries.
  • Sharks (1 BP) 26–27 (1 BP) Cheetahs at Durban
    • The Cheetahs picked up their first Super 14 victory, coming from being 10 points behind at half time to win by a point. Giscard Pieters scored two tries in the victory.
  • Stormers (1 BP) 26–32 (1 BP) Waratahs at Cape Town
    • The Waratahs recorded their second victory off the season with a come-from-behind win. Trailing 20–10 at the break, the Waratahs scored 3 second half tries, including one in the final minutes of the match.
• Cricket: West Indies in New Zealand
  • First ODI of the five match series – New Zealand defeat West Indies by 81 runs in Wellington.
    • New Zealand recorded a comprehensive victory with Nathan Astle scoring 90 and New Zealand ending up on 288–9 off 50 overs. West Indies never looked like winning, with wickets falling at regular intervals, despite Ramnaresh Sarwan and Daren Ganga both scoring 50s. Vice Captain Daniel Vettori was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers with 2–29 of 10 overs.
• XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day eight:
  • Cross country skiing, women's 20 km relay:
    • Russia wins the 20 km women's relay handily, finishing 10 seconds ahead of silver medalists Germany and 11 seconds ahead of bronze winners Italy.
  • Curling:
    • In the men's competition, Italy shocks Canada 6–5, while the United States beats Germany 8–5. Great Britain edges Switzerland, 6–5, and Finland takes out Norway 7–3.
  • Ice hockey:
    • Switzerland stuns Canada 2–0 in the men's competition. Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Martin Gerber has 49 saves in the win.
  • Short track speed skating:
    • Jin Sun-Yu and Choi Eun-Kyung of South Korea take gold and silver in the women's 1500m. China's Wang Meng takes bronze. In the men's 1000m, Ahn Hyun-Soo and Lee Ho-Suk of South Korea take gold and silver with United States' Apolo Anton Ohno taking the bronze.
  • Speed skating:
    • The United States takes gold and silver in the men's 1000m with Shani Davis outskating Joey Cheek for first. Erben Wennemars of the Netherlands receives bronze. Davis' victory makes him the first black person to win an individual gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics.
  • Ski jumping:
    • After a disappointing performance on the K90 hill, Austrian ski jumpers Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Kofler take gold and silver on the large hill, with the smallest possible margin of 0.1 points between them. Lars Bystøl, winner of gold on the normal hill, places third.