November 2006 in sports
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30 November 2006 (Thursday)

• Asian Games
  • Baseball - Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 4–2  South Korea. The Taiwanese use three home runs to strike first in the gold medal chase.
  • Table Tennis
    • Men (Team): Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) and  Singapore advance to the quarterfinals.
      • Quarterfinal Matches:
        •  China 3–0  Qatar
        • Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 3–0  Vietnam
        •  Hong Kong 3–2  Japan
        •  Singapore 0–3  South Korea
    • Women (Team): DPR Korea and  India advance to the quarterfinals
      • Quarterfinal Matches:
        • DPR Korea 3–0  Thailand
        •  Hong Kong 1–3  Singapore
        •  South Korea 3–0  India
        •  Japan 0–3  China

• Cricket: Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf breaks Viv Richards' record for runs in test cricket in a calendar year in a match against the West Indies. [1]

• American football:
  • College: MAC Championship at Detroit:
    • Central Michigan 31, Ohio 10: The Chippewas win their first outright MAC title.
  • NFL Week 13 Thursday Night Game: Cincinnati Bengals 13, Baltimore Ravens 7. T. J. Houshmandzadeh's 40-yard catch of a flea-flicker pass from Carson Palmer prevented the Ravens from clinching the AFC North.

• Football (soccer): UEFA Cup 2006-07 Matchday 4. Clubs that have qualified today for the Round of 32 are in bold.
  • Group E: Nancy 3–0 Feyenoord¹
  • Group E: Wisła Kraków 3–1 FC Basel
  • Group F: Ajax 0–2 Espanyol
  • Group F: Austria Vienna 0–1 Sparta Prague
  • Group G: Mladá Boleslav 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain
  • Group G: Panathinaikos 0–0 Rapid Bucharest
  • Group H: Celta Vigo 1–0 Fenerbahçe
  • Group H: Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 Newcastle United

Note 1: The match was suspended after 80 minutes of play at 3-0 due to crowd trouble. Feyenoord fans who gathered tickets for the match in an illegal way and others who were held at the stadium by the police were rioting during the whole match. After a 20 minute break the match was finished.

29 November 2006 (Wednesday)

• Asian Games
  • Table Tennis
    • Team-Men –  China,  Japan, Korea,  Qatar,  Hong Kong, and  Vietnam all advance to the quarterfinals.
    • Team-Women –  Hong Kong,  China, Korea,  Japan,  Thailand, and  Singapore all advance to the quarterfinals.

• College Basketball (American): For the second time in less than a week, the top team in the AP NCAA Men's Division I poll came up on the losing side of the score, as this week's #1 team, Ohio State was beaten by #6 North Carolina 98-89 in the "Dean Dome".

• Football: UEFA Cup 2006-07 Matchday 4. Clubs that clinched advancement to the round of 32 today are in bold.
  • Group A: Partizan Belgrade 1–4 AJ Auxerre
  • Group A: Livorno 1–1 Maccabi Haifa
  • Group B: Dinamo Bucharest 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen
  • Group B: Beşiktaş 2–1 Club Brugge
  • Group C: Grasshoppers 0–4 Sevilla
  • Group C: AZ Alkmaar 2–2 Slovan Liberec
  • Group D: Lens 1–2 Parma
  • Group D: Osasuna 3–1 Odense
• General news:
  • FIFA announces its three-player shortlists for the 2006 World Player of the Year awards:
    • Men: Fabio Cannavaro ( Italy), Ronaldinho ( Brazil), Zinedine Zidane ( France)
    • Women: Kristine Lilly ( United States), Renate Lingor ( Germany), Marta ( Brazil)
  • José Manuel Esnal who promoted with Levante UD towards La Liga in the 2005-06 season will replace Félix Sarriugarte as the manager of Athletic Bilbao.
  • Gimnàstic de Tarragona appoints Paco Flores as their new manager. Flores who was also manager of RCD Espanyol and Real Zaragoza replaces Luis Ángel César Sampedro, who was fired earlier this week.

• Rugby union:
  • Andy Robinson resigns as manager of the England national rugby union team after his team lost eight out of the last nine matches he menaged the team.

28 November 2006 (Tuesday)

• Asian Games
  • Volleyball - Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Kuwait, Bahrain, and Lebanon advance to the second round.

• Cricket - Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Yousuf becomes the first to score 8 test centuries in a calendar year during the third test of the West Indies tour of Pakistan.

