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[edit] 27 June 2006 (Tuesday)
- Football: FIFA World Cup, Round of 16 (final day)
Brazil 3 – 0 
Ghana Ronaldo scores within 5 minutes to become the all-time highest-scoring player in World Cup finals (15). Adriano scores from an offside position just before half time, despite Ghana having the bulk of possession. Ze Roberto ends the Brazilian scoring in the 84th minute as he breaks through the defence and beats Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingston. Asamoah Gyan gets red carded late in the game for an attempted dive.
Spain 1 – 3 
France Two evenly matched enterprising teams produce a fine advert for the beautiful game. A 28th minute penalty by David Villa gives Spain the lead, while a 42nd minute goal by Franck Ribéry following a beautiful run makes things all-square at half time. With seven minutes to full time Patrick Vieira gives France the lead for the first time. Zinedine Zidane scores France's third goal in the 92nd minute to set up a rematch of the 1998 final against Brazil next Saturday in Frankfurt.
[edit] 26 June 2006 (Monday)
- Cricket: Indian cricket team in West Indies in 2006:
- Football: FIFA World Cup, Round of 16
Italy 1 – 0 
Australia A fairly even match with Australia having most possession, conducted in a sporting manner despite Marco Materazzi's 50th minute dismissal for a scything tackle. Francesco Totti scores a penalty with the last kick of the match.
Switzerland 0 – 0 
Ukraine A profoundly tedious match between two teams both afraid of losing - there was not a single offside decision in the whole first 90 minutes, the match goes into extra time, and ends up in a penalty shootout, which Ukraine wins 3-0.
- Baseball: NCAA College World Series Championship Series, Game 3 (best-of-three):
- Oregon State 3, North Carolina 2. The Beavers, who won the series 2-1 over the Tar Heels, became the first northern-based CWS champions since Ohio State won in 1966, and the first to lose two CWS games since the introduction of the current format in 2002 thanks to Bill Rowe scoring on Tar Heels second baseman Bryan Steed's throwing error.
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[edit] 23 June 2006 (Friday)
- Football: FIFA World Cup, Group Phase (final day)
- Group H:
Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 Spain Saudi goalkeeper Mabrouk Zaid plays an inspired match as Spain, who had already advanced to the knockout stages, rest their entire first team and the young guns have trouble finding the net except for Juanito, scoring in the 36th minute. (FIFA)
- Group H: Ukraine 1 - 0
Tunisia An uninspiring Ukrainian performance takes 70 minutes before Andriy Shevchenko sinks a penalty, advancing them to the elimination phase, even though Tunisia were reduced to 10 men before half time, with Ziad Jaziri's second yellow card. (FIFA)
- Group G:
Togo 0 - 2 France In this must-win match for France, they failed to break down the Togolese defence until Patrick Vieira scored in the 55th minute, followed six minutes later by Thierry Henry. (FIFA)
- Group G: Switzerland 2 - 0
Korea Republic A first-half Philippe Senderos header gives the Swiss the lead, and Alexander Frei seals the win - and qualification - in the 77th minute on a controversial non-offside call. (FIFA)
[edit] 22 June 2006 (Thursday)
- MLB: In his first major-league game since coming back from retirement, Roger Clemens of the Houston Astros gives up two runs on six hits in five innings against the Minnesota Twins, but is charged with the loss as the Twins win, 4-2. (AP)
- NHL: Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks wins the Hart Trophy as the Most Valuable Player at the NHL Awards show in Vancouver, British Columbia. Other major winners included Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals winning the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year, Lindy Ruff of the Buffalo Sabres winning the Jack Adams Trophy as Coach of the Year, Nicklas Lidstrom from the Detroit Red Wings as the winner of the Norris Trophy as the league's best defenseman, and Calgary Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff winning the Vezina Trophy as the most valuable goaltender. NHL.com
- NBA: After only one season, New York Knicks president and general manager Isiah Thomas fires head coach Larry Brown and names himself the new head coach.
