March 2008 in sports

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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in March of 2008. Deaths

30: David Leslie 30: Richard Lloyd 27: Jean-Marie Balestre 25: Ben Carnevale 16: Bill Brown 5: Derek Dooley

Current sporting seasons

Australian rules football: AFL Auto racing 2008: A1 Grand Prix Formula 1 Sprint Cup Nationwide Craftsman Truck World Rally Championship IRL American Le Mans

GP2 Asia Series Le Mans Series Rolex Sports Car

WTCC

Baseball 2008: Nippon Professional Baseball Major League Baseball

Basketball 2008: British Basketball League EuroCup Euroleague National Basketball Association Philippine Basketball Association Russian Basketball Super League Turkish Basketball League ULEB Cup

Cricket 2007: England

Cycling UCI ProTour

Football (soccer) 2007–08: Argentina Denmark England Ecuador France Germany Italy Spain UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup Football (soccer) 2008: Brazil Japan MLS Norway

Golf 2008: PGA Tour European Tour LPGA Tour

Ice hockey 2007–08 National Hockey League

Lacrosse 2008 National Lacrosse League

Motorcycle racing 2008: Moto GP Superbike

Rugby league Super League NRL

Rugby union 2007–08: Super 14 IRB Sevens Heineken Cup English Premiership Celtic League Top 14

31 March 2008 (Monday)

30 March 2008 (Sunday) Auto racing: World Rally Championship: 28º Rally Argentina, in Córdoba Province, Argentina: (1) Sébastien Loeb (2) Chris Atkinson (3) Dani Sordo NASCAR Sprint Cup: Goody's Cool Orange 500 in Martinsville, Virginia: (1) Denny Hamlin (2) Jeff Gordon (3) Jeff Burton Motorcycle racing: Moto GP F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship: Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, at Circuito Permanente de Jerez in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. (1) Dani Pedrosa (2) Valentino Rossi (3) Jorge Lorenzo Basketball: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament regional finals: South: (1) Memphis 85, (2) Texas 67 Midwest: (1) Kansas 59, (10) Davidson 57 For the first time since seeding of all tournament teams began in 1979, all four regional top seeds advanced to the Final Four. Baseball: 2008 MLB Opening Day: National League: Washington Nationals 3, Atlanta Braves 2 — Ryan Zimmerman hits a walk-off home run to give the Nationals a win in their first game in Nationals Park. Track Cycling 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Women's scratch: (1) , (2) , (3) Women's keirin: (1) , (2) , (3) Men's omnium: (1) Hayden Godfrey, (2) Leigh Howard, (3) Aliaksandr Lisouski <div id="29_March_2008"> </div id>

29 March 2008 (Saturday) 154th Boat Race: Oxford beat Cambridge to win for the 74th time. Association football: English Premier League: Derby are relegated from the top-flight after just one season, after drawing their 32nd league game 2–2 with Fulham. Coupled with Birmingham's 3–1 victory over Manchester City, Derby are 19 points behind 17th place with only 18 points available from the last 6 games. Scottish Premier League: Crisis-hit Gretna are relegated from the SPL after one season, with a 2–0 defeat to the team directly above them, St Mirren. Auto racing: IndyCar Series: GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 in Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida (1) Scott Dixon (2) Marco Andretti (3) Dan Wheldon Basketball: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament regional finals: West: (1) UCLA 76, (3) Xavier 57 East: (1) North Carolina 83, (3) Louisville 73

28 March 2008 (Friday) Basketball: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament regional semifinals: Midwest: (10) Davidson 73, (3) Wisconsin 56 Midwest: (1) Kansas 72, (12) Villanova 57 South: (2) Texas 82, (3) Stanford 62 South: (1) Memphis 92, (5) Michigan State 74

