31 March 2005 (Thursday) Football (soccer): A UEFA disciplinary panel fines Chelsea manager José Mourinho CHF 20,000 (€13,000, £8,900) for his actions during a recent Champions League tie with Barcelona, and bans him from the touchline for both legs of Chelsea's Champions League quarterfinal tie with Bayern Munich. (UEFA.com) 30 March 2005 (Wednesday) Football (soccer): Israel comes from behind to draw 1–1 with France in a bad-tempered match in Tel Aviv. The Israeli crowd boos the French national anthem, and Fabien Barthez in particular is subject to intimidation, booing and heckling. French goal-scorer David Trezeguet is sent off after head-butting Israeli defender Tal Ben Haim. Walid Badir scores Israel's equalizer in the 83rd minute. (Sporting Life) Switzerland scores a late goal to win 1–0 over Cyprus. (Haaretz) The USA defeats Guatemala 2–0 in Birmingham, Alabama. Eddie Johnson leads the way for the Americans by scoring a goal in the 11th minute and assisting Steve Ralston's goal in the 68th minute. (AP/ESPN) 29 March 2005 (Tuesday) Cricket Australia (383 and 166/1) beat New Zealand (292 and 254) by 9 wickets in the third Test at Auckland. They win the three-Test series 2–0. (Wisden Cricinfo) CIS men's ice hockey The Alberta Golden Bears defeat the Saskatchewan Huskies 4–3 in overtime to win the University Cup. 28 March 2005 (Monday) Cricket Pakistan (570 and 261/2 declared) beat India (449 and 214) by 168 runs in the third Test at Bangalore, drawing the series 1–1. (Wisden Cricinfo) Golf Fred Funk wins the repeatedly weather-delayed Players Championship by one stroke over Luke Donald, Tom Lehman, and Scott Verplank. At 48, Funk is the event's oldest winner in its 32-year history, one year after Adam Scott became its youngest champion ever. (AP/ESPN) 27 March 2005 (Sunday) Rowing – The University of Oxford beat the University of Cambridge by two lengths in a time of 16:42 in the 151st Boat Race (BoatRace.org) (BBC) Basketball – NCAA Tournament, regional finals (regional seeds included; advancing teams in bold): Syracuse Regional: North Carolina (1) 88, Wisconsin (6) 82 (AP/ESPN) Austin Regional: Michigan State (5) 94, Kentucky (2) 88 (2 OT) (AP/ESPN) Three of the four weekend's regional finals were decided in overtime, a first for that playoff series, and further evidence of March Madness. Ice hockey – By defeating Harvard in the title game of the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship, Minnesota repeated as NCAA Division I national champions. Harvard's