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[edit] 14 December 2006 (Thursday)
- Cricket - England in Australia
- 2006-07 Ashes series:
Australia vs. 
England, in Perth, Western Australia.
- Australia leads the series, 2-0. England must at least draw this test to keep the Ashes from returning to Australia. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first.
- Australia first innings: 244 all out (71.0 overs). Monty Panesar took 5 Australian wickets for 92 runs off 24 overs.
- England first innings: 51 for 2 (14.0 overs). (BBC), Scoreboard (BBC)
- 2006-07 Ashes series:
- Football (soccer):
- UEFA Cup 2006-07, Matchday 5: (Teams who are qualified for the Round of 32 after Matchday 5 are in bold, teams that have already qualified before Matchday 5 are in italics.)
- Group A Rangers 1 – 0 Partizan Belgrade (Rangers are winners of Group A)
- Group A AJ Auxerre 0 – 1 Livorno
- Group B Tottenham Hotspur 3 – 1 Dinamo Bucharest (Tottenham Hotspur are winners of Group B)
- Group B Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 1 Beşiktaş
- Group C Braga 2 – 0 Grasshoppers
- Group C Sevilla 1 – 2 AZ Alkmaar (AZ Alkmaar are winners of Group C)
- Group D Parma 0 – 3 Osasuna (Parma are winners of Group D)
- Group D Heerenveen 1 – 0 Lens [1]
- 2006 FIFA Club World Cup semi-final:
- América 0-4 Barcelona
- The Catalonian squad, defending UEFA Champions League holders, easily advanced to the final on Sunday.
- América 0-4 Barcelona
- UEFA Cup 2006-07, Matchday 5: (Teams who are qualified for the Round of 32 after Matchday 5 are in bold, teams that have already qualified before Matchday 5 are in italics.)
- Football (American): NFL Week 15 Thursday Game: San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks, 8 PM US EST (-5 UTC)
[edit] 13 December 2006 (Wednesday)
- Major League Baseball: The Boston Red Sox and former Seibu Lions pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka agreed in principle on a six-year, $52 million (US) contract.
- General news: Lamar Hunt, founder of the American Football League that merged into the NFL and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, dies at the age of 74 of prostate cancer in Dallas, Texas.
- Alpine skiing: Downhill specialist Andreas Schifferer ends his career. During his career Schifferer won eight Alpine skiing World Cup meetings and the 1997-98 overall downhill World Cup. He also won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships (Giant slalom) and the 2002 Winter Olympics (Super G).
- Football:
- UEFA Cup 2006-07, Matchday 5: (Teams who are qualified for the Round of 32 after Matchday 5 are in bold, teams that have already qualified before Matchday 5 are in italics.)
- Group E Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Nancy (Blackburn Rovers are winners of Group E)
- Group E Feyenoord 3–1 Wisła Kraków
- Group F Espanyol 1–0 Austria Vienna (Espanyol are winners of Group F)
- Group F Zulte-Waregem 0–3 Ajax
- Group G Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Panathinaikos (Panathinaikos are winners of Group G)
- Group G Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Mladá Boleslav
- Group H Palermo 1–1 Celta Vigo
- Group H Fenerbahçe 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
- FIFA Club World Cup 2006: Semi final
- Al-Ahly 1-2 Sport Club Internacional
- Alexandre Pato gave the Brazilian team an early lead, but Flávio Amado equalised after 54 minutes. Luiz Adriano's goal 18 minutes before time was the final clinching goal.
- Al-Ahly 1-2 Sport Club Internacional
- UEFA Cup 2006-07, Matchday 5: (Teams who are qualified for the Round of 32 after Matchday 5 are in bold, teams that have already qualified before Matchday 5 are in italics.)
- Golf: Tiger Woods wins the Jack Nicklaus Trophy for the eighth time after being chosen by his fellow golfers. Trevor Immelman became rookie of the year, while Steve Stricker made the comeback of the year.
- Tennis: Former World #1 Lindsay Davenport, winner of three Grand Slam events and 51 tournaments in all, announces that she and husband Jon Leach are expecting their first child in May 2007. Although she did not officially retire, she strongly hinted that she would not play again. (ESPN)
[edit] 12 December 2006 (Tuesday)
- Football (soccer):
- The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) officially announces their interest in hosting the FIFA World Cup 2014. President Ricardo Teixeira said Brazil will host the World Cup for the first time in 64 years. FIFA members already announced that the World Cup will be most likely held in South America. All other CONMEBOL members support Brazil in hosting the event.
[edit] 11 December 2006 (Monday)
- NFL Monday Night Football: Chicago Bears 42, St. Louis Rams 27.
