2006 in sports

none 2006 sports 2006 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing Alpine skiing World Cup Men’s overall season champion: Benjamin Raich (Austria) Women’s overall season champion: Janica Kostelić (Croatia) American football Super Bowl XL – the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) won 21–10 over the Seattle Seahawks (NFC) Location: Ford Field Attendance: 68,206 MVP: Hines Ward, WR (Pittsburgh) Rose Bowl (2005 season): The Texas Longhorns won 41–38 over the Southern California Trojans to win the BCS National Championship March 14 - former San Diego Chargers quarterback Drew Brees signs a 6-year, $60 million deal with the New Orleans Saints after the Miami Dolphins were suggested by medical staff to not sign Brees due to a career-threatening shoulder injury he suffered at the end of the 2005 season. After Brees had immediate success and broke several records in New Orleans, this signing is believed by many as the greatest free agency signing in NFL history, tied with the Denver Broncos’ signing of Peyton Manning in 2012. August 19 - Barrow High SchoolBarrow High School https://web.archive.org/web/20110726072923/http://www.nsbsd.org/schools/bhs July 26, 2011 played the first organized football game in the Arctic against Delta Junction High School.Playing in Barrow is all kinds of cool to Delta https://web.archive.org/web/20071013132536/http://www.nsbsd.org/site/index.cfm/1%2C51%2C412%2Chtml October 13, 2007 MVP of Super Bowl XL is Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward. Reggie White, Troy Aikman, John Madden, Warren Moon, Harry Carson, and Rayfield Wright are elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Association football 2006 in association football January 1 – Australia officially leaves the Oceania Football Confederation and joins the Asian Football Confederation International competitions 2006 African Cup of Nations – Egypt 2006 FIFA World Cup – Italy 2006 FIFA Club World Cup – Sport Club Internacional Copa Libertadores 2006 – Sport Club Internacional UEFA Champions League 2005-06 – FC Barcelona Domestic competitions Argentina Primera División – Boca Juniors (Clausura) Brazil Campeonato Brasileiro – São Paulo FC England Premiership – Chelsea France Ligue 1 – Lyon Germany Bundesliga – Bayern Munich Italy Serie A – Inter Milan awarded title after initial winners Juventus were stripped of the title due to involvement in the 2006 Serie A match fixing scandal. Spain La Liga – FC Barcelona Portugal Liga – FC Porto Athletics 2006 in athletics (track and field) March – 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne May 12 – Justin Gatlin equals Asafa Powell's 100 m world record time of 9.77 seconds in Doha, Qatar. Gatlin was initially given a time of 9.76, which would have been a new record, but a few days later the time was corrected to 9.77 June 11 – Asafa Powell equals the 100 m world record once again, as he ran the distance in 9.77 seconds at Gateshead, England August 18 – Asafa Powell runs the 100 m in a record-equalling 9.77 seconds for a third time, this time in Zürich August – 2006 European Championships in Athletics held in Gothenburg, Swedeno Baseball 2006 in baseball March 20 – Japan wins the first World Baseball Classic, defeating Cuba 10–6 in the championship game. May 28 – Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run in a 6–3 home loss to the Colorado Rockies, passing Babe Ruth for second place on the career list and setting a new record for left-handed hitters. July 11 – American League wins the MLB All–Star Game by a score of 3–2 on Michael Young's game-winning 2-run triple in the 9th inning. October 14 – Detroit Tigers sweep the Oakland Athletics in the American League Championship Series and advance to their first World Series since 1984. October 27 – St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series 4–1 in Game 5. The St. Louis Cardinals (10 wins) advance to 2nd place for most World Series wins after the New York Yankees (27). Basketball 2006 in basketball Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks in 6 games in the NBA Finals series for Miami's first-ever NBA World Championship. Finals MVP Dwyane Wade rallied four consecutive 35-point games to come back from a two games to none deficit and win four straight. University of Florida wins its first ever NCAA title, defeating UCLA 73–57. George Mason, an 11 seed, makes it to the final four University of Maryland wins its first ever NCAA women's title, defeating Duke 77–75 in overtime. January 22 – Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant scores 81 points in a win over the Toronto Raptors, becoming only the second player in league history to score at least 80 points in one game. It was the second highest individual point total in NBA history (Second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point performance). Chinese Basketball Association – Guangdong Southern Tigers defeat Bayi Rockets (4–1) in finals. National Basketball League (Australia) – Melbourne Tigers defeat the Sydney Kings 3–0 in best-of-five final series Euroleague – Russian power CSKA Moscow dethrones the two-time defending Euroleague