February 2006 in Sports - 24 February 2006 (Friday)

24 February 2006 (Friday)

• Rugby union: 2006 Super 14 – Round 3.
  • Hurricanes (1BP) defeat Cats 29–16 in Wellington.
    • The Hurricanes picked up a bonus point for four tries with Lome Fa'atau scoring 2. The Cats were leading 5 minutes before half-time, despite being large underdogs. TVNZ
  • Force loss to Chiefs 26–9 in Perth.
    • The Chiefs picked up their first win of the season, scoring 3 tries to nothing. This included a team try where Sosene Anesi got past several defenders, which saw Mark Ranby score under the posts. The Force had a poor kicking game, with pointless kicks and several going out on the full. The Force have a bye next weekend. ARU
  • Stormers drew with Brumbies 15 all in Cape Town.
    • The Brumbies drew with the Stormers 15-all after missing several chances. All of the Stormers points came from penalties, while the Brumbies scored two tries.
• XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day fourteen:
  • Cross-country skiing:
    • Kateřina Neumannová of the Czech Republic wins the women's 30 km freestyle event. Russian Julija Tchepalova claims the silver and Pole Justyna Kowalczyk gets the bronze. (CBC)
  • Alpine skiing:
    • American Julia Mancuso captures gold in the women's giant slalom. Finland's Tanja Poutianen wins the silver and Swede Anna Ottosson the bronze. (CBC)
  • Speed skating:
    • Bob de Jong of the Netherlands, the reigning world champion, set the winning time at 13:01.57 for the gold medal in the men's 10000m event. American Chad Hedrick skated to a silver medal. The bronze went to Carl Verheijen, also of the Netherlands. (CBC)
  • Curling:
    • The United States men's team defeats Great Britain with a score of 8–6 to take the bronze medal. (CBC)
    • Canada used a six point sixth end to defeat Finland 10–4 in the gold medal match to win the nation's first gold medal in men's curling after winning silver in 1998 and 2002. (CBC)
  • Ice hockey, men's semi finals:
    • Sweden 7 – Czech Republic 3 (CBC)
    • Finland 4 – Russia 0: Antero Niittymäki posted his third shutout of the tournament. (CBC)