Events in Sport
- Mar 1 Steven Holcomb pilots USA-1 sled to victory in the 4-man competition at the World Bobsled Championships at Mt Van Hoevenberg, NY; first American win in the event in 50 years
- Mar 3 The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by terrorists while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore for 2nd Test against Pakistan; match abandoned
Event of Interest
Mar 5 Moises Alou announces he will retire following the World Baseball Classic
Moises Alou
- Mar 13 30th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: #5 Louisville beats #10 Villanova, 69-55
- Mar 14 Canterbury winger Hazem El Masri becomes highest point scorer in Australian Rugby League history; 33rd minute penalty in Bulldogs' 34-12 win over Manly at ANZ Stadium, Sydney takes him to 2,178; Andrew Johns, 2,176
- Mar 15 56th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 Duke beats #22 Florida State, 79-69
- Mar 15 50th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Tennessee, 64-61
- Mar 21 Ireland completes a Grand Slam with a 17-15 win over Wales at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to win the Six Nations Rugby Championship
- Mar 22 Cricket Women's World Cup: England defeats New Zealand by 4 wickets
Weddings in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 1 Carolyn Cudone, American golfer (US Senior Women's Amateur 1968-72; most consecutive wins in any USGA championship), dies at 90
- Mar 1 Ken Henry, American speed skater (Olympic gold 500m 1952), dies at 80
- Mar 2 Chris Finnegan, British boxer (Olympic gold middleweight 1968), dies of pneumonia at 64
- Mar 4 George McAfee, American football player, NFL halfback (Chicago Bears), dies at 90
- Mar 4 Harry Parkes, English footballer (b. 1920)
- Mar 10 Denis Begbie, South African cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50), dies at 94
- Mar 17 Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, dies at 82
- Mar 21 Walt Poddubny, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
- Mar 22 Leon Walker, Wakefield Wildcats Rugby Player (b. 1988)
- Mar 22 Howard Komives, American NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves), dies at 67
- Mar 23 Raúl Macías, A famous Mexican boxer (b. 1934)
- Mar 24 George Kell, American MLB 10x All-Star, 1949 AL batting champ, infielder, 1943-57 (Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, and 3 other teams), dies at 86
- Mar 25 Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- Mar 25 Gábor Ocskay, Hungarian hockey player (b. 1975)
- Mar 25 Giovanni Parisi, Italian boxer (b. 1967)
- Mar 25 Yukio Endo, Japanese gymnast (4 Olympic gold 1960, 64), dies of Esophageal cancer at 72
- Mar 29 Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet football striker and manager (b.1943)
- Mar 30 Andrea Mead-Lawrence, American alpine skier (2 Olympic gold 1952), dies of leiomyosarcoma at 76