champions Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) 73–69 at Sazka Arena in Prague. This is CSKA's fifth title in the competition, but first since 1971. Third place goes to TAU Cerámica, which defeated FC Barcelona 87–82 in an all-Spanish affair. The Detroit Shock stunned the 2005 WNBA Champion Sacramento Monarchs in 5 games in the 2006 WNBA Finals. Beach Soccer November 12 - Brazil wins the 2nd edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup on home soil. Bowling February 19 - Tommy Jones wins the 63rd U.S. Open March 26 - Walter Ray Williams, Jr. wins the Denny's PBA World Championship April 9 - Chris Barnes wins the Dexter Tournament of Champions Tommy Jones is named the Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year October 29 - Doug Kent wins the USBC Masters Boxing January 7 – Carlos Manuel Baldomir upsets Zab Judah by unanimous decision and is crowned world welterweight champion by the WBC. March 3 – Welshman Joe Calzaghe defeats American Jeff Lacy by landslide unanimous decision for the WBO-IBF super middleweight title unification. Calzaghe's stellar performance propelled him to #9 in Ring Magazine's pound for pound list. April 1 – Sergei Liakhovich wins the WBO world heavyweight title from Lamon Brewster by unanimous decision. April 8 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Zab Judah by unanimous decision to win the IBF welterweight title. A mini-riot ensued as Roger Mayweather, Floyd's uncle and trainer, runs into the ring retaliating to a low blow and rabbit punch by Judah. The fight resumed and Mayweather won by decision. April 22 – Wladimir Klitschko wins the IBF world heavyweight title from Chris Byrd by TKO in round 7. June 10 – Bernard Hopkins defeats Antonio Tarver by unanimous to take the light heavyweight world championship. June 17 – Winky Wright and Jermain Taylor fight ends in a draw for the undisputed middleweight championship of the world in Memphis, Tennessee 13 to July 23 – 36th European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria August 12 – Oleg Maskaev knocks out Hasim Rahman in the 12th round to win the WBC Heavyweight title. November 4 Floyd Mayweather Jr. becomes the WBC and linear Welterweight champion after he defeats Carlos Baldomir by unanimous decision. November 11 Wladimir Klitschko defends his IBF heavyweight title by defeating American contender Calvin Brock winning by a stunning knockout in the seventh round. November 18 Manny Pacquiao wins by technical knockout in his third and rubber match against Erik Morales December 9 Jermain Taylor defends his middleweight title as he defeats Kassim Ouma Canadian football November 19 – The BC Lions win the 94th Grey Cup game, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 25–14 at Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg. Cricket 2006 in cricket Curling Olympic champions: Men's – Canada (Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Russ Howard, Jamie Korab, Mike Adam) Women's – Sweden (Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd, Ulrika Bergman) World champions: Men's – Scotland (David Murdoch, Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers, Peter Smith) Women's – Sweden (Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd, Ulrika Bergman) Cycling 2006 Tour de France was won by Floyd Landis of the US, who subsequently failed a drugs test 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships held in Zeddam, Netherlands, and won by Erwin Vervecken (men) and Marianne Vos (women) 2006 Giro d'Italia is won by Ivan Basso. 2006 Vuelta a España is won by Alexander Vinokourov. Figure skating World Figure Skating Championships held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Men's champion: Stéphane Lambiel Ladies' champion: Kimmie Meissner Pair skating champions: Pang Qing and Tong Jian Ice dancing champions: Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski Floorball Men's World Floorball Championships Champion: Sweden Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships Champion: Sweden European Cup Men's champion: Warberg IC Women's champion: IKSU innebandy Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football All–Ireland Senior Football Championship, Kerry 4–15 Mayo 3-05 National Football League, Kerry 2–11 Galway 0–11 Hurling All–Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Kilkenny 1–16 Cork 1–13 Gliding World Gliding Championships held at Eskilstuna, Sweden Open Class Winner: Michael Sommer, Germany; Glider: Alexander Schleicher ASW 22 BLE Golf Men's professional Masters Tournament – Phil Mickelson U.S. Open – Geoff Ogilvy British Open – Tiger Woods PGA Championship – Tiger Woods PGA Tour money leader – Tiger Woods with $9,941,563 Men's amateur British Amateur – Julien Guerrier U.S. Amateur – Richie Ramsay European Amateur – Rory McIlroy Women's professional Kraft Nabisco Championship – Karrie Webb LPGA Championship – Se Ri Pak U.S. Women's Open – Annika Sörenstam Women's British Open – Sherri Steinhauer LPGA Tour money leader – Lorena Ochoa with $2,592,872 Team event Team Europe wins the Ryder Cup for the third straight time, defeating Team USA 18½–9½. Handball 2006 European Men's Handball Championship: France 2006 European