• Equestrian:
  • The parents of Albert Zoer who own his horse Okidoki reject a € 4,000,000 bid on the 10 year old horse. Zoer already won several Grand-Prix events with Okidoki and they were part of the Dutch team that became World Champions in Aachen in 2006. Owner Mr. Zoer told the press he prefers his son's career over the money.

• Swimming:
  • Breaststroke specialist Madelon Baans ends her career at the age of 29 to concentrate on her post-sport career. Baans is 49 time Dutch national champion, current Dutch national record holder at the 100m breaststroke in either the 25- and 50m pools. During the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, she won the bronze medal as being part of the 4x100m medley, in the same year she reached the final at the 2004 Summer Olympics on the same discipline.

• 2010 Winter Olympics:
  • Skicross will likely be added to the Olympic schedule as of the Vancouver Olympics in 2010 after the Executive Board voted in favour of the sport. The inclusion of skicross must also be approved by the Vancouver Olympic Committee for the sport to be officially part of the sport program. Other events that were up for inclusion were rejected. These events included: Biathlon mixed relay, mixed curling, team alpine skiing, team bobsleigh, team skeleton, team luge and women's ski jumping.

27 November 2006 (Monday)

• Asian Games:
  • Volleyball - United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong advance to the second round.

• NBA Basketball:
  • The top teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences met in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Orlando Magic defeated the Utah Jazz, 88-75. Dwight Howard and Carlos Boozer led their respective teams with 21 points each, but Howard had 16 rebounds as well. The Magic out-rebounded the Jazz, 45-36.

• Cricket: England in Australia:
  •  Australia wins the opening Ashes Test in Brisbane, defeating  England by 277 runs at the Gabba. Australian captain Ricky Ponting is named Player of the Match for his score of 196 in the First Innings. (Scorecard)

• Football (American):
  • NFL Monday Night Football:
    • Seattle Seahawks 34, Green Bay Packers 24. Shaun Alexander rushed 40 times for 201 yards, becoming the third player in NFL history to do so, and Matt Hasselbeck threw for three second half touchdowns in the first Seahawks game played in a Seattle snowstorm.
  • College:
    • Alabama fired head coach Mike Shula. Joe Kines, former Arkansas coach, will serve as the team's coach in their bowl game.
    • Michigan State names Cincinnati head coach Mark Dantonio as their new coach. The Bearcats then announce defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi will coach the team in their bowl game.
    • Iowa State reaches into the Big 12 and names Texas assistant Gene Chizik as their new coach.

• Football (soccer):
  • The Golden Ball, the prize awarded to the European Footballer of the Year, goes to Fabio Cannavaro of Real Madrid. Cannavaro was the captain of Italy during the 2006 FIFA World Cup where his team became World Champion. Cannavaro gained 173 points, with Gianluigi Buffon (124) and Thierry Henry (121) following in second and third place. He is the first defender to win the award since Matthias Sammer in 1996.
  • Branko Oblak resigns as the manager of Slovenia. Oblak led the Slovenians since 2004.
  • In Spain two La Liga managers were sacked due to achieving weak results in the competition. Félix Sarriugarte only won 8 points in 12 games at Athletic Bilbao, while Luis Ángel César Sampedro was in the bottom position with his team Gimnàstic de Tarragona.
  • RKC Waalwijk sacks their manager Adrie Koster. RKC is currently in 18th and last position of the Eredivisie.

• Ice Hockey: The NHL's Chicago Blackhawks fire head coach Trent Yawney and name former star Denis Savard as his replacement.

• Tennis:
  • Thiemo de Bakker and Antal van der Duim are suspended for a month by the Dutch Tennis Federation, because the two did not follow the commitments made between them and the federation. They were supposed to fly back home, but played three tournaments in Israel instead. De Bakker reached the final in one of these tournaments.

26 November 2006 (Sunday)

• Asian Games
  • Basketball: Uzbekistan, Syria, and Kazakhstan all advance to the second round of the tournament by winning their respective groups.
  • Volleyball: Saudi Arabia and Macau advance to the second round of the tournament.

• Auto racing: 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia:
  • Neel Jani finishes in first position of the sprint race, beating Nicolas Hülkenberg and Jonny Reid. Hulkenberg however, wins the main race later in the day by finishing in front of Robbie Kerr and Nicolas Lapierre.

