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).
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.
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 – 2006–07 UEFA Cup, Second qualifying round, second leg. Progressing teams shown in bold.
The total attendance in the Premiership's opening weekend of 400,135 sets an all-time record for a starting weekend in the Premier League.
Golf: Tiger Woods wins the 2006 PGA Championship by five strokes over 2003 PGA winner Shaun Micheel. Woods becomes the first golfer in history to win the PGA Championship twice on the same course (Medinah Country Club). His 18-under-par 270 equals the record, set by himself and Bob May in 2000, for lowest 72-hole score to par in the PGA Championship. Woods also becomes the first male golfer to win two major championships in each of two successive years.
Cricket: Pakistan in England, Fourth Test: The Test between England and Pakistan descends into chaos after the Pakistan bowlers are accused of ball tampering. The Pakistan team initially refuse to return to the field after tea in protest of the decision to award England an additional five runs and allow their batsmen to select a new ball. When Pakistan finally agree to resume the game, the match umpires refuse to return to the field believing that Pakistan have forfeited and the match is over. This is the first match in Test cricket history to be forfeited. (BBC)
Sheffield United 1–1 Liverpool: Rob Hulse scores the first goal of the 2006–07 season, but the defending FA Cup holders force a draw in the Blades' first Premiership match in 12 years.
Reading 3–2 Middlesbrough: The Royals come back from a 2–0 deficit early and win their maiden Premiership match at home over the UEFA Cup runners-up. Dave Kitson scores the first Premiership goal for Reading.
The All Blacks go down 20–11 at halftime to the Wallabies at Auckland's Eden Park, but storm back to win. With the win, the All Blacks clinch the 2006 Tri Nations with the South Africa leg remaining (3 more rounds), and also retain the Bledisloe Cup. The win was the All Blacks' 21st in a row undefeated at home. Both sides scored three tries apiece. Before the match, a moment of silence for recently passed Māori Queen, Te Atairangikaahu, was held. (BBC)(Sportal)(New Zealand Herald)
The High Court of South Africa have ruled in favour of including the Southern Spears in next year's Super 14 and this year's Currie Cup, meaning they will replace the now relegated Cats in the former competition, pending an appeal from either the South African Rugby Union or its commercial arm, SA Rugby. The Spears were originally guaranteed a place in the 2007 and 2008 Super 14 seasons, but SA Rugby overruled that decision, leading to the Spears taking the SARU and SA Rugby to court.(Sydney Morning Herald)(Pretoria News)(IOL)
7 August 2006 (Monday)
Cricket: Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones calls Muslim cricketer Hashim Amla a "terrorist", leading to Jones sacking from his commentating position.(Cricinfo)
A late try to substitute Mat Rogers and its subsequent conversion by center Stirling Mortlock near the touchline was enough for Australia to defeat the Springboks. The Springboks' are now 9 points behind Australia and 12 behind New Zealand.(Sporting Life)
Cycling: Floyd Landis' B sample returns a positive test for excessive testosterone, and his contract with the Phonak racing team is immediately terminated. It is now possible that Landis will be stripped of his victory in the 2006 Tour de France and will receive a two-year ban from the sport. (IOL)