- Football: FIFA World Cup, Group Phase
- Group E:
Czech Republic 0 - 2 Italy Jan Polák gets red carded near halftime, and the Czechs flame out to the Italians. Goal scorers for Italy were Marco Materazzi and Filippo Inzaghi. (FIFA)
- Group E:
USA 1 - 2 Ghana The USA is upset by the youngest team in the World Cup, and finish last in their group, extending their winless streak in World Cup competition at European sites to no wins, one draw and nine losses while Ghana progresses to the round of 16 in their first appearance to face Brazil. Clint Dempsey scored for USA in the 43rd with Haminu Draman and Stephen Appiah scoring for the Black Stars on a pentalty kick following a controversial call. (FIFA)
- Group F:
Japan 1 - 4 Brazil Japan stun Brazil by taking the lead before Ronaldo equalizes just before half time, and also scores Brazil's fourth goal, equalling Gerd Müller's all-time record of 14 goals scored in the World Cup finals. (FIFA)
- Group F:
Croatia 2 - 2 Australia A pulsating match between two closely related teams (seven of the Australian squad have Croatian antecedents, and three of the Croatian team are Australian-born), which Croatia needed to win and Australia only to draw. Croatia score in the second minute, Australia score a penalty, a goalkeeping howler gifts Croatia a second goal, Harry Kewell puts Australia back on level terms; both sides are reduced to 10 men in the last 10 minutes, and referee Graham Poll forgets to red-card Josip Simunic for a second bookable offence, but does for a third. A third Australian goal is disallowed as the full-time whistle is blown as it is going in. Brazil and Australia progress from the group. (FIFA)
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[edit] 20 June 2006 (Tuesday)
- 2006 NBA Finals Game 6: Miami Heat 95, Dallas Mavericks 92. Dwyane Wade scores 36 points and has 10 rebounds as Miami wins its first NBA championship in franchise history in six games, and is named Finals MVP. Dirk Nowitzki has 29 points and 15 rebounds for Dallas. Four Miami players have over 10 rebounds (Wade, Udonis Haslem, Antoine Walker and Shaquille O'Neal). The title is the fourth in the 2000s for O'Neal, the other three from 2000 to 2002 with the Los Angeles Lakers.
- Football: FIFA World Cup, Group Phase
- Group A:
Ecuador 0 – 3 
Germany Miroslav Klose puts the hosts ahead in the 4th and 44th minutes, fellow ex-Pole Lukas Podolski scores in the 57th. (FIFA)
- Group A:
Costa Rica 1 – 2 
Poland A 25th minute goal by Ronald Gómez gives Costa Rica a good start, but a pair by Bartosz Bosacki in the 33rd and 66th minutes give Poland some consolation as both teams go home. (FIFA)
- Group B:
Sweden 2 – 2 
England In a hard-fought match, Michael Owen suffers a serious knee injury in the first minute, Joe Cole scores a spectacular opening goal, Marcus Allbäck's second half equaliser is the 2,000th goal in World Cup Finals history since 1930. Steven Gerrard gives England the lead again in the 85th minute. Henrik Larsson equalises again in the 90th minute (the first Swede to score in 5 major tournaments). England still haven't beaten Sweden since 1968. (FIFA)
- Group B:
Paraguay 2 – 0 
Trinidad and Tobago Brent Sancho's unfortunate headed own-goal gives Paraguay the lead, but Trini still fight doggedly to try to remain in the tournament, conceding another late goal. Both teams, however, still go home. (FIFA)
[edit] 19 June 2006 (Monday)
- NHL 2006 Stanley Cup Finals Game 7: Carolina Hurricanes 3, Edmonton Oilers 1. Aaron Ward's goal 1:26 into the game sparks the former Hartford Whalers franchise to their first Stanley Cup championship in seven games. Goaltender Cam Ward (not related) wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Series MVP, and becomes the third rookie goaler in the last 40 seasons to lead his team to the championship. The other two: Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy, both with the Montréal Canadiens.
