2006 World Outgames, International Conference on LGBT Human Rights
There were also more than a hundred workshops on more specific themes, as well as programmes of workshops on sport, business, and international affairs.


2006 World Outgames, International Conference on LGBT Human Rights
The conference concluded with the issuance of the Declaration of Montréal on LGBT Human Rights, a declaration that will be submitted to the United Nations.


2006 World Outgames, Opening Ceremonies
Opening Ceremonies for the 1st Outgames Montréal 2006 were held at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, July 29, 2006. The performance was broadcast by Radio-Canada, Canada's national French-language public broadcaster.


2006 World Outgames, Opening Ceremonies
After the parade of nations, the Declaration of Montréal was read by Mark Tewksbury and Martina Navratilova. Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal, Line Beauchamp, Quebec Minister of Culture, and Michael Fortier, federal Minister of Public Works, represented the three levels of government; Fortier was loudly booed, reflecting anger among the LGBT community regarding the Conservative government's stances on gay rights, including the announcement of a motion to reopen debate on the Civil Marriage Act and same-sex marriage in Canada.


2006 World Outgames, Opening Ceremonies
After the athletes' and officials' oath were taken by Charles Boyer and Diane Bandy respectively, Mayor Tremblay officially declared the Outgames open.


2006 World Outgames, Opening Ceremonies
Using the theme of "the circle", the concept of the show integrated music, song, dance, choruses, mass choreography and performances by the Cirque du Soleil.


2006 World Outgames, Venues
Over 50 venues in Montréal hosted events for the 1st World Outgames. Three main areas gathered most of the activities, the largest being the Claude Robillard Sports Complex, in addition to the Montréal Olympic Park and the Jean Drapeau Park. The Outgames used most of the venues built for the Montréal Summer Olympics of 1976. Other venues included the Golf Metropolitain Anjou for golfing, the Parc du Domaine Vert à Mirabel for mountain biking, the Little Italy neighbourhood for the road cycling criterium, as well as various parks across the city for sports such as soccer, tennis, and softball.


2006 World Outgames, Venues
The main social and entertainment location for non-sporting events during the Outgames Montréal 2006 was located at the west side of Viger Square.


2006 World Rally Championship
The 2006 World Rally Championship was the 34th season in the FIA World Rally Championship. The season began on January 20 with the 74th Monte Carlo Rally where Finland's Marcus Grönholm, in a Ford Focus RS WRC, took the win ahead of France's Sébastien Loeb. After the Swedish Rally ended with the same top-two, Loeb and Kronos Citroën went on to win five rallies in a row. Despite an injury in a mountain-biking accident before the Rally of Turkey, forcing Loeb to miss last four rallies, he secured his third drivers' title, whereas Ford won their first manufacturers' title since 1979.


2006 World Rally Championship, Rule changes
In an attempt to cut costs, new regulations required mechanical front and rear differentials, while the central differential remained active. Active suspension and water injections were also prohibited. Cars entered by a manufacturer had to be equipped with the same engine for two rallies; further limitations were imposed on the changing of some parts, including suspension, steering, turbochargers and gearboxes.


2006 World Rally Championship, Rule changes
For 2006 manufacturer is understood to mean a manufacturer, a team designated by a manufacturer, or a privateer team taking part with a single make of car.


2006 World Rally Championship, Rule changes
Two categories were created to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:


2006 World Rally Championship, Calendar
The 2006 championship was contested over sixteen rounds in Europe, North America, Asia, South America and Oceania.


2006 World Rally Championship, Teams and drivers, Notes
This is the first season without Carlos Sainz since 1986.


2006 World Rally Championship, Teams and drivers, Notes
† Sebastien Loeb broke his arm before Rally Turkey and missed the remainder of the season.


2006 World Rowing Championships
The 2006 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 20 to 27 August 2006 at Dorney Lake, Eton, Great Britain.


2006 World Sambo Championships
The 2006 World Sambo Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria on November 3 to 5 for men's and women's Sambo, and the 2006 Combat Sambo championships were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 30 to October 2


2006 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2006 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 4 to 11 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Copenhagen, Denmark.


2006 World Senior Curling Championships
Group A of each gender consisted of the best ranked countries from the previous year. The three best teams of the A-groups advanced to the semi finals as well as the winner of the B-groups. The top ranked team in A will play against the top ranked team in B, the winner went on to the Gold Medal game and the loser went on to the Bronze medal game. The 2nd place team in A played against the 3rd place team in A, and the winner went on to the Gold Medal game and the loser went on to the Bronze medal game.


2006 World Series
The 2006 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2006 season. The 102nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Cardinals won the series in five games, taking games one, three, four, and five. This was the third World Series meeting between the Tigers and the Cardinals, the first in 38 years. The Cardinals won the first in 1934, and the Tigers won the second in 1968; each went the full seven games.


2006 World Series
It was only the fifth time in 40 years that the Series featured two teams that had both remained in the same city since the formation of the AL in 1901, the last time being the 2004 World Series between St. Louis and the Boston Red Sox. The last three prior to 2004 were in 1975 (Boston–Cincinnati), 1968 (Detroit–St. Louis) and 1967 (Boston–St. Louis).


2006 World Series
The Cardinals, who moved into Busch Stadium III in April, became the fourth team to win the Series in their home stadium's debut season, joining the 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates (Forbes Field), 1912 Boston Red Sox (Fenway Park) and 1923 New York Yankees (Yankee Stadium I). In 2009, they would be joined by the 2009 New York Yankees (Yankee Stadium II). With this win, the Cardinals would join the Yankees on becoming only the 2nd team in MLB history to win 10 World Series Championships after defeating  the Tigers. It also marked the franchise's first World Championship since 1982.


2006 World Series
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who won the 1989 World Series title with the Athletics, became the second manager in history to lead teams in both leagues to championships, joining Sparky Anderson. Tigers manager Jim Leyland, who won the 1997 World Series title with the Marlins, also could have become the second manager in history to lead teams in both leagues to championships, had the Tigers won the series.


2006 World Series
The Cardinals finished the regular season 83–78. This is the second-worst record ever for a league champion (the 1973 New York Mets finished 82–79) and the worst record ever for a World Series champion. Previously the 1987 Minnesota Twins finished 85–77 and defeated that year's Cardinals team in the 1987 World Series.


2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs
Neither team was given much chance to advance far into October by many baseball pundits. Both teams stumbled through the second halves of their seasons.


2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs
The Tigers, only three years removed from having the most losses in a season by an AL team and enjoying their first successful season after 12 years of futility, surprised the baseball world by building a ten-game lead in the American League Central, but eventually the lead evaporated in the final months and they lost the division to the Minnesota Twins on the last day of the season after being swept by the last-place Kansas City Royals at home, settling for a playoff berth as the AL Wild Card.


2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs
The Cardinals held a seven-game advantage in the National League Central over the Cincinnati Reds and an 8+1⁄2-game lead over the Houston Astros with just two weeks to play. However, the combination of a seven-game losing streak by St. Louis and an eight-game winning streak by the Astros (highlighted by a four-game sweep of the Cardinals in Houston) caused the Cardinals' lead to shrink to half a game with only a few games left. However, the Cardinals held on to clinch the division after an Astros' loss to the Atlanta Braves on the last day of the season.


2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs
Thus, both the Tigers and Cardinals were clear underdogs in their matches, against the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres, respectively. The Tigers' pitching took care of the vaunted Yankees lineup, and won their series 3–1. The Cardinals also won their series 3–1, including the first two games in San Diego. The Tigers then swept the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS, winning game four on a three-run walk-off home run by Magglio Ordóñez in the bottom of the ninth. The Cardinals won their series against the New York Mets with the help of a ninth-inning home run by Yadier Molina in a tense Game 7.


2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs
The Tigers had home-field advantage in the Series, due to the AL's 3–2 win over the NL in the 77th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 11 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. These two teams had already played against each other in a three-game series in June 2006, where the Tigers swept the Cardinals 3–0 in Detroit, part of an eight-game Cardinals losing streak. This was the first time since 2000 that teams meeting during the regular season met again in the World Series.


2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs
The Series marked the third time in a row that both teams sought to win a championship after at least a 20-year drought. In 2004, the Boston Red Sox ended their 86-year hiatus by defeating the Cardinals; in 2005 the Chicago White Sox ended an 88-year drought by defeating the Houston Astros, who were competing in their first World Series after 43 seasons. The Tigers had not appeared in the World Series since winning it in 1984. The Cardinals last won in 1982, losing three times since then, in 1985, 1987 and 2004.


