2006 Colorado Referendum I
The referendum specified that a partnership is not a marriage, which "consists of the union of one man and one woman."


2006 Colorado Referendum I
In the general election, the proposal was defeated by a margin of 47% for, 53% against.


2006 Colorado Referendum J
Colorado law required school districts to set aside money from within the total budget for specific purposes, such as buildings, insurance, books and other school supplies, and services for "at-risk" students. These specific budgetary earmarks accounted $600 on average per student according to 2004–2005 school year figures — roughly eight percent of district operating budgets. Referendum J proposed a new requirement: each school district must spend a minimum of 65% of its operating budget on a set of budget items specified in the referendum.


2006 Colorado Referendum J, Budget items
Referendum J required that 65% of school district operating budgets be spent on the following budgetary items:


2006 Colorado Referendum J, Corrective action
Schools that fell short of budgetary requirements set forth in Referendum J would be required to increase budgetary earmarks for specified items by two percent per year until minimums were met. Provisions were made for districts to request a waiver for a period of one year. The referendum allowed voters to exempt specific districts from its budgetary requirements, and standardized budget submission formats to the state to facilitate tracking of Referendum J compliance.


2006 Colorado Referendum J, Estimated fiscal impact
The Colorado Department of Education's oversight of Referendum J requirements was expected to increase state costs by approximately $62,000 annually. School district costs may have also been increased by requiring more detailed expenditure tracking, budget planning, and budget submission procedures introduced with Referendum J if it passed. Referendum J did not increase funding for public education.


2006 Colorado Referendum J, Differences with Amendment 39
Amendment 39 was also on the 2006 ballot. It was a proposed amendment to the state Constitution, which also proposed changes to school district budgetary requirements. Notably different was that Amendment 39 did not require that any of the earmarked 65% of funding go to principals, support staff, or support services provided at the school level.


2006 Colorado Referendum J, Differences with Amendment 39
The two ballot items also defined a district's operating budget differently, which could affect various districts differently. Using the 2004–2005 school year as an example, the budget expenditures on items specified in Referendum J received 83% of district operating budgets on average, already well over the 65% that would be required by the new law, while according to Amendment 39's budget definitions only 60% of the budget was already spent in that year on the budget items specified by Amendment 39.


2006 Colorado Referendum J, Differences with Amendment 39
Aside from the average, individual school budget analyses showed that at least some schools in the state failed to meet the 65% requirements set forth by each of the ballot proposals. 166 school districts would have fallen short by a total of $278 million according to the requirements of Amendment 39, while three districts would have fallen short for a total of approximately one million dollars under the requirements of Referendum J, if they had both been in effect for the 2004–2005 school year.


2006 Colorado Referendum K
Referendum K was a referendum on the 2006 Colorado ballot. It "directs the Colorado attorney general to initiate, or join other states in, a lawsuit against the U.S. attorney general to demand that the federal government enforce existing federal immigration laws". The referendum passed, garnering 55.72% of the vote.


2006 Colorado Rockies season
The Colorado Rockies' 2006 season was the 14th for the Rockies. They competed in the National League West finishing with a record of 76–86 and tied for 4th place in the division. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field.


2006 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2006 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2006 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2006 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2006 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2006 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2006 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado and were led by head coach Sonny Lubick.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election
The 2006 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican governor Bill Owens was unable to run due to term limits, and the election was won by Democratic nominee Bill Ritter.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, Campaign
Ex-Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter emerged as the lone Democratic candidate after his rival, Breckenridge state representative Gary Lindstrom, dropped out of the race on February 28, 2006. Several high-profile Democrats reportedly mulled a run, such as Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, State House Majority Leader Andrew Romanoff, and others, but they never announced their candidacy, leaving Ritter as the sole Democratic candidate.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, Campaign
Nevertheless, Ritter's personal opposition to the practice of abortion initially led to much division within the ranks of his fellow Democrats, fears that were not allayed even when Ritter insisted that he had no agenda to change state law on the issue. Other Democrats pointed out that Ritter's moderate platform could be appealing to voters in a state that has in the past been considered right-leaning. In the end, the lack of any challenge to Ritter eventually led to the support and endorsement of most of the state's leading Democrats and progressive institutions.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, Campaign
The Republican race was from the beginning hotly contested between House Representative Bob Beauprez, and former University of Denver President Marc Holtzman. While Holtzman, who has never before held elected office, was once considered a long shot for the nomination, his message resonated with some of the Republican base. Holtzman criticized Beauprez for compromising with Democrats on key issues and for offering only belated and lukewarm opposition to Referendums C and D during the 2005 campaign. Such criticism grew strident enough for Beauprez to announce in April that he would no longer attend political debates which also included Holtzman.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, Campaign
He is a fairly well-regarded conservative in his area of the state, but was recently a recipient of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's ARMPAC campaign contributions. DeLay is being prosecuted on charges of money laundering and finance charges. Beauprez has been criticized by many for keeping DeLay's money after the Texas politician was indicted.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, Campaign
The Democrats had a strong centrist challenger that has the potential to appeal to moderates on both sides. Ritter had experience as the Denver District Attorney, from working with the Denver Public Schools, and as a humanitarian worker in Africa. Beauprez benefitted from experience in the U.S. House of Representatives in an election in which he narrowly won, and from a state that has often leaned somewhat to the right politically. However, Beauprez is a conservative Republican who alienated some independent and moderate voters with his strong stance against many social programs and criticism of funding for public education, such as his staunch opposition to Referendum C (funding for higher education and temporary reversal of Taxpayers Bill of Rights).


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Grand Junction debate
In the first debate of the gubernatorial election, Ritter, Beauprez and Holtzman met at a public "town hall" style forum in the Western Slope city of Grand Junction. In the debate, largely a political "fire-fight" between GOP rivals Beauprez and Holtzman, Ritter made firm stances on the controversial 2005 referendums C and D (which both rivals consistently opposed), abortion, and the environment in regards to the economy and business. On the issue of illegal immigration, Ritter and Beauprez held back while Holtzman attacked the City of Denver, Beauprez, and the Democratic Party. Ritter expressed a plea for compassion while noting the seriousness of the issue.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Grand Junction debate
In the aftermath of the first debate, which was both pre-primary and non-inclusive of third party candidates, political scientists found only one consistent result: the demise of Holtzman, who later dropped out of the race. In the polls that followed, a small gap (which would slowly increase) of Ritter's lead was consistent through the summer months.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Denver debates, August 11
In the first post-primary debate, as well as the first to include third party candidates Dawn Winkler (Libertarian), Clyde Harkins (Constitution), and Paul Fiorino (Independent) (excluded was GOP write-in Chuck Sylvester), Ritter and Beauprez faced off in Denver.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Denver debates, August 11
The debate was conducted by CBS-affiliate KCNC-TV and televised live. The critical talking points of the debate were that of abortion (Beauprez's opposition, Ritter's support), the economy (Ritter's C&D backing, Beauprez's desire for repeal) and illegal immigration. Heated exchanges between Ritter and Beauprez reached a climax in their debate of Colorado's legalization of abortion, as well as the fate of Colorado's economy. In the aftermath of the first Denver debate, Ritter's polls shot up by more than seven points.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Denver debates, September 18
In the second debate in Denver, heated exchanges between Ritter and Beauprez on the issue of healthcare were the central focus. "This is where contrast comes in", Ritter said to spectators at Denver's Jewish Community Center. "I would really say that is part of what we have to consider – what people say with how they vote when they are in Washington, D.C." . Released earlier, a poll by  The Rocky Mountain News had put Ritter 17 points above Beauprez.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Denver debates, October 3
In October's first debate, Ritter had led his opponent with as much as 17 points in recent media polls and had been endorsed by both of Denver's major papers The Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post. Aired during primetime on Denver's government access KMGH- Channel 7, the debate was repeated on cable channels through the following Monday. Immediately following the start of the debate, Ritter came under heavy fire from Beauprez on issues regarding illegal immigration and his prosecuting record.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Denver debates, October 3
Saying that if some of the defendants involved in plea agreements with his office were in the country illegally, they were "deportable no matter what they plead to – and they should be deported", Beauprez retorted "That's a bunch of spin", saying Ritter offered the deals to help immigrant criminals stay in the country.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Denver debates, October 3
Battling back, Ritter stated "I think the next governor of the state ought to have something more than a cocktail-party familiarity with the criminal justice system." and that federal immigration officials told him they didn't have the resources to deport illegal immigrants convicted of felonies. Blaming Congress for not giving immigration authorities the funding necessary to do their job, Ritter defended his position diligently. "I've never seen a single instance where you stood up on behalf of law enforcement ... to provide the resources to do this", he said.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Denver debates, October 3
Beauprez was visibly unimpressed with Ritter's rebuttal, and said he helped quickly extradite cop-killer Raul Gomez-Garcia, an illegal immigrant, by applying leverage through an amendment he offered. Countering, Ritter pointed out that Gomez-Garcia is back in Colorado only because the prosecutor agreed not to charge him with first-degree murder or seek the death penalty.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Denver debates, October 5
The Colorado Catholic Conference hosted the sixth debate overall, and the second business-sponsored debate. Both Ritter and Beauprez being of Roman Catholic faith, both were grilled over so-called "morals" issues by the religious organization. Keeping in stride with the focal points of the October campaign, major talking points were immigration and economics, which both led to charged exchanges.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Denver debates, October 31
Televised on KUSA across the state, the Halloween debate brought both candidates to Denver again to argue education and agriculture primarily. During the debates, both candidates received applause and audience responses from both supporters and the opposition. During one point in the debate however, while debating education, Ritter received a standing ovation from most of the crowd after his defense of controversial Referendum C&D.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Lakewood Debate
On September 18, prior to a second CBS-sponsored debate in Denver, Ritter and opponent Beauprez met in the first corporate-sponsored forum held by Associated General Contractors in suburban Lakewood, Colorado. Like the later debate, the focus of the arguments leaned heavily on healthcare. However, unlike the Community Center debate, healthcare matters were argued in the business-oriented text.


