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31 July 2006 (Monday)
- Baseball: The Chicago Cubs trade four-time Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux to the Los Angeles Dodgers for middle-infielder Cesar Izturis. (AP via Yahoo)
- Cricket: South Africa in Sri Lanka
- First Test at Colombo (SSCG): Sri Lanka defeats South Africa by an innings and 153 runs. South Africa, led by Ashwell Prince, batted first after winning the toss, compiling 169 before being dismissed on the first-day tea break. Sri Lanka lost two early wickets before a record-breaking 624 run partnership between Kumar Sangakkara (287) and captain Mahela Jayawardene (374; 26 runs short of Brian Lara's world-record individual score of 400). This partnership was particularly savage on spinner Nicky Boje, who ended with bowling figures of 0/221 from 65 overs. Sri Lanka were able to declare their innings closed at 756/5, leaving South Africa needing 587 runs just to make the home side bat again. Despite an opening partnership of 165, and solid performances in the middle order, Muttiah Muralitharan's 6/131 restricted South Africa to 434. Sri Lanka leads to two-Test series 1–0. (Scorecard)
30 July 2006 (Sunday)
- Baseball: The New York Yankees acquire All-Star right fielder Bobby Abreu and starting pitcher Cory Lidle from the Philadelphia Phillies for relief pitcher Matt Smith and three minor-league prospects.
- American football: Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush agrees to a six-year contract with the New Orleans Saints. (AP via Yahoo)
29 July 2006 (Saturday)
- Baseball: Tampa Bay Devil Rays third baseman Tomas Perez ties a major-league record by hitting four doubles in the Devil Rays' 19-6 blowout of the New York Yankees. Perez, who goes 5-for-5, is the first Devil Rays player to hit four doubles in a game. (AP via Yahoo)
- Cricket: Pakistan in England:
- Second Test at Old Trafford, Manchester: England defeats Pakistan by an innings and 120 runs. Pakistan's decision to bat first after winning the toss proved disastrous, as the visitors were dismissed for a meagre 119 in their first innings, English fast bowler Steve Harmison claiming 6/19. England's reply of 461/9 declared centred around centuries to Alastair Cook (127) and Ian Bell (106 not out). Player-of-the-match Harmison (5/57) and Monty Panesar (5/72) combined to dismiss Pakistan for 222 in its second innings. England leads the four-Test series 1–0. (Scorecard)
- Rugby union:
- 2006 Tri Nations Series; round 4 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia.
Australia 9–13 
New Zealand
- The All Blacks brush aside criticism earlier in the week about their Kapa O Pango haka, retaining the Bledisloe Cup for the third year in succession and picking up 4 Tri Nations points. All Black winger Joe Rokocoko scored the match's only try, and a second half dropped goal to Daniel Carter gave the All Blacks enough breathing space in a tight match. Stirling Mortlock kicked 3 penalties for Australia.
- 2006 North America 4: Championship Final
- Canada West defeats United States Falcons 30–21 to win inaugural tournament in Columbus, Ohio.
- An intercept try to West's centre Akio Tyler on 60' seals the match.(NA4)
- Canada West defeats United States Falcons 30–21 to win inaugural tournament in Columbus, Ohio.
- 2006 Air New Zealand Cup: Round 1
- 2006 Tri Nations Series; round 4 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia.
28 July 2006 (Friday)
- Baseball: The Milwaukee Brewers trade All-Star outfielder Carlos Lee to the Texas Rangers for relief pitcher Francisco Cordero and outfielders Kevin Mench and Laynce Nix.
- American football: Willie Roaf, the Kansas City Chiefs' 11-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle, announces his retirement. (AP via Yahoo)
- Basketball: The first round of eliminations in the men's basketball tournament of the Philippine NCAA ends with the San Beda Red Lions beating the defending champion Letran Knights, 57-49. Both the Red Lions and the Knights finished with a 6 win-1 loss record, while the PCU Dolphins are third with 5-2, and the Mapua Cardinals are fourth with 4-3. Rounding out the competition are the San Sebastian Stags (3-4), the UPHSD Altas (2-5) and the season host St. Benilde Blazers and JRU Heavy Bombers (both 1-6). UBelt.com
- Rugby union:
- 2006 Kapa O Pango controversy
- In reply, All Blacks' coach, Graham Henry, today said that Australians should look at their own society and background, before criticising other countries.(NewstalkZB)
- 2006 Air New Zealand Cup: Round One
- Pool B: Hawke's Bay 0– 45 Canterbury in Napier, New Zealand.