2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs
The Tigers were the eighth wild card team to compete in the World Series since MLB introduced the wild card in 1994. A wild-card team participated in the Series from 2002 to 2007.


2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs
Riding the momentum they built up during their surprisingly easy ALDS and ALCS victories, Detroit entered the Series as a prohibitive favorite. Bob Nightengale of USA Today expressed popular sentiment when he said "Tigers in three".


2006 World Series, Background, Two veteran managers return to postseason play
St. Louis' manager Tony La Russa joined his mentor, Sparky Anderson, as only the second manager to win the World Series with teams in both leagues. La Russa won in 1989 with the Athletics. Coincidentally, Anderson first accomplished the feat by managing Detroit to their previous championship in 1984. He was chosen to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2. If the Tigers had defeated the Cardinals, Jim Leyland would have joined Anderson for this feat instead of LaRussa as he had already won the 1997 World Series with the Florida Marlins.


2006 World Series, Background, Two veteran managers return to postseason play
When he came to St. Louis, La Russa wore number 10 to symbolize the team's drive to their 10th championship and pay tribute to Anderson, who wore number 10 while manager of the Cincinnati Reds. After winning the championship, he chose to continue wearing number 10 to pay tribute to Anderson.


2006 World Series, Background, Two veteran managers return to postseason play
Jim Leyland is the seventh manager to win pennants in both leagues. The previous six are Joe McCarthy (1929 Cubs and the Yankees of 1932, 1936–39 and 1941–43), Yogi Berra (1964 Yankees, 1973 Mets), Alvin Dark (1962 Giants, 1974 A's), Sparky Anderson (1970, 1972, 1975–76 Reds, 1984 Tigers), Dick Williams (1967 Red Sox, 1972–73 A's, 1984 Padres), and Tony La Russa (1988–90 A's, 2004, 2006 Cardinals).


2006 World Series, Background, Two veteran managers return to postseason play
Additionally, the opposing managers are close friends. Leyland was La Russa's third base coach for the Chicago White Sox in the early 1980s. Leyland also served as a Pittsburgh-based advance scout for the Cardinals before he was hired by the Tigers.


2006 World Series, Background, Two veteran managers return to postseason play
This was the first World Series in 22 years to have two previous World Series-winning managers facing each other, but at the helms of new teams. As previously mentioned, Leyland previously won the 1997 World Series with the Florida Marlins, and La Russa won the 1989 World Series with the Oakland Athletics. Overall, it was the first World Series since 1999 to have two previous Series-winning managers facing each other.


2006 World Series, Summary
†: Game 4 was postponed due to rain on October 25, forcing Game 5 to be subsequently pushed back a day as well.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Two rookies faced off in Game 1 for the first time in history: Anthony Reyes for St. Louis and Justin Verlander for Detroit. It looked like the Tigers were going to get to Reyes early in the bottom of the first, when Craig Monroe doubled and Magglio Ordóñez walked. Carlos Guillén singled Monroe in, giving the Tigers a 1–0 lead. However, in the top of the second, Scott Rolen hit a long home run to left field, tying the score at 1–1. Rolen was 0-for-15 in his career in the World Series before hitting the home run.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The previous mark had been 0-for-13, set by Benny Kauff of the New York Giants in the 1917 World Series. In the third inning the Cards broke through, first when Chris Duncan's RBI double scored Yadier Molina to give the Cardinals the lead. On Verlander's next pitch, 2005 National League MVP Albert Pujols banged a two-run home run, punishing the rookie who elected to pitch to the dangerous Pujols, rather than walk him with first base open and two outs and pitch to Jim Edmonds.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Meanwhile, Anthony Reyes was the story. The pitcher who had the fewest regular season wins of a Game 1 World Series starter (5) at one point retired 17 in a row from the first inning to the sixth inning, a World Series record for a rookie. The previous record was thirteen (John Stuper, STL, 1982, and Dickey Kerr, CHW, 1919). Reyes' final line was eight-plus innings, four hits, two runs, and four strikeouts. The Cards took advantage of Detroit's mistakes again in the sixth, when Brandon Inge made two errors in one play.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
With runners on second and third, Inge threw to home wild to score a run and then obstructed Scott Rolen, who was running home, to score another run. Craig Monroe hit a home run off Reyes in the bottom of the ninth, which led to Reyes being pulled from the game, as Braden Looper came in to finish the game. The final score was 7–2 Cardinals, marking the first time since 2003 that the National League had won a World Series game, and the first World Series game won by St. Louis since Game 5 of the 1987 World Series.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
With a starting temperature of 44 °F (7 °C), controversy surrounded the start of Game 2 when Tigers starting pitcher Kenny Rogers was found to have a substance on a patch of the palm of his pitching hand during the first inning. Although Cardinals hitters claimed that the ball was doing "weird things" in the first inning, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa did not request an inspection of Rogers' hand to determine what the substance was. Rogers claimed it was a combination of dirt and rosin (both legal), but complied with a request from the umpires to wash his hands before the second inning.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Unfazed, Rogers would go on to pitch eight shutout innings while surrendering only two hits, running his postseason streak to 23 straight shutout innings. Craig Monroe hit his second home run in the series, and Carlos Guillén, who was a home run away from the cycle, and Sean Casey each drove in runs to give the Tigers a 3–0 lead going into the ninth.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Todd Jones then came into the game to close it out but got into a heavy jam (he had an error which contributed to the jam), with Scott Rolen being driven in by Jim Edmonds before a force-out at second with the bases loaded won the game for the Tigers. Craig Monroe became the fifth player to hit a home run in each of his first two World Series games.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The others were Barry Bonds for the Giants in 2002, Ted Simmons for the Brewers in 1982, Dusty Rhodes for the New York Giants in 1954, and Jimmie Foxx for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1929. St. Louis pitcher Jeff Weaver (the same Yankees pitcher who surrendered the walk-off home run in game 4 of the 2003 World Series) surrendered all three Detroit runs in his five innings of work and took the loss for the Cardinals.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
After the Cardinals were shut out by Detroit pitcher Kenny Rogers for eight innings in Game 2, St. Louis starter Chris Carpenter answered with eight innings of his own in a 5–0 Cardinals victory in Game 3. Carpenter, making his World Series debut (he missed the entire 2004 World Series due to injury) gave up only three hits, struck out six and did not issue a walk, while throwing only 82 pitches. Only one Tiger reached second base.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
St. Louis began the scoring in the fourth inning on a bases-loaded two-run double by center fielder Jim Edmonds off of Nate Robertson. Two more runs would score in the bottom of the seventh on an error by Detroit pitcher Joel Zumaya, who overthrew third baseman Brandon Inge on what should have been a routine force out. St. Louis would add another run in the eighth on a wild pitch.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Reliever Braden Looper would pitch a perfect ninth to close out the game and give St. Louis a two-games-to-one advantage in the Series.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The Cardinals became the first team since the Cincinnati Reds in 1970 to host a World Series game in their first season in a new ballpark.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Game 4 was pushed back a day because of rain, the first time a rainout had occurred in the World Series since Game 1 in 1996. The fans from the game were to attend Game 5. (Thus, fans who had tickets for Game 5 went to Game 4 instead.) The Cardinals won, taking a 3–1 series lead. The starters were Jeff Suppan for the Cardinals and Jeremy Bonderman for the Tigers. The Tigers took a 3–0 lead into the top of the third, after Sean Casey had two RBIs, including a home run.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The other RBI came from Detroit's Iván Rodríguez, who singled in Carlos Guillén. Rodriguez, who had been hitless in the previous three games, also went 3-for-4. In the bottom of the third, the Cardinals struck back with a run-scoring double by David Eckstein, scoring Aaron Miles who had the first stolen base of the series by either team. Yadier Molina doubled in Scott Rolen in the fourth to cut the Tiger lead to 3–2.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The score remained that way, until the bottom of the seventh, when Eckstein led off with a double over the head of Curtis Granderson, who had slipped on the wet Busch Stadium outfield grass. Eckstein then scored on an attempted sacrifice bunt by So Taguchi that was thrown over the head of second baseman Plácido Polanco, who was covering first by Fernando Rodney, and that tied the score at three. Later that same inning, Preston Wilson hit a single to left with two outs that scored Taguchi from third and Rodney was charged with a blown save.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The Tigers tied the game in the top of the eighth on a Brandon Inge double that scored Iván Rodríguez. Adam Wainwright, the winning pitcher, was charged with a blown save but held on to win. In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Cardinals would regain and keep the lead when Miles scored on a double by Eckstein just off the glove of outfielder Craig Monroe, who had been playing shallow and dove for a ball just out of his reach. This gave Joel Zumaya the loss.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
On a day in which it rained much of the day but stopped early enough so that the lack of a dome did not delay the game, the Cardinals won to clinch the championship four games to one, making this the first five-game series since the Yankees–Mets Series in 2000. The starter for Detroit was game 1 loser Justin Verlander and the Cardinals starter was game 2 loser Jeff Weaver. Weaver got an extra day of rest to avoid pitching on three days rest.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Justin Verlander pitched a sloppy first inning for Detroit, walking three and tying a World Series record for a single inning by throwing two wild pitches. He avoided allowing any runs, however, thanks to a good play by shortstop Carlos Guillén to get the third out on what was almost an infield hit.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
The Cardinals took the lead in the second inning on a lead-off single by Yadier Molina followed by two advancing groundouts, and then an infield single by David Eckstein. Detroit third baseman Brandon Inge made a good play to stop the ball off Eckstein's bat, but then made a poor throw to first which got by first baseman Sean Casey and allowed Eckstein to advance to second. The throwing error was the seventh error of the series by the Tigers, also giving them at least one error in every game to that point.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Cardinals pitcher Jeff Weaver (an ex-Tiger) was cruising into the fourth inning, and he appeared to be nowhere near trouble with a lead-off groundout by Guillen, followed by a routine popup by Magglio Ordóñez. This popup turned out to be much more troublesome than it first appeared: right fielder Chris Duncan dropped the ball, apparently distracted by center fielder Jim Edmonds who was also going after the ball.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
With Ordóñez on via the error, the very next pitch of the game was hit by the hot-hitting Sean Casey into the right-field seats just inside the foul pole for a two-run homer that gave Detroit the lead, 2–1. The Cardinals would threaten immediately in the bottom of the inning, however, with Yadier Molina and So Taguchi each singling to put runners at first and second with one out. Pitcher Jeff Weaver then came up and attempted to bunt the runners over to second and third.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
The bunt was fielded cleanly by the pitcher Justin Verlander, but he attempted to force out Molina at third. The throw missed third baseman Brandon Inge and the ball went into the left-field foul area. This allowed Molina to score to tie it up, with Taguchi and Weaver arriving safely at third and second. Later, Verlander said "I picked it up and said, Don't throw it away, instead of just throwing it. I got tentative."