2006 Colorado gubernatorial election, List of Debates, Lakewood Debate
After Beauprez said he would support housing aid and heating-bill assistance, Ritter noted that Beauprez opposed Referendum C, last year's voter-approved measure to loosen revenue limits on the state for five years. That measure, which has provided hundreds of millions in extra revenues to the state this year, is helping the state restore property-tax exemptions for senior citizens and assistance with their heating bills. "You can believe in it", Ritter said. "But saying you believe in it is not the same thing as supporting the methods that we have found in this state during this past legislative session to fund it." .


2006 Columbia Lions football team
The 2006 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Columbia tied for last in the Ivy League.


2006 Columbia Lions football team
In their first season under head coach Norries Wilson, the Lions compiled a 5–5 record and were outscored 163 to 150. Matt Barsamian, Adam Brekke and Uche Osadebe were the team captains.


2006 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 2–5 conference record placed them in a three-way tie for sixth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 135 to 66 by Ivy opponents.


2006 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


2006 Columbus Destroyers season
The 2006 Columbus Destroyers season was the 8th season for the franchise, and its 3rd in Columbus, Ohio. They finished the season with an 8–8 record.


2006 Columbus Destroyers season, Coaching
Doug Kay started his first season as head coach of the Destroyers.


2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 and 26 March 2006. It was the fourth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games. It was also the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.


2006 Commonwealth Games
More than 4,000 athletes from 71 Commonwealth Games Associations took part in the event. Zimbabwe withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth of Nations and Commonwealth Games Federation on 8 December 2003 and so did not participate in the event. With 245 sets of medals, the games featured 17 Commonwealth sports. These sporting events took place at 13 venues in the host city, two venues in Bendigo and one venue each in Ballarat, Geelong, Lysterfield Park and Traralgon.


2006 Commonwealth Games
The site for the opening and closing ceremonies was the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was also used during 1956 Summer Olympics. The mascot for the games was Karak, a red-tailed black cockatoo (a threatened species). The official song of the games, "Together We Are One", was composed by the ARIA awardee Australian recording artist Delta Goodrem. During the closing ceremony of the games, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Fennell declared to the crowd "Melbourne, you are simply the best".


2006 Commonwealth Games
For the first time in the history of the Commonwealth Games, the Queen's Baton visited every single Commonwealth nation and territory taking part in the Games, a journey of 180,000 km (112,500 miles). The relay ended when the Governor of Victoria, and former Commonwealth Games medallist, John Landy delivered the baton to Her Majesty the Queen at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the opening ceremony.


2006 Commonwealth Games
The host nation Australia topped the medal table for the fifth time in the past five Commonwealth Games, winning the most golds (84) and most medals overall (221). England and Canada finished second and third respectively.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Host selection
During the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, two cities initially expressed interest in hosting the event; Melbourne, Australia and Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington withdrew its bid, citing the costs involved with matching the bid plan presented by Melbourne, which became the default host without members of the Federation going to vote.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Venues
The following venues were used at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The sport(s) that were played at that venue are listed after it.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Cost
Early concerns arose about the large cost of staging the Games, with projected costs likely to be over AUD 1 billion and a high likelihood the Victorian taxpayer would have to cover the expense. The cost was described in some local media as excessive. National Party leader Peter Ryan said that the Labor government should win "gold (medal) for burning money". However, not all of this money was wasted. The actual costs for hosting the games was AUD 1.144 billion and prior to the Games, accountants at KPMG were estimating that the gross income generated by this event could be as high as AUD 1.5 billion.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Development
Melbourne's premier sporting ground, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), was redeveloped in preparation for the Games. An athlete's village in the inner suburb of Parkville housed approximately 7,000 athletes and support staff during the Games, and has been transformed into commercial housing with a distinctly eco-friendly image. The creation of this village attracted controversy, with critics claiming it was created by alienating public parkland, while proponents maintained that it represented the renewal of an otherwise derelict inner-city area.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Development
The change from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time in Australian states that follow it was delayed from 26 March to 2 April for 2006 to avoid affecting the games. In addition, state and private schools amended their usual term times so as to allow the first term holidays to coincide with the Games.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Development
Melbourne's public transport system – train, tram and bus – ran to altered timetables with some amended or substituted services for the duration of the Games. For the most part, timetabled services were unchanged but suffered due to higher loads.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Development
For the first time ever, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games appointed a Goodwill Partner, Plan International Australia.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Participating teams
There were 71 countries, territories and bodies competing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The only difference between the 2006 games and the 2002 games was the absence of Zimbabwe, which withdrew from the Commonwealth of Nations.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Sports
The 2006 Commonwealth Games included 17 sports, with 12 individual sports and 4 team sports. In total there are 245 events at the Games.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Opening ceremony
Both the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Yarra River were centrepieces for the ceremony, which included many fireworks, and other spectacle. The Games were opened by Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Head of the Commonwealth. The Queen is also Head of State of a number of Commonwealth countries.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Closing ceremony
Both the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Yarra River were again centrepieces for the ceremony. Samresh Jung of India was given the David Dixon Award at the closing ceremony. He was the "Best Athlete of the 18th Commonwealth Games". The games were closed by The Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Marketing, Logo
The logo of the 2006 Commonwealth Games is an image of 2 figures, which represents sport and culture, achievement and excellence, while the colours green, yellow, and red represents celebratory, fresh and youthfully optimistic character of Melbourne city. The two figures in the logo joined together to form a letter M, which is the initial letter of Melbourne, the games host city.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Marketing, Mascot
Karak was the mascot for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He was modelled on a red-tailed black cockatoo, a threatened species within the host country, Australia.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Controversies, Missing athletes
On 20 March 2006 it was reported that two athletes had gone missing from the Commonwealth Games village: Tanzanian boxer Omari Idd Kimweri and Bangladeshi runner Mohammad Tawhidul Islam.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Controversies, Missing athletes
On 22 March 2006 it was reported that seven athletes from Sierra Leone (three women and four men) had also disappeared. A further seven Sierra Leonean athletes also went missing during the course of the Games, bringing the total runaway count to fourteen (two-thirds of the team). Victoria Police believed that they had fled to Sydney where the Sierra Leonean community is much larger than Melbourne's.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Controversies, Missing athletes
Two hours before the Closing Ceremony on 26 March, officials from the Cameroon team reported to police that nine of their members had also vanished.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Controversies, Missing athletes
These incidents were not without precedent: 27 athletes similarly disappeared from the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England (21 from Sierra Leone, 5 from Bangladesh and one from Pakistan), and over 80 athletes and officials overstayed their visas after the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Controversies, Missing athletes
On request of Sierra Leone officials, the Commonwealth Games Federation cancelled those athletes' Games accreditation, allowing the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) to cancel their visas at midnight on 27 March, and begin investigating their disappearance. At 7.20 am on that day, New South Wales Police located six of the Sierra Leonean athletes in a house at Freshwater near Manly Beach in Sydney. All six indicated they wished to seek political asylum in Australia, and were granted bridging visas by DIMA while their refugee applications were arranged.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Controversies, Missing athletes
The athletes claimed to have been subjected to violence and torture in their home country; seventeen-year-old Isha Conteh stated she could be forced into female genital cutting if she returned. On Tuesday 28 March, six further Sierra Leoneans turned themselves in to immigration authorities in Sydney and were also granted bridging visas.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Controversies, Missing athletes
Two of the missing Cameroonian athletes were later found in Perth, Western Australia.