- Football: FIFA World Cup, Group Phase
- Group G: Togo 0 – 2 Switzerland Togo are eliminated, Switzerland goes top of the group, but any two of Switzerland, South Korea, and France can get to the second round. (FIFA)
- Group H: Saudi Arabia 0 – 4 Ukraine Recovering from last weeks' thrashing by Spain, Ukraine equals their largest-ever winning score. (FIFA)
- Group H: Spain 3 – 1 Tunisia Mnari gives Tunisia a shock lead in the 12th minute, Raúl starts a comeback in the 71st minute and Fernando Torres, the tournaments' leading scorer, scores from open play in the 76th minute and a 90th minute penalty. Spain qualify for the second round, almost certainly as group leaders; Tunisia must beat Ukraine on Friday in order to qualify. (FIFA)
[edit] 18 June 2006 (Sunday)
- Major League Baseball: In order to draw attention to the fact that one in every six men get prostate cancer, the traditional "Seventh inning stretch" will be moved to the sixth inning today at all fifteen games. Monies raised from the auctioning off of light-blue colored bases and lineup cards that will be earmarked for research of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, as well as home runs that have been hit starting on June 7.
- Auto racing
- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup: 3M Performance 400: Pole-sitter Kasey Kahne wins in a race shortened to 129 of the scheduled 200 laps because of rain.
- 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans: The #8 Audi R10 of Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner wins the 74th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours. They complete 380 laps in the 24-hour period, winning the race by 4 laps from the #17 Pescarolo-Judd of Eric Hélary, Franck Montagny and Sébastien Loeb, with the #7 Audi R10 of Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish third. Meanwhile, the #64 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R of Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen wins the GT1 class, finishing 4th overall, the #25 RML MG-Lola of Thomas Erdos, Mike Newton and Andy Wallace wins the LMP2 class, and the all British crew of Tom Kimber-Smith, Richard Dean and Lawrence Tomlinson win the GT2 class, driving the #81 Panoz Esperante.
- 2006 NBA Finals Game 5: Miami Heat 101, Dallas Mavericks 100 (OT). Dwyane Wade scored 43 points, including a Finals game record 21 free throws, including the winning shots with 1.9 seconds left in the extra session to give the Heat a 3-2 series lead going back to Dallas. Jerry Stackhouse did not play for the Mavs due to a flagrant foul he committed in Game 4 against Shaquille O'Neal.
- Cycling
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- Football: FIFA World Cup, Group Phase
- Group F: Japan 0 – 0 Croatia A close-fought battle ends all-square, which probably gives Croatia a slightly better chance of making the second round than Japan. (FIFA)
- Group F: Brazil 2 – 0 Australia Adriano (46th min.) and Fred (89th min.) sink a battling Australia side who never gave up and remain second in the group. Brazil qualify for the last 16, Australia only need to draw against Croatia to qualify. (FIFA)
- Group G: France 1 – 1 Korea Republic Thierry Henry scores France's first World Cup Finals goal since the 1998 Final against Brazil. After dominating the match for 80 minutes, France concede an equaliser by Park Ji-Sung. (FIFA)
- Golf: 2006 U.S. Open. Australian Geoff Ogilvy wins his first major championship, becoming the first Australian to win a men's golf major since Steve Elkington at the 1995 PGA Championship. Ogilvy survived a major 18th-hole collapse at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York that claimed Jim Furyk, Colin Montgomerie, and most notably Phil Mickelson, who was leading by a stroke heading into the final hole, but suffered a double bogey. Ogilvy's winning score of five over par (285) was the highest score to win since 1974's "Massacre at Winged Foot" when Hale Irwin shot seven over par (287).
[edit] 17 June 2006 (Saturday)
- NHL 2006 Stanley Cup Finals Game 6: Edmonton Oilers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 0: Fernando Pisani, Raffi Torres, Ryan Smyth and Shawn Horcoff score for Edmonton, who will return to Carolina in the deciding seventh game on Monday. Goaltender Jussi Markkanen stops 16 shots for the shutout. Series tied 3-3
- Football: FIFA World Cup, Group Phase
- Group D:
Portugal 2 – 0 
Iran Portugal is ensured a berth in the Round of 16, while Iran is eliminated from the World Cup. (FIFA)
- Group E: Czech Republic 0 – 2 Ghana Asamoah Gyan shocks the Czechs with a goal within 75 seconds of the start, and misses a penalty when Tomáš Ujfaluši is red-carded, although he himself is needlessly yellow-carded and misses the final group game. (FIFA)
- Group E: Italy 1 – 1 USA An eventful match sees the USA reduced to 9 men, and Italy to 10, from early in the second half, and leaves Group E wide open. (FIFA)
- Rugby Union: Mid-year Tests:
- Australia 43–18 England (Telstra Dome, Melbourne)
- Mark Gerrard scores two tries to lead the Wallabies to an easy win. This is England's fifth consecutive Test defeat, their worst streak since 1984. George Gregan comes on as a substitute in the second half, earning his 120th cap and breaking the all-time record for international appearances of Jason Leonard (114 for England, five for the Lions). (BBC)
Argentina 45–27 
Wales (Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires)
- Los Pumas, led by 30 points from the boot of Federico Todeschini, score their largest win over Wales and also win a Test series against Wales for the first time. (BBC)
Fiji 29–18 Italy (Lawaqa Park, Lautoka)
New Zealand 27–17 
Ireland (Eden Park, Auckland)
- Unlike last week, the All Blacks did not have to come from behind, but still had to fight off a spirited Ireland side. (BBC)
Romania 14–62 France (Cotroceni Stadium, Bucharest)
South Africa 29–15 
Scotland (EPRFU Stadium, Port Elizabeth)
- Scotland score two tries to the Springboks' one, but seven penalties from Percy Montgomery see the Boks through to a comfortable win. Montgomery becomes the first Bok to score 600 Test points. (BBC) The Boks suffer a blow when 2004 World Player of the Year, flanker Schalk Burger, suffers a career-threatening neck injury. (BBC)
[edit] 16 June 2006 (Friday)
- Football: FIFA World Cup, Group Phase
- Group C: Argentina 6 – 0
Serbia and Montenegro In one of the best World Cup finals matches in many tournaments, Argentina give a masterclass in possession football - Cambiasso's goal follows 23 consecutive passes - and a dire warning to all other competitors as the Argentines advance to the knockout phase. (FIFA)
- Group C:
Netherlands 2 – 1 
Côte d'Ivoire The Dutch take a two-goal lead before Côte d'Ivoire start to fight back, to no ultimate avail as they and Serbia and Montenegro are both eliminated from the second round. Didier Drogba is yellow-carded and will miss next Tuesday's final match. (FIFA)
- Group D:
Mexico 0 – 0 
Angola A hugely embarrassing result for world 4th-ranked Mexico, who failed to break down neophytes Angola, who were reduced to 10 men eleven minutes from the end. (FIFA)
- Baseball: Houston Astros pitcher Roger Clemens allowed three runs in the first inning, but held on to win in his third minor league tune-up game as the Triple-A Round Rock Express defeated the Washington Nationals-affiliate New Orleans Zephyrs, 7-4. He only allowed two more hits and three walks in a total of 5 2/3 innings for the win, and threw five strikeouts. At the plate, he struck out twice, going 0-for-2. Nolan Ryan, Hall of Fame former pitcher and Round Rock Express owner, was in attendance.
- Golf: U.S. Open. Tiger Woods misses his first cut in a major golf tournament as a professional when he shoots 12 over par after the first two rounds at Winged Foot's West Course. The 39 straight majors without missing the cut tied him with Jack Nicklaus.
