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31 August 2006 (Thursday)
- Rugby union
- The 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup kicks off in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Basketball
- 2006 FIBA World Championship Fifth Place Bracket, Saitama City, Japan
France 75,
Germany 73
Turkey 95,
Lithuania 84
- France will play Turkey for fifth place on September 2 at 17:30 JST (4:30am EDT). Germany will play Lithuania for seventh place on September 3 at 16:30 JST (3:30am EDT).
30 August 2006 (Wednesday)
- Baseball
- Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling strikes out Nick Swisher of the Oakland Athletics to record his 3,000th strikeout. Schilling is the 14th pitcher to reach the milestone. Swisher struck out in the first inning of the Athletics' 7-2 win. (AP via Yahoo)
- Basketball
- 2006 FIBA World Championship Quarterfinals, Saitama City, Japan
Greece 73,
United States 85,
- WNBA Finals
- Sacramento Monarchs @ Detroit Shock, Game 1, 7:30pm EDT
29 August 2006 (Tuesday)
- Basketball
- 2006 FIBA World Championship Quarterfinals, Saitama City, Japan
Argentina 83,
Spain 89,
- Major League Baseball
- Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Rafael Soriano receives a concussion after being struck by a line drive hit by Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. No fracture occurs, and the injury is not serious. The play is ruled a base hit. The Mariners won the game, 6-4.
28 August 2006 (Monday)
- Baseball: 2006 Little League World Series Championship Game:
- Columbus, Georgia 2, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan 1
- Football:
- Former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland great Roy Keane signs a three-year deal to manage English Championship side Sunderland. Contrary to previous reports, Brian Kidd will not be Keane's assistant; instead, Leicester City coach Tony Loughlan will fill that role. (BBC)
27 August 2006 (Sunday)
- Baseball: 2006 Little League World Series
- The scheduled Consolation game between Mexico and Beaverton, Oregon is cancelled due to rain, and both teams will wind up sharing third place. The championship game between Japan and Columbus, Georgia is also rained out but rescheduled for Monday (August 28) at 8 PM US EDT.
- Auto racing
- Formula One: Brazilian Felipe Massa drives his Ferrari to victory in the Turkish Grand Prix.
- Billards: The Philippine team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante defeated the American tandem of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris at the World Cup of Pool held at Newport, Wales.
26 August 2006 (Saturday)
- Auto racing
- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup: The first two positions of the ten available slots for the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup are filled following the Sharpie 500 at Bristol, Tennessee. Jimmie Johnson clinches the first birth as two cars drop out due to mechanical problems, while race winner Matt Kenseth clinches the second spot after winning the race, his fourth win of the season.
- Rugby League: St Helens win the Powergen Challenge Cup final beating the Huddersfield Giants 42-12 at Twickenham.
25 August 2006 (Friday)
- Football - European Super Cup at Stade Louis II, Monaco
- Barcelona 0 – 3 Sevilla In the all-Spanish match between last seasons' Champions League and UEFA Cup winners, the unfancied Sevilla win the largest victory in the era of the single-match Super Cup.
- Cricket: There is astonishment in the cricketing world when the International Cricket Council publishes an email exchange with umpire Darrell Hair following the unprecedented forfeiture last Sunday of the Fourth Test between England and Pakistan. Hair is revealed to have offered to retire for a payment of US$500,000. The Pakistan team management claims that their position in the umpiring controversy is vindicated. (Times), (Sporting Life (1), (Sporting Life (2)
24 August 2006 (Thursday)
- Football - UEFA Cup 2006-07, Second qualifying round, second leg. Progressing teams shown in bold .
- Trabzonspor 1 – 0 APOEL (aggregate: 2-1)
- Domžale 0 – 3 Hapoel Tel Aviv (aggregate: 2-4)
- Hajduk Rodić M&B Kula 1 – 1 (aet) CSKA Sofia (aggregate: 1 - 1, CSKA Sofia won on away goals)
- Ethnikos Achna 5 – 0 Roeselare (aggregate: 6-2)
- Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 1 Dinamo Bucharest (aggregate: 1-2)
- Maribor 1 – 1 FK Partizan (aggregate: 2-3)
- Rapid Bucharest 2 – 0 Sarajevo (aggregate: 2-1)
- Lokomotiv Sofia 4 – 0 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (aggregate: 6-0)
- Kayserispor 3 – 1 Tirana (aggregate: 5-1)
- Dinamo Minsk 2 – 3 Artmedia Bratislava (aggregate: 3-5)
- FC Sion 1 – 0 Ried (aggregate: 1-0)
- Grasshoppers 2 – 0 Videoton (aggregate: 3-1)
- Slavia Prague 0 – 0 Karvan (aggregate: 2-0)
- Wisła Płock 1 – 1 Chornomorets Odessa (aggregate: 1-1, Chornomorets Odessa won on away goals)
- FC Vaduz 2 – 1 FC Basel (aggregate: 2-2, FC Basel won on away goals)
- Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 3 – 0 Zimbru Chişinău (aggregate: 3-0)
- Wisła Kraków 1 – 0 Mattersburg (aggregate: 2-1)
- Ameri Tbilisi 2 – 2 Hertha Berlin (aggregate: 2-3)
- BATE 0 – 2 Rubin Kazan (aggregate: 0-5)
- Marseille 3 – 3 BSC Young Boys (aggregate: 3-3, Marseille won on away goals)
- Drogheda United 1 – 0 (aet) I.K. Start (aggregate: 1-1; Start win 11-10 on penalties)
- Llanelli 1 – 5 Odense (aggregate: 1-6)
- Kaunas 1 – 0 Randers (aggregate: 2-3)
- Levadia Tallinn 1 – 0 FC Twente (aggregate: 2-1)
- Newcastle United 0 – 0 Ventspils (aggregate: 1-0)
- Åtvidaberg 1 – 1 Brann (aggregate: 4-4, Åtvidaberg won on away goals)
- Skonto Riga 1 – 2 Molde (aggregate: 1-2)
- Brøndby 4 – 0 Flora Tallinn (aggregate: 4-0)
- Club Brugge 5 – 2 Sūduva (aggregate: 7-2)
- Derry City 2 – 2 Gretna (aggregate: 7-3)
- Auxerre 5 – 1 OFK Beograd (aggregate: 5-2)
- Litex Lovech 2 – 1 Omonia (aggregate:2-1)
23 August 2006 (Wednesday)
- Football
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07, Third Qualifying round, second leg, progressing teams shown in bold .
- Spartak Moscow 2 – 1 Slovan Liberec (aggregate: 2-1)
- Legia Warszawa 2 – 3 Sh
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