2006 Commonwealth Games, Controversies, The Stolenwealth Games
The Stolenwealth Games were protests at the 1982 and 2006 Commonwealth Games. People were protesting because they believed that the Commonwealth Games lead to the erasure of indigenous people. There were also problems with land rights. These protests lead to the creation of the Global Indigenous Games.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony
The Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 26 March 2006.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Countdown
The ceremony began with a countdown at the screen starting at 17, footage from previous games appeared with Melbourne at the end complete with an image of fireworks with numbers between 17 and 1 being from previous games until 0 from currents games


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Music of Australia
The ceremony began with a fireworks show. This was followed by Grinspoon's Pat Davern suspended on the Great Southern Stand of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) playing a guitar (equipped with pyrotechnics which produced sparks) whilst being lowered onto the stadium ground, giving a rock concert feel to the closing ceremony. Grinspoon performed their hits Hard Act To Follow and Better Off Alone. During the performance under 18 TAC Cup Australian rules football players, accompanied by several contemporary key figures of the sport entered through a banner, running out into formation. Ballerinas dressed in club colours followed.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Music of Australia
Melbourne musician Paul Kelly performed Leaps and Bounds, while various costumed performers representing Melbournians entered the arena, in addition to a number of significant Melbourne landmark icons such as Flinders Street station, The Skipping Girl Vinegar Sign, St Kilda's Luna Park facade, the Royal Exhibition Building, the Melbourne Cup and the Victorian Arts Centre Spire.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Music of Australia
Ben Lee then performed a tribute to Melbourne's multicultural nature, performing We're All in This Together while people (known on-site as "Multis") held photoboards of their ancestors from the many different nationalities of Melbournians and created a "wall" with them. (Note: not all the people were holding their own ancestors. Most were assigned random photos. Those who had submitted photos got to hold their own.) Nearing the end of Ben Lee's song, the "Multis" took out large red and yellow paper flowers, alluding to Lee's upcoming video for the song. During the song, girls dressed in pink costumes, reminiscent of a 1980-1990's videos Kylie Minogue music video danced with large sweetheart lollies. These girls were known on-site as the "sweetheart girls".


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Music of Australia
The Bodyrockers performed their hit I Like the Way (You Move) while the "multis" and "sweetheart girls" performed separate dances. Towards the end of the song, the multis moved from the front of the stage to the middle, flipping their boards over and revealing a giant moving version of Federation Square, also using the boards to create an audience wave (Mexican wave). They finished up, holding poses, as fireworks were set off around the MCG. Fireworks were alluded to during the ceremony, with small explosions taking place throughout the event.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Music of Australia
The volunteers were then welcomed and thanked, with 14,000 being invited to the closing ceremony, while a poem was read out listing a few more of Melbourne's icons, such as the Esplanade Hotel, Graham Kennedy and Shane Warne. The volunteers were honoured as being an integral part of the games success.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Music of Australia
Confetti snow rained down on the stage, representing the fickle nature of Melbourne's weather, as Sarah Blasko performed a Neil Finn and Crowded House hit, Don't Dream It's Over. Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys played "Rally around the Drum", before flag bearers for each country raised flags, in the same order of continental region that they had done in the opening ceremony, starting with England and finishing with Australia. An illuminated globe suspended in the centre was lowered with Australia, upside down, highlighted in red, and on top of the world. Melbourne City Council's Mayor, Lord Mayor John So was included in the proceedings, to rapturous applause of the crowd, who continued to cheer as his name was read out throughout the ceremony.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Music of Australia
The Commonwealth Games Ceremonial Flag was lowered by workers representing the Emergency Services of Victoria to the backing of a Wurundjeri Indigenous traditional song performed by the Gondwana Voices, a national youth choir.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Welcoming Delhi 2010
The ceremony took a distinct change, in acknowledgment of the 2010 Commonwealth Games which will be held in Delhi. A short promotional video was displayed extolling the virtues of India. The stage was filled with the sights and sounds of the Bollywood film culture, with colour and dance predominant features. Several colourful performances were displayed, such as the lively bhangra by Rani Mukherjee and Saif Ali Khan as well as a dance by Aishwarya Rai, who is a Bollywood and Hollywood actress, a supermodel and Miss World 1994.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Welcoming Delhi 2010
The 2010 Delhi Games mascot, Shera the Friendly Tiger paraded around the stage waving at the crowd, accompanied by the Miss Universe 2000, Lara Dutta and the Miss World 2000, Priyanka Chopra. Then the theme song was performed on stage. The song was sung by popular Indian singers Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan and Shiamak Davar. The latter is also a famous dance choreographer in India. The song, called "Delhi Chalein" invites everyone to the next Commonwealth Games in Delhi.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, David Dixon Award
The David Dixon Award, for Best and Fairest, was awarded to Indian Commonwealth Games Team shooter, Samaresh Jung. As the Indian shooter had already returned to India, the award trophy was handed over to an Indian Olympic Association official as the representative.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Closing of the games
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex then officially closed the Games.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Concluding performances
The Boy and White Duck from the opening ceremony returned and the boy, who was holding the duck, went down a trapdoor at the centre of the stage and disappeared from sight, symbolizing the closing of the 2006 Games.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Concluding performances
Casey Donovan, the winner of the 2004 Australian Idol, performed Better To Love.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Concluding performances
Michael Klim then came on stage to respond on behalf of the athletes. He was interrupted, mid-sentence, by Barry Humphries (as Dame Edna Everage). Michael Klim's interrupted speech was never finished.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Concluding performances
Dame Edna Everage read a message, and a poem and then sang a song in tribute to Melbourne, via video, while 1,000 so-called "Commonwealth Dames", wearing various costumes, some from the beginning of the show, performed on the circular stage, waving gladioli and dancing. During this, many fireworks were set off, finally ending in a large human formation in the shape of Dame Edna's trademark glasses.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Concluding performances
The athletes danced and partied around the centre stage, many of them taking advantage of the informal procedures to take photos, and celebrate in the festivities. Then a select number of outer circle volunteers speared inwards to form a heart-shaped enclosure, while Melbourne's larger skyscrapers set fireworks alight - mirroring the opening ceremony. The floating fish of the Yarra River were illuminated one final time. The official goodbye was announced, and the ceremony ended.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Concluding performances
The President of the Commonwealth Games Committee, Mike Fennell, declared to the crowd, "Melbourne, you are simply the best!"


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Concluding performances
The stage then cleared, with the volunteers surrounding the centre platform, with John Farnham singing his hit Age of Reason, followed by a set of Farnham songs, finishing with his anthem song, You're the Voice.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Performances, Concluding performances
A month after the ceremony, all the Melbourne performers received certificates of participation.


2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, Music
Following were the songs that were played or performed at the closing ceremony.


2006 Commonwealth Games highlights
The following article outlines the highlights of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.


2006 Commonwealth Games highlights, Highlights, Opening Ceremony – 15 March
Both the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Yarra River were centrepieces for the ceremony, which included many fireworks, and other spectacle. The Games were opened by Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Head of the Commonwealth. The Queen is also Head of State of a number of Commonwealth countries, including Australia.


2006 Commonwealth Games medal table
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the 18th Commonwealth Games, were a multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 and 26 March 2006. A total of 4,071 athletes representing 71 Commonwealth Games Associations participated in 247 events from 16 sports. A total of 743 medals were awarded over the course of the Games.