[edit] 15 June 2006 (Thursday)
- NBA:
- Football: FIFA World Cup, Group Phase
- Group A: Ecuador 3 – 0 Costa Rica This result confirms the elimination of Costa Rica and Poland even before they play each other. Ecuador meet Germany next Tuesday to determine who wins first and second place in the group (Ecuador currently leads on goal difference). (FIFA)
- Group B: England 2 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago The arrival of Wayne Rooney in the 58th minute as a substitute for Michael Owen injects urgency into the English attack, which still could not break down a redoubtable T&T defence until Peter Crouch scored in the 83rd minute. Steven Gerrard scored in the 91st minute. England qualify for the second round. (FIFA)
- Group B: Sweden 1 – 0 Paraguay Freddie Ljungberg scores an 89th minute goal to relieve the vast throng of Swedish fans in Berlin's Olympiastadion. This eliminates Paraguay from the second round; Trinidad and Tobago retain a theoretical possibility of making the second round if England beat Sweden, and T&T beat Paraguay by a sufficient margin next Tuesday. (FIFA)
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[edit] 12 June 2006 (Monday)
[edit] 11 June 2006 (Sunday)
[edit] 10 June 2006 (Saturday)
- Football: FIFA World Cup, Group Phase
- Boxing: In what was likely his last fight, Bernard Hopkins wins the light-heavyweight championship of the world with a unanimous decision over Antonio Tarver in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
- NHL 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game 3: Edmonton Oilers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1: Ryan Smyth's goal with 2:15 remaining wins the game for the Oilers in front of their home crowd. Shawn Horcoff also scores for Edmonton, while Rod Brind'Amour scores for Carolina. Carolina leads series 2-1 (Yahoo)
- Rugby Union — Mid-year Tests:
- Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing: Jazil, ridden by 18-year-old Fernando Jara, wins the 138th running of the Belmont Stakes. The race was "watered down" because neither Barbaro (the Kentucky Derby winner) or Preakness winner Bernardini competed, the former due to a career-ending injury, and the latter because of scheduling.
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[edit] 3 June 2006 (Saturday)
- Arena Football League
- American Conference Championship Game
- Baseball: In a wild game during the 2006 NCAA Baseball Tournament, North Carolina-Wilmington defeated Maine by the score of 21-19.
- Football: Pre-World Cup friendlies.
- 2006 NBA Playoffs
- Western Conference Finals, Game 6
- Dallas Mavericks 102, Phoenix Suns 93: The Mavs make history as they win the series 4-2 thanks to Dirk Nowitzki's 24 points and 10 rebounds and Josh Howard collected 20 and 15. Jerry Stackhouse added 13 of his team's 19 points in the fourth period, as the Mavs outscored the Suns by 13 in the quarter. The Mavs will host the Miami Heat starting Thursday (June 8) in the 2006 NBA Finals.
- Horse racing:
- Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
- United Kingdom:
- Sir Percy, ridden by Martin Dwyer, wins the Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse. The 6/1 shot, trained by Marcus Tregoning, fended off three other horses in one of the tightest finishes of the Derby's long history. It beat off the 66/1 outsider Dragon Dancer, ridden by Darryll Holland, by a short head, with Dylan Thomas, ridden by Johnny Murtagh, finishing third at a price of 25/1. Pre-race favourite Visindar finished 5th after jockey Christophe Soumillon was boxed in. Horatio Nelson, the mount of Kieren Fallon, suffered a fracture to his front left leg whilst in the closing stages. After the race, the horse had to be put down. (BBC)
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[edit] 1 June 2006 (Thursday)
[edit] Events in sports by month
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2007 in sports: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2006 in sports: January February March April May June July August September October November December
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'.)
Luxembourg 0 – 3 
Liechtenstein
China PR: In a major blow for France, Djibril Cissé suffers a broken leg in an innocuous tackle. (FIFA)
Malta
Slovenia
Jamaica
Egypt
Norway 0 – 0 
