Events in Sport in March 1996

Mar 1 Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory

Mar 2 Sachin Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind v SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose

Mar 6 Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 v Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup v Kenya

Mar 7 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists

Mar 9 Javed Miandad's last international in Pakistan's Cricket World Cup Quater Final loss to India

Mar 9 Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) v England in Cricket World Cup Quarter Final

Mar 10 43rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #12 Wake Forest beats #18 Georgia Tech, 75-74
Mar 10 37th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Kentucky, 84-73
Mar 14 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi

Mar 16 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain heavyweight title

Mar 16 Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena (Bell Center)
Mar 17 Aravinda De Silva gets 107* & 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory
Mar 17 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
Mar 18 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96

Mar 24 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

Mar 25 Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)
Mar 25 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA)
Mar 25 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA)
Mar 26 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld v Vic)
Mar 29 Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens
Mar 29 NY Yankees beats NY Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game
Mar 30 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain
Mar 30 NY Mets beats NY Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game
Mar 30 149th Grand National: Mick Fitzgerald aboard Rough Quest wins
Mar 31 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65

Mar 31 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan