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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in February of 2009. Deaths in February
1: Jim McWithey 2: Paul Birch
Current sporting seasons
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Sprint Cup
Nationwide Series Camping World Truck Series A1 Grand Prix GP2 Asia Series
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Golf 2009 European Tour PGA Tour LPGA Tour
Ice hockey 2008–09 National Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League
Rugby league 2009 Super League
Rugby union 2008–09 Heineken Cup English Premiership Celtic League Top 14 Super 14 Sevens World Series
Winter sports Alpine Skiing World Cup Biathlon World Cup Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Freestyle Skiing World Cup Nordic Combined World Cup Ski Jumping World Cup Snowboard World Cup Speed Skating World Cup
Days of the month
28 February 2009 (Saturday)
Auto racing Nationwide Series: Sam's Town 300 in Las Vegas, Nevada (1) Greg Biffle (2) Carl Edwards (3) Brian Vickers
Cricket England in West Indies: 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 3: 600/6d; 398/5 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 184*). West Indies trail by 202 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the first innings. Australia in South Africa: 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 3: 466 and 51/1; 220 (AB de Villiers 104*). Australia led by 297 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
Football (soccer) A-League Grand Final in Melbourne: Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Victory win their second A-League Grand Final thanks to a 60th-minute strike from Tom Pondeljak.
Rugby union Six Nations Championship, week 3: 26–6 in Edinburgh Ireland 14–13 in Dublin Ireland score its third win and lead the standings on 6 points, ahead of France and Wales with 4 points.
Tennis ATP Tour: Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Final: Novak Djokovic def. David Ferrer 7–5, 6–3 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico: Final: Nicolás Almagro def. Gaël Monfils, 6–4, 6–4 Almagro successfully defends his title from last year. WTA Tour: Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico: Final: Venus Williams def. Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–2 Venus Williams wins two tournaments in successive weeks.
Winter sports
Alpine skiing Women's World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria: downhill: (1) Andrea Fischbacher 1:45.81 (2) Tina Maze 1:46.07 (3) Fabienne Suter 1:46.20 World Cup overall standings (after 27 of 34 races): (1) Lindsey Vonn 1456 points (2) Maria Riesch 1120 (3) Anja Pärson 960 World Cup downhill standings (after 6 of 7 races): (1) Vonn 410 points (2) Dominique Gisin 291 (3) Fischbacher 281 Vonn secures the World Cup downhill title. Men's World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia: Giant slalom: (1) Ted Ligety 2:19.92 (2) Didier Cuche 2:20.11 (3) Massimiliano Blardone 2:20.26 World Cup overall standings (after 30 of 38 races): (1) Ivica Kostelic 813 points (2) Benjamin Raich 785 (3) Jean Baptiste Grange 775
Cross-country skiing Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic: 30 km Freestyle Mass Start women: (1) Justyna Kowalczyk 1:16:10.6 (2) Yevgeniya Medvedeva 1:16:19.4 (3) Valentina Shevchenko 1:16:19.9 Kowalczyk wins her second title of the championships.
Figure skating World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria: Ladies: (1) Alena Leonova 157.18 points (2) Caroline Zhang 154.67 (3) Ashley Wagner 153.57.
Nordic combined Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic: Gundersen HS134/10.0 km men: (1) Bill Demong 23mins 36.6secs (8) (2) Bjoern Kircheisen at 12.8 (7) (3) Jason Lamy-Chappuis 31.4 (1)
Skeleton World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States: Men: (1) Gregor Staehli 2.46.58 (2) Adam Pengilly +0.35 (3) Aleksandr Tretyakov +0.51
Ski jumping Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic: Team HS134 men: (1) 1034.3 points (Wolfgang Loitzl, Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer) (2) 1000.8 (Anders Bardal, Tom Hilde, Johan Remen Evensen, Anders Jacobsen) (3) 981.2 (Shohhei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe, Daiki Ito, Noriaki Kasai)
Snowboarding World Cup in Sunday River, United States: Snowboardcross men: (1) Graham Watanabe (2) Lukas Grüner (3) Ross Powers Snowboardcross women: (1) Maëlle Ricker (2) Helene Olafsen (3) Mellie Francon
27 February 2009 (Friday)
Cricket England in West Indies: 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 2: 600/6d (Ravi Bopara 104, Paul Collingwood 96); 85/1. West Indies trail by 515 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the first innings. Australia in South Africa: 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 2: 466 (Marcus North 117); 85/3. South Africa trail by 381 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the first innings. India in New Zealand: 2nd Twenty20 in Wellington: 149/6 (20/20 ov); 150/5 (20/20 ov). New Zealand win by 5 wickets on the last ball and win the series 2–0.