• Cycling: During the Six Days of Ghent current world champion at the madison Isaac Gálvez was involved in a serious crash in which he received serious injuries. He was rushed to a nearby hospital. While being rushed there, he died as a result of his injuries. The race was immediately stopped and no winners were announced.

• Football (American)
  • College football: Two head coaches were given their walking papers as North Carolina State's Chuck Amato and Arizona State's Dirk Koetter were fired. (Charlotte Observer via San Jose Mercury News)

• • NFL Week 12 Sunday games:
    • Minnesota Vikings 31, Arizona Cardinals 26. Chester Taylor's 136 yards rushing was part of the Vikings' win.
    • Washington Redskins 17, Carolina Panthers 13. Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell gets his first NFL win on a 66-yard touchdown pass to Chris Cooley late in the fourth quarter.
    • Cincinnati Bengals 30, Cleveland Browns 0. The Bengals pitch a shutout for the first time since December 3, 1989, against the Browns.
    • New York Jets 26, Houston Texans 11. Chad Pennington threw for 289 yards in the Jet's win.
    • Buffalo Bills 27, Jacksonville Jaguars 24. Rian Lindell's 42-yard field goal as time expired gave the Bills their second straight come-from-behind win.
    • New Orleans Saints 31, Atlanta Falcons 13. Michael Vick runs for 166 yards but completes only nine passes, then flips off booing fans while leaving the field. He later apologizes for the gesture. Meanwhile, Ryan Copper's 48-yard catch of a "Hail Mary pass" from Drew Brees to end the first half stunned the Falcons.
    • Baltimore Ravens 27, Pittsburgh Steelers 0. The Ravens sack Ben Roethlisberger nine times and intercept him twice.
    • St. Louis Rams 20, San Francisco 49ers 17. Marc Bulger saved the day for the Rams with a game-winning five yard TD pass ti Kevin Curtis with 27 seconds left.
    • San Diego Chargers 21, Oakland Raiders 14. For the fourth week in a row, LaDainian Tomlinson leads the Chargers on a second-half comeback. This time, Tomlinson runs for two touchdowns and throws a third.
    • New England Patriots 17, Chicago Bears 13: In a game with nine turnovers, Asante Samuel's third interception ends Chicago's comeback attempt.
    • Tennessee Titans 24, New York Giants 21. The Giants lead 21-0 with 10 minutes left. But Vince Young throws two touchdown passes and runs in a third score to tie the game. A Pacman Jones interception in the last minute sets up Rob Bironas' game-winning 49-yard field goal.
    • Indianapolis Colts 45, Philadelphia Eagles 21. Joseph Addai ties a Colts record with four rushing touchdowns.
  • In off-the-field news:
    • The Denver Broncos, searching for a kick start to a struggling offense, have replaced Jake Plummer at quarterback with rookie Jay Cutler for next Sunday night's game against Seattle.

• Football (soccer):
  • Slavoljub Muslin is re-appointed at the manager of SC Lokeren where he decided to leave the club in December 2005 to manage FC Lokomotiv Moscow where he was fired in October 2006. Muslin replaces Ariel Jacobs.

• Golf: Mastercard Masters:
  • Justin Rose wins his third career win at the 2007 European Tour finishing 12 under par and two strokes in front of Australians Greg Chalmers and Richard Green.

• Handball: 2006 Møbelringen Cup:
  • Norway defeats Russia 29-26 in the final match of the tournament and wins the tournament with the maximum score of six points.

• Rugby union: 2006 Autumn internationals
  •  Ireland 61–17  Pacific Islanders. Ireland give their historic home of Lansdowne Road a fitting sendoff in the last international rugby match before a two-year redevelopment project to create a modern 50,000-seat stadium.

• Squash, 2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship, final:
  • Nicol David 1-9, 9-7, 3-9, 9-5, 9-2 Natalie Grinham - David successfully defends her title.

• Swimming: Mark Warnecke, current world champion on the 50m breaststroke announces his retirement in sports at the age of 36. Warnecke, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics was unable to qualify for the upcoming World Championships before taking his decision.

25 November 2006 (Saturday)

• Basketball: Men's College basketball: Kansas, ranked #12 in the AP poll, upset the defending national champion (and #1 team) Florida, 82-80 in overtime at Las Vegas.

• Football (Canadian): Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championship (Vanier Cup):
  • (2) Laval Rouge et Or 13, (4) Saskatchewan Huskies 8. Laval wins their third Vanier Cup in four years, even though the Huskies were the first team to play the Vanier Cup at home under the new conference-rotation arrangement.

