sports) 10 March 2005 (Thursday) Dogsled racing 2005 Iditarod: Robert Sørlie of Norway wins the Halfway Award at the historic gold rush ghost town of Iditarod, arriving at 1:41 AM AKST (10:41 UTC). Rick Swenson, the only five-time winner of the Iditarod, scratches for the first time in 29 races. Football (soccer) – UEFA Cup, round of 16, first leg: (UEFA.com) Partizan Belgrade 1 – 1 CSKA Moscow Olympiacos 1 – 3 Newcastle United Shakhtar Donetsk 1 – 3 AZ Alkmaar Austria Vienna 1 – 1 Real Zaragoza Middlesbrough 2 – 3 Sporting Lisbon Lille 0 – 1 Auxerre Sevilla 0 – 0 Parma Steaua Bucharest – Villarreal (postponed, snow; first leg rescheduled for 16 March, second leg on 20 March) Curling: 2005 Tim Hortons Brier – After the round-robin play is completed, Team Alberta, skipped by Randy Ferbey sits at first place with a 9–2 record. In second place is Team Manitoba, skipped by Randy Dutiaume with an 8–3 record. Also with an 8–3 record is Team Nova Scotia, skipped by Shawn Adams who finishes third because they lost their game to Manitoba. Rounding off the playoff-bound teams is Quebec skipped by Jean-Michel Menard at 7–4. (CBC sports) 9 March 2005 (Wednesday) Football (soccer) UEFA Champions League, knock-out round of 16, second leg (advancing teams in bold): Juventus 2 – 0 Real Madrid (after extra time) (UEFA.com) Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 3 Liverpool (UEFA.com) AS Monaco 0 – 2 PSV (UEFA.com) Arsenal 1 – 0 Bayern Munich (UEFA.com) Curling: 2005 Tim Hortons Brier – Randy Ferbey's Alberta rink continues to lead the way with an 8–1 record and wins against Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories. Randy Dutiaume's Manitoba rink has sole possession of second place at 7–2 as they won both their games against Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. With one day left of the round-robin, only Alberta has clinched a berth. (CBC sports) 8 March 2005 (Tuesday) Dogsled racing: Norwegian Robert Sørlie, who became the first non-American to win in 2003, takes the lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and arrives first at checkpoints 8 and 9, in Rohn, and Nikolai. Football (soccer) UEFA Champions League, knock-out round of 16, second leg (advancing teams in bold): Chelsea 4 – 2 Barcelona (UEFA.com) Olympique Lyonnais 7 – 2 Werder Bremen (UEFA.com) A.C. Milan 1 – 0 Manchester United (UEFA.com) Curling – 2005 Tim Hortons Brier – Randy Ferbey's