- 2006 Kapa O Pango controversy
27 July 2006 (Thursday)
- Rugby union: 2006 Kapa O Pango controversy
- Australian Wallabies coach, John Connolly, calls for the Kapa O Pango haka of the New Zealand All Blacks to be banned, stating that the throat-slitting action at the end is a bad example. "Young sportsmen these days copy the Wallabies, they copy the All Blacks, and I'd hate to think it led to a tragic consequence somewhere down the road" Connolly said.(TheAge)
- Cycling: 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis tests positive for a banned substance, testosterone, given after Stage 16 of the race. (BBC), (VeloNews)
- American football: Pro Bowl center LeCharles Bentley, whom the Cleveland Browns had signed to anchor their offensive line, tears a tendon in his knee and is out for the entire 2006 season. (AP via Yahoo)
- Football (soccer): UEFA Cup 2006-07: First Qualifying Round, second leg. Progressing teams shown in bold.
SK Tirana 2 – 0 NK Varteks 
(aggregate: 3-1)
CSKA Sofia 4 – 1 Dinamo Tirana (aggregate: 5-1)- Litex Lovech 5 – 0 FC Koper
(aggregate: 6-0) 
FC Rànger's 0 – 2 FK Sarajevo 
(aggregate: 0-5)- NK Domžale 5 – 0 HNK Orašje (aggregate: 7-0)
Dinamo Bucharest 5 – 1 Hibernians 
(aggregate: 9-1)
Murata 0 – 4 APOEL FC 
(aggregate: 1-7)
Omonia 2 – 1 Rijeka (aggregate: 4-3)
Makedonija Gorce Petrov 1 – 1 Lokomotiv Sofia (aggregate: 1-3)
K.S.V. Roeselare 5 – 1 FK Vardar (aggregate: 7-2)- Sliema Wanderers 0 – 1 Rapid Bucharest (aggregate: 0-6)
FC Vaduz 0 – 1 Újpest FC 
(aggregate: 4-1)
Karabakh 1 – 2 Zimbru Chişinău 
(aggregate 2-3 a.e.t.)
BSC Young Boys 1 – 0 FC MIKA 
(aggregate: 4-1)
Kairat Almaty 2 – 1 Videoton (aggregate: 2-2)
Dinamo Minsk 0 – 0 Zagłębie Lubin 
(aggregate: 1-1)
Spartak Trnava 0 – 1 Karvan (aggregate: 0-2)- FC Banants 1 – 2 Ameri Tbilisi
(aggregate: 2-2) - Nistru Otaci 0 – 1 FC BATE (aggregate: 0-3)
- FC Tobol 0 – 0 FC Basel (aggregate: 1-3)
- WIT Georgia 2 – 1 Artmedia Bratislava (aggregate: 2-3)
Drogheda United 3 – 1 HJK Helsinki 
(aggregate: 4-2, a.e.t.)
Valur 0 – 0 Brøndby 
(aggregate: 1-3)
Llanelli 0 – 0 Gefle IF 
(aggregate: 2-1)
Skonto 3 – 0 Jeunesse Esch 
(aggregate: 5-0)- Etzella Ettelbruck 0 – 3 Åtvidabergs FF (aggregate: 0-7)
GÍ Gøta 0 – 2 Ventspils (aggregate: 1-4)
S.K. Brann 1 – 0 Glentoran 
(aggregate: 2-0)- ÍA Akranes 2 – 1 Randers FC (aggregate: 2-2)
Kaunas 1 – 0 Portadown (aggregate: 4-1)- Sūduva 2 – 1 Rhyl (aggregate: 2-1)
- FC Haka 1 – 0 Levadia Tallinn
(aggregate: 1-2) - I.K. Start 3 – 0 Skála ÍF (aggregate: 4-0)
- Flora Tallinn 0 – 0 Lyn Oslo (aggregate: 1-1)
- Derry City 1 – 0 IFK Göteborg (aggregate: 2-0)
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26 July 2006 (Wednesday)
- The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) eliminates Philadelphia and Houston as potential candidates for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco are the three remaining candidates from the United States for endorsement by the USOC. Philadelphia Daily News
- Football:
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07, Second Qualifying Round, first leg
- ND Gorica 0 – 2 Steaua Bucharest
- Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Sioni Bolnisi
- FC Zürich 2 – 1 Red Bull Salzburg
- Djurgården 1 – 0 Ružomberok
- Debrecen 1 – 1 FK Rabotnicki
- Cork City 0 – 1 FK Crvena Zvezda
- Fenerbahçe 4 – 0 B36 Tórshavn
- Mladá Boleslav 3 – 1 Vålerenga
- Sheriff Tiraspol 1 – 1 Spartak Moscow
- Liepājas Metalurgs 1 – 4 Dynamo Kyiv
- FH Hafnarfjörður 0 – 1 Legia Warszawa
- FC København 2 – 0 MyPa
- Hearts 3 – 0 Široki Brijeg (UEFA.com)
- FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta and the entire Board are forced to stand down following a judge's ruling that new elections must be held, following complaints of irregularities in the application of club regulations made by club members (socios). Laporta has announced that he will stand for re-election in September. (BBC)
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07, Second Qualifying Round, first leg
25 July 2006 (Tuesday)
- Football:
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07, Second Qualifying Round, first leg
- Ekranas 1 – 4 Dinamo Zagreb (UEFA.com)
- 2006 Serie A scandal: On appeal, all four clubs convicted by a sports tribunal have their punishments reduced. (BBC)
- Juventus: Relegation to Serie B stands. Points penalty for 2006-07 cut from 30 points to 17. They still lose their 2004-05 and 2005-06 Serie A titles, and are handed a three-match stadium ban. Juventus says that they will sue to stay in Serie A.
- AC Milan: Points penalty for 2005-06 reduced from 44 to 30 points, and will now enter the third qualifying round of the Champions League. Points penalty for 2006-07 Serie A season cut from 15 to 8, and Milan receive a one-match stadium ban.
- Fiorentina: Restored to Serie A, but with a 19-point deduction for 2006-07 instead of 11. They remain out of the Champions League, and receive a two-match stadium ban.
- Lazio: Restored to Serie A, but with an 11-point deduction for 2006-07 instead of 7. They remain out of the UEFA Cup, and also receive a two-match stadium ban.
- The final UEFA access list is confirmed. Inter Milan and Roma enter the group stage of the Champions League. Chievo will join AC Milan entering the Champions League at the third qualifying round. Palermo, Livorno and Parma enter the UEFA Cup, all pending UEFA approval at a meeting Thursday (27 July).
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07, Second Qualifying Round, first leg
23 July 2006 (Sunday)
- Cycling: 2006 Tour de France - Stage 20: Sceaux – Antony – Paris-Champs-Élysées (154.5 km)
- Winner of the Prologue, Norway's Thor Hushovd (C.A) wins the final stage in 3:56:52, narrowly beating Australia's Robbie McEwen (DVL) who misjudged the final sprint, Stuart O'Grady (CSC), Erik Zabel (MRM), and Luca Paolini (LIQ). Overall, in the GC, American Floyd Landis (PHO) wins the race in 89:39:30, followed by Óscar Pereiro (CEI) (+0:57), Andreas Klöden (TMO) (+1:29), Carlos Sastre (CSC) (+3:13), and Cadel Evans (Davitamon) (+5:08). The Prologue to the 2007 Tour de France will take place in London on 7 July 2007. (leTour.fr)
- Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Pennsylvania 500
- Denny Hamlin completes the clean sweep of Pocono Raceway double by winning from the pole.
- Golf: 2006 British Open
- Tiger Woods lifts The Claret Jug for the second straight year, becoming the first golfer to do so since Tom Watson in 1983. His 5-under-par 67 puts him at 18 under, two shots ahead of second-place Chris DiMarco and one shot off Woods' record-setting 19-under at St Andrews in 2000. (BBC)
22 July 2006 (Saturday)
- Cycling: 2006 Tour de France - Stage 19: Le Creusot – Montceau-les-Mines (individual time trial) (56.0 km)
- Serhiy Honchar (TMO) proves to be the best in the time trial as he wins this stage just like he had won the earlier timetrial in this tour. His teammate Andreas Klöden (TMO) is second (+0:41) and Floyd Landis (PHO) third (+1:11). Landis is the new yellow jersey as Óscar Pereiro (CEI) loses his 30 second lead with a fourth place in the stage, 2:40 behind Honchar. (leTour.fr)
- Rugby union: 2006 Tri Nations Series - Round 3: New Zealand 35–17
South Africa at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand.
