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World sports diary March 2015

LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - MARCH 2015 - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 1 CRICKET Cricket World Cup, Australia/New Zealand (to Mar 29) England v Sri Lanka, Wellington Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Brisbane RUGBY Six Nations Ireland v England TENNIS ATP: Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates Buenos Aires Open, Argentina WTA: Qatar Total Open, Doha GOLF PGA Tour: Honda Classic, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida European Tour: Johannesburg Open, Johannesburg SOCCER Capital One (League) cup final, Wembley ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Super Combined, Bansko, Bulgaria Women's Super-G, Bansko, Bulgaria Men's Giant Slalom, Garmisch Partenkirchen MOTOR RACING F1 Final Test, Barcelona ATHLETICS U.S. indoor athletics championships, Boston HORSE RACING Hong Kong Gold Cup - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 2 TENNIS Davis Cup first round WTA: Monterrey Open, Mexico (to 8) Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur (to 8) - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 3 CRICKET World Cup South Africa v Ireland, Canberra SOCCER Spanish King's Cup, semi-finals second leg (to 4) French Cup, quarter-finals - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 CRICKET World Cup Pakistan v UAE, Napier Australia v Afghanistan, Perth SOCCER Italian Cup, semi-finals, first leg SOCCER Libertadores Cup group stage - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 5 CRICKET World Cup Bangladesh v Scotland, Nelson GOLF PGA Tour/European Tour: WGC-Cadillac Championship, Doral, Florida (to 8) PGA Tour: Puerto Rico Open, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (to 8) European Tour: Africa Open, East London (to 8) RALLYING Rally of Mexico (to 8) - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 6 CRICKET World Cup India v West Indies, Perth RUGBY Super rugby round four (to 7) ATHLETICS IAAF European Indoor Championships, Prague (to 8) TENNIS Davis Cup first round (to 8) - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 7 CRICKET World Cup South Africa v Pakistan, Auckland Zimbabwe v Ireland, Hobart SOCCER English FA Cup sixth round ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Downhill, Garmisch Partenkirchen Men's Downhill, Kvitfjell, Norway - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 8 CRICKET World Cup New Zealand v Afghanistan, Napier Australia v Sri Lanka, Sydney ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Super-G, Garmisch Partenkirchen Men's Super-G, Kvitfjell, Norway CYCLING Paris-Nice, France (to 15) - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 9 CRICKET World Cup England v Bangladesh, Adelaide TENNIS ATP/WTA: BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, California, U.S. (to 22) - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 10 CRICKET World Cup India v Ireland, Hamilton SOCCER Champions League last 16 second legs (to 11) HORSE RACING Cheltenham Festival (to 14) - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 CRICKET World Cup Sri Lanka v Scotland, Hobart CYCLING Tirreno-Adriatico, Italy (to 17) SOCCER Libertadores Cup group stage - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 12 CRICKET World Cup South Africa v UAE, Wellington SOCCER Europa League last 16, first leg GOLF PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Palm Harbor, Florida (to 15) European Tour: Tshwane Open, Centurion, South Africa (to 15) - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 13 CRICKET World Cup Bangladesh v New Zealand, Hamilton England v Afghanistan, Sydney MOTOR RACING Formula One: Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne (to 15) RUGBY Super rugby round five (to 14) DIVING FINA World series, Beijing (to 15) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Giant Slalom, Are - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 14 CRICKET World Cup India v Zimbabwe, Auckland Australia v Scotland, Hobart RUGBY Six Nations England v Scotland, Twickenham Wales v Ireland, Cardiff ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Slalom, Are Men's Giant Slalom, Kranjska Gora - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 15 CRICKET World Cup West Indies v UAE, Napier Pakistan v Ireland, Adelaide RUGBY Six Nations Italy v France, Rome ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's Slalom, Kranjska Gora - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 16 No new entries - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 17 No new entries - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 CRICKET World Cup quarter-final 1, Sydney ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Downhill, Meribel Men's Downhill, Meribel SOCCER Libertadores Cup group stage - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 19 CRICKET World Cup quarter-final 2, Melbourne GOLF European Tour: Madeira Islands Open, Madeira (to 22) PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Orlando, Florida (to 22) SOCCER Europa League last 16, second leg ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Super-G, Meribel Men's Super-G, Meribel DIVING FINA World series, Dubai (to 21) - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 20 SOCCER Champions League and Europea League draws for quarter-finals CRICKET World Cup quarter-final 3, Adelaide RUGBY Super rugby round six (to 21) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Team Mixed, Meribel - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 21 CRICKET World Cup quarter-final 4, Wellington RUGBY Six Nations Italy v Wales, Rome Scotland v Ireland, Edinburgh England v France, Twickenham ATHLETICS IAAF World Challenge meeting, Melbourne ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Slalom, Meribel Men's Giant Slalom, Meribel - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 22 SOCCER Johnstone's Paint trophy final, Wembley ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Giant Slalom, Meribel Men's Slalom, Meribel BASKETBALL BBL Trophy Final, Glasgow - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 23 TENNIS ATP/WTA: Miami Open, Miami, U.S. (to Apr 5) SOCCER International matches (to 31) CYCLING Milan-San Remo Classic, Italy FIGURE SKATING World Figure Skating championships, Shanghai, China (to 29) - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 24 CRICKET World Cup semi-final 1, Auckland SOCCER UEFA Congress, Vienna CYCLING Tour of Catalunya, Spain (to 30) - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 CRICKET World Cup semi-final 2, Sydney - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 26 GOLF PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open, San Antonio, Texas (to 29) European Tour: Hassan Trophy, Morocco (to 29) - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 27 SOCCER Euro 2016 qualifiers, (to 29) MOTOR RACING Formula One: Malaysian Grand Prix, Kuala Lumpur (to 29) RUGBY Super rugby round seven (to 28) Hong Kong Rugby Sevens (to 29) MOTORCYCLING MotoGP: Qatar, Doha/Losail (to 29 - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 28 HORSE RACING Dubai World Cup ATHLETICS IAAF Cross Country Championships, Guiyang, China CYCLING GP E3-Harelbeke, Belgium Criterium International, Corsica (to 29) - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 29 CRICKET World Cup final, Melbourne - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 30 CYCLING Gent-Wevelgem, Belgium - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 31 SOCCER Italy v England friendly international - - - - (Editing by Caroline Helly)