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
The throwing error by Verlander was the fifth error by Detroit pitchers in the World Series, having committed one per game, setting a new World Series record. (A placard held by a Cardinals fan in the stands read "HIT IT TO THE PITCHER"). The next batter, David Eckstein, grounded out to score the runner from third, and St. Louis secured their lead, 3–2. Verlander kept Weaver from scoring by retiring Chris Duncan, but the damage was already done.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Chris Duncan misplayed another ball in the top of the sixth for a Sean Casey two-out double, but this time Casey would be stranded as Iván Rodríguez then struck out to end the inning. A David Eckstein single followed by a Preston Wilson walk in the bottom of the seventh put runners at first and second with none out for the heart of the Cardinals order: Pujols, Edmonds, and Rolen. Pujols popped out and Edmonds flied out, so it appeared Detroit might hold the Cardinals to a one-run lead. Instead, Scott Rolen singled and scored Eckstein, doubling the Cardinals lead to 4–2. Fernando Rodney, who gave up the single to Rolen and was charged with the run, managed to retire Ronnie Belliard to end the inning.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Jeff Weaver retired the side in order, and the Cardinals went to the ninth, three outs away from their first World Series title in 24 years. The man called on to get those three outs would be Adam Wainwright, who had won the job of closer after the star free agent brought to St. Louis in 2002, Jason Isringhausen, had season-ending surgery. Detroit's clean-up hitter, Magglio Ordóñez, led off the inning. He proceeded to work a full count but then grounded out.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
The second batter, Sean Casey, worked a full count and then doubled to bring the tying run to the plate. The third batter, Iván Rodríguez, got ahead in the count 2–0 but grounded back to Wainwright on the next pitch, putting the Cardinals one out away. The fourth batter, Plácido Polanco (who was hitless during the entire series), fell behind 1–2, but then worked a walk to put the tying run on. The fifth batter, Brandon Inge, fell behind 0–2, again putting the Cardinals one strike from a World Series championship.


2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
He did not extend the drama any longer, as he swung and missed at the next pitch (making it the first World Series to end on a strikeout since the 1988 World Series), giving the World Series title to the Cardinals. The final play of the 2006 season was made at 10:26pm Central Standard time. After the game, Wainwright, who threw a curveball for strike three to win the pennant and a slider to Inge to win the Series, said "I'll probably never throw another curve or slider again without thinking of those two pitches."


2006 World Series, Composite line score
2006 World Series (4–1): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Detroit Tigers (A.L.)


2006 World Series, Broadcasting
The World Series was televised in the United States by Fox, with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver as the booth announcers. The starting time for each television broadcast was 8:00 pm EDT/6:00 pm MDT.


2006 World Series, Broadcasting
On radio, the Series was broadcast nationally by ESPN Radio, with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan announcing. Locally, Dan Dickerson and Jim Price called the Series for the Tigers on WXYT-AM in Detroit (with retired longtime Tiger announcer Ernie Harwell returning to call the second inning of Game 1), while Mike Shannon and John Rooney called it for the Cardinals on KTRS-AM in St. Louis. Per contractual obligation, the non-flagship stations on the teams' radio networks carried the ESPN Radio broadcasts.


2006 World Series, Broadcasting
John Rooney had broadcast the 2005 World Series for the Chicago White Sox, and thus became the first announcer to call back-to-back World Series championships as an employee of different teams.


2006 World Series, Broadcasting
Fox aired commercials supporting and opposing the Missouri Constitutional Amendment during the game.


2006 World Series, Ratings
The ratings for the 2006 World Series were considered alarmingly poor at the time. The ratings for games 1, 3 and 4 were the lowest rated games 1, 3, and 4 in World Series history. Game 1, at 8.0, particularly set the record for lowest rated World-Series game of all-time (the 9.4 rating in Game 1 of the 2002 World Series was the prior lowest). The series overall averaged 10.1, sinking below the 11.1 of the 2005 World Series to become the lowest-rated World Series of all-time.


2006 World Series, Ratings
However, those numbers look differently today, considering the performances of many of the World Series following 2006. The 10.1 overall rating is now the 8th lowest rated World Series (behind 2012, 2014, 2010, 2008, 2015, 2011, and 2013), and game 1's 8.0 is now the 15th lowest rated game all-time (behind, among others, five games from the 2014 Series). Since 2006, four series (2007, 2009, 2016, and 2017) have outdone the 2006 World Series' ratings.


2006 World Series, Aftermath
Neither team made the playoffs the next season. The Tigers finished with 88 wins, eight behind the division champion Cleveland Indians in the AL Central, while the Cardinals finished with 78 wins, seven behind the division champion Chicago Cubs in the NL Central. The 2007 Cardinals were the last defending World Series champion to finish with a losing record and miss the playoffs the next season until the San Francisco Giants followed up their 2012 championship season with a 76–86 record in 2013.


2006 World Series, Aftermath
The Tigers would not make the playoffs again until 2011, when they won the AL Central title for the first time with their last division title being the 1987 AL East crown. The Tigers would win the AL Central in 2012 again and would return to the World Series in 2012 after winning the 2012 American League pennant where they would be swept by the San Francisco Giants in four games. The Cardinals would later make the playoffs in 2009, when the NL Central champions were swept by the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2009 NLDS.


2006 World Series, Aftermath
The Cardinals also made it to the playoffs as the Wild Card entry in 2011, winning the 2011 National League pennant and going on to beat the Texas Rangers in the 2011 World Series, but failing to defend that title in the 2012 NLCS, losing to the Giants in seven games.


2006 World Series by Renault
The 2006 World Series by Renault was the second season of Renault Sport's series of events, with three different championships racing under one banner.


2006 World Series of Poker
The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25th, 2006 with satellite events, with regular play commencing on June 26th with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28th and 29th. 40 more events in various disciplines including Omaha, seven-card stud and razz, plus ladies' and senior tournaments led up to the 10,000 US$ no-limit Texas hold 'em main event starting July 28th and running through the final table on August 10th.