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on 15 March 2006 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The ceremony was conceived and produced by Jack Morton Worldwide


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Description, Countdown
A 1930 Hamilton-1934 London-1938 Sydney-1950 Auckland-1954 Vancouver-1958 Cardiff-1962 Perth-1966 Kingston-1970 Edinburgh-1974 Christchurch-1978 Edmonton-1982 Brisbane-1986 Edinburgh-1990 Auckland-1994 Victoria-1998 Kuala Lumpur-2002 Manchester-2006 Melbourne countdown projection on the floor of the stage which was set to the melody of "Countdown" was instrumental by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and label by Sony BMG Music Entertainment Australia as temporary stage on the playing ground of the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia lighting up with previous host cities.


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Description, Welcome
After countdown and ceremony began with the flag of Australia (current host), England (previous host) and India (next host) were raised. Surf boats which represented each of the past 18 host cities were on the Yarra River as were flags of the participating countries. A W-class Melbourne tram with wings attached was lowered into the stadium. A performance followed based on a poem by Michael Leunig, involving a boy with a duck which was an artificial one at first, and koalas, (people dressed in koala 'suits').


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Description, Welcome
At the end of the display, the boy came into the Stadium with a real white duck. The opening ceremony had many themes, including Melbourne's Wurundjeri Indigenous heritage and Melbourne's fickle weather. The role of the boy was performed by 12-year-old (almost 13) Sean Whitford, who had been selected from thousands of candidates. Australian rock band The Church played Under The Milky Way to accompany a performance by the Australian Ballet, with aerial work performed by students of the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA).


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Description, Parade of nations
Contrary to tradition, the nations did not enter the stadium in alphabetical order, but by regions of the Commonwealth. European nations entered the stadium first, followed by those from Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean and finally, Oceania. English athletes and officials entered the stadium first (as the host of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester) while the host nation, Australia entered last. The athletes entered with The Cat Empire playing a specially written musical 'set', tailoring music to specific regions.


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Description, Queen's baton
The final leg of the Queen's Baton Relay included the baton being handed to the 16 captains of the Australian Football League across the floating flags and fish along the Yarra River. After each of the captains had carried the baton, the last of the captains handed the baton to Ron Barassi, who walked on a semi submerged pontoon, giving the effect that he was walking on water (some commentators joked that the stunt "proved what most of us suspected"). Barassi then handed the baton to Herb Elliott.


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Description, CGF flag hoist
The Commonwealth Games Federation flag was then brought into the stadium by eight Young Australian of the Year recipients. The athlete's oath was taken by Adam Pine.


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Description, Queen's birthday celebration
Harry White, a 13-year-old boy, who was youth ambassador, presented a message to Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. After a rather controversial furore before the start of the Games regarding the decision by the Organising Committee not to include God Save the Queen in the Opening Ceremony, a Happy Birthday medley was sung by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in tribute of the Queen's 80th birthday (37 days hence), ending with eight bars from God Save the Queen. Michael Fennel, the president of the Commonwealth Games Federation then spoke.


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Description, Queen's baton handover
The final bearers of the Queen's Baton were all former elite world-class athletes who had successfully competed at both the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. They were:


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Description, Opening of the games
The Queen then read the message of greeting which she had placed in the baton (366 days earlier on Commonwealth Day, 14 March 2005), declaring the games open.


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Description, In the end
Australian singer Delta Goodrem sang Together We Are One, the theme song for the 2006 games while many fireworks were ignited, within the stadium, on the backs on roller-bladers circling the singer, and fireworks were also ignited on the banks of the Yarra, as well as the floating pontoons, and Melbourne's larger skyscrapers.


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Ceremony key team
The ceremonies were produced by Jack Morton, Artistic Director and Executive Producer Andrew Walsh with Producers David Proctor (Opening Ceremony), Adam Charles (Closing Ceremony) and Keith Tucker (River).


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Parade of Nations
In a break of tradition the teams entered the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games by regions, instead of by alphabetical order.


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Parade of Nations, Europe
Cyprus |  Gibraltar |  Guernsey |  Isle of Man |  Jersey |  Malta |  Northern Ireland |  Scotland |  Wales


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Parade of Nations, Europe
Botswana |  Cameroon |  The Gambia |  Ghana |  Kenya |  Lesotho |  Malaŵi |  Mauritius |  Mozambique |  Namibia |  Nigeria |  Seychelles |  Sierra Leone |  South Africa |  Swaziland |  Uganda |  United Republic of Tanzania |  Zambia


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Parade of Nations, Asia
Bangladesh |  Brunei Darussalam |  India |  Malaysia |  Maldives |  Pakistan |  Singapore |  Sri Lanka


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Parade of Nations, America
Belize |  Bermuda |  Canada |  Falkland Islands |  Guyana |  St Helena


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Parade of Nations, Caribbean
Anguilla |  Antigua and Barbuda |  Bahamas |  Barbados |  British Virgin Islands |  Cayman Islands |  Dominica |  Grenada |  Jamaica |  Montserrat |  St Kitts & Nevis |  Saint Lucia |  St Vincent & the Grenadines |  Trinidad & Tobago |  Turks & Caicos


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Parade of Nations, Oceania
Cook Islands |  Fiji |  Kiribati |  Nauru |  New Zealand |  Niue Island |  Norfolk Island |  Papua New Guinea |  Samoa |  Solomon Islands |  Tonga |  Tuvalu |  Vanuatu


2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Broadcast
The opening ceremony was broadcast in Australia on the Nine Network. It was one of the highest rating programs of 2006 with 3,561,000 viewers across the five metro areas.


2006 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
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2006 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
The 2006 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the fourteenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Neftchi Baku for the first time.


2006 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, Final rounds, Semifinals
1 Neftchi were awarded a win after Pyunik refused to play against Azerbaijani club for safety concerns (related to ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict).


2006 Comorian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Comoros on 16 April and 14 May 2006. As it was the turn of the island of Anjouan to hold the union presidency, a primary election was held in Anjouan on 16 April, prior to a national election on 14 May. The result was a victory for  Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, who received 58% of the vote in the national election.


2006 Comorian presidential election, Background
The first presidential elections held under the new constitution were conducted on 10 March and 14 April 2002. In the 10 March primary held on the island of Grande Comore, Azali Assoumani finished first out of a field of nine candidates with 39.81% of the vote. Mahamoud Mradabi and Saïd Ali Kemal also qualified to participate in the second round, obtaining 15.69% and 10.68%, respectively. However, Mradabi and Kemal alleged that irregularities had occurred during the primary and decided to boycott the 14 April poll. As a result, Azali Assoumani won approximately 80% of the vote.


2006 Comorian presidential election, Background
A total of fourteen candidates were cleared to participate in the 2006 primaries by the country's constitutional court. However, one of the approved candidates, Antoy Abdou, withdrew prior to election day.


2006 Comorian presidential election, Electoral system
After a period of political instability that began in the late 1990s and saw the (unrecognized) secession of Anjouan and Mohéli, a new constitution was approved in a December 2001 referendum. It created a union of semi-autonomous islands, each with its own constitution, president, and assembly. The position of union president, who is the head of state and government, rotates between the three islands every four years.


2006 Comorian presidential election, Electoral system
A primary election is held on the island that will hold the union presidency. The three candidates who receive the most votes then stand in a nationwide election with a simple plurality needed to win.


2006 Conference National play-off Final
The 2005–06 Conference National Playoff Final took place on 20 May 2006 and was contested between Halifax Town and Hereford United. It was held at the Walkers Stadium Leicester for the first time, the previous Playoff Finals having been held at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke. The result promoted Hereford to League Two while Halifax had to remain in the Conference.


2006 Conference National play-off Final
Over 18,000 spectators attended the match, of which approximately 10,000 were Hereford fans. The match was televised live by Sky and then made available on DVD by Hereford United.


