Alberta rink pulls away from the pack with wins against Manitoba and Prince Edward Island and have a record of 6–1. Manitoba (skipped by Randy Dutiaume) falls to 5–2 coupled with a win over P.E.I, while Nova Scotia skipped by Shawn Adams win both their games and also sit at 5–2. (CBC sports) 7 March 2005 (Monday) Cycling: Tom Boonen wins the first stage of Paris–Nice, while Erik Dekker takes over the lead in the general ranking. Cricket: The International Cricket Council announces it will move its offices from England and Monaco to Dubai in August 2005. (ICC) Curling: 2005 Tim Hortons Brier – Randy Ferbey's Alberta rink and Randy Dutiaume's Manitoba rink both lost their first games against Nova Scotia and Northern Ontario respectively while Brad Gushue's Newfoundland and Labrador rink win both their games against Yukon/Northwest Territories and Prince Edward Island to force a 3-way tie for top spot at 4–1. (CBC sports) 6 March 2005 (Sunday) Cricket: Seven players, including Brian Lara, are dropped from the West Indies team over a sponsorship row. (BBC) Cycling: The prologue of Paris–Nice is won by Jens Voigt from Germany. Fabian Cancellara is 2nd, Erik Dekker is 3rd. Golf: PGA Tour: Tiger Woods defeats Phil Mickelson by one stroke to win the Ford Championship at Doral. The win returns Woods to the top spot in the world rankings. (AP/Yahoo!) European Tour: Ernie Els defeats Miguel Ángel Jiménez by one stroke to win the Dubai Desert Classic. (AP/Yahoo!) Motorsport: Formula One: Giancarlo Fisichella wins the opening race of the 2005 Formula One season at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Australia. Rubens Barrichello finishes second with Fisichella's Renault teammate Fernando Alonso coming third. (Reuters) (Eurosport) NASCAR: Martin Truex Jr. wins the first NASCAR race held in Mexico, the Telcel-Motorola 200 Busch race from the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. {NASCAR.com} IRL IndyCar Series: Dan Wheldon wins the Toyota Indy 300, the inaugural event of the 2005 IRL season. (IndyCar.com) Curling – 2005 Tim Hortons Brier: 5-time Brier champion Randy Ferbey and his Alberta rink as well as Randy Dutiaume's Manitoba rink remain the only undefeated teams left, both with 3–0 records. Ferbey beat Newfoundland and Labrador and Northern Ontario while Manitoba beat Yukon/Northwest Territories (CBC sports) 5 March 2005 (Saturday) Rugby union: In the IRB Rugby Aid Match, a team of players from the Southern Hemisphere defeat the team from the Northern Hemisphere 54–19