2006 World Series of Poker
All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, which marked the first time that a casino other than Binion's Horseshoe (now "Binion's") hosted the final table of the main event. 6 days reserved for the first 2 rounds of play for the main event were established by Harrah's Entertainment, which has run the annual event since its purchase from the Binion family in 2004.


2006 World Series of Poker
The first prize in the main event was $12 million (US$), at that time the richest prize for the winner of any sports or television event in history. The top 12 players became millionaires. The record prize was surpassed at the 2012 WSOP, when the winner of the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop, Antonio Esfandiari, received a first-place prize $18.3 million.


2006 World Series of Poker
The 2006 World Series featured a much-anticipated HORSE tournament with a $50,000 buy-in, the highest ever for a single WSOP event.


2006 World Series of Poker
Humberto Brenes, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson, and Alex Jacob tied for the most cashes during the WSOP, with 8 cashes each. Jeff Madsen, who won 2 events and made 2 other final tables (finishing 3rd both times), was named the 2006 WSOP Player of the Year (POTY). He barely edged Hellmuth, who also made 4 final tables.


2006 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The 2006 Main Event (event #39) remains the largest tournament in poker history by prize pool with a total prize pool of $82,512,162. The tournament, like every WSOP Main Event, is a $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em event. Due to the 8,773-player field, there were four separate starting days (1A-1D), each playing down to 800 people. They were later combined into one other set of separate days (2A and 2B) before becoming one whole group. The field was whittled down to 9 players on August 8, and Jamie Gold was crowned World Champion on August 10. The final table of the "Main Event" was offered live on Pay-Per-View, but unlike ESPN telecasts, viewers at home could not see the hole cards of the players unless the player turned their cards over.


2006 World Series of Poker, Main Event
Along with the usual $10,000 chip stacks, a new feature to the WSOP was the "All-In" button. Tournament directors have informed the participants that the coin could be used in lieu of pushing all of one’s chips into the pot.


2006 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The beige $50,000 chips that were used in 2005 were not used in 2006. Instead, tangerine and yellow $25,000 chips, in the design of the current $25 chips, were used. And for the first time in World Series of Poker History, a $100,000 chip was introduced on day 7. The chips were mint green with black edge spots in the design of the current yellow/black $1,000 chip.


2006 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final table
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2006 Main Event.


2006 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other high finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


2006 World Series of Poker, Controversy, Event 5
When play resumed during day 2 of this event, a table with players, Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Smith, and Kathy Liebert were given extra chips after tournament officials had misplaced Mirza Nagji's chips in the wrong seat. Unknowingly, the rest of the players assumed that this stack was someone else's who was late and blinded off the stack. Eventually a player noticed that the stack was Mirza Nagji's chips, who by that time had been given replacement chips. Players estimate that out of the extra 120,000 in chips that were put into play, around 10,000–11,000 in chips had already been blinded off from the empty stack.


2006 World Series of Poker, Controversy, Event 20
Many poker players who entered into the HORSE event discovered that the cards they were playing with were marked or easily markable. Andy Bloch was assessed a 10‑minute penalty for crumpling a card when a dealer refused to replace the deck after the new deck that came in was rife with markings. When asked for comment, WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack said, "I hadn't heard anything about the cards being marked until today. I am looking into getting more fresh setups and I am definitely working on solving the problem."


2006 World Series of Poker, Controversy, Event 25
During Event 25, the $2,000 NL Hold 'em Shootout, the structure was changed mid-tournament from a full table into a 6-handed table event. Harry Demetriou, who had been playing in the event, objected to the change in format citing that a shootout should be 9, 10 or 11 handed, yelling about the unfair change in structure. Harry was eventually ejected from the tournament and was later refunded his money.


2006 World Series of Poker, Controversy, Event 25
Daniel Negreanu missed the event completely because he assumed that the event would be a full table and he would be able to come into the tournament a little bit later after sleeping in. However, by the time he showed up David Singer had won his table after blinding off Negreanu's stack.


2006 World Series of Poker results
This article is a list of results of the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) with statistics, final table results and payouts. The total money paid out in the 2006 events was $156,409,974.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 1: $500 No Limit Hold 'em--Casino Employees
This event kicked off the 2006 WSOP. It was a $500 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in Nevada.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 2: $1,500 No Limit Hold 'em
This event was a $1,500 buy-in no-limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was the first public tournament of the 2006 WSOP.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 3: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold 'em
This event was a $1,500 buy-in pot limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $345,984.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 4: $1,500 Limit Hold 'em
This event was a $1,500 buy-in limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $335,289.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 5: $2,500 No Limit Hold 'em short-handed
This event was a $2,500 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament, with a maximum of six players per table instead of the normal nine. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $475,712.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 6: $2,000 No Limit Hold 'em
This event was a $2,000 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $803,274.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 7: $3,000 Limit Hold 'em
This event was a $3,000 buy-in limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $343,618.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 8: $2,000 Omaha Hi-low Split
This event was a $2,000 buy-in Limit Omaha High-low split. It was a three-day event with a first prize of $341,426.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 8: $2,000 Omaha Hi-low Split
This was the first of four top-three finishes for Madsen at this year's WSOP.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 12: $5,000 Omaha Hi-low Split
This event was a $5,000 buy-in Limit Omaha High-low split. It was a two-day event with a first prize of $398,560.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 15: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em
2005 winner, actress Jennifer Tilly did not reach the money this year. Mimi Rogers reached 33rd place, winning $5,132.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 20: $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.
This was a three-day event alternating between limit Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better. For the final table, the play was shifted exclusively to no limit hold'em. This event has the highest buy-in ever at the WSOP.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 21: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded
This was a three-day event, with a maximum of six players per table instead of the normal nine.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 21: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded
This was William Chen's second first-place finish and fifth in-the-money finish in this year's WSOP.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 22: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Jeff Madsen became the youngest bracelet winner, defeating the record set the previous year by Eric Froehlich.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 30: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded
This is a three-day event, with a maximum of six players per table.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 30: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded
Jeff Madsen, who became the youngest bracelet winner about a week earlier, won his second bracelet and made his third final table appearance at this year's WSOP.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 34: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em with rebuys
Phil Hellmuth Jr tied legends Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson for the most WSOP tournament wins with his 10th bracelet.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 35: $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi Low Split
Jeff Madsen made his fourth final table appearance and fourth top-three finish in this year's WSOP. This was also the third poker variant in which Madsen made the final table this year, as he previously made final tables in Omaha and Texas hold 'em (twice).


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 39: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event
This is the "Main Event". It started on July 28 and the final table took place on August 10.


2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 39: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event
Jamie Gold took the bracelet, the title and the biggest ever payout in poker history, $12 million, after being the chip leader for most of the second week of the tournament. On the final table Gold eliminated seven of the eight opponents.


2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 29 and 31, 2006 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.


2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Men
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.


2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Women
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.


2006 World Snooker Championship
The 2006 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2006 888.com World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that was held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was scheduled to take place from 15 April through 1 May 2006, but continued into the early hours of 2 May 2006, ending at 12:52 am BST. The final broke the record of the time for the latest finish in a World Snooker Championship final - 29 minutes later than the 1985 final - although it was not the longest ever final.


2006 World Snooker Championship
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals against eventual runner-up Peter Ebdon and became another World Champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title.


2006 World Snooker Championship
The final was contested between Ebdon and Graeme Dott, and the victor was Dott by 18 frames to 14, earning him his first professional title in his 12-year career, and a £200,000 cheque. The tournament was sponsored by online casino 888.com.


2006 World Snooker Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2006 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).


2006 World Snooker Championship, Preliminary qualifying
The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament were for WPBSA members not on the Main Tour and took place on 6 and 7 January 2006 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.


2006 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
The qualifying rounds 1–3 for the tournament took place between 8 and 13 January 2006 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. The final round of qualifying took place between 14 and 15 March 2006 at the same venue.


2006 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Televised stage centuries
There were 46 century breaks in the televised stage of the World Championship.


2006 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries
There were 52 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship:


2006 World Snowshoe Championships
The 2006 World Snowshoe Championships was the 1st edition of the global snowshoe running competition, World Snowshoe Championships, organised by the World Snowshoe Federation and took place in Schladming, Dachstein Glacier on 21 March 2006.


2006 World Snowshoe Championships, Results
The race Dachstein Xtreme, held on the distance of 7.8 km, has compiled two different ranking (male and female) overall, it was the mass start system.