- Bears return specialist Devin Hester sets a new NFL single-season record with his fifth (94 yards on a kickoff in the first quarter) and sixth (96 yards on a fourth quarter kickoff) kick returns for a touchdown. The two kickoff returns for touchdowns tie the NFL single-game record for the sixth time, last done by Chad Morton with the New York Jets against the Buffalo Bills on September 8, 2002. (NFL.com)
- NBA: Commissioner David Stern announces that the league's widely criticized new microfiber composite ball will be replaced by the league's old leather ball, effective January 1, 2007. (ESPN)
- Football (soccer):
- FIFA Club World Cup 2006:
- Club América 1-0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-0
- Ricardo Francisco Rojas was the only goalscorer and América will now face Barcelona in the semi finals.
- Club América 1-0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-0
- FIFA Club World Cup 2006:
- General news: West Ham United fires manager Alan Pardew due to weak performances in the league. Last weekend "The Hammers" were beaten 4-0 by Bolton Wanderers and dropped down to the 18th position.
- Tennis: Jan Siemerink is appointed as the new manager of the Dutch Davis Cup Team to replace Tjerk Bogtstra.
[edit] 10 December 2006 (Sunday)
- American football: NFL Week 14 Sunday Games:
- Cincinnati Bengals 27, Oakland Raiders 10. Carson Palmer's two touchdowns outweigh his three interceptions as the Raiders offense fails to capitalize.
- Minnesota Vikings 30, Detroit Lions 20. Artose Pinner ran roughshod on the Lions' nonexistent defense for 125 yards and three touchdowns.
- Baltimore Ravens 20, Kansas City Chiefs 10. Trent Green throws two costly interceptions to Ed Reed that sink the Chiefs.
- Miami Dolphins 21, New England Patriots 0. The Dolphins surprise Tom Brady, holding him to 78 passing yards.
- Atlanta Falcons 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6. Demorrio Williams' 54-yard return of a Bucs fumble and Justin Griffith's 21-yard run for touchdowns provided the cushion needed for the Falcons.
- Philadelphia Eagles 21, Washington Redskins 19. Jeff Garcia throws two touchdowns, then the Eagles manage to hold off the surging Redskins, burning time successfully on their final drive.
- New York Giants 27, Carolina Panthers 13. Eli Manning throws for three touchdowns. Chris Weinke, in his first start in four years due to Jake Delhomme's thumb injury, threw for 423 yards, but was intercepted three times.
- Jacksonville Jaguars 44, Indianapolis Colts 17. Maurice Jones-Drew (166 yards rushing) and Fred Taylor (131 yards) expose the Colts' utter inability to defend the run. Jones-Drew has two rushing TDs and returns a punt for a third. The Jaguars' 375 rushing yards are a team single-game record, with the previous record of 246 being broken before halftime, while a third Jag, Alvin Pearman (77 yards), joined Jones-Drew and Taylor outrushing the whole Colts team (34 yards total).
- Tennessee Titans 26, Houston Texans 20 (OT). Vince Young's 39-yard touchdown run in overtime give Tennessee its fourth straight win.
- Arizona Cardinals 27, Seattle Seahawks 21. Thanks to three Seahawks fumbles resulting in 14 Cardinal points, the visitors failed to clinch the NFC West title.
- Green Bay Packers 30, San Francisco 49ers 19. On the site of his many triumphs, Brett Favre threw for 298 yards in the Pack's win.
- Buffalo Bills 31, New York Jets 13. Willis McGahee's 57-yard run, J.P. Losman's 77-yard pass to Lee Evans and Nate Clements' 58 yard return of a Chad Pennington interception, all for touchdowns, stunned the Jets at The Meadowlands.
- San Diego Chargers 48, Denver Broncos 20. LaDainian Tomlinson's third rushing touchdown, his 29th of the year, breaks Shaun Alexander's year-old record for TDs in a season as the Chargers clinch the AFC West.
- New Orleans Saints 42, Dallas Cowboys 17. Drew Brees threw for five touchdowns, an all-time Cowboys worst in the Saints' rout.
- Athletics (track & field): 2006 European Cross Country Championships:
- men:
Mo Farah, 
Fernando Silva, 
Juan Carlos de la Ossa - women:
Tetyana Holovchenko, 
Maria Konovalova, 
Olivera Jevtic
- men:
- Auto racing: 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia:
- sprint race:
Jonny Reid, 
Salvador Duran, 
Robbie Kerr - main race: Jonny Reid,
Nico Hülkenberg, 
Nicolas Lapierre
- sprint race:
- Billiards: 2006 Mosconi Cup:
- Team America wins six out of nine matches over the last two session versus Team Europe to overcome their trailing score of 9-6 to a 12-12 final standings. This draw means Team America, who were the 2005 Mosconi Cup winners will keep the cup for another year.
- Football (soccer):
- FIFA Club World Cup 2006:
- Al-Ahly 2-0 Auckland City
- The Egyptian team claims their place in the semi finals where they will meet Sport Club Internacional, and was too strong for the New Zealand side. The goals were scored by Flávio Amado and Mohamed Aboutrika.