Women's Handball Championship: Norway Horse racing Steeplechases Cheltenham Gold Cup – War of Attrition Grand National – Numbersixvalverde Flat races Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Delta Blues Canadian Triple Crown: Queen's Plate – Edenwold Prince of Wales Stakes – Shillelagh Slew Breeders' Stakes – Royal Challenger Dubai – Dubai World Cup won by Electrocutionist France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Rail Link Ireland – Irish Derby won by Dylan Thomas Japan – Japan Cup won by Deep Impact English Triple Crown: 2,000 Guineas Stakes – George Washington The Derby – Sir PercyEpsom Derby History, Winners, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/sports/Derby-horse-race www.britannica.com 4 January 2022 en St. Leger Stakes – Sixties Icon United States Triple Crown: Kentucky Derby – Barbaro Preakness Stakes – Bernardini. Barbaro suffered a breakdown during the race and died from complications of the injury in January 2007. Belmont Stakes – Jazil Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships: Breeders' Cup Classic – Invasor Breeders' Cup Distaff – Round Pond Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Ouija Board Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Street Sense Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Dreaming of Anna Breeders' Cup Mile – Miesque's Approval Breeders' Cup Sprint – Thor's Echo Breeders' Cup Turf – Red Rocks Ice hockey February 17 – Swedish women's ice hockey team defeats the United States in the semi-final round in the 2006 Olympic games. This marks the first time that either the United States or Canada has lost to anyone other than each other. February 26 – Sweden defeats Finland 3–2 to capture the men's gold medal at the 2006 Olympic games. April 8 – Wisconsin Badgers defeat the Boston College Eagles for the NCAA National Championship. Stanley Cup Finals – Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 3 to win the Stanley Cup Lacrosse World Lacrosse Championship – Canada 15–10 USA in London, Ontario, breaking a 28-year US winning streak. National Lacrosse League – Champion's Cup won by Colorado Mammoth over Buffalo Bandits 16–9 at the HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York Major League Lacrosse – Steinfeld Cup won by Philadelphia Barrage over Denver Outlaws 23–12 at The Home Depot Center, Carson, California Mixed martial arts The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2006 in chronological order. |- |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Event |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Alternate Name/s |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Attendance |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|PPV Buyrate |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |January 16 |UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3 |Ultimate Fight Night 3 |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |1,008 | | |-align=center |February 4 |UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 | |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |11,000 |400,000 | |-align=center |February 4 |Cage Rage 15: Adrenalin Rush | |ENG London, England | | | |-align=center |February 26 |Pride 31: Unbreakable |Pride 31: Dreamers |JPN Saitama, Japan | | | |-align=center |March 4 |UFC 58: USA vs Canada | |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |9,569 |300,000 |This was the first UFC event to hold a lightweight fight since UFC 49. |-align=center |March 10 |Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie | |USA San Jose, California, USA |18,265 | |Strikeforce's first MMA event, after 20 years of kickboxing promotion.The event featured Frank Shamrock in his first fight since March 2003. |-align=center |March 15 |K-1 Hero's 4 | |JPN Tokyo, Japan | | | |-align=center |April 2 |Pride Bushido 10 | |JPN Tokyo, Japan | | | |-align=center |April 6 |UFC Ultimate Fight Night 4 |Ultimate Fight Night 4 |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |843 | | |-align=center |April 15 |UFC 59: Reality Check | |USA Anaheim, California, USA |13,814 |425,000 | |-align=center |April 22 |Cage Rage 16: Critical Condition | |ENG London, England | | | |-align=center |April 29 |IFL: Legends Championship 2006 | |USA Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | | |IFL's first event; Start of 2006 IFL Season 1. |-align=center |May 3 |K-1 Hero's 5 | |JPN Tokyo, Japan | | | |-align=center |May 5 |Pride Total Elimination Absolute | |JPN Osaka, Japan | | |Opening round to Pride GP 2006 openweight tournament. |-align=center |May 27 |UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie | |USA Los Angeles, California, USA |14,765 |620,000 |The event featured Royce Gracie's return to the UFC since April 1995. |-align=center |June 3 |IFL: Championship 2006 | |USA Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | | |End of 2006 IFL Season 1. |-align=center |June 4 |Pride Bushido Survival 2006 |Pride Bushido 11 Pride Bushido Survival |JPN Saitama, Japan | | |Opening round to Pride GP 2006 welterweight tournament. |-align=center |June 9 |Strikeforce: Revenge | |USA San Jose, California, USA |10,374 | |This event featured Alistair