2006 Conference National play-off Final
Both clubs no longer exist in the form that contested the final. Halifax Town AFC folded in 2008 and reformed as F.C. Halifax Town. Hereford United folded in 2014 and reformed as Hereford.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Route to the final
Halifax went into the match having finished fourth in the 2005–06 Conference National with 75 points. They defeated Grays Athletic 5–4 on aggregate in the semi-final. Hereford went into the match having finished second for the third year in succession with 80 points. They had defeated Morecambe 4–3 on aggregate in the semi-final, although the second leg needed extra time to be decided.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Match, Summary
As early as the 6th minute there was controversy as Hereford captain Tamika Mkandawire handled the ball in his own penalty area, but the offence was not spotted by referee Dean Whitestone. Both teams had shots on target in the first 25 minutes before Halifax took the lead. Hereford had briefly been reduced to 10 men while Rob Purdie received treatment for a cut lip. While he was being treated, Greg Young's cross was not properly cleared and a lucky ricochet fell to Lewis Killeen, who curled a shot into the top corner from outside the area.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Match, Summary
Hereford equalised seven minutes later when Mkandawire won possession and found Adam Stansfield on the right wing, before continuing on a decoy run into the Halifax box. Stansfield's cross evaded the Halifax defence and found Andy Williams at the back post, who scored with a diving header. The first half ended with the run of play fairly equal, with Halifax making the better start to the match and Hereford responding after going a goal down.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Match, Summary
The second half saw more of the same with both sides having the upper hand at different stages. In the 57th minute Purdie made a run into the Halifax penalty area, and was brought down by Tyrone Thompson. This time the referee had a better view, but again did not give what seemed to be a penalty. It was not until after Halifax brought on John Grant that the deadlock was broken. After a spell of Hereford pressure, with Stansfield in particular having a couple of good chances, Killeen went on a surging run into the Hereford area before crossing to Grant who flicked the ball into the net.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Match, Summary
Hereford responded by bringing on Guy Ipoua who equally made an impact on the game. He controlled a flick on by Andy Ferrell, before playing the ball out to Simon Travis on the right. Travis' cross was powerfully headed in by Ipoua, who was unmarked. Neither team had a clear cut chance in the remaining ten minutes and the match went to extra time. By this stage Chris Wilder had used all his substitutions, while Graham Turner still had two available.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Match, Summary
Minutes into extra time, Halifax had a goal disallowed for offside and the tempo of the match slowed down as players tired. Then in the 109th minute of the match Hereford won a throw in. Substitute Stuart Fleetwood received the ball from Ryan Green but was tackled. The ball ran loose to Green who deftly clipped the ball into the far corner of the goal with his left foot, scoring what was only the second senior goal of his career. With eleven minutes to go it looked as if Hereford had done enough for victory.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Match, Summary
However the drama was not over as Hereford goalkeeper Wayne Brown received a head injury after going for a ball. With all substitutions now made it looked at one stage as though Hereford would need an emergency goalkeeper, and midfielder Ferrell even had a spare goalkeeper's jersey on for a moment. But, after several minutes, Brown recovered and play resumed although there was six minutes of stoppage time added on. Halifax tried everything to equalise, putting centre-back Adam Quinn up front who had a shot destined for the top corner well saved by Brown.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Match, Summary
Ultimately though it was Hereford who hung on to win the match, and they regained their Football League status after nine years in the Conference.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Post-match
The result of the game had a profound effect on each team. Hereford went on to gain a further promotion from League Two, just two seasons later. Halifax's future however was a different story. With continuing financial problems off the pitch Halifax struggled to maintain form in the 2006–7 season and only avoided relegation from the Conference on the last day of the season. Chris Wilder found himself again in a relegation battle in 2007-8 after the team were docked 10 points when they were placed into administration by a local consortium trying to buy the club.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Post-match
Halifax again survived relegation on the last day of the season, only to find out later that they would be relegated anyway due to the consortium failing to meet the creditors' demands to bring the club out of administration. At a meeting of the Football Association, discussing the make-up of the football pyramid for the 2008–09 season, Halifax Town were not placed in either the Football Conference, the Conference North or the Northern Premier League Premier Division. Though the club appealed against the decision to remove them from the Football Conference, they were unsuccessful and the club was wound up.


2006 Conference National play-off Final, Post-match
Hereford were relegated after one season in League One, and were subsequently relegated from the Football League for the second time in their history in 2011–12. They did not last much longer, being expelled from the Conference in 2013–14 for financial irregularities, having initially survived relegation. Gross mismanagement led to the club folding the following season with their results being expunged from the 2014–15 Southern League Premier Division.


2006 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2006 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2006 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas from May 24–May 28, 2006. Rice won the tournament in its first year as a member of the conference, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.


2006 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Finish order
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. # - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2006 Conference USA Football Championship Game
The 2006 Conference USA Football Championship Game was played on December 1, 2006 at Robertson Stadium in Houston to determine the 2006 football champion of the Conference USA (C-USA). The game featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, the East Division champions, and the Houston Cougars, the West Division champions. The game kicked off at 8:00pm EST and was televised by ESPN2.


2006 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Game summary
With the win, the Houston Cougars won the second-ever Conference USA championship game and grabbed their first Conference championship since 1996.


2006 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2006 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.


2006 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded Memphis defeated UAB in the championship game, 57–46, to clinch their first Conference USA men's tournament championship. It would be the Tigers' first of seven C-USA titles in an eight-year period.


2006 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The Tigers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA member UAB, who earned an at-large bid.


2006 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Conference USA saw some drastic changes to its membership prior to the season. Eight teams, Charlotte (Atlantic 10), Cincinnati (Big East), DePaul (Big East), Louisville (Big East), Marquette (Big East), Saint Louis (Atlantic 10), South Florida (Big East), and TCU (Mountain West), departed the conference, while six new teams were added, Marshall (MAC), Rice (WAC), SMU (WAC), Tulsa (WAC), UCF (Sun Belt), and UTEP (WAC). Total membership settled at twelve teams.


2006 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Even with all of the newly departed and -added teams, the tournament's format remained exactly the same. The top four teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the next eight teams were placed into the first round. The two teams with the worst conference records were not invited to the tournament. All remaining tournament seeds were determined by regular season conference records.


2006 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2006 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the twelfth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by the University of Tulsa and the games were played at the Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium.


2006 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 2006 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.


2006 Connecticut State Senate election
The Connecticut Senate election, 2006 was held on November 7, 2006 to elect Senators to the Connecticut State Senate for the term which began in January 2007 and ended in January 2009. It occurred on the same date as other federal and state elections, including the state's gubernatorial election.


2006 Connecticut State Senate election
The election saw the election or re-election of 24 Democrats and 12 Republicans to fill the Senate's 36 seats. The incumbent party in each district held onto control of their respective seats in the election, except for two seats which changed control – one from Democratic to Republican, and one from Republican to Democratic.


2006 Connecticut State Senate election, Results
Results of the 2006 Connecticut Senate election. Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.


2006 Connecticut State Senate election, Results
TP Denotes that a minor, third party candidate also ran in this district's election.


2006 Connecticut State Senate election, Results
RWI Denotes that a registered write-in candidate was also present in this district's election. However, all write-ins received no votes in their respective district’s election, except for 13 received in the 35th District.


2006 Connecticut State Senate election, Results
WF Denotes that this candidate also ran on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party. The vote percentage won by this candidate includes both their Working Families and their party of affiliation figures combined.


2006 Connecticut State Senate election, Results
I Denotes that this candidate also ran on the independent line. The vote percentage won by this candidate includes both their independent and their party of affiliation figures combined.


2006 Connecticut Sun season
The 2006 WNBA season was their eighth season and their fourth in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to return to the postseason for the fourth consecutive season and were successful. Before the season started, many thought the Sun would make their third consecutive trip to the WNBA Finals, but lost to the eventual champion Detroit Shock in 3 games.


2006 Connecticut Sun season, Schedule, Playoffs
In the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the Washington Mystics. Since the Sun had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Washington, game 2 at Connecticut, and game 3 (if needed) at Connecticut. The Sun swept the Mystics and game 3 was not needed. In the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face rival Detroit Shock. Again, the Sun had the better record and the series would be played with game 1 at Detroit and games 2 and 3 (if needed) at Connecticut.


2006 Connecticut Sun season, Schedule, Playoffs
Even though the Sun had a better record in the regular season, Detroit had managed to beat Connecticut in all four of the season meetings. Surprisingly, the Sun won game two of the series but went on to lose game three on their home court. Detroit advanced to the WNBA Finals. Had Connecticut advanced, it would have been the third consecutive season the Sun had made it to the WNBA Finals.