- Al-Ahly 2-0 Auckland City
- FIFA Club World Cup 2006:
- Mexico: Chivas de Guadalajara defeat Club Toluca in Toluca's home stadium Estadio Nemesio Diez, winning the game 2-1 (3-2 aggrate) and becoming the champions in the Mexican Apertura (opening tournament).
- Golf:
- 2007 European Tour: Dunhill Championship:
- Alvaro Quiros (13 under),
Charl Schwartzel (12 under), 
Lee Westwood (9 under). It was Quiros' first European Tour win in his career.
- 2006 WGC - Barbados World Cup:
- Team Germany, consisting of Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem defeat the Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren in the play-offs to claim the title. Swedes Carl Pettersson and Henrik Stenson also participated in the play-offs but only finished in third position.
- 2007 European Tour: Dunhill Championship:
- Sailing: 2006 Tornado World Championship:
-
Darren Bundock / Glenn Ashby, 
Santiago Lange / Carlos Espinola, 
Roman Hagara / Hans Peter Steinacher
- Swimming: European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006:
- Stefan Nystrand, Petter Stymne, Marcus Piehl and Jonas Tilly of Sweden swim a new World record on the 4x50m freestyle relay in 1:24.89, swimming 0.14 faster than The Netherlands did in 2005.
- Alena Popchanka sets a new European record as her time of 1:54.25 is 0.28 faster than the previous record held by British Melanie Marshall.
- Antje Buschschulte loses her European record at the 200m backstroke to French Esther Baron who finishes 0.15 seconds before the previous record in a new time of 2:04.08 to claim the gold.
[edit] 9 December 2006 (Saturday)
- American College football: The 2006 Heisman Trophy is won by Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith in the second biggest margin of victory in the award's history, topped by O.J. Simpson's margin of victory in 1968. The win gives The Ohio State University their seventh Heisman winner, tying Southern California and Notre Dame for the most trophies won by a single school. (Washington Post)
- Cricket – Sri Lanka v. New Zealand:
- First Test in Christchurch:
New Zealand defeats 
Sri Lanka by five wickets. A low-scoring match: only one century (Kumar Sangakkara 100 not out) and one half-century (Daniel Vettori 63) were scored during the three days of play. Shane Bond wins the Player of the Match award for his bowling effort (3/43 and 4/63). (Scorecard)
- First Test in Christchurch:
- Cyclo-cross: 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships:
- Men:
Gerben de Knegt, 
Bert Arnouts, Wilant van Gils - Women: Daphny van den Brand, Hanka Kupfernagel, Marianne Vos
- Men:
- Rugby union: 2006 South Africa Sevens, final:
- New Zealand 24-17 South Africa
- New Zealand
- Swimming: European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006:
- Yury Prilukov trashes his own European record at the 1500m freestyle by more than seven seconds, bringing the time down from 14:23.92 to 14:16.13 in Helsinki. Prilukov's record is now six seconds away from the 14:10.10 World record set by Grant Hackett.
- Laure Manaudou swims a new World record at the 400m freestyle. The old record, which was also hers was swum in 3:56.79, while 3:56.09 is the new best time.
[edit] 8 December 2006 (Friday)
- Baseball: Former San Francisco Giants shortstop José Uribe, 47, is killed in an automobile accident approximately 30 miles west of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- Football (American): West Virginia University head coach Rich Rodriguez announces that he has agreed to a new contract with the university, despite rumors he had accepted the job as head coach of the University of Alabama.
[edit] 7 December 2006 (Thursday)
- Baseball: MLB.com reports that the San Francisco Giants and Barry Bonds have agreed on a one-year, $16 million (US) contract.
- Football (American):
- NFL Week 14 Thursday night game: Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Cleveland Browns 7. Willie Parker broke the Steelers' all-time record for most yards rushing in a game by a running back with 223 yards on 32 carries. By comparison, the Browns had a total of 18 yards on 11 carries…as a team.
- Basketball:
- In a game that tied for the fourth-highest highest combined scoring game in NBA history, the Phoenix Suns defeated the New Jersey Nets in double overtime, 161-157. Steve Nash led all scorers with 42 points for the Suns, while the Nets' Jason Kidd had his 89th triple double (38 points, 14 assists and 14 rebounds) in a losing effort, tying him with Wilt Chamberlain for third place on the all-time list.
- Asian Games:
- Tragedy struck the Asian Games when South Korean equestrian athlete Kim Hyung-chil died after falling off his horse during the cross country competition which took place in the rain. The accident occurred at jump number eight during the cross-country stage of the three-day eventing competition. After the horse rolled over him, he was taken to the hospital, with his death later confirmed by the organizing committee. Kim won a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan on the same horse.
- Football (soccer):
- The UEFA gives Feyenoord Rotterdam a fine of €125.000, because of the crowd trouble that occured during their match versus AS Nancy on 30 November. Feyenoord also has to pay to repair the Stade Marcel Picot and will play two home matches without any supporters if something similar happens within the next three years.