Rugby union Six Nations Championship, week 3: 21–16 in Paris In the tournament's first ever Friday night match, France rallied from ten points behind to stop Wales' winning streak at eight matches, and inflict coach Warren Gatland's first defeat as Welsh head coach.
Winter sports
Alpine skiing Women's World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria: downhill: (1) Fabienne Suter 1:45.68 (2) Andrea Fischbacher 1:46.83 (3) Nadia Fanchini & Lindsey Vonn 1:46.92 Overall World Cup standings (after 26 of 34 races): (1) Vonn 1434 points (2) Maria Riesch 1088 (3) Anja Pärson 960
Cross-country skiing Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic: 4x10 km Relay men: (1) (Eldar Rønning, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Tore Ruud Hofstad, Petter Northug) 1-hour 41mins 50.6secs, (2) (Jens Filbrich, Tobias Angerer, Franz Göring, Axel Teichmann) at 2.6secs, (3) (Matti Heikkinen, Sami Jauhojärvi, Teemu Kattilakoski, Ville Nousiainen) 43.9
Figure skating World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria: Ice dancing: (1) Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein 172.55 points (2) Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani 162.15 (3) Ekaterina Riazanova/Jonathan Guerreiro 161.80
Skeleton World Championships at Lake Placid, New York, United States: Women: (1) Marion Trott 3:47.97 (2) Amy Williams +0.59 (3) Kerstin Szymkowiak +0.64
Ski jumping Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic: HS134 men: (1) Andreas Küttel 141.3 points (133.5m) (2) Martin Schmitt 140.9 (133.0) (3) Anders Jacobsen 139.5 (132.5) The competition is reduced to one jump only due to bad weather.
26 February 2009 (Thursday)
Basketball Euroleague Top 16, week 4: Group E: Olympiacos 84–71 Asseco Prokom Sopot Olympiacos and TAU Cerámica lead the group on 3–1. Sopot (0–4) is eliminated from quarterfinals contention. Group F: Maccabi Tel Aviv 69–73 Real Madrid Real Madrid (4–0) score its first win in Tel Aviv in 13 years and advance to the quarterfinals. Maccabi is 0–5 against Spanish teams this season. ALBA Berlin 57–75 Regal FC Barcelona Barcelona (3–1) is on the brink of qualifying to the quarterfinals, while ALBA (0–4) is eliminated. Group G: Lottomatica Roma 71–90 Panathinaikos Panathinaikos (4–0) and Partizan (3–1) advance to the quarterfinals, while Roma and Málaga are eliminated.
Cricket England in West Indies: 4th Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, day 1: 301/3 (Andrew Strauss 142, Alastair Cook 94) Australia in South Africa: 1st Test in Johannesburg, day 1: 254/5 (Ricky Ponting 83)
Football (soccer) UEFA Cup round of 32, second leg:(Teams in bold advance to the last-16 round; first leg score in parentheses) CSKA Moscow 2–0 (1–1) Aston Villa Metalist Kharkiv 2–0 (1–0) Sampdoria Hamburg 1–0 (3–0) NEC Twente 0–1(AET) (1–0) Marseille Marseille wins 7–6 on penalties. Wolfsburg 1–3 (0–2) Paris Saint-Germain Galatasaray 4–3 (0–0) Bordeaux Stuttgart 1–2 (1–2) Zenit St. Petersburg Milan 2–2 (1–1) Werder Bremen Bremen win on away goals. Standard Liège 1–1 (0–3) Braga Udinese 2–1 (2–2) Lech Poznań Manchester City 2–1 (2–2) Copenhagen Ajax 1–1 (1–0) Fiorentina Saint-Étienne 2–1 (3–1) Olympiacos Deportivo 1–3 (0–3) Aalborg BK Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 (0–2) Shakhtar Donetsk Valencia 2–2 (1–1) Dynamo Kyiv Dynamo win on away goals. Copa Libertadores group stage: Group 5: Estudiantes 1–0 Universitario de Sucre Group 8: San Luis 0–1 Libertad CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals, first leg: Puerto Rico Islanders 2–1 Marathón
Winter sports
Cross-country skiing Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic: 4x5 km Relay women: (1) (Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen) 54mins 24.3seconds (2) (Katrin Zeller, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Miriam Gössner, Claudia Künzel-Nystad) at 13.0 (3) (Lina Andersson, Britta Norgren, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla) 13.4 Saarinen wins her third title and fourth medal of the championships.