2006 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 2006 Connecticut gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Jodi Rell became governor when John G. Rowland resigned on corruption charges in 2004. Rell had an approval rating of 70% as of October 19, 2006, and polls showed her leading the Democratic nominee, New Haven mayor John DeStefano by a near 30-point margin. As expected, she won election to a full term in a landslide. DeStefano defeated Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy in the Connecticut Democratic gubernatorial primary on August 8. As of 2021, this is the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Connecticut.


2006 Connecticut gubernatorial election, Election results
Rell won every county and all but seven towns. Notably, DeStefano won the capital city of Hartford, the largest city of Bridgeport, and his hometown of New Haven.


2006 Continental Cup of Curling
The 2006 Continental Cup of Curling was a curling tournament held from November 23 to 26 in Chilliwack, British Columbia between six North American teams and six European teams. Europe defeated North America 229-171 after a series of North American losses in the skins games.


2006 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams
This tournament marks the first time a Finnish team has competed in the Continental Cup, as well as the first in which neither the rink of Randy Ferbey or Colleen Jones appeared (as Ferbey was defeated in the provincial playdowns did not qualify for the Brier and Jones did not win the Tournament of Hearts). It is also the first time the winners of the Canada Cup of Curling is not awarded a berth in the Continental Cup (their positions being replaced by the teams representing Canada at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games instead). The European team is captained by Elisabet Gustafson, who had competed in the inaugural Continental Cup. The North American team is captained by Lindsay Sparkes and Linda Moore.


2006 Continental Cup of Curling, Mixed doubles
Teams are awarded six points for each victory in this match. If the match is tied after six ends, the two teams will each earn three points.


2006 Continental Cup of Curling, Mixed doubles
The team format of mixed doubles in this Continental Cup and previous cups is different than from the team format used starting with the 2007 Continental Cup. In this team format, four players play on a team, and each player has one role only, throwing or sweeping. There are two throwers and two sweepers. The format of play is the same as it is in any cup. The players in each game are listed as such: (Thrower/Thrower, Sweeper/Sweeper).


2006 Continental Cup of Curling, Singles
Teams earn four points for each victory in this match. If the match is tied through all events, the two teams will each earn two points. An additional eight points will be awarded to the team with the higher aggregate score in this portion of the event.


2006 Continental Cup of Curling, Singles
The player listed played all of the shots; his/her teammates were sweepers or held the broom.


2006 Continental Cup of Curling, Singles
North America wins the bonus points for having the higher aggregate total, 109-104.


2006 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams
Teams are awarded six points for each victory in the team match. If the match is tied after 8 ends, the two teams will each earn three points.


2006 Continental Cup of Curling, Skins
In the skins portion of the event, teams get points that contribute to the overall score by scoring at least 2 points with the hammer or forcing a steal without. The number of points is unevenly divided through each of the 8 ends in each of the 3 ends.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections
The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 7, 2006.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections
Elections were held for Assessor, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Board of Review districts 1 and 2, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information
2006 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for congressional and those for state elections.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout, Primary election
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 28.44%, with 762,273 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 32.05% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 26.70% turnout.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout, General election
The general election saw 49.85% turnout, with 1,350,918 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 49.25% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 50.45% turnout.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Assessor
In the 2006 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent Assessor James Houlihan, a Democrat first appointed in 1997 who was reelected in 1998 and 2002, was again reelected.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk
In the 2006 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent fourth-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Sheriff
In the 2006 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent fourth-term Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Tom Dart was elected to succeed him.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Treasurer
In the 2006 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent second-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
In the 2006 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent President Todd Stroger, a Democrat appointed following the resignation of his father John Stroger, was elected to a full term. Originally, then-incumbent John Stroger had been running for reelection, winning the Democratic primary, before backing-out and also resigning from the presidency.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, General election
Suffering health ailments, John Stroger was removed from the ticket in June and replaced by his son Todd Stroger. John Stroger retired in August, and Bobbie L. Steele was appointed to fill out the remainder of his term.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners
The 2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners
Fifteen members were reelected. One incumbent Democrat withdrew from their election after being renominated, while one incumbent Republican lost his primary. No seat changed parties.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1st district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Henrietta S. Butler.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 2nd district
Incumbent commissioner Robert Steele, a Democrat, was reelected. He had been appointed to succeed his mother Bobbie L. Steele, after they were appointed President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 2nd district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Scott W. Kummer.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 3rd district
Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 3rd district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Maurice Perkins.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 4th district
Then-incumbent Commissioner John Stroger originally sought reelection, winning the Democratic primary, but backed-out due to health issues (and also resigned his seat), and was replaced as Democratic nominee by William Beavers, who went to win the general election.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 4th district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. Ultimately, the Republican Party nominated Ann Rochelle Hunter.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 5th district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 6th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, a Democrat, was reelected.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 7th district
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, was reelected.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 7th district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 8th district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 9th district
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 10th district
Incumbent second-term Commissioner Mike Quigley, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 10th district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 11th district
Incumbent Commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 12th district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 13th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 13th district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 14th district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary. The Democratic Party ultimately nominated Michelene "Mickie" Polk.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 15th district
Incumbent eighth-term Commissioner Carl Hansen, a Republican, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Tim Schneider, who went on to win the general election.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 17th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, a Republican, was reelected.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review
In the 2006 Cook County Board of Review election, two seats, one Democratic-held and one Republican-held, out of its three seats were up for election.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review
The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 1st district
Incumbent second-term member Maureen Murphy, a Republican last reelected in 2002, lost reelection to Democrat Brendan F. Houlihan. This election was to a four-year term.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 1st district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Republican Maureen Murphy successfully challenged the nomination petitions of the only Democrat running, Brendan Houlihan, meaning that he was removed from the Democratic primary ballot. However, since, consequentially no candidate appeared on the ballot in the Democratic primary, state law enabled the Democratic committeemen from the Board of Review's 1st district to pick a nominee. They ultimately selected Houlihan as their nominee.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district
Incumbent second-term member Joseph Berrios, a Democrat last reelected in 2002, was reelected. Berrios had not only served since the Board of Review was constituted in 1998, but had also served on its predecessor organization, the Cook County Board of (Tax) Appeals, for ten years. This election was to a two-year term.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board
In the 2006 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large race. Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates and the top-three finishers would win.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board
Incumbent commissioner, Democrat Terrence J. O'Brien, was reelected. Winners also included newly-elected Democrats Debra Shore and Patricia Horton. The two incumbents who did not seek reelection were James Harris and Harry Yourell.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board, Primaries, Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
Partisan elections were held for 27 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County, due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
Partisan elections were also held for 15 subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.


2006 Cook County, Illinois elections, Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the suburban townships.


2006 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 2006 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the thirty third recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988–1990 currently unknown. Nikao Sokattack won the championship, their third recorded championship. Takuvaine were runners up, with Tupapa Maraerenga finishing in third place. This was the third time that a team had won a hat trick of titles after Titikaveka and Tupapa.


2006 Cook Islands general election
General elections were held in the Cook Islands on September 27, 2006 in order to elect 24 MPs to the Cook Islands Parliament. The Democratic Party remained in power, winning 15 of 24 seats. A total of 8,497 voters turned out to vote.


2006 Cook Islands general election
The election was called two years early after the ruling Democratic party lost its majority in Parliament. In July 2006, Environment Minister Teina Bishop resigned from Cabinet and joined the opposition Cook Islands Party. Shortly afterwards, the Cook Islands Party won a by-election in Matevera, eliminating the government's majority. The government pre-empted a formal vote of no-confidence by dissolving Parliament and calling an election.


2006 Cook Islands general election
Cook Islands Party leader Sir Geoffrey Henry announced his retirement during the campaign, resulting in his replacement as leader of the opposition by Tom Marsters. Cook Islands Party MP Wilkie Rasmussen switched his allegiance to the Democratic Party during the campaign, and the CIP was unable to nominate a replacement candidate. As a result, the seat of Penrhyn was unopposed.


2006 Cook Islands general election
Initial results showed the Democratic Party winning 15 seats, and the Cook Islands Party 8, with one seat being held by an independent and one seat tied. A number of electoral petitions were filed, resulting in by-elections being held in the seats of Akaoa and Titikaveka.