- Swimming: European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006:
- The German relay team, Helge Meeuw, Johannes Neumann, Thomas Rupprath and Jens Schreiber beats the World Record at the 4x50m Medley relay. The time of 1:34.06 was 0.40 faster than the old record, which was also swum by a German team.
- Arkady Vyatchanin swims a new European record at the 200m backstroke. The Russian became the first European to swim under 1:50.00, finishing 0.02 underneath the time. The previous European record was 1:50.43 held by Markus Rogan.
- Otylia Jędrzejczak beats Annika Mehlhorn's European record of 2:05.77 to 2:04.94, becoming the first European to swim under 2:05.00 at the 200m butterfly. Mehlhorn herself only finished in fifth position.
[edit] 6 December 2006 (Wednesday)
- American Football: Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith, Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn and Arkansas running back Darren McFadden have been named the three finalists for the 2006 Heisman Trophy. (Bloomberg)
- Football:
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07 Matchday 6 (Teams advancing in Boldface; teams progressing to the UEFA Cup in italics):
- Group E: Dynamo Kyiv 2 – 2 Real Madrid
- Group E: Lyon 1 – 1 Steaua Bucharest
- Group F: København 3 – 1 Celtic
- Group F: Manchester United 3 – 1 Benfica
- Group G: Hamburg 3 – 2 CSKA Moscow
- Group G: Porto 0 – 0 Arsenal
- Group H: AC Milan 0 – 2 Lille
- Group H: Anderlecht 2 – 2 AEK Athens (UEFA.com)
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07 Matchday 6 (Teams advancing in Boldface; teams progressing to the UEFA Cup in italics):
[edit] 5 December 2006 (Tuesday)
- Asian Games
- Badminton
- Cue Sports
- Men's Snooker (Team): India
, China 
, Hong Kong 
, and Malaysia 
advance to the medal round. - Men's English Billiards (singles): Pankaj Arjan Advani ; Ashok Harishankar Shandil Ya ; Peter Gilchrist
- Men's Snooker (Doubles): Ding Junhui and Tian Pengfei ; Marco Fu Ka Chun and Chan Wai Ki ; Phaithoon Phonbun and Atthasit Mahitthi
- Men's Snooker (Team): India
- Cycling
- Men's Road Time Trial: Song Baoqing ; Evgeny Vakker
; Andrey Mizurov 
- Women's Road Time Trial: Li Meifang ; Zulfiya Zabirova ; Lee Min Hye
- Men's Road Time Trial:
- Equestrian
- Dressage (Indiv.): Choi Jun Sang on Dancing Boy II ; Yukiko Noge on Lanchester Kouko
; Mohd Qabil Mahamad Fathil on Charming 8
- Dressage (Indiv.):
- Football
- Men's: Thailand , Uzbekistan
, and South Korea advance to the quarterfinals.
- Men's: Thailand
- Gymnastics
- Men's Floor: Zou Kai ; Liang Fuliang ; Kim Soo Myun
- Men's Pommel Horse: Hiroyuki Tomita , Kim Soo Myun , Jo Jong Chol
- Men's Rings: Chen Yibing , Yang Wei ; Timur Kurbanbayev
- Women's Vault: Cheng Fei ; Hong Su Jong ; Hong Un Jong
- Women's Uneven Bars: Hong Su Jong ; He Ning ; Cha Yong Hwa
- Men's Floor:
- Handball
- Judo
- Men's 60kg.: Tatsuaki Egusa ; Cho Nam Suk ; Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh
, Salamat Utarbayev - Men's Open: Kim Sung Bum ; Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran Fashandi ; Yohei Takai , Askhat Zhitkeyev
- Women's 48kg: Gao Feng ; Kim Young Ran ; Misato Nakamura , Kelbet Nurgazina
- Women's Open: Liu Huanyuan ; Tserenkhand Dorjgotov
; Mai Tateyama , Gulzhan Issanova
- Men's 60kg.:
- Kabaddi
- India and Pakistan
advance to the gold medal game while Iran and Bangladesh 
advance to the bronze medal game.
- India
- Sepaktakraw
- Chess:
- Deep Fritz wins the confrontation with World Champion Vladimir Kramnik 4-2 in Bonn, Germany. Kramnik tried to tie the result 3-3 in the last game, but the computer won it within 47 moves.