Overeem's American debut.Prior to this Overeem fought exclusively in Europe and Japan since 1999. |-align=center |June 24 |The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale | |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | | |Randy "The Natural" Couture was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame at this event. |-align=center |June 28 |UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5 |Ultimate Fight Night 5 |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |606 | | |-align=center |July 1 |Pride Critical Countdown Absolute | |JPN Saitama, Japan | | |Quarterfinals to Pride GP 2006 openweight tournament. |-align=center |July 1 |Cage Rage 17: Ultimate Challenge | |ENG London, England | | | |-align=center |July 8 |UFC 61: Bitter Rivals | |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |11,167 |775,000 | |-align=center |July 22 |WFA: King of the Streets | |USA Los Angeles, California, USA | | |WFA's last event.The event featured Bas Rutten's only fight after retiring in 1999. |-align=center |August 5 |K-1 Hero's 6 | |JPN Tokyo, Japan | | | |-align=center |August 17 |UFC Fight Night 6 | |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | | | |-align=center |August 26 |UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral | |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |9,859 |500,000 | |-align=center |August 26 |Pride Bushido 12 |Pride Bushido Survival 2nd Round |JPN Nagoya, Japan | | |Quarterfinals to Pride GP 2006 welterweight tournament. |-align=center |September 9 |IFL: Portland | |USA Portland, Oregon, USA | | |Start of 2006 IFL Season 2. |-align=center |September 10 |Pride Final Conflict Absolute | |JPN Saitama, Japan | | |Semifinals and final to Pride GP 2006 openweight tournament.Mirko Filipović becomes the Pride 2006 openweight Grand Prix champion. |-align=center |September 23 |IFL: Gracie vs. Miletich | |USA Moline, Illinois, USA | | | |-align=center |September 23 |UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn | |USA Anaheim, California, USA |12,604 |400,000 | |-align=center |September 30 |Cage Rage 18: Battleground | |ENG London, England | | | |-align=center |October 7 |Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello | |USA Fresno, California, USA |4,437 | | |-align=center |October 9 |K-1 Hero's 7 | |JPN Yokohama, Japan | | | |-align=center |October 10 |Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter |UFC Fight Night 6.5 |USA Hollywood, Florida, USA |3,510 | |This event featured a third fight between, Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock.The show was aired on Spike TV and received 5.7 million viewers. |-align=center |October 14 |UFC 64: Unstoppable | |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |10,173 |300,000 | |-align=center |October 21 |Pride 32: The Real Deal | |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |11,727 |40,000 |This was the first Pride FC event held in the USA. |-align=center |November 2 |IFL: World Championship Semifinals | |USA Portland, Oregon, USA | | | |-align=center |November 5 |Pride Bushido 13 |Pride Bushido Survival Finals |JPN Yokohama, Japan | | |Semifinals and final to Pride GP 2006 welterweight tournament.Kazuo Misaki becomes the Pride 2006 welterweight Grand Prix champion. |-align=center |November 11 |The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale | |USA Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | | | |-align=center |November 11 |K-1 Hero's Lithuania 2006 | |LIT Lithuania | | | |-align=center |November 18 |UFC 65: Bad Intentions | |USA Sacramento, California, USA |14,666 |500,000 | |-align=center |December 8 |Strikeforce: Triple Threat | |USA San Jose, California, USA |8,701 | |This event featured one of the first major women's MMA bouts.Between Gina Carano and Elaina Maxwell. |-align=center |December 13 |UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs Riggs |UFC Fight Night 7 |USA San Diego, California, USA | | | |-align=center |December 29 |IFL: Championship Final | |USA Uncasville, Connecticut, USA | | |End of 2006 IFL Season 2. |-align=center |December 30 |UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz 2 | |USA Paradise, Nevada, USA |13,761 |1,050,000 |This is the first MMA event to receive over a million PPV buys. |-align=center |December 31 |Pride Shockwave 2006 | |JPN Saitama, Japan |48,709 | | |-align=center |December 31 |K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!! | |JPN Osaka, Japan |51,930 | |Event featured ten K-1 Hero's MMA bouts and four K-1 kickboxing bouts. |-align=center 2006 in Pancrase Motorsport 2006 in motorsport List of 2006 motorsport champions Radiosport 13th Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Primorsko, Bulgaria. Rugby league right|thumb|The Brisbane Broncos won the 2006 NRL Premiership. 