Figure skating World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria: Men: (1) Adam Rippon 222.00 (2) Michal Březina 204.88 (3) Artem Grigoriev 184.40
Nordic combined Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic: Team HS134/4x5 km men: (1) 48mins 32.3secs (Yusuke Minato, Taihei Kato, Akito Watabe, Norihito Kobayashi) (2) at 0.1 (Ronny Ackermann, Eric Frenzel, Björn Kircheisen, Tino Edelmann) (3) 3.6 (Mikko Kokslien, Petter Tande, Jan Schmid, Magnus Moan)
Snowboarding World Cup in Sunday River, United States: Parallel GS men: (1) Benjamin Karl (2) Siegfried Grabner (3) Jasey Jay Anderson Parallel GS women: (1) Amelie Kober (2) Tomoka Takeuchi (3) Alexa Loo
25 February 2009 (Wednesday)
Basketball Euroleague Top 16, week 4: Group E: AJ Milano 74–107 TAU Cerámica Group G: Unicaja Málaga 74–78 (OT) Partizan Igokea Group H: CSKA Moscow 95–71 Montepaschi Siena Fenerbahçe Ülker 64–86 Cibona Zagreb
Cricket Sri Lanka in Pakistan: 1st Test in Karachi, day 5: 644/7d & 144/5 (Kumar Sangakkara 65); 765/6d (Younis Khan 313). Match drawn. India in New Zealand: 1st Twenty20 in Christchurch: 162/8 (Suresh Raina 61*); 166/3 (18.5 ov) (Brendon McCullum 56*). New Zealand win by 7 wickets and lead the 2-match Twenty20 series 1–0.
Football (soccer) Champions League First knockout round, first leg: Chelsea 1–0 Juventus Villarreal 1–1 Panathinaikos Sporting Lisbon 0–5 Bayern Munich Real Madrid 0–1 Liverpool Copa Libertadores group stage: Group 5: Deportivo Quito 1–1 Cruzeiro Group 6: Caracas 3–1 Lanús Guadalajara 6–2 Everton Group 7: Grêmio 0–0 Universidad de Chile CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, first leg: Montreal Impact 2–0 Santos Laguna Cruz Azul 1–0 UNAM
Winter sports
Cross-country skiing Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic: 1.3 km Classic Team Sprint women: (1) (Aino-Kaisa Saarinen/Virpi Kuitunen) 19mins 43.7secs (2) (Anna Olsson/Lina Andersson) at 20.0 (3) (Marianna Longa/Arianna Follis) 23.8 Saarinen wins her second title and third medal of the championships. 1.6 km Classic Team Sprint men: (1) (Johan Kjølstad/Ola Vigen Hattestad) 22mins 48.5secs (2) (Tobias Angerer/Axel Teichmann) at 0.5 (3) (Ville Nousiainen/Sami Jauhojärvi) 0.5 Hattestad wins a second title a day after he won the individual sprint.
Figure skating World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria: Pairs: (1) Lubov Iliushechkina/Nodari Maisuradze 144.32 (2) Anastasia Martiusheva/Alexei Rogonov 138.59 (3) Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir 137.47
24 February 2009 (Tuesday)
Cricket Sri Lanka in Pakistan: 1st Test in Karachi, day 4: 644/7d; 574/5 (Younis Khan 306*). Pakistan trail by 70 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the first innings. The Test sees two historic milestones: For the first time in Test history, both captains (Younis and Mahela Jayawardene) hit innings of 200 or more.