Daily News reports today that former superstar slugger Mark McGwire was mentioned several times in a federal steroids investigation in the 1990s, although he was not the target of the probe, nor was any evidence collected against him. (AP/ESPN) Cricket: Australia (432 and 135/1) beat New Zealand (433 and 131) by 9 wickets in the 1st Test at Christchurch. (Wisden Cricinfo) South Africa (480/7 dec) beat Zimbabwe (265 and 149) by an innings and 62 runs in the 2nd Test at Centurion. (Wisden Cricinfo) Rugby union: Six Nations Scotland 22–46 Wales (Murrayfield, Edinburgh) (BBC) Golf: PGA Tour: Pádraig Harrington defeats Vijay Singh on the second sudden-death playoff hole to win the Honda Classic at the Country Club at Mirasol. It's Harrington's first win in the United States. PGA European Tour: Ernie Els wins the Qatar Masters. Basketball: Canadian Interuniversity Sport – The Simon Fraser Clan defeat the Winnipeg Wesmen 70–60 in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's basketball championship (TSN) Ice hockey: Canadian Interuniversity Sport – The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks defeat the Alberta Pandas 4–1 in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship (CIS). The loss ended a three-year championship streak for the Pandas, as well as a 112-game undefeated streak against CIS opponents. 12 March 2005 (Saturday) Cricket: Pakistan (312 and 496/9 dec.) draw with India (516 and 85/1) in the 1st Test at Mohali. (Wisden Cricinfo) Football (soccer): Swedish referee Anders Frisk announces his retirement with immediate effect, after receiving so-far unspecified threats. (BBC) Rugby Union: Six Nations England 39–7 Italy (Twickenham, London) (BBC) Ireland 19–26 France (Lansdowne Road, Dublin) (BBC) Sport of athletics – Kerron Clement sets a new Indoor World Record for the 400m at the NCAA championships in Arkansas. (BBC) Curling Switzerland, skipped by Tania Grivel wins the Women's World Junior Curling Championships 10–2 over Sweden's Stina Viktorsson. Canada wins bronze. (WCF) 2005 Tim Hortons Brier: In the semi-final, Nova Scotia's Shawn Adams rink defeat Randy Dutiaume and his Manitoba rink 8–7. Nova Scotia will play Randy Ferbey of Alberta in the final. (CBC sports) 11 March 2005 (Friday) Curling – 2005 Tim Hortons Brier: Nova Scotia's Shawn Adams rink defeats Jean-Michel Menard's Quebec rink in the 3–4 game advancing Nova Scotia to the semi-final. In the 1–2 game, Randy Ferbey's Alberta defeats Randy Dutiuame's Manitoba rink 7–4. Manitoba goes to the semis while Alberta gets a bye to the final. (CBC sports) (CBC