- Cricket:
- The Ashes 2006-07: Australia wins the Second Test in Adelaide, defeating England by six wickets. The match was dominated by high scores in the first two innings - England scoring 6/551 declared (Collingwood 206, Pietersen 158), Australia responding with 513 all out (Ponting 142, Clarke 124, Hoggard 7/109). England collapsed on the final day, dismissed for 129, leaving Australia 168 runs to win with just over two hours play remaining. The home side's victory came three overs before the close of play. Australia leads the series 2–0, with three Tests to play. (Scorecard)
- An appeals committee acquits Pakistani fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif of doping charges, lifting the bans imposed on the duo in November. Both players tested positive to banned steroid nandrolone on the eve of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India. The World Anti-Doping Agency labels the ruling as unreasonable and announces it will take up the case with the Pakistan Cricket Board. [2] [3]
- The Ashes 2006-07:
- Football:
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07 Matchday 6 (Teams advancing in Boldface; teams progressing to the UEFA Cup in italics):
- Group A: Barcelona 2 – 0 Werder Bremen
- Group A: Chelsea 2 – 0 Levski Sofia
- Group B: Sporting 1 – 3 Spartak Moscow
- Group B: Bayern München 1 – 1 Inter Milan
- Group C: Galatasaray 3 – 2 Liverpool
- Group C: PSV Eindhoven 1 – 3 Bordeaux
- Group D: Roma 1 – 0 Valencia
- Group D: Olympiakos 1 – 1 Shakhtar Donetsk UEFA.com
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07 Matchday 6 (Teams advancing in Boldface; teams progressing to the UEFA Cup in italics):
[edit] 4 December 2006 (Monday)
- Asian Games
- Badminton
- Men's Team - Semifinals (Losers are joint bronze)
- China 3–1 Indonesia
- South Korea 3–1 Malaysia
- China
- Women's Team - Semifinals (Losers are joint bronze)
- Japan 3–0 Singapore
- China 3–0 South Korea
- Japan
- Men's Team - Semifinals (Losers are joint bronze)
- Bowling
- Men's Doubles (six games): Bader Al Alshaikh & Hassan Al Alshaikh
; Abdulla Al Qatan & Saed Al Hajri 
and Jamal Ali Mohammad and Nayef Eqab Al Abadla 
- Men's Doubles (six games):
- Chess
- Men's Rapid Swiss: Murtas Kazhgaleyev ; Dao Thien Hai
; Bu Xiangzhi China - Women's Rapid Swiss: Humpy Koneru ; Zhao Xue ; Zhu Chen
- Men's Rapid Swiss:
- Cue Sports
- Men's Snooker (Doubles) - Semifinal Matches
- Atthasit Mahitthi & Phaithoon Phonbun 2–3 Ding Junhui & Tian Pengfei
- Lai Chee Wei & Moh Keen Hoo 0–3 Chan Wai Ki & Marco Fu Ka Chun
- Atthasit Mahitthi & Phaithoon Phonbun
- Men's Snooker (Doubles) - Semifinal Matches
- Cycling
- Women's Road Race: Mayuko Hagiwara ; Zhao Na ; Han Song Hee
- Women's Road Race:
- Gymnastics
- Men's All Around: Yang Wei ; Hisashi Mizutori ; Hiroyuki Tomita
- Women's All Around: He Ning ; Zhou Zhuoru , Hong Su Jong
- Men's All Around:
- Judo
- Men's 66 kg.: Tsagaanbaatar Haskhbaatar ; Arash Miresmaili ; Hiroyuki Akimoto , Kim Kwang Sub
- Men's 73 kg.: Lee Won Hee , Masahiro Takamatsu ; Rasul Boqiev , Shokir Muminov
- Women's 52 kg.: An Kum Ae ; Bundmaa Munkhbaatar , Li Ying , Yuki Yokosawa
- Women's 57 kg.: Xu Yan ; Aiko Sato ; Kang Sin Young , Hong Ok Song
- Men's 66 kg.:
- Sepaktakraw
- Women's Team: China and South Korea advance to the medal round.
- Women's Team: China
- Shooting
- Men's 50m Rifle Prone (Indiv.): Liu Gang ; Igor Pirekeev
; Sergey Belyayev - Men's 50m Rifle Prone (Team): Kazakhstan ; South Korea; China
- Women's 10m Running Target (Indiv.): Xu Xuan ; Natalya Gurova ; Dang Hong Ha
- Women's 10m Running Target (Team}: Kazakhstan ; Vietnam ; Qatar
- Women's 50m Rifle Prone (Indiv.): Olga Dovgun ; Thanyalak Chotpaibunsin ; Wang Chengyi
- Women's 50m Rifle Prone (Team}: Thailand ; China ; Kazakhstan
- Men's 50m Rifle Prone (Indiv.):
- Soft Tennis
- Mixed Doubles: We Hyu Hwan & Kim Ji Eun ; You Young Dong & Kim Kyung Ryun ; Tsuneo Takagawa & Harumi Gyokusen
- Mixed Doubles:
- Swimming
- Men's 50m Freestyle: Rafd Zyad Almasri
; Makoto Ito ; Cai Li - Men's 100m Breaststroke: Kosuke Kitajima ; Makoto Yamashita ; Vladislav Polyakov
- Men's 200m Backstroke: Ryosuke Irie ; Ouyang Kunpeng ; Takashi Nakano
- Men's 800m Freestyle Relay: Japan ; China ; South Korea
- Women's 50m Backstroke: Zhao Jing ; Gao Chang ; Reiko Nakamura
- Women's 200m Butterfly: Yurie Yano ; Choi Hye-Ra ; Yuko Nakanishi
- Women's 400m Freestyle: Yang Jieqiao , Zhu Wenrui ; Lee Ji-Eun
- Men's 50m Freestyle:
- Badminton
- NFL Monday Night Football: Philadelphia Eagles 27, Carolina Panthers 24. Two Lito Sheppard interceptions keeps the Eagles above .500 with a win at home.