- With both sides scoring two tries each, the match was won for the All Blacks on Daniel Carter's boot, kicking 9 from 9. The Springboks improved greatly from their 49-0 loss to Australia, with Fourie Du Preez scoring the first try in under 30 seconds, and were in the match, until New Zealand captain, Richie McCaw, scored a try in the final ten minutes.
- Rink Hockey: 2006 Rink Hockey European Championship, Monza, Italy.
- Cricket
- Goldsborough 2nd XI set a new world record for the worst cricket score in a league match when they were all out in 10 ducks. They managed a score of 5 from assorted byes. (The Times)
21 July 2006 (Friday)
- Cycling: 2006 Tour de France - Stage 18: Morzine – Mâcon (197.0 km)
- Matteo Tosatto (QSI) leads the race to Mâcon in 4:16:15, just ahead of Cristian Moreni (COF), Ronny Scholz (GST) (+0:02), Manuel Quinziato (LIQ) (+0:47), and Sébastien Hinault (C.A) (+1:03). In the GC Óscar Pereiro (CEI) retains the maillot jaune in 84:33:04, followed by Carlos Sastre (CSC) (+0:12), Floyd Landis (PHO) (+0:30), Andreas Klöden (TMO) (+2:29), and Cadel Evans (Davitamon) (+3:08). Michael Rasmussen (RAB) is confirmed as the winner of the King of the Mountains competition, while Robbie McEwen (DVL) is in an unassailable position in the points competition. (leTour.fr)
- Basketball: The Purefoods Chunkee Giants defeated the Red Bull Barako at the Philippine Basketball Association Finals best-of-seven series, 4-2, at the Araneta Coliseum.
- Rink Hockey: 2006 Rink Hockey European Championship, Monza, Italy.
20 July 2006 (Thursday)
- Baseball: The grand jury investigating slugger Barry Bonds expired today after announcing that he would not be indicted at this time. The U.S. Attorney's office would neither confirm nor deny that a new grand jury will convene next week with the possibility of charging him with tax evasion and perjury later. (USAToday)
- Cycling: 2006 Tour de France - Stage 17: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Morzine (mountain stage) (199.0 km)
- American Floyd Landis (PHO) recovers from a devastating Stage 16 finish to win Stage 17 in 5:23:36, 5:42 ahead of Carlos Sastre (CSC). With his first stage victory of the race, Landis is now in third overall, just 33 seconds behind Óscar Pereiro (CEI), who retained the maillot jaune with an overall time of 80:08:49. Sastre is still second overall (+0:12).
- Football: Under-19 European Championship, First Round
- Poland 4 – 1 Belgium The Hosts bounce back from their 1-0 loss to Austria and a hattrick from Dawid Janczyk sets them on the road to a 4-1 victory.
Austria 1 – 3 
Czech Republic The Czechs also win after losing their first match. With one match to go in Group A, all teams are equal on points.
Turkey 4 – 4 
Portugal A last minute equaliser gives Turkey their first point of the tournament.
Spain 4 – 0 
Scotland Spain qualifies already as they also win their second match. Scotland is not out of it yet as they are just one point behind Portugal who are in second.
- Rink Hockey: 2006 Rink Hockey European Championship, Monza, Italy. Quarter-finals:
France 3–4 Switzerland- Spain 10–0
Germany 
Italy 11–1 Andorra- Portugal 24–0 Austria
19 July 2006 (Wednesday)
- Cycling: 2006 Tour de France - Stage 16: Bourg-d'Oisans – La Toussuire (mountain stage) (182.0 km)
- Maillot a pois rouge leader Michael Rasmussen (RAB) wins the stage in 5:36:04, followed by Carlos Sastre (CSC) (+1:41), Óscar Pereiro (CEI) (+1:54), Cadel Evans (Davitamon) (+1:56), and Andreas Klöden (TMO) (+1:56). In the GC Óscar Pereiro (CEI) regains the maillot jaune in 74:38:05, followed by Sastre (+1:50), Klöden (+2:29), Cyril Dessel (AG2R) +2:43, and Evans (+2:56). (leTour.fr)
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07: First Qualifying Round, second leg. Progressing teams shown in bold.