2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan
The 2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan was a solar vehicle auto race held in September 2006 in Taiwan. Ten teams from five countries, most university-based, competed in a series of races around the island for the trophy.


2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Race
The race was preceded by a parade on September 16 through the city of Kaohsiung, followed by a circuit race at Pingtung Airport on September 17, with the actual rally taking place in three stages on the following three days. The total race was about 570 km (350 mi) long. Most of the race consisted of untimed transit stages, while the eight timed sections totaled up to about 44 km (27 mi) long.


2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Race
The route went past landmarks and cultural destinations including the Shueishang Tropic of Cancer Park in Chiayi County, Lugang Mazu Temple in Changhua County, Da-Jai as Jenlan Temple in Taichung, Chulu Pasture in Taitung, and Fong Kong in Pintong.


2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Race
The terrain on all three days of the rally was very diverse. Most of the first day was on gently curving two-lane roads, and was generally uphill. The first day concluded with a very steep hill climb. The second day's timed stages were on roller-coaster-like four-lane highways, while the third and last day's route was on flat, straight highway. Each day presented its own unique challenges for planning strategy.


2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Results
The top three from the circuit race at Pingtung Airport were Sky Ace TIGA from Ashiya University in Ashiya, Japan, Apollo V from the National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences in Taiwan, and Tokai Falcon from Tokai University in Japan.


2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Results
Six teams placed in the rally; the other five did not complete all of the rally and thus could not place. First place went to Ashiya University from Ashiya, Japan. Second place was Apollo V from the National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences; third place was the team from Southern Taiwan University of Technology.


2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Teams
Ten teams competed in the event. The National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, who hosted the event, fielded two cars, bringing the total number of cars to eleven. A twelfth car, the #101 from Aurora Vehicle Association in Australia, entered the event but was not able to attend. They were forced to withdraw after their car was destroyed in an accident at the Tour del Sol in France in June.


2006 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 2006 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships is a long track speed skating event that was held on January 21–22, 2006, in the Thialf, in Heerenveen, Netherlands.


2006 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 and 1000 meters. Skaters with equal overall points are ranked according to their results in the last distance.


2006 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The 2006 Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships was held in the AWD-Dome of Bremen, Germany from April 24 to May 1, 2006. It is the 48th edition to be contested.


2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings
The 2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings is the 2006 edition of the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings. It is an assessment of racehorses which was issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) in January 2007. It includes horses aged three or older which raced or were trained during 2006 in countries where the flat racing year runs from January 1 to December 31. These countries are generally in the Northern Hemisphere.


2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings
The ratings represent a weight value in pounds, with higher values given to horses which showed greater ability. It is judged that these weights would equalize the abilities of the horses if carried in a theoretical handicap race. The list includes all horses rated 115 or above, and it also shows the surface and the distances at which the rating was achieved.


2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings
The highest rating in the 2006 season was 129, which was given to the performance of Invasor in the Breeders' Cup Classic. In total, 180 horses were included in the list, 32 more than in the 2005 Rankings.


2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Full rankings for 2006
Certain horses may have also recorded a lesser rating over a distance different from that listed above. The IFHA publishes this information when the lower rating represents the overall top performance in a particular category. There was one such additional rating for this season:


2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Top ranked horses
The tables below show the top ranked horses overall, the top fillies and mares, and the top three-year-olds in the 2006 Rankings. They also show the top performers in various subdivisions of each group, which are defined by the distances of races, and the surfaces on which they are run. The IFHA recognizes five distance categories — Sprint, Mile, Intermediate, Long and Extended — identified by the acronym "SMILE". These are framed as follows:


2006 World Touring Car Championship
The 2006 World Touring Car Championship season was the third season of FIA World Touring Car Championship motor racing. It featured a ten event, twenty race series which commenced on 2 April 2006 and ended on 19 November. The series was open to Super 2000, Diesel 2000 and Super Production Cars, with  two titles awarded, the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Drivers and the FIA World Touring  Car Champion for Manufacturers. Andy Priaulx won the Drivers title and BMW won the Manufacturers award.


2006 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams contested the 2006 World Touring Car Championship.


2006 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Drivers changes
Entering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2005


2006 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar
Each event comprised  two races of 50 kilometres distance. The starting grid for the first race was determined by the results of the qualifying session and the grid for the second race by the provisional results of the first race, with the top eight positions reversed.


2006 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship
Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight positions in each race.


2006 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2006 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Manufacturers' Championship
Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight positions in each race. However, only the two best placed cars per manufacturer were eligible to score points and all other cars from that manufacturer were considered invisible as far as point scoring was concerned.


2006 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Yokohama Independents' Trophy
Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents.


2006 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Yokohama Teams' Trophy
Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents.


2006 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
The 2006 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament for under-17 players held in  Saskatchewan, Canada between December 29, 2005 and January 4, 2006. Canada Quebec defeated the United States 5–2 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Czech Republic defeated Canada Pacific 5–4 in a shootout to capture the bronze medal.


2006 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Games were held in Balgonie, Fort Qu'Appelle, Indian Head, Milestone, Moose Jaw, Regina, Southey, and Weyburn.


2006 World University Boxing Championship
The 2006 World University Boxing Championships took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan between October 2 and 9 2006. 82 boxers from 14 countries participated at the second edition tournament.


2006 World University Championships
The 2006 World University Championships are the World Championships organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) in 2006. 27 World University Championships were organized attracting 5,852 participants from a total of 209 (of which 90 different) countries.


2006 World University Championships, Archery
The 6th World University Archery Championship took place in Vinicne, Slovakia from 14 to 17 June 2006.


2006 World University Championships, Badminton
The 9th World University Badminton Championship took place in Wuhan, China from 10 to 15 October 2006.


2006 World University Championships, Baseball
The 3rd World University Baseball Championship took place in La Habana, Cuba from 6 to 16 August 2006.


2006 World University Championships, Beach Volleyball
The 3rd World University Beach Volleyball Championship took place in Protaras, Cyprus from 14 to 18 June 2006.


2006 World University Championships, Boxing
The 2nd World University Boxing Championship took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 2 to 9 October 2006.


2006 World University Championships, Bridge
The 3rd World University Bridge Championship took place in Tianjin City, China from 21 to 26 October 2006.


2006 World University Championships, Chess
The 9th World University Chess Championship took place in Lagos, Nigeria.


2006 World University Championships, Cross Country
The 15th World University Cross Country Championship took place in Algiers, Algeria.


2006 World University Championships, Cycling
The 4th World University Cycling Championship took place in Antwerp and Herentals, Belgium from 22 to 26 March 2006.


2006 World University Championships, Equestrian
The 7th World University Equestrian Championship took place in La Rochelle, France.


2006 World University Championships, Canoe Slalom
The 5th World University Wild Water Canoeing Championship took place in Krakow, Poland from 7 to 10 September 2006.


2006 World University Championships, Floorball
The 2nd World University Floorball Championship took place in Bern, Switzerland.


2006 World University Championships, Futsal
The 10th World University Futsal Championship took place in Poznań, Poland.


2006 World University Championships, Golf
The 11th World University Golf Championship took place in Torino, Italy.


2006 World University Championships, Handball
The 18th World University Handball Championship took place in Gdańsk, Poland.


2006 World University Championships, Karate
The 5th World University Karate Championship took place in New York City, United States.


2006 World University Championships, Match Racing
The 3rd World University Match Racing Championship took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.


2006 World University Championships, Orienteering
The 15th World University Orienteering Championship took place in Košice, Slovakia from 14 to 20 August 2006.


2006 World University Championships, Rowing
The 9th World University Rowing Championship took place in Trakai, Lithuania.


2006 World University Championships, Rugby Sevens
The 2nd World University Rugby Sevens Championship took place in Rome, Italy.


2006 World University Championships, Softball
The 2nd World University Softball Championship took place in Tainan City, Taiwan.


2006 World University Championships, Squash
The 5th World University Squash Championship took place in Szeged, Hungary.


2006 World University Championships, Taekwondo
The 9th World University Taekwondo Championship took place in Valencia, Spain.


2006 World University Championships, Triathlon
The 9th World University Triathlon Championship took place in Lausanne, Switzerland.


2006 World University Championships, Woodball
The 1st World University Woodball Championship took place in Taipei City, Taiwan.


2006 World University Championships, Wrestling
The 7th World University Wrestling Championship took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.