27 March 2008 (Thursday) Basketball: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament regional semifinals: East: (1) North Carolina 68, (4) Washington State 47 East: (3) Louisville 79, (2) Tennessee 60 West: (3) Xavier 79, (7) West Virginia 75 (Overtime) West: (1) UCLA 88, (12) Western Kentucky 78 Cricket Sri Lankan cricket team in West Indies in 2007–08 1st Test- 476/8(dec) (162 ov.) & 240/7(dec) (57 ov.) beat 280 (111.5 ov.) & 315 (106.2 ov.) by 121 runs

26 March 2008 (Wednesday) Cricket English cricket team in New Zealand in 2007–08 3rd Test- 253 (96.1 ov.) & 467/7(dec) (131.5 ov.) beat 168 (48.4 ov.) & 431 (118.5 ov.) by 121 runs wins the series 2–1

25 March 2008 (Tuesday) Major League Baseball: 2008 Opening Series, at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan Boston Red Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 5 (10 innings) Brandon Moss secures a tie with his first major-league home run in the ninth inning, while Manny Ramírez drives in two runs with a double in the tenth inning to secure the victory.

24 March 2008 (Monday) Golf: The six-month PGA Tour winning streak of Tiger Woods ends at the CA Championship as he finishes fifth, two shots behind winner Geoff Ogilvy.

23 March 2008 (Sunday) Auto racing: Formula One: Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang, Malaysia (1) Kimi Räikkönen (2) Robert Kubica (3) Heikki Kovalainen

Basketball: Upsets at the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament second round: (10) Davidson 74, (2) Georgetown 70 at Raleigh, North Carolina Also, for only the third time since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, two teams seeded 12 or lower make the "Sweet Sixteen". Today, 12-seeds Villanova and Western Kentucky both defeat 13-seeds to advance.

22 March 2008 (Saturday) Basketball: Upsets at the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament second round: (7) West Virginia 73, (2) Duke 67 at Washington, D.C. Cricket Irish cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007–08 3rd ODI- 293/7 (50 ov.) beat 214 (45.3 ov.) by 79 runs

21 March 2008 (Friday) Basketball: Upsets at the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament first round: (12) Villanova 75, (5) Clemson 69 at Tampa (13) Siena 83, (4) Vanderbilt 62 at Tampa (13) San Diego 70, (4) Connecticut 69 (OT) at Tampa (12) Western Kentucky 101, (5) Drake 99 (OT) at Tampa These four upsets in the St. Pete Times Forum marked the first time were all higher seeds were eliminated at the first round in one "pod." (10) Davidson 82, (7) Gonzaga 76 at Raleigh By contrast, in North Little Rock, Arkansas, the four games saw no upsets and a total of nine lead changes. Swimming: French swimmer Alain Bernard sets a new world record for the men's 100 metres freestyle in 47.60 seconds.

20 March 2008 (Thursday) Basketball: Euroleague Top 16 (teams qualifying for the quarterfinals are in bold) Group F: In a winner-take-all showdown in Athens for one of two quarterfinal spots, Olympiacos defeat Real Madrid 72–63. Meanwhile, already-qualified Maccabi Tel Aviv win 80–66 at home over Žalgiris to secure first place in the group. (Euroleague: Olympiacos-Real) (Euroleague: Maccabi-Žalgiris) Group G: AXA FC Barcelona secure second place in the group with a 64–62 home win over CSKA Moscow, which had already clinched first place in the group. (Euroleague) Upsets at the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament first round: (11) Kansas State 80, (6) USC 67 at Omaha Cricket: Irish cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007–08 2nd ODI- 246/8 (50 ov.) beat 162 (38.3 ov.) by 84 runs

19 March 2008 (Wednesday) Basketball: Euroleague Top 16 (teams qualifying for the quarterfinals are in bold) Group D: Partizan win a home showdown with defending Euroleague champion Panathinaikos 82–73 to join already-qualified Montepaschi Siena from the group. (Euroleague) Group E: Fenerbahçe defeat TAU Cerámica, which had already clinched first place in the group, 75–59 at home to punch their ticket to the quarterfinals. (Euroleague) Football (soccer): City of London Police raid the offices of Premiership club Birmingham City as part of an investigation into corruption in English football. A police spokeswoman said the raid was not linked to the recent inquiry into transfers and payments to agents. (BBC)