- ND Gorica 2 – 2 Linfield (aggregate: 5-3)
- FH Hafnarfjörður 1 – 1 TVMK Tallinn (aggregate: 4-3)
- B36 Tórshavn 2 – 2 Birkirkara (aggregate: 5-2)
- Apollon Limassol 1 – 1 Cork City (aggregate: 1-2)
- Aktobe-Lento 1 – 1 Liepājas Metalurgs (aggregate: 1-2)
- Široki Brijeg 1 – 0 Shakhtyor (aggregate: 2-0)
- The New Saints 0 – 1 MyPa (aggregate: 0-2)
- Carlos Alberto Parreira quits his position as coach for Brazil as announced by the Brazilian Football Confederation. [3]
- The Kansas City Wizards fire Bob Gansler, the longest tenured coach in Major League Soccer history. Brian Bliss named as interim coach. (Sports Illustrated)
- Rink Hockey: 2006 Rink Hockey European Championship, Monza, Italy. Third day:
- France 2-4 Spain
- Italy 4-0 Austria
- Switzerland 4-2 Andorra
18 July 2006 (Tuesday)
- Cycling: 2006 Tour de France - Stage 15: Gap – L'Alpe d'Huez (mountain stage) (187.0 km)
- The fearsome climb to L'Alpe d'Huez is won by Fränk Schleck (CSC) in 4:52:22, followed by Damiano Cunego (LAM) (+0:11), Stefano Garzelli (LIQ) (+1:10), Floyd Landis (PHO) (+1:10) and Andreas Klöden (TMO) (+1:10). In the GC Landis regains the maillot jaune in 69:00:05, ten seconds ahead of Óscar Pereiro (CEI), Cyril Dessel (AG2R) +2:02, Denis Menchov (RAB) +2:12, and Carlos Sastre (CSC) +2:17. (leTour.fr)
- Football: UEFA Champions League 2006-07: First Qualifying Round, second leg. Progressing teams shown in bold.
- Sheriff Tiraspol 2 – 0 Pyunik (aggregate: 2-0)
- Baku 1 – 0 Sioni Bolnisi (aggregate: 1-2)
- FK Rabotnicki 0 – 0 F91 Dudelange (aggregate: 1-0)
- Ekranas 3 – 0 Elbasani (aggregate: 3-1)
- Football: Under-19 European Championship, First Round
- Poland 0 – 1 Austria The hosts suffered a defeat as Austria scored 15 minutes from time to take the three points.
- Belgium 4 – 2 Czech Republic Also in the same group of Poland and Austria, Belgium proved to be too strong for the Czech Republic as they won 4-2.
- Scotland 2 – 2 Portugal Scotland and Portugal together scored four times and drew to split the points.
- Spain 5 – 3 Turkey However Spain and Turkey managed to score 8 goals between them, with Spain taking the victory in this high scoring game.
- Rink Hockey: 2006 Rink Hockey European Championship, Monza, Italy. Second day:
England 0-5 France- Austria 3-5 Germany
- Portugal 7-0 Switzerland
17 July 2006 (Monday)
- Cricket: Pakistan in England:
- First Test at Lord's, London: England and Pakistan draw the First Test at Lord's. Having won the toss and electing to bat, England declared their first innings closed at 528/9, Paul Collingwood (186), Alastair Cook (105) and Ian Bell (100 not out) scoring centuries. Pakistan lost four wickets early before a series of partnerships between Mohammad Yousuf (202) and various middle-order batsmen guided the visitors to a respectable 445 all out. England's second innings of 296/8 declared centred around captain Andrew Strauss' 128. Pakistan (214/4) batted through the final day to draw the match. (Scorecard)
- Major League Baseball: Chipper Jones goes 3-for-5 but fails to extend his record-tying streak of consecutive games with an extra-base hit in the Atlanta Braves' 15-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. (AP via Yahoo)
- Cycling: 2006 Tour de France - Rest day
- Football: Colombian president Álvaro Uribe announces that his country is preparing a bid to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Brazil had previously been viewed as a shoo-in as hosts. (Sky Sports)
- Rink Hockey: European Championship 2006, Monza, Italy. First day:
- Spain 8-0 England
- Italy 7-1 Germany
- Portugal 3-0 Andorra
16 July 2006 (Sunday)
- Auto racing
- NASCAR: Kyle Busch earns his first NEXTEL Cup win of 2006, winning the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
- Formula 1: Michael Schumacher spoils a Renault party in France driving his Ferrari to victory in the French Grand Prix for a record eighth time.
- National Football League: Dallas Cowboys safety Keith Davis is shot twice while driving in Dallas. He is not seriously hurt. (AP via Yahoo)
- Major League Baseball