West Indies by 81 runs in Wellington. New Zealand recorded a comprehensive victory with Nathan Astle scoring 90 and New Zealand ending up on 288–9 off 50 overs. West Indies never looked like winning, with wickets falling at regular intervals, despite Ramnaresh Sarwan and Daren Ganga both scoring 50s. Vice Captain Daniel Vettori was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers with 2–29 off 10 overs. XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, day eight: Cross-country skiing, women's 20 km relay: Russia wins the 20 km women's relay handily, finishing 10 seconds ahead of silver medalists Germany and 11 seconds ahead of bronze winners Italy. Curling: In the men's competition, Italy shocks Canada 6–5, while the United States beats Germany 8–5. Great Britain edges Switzerland, 6–5, and Finland takes out Norway 7–3. Ice hockey: Switzerland stuns Canada 2–0 in the men's competition. Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Martin Gerber has 49 saves in the win. Short track speed skating: Jin Sun-Yu and Choi Eun-Kyung of South Korea take gold and silver in the women's 1500m. China's Wang Meng takes bronze. In the men's 1000m, Ahn Hyun-Soo and Lee Ho-Suk of South Korea take gold and silver with United States' Apolo Anton Ohno taking the bronze. Speed skating: The United States takes gold and silver in the men's 1000m with Shani Davis outskating Joey Cheek for first. Erben Wennemars of the Netherlands receives bronze. Davis' victory makes him the first black person to win an individual gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics. Ski jumping: After a disappointing performance on the K90 hill, Austrian ski jumpers Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Kofler take gold and silver on the large hill, with the smallest possible margin of 0.1 points between them. Lars Bystøl, winner of gold on the normal hill, places third. 17 February 2006 (Friday) Rugby union: 2006 Super 14 – Round two. Highlanders 25–13 Blues at Dunedin The Highlanders had a lucky win over the Blues, with two tries in the second half. One was an intercept in the Highlanders 22 and the second was a very close video replay try. Cats 21–16 Chiefs (1 BP) Johannesburg The Chiefs lose their second South African Super 14 match. However they picked up a bonus point for their 5-point loss. (1 BP) Bulls 21–27 Brumbies Pretoria Stirling Mortlock scores and converts a try at the death to give the Brumbies their second win on the