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  • Rugby union:
    • 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying:
      • Flag of Portugal Portugal qualify for the 2007 World Cup in France later this year after winning a two-match series against Flag of Uruguay Uruguay. Despite losing 18-12 in Montevideo, Portugal win on a 25-24 aggregate thanks to their win in Lisbon two weeks earlier. Qualifying first started in September of 2004 with over 90 nations, Portugal's entry completes the 2007 World Cup pools - 4 groups of 5. This ends Uruguay's streak at the World Cup since 1999. It marks Portugal's debut.

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  • Basketball:
    • Second round of NCAA Women's Tournament begins.
    • In an NAIA Semi-Final game in Kansas City, Concordia (Cal.) ended the quest for Robert Morris (Ill.) and their unbeaten season, 124-119 in quadruple overtime. The combined score of 243 points by both teams is an all-time NAIA Tournament record.
  • Cricket:
    • 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
      • Group B: Flag of India India 413/5 beat Flag of Bermuda Bermuda 156 (43.1 ov.) by 257 runs
        • It is the largest win margin in the World Cup
        • Bermuda's 156 is their largest score in the World Cup
        • India's 413/5 is the largest score any team has achieved in the World Cup
      • Group D: Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board West Indies 204/4 (47.5 ov.) beat Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 202/5 (50 ov.) by 6 wickets

[edit] 18 March 2007 (Sunday)

  • Cricket
    • 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
      • Group A: Flag of Australia Australia 358/5 (50 ov.) beat Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 129 (26.5 ov.) by 229 runs [1]
      • Group C: Flag of England England 279/6 (50 ov.) beat Flag of Canada Canada 228/7 (50 ov.) by 51 runs [2]
        • Andrew Flintoff was left out of the England's team for this match and stripped of his vice-captaincy for breaching team discipline, after being caught heavy drinking and needed rescuing when he fell off a pedalo. [3]
    • Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach died in the team hotel hours after Pakistan's elimination from the World Cup at the age of 58.

[edit] 17 March 2007 (Saturday)

  • Cricket:
    • 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
      • Group B: Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh 192/5 (48.3 ov.) beat Flag of India India 191 (49.3 ov.) by 5 wickets[4]
      • Group D: Flag of Ireland Ireland 133/7 (revised total(D/L):128 from 47 ov.)(41.4 0v.) beat Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 132 (45.4 ov.) by 3 wickets.
        Pakistan are out of the tournament and Ireland is almost assured a place in the super eights. This is the first world cup victory for Ireland.[5]
  • Rugby union:
    • 2007 Six Nations
      • Flag of Italy Italy 24 – 51 Flag of Ireland Ireland
      • Flag of France France 46 – 19 Flag of Scotland Scotland
      • Flag of Wales Wales 27 – 18 Flag of England England
        The 2007 Six Nations Championship is settled by extra-time tries by Italy and France, which deprived Ireland of the title in favour of France because of points difference. England could still have won the title if they had beaten Wales by 57 clear points - but Wales were determined not to be whitewashed for the second time in three years.

[edit] 16 March 2007 (Friday)

  • Cricket
    • 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
    • Bangladesh's Manjural Islam dies at 22 in a road accident in Bangladesh after the end of a days play at a first class match. He is now the youngest Test cricketer to die. He is also the first Bangladeshi bowler to take a wicket in his first international over by getting the wicket of Michael Vaughan with his 3rd ball.

[edit] 15 March 2007 (Thursday)

  • Cricket
    • 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
      • Group B: Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 321/6 (50 ov.) beat Flag of Bermuda Bermuda 78 (24.4 ov.) by 243 runs. 4th time in World Cup history that a team has lost by a margin of more than 200 runs. Scotland lost to Australia by 203 runs earlier in the tournament.[8]
      • Group D: Flag of Ireland Ireland 221/9 (50 ov.) tied Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 221 all out (50 ov.). Only the 3rd time in World Cup history that a match has been tied.[9]

[edit] 14 March 2007 (Wednesday)

  • Cricket
    • 2007 Cricket World Cup Group Stage
      • Group A: Flag of Australia Australia 334/6(50 ov.) beat Flag of Scotland Scotland 131(40.1 ov.) by 203 runs.
        • It is the third time in world cup history that a team has won by a margin of 200+ runs. First was England beating India in 1975 and then Australia beating Namibia in 2003. [10]
      • Group C: Flag of Kenya Kenya 203/3(43.2 ov.) beat Flag of Canada Canada 199(50 ov.) by 7 wickets [11]
      • James Anderson of the English cricket team has injured his pinky finger on his left hand two days before England's first match. Actions by the ECB will be decided later in the week.

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Bayern Munich's Roy Makaay scores the fastest UCL goal in history - 11 seconds into the match - leading the way into the quarterfinals.

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Following the match, both teams rioted on the pitch. UEFA will investigate into this.

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