which is the best showing by a rookie in decades. Football (soccer) – UEFA Cup, round of 16: Second leg (advancing teams in bold): Newcastle United 4 – 0 Olympiacos (UEFA.com) AZ Alkmaar 2 – 1 Shakhtar Donetsk (UEFA.com) First leg (rescheduled from 10 March): Steaua Bucharest 0 – 0 Villarreal (UEFA.com) 15 March 2005 (Tuesday) Football (soccer): UEFA Champions League, knock-out round of 16, second leg (advancing team in bold): Inter Milan 3 – 1 Porto (UEFA.com) Gabriel Batistuta, the all-time goals leader for the Argentina national team, announces his retirement. He was last seen playing with a Qatari league team. (Clarin, in Spanish) Basketball – NCAA Tournament: Opening round from Dayton, Ohio: Oakland 79, Alabama A&M 69 (AP/ESPN) 14 March 2005 (Monday) Dogsled racing 2005 Iditarod: Robert Sørlie from Norway is the first to reach Unalakleet on March 13 at 8:45 PM AKST (March 14 5:45 UTC), and start the final stretch down the shore of the Bering Sea to Nome. Bjørnar Andersen, Sørlie's teammate, is the only rookie in the top 10. NCAA college basketball: Temple University announces that men's head basketball coach John Chaney will coach in the National Invitation Tournament. He had previously been suspended for actions committed on February 28 during a game against Saint Joseph's University. 13 March 2005 (Sunday) Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Matthew Stevens 10 frames to 8 to win his third Irish Masters title. (BBC) NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson wins the UAW–DaimlerChrysler 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch. There were a race-record 10 cautions and race-equalling 25 lead changes. (NASCAR) Curling: In Pinerolo, Italy, at the World Junior Curling Championships, the Canadian team skipped by Kyle George won gold beating Sweden's Nils Carlsén 6–5 in 11 ends. Scotland won bronze. (CBC) (TSN) 2005 Tim Hortons Brier: Randy Ferbey and his Alberta team win their 4th Brier in 5 years as they defeat Shawn Adams of Nova Scotia 5–4. Ferbey and his team of David Nedohin, Marcel Rocque and Scott Pfeifer make history as the first complete team to win 4 Briers. (CBC sports) Baseball: The Kansas City Star reports in today's edition that former major-league player Jeremy Giambi, currently signed to a minor-league contract by the Chicago White Sox, has admitted to having used anabolic steroids. Jeremy's older brother, current major-leaguer Jason Giambi, has previously been linked to steroid use. (AP/ESPN) The New York