February 2006 in Sports - 5 February 2006 (Sunday)

5 February 2006 (Sunday)

• Super Bowl XL at Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
  • Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Seattle Seahawks 10: A 75-yard touchdown run by Willie Parker and a 43-yard touchdown pass from Antwaan Randle El to MVP Hines Ward help the Steelers win their fifth NFL title, joining the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers. Jerome Bettis, who played today's game in his hometown, announces his retirement after the game. (Yahoo! Sports)
• Bandy: World Championships:
  • Final: Russia defeat Sweden, 3–2, to win the world championship.
• Rugby Union: 2006 Six Nations Championship
  • Scotland 20–16 France
    • Scotland beat France at Murrayfield for the first time in a decade, upsetting the widely-fancied French team.
• Team handball: 2006 European Men's Championship:
  • Final: Spain 23–31 France
    • France win their first European handball title with an eight-goal advantage in the final, holding Spain to 23 goals; Nikola Karabatic nets 11 goals for the victors. (French) Yahoo! France Sport
• NCAA Basketball
  • (17) Georgetown Hoyas 61, (9) Pitt 58: The Hoyas passed up the Panthers in the Big East standings, and almost passed them up in the next morning's AP poll, which boosted the Hoyas to #15 and dropped Pitt to #14.
  • Kansas 59, (19) Oklahoma 58: The Jayhawks, who stunned the Sooners at home, are now in second place in the Big 12, argued that the victory demonstrated that they were underrated.