World sports diary March 2014

LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - MARCH 2014 - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 1 TENNIS ATP: Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates (to 2) Brazil Open, Sao Paolo (to 2) ATP/WTA: Acapulco International, Mexico (to 2) WTA: Brazil Tennis Cup, Florianopolis (to 2) CYCLING World track championships, Cali (to 2) GOLF PGA Tour: Honda Classic, Florida (to 2) European Tour: Tshwane Open, Pretoria (to 2) RUGBY Super rugby round three CRICKET South Africa v Australia, Cape Town, third test (to 5) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's downhill, Crans Montana, Switzerland Men's downhill, Kvitfjell, Norway - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 2 SOCCER Capital One (League) cup final, Wembley CRICKET West Indies v England, North Sound, second ODI ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Super Combined, Crans Montana, Switzerland Men's super-G, Kvitfjell, Norway - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 3 TENNIS ATP/WTA: Indian Wells, California, U.S. (to 16) - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 4 - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 CRICKET West Indies v England, North Sound, third ODI - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 6 GOLF PGA Tour/European Tour: WGC-Cadillac Championship, Doral, Florida (to 9) PGA Tour: Puerto Rico Open, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (to 9) RALLYING Rally of Mexico (to 9) - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 7 RUGBY Super rugby round four (to 8) ATHLETICS 15th IAAF World Indoor Championships, Sopot (to 9) - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 8 SOCCER English FA Cup sixth round RUGBY Six Nations Ireland v Italy Scotland v France ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Slalom, Are, Sweden Men's Giant Slalom, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 9 RUGBY Six Nations England v Wales CRICKET West Indies v England, Bridgetown, first T20I South Africa v Australia, Port Elizabeth, first T20I CYCLING Paris-Nice, France (to 16) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's slalom, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 10 - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 11 SOCCER Champions League last 16 second legs (to 12) HORSE RACING Cheltenham Festival (to 14) CRICKET West Indies v England, Bridgetown, second T20I - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 ALPINE SKIING World Cup: End-of-season meeting, Lenzerheide, Switzerland (to 16) Women's downhill Men's downhill CRICKET South Africa v Australia, Durban, second T20I CYCLING Tirreno-Adriatico, Italy (to 18) - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 13 SOCCER Europa League last 16 GOLF European Tour: Hassan II Trophy, Morocco (to 16) PGA Tour: Valspar Championship, Palm Harbor, Florida (to 16) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: End-of-season meeting, Lenzerheide, Switzerland (to 17) Women's super-G Men's super-G CRICKET West Indies v England, Bridgetown, third T20I - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 14 CRICKET South Africa v Australia, Durban, third T20I MOTOR RACING Formula One: Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne (to 16) RUGBY Super rugby round five (to 15) DIVING FINA World series, China (to 16) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: End-of-season meeting, Lenzerheide, Switzerland (to 16) Team - Mixed ATHLETICS NCAA indoor championships, Albuquerque, New Mexico (to 15) - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 15 RUGBY Six Nations Italy v England Wales v Scotland France v Ireland ALPINE SKIING World Cup: End-of-season meeting, Lenzerheide, Switzerland (to 17) Women's slalom Men's giant slalom - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 16 ALPINE SKIING World Cup: End-of-season meeting, Lenzerheide, Switzerland Women's giant slalom Men's slalom HORSE RACING Hong Kong derby - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 17 TENNIS ATP/WTA: Sony Open, Miami, U.S. (to 30) - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 18 SOCCER Champions League last 16 second legs (to 19) - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 20 GOLF European Tour: TBC PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Orlando, Florida (to 23) SOCCER Europa League last 16 - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 21 MOTORCYCLING MotoGP: Qatar, Doha/Losail (to 23) RUGBY Super rugby round six (to 22) CRICKET India v Pakistan, Dhaka, ICC World Twenty20 - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 22 ATHLETICS IAAF World Challenge meeting, Melbourne CRICKET South Africa v Sri Lanka, Chittagong, ICC World Twenty20 England v New Zealand, Chittagong, ICC World Twenty20 - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 23 CYCLING Milan-San Remo Classic, Italy CRICKET Australia v Pakistan, Dhaka, ICC World Twenty20 India v West Indies, Dhaka, ICC World Twenty20 - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 24 CYCLING Tour of Catalunya, Spain (to 30) CRICKET New Zealand v South Africa, Chittagong, ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka v TBC, Chittagong, ICC World Twenty20 FIGURE SKATING World Figure Skating championships, Saitama, Japan (to 30) - - - - TUESDAY, MARCH 25 SOCCER French Cup quarter-finals (to 26) CRICKET West Indies v TBC, Dhaka, ICC World Twenty20 - - - - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 - - - - THURSDAY, MARCH 27 GOLF European Tour: Eurasia Cup, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (to 30) PGA Tour: Texas Open, San Antonio, Texas (to 30) CRICKET South Africa v TBC, Chittagong, ICC World Twenty20 England v Sri Lanka, Chittagong, ICC World Twenty20 SOCCER UEFA Congress, Kazakhstan - - - - FRIDAY, MARCH 28 MOTOR RACING Formula One: Malaysian Grand Prix, Kuala Lumpur (to 30) RUGBY Super rugby round seven (to 29) CYCLING GP E3-Harelbeke, Belgium CRICKET Australia v West Indies, Dhaka, ICC World Twenty20 India v TBC, Dhaka, ICC World Twenty20 - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 29 HORSE RACING Dubai World Cup ATHLETICS 21st IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Copenhagen CRICKET New Zealand v TBC, Chittagong, ICC World Twenty20 England v South Africa, Chittagong, ICC World Twenty20 CYCLING Criterium International (to 30) - - - - SUNDAY, MARCH 30 ROWING Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race, London CRICKET Pakistan v TBC, Dhaka, ICC World Twenty20 Australia v India, Dhaka, ICC World Twenty20 CYCLING Gent-Wevelgem race, Belgium - - - - MONDAY, MARCH 31 BASEBALL MLB opening day TENNIS WTA: Monterrey Open, Mexico (to 6) Family Circle Cup, Charleston, U.S. (to 6) CRICKET England v TBC, Chittagong, ICC World Twenty20 New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Chittagong, ICC World Twenty20 (Editing by Caroline Helly)