[edit] 3 December 2006 (Sunday)
- College football: Amid controversy, The Bowl Championship Series pairings are announced:
- Rose Bowl, Jan. 1: Michigan vs. Southern California
- Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 1: Oklahoma vs. Boise State
- Orange Bowl, Jan. 2: Louisville vs. Wake Forest
- Sugar Bowl, Jan. 3: LSU vs. Notre Dame
- BCS National Championship Game, Jan 8: Ohio State vs. Florida
- Asian Games
- Badminton
- Men's (Team): Indonesia qualifies for the medal round.
- Women's (Team): South Korea qualifies for the medal round.
- Men's (Team): Indonesia
- Bowling
- Men's (six-game): Ryan Leonard Lalisang ; Mahmood Ahmed Al Attar ; Cheng Chao Sheng
- Women's (six-game): Esther Cheah ; Putty Armein ; Angkana Netrviseth
- Cycling
- Road Race (Men): Wong Kam Po ; Mehdi Sohrabi ; Park Sung Baek
- Road Race (Men):
- Gymnastics
- Judo
- Men's (81kg): Nyamkhuu Damdinsuren ; Almas Atayev ; Takashi Ono , Guo Lei
- Men's (90kg): Hwang Hee Tae ; Maxim Rakov ; Hiroshi Izumi , Ramziddin Sayidov
- Women's (63kg): Xu Yuhua ; Kong Ja Young ; Won Ok Im , Ayumi Tanimoto
- Women's (70kg): Masae Ueno ; Bae Eun Hye ; Liu Shu Yun , Qin Dongya
- Men's (81kg):
- Sepaktakraw
- Shooting
- Men's 10m Air Pistol: Tan Zongliang ; Kim Jong Su ; Jin Jong Oh
- Men's Trap: Naser Meqlad
; Manavjit Singh Sandhu , Khaled Almudhaf - Women's 10m Air Pistol: Tao Luna ; Guo Wenjun ; Kim Byung Hee
- Men's 10m Air Pistol:
- Soft Tennis
- Men's (Team): Medal Round
- Japan 2–0 South Korea
- Mongolia 0–2 Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
- Bronze Medal Match: South Korea 2–0 Mongolia
- Gold Medal Match: Japan 2–1 Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
- Japan
- Women's (Team): Medal Round
- South Korea 2–0 Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
- China 0–2 Japan
- Bronze Medal Match: Chinese Taipei (Taiwan} 2–0 China
- Gold Medal Match: South Korea 2–1 Japan
- South Korea
- Men's (Team): Medal Round
- Badminton
- NFL Week 13 Sunday Games:
- Arizona Cardinals 34, St. Louis Rams 20. Edgerrin James showed the form he had with the Colts, rushing for 115 yards, his fiftieth career 100-yard game.
- Atlanta Falcons 24, Washington Redskins 14. Jerious Norwood's 69-yard touchdown run was the straw that broke the Redskins' back.
- New England Patriots 28, Detroit Lions 21. Corey Dillon scored three touchdowns, and the Pats win with a comeback thanks to three late Lions turnovers.
- Tennessee Titans 20, Indianapolis Colts 17. Rob Bironas wins the game on a 60-yard field goal, preventing the Colts from clinching the AFC South.
- Cleveland Browns 31, Kansas City Chiefs 28 (OT). After Charlie Frye leaves with a wrist injury, backup quarterback Derek Anderson leads the Browns back from a 28-14 deficit. Phil Dawson's 33-yard field goal was the margin of victory.
- Chicago Bears 24, Minnesota Vikings 14. The Bears thanks to Devin Hester's record-tying fourth kick return and Ricky Manning, Jr.'s return of one of four Brad Johnson interceptions for touchdowns clinch the NFC North division for the second straight year. Johnson had a 10.3 quarterback rating, while Bears' counterpart Rex Grossman finished with a 1.3 rating after having a zero for the first three quarters.
- New York Jets 38, Green Bay Packers 10. Three drives of 70-plus yards for touchdowns in the second quarter propelled the Jets to victory over the Packers.
- San Diego Chargers 24, Buffalo Bills 21. LaDainian Tomlinson rushes for 178 yards and two touchdowns, bringing his season total to 26 overall, two short of the league record.
- New Orleans Saints 34, San Francisco 49ers 10. Reggie Bush has his breakout game, scoring four touchdowns with nine receptions for 131 yards in the Saints victory.