• Football (U.S. College): AP NCAA Division I-A Top 25:
  • (3) Southern California 44, (6) Notre Dame 24. The Trojans win moves them one step closer to meeting Ohio State in the BCS National Championship Game. A win against their crosstown rival UCLA next week will all but assure them of a visit to Glendale, Arizona January 8.
  • (4) Florida 21, Florida State 14. The Gators escape with a win in their state rivalry.
  • South Florida 24, (7) West Virginia 19. The Bulls stun the Mountaineers at home with this major upset, knocking West Virginia out of national championship contention.
  • (8) Louisville 48, Pittsburgh 24
  • (12) Boise State 38, Nevada 7. The Broncos complete a perfect regular season, all but assuring them of becoming the second team outside of the BCS conferences to play in a BCS bowl game.
  • (13) Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 21. With this win in the Bedlam Series, the Sooner Schooner now travels to Kansas City next Saturday against old rival Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship.
  • (15) Rutgers 38, Syracuse 7
  • Georgia 15, (16) Georgia Tech 12. This is Georgia's sixth straight win for the Governor's Cup.
  • (17) Virginia Tech 17, Virginia 0
  • (19) Tennessee 17, Kentucky 12. For the 22nd straight time, the Wildcats fall to the Vols, the second longest losing streak by one school against another. Notre Dame's 42-game streak against Navy is still the longest.
  • (20) Wake Forest 38, Maryland 24. The Demon Deacons now head to Jacksonville and meet Georgia Tech for the ACC title.
  • (21) BYU 33, Utah 31. The Cougars needed a Jonny Harline 11-yard touchdown catch from John Beck as time expire to beat their in-state rival for the first time in four years.
  • South Carolina 31, (24) Clemson 28
  • (25) Hawaiʻi 42, Purdue 35

• Football (soccer):
  • General news:
    • Manchester United extends Wayne Rooney's contract with another two seasons. Rooney is now committed to Old Trafford until 2012.
  • ELF Cup, final:
    •  Northern Cyprus 3–1 Crimea 

• Rugby league: 2006 Rugby League Tri-Nations:
  • Australia wins the series after defeating New Zealand 16-12 in golden point extra time in the final at Aussie Stadium in Sydney.

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying:
  •  Japan qualify directly to the World Cup in France next year, qualifying as Asia 1, after defeating Hong Kong and Korea in the final stages of the Asia tournaments. Japan join Pool B, along with Australia, Canada, Fiji and Wales.
  •  Georgia qualify as Europe 3, joining Pool D along with Argentina, hosts France, Ireland and Namibia.

• Rugby union: 2006 Autumn internationals:
  •  South Africa defeat  England 25-14 at Twickenham, London
  •  Australia defeat  Scotland 44-15 at Murrayfield in Edinburgh
  •  New Zealand defeat  Wales 45-10 at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff
  •  France defeat  Argentina 27-26 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis (Paris)
  •  Italy defeat  Canada 41-6 at Stadio Pordenone in Fontanafredda

• Squash, 2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship, semi finals:
  • Nicol David 9-7, 9-1, 9-1 Rachael Grinham
  • Natalie Grinham 9-4, 10-8, 9-6 Natalie Grainger

24 November 2006 (Friday)

• Asian Games:
  • Basketball - Bahrain advances to the second round after winning Group A.
  • Football (soccer) - Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq and Syria advance to the second round after finishing in the top two positions of their first round groups.

• Auto racing:
  • Lewis Hamilton is announced to be the second driver for McLaren's Formula One team to race alongside world champion Fernando Alonso. He will be the first black driver in the Formula One history.

• Cricket:
  • The Ashes series between England and Australia continues at The Gabba, Brisbane. Ricky Ponting scores 196 runs, four short of a double century, and Australia declares at 9 for 602. In reply, England scores 3 for 53 by the close of play for the day.

• Cycling:
  • Tinkoff Credit System signs two former doping suspended cyclists to their team for the 2007 season. Olympic gold medallist Tyler Hamilton joins the team after three years of suspension, while Danilo Hondo returned in 2006 after being suspended for a year.