2006 Cook Islands general election, Results, Party totals
The electorate of Akaoa was tied, resulting in a by-election.


2006 Copa Aerosur & del Sur
The 2006 Copa Aerosur was the 4th edition of the Copa Aerosur, the annual Bolivian football tournament held in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, sponsored by AeroSur airline.


2006 Copa Aerosur & del Sur
Blooming won the tournament and their first title after beating The Strongest in the final 6–1 on aggregate.


2006 Copa América de Ciclismo
The 6th edition of the Copa América de Ciclismo was held on 8 January 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil. Nilceu Santos (Scott) repeated his 2005 victory, beating Rodrigo Brito (São Caetano) and Héctor Figueiras (São Caetano) in a bunch sprint.


2006 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar
The 2006 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogotá, Colombia that was part of Tier III of the 2006 WTA Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and ran from 20 February through 26 February 2006. Sixth-seeded Lourdes Domínguez Lino won the singles title and earned $28,000 first-prize money.


2006 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar, Finals, Doubles
Gisela Dulko /  Flavia Pennetta defeated  Ágnes Szávay /  Jasmin Wöhr 7–6(7–1), 6–1


2006 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar – Doubles
Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Tina Pisnik were the defending champions, but Pisnik did not compete this year. Gagliardi teamed up with Mariana Díaz Oliva and lost in first round to María José Argeri and Letícia Sobral.


2006 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar – Doubles
Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won the title by defeating Ágnes Szávay and Jasmin Wöhr 7–6(7–1), 6–1 in the final.


2006 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar – Singles
Lourdes Domínguez Lino took revenge for losing the final in last year and defeated the defending champion Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–3), 6–4 in the final.


2006 Copa Constitució
Copa Constitució 2006 is the fourteenth season of Andorra's football knockout tournament. The competition started on 22 January 2006 with the first round games and ended on 13 May 2006 with the Final. The defending champions are FC Santa Coloma.


2006 Copa Indonesia
The 2006 Copa Indonesia was the second edition of Piala Indonesia, the nationwide football cup tournament in Indonesia, involving clubs from Premier Division, First Division and Second Division. The winner of the tournament qualified to play for 2007 AFC Champions League.


2006 Copa Indonesia
Arema Malang became champions after a victory over Persipura Jayapura in the final match at Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo.


2006 Copa Indonesia Final
The 2006 Copa Indonesia Final was a football match that took place on 16 September 2006 at Gelora Delta Stadium in Sidoarjo. It was the second final of Piala Indonesia and contested by final debutants Persipura Jayapura and title holders Arema Malang. Arema successfully defended their title with a 2–0 win and gained entry to the 2007 AFC Champions League group stage.


2006 Copa Libertadores
The 2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores was the 47th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual football club tournament. 38 teams from 11 football associations have taken part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 24 January 2006. Internacional, from Porto Alegre, Brazil, won this edition.


2006 Copa Libertadores, First stage
Teams in the Team #1 column played at home in the first leg.


2006 Copa Libertadores, Group stage
6 winners from the qualifying round and the 26 pre-qualified clubs are drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams in each group will advance to the Libertadores Cup play-offs.


2006 Copa Libertadores, Knockout Stages
The teams were seeded 1 to 8 (first placed teams of each group) and 9 to 16 (second placed teams of each group) and the ties were 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc.


2006 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 2006 Copa Libertadores Final was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2006 Copa Libertadores champion.


2006 Copa Perú
The 2006 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 2006), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.


2006 Copa Perú
The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout stage. The final stage features two knockout rounds and a final four-team group stage to determine the two promoted teams.


2006 Copa Perú
The 2006 Peru Cup started with the District Stage (Spanish: Etapa Distrital) on February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage (Spanish: Etapa Provincial) which started, on June. The tournament continued with the Departamental Stage (Spanish: Etapa Departamental) on July. The Regional Staged followed. The National Stage (Spanish: Etapa Nacional) started on November. The winner and runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division.


2006 Copa Perú, Departmental Stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.


2006 Copa Perú, Regional Stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.


2006 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region I
Region I includes qualified teams from Amazonas, Lambayeque, Tumbes and Piura region.


2006 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region II
Region II includes qualified teams from Ancash, Cajamarca, La Libertad and San Martín region.


2006 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region III
Region III includes qualified teams from Loreto and Ucayali region.


2006 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region IV
Region IV includes qualified teams from Lima and Callao region. This region played as a knockout cup system and the finalists qualified.


2006 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region V
Region V includes qualified teams from Junín, Pasco and Huancavelica region.


2006 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region VI
Region VI includes qualified teams from Ayacucho, Huánuco and Ica region. Two teams qualified from this stage.


2006 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region VII
Region VII includes qualified teams from Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna region.


2006 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region VIII
Region VIII includes qualified teams from Apurímac, Cusco, Madre de Dios and Puno region.


2006 Copa Perú, National Stage
The National Stage started in November. The winners of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division.


2006 Copa Sudamericana
The 2006 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes, officially the 2006 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons, was an international football championship competition that was played by 34 teams in total, including 31 CONMEBOL teams and also three invited teams from CONCACAF.


2006 Copa Sudamericana
Pachuca won their first title in history after defeating Colo-Colo tying 1–1 in the first leg in Mexico, and winning 2–1 in Chile. Pachuca only lost one game in the tournament, against Colombian Deportes Tolima 2–1 in their debut.


2006 Copa Sudamericana
This was the second time a Mexican club reached the final, after UNAM lost the 2005 edition to Boca Juniors. Meanwhile, this was also the first time a Chilean club arrived to a final since the tournament's inauguration in 2002.


2006 Copa Sudamericana
Also, this was the first time a Mexican (or CONCACAF) representative won the Copa Sudamericana or any CONMEBOL-sanctioned tournament.


2006 Copa Sudamericana, Qualified teams
The Copa Sudamericana 2006 tournament was the sixth edition of the Copa Sudamericana tournament.


2006 Copa Sudamericana, First stage
The table gives the teams in the first round gathered in elimination groups of 2 teams or 4 teams. Teams hosting the first game are on the left. Advancing teams are in bold.


2006 Copa Sudamericana, Knockout stages
(*)Indicates that the team plays at home for the first leg


2006 Copa Sudamericana, Knockout stages, Round of 16
The Round of 16 was played between September 26 and October 12 of 2006. It was played by the ten winners from the First Round, plus River Plate, Boca Juniors, Gimnasia y Esgrima, Alajuelense, Toluca and Pachuca. As in the First Round, these teams played two-legged matches. Team #1 played at home first.


2006 Copa Sudamericana, Knockout stages, Quarterfinals
The Quarterfinals was played between October 18 and November 1 of 2006. The eight winners from the Round of 16. As in the First Round, these teams played two-legged matches. Team #1 played at home first.


2006 Copa Sudamericana, Knockout stages, Semifinals
The Semifinals was played between November 15 to the 22nd of 2006. The four winners from the Quarterfinals. As in the First Round, these teams played two-legged matches. Team #1 played at home first.


2006 Copa Sudamericana, Knockout stages, Finals
The finals were played between November 30 and December 13 of 2006. As in the First Round, these teams played two-legged matches to determine the champion. Team #1 played at home first.


2006 Copa Sudamericana Finals
The 2006 Copa Sudamericana Finals was a two-legged football contest, played in November and December 2006, to determine the champion of the 2006 Copa Sudamericana. The teams taking part were Chilean side Colo-Colo, and Mexican side Pachuca. The first leg, played in Pachuca, resulted in a 1–1 draw. The second leg, in Santiago, was won 2–1 by Pachuca, making them the cup winners for that year.


2006 Copa Sudamericana Finals
Despite being from Mexico –which is a member nation of CONCACAF and not CONMEBOL– Pachuca were eligible to compete in this tournament after winning the 2006 Mexican Primera División, earning them an invite from CONMEBOL and receiving an automatic berth directly to the knockout stages. Pachuca's victory in the final marked the first time in history that a representative of CONCACAF won a CONMEBOL-sanctioned tournament.


2006 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Qualified teams
For the second time, a Mexican team, and the first time Pachuca qualified for the final. This was also the first time Colo-Colo qualified for the final. This marked the first time both teams faced each other since CONCACAF representatives started participating in the tournament since 2005.


2006 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Qualified teams
This also marked the first time an Argentine team did not qualify to the Copa Sudamericana final, since the inaugural edition in 2002.