- Jacksonville Jaguars 24, Miami Dolphins 10. The Dolphins' four game winning streak was snapped by a pair of David Garrard-led 90-plus yard touchdown drives.
- Houston Texans 23, Oakland Raiders 14. The Texans won despite a net of minus-five yards passing.
- Dallas Cowboys 23, New York Giants 20. Newly signed placekicker Martin Gramatica kicks three field goals, including the game-winning 46-yarder with one second left as the Cowboys improve to 8-4 in the NFC East.
- Pittsburgh Steelers 20, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3. The Steelers capitalized on five Buccaneers errors in their win.
- Seattle Seahawks 23, Denver Broncos 20. Josh Brown kicks a 50-yard field goal with four seconds left, his fourth game-winning score in the final minute, spoiling Jay Cutler's debut as Broncos QB.
- Athletics: Marathon, Fukuoka, Japan:
- Haile Gebrselassie wins the marathon of Fukuoka in 2.06.52, finishing about a minute above his personal record. Gebrselassie ran away from 2005 winner Dmitri Baranovski and two-time world champion Jaouad Gharib after 38 kilometres.
- Golf: Blue Chip New Zealand Open:
- Nathan Green has his first ever PGA European Tour win by finishing five under par in Whangaparaoa. He had an advantage of two strokes on seven opponents.
- Tennis: 2006 Davis Cup Final: Russia 3-2 Argentina
- In the final day's reverse singles matches, David Nalbandian equalled for the Argentinians by winning his match versus Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, but Marat Safin was too strong for Jose Acasuso in the decisive match: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6
- In the final day's reverse singles matches,
- Volleyball: 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship, finals:
[edit] 2 December 2006 (Saturday)
- Asian Games
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Korea 7–10 Japan - Sets up game on December 7 between Japan and Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) which will almost certainly be for gold.
- Gymnastics
- Men (Team) China; Japan; South Korea
- Men (Team)
- Judo
- Men's (100kg): Jang Sung Ho ; Satoshi Ishii ; Utkir Kurbanov , Askhat Zhitkeyev
- Men's (100kg+): Yasuyuki Muneta ; Mohammad Reza Rodaki ; Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev , Abdullo Tangriev
- Women's (78kg): Sae Nakazawa ; Lee So Yoon ; Lkhamdegd Purevjargal , Yang Xiuli
- Women's (78+kg): Tong Wen ; Tserenkhand Dorjgotov ; Midori Shintani , Kim Na Young
- Men's (100kg):
- Shooting
- Men's 10m Air Rifle: Liu Tianyou ; Zhu Qinan ; Yu Jaechul
- Women's 10m Air Rifle: Du Li ; Zhao Yinghui ; Wu Liuxi
- Women's Trap: Chen Li ; Zhu Mei ; Lin Yin Chun
- Men's 10m Air Rifle:
- Swimming
- Men's 200m Butterfly: Wu Peng ; Takeshi Matsuda Ryuichi Shibata
- Men's 400m Ind. Medley: Hidemasa Sano ; Shinya Taneguchi ; Han Kyul Chul
- Women's 50m Breaststroke: Ji Liping ; Asami Kitagawa ; Wang Qun
- Women's 100m Butterfly: Zhou Yafei ; Xu Yanwei ; Tao Li
- Women's 200m Freestyle: Pang Jiaying ; Yang Yu ; Maki Mita
- Women's 400m Medley Relay: China ; Japan ; South Korea
- Men's 200m Butterfly:
- Soft Tennis
- Men (Team) - Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Mongolia, South Korea, and Japan advance to the medal round.
- Women (Team) - Korea, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Japan, China advance to the medal round.
- Men (Team) -
- Table Tennis
- Men {Team) - Semifinals
- China 3–0 Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
- South Korea 3–0 Hong Kong
- Women (Team) - Semifinals
- Men {Team) - Semifinals
- Weightlifting
- Men (56kg) Li Zheng ; Hoang Anh Tuan ; Lee Jong Hoon
- Women (48kg) Wang Mingjuan ; Pensiri Laosirikul ; Thongyim Bunphithak
- Women (53kg) Li Ping ; Junpim Kuntatean ; Yu Wei Li
- Men (56kg)
- Athletics:
- Nathan Deakes sets a new World Record on the 50km road walking in Geelong. He was 16 seconds faster than Robert Korzeniowski's record, resulting in a 3.35.47 finish time. At 40km Deakes was 2 minutes faster than Korzeniowski, but lost most of it in the final kilometres.
