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.
Sri Lanka 644/7
d; Pakistan 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.
The three double centuries so far in the match tie a Test record set in 1965 by the
West Indies and
Australia.
Jayawardene and Samaraweera put on a
stand of 437 for the fourth wicket – breaking the world record of 411 set in May 1957 by
England's
Peter May and
Colin Cowdrey. The 437 stand is also the eighth-highest recorded stand in the history of
Test cricket, and is the fourth-highest stand in Sri Lankan history.
Lee becomes the youngest winner in European Tour history, aged 18 years and 213 days – breaking the record of
Dale Hayes, who was 77 days older when he won the 1971 Dutch Open. As Lee is an amateur, he is not entitled to the prize money of $304,286.
Busch, who won the
San Bernardino County 200 in the
Truck Series earlier today, becomes the first driver in NASCAR history to win races in two national touring series on the same day.
Bjørndalen wins his third title of the championships, the 13th World Championship title of his career, and also wins his 87th World Cup race, and breaks the record held by
Ingemar Stenmark.
World Cup overall standings after 17 out of 26 competitions: (1)
Tomasz Sikora 658 points (2) Bjørndalen 630 (3)
Maxim Tchoudov 573
Three-Point Shootout:
Daequan Cook of the
Miami Heat forced overtime and won on the extra shootout against
Rashard Lewis of the
Orlando Magic. Cook converted his last 4 shots to tie Lewis; in the extra shootout, Lewis got cold as he tallied only 7 points against Cook's 19.
The City Commission of Miami, Florida, defeats a construction agreement that would have permitted the construction of
Marlins Park, a new
baseball stadium for the
Florida Marlins, by a vote of 2–2 with one absence. The deal will be renegotiated and is rescheduled for a new meeting on 12 March.
England 7/0; West Indies. Match drawn, West Indies lead 5-match series 1–0.
The match is abandoned after only ten balls being bowled due to overly sandy outfield that made bowling impossible. The series will be extended to five matches and resume on Sunday, at the nearby
Antigua Recreation Ground.
Three-time
MVPBrett Favre announces his retirement. Unlike last postseason, when he initially announced his retirement but decided to return, he filed official retirement papers with the NFL offices.
(ESPN)