2006 World University Cycling Championship
The 2006 World University Cycling Championship is the 4th Word University Cycling Championship sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Cycling made his comeback after a 16-year absence as a university sport. The championship took place in Antwerp (for the road race events) and Herentals (for the cyclo-cross event), Belgium from March 22 to March 26, 2006. The city of Herentals is located in the geographic region of Campine, which is well known for cyclo-cross. The championship included 119 athletes (86 men, 33 women) and 54 officials from 17 countries. Athletes contested in a cyclo-cross race for men and four road cycling disciplines: a road race and an individual time trial for both men and women.


2006 World University Cycling Championship, Participation
Each country was allowed to enter a maximum of twelve competitors: 4 men and women in the road race events and 4 men in the Cyclo-cross race. A person was allowed to participate as a competitor if he/she was born between January 1, 1978, and December 31, 1988, and was a full-time student at a university or similar institute or had obtained their academic degree in the year preceding the event.


2006 World University Cycling Championship, Road cycling, Time Trial
The men’s and women’s time trials were held at March 23,  consisted of 4 laps of 6.8 km for men (27.2) and 2 laps (13.6 km) for women. The men’ s race included 27 cyclists and the women’ s race 23. Both men’s and women’s time trials were dominated by Dutch cyclists with Loes Gunnewijk winning women’s gold and Malaya van Ruitenbeek taking home the men’s gold medal. Women’s silver was won by Ellen van Dijk and bronze went to Germans Verena Jooss. Tobias Erler won the silver medal in the men’s event and the host country was represented with Michiel van Aelbroeck winning bronze.


2006 World University Cycling Championship, Road cycling, Road race
The road race events took place at 25 May on the same left hand circuit as that of the time trial and consisted of 21 laps (142.8 km) for men and 13 laps (88.4 km) for women. The men’s race started at 2pm and included 71 cyclists. The women’s road race competed in a field of 33 athletes.


2006 World University Cycling Championship, Road cycling, Road race
After winning silver in the time trial, the Dutch Ellen van Dijk won gold in the women's road race leaving the silver to Eva Lutz from Germany and the bronze to Ludivine Henrion from. In the men’s road race the gold medal went to Yvo Kusters from the Netherlands leaving the silver for Belgian time trial bronze medallist Michiel van Aelbroeck and bronze to the Dutch Malaya van Ruitenbeek Time Trial gold medallist.


2006 World University Cycling Championship, Cyclo cross
The men’s cyclo cross race was held in Herentals, Belgium at 26 May. Sebastian Hannover from Germany won the gold and the silver went to Axel Bult from the Netherlands. It was a tight race between Hannover and Bult with a little sprint at the end. Belgian Tom van den Bosch was in fourth position for most of the race, but with three laps to go he took advantage of a gap left by René Birkenfelt and raced past the German and never gave up that spot for the rest of the race.


2006 World University Cycling Championship – Women's road race
The Women's U23 road race at the 2006 World University Cycling Championship took place on 25 March 2006. The Championships were hosted by the Belgian city of Antwerp. The road race consisted of 13 laps on a 6.8 km long circuit (88.4 km). In the race participated 33 athletes from 12 countries representing 3 continents.


2006 World University Cycling Championship – Women's road race
Two days after winning silver in the time trial, the Dutchwomen Ellen van Dijk won gold in the road race leaving the silver to Eva Lutz from Germany and the bronze to Ludivine Henrion from the host country Belgium.


2006 World University Cycling Championship – Women's time trial
The Women's U23 road race at the 2006 World University Cycling Championship took place on 23 March 2006. The Championships were hosted by the Belgian city of Antwerp. The race consisted of 2 laps on a 6.8 km long circuit (13.4 km). In the race participated 23 athletes from 13 countries representing 3 continents.


2006 World University Cycling Championship – Women's time trial
The Dutch women's Loes Gunnewijk and Ellen van Dijk won gold and silver in the time trial leaving the silver to Verena Jooss from Germany.


2006 World University Squash Championship
The 2006 World University Squash Championship is the edition of the 2006's World University Squash, which serves as the individual world squash championship for students. The event will take place in Szeged, Hungary, from 28 August to 2 September.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event took place from September 30 to October 7, 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's +105 kilograms division was staged on 6 and 7 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 105 kilograms division was staged on 6 and 7 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 56 kilograms division was staged on 30 September 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 62 kilograms division was staged on 30 September and 1 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 69 kilograms division was staged on 1 and 2 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 77 kilograms division was staged on 2 and 3 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 85 kilograms division was staged on 4 and 5 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 94 kilograms division was staged on 5 and 6 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's +75 kilograms division was staged on 6 and 7 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 48 kilograms division was staged on 1 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 53 kilograms division was staged on 1 and 2 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 58 kilograms division was staged on 3 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 63 kilograms division was staged on 3 and 4 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 69 kilograms division was staged on 3 and 4 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 75 kilograms division was staged on 5 October 2006.


2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2006 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2006 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held March 18–26 at the Canada Games Arena in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.


2006 World Women's Curling Championship
Sweden, skipped by Anette Norberg, fresh off winning a gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics, defeated the United States, skipped by Debbie McCormick in the final, 10–9. Norberg won the game by making a draw in the 10th end. It was the second of three world championships for Norberg.


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kelly Scott Third: Jeanna Schraeder Second: Sasha Carter Lead: Renee Simons Alternate: Michelle Allen


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Wang Bingyu Third: Yue Qingshuang Second: Liu Yin Lead: Zhou Yan Alternate: Sun Yue


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Madeleine Dupont Third: Camilla Jensen Second: Denise Dupont Lead: Angelina Jensen** Alternate: Charlotte Hedegård


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrea Schöpp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Anna Hartelt Lead: Marie Rotter Alternate: Tina Tchatschke


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Diana Gaspari Third: Giulia Lacedelli Second: Rosa Pompanin Lead: Violetta Caldart Alternate: Arianna Lorenzi


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Yukako Tsuchiya Third: Junko Sonobe Second: Tomoko Sonobe Lead: Chiemi Kameyama Alternate: Mitsuki Satoh


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon Third: Ellen van der Cammen Second: Margrietha Voskuilen Lead: Erika Doornbos Alternate: Idske de Jong


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Dordi Nordby Third: Marianne Haslum Second: Camilla Holth Lead: Charlotte Hovring Alternate: Kristin Skaslien


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kelly Wood Third: Lorna Vevers Second: Kim Brewster Lead: Lindsay Wood Alternate: Kerry Barr


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anette Norberg Third: Eva Lund Second: Cathrine Lindahl Lead: Anna Svärd Alternate: Ulrika Bergman


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Silvana Tirinzoni Third: Sandra Attinger Second: Anna Neuenschwander Lead: Esther Neuenschwander Alternate: Carmen Schäfer


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Debbie McCormick Third: Allison Pottinger Second: Nicole Joraanstad Lead: Natalie Nicholson Alternate: Caitlin Maroldo


2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
** Angelina Jensen skipped the Danish team until she suffered a miscarriage and had to return to Denmark. Fourth Madeleine Dupont was given skipping duties following Jensen's departure.


2006 World Women's Snooker Championship
The 2006 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament played in the United Kingdom in 2006. Defending champion Reanne Evans beat Emma Bonney 5–3 in the final to win her second world title.


2006 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
Reanne Evans was the reigning champion, having won the 2005 World Women's Snooker Championship. The 2006 tournament was played at the Cambridge Snooker Centre, the same venue as the 2005 championship. Evans was eight months pregnant during the tournament.


2006 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
Evans received £800 in prize money as champion, and Bonney received £400 as runner-up. The losing semi-finalists received £200 each, and losing quarter-finalists £100 each.


2006 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
Other events were held at the same venue alongside the women's snooker world championship. Bonney also lost in the final of the 2005 World Women's Billiards Championship, 164–193 to Chitra Magimairaj. Evans won the mixed doubles snooker tournament with her partner Mark Allen, Jenny Poulter won the seniors event, and Suzie Opacic won the juniors event.


2006 World Wrestling Championships
The 2006 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China. The event took place from September 25 to October 1, 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 27 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 25 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 60 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 25 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 66 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 25 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 26 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 84 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 26 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 26 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 120 kg
The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 29 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 55 kg
The men's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 27 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 60 kg
The men's freestyle 60 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 27 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 66 kg
The men's freestyle 66 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 28 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg
The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 28 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 84 kg
The men's freestyle 84 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 28 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg
The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 29 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 48 kg
The women's freestyle 48 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 29 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 51 kg
The women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 30 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg
The women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 30 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg
The women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 30 September 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 63 kg
The women's freestyle 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 1 October 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 67 kg
The women's freestyle 67 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 1 October 2006.