18 March 2008 (Tuesday) Basketball: The Boston Celtics end the 22-game winning streak of the Houston Rockets, the second-longest in NBA history, with a 94–74 win in Houston. Cricket: Irish cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007–08 1st ODI- 186/2 (39.5 ov.) beat 185/7 (50 ov.) win by 8 wickets <div id="17_March_2008"> </div id>

17 March 2008 (Monday) College Basketball: The NCAA selects teams for the brackets for the 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The #1 seeds in the four regions are UConn (Greensboro), North Carolina (New Orleans), Tennessee (Oklahoma City) and Maryland (Spokane).

16 March 2008 (Sunday) Auto racing: Formula One: Australian Grand Prix in Albert Park, Victoria (1) Lewis Hamilton (2) Nick Heidfeld (3) Nico Rosberg NASCAR Sprint Cup: Food City 500 in Bristol, Tennessee (1) Jeff Burton (2) Kevin Harvick (3) Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing sweeps the podium places. Dale Jarrett finishes 37th in the final points race of his career. V8 Supercar: Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge in Albert Park, Victoria (1) Garth Tander (2) Will Davison (3) Rick Kelly Basketball: Canadian Interuniversity Sport basketball Final 8 at Scotiabank Place, Ottawa: Men's Final: (7) Brock Badgers 64, (5) Acadia Axemen – The momentum gained from the Axemen up-ending the five-time defending National champions doesn't come through to the final, as Dusty Bianchin puts the game away with 11 seconds to go in the fourth. Brock head coach Ken Murray shares the championship with his son Scott Murray, a fifth-year guard for the Badgers. Brock wins only their second national championship, the first since 1992. Men's Consolation Final: Laval Rouge-et-Or 86, UBC Thunderbirds 84 – UBC's leading scorer, Chris Dyck, falls short on his three-point attempt at the buzzer for the win. U.S. college basketball: Men's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament (rankings from AP Poll): ACC in Charlotte, North Carolina: (1) North Carolina 86, Clemson 81 Southland in Katy, Texas: UT-Arlington 82, Northwestern State 79 Big 12 in Kansas City, Missouri: (5) Kansas 84, (6) Texas 74 Big Ten in Indianapolis: (8) Wisconsin 61, Illinois 48 SEC in Atlanta: Georgia 66, Arkansas 57 The NCAA selects teams for the brackets for the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The #1 seeds in the four regions are North Carolina (Charlotte), Memphis (Houston), UCLA (Phoenix) and Kansas (Detroit). Women's conference championship games — winners earn bids to the NCAA tournament (rankings from AP Poll): CAA in Newark, Delaware: (14) Old Dominion 71, Virginia Commonwealth 64 Horizon in Green Bay, Wisconsin: Cleveland State 70, Wright State 56 Big South in Asheville, North Carolina: Liberty 66, Radford 65 Northeast in Moon Township, Pennsylvania: Robert Morris 86, LIU 75 MVC in St. Charles, Missouri: Illinois State 70, Drake 62 America East in West Hartford, Connecticut: Hartford 61, Boston University 45 Women's regular season game — winner earns a bid to the NCAA Tournament Ivy League playoff final in New York City: Cornell 64, Dartmouth 47 Golf: Tiger Woods sinks a 25-foot (8 m) birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one shot over Bart Bryant. The win, his fifth in this event, gives him his third PGA Tour win in three tries this season and his fifth PGA Tour win in a row, makes him the first golfer in Tour history to win four different tournaments at least five times, and pulls him level with Ben Hogan at third on the Tour's all-time career wins list. Cricket: English cricket team in New Zealand in 2007–08 342 (107 ov.) & 293 (97.4 ov.) beat 198 (57.5 ov.) & 311 (100.3 ov.) by 126 runs <div id="15_March_2008"> </div id>

15 March 2008 (Saturday) Auto racing:

March 2008 in sports

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