- Basketball (U.S. College):
- At the Division III Salem University Invitational consolation game in Salem, West Virginia, Lincoln University beats Ohio State-Marion, 201-78. The 123-point margin of victory by the Lions is the largest in NCAA history; Lincoln's Sami Wylie sets an all-division record with 21 three-pointers in 24 minutes played, also setting a school record with 69 points. In addition, the Lions set records for most points in a half (104 in the second half), most field goal attempts attempts and made in a game (141 and 79 respectively). ESPN
- After sitting out seven months with a wrist injury, highly touted freshman Greg Oden makes his debut for Ohio State, racking up a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in 23 minutes as the Buckeyes waltz to a 78-58 home win over Valparaiso. (ESPN)
- American college football (BCS Top 25 ranking in parentheses:)
- (6) Louisville 48, UConn 17
- (15) West Virginia 41, (13) Rutgers 39 (3 OT): A failed two-point-conversion attempt in triple overtime ends the Scarlet Knights' Cinderella campaign for a Big East title and sends Louisville to the BCS.
- Navy 26, Army 14
- (18) California 26, Stanford 17
- UCLA 13, (2) Southern California 9: Eric McNeal's tip and interception of a John David Booty pass ends the Trojans' comeback bid and shot at the national championship. Now, USC will play in the Rose Bowl on New Years' Day instead.
- (25) Oregon State 35, (24) Hawaiʻi 32
- Conference Championships:
- ACC in Jacksonville, Florida: (17) Wake Forest 9, (22) Georgia Tech 6. The win gives the Demon Deacons their first ACC title since 1970, and the automatic bid to the Orange Bowl.
- SEC in Atlanta, Georgia: (4) Florida 38, (9) Arkansas 28: Wondy Pierre-Louis' end-zone fumble recovery of a muffed punt off Wayne Fish and two Percy Harvin touchdowns including a 67-yard run gave the Gators their first SEC football title since 1999. Florida will play in the Sugar Bowl if not chosen for the BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State.
- Big 12 in Kansas City, Missouri: (12) Oklahoma 21, Nebraska, 7: The Sooners win their fourth Big 12 title and a berth in the Fiesta Bowl to face Boise State. Malcolm Kelly catches 10 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns.
- In another game: Troy 26, Fla. International 13. With this win, the Trojans share the Sun Belt title with Middle Tennessee, but on the head-to-head tiebreaker, Troy will play in the New Orleans Bowl against Rice on December 22, and MTSU will face Central Michigan in the Motor City Bowl December 26 in Detroit.
- Rugby union: 2006 Dubai Sevens, final:
- South Africa 26-12 New Zealand
- South Africa
- Swimming: Swimming World Swimmers of the Year:
- Leisel Jones wins the Swimming World Female Swimmer of the Year award for the second consecutive time, while Michael Phelps wins the male award for the third time in a four year period.
- Tennis: 2006 Davis Cup Final:
- Russia leads Argentina 2-1.
- Dmitri Tursunov and Marat Safin beat David Nalbandian and Agustin Calleri 6-2 6-3 6-4
- Russia leads Argentina 2-1.
- Volleyball: 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship, semi finals:
- Boxing: Miguel Cotto defeats fellow Puerto Rican Carlos The Indian Quintana with a fifth round knockout to win the WBA Welterweight Championship-which had been vacated by Ricky Hatton earlier in the year-and Mexico's Antonio Margarito outpoints Ghana's Joshua Clottey to retain his WBO Welterweight title, in Atlantic City.
[edit] 1 December 2006 (Friday)
- Cricket: West Indies in Pakistan:
Pakistan defeats 
West Indies by 199 runs in the Third Test at Karachi to claim the three-Test series 2–0. Pakistani batsmen Mohammad Yousuf breaks a 30-year-old Test cricket record of most runs in a calendar year, eclipsing Sir Viv Richards' 1,710 runs made in 1976. Yousuf now has 1,788 runs in 2006. (Scorecard) (Cricinfo article)
- Football (soccer):
- Henrik Larsson will play on loan for Manchester United FC from January until March 2007. Larsson left FC Barcelona last season to end his career at Helsingborgs IF in his home country.
- Horse racing:
- Russell Baze becomes the winningest jockey in thoroughbred racing history, surpassing Laffit Pincay, Jr. with 9,531 career wins. He was aboard Butterfly Belle for the record-setting win in the fourth race at Bay Meadows. (ESPN)
- Squash:
- The two year suspension of Karen Kronemeyer who was tested positive on using benzylpiperazine is reduced to one year. While appealing the suspension she convinced the jury that she did not use the doping substance on purpose. The jury however still believes Kronemeyer should have paid more attention and reduced the suspension with 50%. Kronemeyer's suspension started in February 2006 and will be able to compete again in February 2007.
- Tennis: 2006 Davis Cup final:
- Russia and Argentina are still equal after the first day of tennis in Moscow.
- Nikolay Davydenko won in four sets, 6-1, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 against Juan Ignacio Chela, while David Nalbandian was the better side in straight sets, 6-4 6-4 6-4 over Marat Safin.
- Nikolay Davydenko
- Russia and Argentina are still equal after the first day of tennis in Moscow.
[edit] Events in sports by month
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2005 in sports: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2004 in sports: June July August September October November December
(For earlier sports events, see May 2004 and preceding months and also the list of 'years in sports'.)