2006 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg
The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 1 October 2006.


2006 World's Strongest Man
The 2006 Met-Rx World's Strongest Man was the 29th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Phil Pfister, the first American to win the competition since Bill Kazmaier in 1982. The contest took place between the 14th and 23 September 2006, in Sanya, China.


2006 World's Strongest Man
The 25 competitors in the World's Strongest Man qualified through the World's Strongest Man Super Series. The Super Series consist of exclusive Grand Prix events produced all over the world.


2006 World's Strongest Man, Format
The 25 competitors were split into five separate heats, each consisting of six events. After each event each competitor was given points, from 5 for first to 1 for last. Half points occurred if more than one competitor had the same result, and no points were scored if a competitor did not take part in an event. The points were tallied after the six events and the two competitors with the most points from each heat progressed to the final. The final consisted of seven events and the champion was the competitor with the most points after all of the events.


2006 World's Strongest Man, Format
The Head referee was Colin Bryce, assisted by Svend Karlsen (the 2001 World's Strongest Man). Jouko Ahola, World's Strongest Man winner from 1997 and 1999, was the equipment manager.


2006 World's Strongest Man, Events
There were a total of 11 different events used in the competition:


2006 World's Strongest Man, Final
Mariusz Pudzianowski, the reigning champion, started well in the final. He was joint first with Mark Felix in the Dead Lift, with 16 lifts and won the power stairs in 26.33 seconds, almost 8 seconds faster than second placed Tarmo Mitt. The power stairs proved a tough task for others though, Raivis Vidzis coped the worst but managed to carry on. In the 3rd event, the overhead stone lift, Phil Pfister dominated and lifted all 4 stones, while no other competitor could lift more than 2. The top 5 after the first day of the final was:


2006 World's Strongest Man, Final
Pfister dramatically closed the gap to Pudzianowski in the 2 events on day 2 of the final as he won both of them. Pudzianowski struggled to 6th in the Fingal Fingers, while Pfister set a world record time of 5 fingers in 31.92 seconds. Remarkably, in the bus pull, none of the 10 finalists successfully finished the course, but Pfister managed to pull his bus just 12 centimetres further than Pudzianowski to win the event, leaving himself 1.5 points behind the Polish athlete. The top 5 after the second day of the final was:


2006 World's Strongest Man, Final
Despite having won 3 events in a row, many people expected Pfister to struggle in the Car Walk given how poorly he had performed with the equipment in training. Moreover, once Pudzianowski had set a blistering time of 27.4 seconds, no-one expected Pfister to get anywhere close to him, but to everyone's amazement, Pfister somehow managed to win the event by over half a second, meaning the 2006 WSM would go right down to the wire in the Atlas Stones. With just half a point separating them, they would be drawn to compete together as the very final pairing.


2006 World's Strongest Man, Final
As two of the best stone-lifters in the final, it was not a question of who managed to lift all five stones, but which of the two could manage it in the fastest time. The Atlas Stones proved to be extremely tight but Pudzianowksi managed to gain a slight lead by the fourth stone.


2006 World's Strongest Man, Final
However, by taking a more angled stance on the final stone compared to Pudzianowksi's more standard front-on technique which required him to shuffle a couple of steps towards the platform, Pfister managed to lift his stone and placed it on the platform in one movement, doing so a fraction of a second before Pudzianowski. The Pole, clearly stunned that he had been beaten, did not even correctly place the stone in the platform's groove and simply walked away in disgust as Pfister let out a great celebratory roar. Don Pope recovered well to finish 3rd having come last in the first event. The final results:


2006 Worthing Borough Council election
The 2006 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of  Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2006 Worthing Borough Council election
The results saw the Conservatives suffer a net loss of three seats to the Liberal Democrats although they remained in control of the council. The Liberal Democrats gained a seat in Gaisford and Northbrook wards and both seats in Durrington, with the winner in Northbrook, Diane Jones, becoming the youngest female councillor in Worthing at the age of 22. However the Conservatives narrowly gained a seat back in Central ward. After the results were declared an investigation was ordered when 452 ballots were spoilt in just the one ward of Offington as compared to an average of 30 in other wards.


2006 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 2006 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Joe Glenn, who was in his fourth year at Wyoming. They played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming, and competed in the Mountain West Conference.


2006 Wyoming elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election.


2006 Wyoming elections, Governor
Incumbent Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal sought re-election to a second term. Despite the state's strong Republican lean, Freudenthal entered the race as a heavy favorite against the Republican nominee, Ray Hunkins. Ultimately, Freudenthal won re-election in a landslide, winning 70% of the vote to Hunkins's 30%.


2006 Wyoming elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Secretary of State Joe Meyer was barred from seeking a third term as Secretary of State, and instead opted to run for Treasurer. Max Maxfield, meanwhile, was term-limited from seeking a third term as Auditor and ran to succeed Meyer. He faced longtime Natrona County Clerk Mary Ann Collins in the Republican primary. The campaign between Maxfield and Collins was largely civil, with both of them touting their respective experience and Maxfield pushing back on the idea that he was playing "musical chairs" with different statewide positions. The Casper Star-Tribune endorsed Collins over Maxfield, praising her as a "capable administrator" who "will bring a valuable, fresh perspective to the secretary of state's office." It praised Maxfield for his "strong experience in management," but ultimately concluded that "Collins's specialized expertise gives her the edge in this race."


2006 Wyoming elections, Secretary of State
Maxfield ultimately won the Republican primary over Collins by a slim margin, winning 54% of the vote to Collins's 46%. While Collins won her home county of Natrona by 4,400 votes, along with a handful of other counties, Maxfield countered with modest wins in most of the counties in the state, enabling him to narrowly defeat her. While no Democratic candidate filed for the race, had a Democrat received at least 25 write-in votes, they could have accepted the nomination regardless.


2006 Wyoming elections, Secretary of State
However, Collins was the only person to receive more than 25 write-in votes in the Democratic primary, and as a registered Republican who had previously run for the office, was barred from accepting the Democratic nomination. Accordingly, no Democratic candidate was listed in the race. Maxfield only faced Libertarian candidate Dennis Brossman, who had previously sought the office, in the general election.


2006 Wyoming elections, Auditor
Incumbent State Auditor Max Maxfield, unable to seek re-election to a third term, instead successfully ran for Secretary of State. In the Republican primary, Rita Meyer, a colonel in the Wyoming Air National Guard and former Governor Jim Geringer's Chief of Staff, ran against accountant Bruce Brown. Both Meyer and Brown campaigned on their financial experience, but did not significantly differ on the issues. The Casper Star-Tribune endorsed Meyer over Brown, praising her as "exceptionally qualified" and for "speak[ing] with authority about the technical details of the auditor's office," noting that she "clearly has done her homework." Meyer defeated Brown in a landslide, winning 60% of the vote to his 40%.


2006 Wyoming elections, Auditor
In the general election, Meyer was opposed by Democrat Bill Eikenberry, the former associate state director of the Bureau of Land Management. Eikenberry called for significant reform in the Auditor's office, arguing that several state programs failed to meet federal requirement, potentially endangering the funding. He initially charged that the state "has suffered serious losses due to fraudulent spending," but ultimately backed away from that assertion. The Star-Tribune once again endorsed Meyer, calling her "one of the most impressive candidates we've interviewed for any office this year" and noting that she "has had a distinguished career in public service." It suggested that Eikenberry "seems to have confused some of the duties of the state auditor with the entirely separate state Department of Audit," pointing out that the issue Eikenberry called out with federal program compliance was outside the Auditor's purview.


2006 Wyoming elections, Auditor
Meyer defeated Eikenberry in a landslide, winning 68% of the vote to Eikenberry's 32%, losing every county in the state.


2006 Wyoming elections, Treasurer
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Cynthia Lummis was barred from seeking a third term due to term limits. Accordingly, term-limited Secretary of State Joe Meyer and former State House Speaker Fred Parady ran to succeed Lummis in the Republican primary. The campaign between Meyer and Parady was largely civil, though they disagreed on the need for a state investment board, which Meyer supported and Parady opposed. In the closing days of the campaign, Meyer was endorsed by Vice-President Dick Cheney, an old friend and former roommate of his, and by the Casper Star-Tribune. The Star-Tribune praised Meyer's "practical approach to solving problems" and "common-sense approach that seeks what's best for Wyoming." Though it praised Parady's ideas and expressed optimism that "he'll run for another state office" in the future, "the state needs Meyer's experience and leadership."