2006 in rugby league February 3 at Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield – 2006 World Club Challenge match is won by the Bradford Bulls 30–10 over the Wests Tigers before 19,207 March 18 at Canberra Stadium, Canberra – record for most points scored in Australian premiership history is broken with 102 scored in the Newcastle Knights' 70–32 win over the Canberra Raiders May 5 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane – 2006 ANZAC Day Test is won by Australia 50–12 against New Zealand before 44,191 July 5 at Telstra Dome, Melbourne – 2006 State of Origin is won by Queensland in the third and deciding match against New South Wales 16–14 before 54,833 August 26 at Twickenham Stadium, London – 2006 Challenge Cup tournament culminates in St Helens R.F.C.'s 42–12 win over Huddersfield Giants in the final before 65,187 October 1 at Telstra Stadium, Sydney – 2006 NRL premiership culminates in the Brisbane Broncos' 15–8 win over the Melbourne Storm in the Grand Final before 79,609 October 14 at Old Trafford, Manchester – Super League XI culminates in St Helens R.F.C.'s 26–4 win over Hull F.C. in the Grand Final before 72,582 November 25 at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney – 2006 Tri-nations tournament culminates in Australia's 16–12 win over New Zealand in the final before 27,325 Rugby union 112th Six Nations Championship series is won by France Sale Sharks win the Guinness Premiership London Wasps win the 2005-06 Powergen Cup Biarritz win the Top 14 Ulster win the Celtic League Munster win the 2005-06 Heineken Cup The Crusaders win the Super 14 final in foggy conditions. The All Blacks win the 2006 Tri Nations Series The Blue Bulls and the Free State Cheetahs share the Currie Cup in Bloemfontein after the final went into extra time and was drawn 28–28 Ski jumping Four Hills Tournament – Janne Ahonen and Jakub Janda are joint winners, the first time in the tournament's 54-year history that it has been shared Ski mountaineering February–March – 2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering held in the Province of Cuneo in Italy Speed skating European Championships held at Hamar, Norway Men's all-round: Enrico Fabris (Italy) with 151.523 points Ladies' all-round: Claudia Pechstein (Germany) with 163.159 points World Sprint Championships held at Heerenveen, Netherlands Men: Joey Cheek (USA) with 139.990 points Ladies: Svetlana Zhurova (Russia) with 153.625 points World Allround Championships held at Calgary, Alberta, Canada Men: Shani Davis (USA) with 145.742 points Ladies: Cindy Klassen (Canada) with 154.580 points Swimming 8th World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai Australia wins the most medals (24) and the most gold medals (12) 28th European LC Championships held in Budapest Italy and France win the most medals (15); Russia the most gold medals (7) August 12 – Roland Schoeman breaks the short course world record in the men's 50m freestyle (short course) at Hamburg with a time of 20:98 seconds. August 28 – at Hobart, Tasmania, Australian swimmer Libby Lenton betters Natalie Coughlin's world record in the women's 100m butterfly (short course) from 56:39 to 55:95 Tennis Australian Open Men's Final: Roger Federer (Switzerland) defeats Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) Women's Final: Amélie Mauresmo (France) defeats Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) French Open Men's Final: Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeats Roger Federer (Switzerland) Women's Final: Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) defeats Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) Wimbledon Championships Men's Final: Roger Federer (Switzerland) defeats Rafael Nadal (Spain) Women's Final: Amélie Mauresmo (France) defeats Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) US Open Men's Final: Roger Federer (Switzerland) defeats Andy Roddick (USA) Women's Final: Maria Sharapova (Russia) defeats Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) Triathlon ITU World Championships held in Lausanne, Switzerland Volleyball Men's World League: Brazil 2006 Men's European Volleyball League: Netherlands 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship: Brazil Women's World Grand Prix: Brazil 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship: Russia Water polo 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup: Serbia 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League: Serbia 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship: Serbia 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship: Russia 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World League: USA Weightlifting 2006 World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World University Championships 2006 World University Championships Multi-sport events Central American and Caribbean Games held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia 2006 Lusophony Games held in Macau, People's Republic of China. 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, AustraliaOur Games Commonwealth Games Federation https://thecgf.com/games thecgf.com 4 January 2022 en 4 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220104004327/https://thecgf.com/games dead 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. 2006 Gay Games held in Chicago, United States from July 15 to July 22, 2006. Awards Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Tiger Woods, PGA golf Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Lorena Ochoa, LPGA golf References Category:Sports by year