• Football (U.S. College): AP NCAA Division I-A Top 25:
  • Texas A&M 12, (13) Texas 7. Combined with the Longhorns' loss, Oklahoma clinched a spot against Nebraska in Kansas City in the Big 12 Championship game next week with a win on Saturday (November 25) against Oklahoma State.
  • (10) LSU 31, (6) Arkansas 26. The Tigers knock the Razorbacks out of the national championship picture.
  • (22) Nebraska 37, Colorado 14.
  • In another significant rivalry game:
    • Oregon State 30, Oregon 28. The Beavers win the 2006 edition of "The Civil War".

• Football (soccer):
  • Sergei Sokolov, member of the Azerbaijan national football team is suspended by UEFA after he was tested positive on using betamethason. The length of his suspension will be announced on 7 December 2006. Sokolov, defender at FK Karabakh claims to be innocent, however he did not cooperate for a B-test.

• Squash, 2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship, quarter finals:
  • Nicol David 10-8, 9-2, 9-4 Omneya Abdel Kawy
  • Rachael Grinham 9-2, 9-3, 9-6 Laura Lengthorn
  • Natalie Grinham 9-5, 10-8, 9-5 Tania Bailey
  • Natalie Grainger 9-2, 9-4, 9-5 Madeline Perry

23 November 2006 (Thursday)

• Football:
  • UEFA Cup 2006-07 Matchday 3. Teams that clinched advancement to the round of 32 today are in bold.
    • Group A: AJ Auxerre 2 – 2 Rangers
    • Group A: Maccabi Haifa 1 – 0 Partizan Belgrade
    • Group B: Bayer Leverkusen 0 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur
    • Group B: Club Brugge 1 – 1 Dinamo Bucharest
    • Group C: Sevilla 2 – 0 Braga
    • Group C: Slovan Liberec 4 – 1 Grasshoppers
    • Group D: Parma 2 – 1 Heerenveen
    • Group D: Odense 1 – 1 Lens
    • Group E: Feyenoord 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers
    • Group E: FC Basel 2 – 2 Nancy
    • Group F: Sparta Prague 0 – 0 Ajax
    • Group F: Espanyol 6 – 2 Zulte-Waregem
    • Group G: Paris Saint-Germain 2 – 4 Hapoel Tel Aviv
    • Group G: Rapid Bucharest 1 – 1 Mladá Boleslav
    • Group H: Fenerbahçe 3 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt
    • Group H: Newcastle United 2 – 1 Celta Vigo
  • ELF Cup Semi-finals
    •  Kyrgyzstan 2–3 Crimea  - Crimea goes on to the finals.
    •  Northern Cyprus 5–0 Zanzibar  - TRNC goes on to the finals.
  • General news:
    • The FIFA Emergency Committee decides to suspend the IRIFF from all international competitions. This happens due to government interference in football matters. FIFA gave the IRIFF a deadline of 15 November 2006 to reinstate president Mohammed Dagdan who was elected, the IRIFF however did not follow this deadline.

• Cricket
  • West Indies v. Pakistan, Second Test at Multan: The Second Test between West Indies and Pakistan ends in a draw. Pakistan leads the three-Test series 1–0. (Scorecard)
  • The Ashes series between England and Australia gets underway at The Gabba, Brisbane. Australia win the toss and elect to bat, ending the first day of the First Test in a strong position on 346 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.

• American football:
  • NFL Week 12 Thanksgiving games:
    • Miami Dolphins 27, Detroit Lions 10. Joey Harrington's return to Ford Field was a measure of revenge on the team that released him, throwing for three touchdowns in the Dolphins' victory.
    • Dallas Cowboys 38, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10. Tony Romo tossed a club record five touchdowns as the Boys routed the Bucs.
    • Kansas City Chiefs 19, Denver Broncos 10. Lawrence Tynes' four field goals provided the margin of victory.
  • College Football:
    • AP NCAA Division I-A Top 25: Miami (FL) 17, (18) Boston College 14. Even with Doug Flutie in attendance calling the game on ESPN, the Eagles could not pull off another "Miracle in Miami" as the Canes become bowl eligible. However, it was not enough to save head coach Larry Coker's job as he was fired the next day.

22 November 2006 (Wednesday)

• Athletics:
  • Noah Ngeny, gold medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics' 1500 m after favourite Hicham El Guerrouj ends his international career at the age of 28. Ngeny still holds the world record of 2.11,96 at the 1000 m.

• Football:
  • UEFA Champions League 2006-07 Matchday 5 (Teams advancing in Bold):
    • Group A: Werder Bremen 1 – 0