2006 Copa Sudamericana Finals, Format
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with Colo-Colo hosting the second leg. The away goals rule was not applied, and extra time would be played if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to determine the winner.


2006 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol
The Copa de Su Majestad La Reina de Fútbol was the 24th edition of Spain's women's football national cup, running from May 7 to June 11, 2006. The final took place in Valencia, in Levante UD's ground, and confronted Superliga champion RCD Espanyol and underdog SD Lagunak, which had qualified because Estudiantes Huelva folded following the end of the Superliga campaign. Espanyol won its third cup and followed the steps of Atlético Málaga, CD Oroquieta and Levante UD to win the double by beating Lagunak on penalties after a 2–2 draw. It was the second edition that was won through a penalty shootout, 21 years later.


2006 Copa de la Reina de Hockey Patines
The 2006 Copa de la Reina de Hockey Patines was the inaugural edition of the Spanish women's rink hockey national cup. It took place on 25 and 26 March 2006 in Burgos, and it was won by CP Voltregà, which defeated CE Arenys de Munt in the final.


2006 Copa del Rey Final
The 2006 Copa del Rey Final was the 104th final since its establishment. The match took place on 12 April 2006 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. The match was contested by Espanyol and Real Zaragoza, and it was refereed by Medina Cantalejo. Espanyol lifted the trophy for the fourth time in their history with a 4–1 victory.


2006 Copa del Rey Juvenil
The 2006 Copa del Rey Juvenil was the 56th staging of the tournament. The competition began on May 14, 2006 and ended on June 24, 2006 with the final.


2006 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
The Copa del Rey 2005-06 was the 70th edition of the Spanish basketball Cup. It was organized by the ACB and was disputed in Madrid in the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid between the 16th and 19 February. The winning team was TAU Cerámica.


2006 Copa del Rey de Balonmano
The 2005-06 edition of Copa del Rey de Balonmano was disputed in Almería-Vera, Andalusia. The tournament was played by the 8 first of the Liga ASOBAL when reach the half of the league.


2006 Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil 2006 was the 18th staging of the Copa do Brasil.


2006 Copa do Brasil
The competition started on February 15, 2006 and concluded on July 26, 2006 with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, in which Flamengo lifted the trophy for the second time with a 1–0 victory over its rival Vasco da Gama.


2006 Copa do Brasil
Valdiram, of Vasco da Gama, with 7 goals, was the competition's topscorer.


2006 Copa do Brasil, Format
The competition was disputed by 64 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, but in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.


2006 Copiapó mining accident
The 2006 Copiapó mining accident occurred on January 20, 2006, when an explosion occurred in the underground Carola-Agustina copper mine in Copiapó, Chile. It was caused by two trucks colliding, and the explosion covered the only escape route for the miners inside the mine.


2006 Copiapó mining accident
The explosion caused two deaths and two injuries. Seventy miners were trapped.


2006 Copiapó mining accident
Shortly after the explosion occurred, workers at the nearby mine, "Punta de Cobre", began digging a tunnel towards the Carola-Agustina mine to assist in rescuing the trapped miners. Rescue efforts lasted seven hours, and the 70 trapped miners were rescued alive.


2006 Coppa Italia Final
The 2006 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 2005–06 Coppa Italia, the 59th season of the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played over two legs between Roma and Internazionale. This was the second final between these two clubs, the match being the replay of previous season's final. The first leg was played in Rome on 3 May 2006, while the second leg on 11 May 2006. Inter won the trophy with an aggregate result of 4–2. With this victory, Internazionale manager Roberto Mancini won the Coppa Italia for the tenth time, six as a player, four as a coach.


2006 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2006 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 97th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 11 December 2005. The championship began on 6 May 2006 and ended on 4 February 2007.


2006 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
This was the first championship to feature relegation, with Nemo Rangers becoming the first team to suffer relegation after losing their championship proper games and two play-off games.


2006 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 10 September 2006, Ballymartle won the championship after a 1–23 to 1–19 defeat of Carrigaline in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It remains their only championship title in the grade.


2006 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Nemo Rangers' James Masters was the championship's top scorer with 1-31.


2006 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
The 2006 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 109th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 24 September 2006 and 28 October 2006.


2006 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
On 28 October 2006, Kilworth won the championship following a 0-13 to 0-12 defeat of Dungourney in the final at Páirc Uí Rinn. This was their second championship title in the grade and their first since 1967.


2006 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Brian Dillons's John Horgan was the championship's top scorer with 1-15.


2006 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship
The 2006 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship was the inaugural staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 11 December 2005. The championship began on 8 April 2006 and ended on 26 November 2006.


2006 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship
The final was contested between St. Vincent's and Glanmire at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork. After two replays, St. Vincent's won the title by 1-05 to 0-07 to claim their first championship title in the grade and a first title in any grade since 1968.


2006 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship
Glanmire's James Murphy was the championship's top scorer with 0-39.


2006 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2006 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the third staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004. The championship began on 7 May 2006 and ended on 22 October 2006.


2006 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 9 September 2006, St. Finbarr's were relegated from the championship following a 2-21 to 0-02 defeat by Ballincollig in a relegation play-off.


2006 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 22 October 2006, Bishopstown won the championship following a 0-20 to 1-11 defeat of Carrigtwohill in the final. This was their first championship title in the grade.


2006 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Bishopstown's Pa Cronin was the championship's top scorer with 3-36.


2006 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 2006 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 118th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening fixtures took place on 11 December 2005. The championship began on 8 April 2006 and ended on 29 October 2006.


2006 Cork Senior Football Championship
Nemo Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions. Mallow and St Michael's became the first two teams to be officially relegated from the championship.


2006 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 29 October 2006, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 1-11 to 0-07 defeat of Dohenys in the final. This was their 15th championship title overall and their second title in succession.


2006 Cork Senior Football Championship
Nemo's James Masters was the championship's top scorer with 2-40.


2006 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 2006 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 118th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2006 Round 1 fixtures took place on 11 December 2005. The championship began on 26 April 2006 and ended on 22 October 2006.


2006 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Newtownshandrum were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cloyne at the semi-final stage.


2006 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 22 October 2006, Erin's Own won the championship following a 2-19 to 3-14 defeat of Cloyne in the final. This was their second championship title overall ad their first title since 1992.


2006 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Cloyne's Paudie O'Sullivan was the championship's top scorer with 4-25.


2006 Cornell Big Red football team
The 2006 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League. They were led by third-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field in Hamilton, New York. Cornell finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play.


2006 Costa Book Awards
The Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2006.


2006 Costa Book Awards
The Costa Book of the Year shortlist was announced on 10 January 2007 and the final results at a ceremony held on 7 February 2007.


2006 Costa Rican general election
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 5 February 2006. In the presidential election, Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party (Partido Liberación Nacional), a former president and Nobel Peace Laureate, was victorious over Ottón Solís of the Citizens' Action Party (Partido Acción Ciudadana) and twelve other minor-party candidates. Although Arias was expected to win by a wide margin, the actual polling reports were unexpectedly close. However, early results showed the contest to be closer than it actually was.


2006 Costa Rican general election
The preliminary official report, after 88.45% of the vote counted, showed the result for President of the Republic almost tied between Arias with 40.51% of the vote and Ottón Solís with 40.29%. Given the small difference of only 3250 votes, the Superior Electoral Tribunal announced that a manual count of all the votes would start immediately and no official winner would be announced until that process was completed, approximately two weeks after the election.


2006 Costa Rican general election
In the parliamentary election, the National Liberation Party won the mosts seats.


2006 Costa Rican general election, Presidential election, Candidates
There were fourteen candidates running for the presidency in the 2006 elections. However, only a few rose in the polls above the error margin.


2006 Costa Rican general election, Presidential election, Candidates, Óscar Arias
Arias had been seen as the front runner throughout the campaign. Arias served as President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990. He is best known worldwide for his role in the signing of the Esquipulas Peace Agreement which is regarded as the crucial plan which led to the eventual end to the series of civil wars that took place throughout Central America, most notably in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala, during the 1980s. For his role he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987. With the monetary portion of the award he started the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, an advocacy group for demilitarization, women's rights and conflict resolution through dialogue. Through this group Arias helped to settle conflicts throughout Latin America, participating in the process to demilitarize Haiti and Panama.