2006 Wyoming elections, Treasurer
Meyer defeated Parady by a wide margin, winning 63% of the vote to Parady's 37%, winning in every county of the state except for Sweetwater County, which Parady represented in the legislature. In the general election, Meyer faced Democratic nominee Ron Redo, a former state employee who had previously run as the Democratic nominee for Treasurer in 1990. Redo attacked Meyer for voting to invest state funds in private equity, which he argued was risky, and campaigned on increasing mineral taxes. The Star-Tribune once again endorsed Meyer, praising him as "eminently qualified" and for his "innovative idea[s]."


2006 Wyoming elections, Treasurer
It noted that Redo was "sincere in his desire to protect the state's funds, and has raised some legitimate concerns about the standards used by the state to evaluate the performance of its investment managers," but "Meyer inspires more confidence in his ability to manage the office effectively." Ultimately, Meyer overwhelmingly defeated Redo, receiving 73% of the vote to Redo's 27%, winning every county in the state and receiving the highest vote total of any Republican candidate.


2006 Wyoming elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Two years into his four-year term, State Superintendent Trent Blankenship resigned from office to accept an appointment as the superintendent of schools in Barrow, Alaska. The Republican Party, pursuant to state law, nominated three candidates as Blankenship's replacement, and Governor Dave Freudenthal appointed Jim McBride, the former President the Community College of the Air Force and the technology director for the state department of education. In 2006, McBride opted to run for re-election. He won the Republican primary unopposed and was opposed by Michelle Hoffman, the Superintendent of the Fremont County School District 14, who won the Democratic primary unopposed.


2006 Wyoming elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
In the general election, Hoffman, a special education teacher, argued that McBride "does not understand special education issues," pointing to cuts that he allegedly made in the state's special education office in Riverton. She was unable to make the attack land, however, with a poll the week before the election showing her losing to McBride, 45-26%. The Casper Star-Tribune also endorsed McBride for re-election, arguing that he "deserves to be elected to a full term to continue the work he has begun." It argued that he "brought stability to the department and put the employees on the same page." And while the Star-Tribune praised Hoffman's teaching experience as "a plus, as it gives her an understanding of problems teachers encounter and ideas about solutions," it criticized her opposition to merit pay for teachers and for paying students for higher test scores.


2006 Wyoming elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ultimately, McBride won a full term over Hoffman by a solid margin, winning 59% of the vote to her 41%. However, Hoffman delivered the strongest performance by a statewide Democratic candidate other than Governor Freudenthal, winning Albany County, Fremont County, Sweetwater County, and Teton County, which no Democratic candidate other than Freudenthal and Hoffman won.


2006 Wyoming gubernatorial election
The 2006 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal won re-election in a landslide over Republican Ray Hunkins, becoming the first Democrat since 1910 to win every county in the state. As of 2021, this is the last time a Democrat was elected to statewide office in Wyoming, the last time a Democrat carried every county in the state, the last gubernatorial election in which a Democrat received more than 30% of the vote, and the last statewide election in which a Democrat received more than 45% of the vote.


2006 Wyre Forest District Council election
The 2006 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2006 Wyre Forest District Council election, Campaign
Before the 2006 election the Conservatives had 18 seats on the council, both Health Concern and the Liberals had 8 seats, Labour had 4 seats and both the Liberal Democrats and independents had 2 seats. Since the last election in 2004 one Conservative councillor, Louise Edginton, had left the party to become an independent, after not being selected as a candidate for the 2005 Worcestershire County Council election.


2006 Wyre Forest District Council election, Campaign
14 seats were contested in the election with the Conservatives defending 7, Health Concern 4 and the Liberals 3. 50 candidates, including the leader of the council Stephen Clee, stood in the election with the Conservatives hoping to take overall control.


2006 Wyre Forest District Council election, Campaign
Local health services continued to be the major issue in the campaign after the local NHS trust announced in April 2006 that it would have to cut 720 jobs in order to save money. Other issues in the election included council tax, with the Conservatives saying they had reduced its burden since they began running the council in 2004, and a lack of affordable housing which Labour wanted to address.


2006 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result
There was a net change of only one seat with Health Concern moving to 9 seats at the expense of the Liberals. Health Concern's gain from the Liberals came in Broadwaters ward where the sitting Liberal councillor, Amanda Poole, stood down at the election. Health Concern saw the election results as being excellent, with the health issue in the lead up to the election seen as having helped the party.


2006 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result
As a result, the Conservatives failed to take the majority they had been aiming for with the Conservative leader of the council, Stephen Clee, disappointed at failing to make gains but pleased that they remained the largest party. The Labour leader on the council, Jamie Shaw, described the results as "very bad indeed" after the party failed to win any seats. Overall voter turnout at the election was 37.5%.


2006 XXXXI FIBA International Christmas Tournament
The 2006 XXXXI FIBA International Christmas Tournament "Trofeo Raimundo Saporta-Memorial Fernando Martín" was the 41st edition of the FIBA International Christmas Tournament. It took place at Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain, on 25 December 2006 with the participations of Real Madrid and Lietuvos rytas.


2006 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 2006 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by tenth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 8–2 overall.


2006 Yanjin earthquake
The 2006 Yanjin earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 4.9 on July 22 at 01:10 UTC (09:10 local time). This destructive shock took place in Yanjin County, Yunnan, China. Twenty-two were killed and 106 were injured.


2006 Yanjin earthquake, Damage
Eight people were killed as a result of houses (usually wooden) collapsing and fourteen were killed from other reasons.


2006 Yemen prison escape
Twenty-three suspected Al-Qaeda members escaped from a Yemen prison in 2006. The escape is notable because the escapees included several individuals imprisoned for their participation in the USS Cole bombing. Gaber Al-Bana’a was believed to be an American citizen, who traveled to an Afghan training camp with some friends who became known as the Lackawanna Six or Buffalo Six, when they were rounded up as a "sleeper cell".


2006 Yemeni presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Yemen on 20 September 2006, alongside local elections. Incumbent president Ali Abdullah Saleh of the General People's Congress received 77% of the vote, defeating opposition coalition candidate Faisal Bin Shamlan.


2006 Yemeni presidential election, Campaign
Saleh had been president of modern Yemen since its reunification in 1990, and had previously been president of the Yemen Arab Republic from 1978 to 1990. He became Yemen's first directly elected president in 1999, winning more than 96% of the vote. On 17 July 2005, Saleh announced that he would not run for presidency in the 2006, later reconfirming his decision on 21 June 2006 when addressing fellow party members. His announcement sparked demonstrations urging Saleh to reverse his decision, as well as demonstrations urging Saleh to follow through with his decision.


2006 Yemeni presidential election, Campaign
However, while addressing tens of thousands of supporters in Sana'a on 24 June 2006, Saleh rescinded his earlier decision stating "I comply with the people's pressure and upon the people's desire; I will run in the coming polls." This was not the first time Saleh has reversed the decision to not run, as he had previously done so prior to the 1999 elections.


2006 Yemeni presidential election, Campaign
The Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) opposition coalition was formed in 2002 by al-Islah, the Yemeni Socialist Party, the Party of Truth, the Unionist party, and the Popular Forces Union. On 2 July 2006 Faisal Bin Shamlan was named as the alliance's candidate. Prior to the reunification of South and North Yemen in 1990, Shamlan had been the Minister of Infrastructure and Oil in the socialist government of South Yemen.


2006 Yemeni presidential election, Campaign
Ahmad al-Majeedi of the Yemeni Socialist Party also contested the elections. However, as he announced his candidacy before consulting with the party's leadership, his membership of the party was frozen and he was accused of working for the ruling GPC.


2006 Yemeni presidential election, Conduct
On 29 August 2006, al-Majeedi's nephew Adel al-Majeedi was gunned down in his house by unidentified gunmen. Adel had been leading his uncle's election campaign in his home province of Lahj.


2006 Yemeni presidential election, Conduct
On 12 September 2006, at least 51 people were killed and more than 200 injured when a stampede broke out in a stadium packed with thousands of supporters of Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The stadium exceeded its capacity of around 10,000 with a crowd that included government workers and students brought in on government buses.


2006 Yemeni presidential election, Conduct
Election day was marked by some violence; according to the opposition, eight people died in clashes. Khaled Hassan, an opposition Nasserist candidate running in the municipal elections, was killed in a clash with ruling party supporters in Taiz province.